Detectives on the Air

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Detectives on the Air: Classic Radio Sleuths from the Golden Age

Step into the world of shadowy alleys, smoky offices, and cunning criminals with Detectives on the Air—your portal to the greatest detective dramas from the golden age of radio. Join iconic sleuths like Johnny Dollar, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, Philo Vance, and more as they solve thrilling mysteries and navigate the noir landscapes of classic crime. Each episode brings you a timeless tale of intrigue, suspense, and old-time detective work, perfect for fans of vintage radio and true crime. Rediscover these radio legends, and let their gripping stories captivate your imagination once more!

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S1 · E296
Today · 14 min
The Caylin Matter Ep 1
Originally Aired: January 2, 1956 Johnny Dollar #296, "The Caylin Matter Ep 1," insurance investigator Johnny Dollar heads to Los Angeles after Walt Albright from Trinity Mutual develops his telltale case of asthma over a suspicious death claim....
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S1 · E295
Yesterday · 14 min
The Forbes Matter Ep 5
Originally Aired: December 30, 1955 Johnny Dollar #295, "The Forbes Matter Ep 5," Johnny Dollar meets with Betsy Walker to inventory the expensive gifts Sheldon Forbes sent her during his misguided courtship, purchased with stolen company funds. The...
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S1 · E294
Saturday · 14 min
The Forbes Matter Ep 4
Originally Aired: December 29, 1955 Johnny Dollar #294, "The Forbes Matter Ep 4," Johnny Dollar races against time after discovering embezzler Sheldon Forbes has attempted suicide by gas in his apartment. After dragging Forbes from the deadly fumes...
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S1 · E293
Friday · 14 min
The Forbes Matter Ep 3
Originally Aired: December 28, 1955 Johnny Dollar #293, "The Forbes Matter Ep 3," Johnny continues his investigation into embezzler Sheldon Forbes, who has inexplicably refused to defend himself or return the stolen money. Attorney Ed Gumby informs...
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S1 · E292
Thursday · 14 min
The Forbes Matter Ep 2
Originally Aired: December 27, 1955 Johnny Dollar #292, "The Forbes Matter Ep 2," Johnny Dollar continues his investigation into the embezzlement case of Sheldon Thomas Forbes, who has confessed to stealing $4,285 from Century Styles. While Rob...
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S1 · E291
Wednesday · 14 min
The Forbes Matter Ep 1
Originally Aired: December 26, 1955 Johnny Dollar #291, "The Forbes Matter Ep 1," insurance investigator Johnny Dollar finds himself reluctantly accepting a case in New York as a favor to Pauline Morris at the Continental Adjustment Bureau. After...
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S1 · E290
Tuesday · 14 min
The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 5
Originally Aired: December 23, 1955 Johnny Dollar #290, "The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 5," During a raging blizzard in a remote Michigan cabin, Johnny Dollar spends the long night trying to convince Kathy O'Dare to testify against nightclub owner Nick...
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S1 · E289
August 24 · 14 min
The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 4
Originally Aired: December 22, 1955 Johnny Dollar #289, "The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 4," finds Johnny and Mike O'Dare desperately searching for Kathy and her daughter Jill, who have vanished as a blizzard descends on Branbury, Michigan. The situation is...
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S1 · E288
August 23 · 14 min
The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 3
Originally Aired: December 21, 1955 Johnny Dollar #288, "The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 3," Johnny Dollar and Mike O'Dare man a freezing roadblock on a Michigan logging road, waiting to intercept hired killer Benny Stark, who has tracked Kathy O'Dare to...
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S1 · E287
August 22 · 14 min
The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 2
Originally Aired: December 20, 1955 Johnny Dollar #287, "The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 2," Johnny Dollar continues his search for the missing nightclub singer Kathleen O'Dare, racing against time to reach her before dangerous men do. After learning that...
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S1 · E286
August 21 · 14 min
The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 1
Originally Aired: December 19, 1955 Johnny Dollar #286, "The Nick Shurn Matter Ep 1," Johnny Dollar is called to New York by Don Wilkins of Tri-Mutual Insurance to investigate the murder of Mel Pryker, a former racketeer turned nightclub owner....
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S1 · E285
August 20 · 14 min
The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 5
Originally Aired: December 16, 1955 Johnny Dollar #285, "The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 5," Johnny Dollar arranges a midnight meeting with fugitive insurance agent Hillary Franks at the Mission San Javier, an ancient church in the Arizona desert....
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S1 · E284
August 19 · 14 min
The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 4
Originally Aired: December 15, 1955 Johnny Dollar #284, "The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 4," Johnny Dollar confronts insurance broker Hillary Franks, laying out his case that Franks helped arrange for someone else to take James Lansing's physical...
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S1 · E283
August 18 · 14 min
The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 3
Originally Aired: December 14, 1955 Johnny Dollar #283, "The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 3," Johnny Dollar confronts Arlene Kennedy at her luxurious Catalina Vista home about her brother James Lansing's suspicious death. Mrs. Kennedy is hostile and...
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S1 · E282
August 17 · 14 min
The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 2
Originally Aired: December 13, 1955 Johnny Dollar #282, "The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 2," Johnny Dollar continues his investigation into the suspicious death of James Lansing, a man who died of malnutrition just two years after passing an insurance...
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S1 · E281
August 16 · 14 min
The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 1
Originally Aired: December 12, 1955 Johnny Dollar #281, "The Lansing Fraud Matter Ep 1," Johnny Dollar receives an urgent call from Jim Carter at Universal Adjustments about a suspicious death in Tucson, Arizona. A man named James Lansing, who held...
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S1 · E280
August 15 · 14 min
The Cronin Matter Ep 5
Originally Aired: December 9, 1955 Johnny Dollar #280, "The Cronin Matter Ep 5," As dawn breaks after a violent storm, Johnny Dollar faces a grim reality: both Jason Prell and the beloved Dolly Cronin are dead. When Dr. Bigby arrives at the estate,...
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S1 · E279
August 14 · 14 min
The Cronin Matter Ep 4
Originally Aired: December 8, 1955 Johnny Dollar #279, "The Cronin Matter Ep 4," Johnny Dollar finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse as a violent storm rages around the Cronin estate. When someone cuts the phone line, trapping Johnny and...
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S1 · E278
August 13 · 14 min
The Cronin Matter Ep 3
Originally Aired: December 7, 1955 Johnny Dollar #278, "The Cronin Matter Ep 3," Johnny Dollar finds himself stranded at the isolated Cronin estate as a storm approaches from the mountains. With Mrs. Cronin seriously ill and needing medical...
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S1 · E277
August 12 · 14 min
The Cronin Matter Ep 2
Originally Aired: December 6, 1955 Johnny Dollar #277, "The Cronin Matter Ep 2," Johnny continues his investigation into protecting the priceless Circle of Fire necklace for former Broadway star Dolly McLean Cronin's Roaring Twenties party in the...
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