Barrie Craig| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Hard Boiled Mystery Dramas
Barrie Craig was a different kind of detective show and Craig as played by William Gargan was a different type of detective: a big gentle easy going guy who always believed his clients until evidence proved otherwise. In some ways, it poked fun at the private detective genre by giving Craig police-type powers and duties such as making arrests and filling out paperwork. This played off the wide variety of functions and investigations that other PIs took on that were really police functions. Another time, Craig began his voice over narration by saying, “Manhattan’s my beat,” a clear reference to CBS’ Broadway’s My Beat. Other episodes took a serious turn such as Craig’s poignant caper with a mentally ill young woman.Gargan’s light and easygoing style make each episode of Barrie Craig is like a visit with an old friend talking about his detective adventures. Listeners were more than happy to visit for four years. Host Adam Graham brings you all surviving episodes of this classic series. Also in this feed are three episodes of Gargan's earlier detective series, I Deal in Crime from 1947. These episodes were presented from 2011-12 as part of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio podcast.
Episodes
Barrie is hired by a wealthy woman to be companion to her accident prone husband who keeps almost killing himself.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1955
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Barrie investigates when a woman at Willy’s wagon complains that someone stole her bull fiddle, and finds himself in the midst of the dangerous murder case.
Original Air Date: December 19, 1954
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While on vacation in Florida, Barrie investigates the disappearance of an old friend.
Original Air Date: November 21, 1954
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Barrie Craig tries to save the bitter boyfriend of a young woman, who asked for his help, from a life of crime
Original Air Date: November 7, 1954
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Barrie and a beautiful young woman are invited to the house of a wealthy man. They find the house is owned by someone else and rumors of ghosts abound.
Original Air Date: September 7, 1954
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Barrie Craig and his elevator man go to Vermont on a vacation. The peaceful rest is interrupted when they find a body in a hay wagon.
Original Air Date: August 31, 1954
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Barrie subcontracts to an aging private eye to find a missing rug merchant. Barrie finds the man dead and has to stop killer from killing the private eye.
Original Air Date: August 24, 1954
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At a resort, Barrie is hired by a wealthy young woman to investigate a young man who claims to be wealthy too. Barrie finds both are frauds, but that’s just the start of the case.
Original Air Date: August 17, 1954
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Barrie Craig investigates embezzlement and murder at a department store.
Original Air Date: August 10, 1954
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Barrie bails out a Runyanesque character who attacked an agent that had stolen his girl. Craig comes to regret it when the agent is murdered and the character he bailed out is a top suspect.
Original Air Date: August 3, 1954
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On board a train heading for a fishing vacation to the Adirondacks, Barrie runs into mystery and murder when a beautiful woman asks him to guard an envelope.
Original Air Date: July 27, 195
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Barrie is hired by a wife who fears her husband is being blackmailed.
Original Air Date: July 13, 1954
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Barrie Craig helps a just released ex-con turn over a new leaf has he tries to find the ex-con’s loot.
Original Air Date: July 6, 1954
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Barrie is hired to find the wife of a dead man.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1954
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Barrie is hired to find $200,000 that was stolen by a corporate treasurer.
Original Air Date: April 6, 1954
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Barrie heads to a small town to track down a man who embezzled money from a local bank.
Original Air Date: March 30, 1954
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Barrie Craig goes to Vermont ski country to investigate a two year old attempted murder with four suspects and no proof as to who did it.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1954
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Barrie Craig is hired to go out of town and undercover to investigate a series of fires at a chemical plants.
Original Air Date: January 19, 1954
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Barrie finds a jewel thief dead in his office.
Original Air Date: November 3, 1953
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Barrie is hired by a doctor to discover who is amnesiatic patient is.
Original Air Date: October 13, 1953
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