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Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

NewYours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP1345)November 14, 2026 · 36 min
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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 John Stanley and later John Gielgud) and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with John Lund.

In this volume, we'll hear these Golden Age Radio Classics:

  • Bob Bailey taking over as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar in exciting serials and then in thrilling half hour episodes.
  • The legal mystery series from the mind of Erle Stanley Gardener A Life in Your Hands
  • Cases of Mr. Ace Starring George Raft
  • The International Mystery series Mr. I.A. Moto
  • The adventures of crime-solving lawyer John J. Malone in The Amazing Mr. Malone and Murder and Mr. Malone
  • The greatest of all manhunters Nick Carter, Master Detective
  • The police procedural classic The Line-Up
  • An antiques dealer and amateur detectives opens The Casebook of Gregory Hood
  • 1930s Crimefightint Action with Police Headquarters
  • The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring both Van Heflin and Gerald Mohr
  • 1930s Crime-solving Action with Police Headquarters
  • Manhunt featuring a police criminologist who is smarter than the detectives and doesn't mind showing it every chance he gets!
  • Half-doctor, Half Detective, all lovable responsible adult. Dr, Tim, Detective is assisted in solving crimes by a couple of kids who he instructs in important lessons in science and medicine.
  • Tales of Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Black and his Pursuit of Justice
  • Pat Novak for Hire is back for a second run through his hard-boiled adventures to contrast with the other Jack Webb show that ran concurrently for a weeks.
  • We begin our journey through the landmark radio program Dragnet starring Webb as the rules for police dramas are rewritten.
  • Vincent Price stars as the Saint, the modern Robin Hood of Crime
  • Easy Money tells of a magician-turned-detective who exposes con games.
  • Dane Clark stars as a New York Private Eye in Crime and Peter Chambers
  • Ellery Queen challenges you to match wits with him in amazing puzzle mysteries.
  • The first radio incarnation of Michael Shayne starring Wally Maher as a Bay Area Private Detective
  • A Chicago-based Criminologist uses psychology to solve crimes in The Crime Files of Flammond

Also listen to even more obscure series such as Homicide O'Kane, Here Comes McBride, Miss Pinkerton Incorporated, A Johnny Fletcher Mystery, Police Blotter, Call the Police, The Big Guy, The Man from Homicide, and Hearthstone of the Death Squad.

Also listen for specials starring Orson Welles, Adolph Menjous, Gregory Peck, Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, and William Bendix as we feature adaptations of Philip Marlowe Movies, Raymond Chandler short stories, and Edgar Allen Poe's Detective Auguste Dupin.

Episodes 968

  1. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP1345)

    36 minSeason 5 · Episode 270

    Release Date: August 22, 2014Johnny searches for a pitcher who disappeared during Spring Training and whose sister is accusing his new bride of murdering him.Original Air Date: April 28, 1957Support the show …

  2. Nick Carter: Shakespeare’s Ghost (EP1344)

    33 minSeason 5 · Episode 269

    Release Date: August 21, 2014A grifter cons a collector out of a copy of the Shakespeare folio that’s rumored to be haunted by Shakespeare’s ghost and is founded beheaded with an Elizabethan sword.Original Air …

  3. Philip Marlowe: The Long Rope (EP1343)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 268

    Release Date: August 20, 2014Marlowe is hired by an elderly man to transport a string of pearls to Chicago but arrives to find the man who hired him dead and the pearls missing.Original Air Date: February 5 …

  4. Pat Novak: Joe Dineen (EP1342)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 267

    Release Date: August 19, 2014Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn’t know by the name of Joe Dineen.Original Air Date: June 19, 1949Support the show …

  5. Pursuit: Pursuit of the Thames Pirates (EP1341)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 266

    Release Date: August 18, 2014Peter Black joins the pursuit of thieves down the Thames River.Original Air Date: February 12, 1952Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on …

  6. Dragnet: Production #3 Robbery Aka: The Werewolf (EP1340)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 265

    Release Date: August 16, 2014Joe and Ben go searching for a criminal nicknamed the “werewolf” who is terrorizing young women in LA’s Central districtOriginal Air Date: June 17, 1949Support the show monthly at …

  7. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ming Toy Murphy Matter (EP1339)

    35 minSeason 5 · Episode 264

    Release Date: August 15, 2014Johnny has to find a dog–a talking dog.Original Air Date: April 14, 1957Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at …

  8. Nick Carter: The Case of the Howling Horse (EP1338)

    33 minSeason 5 · Episode 263

    Release Date: August 14, 2014Nick goes upstate to investigate the case of a horse that hunt and kill men.Original Air Date: September 30, 1945Support the show monthly at …

  9. Philip Marlowe: Easy Mark (EP1337)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 262

    Release Date: August 13, 2014Marlowe to help a woman’s husband whose in trouble with blackmailers and finds a backwards case. Why would blackmailer attack their mark?Original Air Date: January 29, 1949Support …

  10. Pat Novak: Georgie Lampson (EP1336)

    42 minSeason 5 · Episode 261

    Release Date: August 12, 2014Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation.Original Air Date: June 12, 1949.Support the show monthly at …

  11. Pursuit: Pursuit of the Loch Ness Killer (EP1335)

    33 minSeason 5 · Episode 260

    Release Date: August 11, 2014Inspector Black goes to Scotland to investigate a murder and find the prime suspect has broken jail.Original Air Date: December 11, 1951Support the show monthly at …

  12. Dragnet: Production #2: Robbery (aka: The Nickle Plated Gun) (EP1334)

    40 minSeason 5 · Episode 259

    Release Date: August 09, 2014Friday and Romero are on the trailer of robbers who kill for fun.Original Air Date: June 10, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a …

  13. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clever Chemist Matter (EP1333)

    35 minSeason 5 · Episode 258

    Release Date: August 08, 2014Johnny investigates a protest of a change in a scientist’s insurance policy.Original Air Date: March 17, 1957Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport …

  14. Nick Carter: The Case of the Talking Tree (EP1332)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 257

    Release Date: August 07, 2014Nick investigates the death of a homeless man who dies on a trolley mumbling about talking trees.Original Air Date: September 9, 1945Support the show monthly at …

  15. Philip Marlowe: The Orange Dog (EP1331)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 256

    Release Date: August 06, 2014Marlowe stars out looking for a woman’s missing sister and instead finds himself in Chinatown on the trail of the orange dog of Fo.Original Air Date: January 22, 1949Support the …

  16. Pat Novak: Agnes Bolton (EP1330)

    35 minSeason 5 · Episode 255

    Release Date: August 05, 2014Pat Novak hired to follow a woman, and while he’s doing it, she drops dead in a phone booth and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak.Original Air Date: June 5, 1949Support …

  17. Pursuit: Pursuit of the Night Ferry (EP1329)

    33 minSeason 5 · Episode 254

    Release Date: August 04, 2014Peter Black, Moffet, and another policeman are on board a night train after a tip was sent of a potential robbery.Original Air Date: November 20, 1951Support the show monthly at …

  18. Police Headquarters: Frame Up and Death of a Mystery Writer (EP1328)

    32 minSeason 5 · Episode 253

    Release Date: August 02, 2014A police Captain’s son is charged with murder in, “Frame Up.”A mystery writer is killed before finishing his long-running serial in, “Death of a Mystery Writer.”Original Air Date …

  19. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Suntan Oil Matter (EP1327)

    35 minSeason 5 · Episode 252

    Release Date: August 01, 2014Johnny investigates the disappearance of a necklace owned by the wife of an oil man trying to hang on to his young wife.Original Air Date: March 10, 1957Support the show monthly at …

  20. Nick Carter: The Vanishing Postman (EP1326)

    35 minSeason 5 · Episode 251

    Release Date: July 31, 2014After a car accident, Nick happens on a leather bag belonging to a postman who disappeared seven years ago.Original Air Date: August 26, 1945Support the show monthly at …

  21. Phillip Marlowe: The Black Halo (EP1325)

    36 minSeason 5 · Episode 250

    Release Date: July 30, 2014Marlowe looks for a woman who works for a major perfume company.Original Air Date: January 15, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a …

  22. Pat Novak for Hire: Give Envelope to John St. John (EP1324)

    35 minSeason 5 · Episode 249

    Release Date: July 29, 2014A dying man gives Novak an envelope with the mission to deliver it to John St. John.Original Air Date: May 22, 1949Support the show monthly at …

  23. Pursuit: Pursuit and the Man Who Died Late (EP1323)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 248

    Release Date: July 28, 2014Inspector Black is presented with a case of a man who appeared to died from assault but was actually shot-months before he died.Original Air Date: October 2, 1951Support the show …

  24. Police Headquarters: Old Cop and Stolen Brain (EP1322)

    27 minSeason 5 · Episode 247

    Release Date: July 26, 2014An elderly soon to be retired police officer investigates the theft of $190,000 in cash in “Old Cop.”And the brain of a dead brilliant scientist is stolen and $100,000 in insurance …

  25. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Meek Memorial Matter (EP1321)

    36 minSeason 5 · Episode 246

    Release Date: July 25, 2014Johnny searches for a stolen missing copy of the Gettysburg Address.Original Air Date: March 3, 1957Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on …

  26. Nick Carter: The Case of the Sick Statue (EP1320)

    28 minSeason 5 · Episode 245

    Release Date: July 24, 2014Nick’s called in by a maid who is concerned about a plague spreading from statues. Nick arrives to find her dead.Original Air Date: August 12, 1945Support the show monthly at …

  27. Philip Marlowe: The Restless Day (EP1319)

    33 minSeason 5 · Episode 244

    Release Date: July 23, 2014Marlowe’s hopes of a day off are spoiled when a man who was assumed dead by accident shows up asking Marlowe to find out who tried to kill him.Original Air Date: January 8 …

  28. Pat Novak: The Geranium Plant (EP1318)

    34 minSeason 5 · Episode 243

    Release Date: July 22, 2014Pat Novak’s hired to deliver a geranium. He’s hit by a car after the pick-up and that’s just the start of his trouble.Original Air Date: May 14, 1949Support the show monthly at …

  29. Pursuit: Pursuit and the Ladies of Farthing Street (EP1317)

    32 minSeason 5 · Episode 242

    Release Date: July 21, 2014Black is advised he’d find evidence of a murder and he finds a dead body and is led to two very proper ladies living on Farthing Street.Original Air Date: September 18, 1951Support …

  30. Police Headquarters: William Spencer Killed and Race Track (EP1316)

    28 minSeason 5 · Episode 241

    Release Date: July 19, 2014A well-liked roguish gambler is found dead of an apparent suicide in William Spencer Killed. A friend of a couple of police officers needs their protection from gangsters trying to …

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