Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio

Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio

The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio invites you on a thrilling journey through the Golden Age of audio storytelling. Hosted by Adam Graham—creator of the award-nominated Great Detectives of Old Time Radio—this twice-weekly series brings you the most daring, pulse-pounding tales from the golden microphones of the 1930s to the 1960s. From rocket-fueled space operas to wartime espionage, jungle heroics to crime tales soaked in noir and intrigue, each episode delivers high-stakes excitement and vintage charm. Whether you’re a seasoned fan of old-time radio or discovering these timeless audio adventures for the first time, there’s something here to quicken your pulse and spark your imagination. ' We don’t just dip into shows—we go on the full journey. Just like on Great Detectives, we present complete runs of classic adventure series from their first surviving episode to final broadcast. We’re launching with the interplanetary escapades of Flash Gordon and the shadowy WWII missions of Cloak and Dagger, with upcoming features including Buck Rogers, Tarzan, David Harding, Counterspy, and many more legends of vintage radio. Perfect for fans of pulp fiction, classic spy stories, retro science fiction, and old-school audio drama, The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio is your passport to exotic worlds, dark alleys, secret missions, and boundless imagination. So tune in, buckle up, and prepare for adventure—because the Golden Age is calling.

Episodes

August 29, 2025 35 mins
Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes to Siam.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 2, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Everett Sloane; Ralph Bell; Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eileen Heckart; Martin Balsam; Grant Richards; Jerry Jarrett; Karl Webber

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Today's Adventure: Having brought Queen Azura under his control, Flash takes possession of the Blue Magic Men, but General Tal plots to overthrow him.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: July 27 and August 3, 1935.

Originating from Hollywood  
 
Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

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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 Darvas; Berry Kroeger; Michael Artist; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Bobby Weil; Brad Barker

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Today's Adventure: Dr. Zarkov catches the guards by surprise and takes control of the kitchen. Can he and Dale restore Flash's memory?

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: July 13 and 20, 1935

Originating from Hollywood  Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

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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, Carl Weber, Bill Quinn, Joe Julian, Everett Sloan, Inga Adams, Jackson Beck, and Jerry Jarrett

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Today's Adventure: Zarkoff is determined to rescue Flash Gordon. But Flash, under the control of the Witch Queen Azura, sets out to capture Zarkoff and his army of Hawkmen while dealing with treachery from Azura's high priest and general, Tal.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: June 22 and July 6, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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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; Berry Kroeger; Jerry Jarrett; Lily Darvas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Joseph Buloff; Nancy Franklin

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Today's Adventure: Leading the Hawmen, Zarkoff plans an expedition to find and resuce Flash and Dale. Meanwhile, Flash, under the witch queen Azura, leads the army of the Blue Magic Men against the Hawkmen.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: June 8 and June 15, 1936 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Today's Adventure: An OSS agent undertakes a secret mission to blow up a highway in Italy to block the escape of the Germans.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Boris Aplon; Hester Sondergaard; Berry Kroeger; Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Everett Sloan

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Today's Adventure: Flash begins his conquest of the Kingdom of Caves, but runs into a major complication when he's captured by Queen Azusa, witch and leader of the blue magic men.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May 25 and June 1, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood  Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures....
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Today's Adventure:A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

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Today's Adventure: Flash and his friends are sent to imprisonment in the city of the Hawkmen.

 Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11 and 18, 1935

  Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

  To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

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Today's Adventure: An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

To subscribe to this podcast and others, go to https://greatadventures.info/

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All-world athlete Flash Gordon is mistaken for a spy and taken at a gunpoint onto a rocket to the Planet Mongo, where he begins a war against Ming the Merciless.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27 and May 4, 1935

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

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Get ready for Old Time Radio. In this trailer, host Adam Graham introduces you to the concept for The Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio, a new twice twice-weekly podcast series featuring the greatest adventure stories from the Golden Age of Radio. 

This series will begin with a special  podcast on Sunday July 13 and will follow two adventure series from their first available episode to their final circulating adventure.
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