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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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  • Aug 25, 2025 · 28 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Disguised Murder (EP4785)

    Today's Mystery: A notorious collector comes to Mike alleging that he's been framed for murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Sometime in 1953 or 1954 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon Support the show monthly...

  • Aug 23, 2025 · 34 min

    Cloak and Dagger: Direct Line to Bombers (A0012)

    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent and an escaped political prisoner go behind enemy lines in Berlin to help support an Allied bombing raid. Original Radio Broadcast:June 25, 1950 Originating in New York Starring: Bill Zuckert; Everett Sloane; Lily...

  • Aug 22, 2025 · 31 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carson Arson Matter (EP4784)

    Today's Mystery:Johnny investigates a series of fires at a chain of New England grocers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Byron Kane; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Jack...

  • Aug 21, 2025 · 32 min

    Dragnet: The Big Imposter (EP4783)

    Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 7, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben...

  • Aug 20, 2025 · 35 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The Harold Clark Murder Case (EP4782)

    Today's Mystery:  A man is killed in an apartment and witnesses say a neighbor did it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1950 Originated in Hollywood Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia,...

  • Aug 18, 2025 · 29 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Faded Rose (EP4780)

    Today's Mystery: A woman's sister commits suicide, and she vows revenge on the man who broke her sister's heart. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1953 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Mandel...

  • Aug 16, 2025 · 35 min

    Cloak and Dagger: The Kachin Story (A0010)

    Today's Adventure: An American OSS agent parachutes into Japanese-occupied Burma to organizea local native tribe to aide the allied invasion effort. Original Radio Broadcast: June 18, 1950 Originating in New York Starring Raymond Edward Johnson,...

  • Aug 15, 2025 · 31 min

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Village of Virtue Matter (EP4779)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to investigate a series of thefts near a small South Carolina village that have endangered the peace between a colony of ex-mobsters and the locals. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1958 Originating from...

  • Aug 14, 2025 · 38 min

    Dragnet: The Big Bindle (EP4778)

    Today's Mystery: Friday goes undercover to locate a high-grade heroin out of a luxury hotel. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben...

  • Aug 13, 2025 · 37 min

    Broadway's My Beat: The John Webster Murder Case (EP4777)

    Today's Mystery: A man is found murdered at the funeral for a wealthy woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 20, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia;...

  • Aug 11, 2025 · 29 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Ace of Spades (EP4775)

    Today's Mystery: A gambling den kingpin is murdered, and a wealthy Waring client is suspected of the crime. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1953 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Mandel Kramer...

  • Aug 9, 2025 · 32 min

    Cloak and Dagger: People of the Forest (A0008)

    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into occupied France to steal plans from the enemy and is aided by a local French resistance group. Original Radio Broadcast: June 11, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Larry Haines; Boris Aplon;...

  • Aug 7, 2025 · 35 min

    Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)|Police Procedural Audiodrama

    Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a US Postal inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing ch Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe...

  • Aug 5, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min

    Charlie Chan: A Test of Color/A Getaway/Murderous Revelation (EP4771)

    Today's Mystery: Leslie Beaton has told Sheriff Holt damning information against one of the suspects, while Charlie Chan races against a self-imposed deadline to provide the killer's identity. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936 Originating...

  • Aug 4, 2025 · 29 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Treacherous Trio (EP4770)

    Today's Mystery: The Falcon agrees to help a woman find her missing husband, and finds himself in the middle of a love triangle, investigating a murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1953 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie...