Old Time Radio Mystery Specials
Enjoy a series of unusual episodes of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio including old time radio mystery movie adaptations from the Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Theater, and similar programs. As well as episodes Escape, Suspense, and Murder Clinic, along with some truly different programs including Roy Rogers, Mayor of the Town, Superman, and Cavalcade of America. Also comparisons of how two detective programs handle the same story.
Episodes
A vacationing police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI training school.
Original Air Date: May 5, 1947
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Marshall Mark Dillon goes to Gough Eye to investigate an allegedly crooked roulette wheel and finds a a series of murders.
Audition Date: June 11, 1949
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Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — ...
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1950
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A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.
Original Air Date: December 2, 1946
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A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.
Original Air Date: September 17, 1948
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Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.
Original Air Date: December 14, 1953
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Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning Movie of the same name.
Original Air Date: October 7, 1948
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The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?
Original Air Date: 1940
A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.
Original Air Date: January 2, 1944
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A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.
Original Air Date: February 12, 1949
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 14, 1944
Originating from Hollywood
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In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.
Original Air Date: October 3, 1956
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Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.
Original Air Date: August 18, 1942
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A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.
Original Air Date: May 15, 1948
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The golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense. In the “Tip-Off Matter,” an ex-con tells Johnny the location of his loot. In “Devilstone,” a rich young Irishman is having trouble renting a house that is rumored to be haunted.
On September 30th 1962
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950
Originating in New York
Starring: Lee Tracy as Clint Flint, Miriam Wolfe, Bill Lipton, Joe DeSantis
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A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1953
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A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd. Original Air Date: September 27, 1950
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Original Radio Broadcast: February 3, 1952
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Today's 2nd Mystery: Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to Denver.
Original Air Date: September 4, 1952
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Frank Lo...
Original Air Date: July 22, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Alan Ladd; Marjorie Reynolds; Ward Bond
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