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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host

Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.

Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.


Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.

We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.

Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia.

The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
  • 1,000 episodes
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  • Oct 25, 2025 · 33 min

    Cloak and Dagger: War of Words (A0030)

    Today's Adventure: Two OSS agents have to carry forged orders for a Japanese camp commander through a Burmese jungle. Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Chuck Webster; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson;...

  • Oct 24, 2025 · 30 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blinker Matter (EP4830)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a insured importer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; D.J. Thompson; Harry Bartell; Stacy Harris;...

  • Oct 23, 2025 · 34 min

    Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)

    Today's Mystery: An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there's reason to think it might be a homicide. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack...

  • Oct 22, 2025 · 36 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Georgia Gray Murder Case (EP4828)

    Today's Mystery: A dance hall dancer is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1951Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant...

  • Oct 21, 2025 · 32 min

    Charlie Chan: The Frightened Shroff (EP4827)

    Today's Mystery: The mother of a dead criminal is victimized by a conman claiming her son owed him money. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating in Sydney Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs Support the show...

  • Oct 20, 2025 · 30 min

    Danger with Grainger: Triple X Murders (EP4826)

    Today's Mystery: Grainger is hired by the mother of a man accused of killing a young couple in a park. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger Support the show monthly...

  • Oct 18, 2025 · 36 min

    Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio (A0028)

    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda. Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950 Originating in New York Starring: Larry Haines,...

  • Oct 17, 2025 · 33 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virtuous Mobster Matter (EP4825)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum;...

  • Oct 16, 2025 · 33 min

    Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)

    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben...

  • Oct 15, 2025 · 37 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Philip Hunt Murder Case (EP4823)

    Today's Mystery: A wealthy retiree is found murdered in his apartment after an impromptu party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant...

  • Oct 14, 2025 · 28 min

    Charlie Chan: The Case of the Talking Doll (EP4822)

    Today's Mystery: A criminal hunted by Charlie Chan seeks revenge by planting a bomb at his house. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating in Sydney Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan, Rodney Jacobs Support the show monthly at...

  • Oct 13, 2025 · 29 min

    Danger with Grainger: The Amourous Amnesiac (EP4821)

    Today's Mystery: Grainger finds an unconscious and beaten man in the street. He was found missing $10,000. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Starred: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger Support the show monthly at...

  • Oct 11, 2025 · 35 min

    Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026)

    Today's Adventure: Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge. Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950 Originating in New York Starring: Berry Kroeger, Raymond Edward Johnson, Jerry Jarrett, Frank Barrens, Karl...

  • Oct 10, 2025 · 32 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey...

  • Oct 9, 2025 · 32 min

    Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)

    Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman Original Radio Broadcast Date:July 26, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben...

  • Oct 8, 2025 · 37 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)

    Today's Mystery: An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951 Originated in Hollywood Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack...

  • Oct 7, 2025 · 29 min

    Charlie Chan: Escaped Musician (EP4817)

    Today's Mystery: A musician is implicated in a burglary that led to murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating from Sydney Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs Support the show monthly...

  • Oct 6, 2025 · 29 min

    Danger with Grainger: The Rainy Night Murder (EP4816)

    Today's Mystery: Grainger encounters a terrified woman on a rainy night who is running from a man whom she says she saw murder another man. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve...