Adam Graham serves as your host, providing his idiosyncratic as he goes, as we go through the much underrated 1946-54 detective series starring a pre-Johnny Dollar Bob Bailey as Detective George Valentine a World War II vet, who along with his secretary and assistant Brooksie take on every case that's mailed to them.
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The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)
Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast
Listen to the adventures of that man with the action-packed account, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. From 1949-62, the freelance insurance investigator relayed his adventures to the golden age of radio listeners via his action-packed account. In one of the longest-running old-time radio mystery detective programs. Six actors played Johnny Dollar. Currently, we're posting episodes starring Bob Bailey, the best-loved of the Johnny Dollar actors every Tuesday and Friday. However, you'll find the adv ...
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Join host Adam Graham on two seperate journeys through Box 13, the series starring Alan Ladd as reprorter turned Mystery Writer Dan Holiday. Holiday's adventures begin as a result of a newspaper ad that reads, "Adventure wanted. Will go anywhere, will do anything." This podcast features every episode of Box 13 twice. First, originally podcast from 2009-2010 and then ten years later. Find out how our knowledge of some episodes have grown and how reactions to them have changed over the years.
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Nick Carter Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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Lon Clark plays Nick Carter, the greatest of all manhunters. Nick appeared in countless books, three movies, and for 12 years in this radio series featuring his unusual adventures. Host Adam Graham guides you through Carter's prolific radio adventures.
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The basic facts of Holmes are well-known to nearly every literate person on the globe. He was the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and made appearances in fifty-six short stories and four novels. He solved cases from 221B Baker Street in London with the assistance of his faithful companion, Dr. Watson. Holmes became so popular that Doyle couldn’t get away with killing him. Holmes is one of the few true timeless characters in literature. His canonical adventures may have been set in the lat ...
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Some called it, "Dragnet on Horseback." But this 1950-52 Old Time crime Series focused on the exploits of the Texas Rangers and provided keen insights into the work of one most storied police forces in the world and vital nature of their work investigating major crimes across the state of Texas, often operating hundreds of miles away from the metropolitan resources that other fictional lawmen enjoyed. Ranger Jayce Pearson (Joel McCrea) portrays the resourcefulness, and ingenuity of the Texas ...
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Barrie Craig was a different kind of detective show and Craig as played by William Gargan was a different type of detective: a big gentle easy going guy who always believed his clients until evidence proved otherwise. In some ways, it poked fun at the private detective genre by giving Craig police-type powers and duties such as making arrests and filling out paperwork. This played off the wide variety of functions and investigations that other PIs took on that were really police functions. A ...
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Join host Adam Graham as he presents every circulating episode of Jeff Regan,Investigator, both the original series starring Jack Webb in 1948 and the 1949-50 revival starring Frank Graham (with Paul Dobov substituting for several weeks).
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Join Adam Graham, host of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio as he presents all of the existing old time radio episodes of Nero Wolfe including the only surviving 1940s episodes and then all 25 of the Sidney Greenstreet New Adventures of Nero Wolfe. Join Rex Stout's famous sleuth as joined by a bushel of Archie Goodwins, he solves a wide variety of crimes while rarely leaving his New York City brownstone.
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Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 4-6 which were released between 2012 and 2015, featuring nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here. Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 1, Volume 2 begins by continuing the Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes (with J ...
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Host Adam Graham guides listeners through all existing Poirot Old TIme Radio programs including the series of (mostly original) stories starring Harold Huber and two adaptations of Poirot stories, including one featuring Orson Welles.
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Adam Graham host this podcast which will feature all of the available episodes of Rogue's Gallery, the first hard boiled radio private eye. Stars include Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, and Paul Stewart. Adam Graham provides his Idiosyncratic commentary each episode.
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William Gargan stars as Ross Dolan in this 1946-47 ABC hard-boiled Detective Series. This was presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio by host Adam Graham
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Host Adam Graham presents the two Thin Man Movie adaptations done by the Lux Radio Theater starring William Powell as well as every complete circulating episode of the radio adventures of Nick and Nora Charles.
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Matter of the Medium Well Done, Part Three and Four (EP1103)
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27:44Release Date: November 13, 2013 Johnny gathers more information to prepare to confront a medium who has persuaded a wealthy young woman to change her insurance. Original Air Dates: May 16 and 17, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a do…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot (EP0369)
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33:11Original Release Date: March 25, 2011 Also known as the Cornish horror. While recovering from a convalescence, Holmes has to solve a bizarre murder that local legend would seem to blame on the devil. Original Air Date: January 13, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://su…
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Amazing Mr. Malone: Never Judge a Book By Its Cover (EP1102)
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31:34Release Date: November 12, 2013 A shady mob boss hires a private detective to find a missing woman. The detective falls in love with her and then she’s murdered and his wife is the police’s prime suspect. Original Air Date: July 6, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://s…
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Original Release Date: March 16, 2011 George is hired by a man to find his missing wife, but all the evidence George can find points to the man having murdered her. Original Air Date: October 17, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a do…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Matter of the Medium Well-done, Part One and Two (EP1101)
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31:01Release Date: November 11, 2013 Johnny is brought in when an insurance agent because afraid that a young policyholder is in danger when she changes her beneficiary to a medium Original Air Dates: May 14 and 15, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetective…
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Cavalcade of America: The School for Men (EP1100s)
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33:57Release Date: November 10, 2013 A vacationing police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI training school. Original Air Date: May 5, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatde…
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The Line Up: The Charles Crocked Clobbering Case (EP1100)
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28:44Release Date: November 09, 2013 Guthrie investigates a murder of a man who’d been on a date. Original Air Date: July 29, 1952 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at …
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Original Release Date: March 18, 2023 Today's Mystery:Jace Pearson is called in when a body is found burned inside a locked business. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: …
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Sherlock Holmes: The Darlington Substitution Case (EP0364)
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32:53Original Release Date: March 18, 2011 Early in his career and desperate for a case, Holmes accepts as a job as a bodyguard to an unlikable man who turns out to be blackmailer. Original Air Date: January 4, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Blue Matter, Part Five and Dr. Tim Detective: The Man from Hiroshima (EP1099)
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34:56Release Date: November 08, 2013 Johnny knows who’s behind the theft and it’ll break a woman’s heart. Original Air Date: May 11, 1956 What’s spoiling Dr. Tim’s X-ray films? Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donatio…
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Original Release Date: August 30, 2010 Dan Holiday goes undercover at a chop shop to find the brother of a woman who asked for his help. Original Air Date: November 3, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 1591…
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Release Date: June 25, 2012 Barrie arrests a boy for trying to mug him. When the boy confesses to an unsolved robbery and murder, Barrie seeks to clear him. Original Air Date: May 5, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Ad…
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Let George Do It: The Man Under the Elm Tree
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33:49Original Release Date: March 9, 2011 George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems to know something about the death of the lady’s husband. Original Air Date: September 26, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Supp…
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Nick Carter: The Case of the Luminous Spots
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29:52Release Date: January 08, 2015 A burglary and the murder of a janitor are tied to Nick Carter’s boys club. Original Air Date: April 27, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Giv…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Two Faced Matter (EP4855)
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30:47Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of $58,000 from a ludite furniture manufacturing company. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1958 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Will Wright, Herb Vigran, Forrest Lewis, Edgar Barrier, Richard Beals, Bill James, Gus Bayz When making your travel plans…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Blue Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1097)
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29:10Release Date: November 06, 2013 Johnny’s investigations uncovers more information on a young man in a slum with more heartbreak for his sister. Original Air Dates: May 9 and 10, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Gr…
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Nick Carter: The Missing Harold Ascort (EP1098)
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35:21Release Date: November 07, 2013 Nick investigates a kidnapping where the kidnappers have a personal score to settle with Nick. Original Air Date: February 12, 1944 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913,…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Singular Affair of the White Cockerel (EP0359)
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34:14Original Release Date: March 11, 2011 While Sherlock Holmes is retired on his bee farm, he is asked to investigate a missing chicken. He finds the case is far more serious than first thought as a human life is at stake. Original Air Date: December 28, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-tim…
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Amazing Mr. Malone: Handsome is As Handsome Does (EP1096)
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32:36Release Date: November 05, 2013 A woman comes to Malone to help and she needs it when she’s charged with the murder of her husband’s mistress. Original Air Date: June 29, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, P…
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Original Release Date: March 2, 2011 A series of shootings are tied to a 1942 massacre where one man’s betrayal led to 37 deaths. George has to find the coward-and the murderer. Original Air Date: September 19, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetective…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Blue Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1095)
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29:44Release Date: November 04, 2013 Johnny investigates the theft of silver blue mink furs near a slum neighborhood where cooperation is hard to come by. Original Air Dates: May 7 and 8, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Ad…
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The Line Up: The Drinkler Kidnapping Case (EP1094)
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33:07Release Date: November 02, 2013 A businessman is kidnapped and held for ransom and the police must step in when his fight has a breakdown. Original Air Date: July 22, 1952 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Bo…
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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Unleashed Fury
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38:01Original Release Date: March 11, 2023 Today's Mystery:The Rangers hunt for an violent escaped mental patient. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 1591…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Grand Old Man (EP0354)
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32:03Original Release Date: March 4, 2011 Sherlock Holmes needs to ensure that a dying elderly playwrite isn’t murdered, and to help him find the living relatives of the man whose play he stole. Original Air Date: December 21, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.gre…
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Original Release Date: August 23, 2010 A man pays someone $50,000 to find someone to kill him. He changes his mind about wanting to be killed, but the go-between he paid is dead, and he doesn’t know who’s gunning for him. He turns to Dan Holiday. Original Air Date: October 27, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the…
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Original Release Date: February 23, 2011 A 14-year old gets George to a vineyard, where George finds the vineyard patriarch running everyone’s life, and headed for a crisis. Original Air Date: September 12, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.ne…
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Release Date: June 18, 2012 A mummy sent to Craig’s office sets him on the trail of a very modern murder. Original Air Date: March 30, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Callicles Matter, Part Five and Dr. Tim, Detective: Poisoner at Large (EP1093)
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33:01Release Date: November 01, 2013 The police join the search for the missing investment banker. Original Air Date: May 4, 1956 Dr. Tim, Sandy, and Jill search for the source of a food poisoning epidemic. Original Air Date: 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.grea…
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Release Date: January 01, 2015 Nick is hired by an insurance company and demands a free hand in investigating a series of car thefts. Original Air Date: April 20, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lucky Four Matter (EP4850)
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31:57Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Colorado to investigate the death of a cantankerous old rancher . Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Ken Christy; Vic Perrin; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Shirley Mitchell When making your travel plans, remember http://johnn…
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Release Date: October 31, 2013 An ex-con cabby comes to Nick for help when he finds one of his passengers murdered in the back of his cab. Original Air Date: February 5, 1944 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Callicles Matter, Part Three and Four (EP1091)
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31:42Release Date: October 30, 2013 The missing man is found and his wife dead…or are they? Original Air Dates: May 2 and 3, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 2…
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Original Release Date: February 16, 2011 George is hired to watch the daughter of a rich man who has been hanging out at a suspicious dive. She ends up shot and George’s client is murdered. Original Air Date: September 5, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.gre…
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Amazing Mr. Malone: Hard Work Never Killed Anyone (EP1090)
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31:59Release Date: October 29, 2013 An abusive husband is murdered after beginning to blackmail his real first wife. Original Air Date: June 22, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Elusive Emerald (EP0349)
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33:40Original Release Date: February 25, 2011 Sherlock Holmes is hired by the family of a duchess who claim she is a kleptomaniac. The duchess denies it, but Holmes follows her and the rumor is confirmed. Original Air Date: December 14, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://s…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Callicles Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1089)
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30:32Release Date: October 28, 2013 Johnny investigates the case of a wealthy man who is bonded for $100,000 and has disappeared without notice for ten days and no one cares about it. Original Air Dates: April 30 and May 1, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatd…
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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Little Sister
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36:25Original Release Date: March 4, 2023 Today's Mystery: Two young women rob a theater and beat the manager. Original Radio Broadcast Date:May 4, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boi…
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The Line Up: The Twitching Twists Twenty-Two Tweaking Case (EP1088)
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37:28Release Date: October 26, 2013 Guthrie suspects foul play in the case of a missing woman. Original Air Date: July 15, 1952 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lonely Hearts Matter, Parts Three and Five (EP1087)
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34:02Release Date: October 25, 2013 A man has been murdered and his widow’s last husband also died. Did she kill him? Original Air Dates: April 25 and 27, 1956 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, I…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Singular Affair of the Coptic Compass (EP0344)
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39:18Original Release Date: February 18, 2011 In order to distract Holmes, so he can steal a valuable jewel, Moriarty plants a fascinating murder in Holmes flat. Original Air Date: December 7, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation t…
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Original Release Date: June 11, 2012 Barrie Craig investigates a case of a Broadway producer overselling his show, but invariably finds himself investigating a murder. Original Air Date: March 9, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a do…
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Original Release Date: August 16, 2010 Dan Holiday sees a man dead in a pawn shop. He reports it to Lt. Kling, only to find out the dead man reported for parole. Original Air Date: October 20, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to:…
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