The Falcon|Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Mystery Dramas
by Adam Graham · 87 episodes
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Each week, join us for an adventure with the Falcon, a detective from radio's golden age based very loosely on the literary creation of Drexel Drake. Michael Waring is a detective who goes by the name, The Falcon was a private detective and adventurer solving mysteries during radio's Golden Age. The Falcon was originally heard between 1943-55 with five different t actors playing the lead role. This podcast will feature all circulating episodes beginning with those starring James Meighan and Les Tremayne, before moving on to episodes starring Les Damon and finally George Petrie. Every Monday you can expect another...
Latest episodes
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33 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait
Original Release Date: December 2, 2024Today's Mystery: A beautiful woman's attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder.Original Ra…
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35 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Loose Lip
Original Release Date: November 25, 2024Today's Mystery:A shooting of an underworld character by a racketeer's thug sets off a string of double-crosses that leads to murder.Origina…
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40 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Hypocritical Hypo
Original Release Date: November 18, 2024Today's Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to find her missing hypochondriac husband.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1951Originating…
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36 min
The Falcon: The Case of Plenty Twenty
Original Release Date: November 11, 2024Today's Mystery:An engraver, who has created high-quality counterfeit plates, is murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1951Origin…
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31 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Cautious Cousin
Original Release Date: November 4, 2024Today's Mystery: A man is poisoned in the presence of the Falcon and the finger of suspicion is pointed at his cousin.Original Radio Broadcas…
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28 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Disguised Murder
Original Release Date: August 25, 2025Today's Mystery: A notorious collector comes to Mike alleging that he's been framed for murder.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Sometime in 1953…
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35 min
The Falcon: The Case of Vanishing Varmit
Original Release Date: October 28, 2024Today's Mystery: A criminal with a grudge against The Falcon escapes prison.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 11, 1951Originating from New…
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41 min
The Falcon: The Case of Everybody's Gun
Original Release Date: October 21, 2024Today's Mystery: Mike is hired to investigate a charity grifter, and then his client is murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 4, 1951O…
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32 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Nervous Shakedown
Original Release Date: October 14, 2024Today's Mystery: A blackmailer is killed after the fiancé of a victim confronts him.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1951Originating f…
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33 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Fingerprint
Original Release Date: October 7, 2024Today's Mystery: A man who is having an affair is murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 20, 1951Originating from New YorkStarring: Les D…
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36 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Sweet Swindle
Original Release Date: September 30, 2024Today's Mystery: An unethical competing detective tries to pass off a young woman as the long-lost daughter of a friend of The Falcon.Origi…
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38 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Proud Papa
Original Release Date: September 23, 2024Today's Mystery: A woman, who was trying to con a gullible married man into robbing his loan shark father-in-law, is murdered.Original Radi…
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41 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Wife
Original Release Date: September 16, 2024Today's Mystery: A manager of a gambling den faces death if he doesn't recover $100,000 he embezzled to give to a conwoman.Original Radio B…
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47 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Curious Cop
Original Release Date: September 9, 2024Today's Mystery: A policeman disappears while trying to shake down a gambling joint owner.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 20, 1951Origina…
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38 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Big Talker
Original Release Date: September 2, 2024Today's Mystery: A thug balks at murdering his boss's rival and is then murdered himself.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 29, 1951Origin…
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48 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Miss
Original Release Date: August 26, 2024Today's Mystery: A Senator commits suicide rather than own up to his role in an oil company and a man who was contact begins to sense their mi…
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37 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Miss
Original Release Date: August 18, 2024Today's Mystery: A storekeeper is suspected of murdering a conman after confronting him with the gun that was used in the murder.Original Radi…
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34 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Carved Ham
Original Release Date: August 12, 2024Today's Mystery:A racketeer's henchman is murdered after disfiguring an actor's face.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 8, 1951Originating f…
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35 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Worried Wife
Original Release Date: August 5, 2024Today's Mystery:A woman hires The Falcon after an old flame of her husband's tried to kill him.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1951Orig…
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34 min
The Falcon: The Case of the Talented Texan
Original Release Date: July 29, 2024Today's Mystery: A woman in a love triangle, who is suspected of murdering her husband, comes to the Falcon for help.Original Radio Broadcast Da…