Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 4-6 which were released between 2012 and 2015, featuring nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here. Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 1, Volume 2 begins by continuing the Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes (with John Stanley and later John Gielgud) and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with John Lund. In this volume, we'll hear these Golden Age Radio Classics: Bob Bailey taking over as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar in exciting serials and then in thrilling half hour episodes. The legal mystery series from the mind of Erle Stanley Gardener A Life in Your Hands Cases of Mr. Ace Starring George Raft The International Mystery series Mr. I.A. Moto The adventures of crime-solving lawyer John J. Malone in The Amazing Mr. Malone and Murder and Mr. Malone The greatest of all manhunters Nick Carter, Master Detective The police procedural classic The Line-Up An antiques dealer and amateur detectives opens The Casebook of Gregory Hood 1930s Crimefightint Action with Police Headquarters The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring both Van Heflin and Gerald Mohr 1930s Crime-solving Action with Police Headquarters Manhunt featuring a police criminologist who is smarter than the detectives and doesn't mind showing it every chance he gets! Half-doctor, Half Detective, all lovable responsible adult. Dr, Tim, Detective is assisted in solving crimes by a couple of kids who he instructs in important lessons in science and medicine. Tales of Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Black and his Pursuit of Justice Pat Novak for Hire is back for a second run through his hard-boiled adventures to contrast with the other Jack Webb show that ran concurrently for a weeks. We begin our journey through the landmark radio program Dragnet starring Webb as the rules for police dramas are rewritten. Vincent Price stars as the Saint, the modern Robin Hood of Crime Easy Money tells of a magician-turned-detective who exposes con games. Dane Clark stars as a New York Private Eye in Crime and Peter Chambers Ellery Queen challenges you to match wits with him in amazing puzzle mysteries. The first radio incarnation of Michael Shayne starring Wally Maher as a Bay Area Private Detective A Chicago-based Criminologist uses psychology to solve crimes in The Crime Files of FlammondAlso listen to even more obscure series such as Homicide O'Kane, Here Comes McBride, Miss Pinkerton Incorporated, A Johnny Fletcher Mystery, Police Blotter, Call the Police, The Big Guy, The Man from Homicide, and Hearthstone of the Death Squad. Also listen for specials starring Orson Welles, Adolph Menjous, Gregory Peck, Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, and William Bendix as we feature adaptations of Philip Marlowe Movies, Raymond Chandler short stories, and Edgar Allen Poe's Detective Auguste Dupin.

Episodes

February 16, 2026 32 mins
Release Date: January 27, 2014

Johnny investigates the murder of a police chief in a crooked town.

Original Air Dates: July 23 and 24, 1956

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Release Date: January 25, 2014

Guthrie investigates the murder of a carhop.

Original Air Date: November 19, 1952

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Release Date: January 24, 2014

Johnny goes ashore and finds danger in his search for the Star of Capetown.

Original Air Date: July 20, 1956

Joe Khan is caught by gangsters as he searches for a missing woman.

Original Air Date: 1958

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Release Date: January 23, 2014

Nick investigates the mysterious deaths of an opera singer, her maid, and the breakman.

Original Air Date: October 22, 19

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Release Date: January 22, 2014

After being temporarily weigh laid Johnny gets on board the ship containing one of thieves of the Star of Capetown.

Original Air Dates: July 18 and 19, 1956

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Release Date: January 21, 2014

Gregory Hood Importers acquires a ceremonial sacrificial dagger and then receives a death threat from a woman claiming to be an Aztec priestess.

Original Air Date: June 10, 1946

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Release Date: January 20, 2014

Johnny goes to Capetown to convince a wealthy playboy to secure his $150,000 necklace but the necklace is stolen and a murder occurs.

Original Air Dates: July 16 and 17, 1956

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Release Date: January 18, 2014

Guthrie investigates a series of con jobs done on grieving families.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1952

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Release Date: January 17, 2014

Johnny has found the killers but he’s staring down the barrel of a gun.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1956

The missing person Joe Khan’s investigating gets richer—by $200,000.

Original Air Date: 1958

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February 5, 2026 31 mins
Release Date: January 16, 2014

Nick gets a tip on suspicious activity from an orphan boy and he and the boy are both shot.

Original Air Date: October 15, 194

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Release Date: January 15, 2014

Will Hard Luck recover in time to let Johnny know whose behind the killing of three wealthy brothers?

Original Air Dates: July 4 and 5, 1956

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Release Date: January 14, 2014

Gregory Hood and Sandy find a man about to jump off a bridge, but he apparently dies of heart attack while talking about a gun, and traces of cyanide are found, and then then a doctor says the man was stabbed.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1946

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Release Date: January 13, 2014

Johnny goes to the mine to investigate the deaths of three wealthy brothers who were killed under suspicious circumstances in a mine cave in.

Original Air Dates: July 2 and 3, 1956

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Release Date: January 12, 2014

An unemployed man finds himself accused of murder and accompanied by a beautiful blonde detective who has an appetite for homicide.

Original Air Date: December 28, 1943'

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Release Date: January 11, 2014

Guthrie and Karger look for the perpetrator of a series of drug store robberies.

Original Air Date: July 8, 1952


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Release Date: January 10, 2014

Johnny knows who the killer is but can he prove it.

Original Air Date: June 29, 1956

A private eye named Joe Khan gets hired to find a woman’s lost sister.

Original Air Date: 1958

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January 29, 2026 36 mins
Release Date: January 09, 2014

The winners of numbers games are turning up dead.

Original Air Date: October 1, 1944

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Release Date: January 08, 2014

Johnny’s assignment to prevent a murder fails and leads to a murder investigation and will Johnny be the next victim.

Original Air Dates : June 27 and 28, 1956

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Release Date: January 07, 2014

Mr Chameleon investigates the murder of a woman with a great smile who was being invited to stay at a wealthy man’s house.

Original Air Date: April 24, 1953

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Release Date: January 06, 2014

Johnny goes to LA after an insurance company receives an anonymous letter warning that they’ll have to pay off on a big policy.

Original Air Dates: June 25 and 26, 1956

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