The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Auteur(s): Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts
  • Résumé

  • Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Mathew Slade, Private Investigator, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.

    Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.


    Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.

    We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.

    Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, and also Australia.

    The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, William Wintersole, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
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  • Mathew Slade, Private Investigator: Pattern for a Frame (EP4630)
    Feb 18 2025
    Today's Mystery: Mathew finds himself accused of murder while working with a Congressman on a corruption probe of a racketeer.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1964

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Sylvia Walden as Jonesy; Norman Belkin as Sergeant Sid Dinelli; Karl Swenson as Lieutenant Flagg

    Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Ken, Patreon supporter at the November 2023.

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    32 min
  • The Falcon: The Case of the Jumping Jack (EP4629)
    Feb 17 2025
    Today's Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon because she suspects that her husband has hired a private eye to follow her.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1952

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Ken, Patreon supporter since January 2020

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    37 min
  • Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)
    Feb 15 2025
    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that's taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic pictures.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 7, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Eric, Patreon supporter since January 2022

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again on Monday for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    33 min

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