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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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  • Sep 15, 2025 · 36 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Snappy Snapshot (EP4801)

    Today's Mystery: A woman comes to The Falcon when a man breaks into her home, and robs and assaults her and then is shot, and she's being blackmailed. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1954 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as...

  • Sep 13, 2025 · 39 min

    Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Box (A0018)

    Today's Adventure: Two OSS agents are on a mission to bring in a captured Japanese colonel, but the mission goes awry, leaving the two men in a battle for survival. Original Radio Broadcast: July 23, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Jerry...

  • Sep 12, 2025 · 34 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midnight Sun Matter (EP4800)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to investigate a gold mine and finds himself in serious danger on a plane full of TNT. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank...

  • Sep 11, 2025 · 34 min

    Dragnet: The Big Cliff (EP4799)

    Today's Mystery: A woman in her sixties is found dead next to her husband and he claims not to know why it happened. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 28, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton...

  • Sep 10, 2025 · 38 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Joan Fuller Murder Case (EP4798)

    Today's Mystery: A woman in expensive clothes is found murdered in the Central Park lake. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino...

  • Sep 9, 2025 · 36 min

    Charlie Chan: The Pearl of Great Price (EP4797)

    Today's Mystery:Charlie Chan's daughter is kidnapped by bank robbers after a bungled robbery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Summer 1944 Originating from Los Angeles Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan Support the show monthly at...

  • Sep 8, 2025 · 30 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Big Fix (EP4796)

    Today's Mystery: A self-styled fixer convinces dangerous underworld figures that he can protect them from raids. He can't; murder follows. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1954 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as the...

  • Sep 7, 2025 · 2 hr 44 min

    The Road to the Valentine Matter (EP4795s)

    Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann's story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial. Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder....

  • Sep 6, 2025 · 35 min

    Cloak and Dagger: The Trap (A0016)

    Today's Adventure: A cartoonist in the OSS goes undercover in a German-occupied French village ahead of an American advance. Original Radio Broadcast: July 9, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl...

  • Sep 5, 2025 · 30 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ghost to Ghost Matter (EP4795)

    Today's Mystery:Johnny is sent to investigate a claim that a ghost is haunting a small New Jersey town. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis;...

  • Sep 4, 2025 · 31 min

    Dragnet: The Big Run (EP4794)

    Today's Mystery:Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant...

  • Sep 3, 2025 · 35 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Johnny Hill Murder Case (EP4793)

    Today's Mystery: A Chicago gangster is found murdered in a swank New York hotel room. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino...

  • Sep 2, 2025 · 38 min

    Charlie Chan: The Case of the Chinese Puzzle Box (EP4792)

    Today's Mystery: An art collector asks Charlie Chan to pick up paintings. He finds the artist murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1944 Originating from Los Angeles Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan Support the show...

  • Sep 1, 2025 · 35 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Wandering Wife (EP4791)

    Today's Mystery: A woman with a jealous husband hires The Falcon because she wants a divorce. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1954 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as the Falcon, Larry Haines Thank you to our newest...

  • Aug 31, 2025 · 33 min

    The Hardy Family: The Case of the Missing Warehouse (EP4790)

    Today's Mystery: Andy Hardy takes a job as a night watchman only to seemingly have the whole warehouse he's guarding disappear. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy; Fay...

  • Aug 30, 2025 · 35 min

    Cloak and Dagger: The Eyes of Buddha (A0014)

    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes to Siam to rescue a captured pilot. Original Radio Broadcast: July 2, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Everett Sloane; Ralph Bell; Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eileen Heckart; Martin Balsam;...

  • Aug 29, 2025 · 34 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rolling Stone Matter (EP4789)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the theft of an under-insured diamond. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier;...

  • Aug 28, 2025 · 32 min

    Dragnet: The Big Building (EP4788)

    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a rich society woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 14, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben...

  • Aug 27, 2025 · 34 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Laura Burton Murder Case (EP4787)

    Today's Mystery: A wealthy socialite who had recently married a waterfront character is found murdered in a low-class hotel room. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny...