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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.
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  • Oct 5, 2025 · 33 min

    Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Black Museum (Encore) (EP4815e)

    Gregory Hood Importers acquires a ceremonial sacrificial dagger and then receives a death threat from a woman claiming to be an Aztec priestess. Original Air Date: June 10, 1946 Support the show monthly at http://patreon.greatdetectives.net/...

  • Oct 4, 2025 · 33 min

    Cloak and Dagger: Roof of the World (A0024)

    Today's Adventure: A husband and wife team of geologists are recruited by the IRS to journey into Tibet to seek the favor of the Dalai Lama. They find themselves in competition with two Nazi officers. Original Radio Broadcast: August 13, 1950...

  • Oct 3, 2025 · 31 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Delectable Damsel Matter (EP4815)

    Today's Mystery:Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond from a debutante on board a yacht at sea. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia...

  • Oct 2, 2025 · 32 min

    Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)

    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe...

  • Oct 1, 2025 · 35 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Ben Justin Murder Case (EP4813)

    Today's Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a former insurance investigator who was found dead in an alley. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950 Originated in Hollywood Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert...

  • Sep 30, 2025 · 34 min

    Charlie Chan: The Case of the Romantic Engineer (EP4812)

    Today's Mystery: A woman believes her husband has been kidnapped, but instead of a ransom note, she's being sent money. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating from Sydney Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs...

  • Sep 29, 2025 · 31 min

    Danger with Grainger: Hired Help (EP4811)

    Today's Mystery: Grainger is hired by a wealthy woman to break up her son's disfavoured romance, but complications ensue when the chauffeur is found poisoned. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Starring: Harp...

  • Sep 28, 2025 · 34 min

    Casebook of Gregory Hood: Three Silver Pesos (Encore) (EP4810e)

    Gregory Hood and Sandy find a man about to jump off a bridge, but he apparently dies of a heart attack while talking about a gun, and traces of cyanide are found, and then a doctor says the man was stabbed. Original Air Date: June 3, 1946 Support...

  • Sep 27, 2025 · 35 min

    Cloak and Dagger: A Recommendation from Rommel (A0022)

    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent in Italy finds himself in a compartment on the train has been double-booked, and his travel companion is General Rommel. Original Radio Broadcast: August 6, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Ralph Bell; Barry...

  • Sep 26, 2025 · 34 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward River Matter (EP4810)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to a highly uninsured and underprepared town along the Ohio River to prevent a disaster in the midst of a flood. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny...

  • Sep 25, 2025 · 33 min

    Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)

    Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant...

  • Sep 24, 2025 · 39 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Kenneth Mitchell Murder Case (EP4808)

    Today's Mystery: A terminally ill man is stabbed to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as...

  • Sep 23, 2025 · 29 min

    Charlie Chan: The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch (EP4807)

    Today's Mystery: Charlie Chan and his number one son track two dangerous escapees to a luxury yacht where a wealthy woman, her daughter, and her erswhile fiancé are in a very nasty argument. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating in...

  • Sep 22, 2025 · 35 min

    Danger with Grainger: The FBI and the Scientist (EP4806)

    Today's Mystery: A woman hires Steve Grainger to protect her scientist husband who is working on a top secret experiment. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger Support the...

  • Sep 21, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

    Old Time Radio Snack Wagon Smorgasboard #2 (EP4805e)

    In this episode, we give you a look at the type of programs we share on the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon: Wings Over Jordan Journey back to the 1940s and listen to an episode of Wings Over Jordan, a top-rated network radio program originating from...

  • Sep 20, 2025 · 35 min

    Cloak and Dagger: Swastika on the Windmill (A0020)

    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes behind enemy lines into occupied Holland to stay at his uncle's house. Original Radio Broadcast: July 30, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Les Tremayne; Lester Fletcher; Harvey Hayes; Jared Burke; Gordon...

  • Sep 19, 2025 · 32 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)

    Today's Mystery: The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar When making your travel...

  • Sep 18, 2025 · 42 min

    Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)

    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben...

  • Sep 17, 2025 · 35 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Shorty Dunn Murder (EP4803)

    Today's Mystery: A housewife is missing and a ransom note was sent by a down-and-out man who was found murdered in a flop house. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny...

  • Sep 16, 2025 · 37 min

    Charlie Chan: The Case of the Telltale Hands (EP4802)

    Today's Mystery: Charlie Chan and his number one son are on the trail of a burglar who used his blind pianist daughter to commit burglaries and then murdered his partner. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating from Sydney Starring:...