The show first aired in 1934 for the NBC Radio New England region. Himan Brown, then still at college, arranged the radio rights for the comic strip.On February 4, 1935, it was picked up by CBS Radio, airing in 15 minute episodes four times a week. Returning next season it aired on Mutual Broadcasting System from September 30, 1935 to March 24, 1937. From April 29, 1939, "Dick Tracy" became a half-hour-long prime time radio serial, airing at 5:00 pm.When the USA got involved in the Second World War, the show was temporarily cancelled. ABC Blue Network picked it up again from March 15, 1943 to July 16, 1948 and broadcast it on...
Latest episodes
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0072 Dick Tracy: Snowslide
Vernon Kyle continues to terrorize the Yukon town of Pitchblende. What was the weird cry in the night? "The Purple Rider" offers to help Dick Tracy and the Mounties. As the dog tea…
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0039 Dick Tracy: Junior Kidnapped
Junior has been kidnapped by "The Mogul" to force him to reveal the location of the black pearl. Help comes from a stranger all dressed in black: he's "The Unknown." After the stor…
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0071 Dick Tracy: Mounties At Pitchblend
The announcer mentions that the program is "electrically transcribed." It is therefore possible that even though the series was being broadcast on NBC at this time, these might be…
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0040 Dick Tracy: Junior Escapes
Dick Tracy tries to track down "The Unknown" and discovers a gang of art thieves and forgers. Who is Number One? A membership meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is h…
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0075 Dick Tracy: Junior Sends A Mirror Message
An announcement is made that the program is transcribed. Junior is being held in a mountain cabin, a prisoner of Vernon Kyle. Junior threatens to jump off the roof, after using a s…
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0001 Dick Tracy: Premiere - Tess Disappears
Dick Tracy: Premiere - Tess Disappears
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0074 Dick Tracy: Junior Is Kidnapped
"The Purple Rider" shows up and gets the drop on Tracy. Junior is kidnapped by Vernon Kyle and his gang. A meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Patrol" ends the program.
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0075 Dick Tracy: Junior Rescued By and Captues the Purple Rider
Junior is rescued by, "The Purple Rider." Junior gets the drop on the "Rider," then chairs a meeting of, "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." April 20 will be, "The Dick Tracy P…
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0078 Dick Tracy: The Purple Rider Exposed
Dic Tracy: The Purple Rider Exposed
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0077 Dick Tracy: Dick Lassoes The Purple Rider
Dick is determined to keep Vernon Kyle from controlling the world's radium supply. Junior captures "The Purple Rider" and two of Vernon Kyle's henchmen. "The Purple Rider" escapes…
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Dick Tracy: Flattop
Dick Tracy: Flattop
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0073 Dick Tracy: The Purple Rider Exposed
The identity of "The Purple Rider" is revealed. Professor Shelby asks Tess Trueheart for help from Dick Tracy. After he'd invented something valuable, Prof. Shelby's life has been…
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0032 Dick Tracy: Dick Finds The Black Pearl
Dick Tracy finds "The Black Pearl Of Osiris" inside the bullet in Tracy's leg! A Madagascan plans "The Silken Rope Of Death" for Tracy. Another meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Se…
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0037 Dick Tracy: Dick Captured
"The Mogul" gets the drop on Tracy and Pat Patton! The system cue has been deleted. Dick Tracy has been guarding a mysterious pearl, the Black Pearl of Osiris from the Mogul and hi…
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0035 Dick Tracy: Going After The Ring
Surrounded in a restaurant, Tracy foils an attempt to steal the ring, and then uses scientific detective work to get a clue: a mattress factory! A secret code message is given to m…
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0036 Dick Tracy: Pat Is Hypnotized
"The Mogul" puts himself into a cataleptic trance and escapes from prison after he's declared dead. The Mogul hypnotizes Pat Patton to get him to help obtain "The Black Pearl Of Os…
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0038 Dick Tracy: Escape
Tracy's Egyptian friend Batik leaves for his home country with "The Pearl Of Osiris." Junior has disappeared! Perhaps he was a victim of "The Mogul." Dick Tracy himself conducts th…
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0030 Dick Tracy: Dick Shot In The Leg
Tracy is shot by the evil yellow-faced Egyptian! "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" delivers a secret code message. The system cue has been deleted. Aboard the ocean liner Marv…
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0028 Dick Tracy: Pat Goes Overboard
The man with the yellow face strikes again, and Pat goes overboard! The twentieth meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." A secret code message is given. The system cue…
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0046 Dick Tracy: The Case of the Firebug Murders
Dick Tracy: The Case of the Firebug Murders