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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
  • Updated Saturday

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  • Jan 25, 2024 · 42 min

    Mr. Chameleon: The Dinner of Death Murder Case (EP4296)

    Today's Mystery:A man is poisoned after a dinner prepared by his daughter and his wife, who are about the same age. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1949 Originating from New York CityStarring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon Support the...

  • Jan 24, 2024 · 30 min

    Dangerous Assignment: Leak of Strategic Materials (EP4295)

    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Burma to the famous "Road to Mandalay" in order to stop a gang of robbers who are intercepting strategic supplies being sent by the U.S. to its allies in the Pacific. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 21, 1953...

  • Jan 22, 2024 · 31 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Disappearing Doll (EP4293)

    Today's Mystery:The leader of a gang of robbers hires The Falcon to find his girlfriend, who disappeared with $80,000 that they stole from a payroll. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as...

  • Jan 20, 2024 · 35 min

    Dragnet: The Mother-in-Law Murder (EP4292)

    Todays Mystery:An elderly woman with an acrimonious relationship with her daughter-in-law is found murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough...

  • Jan 18, 2024 · 34 min

    Mr. Chameleon: The Firebug Murder Case (EP4290)

    Today's Mystery:A grocery store owner is found dead in a fire, but he had been shot to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1949 Originating from New York CityStarring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon Support the show monthly at...

  • Jan 17, 2024 · 32 min

    Dangerous Assignment: The Blue Lion (EP4289)

    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to London to root out a phony passport racket. His only clue? A seven-year-old newspaper. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 14, 1953 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb...

  • Jan 15, 2024 · 29 min

    The Falcon: The Case of the Larcenous Lark (EP4287)

    Today's Mystery:A song writer, whose business manager is embezzling from him, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ralph Bell; Larry Haines Support the show...

  • Jan 13, 2024 · 36 min

    Dragnet: The Big Bar (TV Soundtrack) (EP4286)

    Today's Mystery:Friday and Smith look for a man who has committed a series of bar robberies and killed several of the victims. Original Television Broadcast Date: October 8, 1954 based on a Radio Play from November 10, 1949 Originating from...

  • Jan 10, 2024 · 36 min

    Dangerous Assignment: Colonel Chan (EP4283)

    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to New Guinea, hoping to discover through talking with a notorious smuggler the identity and location of a Mr. Big in a gun-smuggling operation. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 7, 1953Originating in Hollywood...

  • Jan 8, 2024 · 38 min

    The Falcon: The Amourous Bookkeeper (EP4281)

    Today's Mystery:The Falcon is hired to find an unassuming bookkeeper who stole $30,000 from a dress company. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 14, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett...

  • Jan 6, 2024 · 37 min

    Dragnet: The Big Lamp (TV Soundtrack) (EP4280)

    Todays Mystery:A criminal is acquitted, leaves LA, and returns. Friday and Ed Jacobs think he’s up to his old tricks. Original Television Broadcast: June 19, 1952 (radio script originally aired October 20, 1949) Originating from HollywoodStarring:...

  • Jan 4, 2024 · 47 min

    Mr. Chameleon: The False Witness Murder Case (EP4278)

    Today's Mystery:The older husband of an unhappy younger woman is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1949 Originating from New York City Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon Support the show monthly at...

  • Jan 3, 2024 · 29 min

    Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17 (EP4277)

    Steve goes to Trieste, Italy to meet someone on a street car with information about the location of a report on foreign knowledge of US atomic secrets. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 31, 1952 Originating in HollywoodStarring: Brian Donlevy...