Candy Matson|Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Mystery Dramas

Candy Matson|Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Mystery Dramas

This podcast features all circulating episodes of Candy Matson, a post-War female hard boied private eye who became a San Francisco radio phenomenon. Adam Graham is your guide through this fun and intriguing series as part of the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio podcast.

Episodes

July 4, 2025 39 mins
Original Release Date: January 31, 2012

Mallard is acting suspicious and Candy looks into it.  When a body turns up, Candy has to find out the truth about the murder and Mallard.

Original Air Date: April 29, 1951

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Original Release Date: January 24, 2012

Candy, Rembrandt, and Mallard visit a historic California mission and find themselves embroiled in a murder case.

Original Air Date: November 26, 1950

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June 6, 2025 33 mins
Original Release Date: January 17, 2012

Mallard gives Candy an amulet with Egyptian writing on it to get translation help. She goes to Rembrandt and finds out he’s moving and offers to find him a new place. The first place they go she finds more than she bargained for.

Original Air Date: September 12, 1950

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May 23, 2025 33 mins
Original Release Date: January 10, 2012

Candy goes to visit an old friend at a movie company filming in San Francisco and runs into a string of murders.

Original Air Date: August 29, 1950

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May 9, 2025 34 mins
Original Release Date: January 3, 2012

Candy is hired by the sister of a brilliant composer who is losing his mind.

Original Air Date: June 20, 1950

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April 24, 2025 33 mins
Original Release Date: December 27, 2011

Candy goes on vacation at a dude ranch at the Valley of the Moon and quickly runs into murder.

Original Air Date: December 17, 1949

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April 11, 2025 32 mins
Original Release Date: December 20, 2011

Santa’s helper, Jack Frost, turns up missing and at the request of a friend, Candy gets Rembrandt to take the job. However, Candy has concerns when the missing Jack Frost turns up murdered.

Original Air Date: December 10, 1949

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Original Release Date: December 13, 2011

Candy is hired by a conductor to investigate what’s causing an orchestra concert to be ruined.

Original Air Date: February 7, 1950

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February 28, 2025 34 mins
Original Release Date: December 6, 2011

Candy is referred to an insurance investigator who wants her to confirm his findings that a a fatal airplance crash was accidental, but Candy quickly becomes suspicious that something far more sinister occurred.

Original Air Date: December 27, 1949

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February 14, 2025 37 mins
Original Release Date: November 29, 2011

An owner of a restaurant hires Candy after finding a dead man in a devil costume. 

Original Air Date: September 30, 1949

Quote: “I feel as devaluated as the British Pound.”

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February 6, 2025 33 mins
Original Release Date: November 22, 2011

Candy agrees to be a queen of a Marine dance at Fort Ord but stumbles into a series of bodies, each with a musical calling card attached.

Original Air Date: September 23, 1949

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January 24, 2025 33 mins
Original Release Date: November 15, 2011

A man sitting next to Candy on a cable car is shot and killed. Candy tries to solve the case and find a way to collect a fee.

Original Air Date: July 7, 1949

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January 10, 2025 31 mins
Original Release Date: November 8, 2011

Candy is hired to investigate the murder of a singer. 

Audition recorded April 4, 1949

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February 7, 2012 38 mins
Original Release Date: February 7, 2012

Candy is hired by the wife of a missing unscrupulous businessman to find him.

Audition Recording Date: September 21, 1952

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