Rocky Jordan Presented by the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio
Join host Adam Graham on a journey to the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, Egypt as we travel through all the circulating adventures of cafe owner and reluctant detective Rocky Jordan as played by Jack Moyles and later George Raft.
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October 10, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: April 10, 2019
Jordan is dragged out of bed at night and given thirty-six hours to leave Egypt, and no one will tell him why.
Original Air Date: November 27, 1949
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Jordan is dragged out of bed at night and given thirty-six hours to leave Egypt, and no one will tell him why.
Original Air Date: November 27, 1949
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October 3, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: April 3, 2019
Rocky goes to meet a friend arriving from England and finds out he disappeared along with a million dollars.
Original Air Date: November 20, 1949
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Rocky goes to meet a friend arriving from England and finds out he disappeared along with a million dollars.
Original Air Date: November 20, 1949
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September 26, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: March 27, 2019
A Dutch man is found dead in the desert. Cause of death: freezing.
Original Air Date: November 13, 1949
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A Dutch man is found dead in the desert. Cause of death: freezing.
Original Air Date: November 13, 1949
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September 19, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: March 20, 2019
Rocky receives a black ball in the mail, has a woman come after him with a gun, and a collector show up demanding 100,000 Francs to cover gambling losses in Monte Carlo that Rocky didn’t make.
Original Air Date: November 6, 1949
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Rocky receives a black ball in the mail, has a woman come after him with a gun, and a collector show up demanding 100,000 Francs to cover gambling losses in Monte Carlo that Rocky didn’t make.
Original Air Date: November 6, 1949
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September 12, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: March 13, 2019
A photographer who produced postcards for Rocky disappears.
Original Air Date: October 30, 1949
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A photographer who produced postcards for Rocky disappears.
Original Air Date: October 30, 1949
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September 5, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: March 6, 2019
A friend of Rocky’s got himself in trouble while trying to sell a rare bowl on the black market.
Original Air Date: October 23, 1949
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A friend of Rocky’s got himself in trouble while trying to sell a rare bowl on the black market.
Original Air Date: October 23, 1949
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August 29, 2025 • 38 mins
Original Release Date: February 26, 2019
Jordan does nothing when he sees a young woman being chased as he’s told that it’s a family affair. However, when it turns out to be a kidnapping, Jordan sets out to find her.
Original Air Date: October 16, 1949
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Jordan does nothing when he sees a young woman being chased as he’s told that it’s a family affair. However, when it turns out to be a kidnapping, Jordan sets out to find her.
Original Air Date: October 16, 1949
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August 22, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: February 12, 2019
A man who was in the Tambourine and refused to give his name is murdered. Some people think Jordan knows all about the man.
Original Air Date: October 9, 1949
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A man who was in the Tambourine and refused to give his name is murdered. Some people think Jordan knows all about the man.
Original Air Date: October 9, 1949
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August 8, 2025 • 36 mins
Original Release Date: February 5, 2019
Jordan receives a threatening phone call and Sam Sabaya tells him two other men have already been murdered.
Original Air Date: October 2, 1949
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Jordan receives a threatening phone call and Sam Sabaya tells him two other men have already been murdered.
Original Air Date: October 2, 1949
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August 1, 2025 • 33 mins
Original Release Date: January 29, 2019
Rocky finds out he’s the beneficiary of a $40,000 insurance policy from a woman who he barely knew and who also claimed to be his wife.
Original Air Date: September 25, 1949
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Rocky finds out he’s the beneficiary of a $40,000 insurance policy from a woman who he barely knew and who also claimed to be his wife.
Original Air Date: September 25, 1949
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July 25, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: January 22, 2019
A man in a boat gives Rocky a warning and then dies.
Original Air Date: September 18, 1949
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A man in a boat gives Rocky a warning and then dies.
Original Air Date: September 18, 1949
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July 18, 2025 • 37 mins
Original Release Date: January 16, 2019
A friend of Rocky’s asks to stay with him, but a black-haired woman from Brazil has a score to settle.
Original Air Date: September 11, 1949
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A friend of Rocky’s asks to stay with him, but a black-haired woman from Brazil has a score to settle.
Original Air Date: September 11, 1949
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July 11, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: January 8, 2019
An Eskimo stumbles into the window of the Tambourine and collapses dead.
Original Air Date: January 28, 1948|
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An Eskimo stumbles into the window of the Tambourine and collapses dead.
Original Air Date: January 28, 1948|
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July 4, 2025 • 36 mins
Original Release Date: January 2, 2019
Rocky meets a beautiful woman from Istanbul who is being hunted by a dangerous man.
Original Air Date: August 28, 1949
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Rocky meets a beautiful woman from Istanbul who is being hunted by a dangerous man.
Original Air Date: August 28, 1949
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June 27, 2025 • 39 mins
Original Release Date: December 25, 2018
Rocky goes out to the desert to talk to someone about renting the Tambourine for a private party and finds himself in the midst of nomadic bandits robbing a caravan with twenty-four camels carrying Arabic gum.
Original Air Date: August 21, 1949
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Rocky goes out to the desert to talk to someone about renting the Tambourine for a private party and finds himself in the midst of nomadic bandits robbing a caravan with twenty-four camels carrying Arabic gum.
Original Air Date: August 21, 1949
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June 20, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: December 19, 2018
Rocky finds Captain Sam Sabaya beaten in alley and Sabaya refuses to tell him what’s going on.
Original Air Date: August 14, 1949
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Rocky finds Captain Sam Sabaya beaten in alley and Sabaya refuses to tell him what’s going on.
Original Air Date: August 14, 1949
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June 13, 2025 • 36 mins
Original Release Date: December 12, 2018
An old friend of Rocky’s gives him the deed to a South African gold mine.
Original Air Date: August 7, 1949
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An old friend of Rocky’s gives him the deed to a South African gold mine.
Original Air Date: August 7, 1949
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May 30, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: December 5, 2018
A Spanish Gypsy wants to leave the gypsy life and marry an outsider, but she’s being followed by a jealous ex-boyfriend.
Original Air Date: December 31, 1947
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A Spanish Gypsy wants to leave the gypsy life and marry an outsider, but she’s being followed by a jealous ex-boyfriend.
Original Air Date: December 31, 1947
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May 23, 2025 • 34 mins
Original Release Date: November 28, 2018
Rocky is summoned by a respected old man who has a knife in him and wants Rocky’s help fulfilling his last request.
Original Air Date: July 24, 1949
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Rocky is summoned by a respected old man who has a knife in him and wants Rocky’s help fulfilling his last request.
Original Air Date: July 24, 1949
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May 16, 2025 • 35 mins
Original Release Date: November 21, 2018
A woman warns Rocky a bomb is going to explode in a pawn shop. The bomb goes off and she tells them another one will go off in half a day and she doesn’t know where it is.
Original Air Date: July 17, 1949
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A woman warns Rocky a bomb is going to explode in a pawn shop. The bomb goes off and she tells them another one will go off in half a day and she doesn’t know where it is.
Original Air Date: July 17, 1949
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