The Great Detectives Present Pete Kelly's Blues (Old Time Radio)

Head back to the 1920s, Prohibition and the Age of Jazz with star/creator Jack Webb in the 1951 Summer replacement radio series featuring clarinet player Pete Kelly and all the trouble he gets into and out of in Kansas during the roaring twenties.

Episodes

EP0750s: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Gus Trudeau (Audition)

September 8, 2012 • 30 mins

Pete Kelly’s old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. And everyone assumes Pete knows where is.

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EP0707: Pete Kelly’s Blues: June Gould

July 10, 2012 • 34 mins

Pete tries to find a missing female singer at the request of her worried mother. Original Air Date: September 19, 1951 Read more ...

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EP0702: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Dr. Jonathan Budd and the Dutchman

July 3, 2012 • 31 mins

Pete Kelly tries to save a distinguished-looking old doctor from a gangster.

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EP0697: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Zelda

June 26, 2012 • 33 mins

The ex-wife of Kelly’s record producer asks him to ask the producer for an old record. Trouble f Read more ...

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EP0692: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Hot Letters

June 19, 2012 • 37 mins

Some mugs plant a letter on Pete Kelly, but when a gunman takes a shot at Kelly, an altar boy dies in the crossfire. Original Air Date: July 25, 1951 Take our listener Read more ...

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EP0687: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Vera Brand

June 12, 2012 • 34 mins

Pete finds himself being forced into marriage with a mobster’s girl. Original Air Date: July 11, 1951 Take our li Read more ...

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EP0682: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Gus Trudeau

June 5, 2012 • 35 mins

An old friend of Kelly’s is suspected of murdering a local Kansas City mobster. Original Air Date: July 4, 1951 < Read more ...

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The Great Detectives Present Pete Kelly's Blues (Old Time Radio)

Episodes

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EP0702: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Dr. Jonathan Budd and the Dutchman

EP0697: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Zelda

EP0692: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Hot Letters

EP0687: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Vera Brand

EP0682: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Gus Trudeau

Popular Podcasts

EP0750s: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Gus Trudeau (Audition)

EP0707: Pete Kelly’s Blues: June Gould