The Great Detectives Present the Thin Man (Old Time Radio)

The Great Detectives Present the Thin Man (Old Time Radio)

Host Adam Graham presents the two Thin Man Movie adaptations done by the Lux Radio Theater starring William Powell as well as every complete circulating episode of the radio adventures of Nick and Nora Charles.

Episodes

April 6, 2025 30 mins
Original Release Date: April 23, 2024

Today's Mystery:Nick and Nora are hoping for romance under a full moon. Instead, they stumble across a dead man being buried in the middle of the street.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 25, 1945

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Originating in New York

Starring: Les Tremayne as Nick Charles; Claudia M...
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Release Date: January 04, 2011

A young heir is killed while sitting in a car with his ex-girlfriend. Is she the murderer?

Original Air Date: November 24, 1950

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Release Date: December 27, 2010

Nick and Nora are hired to help a boxer find his beloved missing dog and his girlfriend before the big fight.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1948

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February 16, 2025 34 mins
Release Date: December 20, 2010

Nick and Nora are in a record shop when a woman is murdered. Nick sets out to solve the case.

Original Air Date: February 9, 1945

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Release Date: December 13, 2010

A young woman comes to Nick Charles to ask her help to kill a man and get away with it. Nick and Nora then get notice that the potential victim “is dead.”

Original Air Date: December 1, 1944

Quote of the show: “I do wish people would get bumped off before we go to sleep.”-Nora

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January 20, 2025 29 mins
Release Date: December 6, 2010

Nora is all out night, and breaks a mirror, and asks another man to marry her. Nick suspects she’s been drugged. Things get even more serious when they find a corpse.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1944

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January 7, 2025 34 mins
Release Date: November 29, 2010

A man Nora brought home is murdered. When Nick refuses to believe her because she refuses to believe his story about him solving a crime with the help of an ex-girlfriend Broadway starlet, Nora sets out to solve the case alone.

Original Air Date: June 16, 1944

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December 22, 2024 32 mins
Original Release Date: November 22, 2010

A corpse disappears along with a necklace, Nick bought for Nora as an anniversary present, and its place is another corpse.

Original Air Date: October 10, 1943

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Release Date: November 15, 2010

A brother and sister approach Nick Charles to ask him to introduce them to a long-lost Uncle who is working as a scientist for the allies. The scientists claims not to know who they are.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1942

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November 24, 2024 64 mins
Original Release Date: November 8, 2010

Returning from investigating the “Thin Man” case, Nick Charles again hopes to retire, but finds himself drawn into another mystery when his wife’s cousin is approved of murdering her no good husband.

Original Air Date: June 17, 1940

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November 10, 2024 64 mins
Original Release Date: November 1, 2010

Nick Charles, a retired private detective is drawn back to detection with the insistence of his wife, Nora, when a former client is suspected of several murders.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1936

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