Bob Bailey & Virginia Gregg
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio is a podcast featuring the best vintage detective radio programs. Each week from Monday through Saturday, we feature six of Old Time Radio's great detective series from the beginning of the show to its very last episode. And as a bonus, twice a month we also post a public domain movie or TV mystery or detective show video.
Along the way, I'll provide you my commentary and offer you opportunities to interact.
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cronin Matter Omnibus
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Today’s Mystery:
Johnny Dollar is hired to protect the Circle of Fire, a half-million-dollar diamond-and-emerald necklace belonging to former Broadway sensation Dolly Cronin, who plans to wear it while recreating the lavish parties of her youth. But with Dolly inviting friends from a past she remembers through rose-colored glasses, Johnny quickly discovers that the celebrated necklace may attract people with motives far less sentimental than hers.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 5-9, 1955
Originating from Hollywood
Cast:
- Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
- Virginia Gregg
- Shirley Mitchell
- Vivi Janis
- Barbara Fuller
- Benny Rubin
- John Dehner
- Parley Baer
- Les Crutchfield, writer
- Jack Johnstone, producer and director
- Amerigo Marino, musical supervision
- Roy Rowan, announcer
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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast
Counterspy: Vicious Visitor (A0122)
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Today’s Adventure:
Violent bank robber Rocky Gaines escapes from federal prison, and David Harding and Harry Peters join the manhunt as the wounded fugitive heads into the mountains. Gaines seeks refuge with Norma Benton, a woman from his past who has built a new life with her husband, and threatens to expose her secret unless she helps him hide from the authorities.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lost by a Hair Matter (EP5060)
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Today’s Mystery:
Original Radio Broadcast Date:
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.
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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural
Dragnet: The Big Whiff (EP5059)
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Today’s Mystery:
Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of an unidentified woman found in a vacant lot, apparently the victim of chloroform poisoning. With no identification and little evidence beyond a chloroform-soaked handkerchief, the case takes an unusual turn when a stranger walks into police headquarters and insists that he murdered her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 5, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Cast:
- Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
- Herb Ellis as Frank Smith
- Vic Perrin
- Gil Stratton
- Jack Kruschen
- Script by Jim Moser
- Music by Walter Schumann
- Technical advice from the office of LAPD Chief W. H. Parker
- Technical advisors: Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher
- Hal Gibney, announcer
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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast
Broadway’s My Beat: The Joey Croft Murder Case (EP5058)
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Today’s Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joey Croft, a Coney Island carnival operator found stabbed and buried in the sand. Suspicion falls on Fred Moore, a recently released ex-con who blamed Joey for sending him to prison, but finding Moore only draws Danny deeper into the tangled relationships of several people from their old carnival days.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Credits:
- Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
- Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
- Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
- Alvina Temple as Letty Scott
- Lou Merrill as Mr. Zabrowski
- Paula Victor as Nora Forrest
- Herb Vigran as Ray Kendall
- Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
- Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
- Music composed and conducted by Alexander Courage
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story
The Big Story: The Biggest Catch (EP5057)
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Today’s Mystery:
Young journalism student Don Morrissey is determined to prove he has what it takes to become a full-time reporter for his hometown newspaper in quiet Elkhorn, Wisconsin. His opportunity arrives when three supposed fishermen crash their car into a telephone pole, and Don’s suspicions about the strangely anxious travelers lead him to test whether their fishing story holds water.
Original Radio Broadcast: February 4, 1953
Originating from New York
Cast:
- Michael O’Day as Don Morrissey
- Cameron Prudhomme
- Mandel Kramer
- Maurice Gosfield
- Harold Huber
- Tom Collins
- John McGovern
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint
The Saint: Miss Godby’s School for Girls (EP5056)
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Today’s Mystery:
The Saint becomes involved when a blackmailer calls him to give a father a demand for ransom.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1950.
Originating from Hollywood
- Vincent Price as Simon Templar / The Saint
- Peggy Webber
- Gloria McMillan
- Maggie Morley
- Ted Osborne
- Theodore von Eltz
- Larry Dobkin
- Don Stanley, announcer
Script by Dick Powell
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