Today's Mystery: Joe Friday searches for the source of pornography being passed around by high school students.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 21, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Virginia Gregg; Ralph Moody
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Broadway's My Beat: The Ted Ebberly Murder Case (EP4978)
05/20/2026 | 32 mins.
Today's Mystery:A former prizefighter is suspected of killing a drunk salesman.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Clayton Post; Roy Glenn; Herb Butterfield; Charlotte Lawrence; Jester Hairston,
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The Big Story: Death in the Family (EP4977)
05/19/2026 | 32 mins.
Today’s Mystery:Two children are murdered, apparently killed by their father in a murder-suicide, but a reporter senses that something is wrong.
Original Radio Broadcast: June 21, 1950 \ Originating from New YorkStarring: Larry Haines as William Noble; Barbara Weeks; Bill Smith; Bob Dryden
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The Saint: Sonata for a Slayer (EP4976)
05/18/2026 | 33 mins.
Today's Mystery: A man asks Simon to investigate a case where a talented pianist's life is endangered by Beethoven, but then is murdered himself.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 18, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Alice Frost; Fritz Feld; Tony Barrett; George Neise
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Counterspy: The Case of the Poison Peddler (A0088)
05/16/2026 | 36 mins.
Today's Adventure: David Harding takes on a hate group that has inspired the beating of a local shopkeeper.
Original Radio Broadcast:February 24, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Ken Lynch
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About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
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, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, 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, Chicago and also Australia. The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, 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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