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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.
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Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy

Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy

Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover. Original Air Dat Read more ...
35:1827/01/2013
EP0800s: Suspense: Deadline at Dawn

EP0800s: Suspense: Deadline at Dawn

A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the p Read more ...
01:05:4017/11/2012
EP0765s: 50th Anniversary of the End of the Golden Age of Radio

EP0765s: 50th Anniversary of the End of the Golden Age of Radio

On September 30th 1962, the golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Read more ...
01:03:1730/09/2012
EP0700s: Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA

EP0700s: Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA

A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to Read more ...
01:05:3830/06/2012
EP0690s: Suspense: The Crowd

EP0690s: Suspense: The Crowd

  A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd. Original Air Date: September 27, 1950
32:5916/06/2012
EP0650s: Mystery Award Theater: The Screwball Division

EP0650s: Mystery Award Theater: The Screwball Division

The youngest and oldest detectives on the force turn to a drunk former detective to solve three murders that occurred at the same time. Original Air Date: June 13, 1949 Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives Take the listener Read more ...
33:5121/04/2012
EP0622: Murder Clinic: The Tragedy at Marsden Manor

EP0622: Murder Clinic: The Tragedy at Marsden Manor

Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just p Read more ...
32:4313/03/2012
EP0617:Campbell’s Playhouse: The Murder of Roger Akroyd

EP0617:Campbell’s Playhouse: The Murder of Roger Akroyd

While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.
01:01:5306/03/2012
Studio One: The Thirty-Nine Steps

Studio One: The Thirty-Nine Steps

A Canadian finds himself drawn into a world of myste Read more ...
01:05:4411/02/2012
EP0550s: Murder Clinic: A Scrap of Lace

EP0550s: Murder Clinic: A Scrap of Lace

A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent family from scandal. Original Air Date: September 22, 1942 Cast your vote for the show on podcast alley http://podcastalley.greatdetectives.net Become Read more ...
33:3903/12/2011
EP0525s: Columbia Workshop: Murder in Studio One

EP0525s: Columbia Workshop: Murder in Studio One

A female detective tries to solve a murder in a radio studio in the series 26 by Corwin. Original Air Date: October 12, 1941 Cast your vote for the show on podca Read more ...
34:5429/10/2011
EP0500s: Lux Radio Theater: To the Ends of the Earth

EP0500s: Lux Radio Theater: To the Ends of the Earth

Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narco Read more ...
01:05:1124/09/2011
EP0450s: WW2 Special: Suspense: Menace in Wax and You Were Wonderful

EP0450s: WW2 Special: Suspense: Menace in Wax and You Were Wonderful

This Suspense doublebill features two episodes of CBS’ signature anthology series. First, a reporter is summoned to a wax museum and finds a code that could spell t Read more ...
01:05:0916/07/2011
EP0400s: Screen Director’s Playhouse: D.O.A.

EP0400s: Screen Director’s Playhouse: D.O.A.

A man (Edmund O’Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him. Original Air Date: June 21, 1951 Buy Tales of the Dim K Read more ...
01:04:0907/05/2011
EP0350s: Screen Guild Theatre: The Mask of Demetrios

EP0350s: Screen Guild Theatre: The Mask of Demetrios

A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary proportion. In the co Read more ...
33:0926/02/2011
Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Man Who Was Thursday

Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Man Who Was Thursday

Release Date: December 18, 2010In G.K. Chesterton’s classic, Gabriel Syme (Orson Welles) is a police detective infiltrating the anarchist counsel of Europe.Original Air Date: September 5, 1938Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
01:02:3718/12/2010
Lux Radio Theater: After the Thin Man

Lux Radio Theater: After the Thin Man

Original Release Date: November 8, 2010Returning from investigating the “Thin Man” case, Nick Charles again hopes to retire, but finds himself drawn into another mystery when his wife’s cousin is approved of murdering her no good husband.Original Air Date: June 17, 1940Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
01:04:3308/11/2010
Lux Radio Theater: The Thin Man

Lux Radio Theater: The Thin Man

Original Release Date: November 1, 2010Nick Charles, a retired private detective is drawn back to detection with the insistence of his wife, Nora, when a former client is suspected of several murders.Original Air Date: June 8, 1936Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
01:04:2701/11/2010
Screen Director’s Playhouse: Chicago Deadline

Screen Director’s Playhouse: Chicago Deadline

Original Release Date: October 25, 2010A reporter (Alan Ladd) finds a woman dead of TB and is determined to find out why she died.Original Air Date: March 24, 1950Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
37:0925/10/2010
Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper

Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper

Release Date: July 31, 2010In this made-for-radio sequel to the Maltese Falcon, Casper Guttman (Joseph Kearns) returns, but this time he’s seeking a piece of dental work.Original Air Date: January 10, 1948Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715GIve us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
01:07:1331/07/2010
Suspense: The One Way Ride to Nowhere

Suspense: The One Way Ride to Nowhere

Original Release Date: May 22, 2010A psychologist is found dead on a roller coaster after a ride, but he wasn’t on board when the roller coaster left.Original Air Date: January 6, 1944Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715GIve us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out all our social media links and connect with us at https://www.greatdetectives.net
32:3422/05/2010
Screen Guild Theater: The Maltese Falcon

Screen Guild Theater: The Maltese Falcon

Original Release Date: March 13, 2010In this 1943 adaptation of the original hardboiled detective story: Miles Archer, the partner of Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart) is killed while shadowing someone for a client ( Mary Astor.) When the man Archer was shadowing is killed, the police suspect Spade. Spade must find Archer’s killer and to do it he has to match wits against dangerous international criminals (Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet.)Original Air Date: September 20, 1943Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
37:2413/03/2010