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Ellery Queen remains one of the most famous names in the world of mystery and detective fiction. The character was created by cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. In 1929, Ellery Queen made his first appearance in The Roman Hat Mystery.The character would appear in numerous books, movies, television series, comic strips, radio shows, and magazines. Outside of the novels, Ellery Queen is best know for the 1940s movies with Ralph Bellamy and William Gargan, the 1975-76 TV series with Jim Hutton, and the mystery magazine that bears his name. Over radio, Ellery Queen had five separate radio ...

Enjoy Christmas Old Time Radio detective programs. From Sherlock Holmes to Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Richard Diamond, Nero Wolfe, and so many more, celebrate the Holiday Season with mystery, adventure, and a few heartwarming thrown in for good measure. These episodes are taken from the larger Great Detective of Old Time Radio podcast, which have been presenting all of radio's great detectives since 2009.

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. Another time, Craig began his voice over narration by saying, “Manhattan’s my beat,” a clear ...

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.

Enjoy the old time radio adventures of Casey, Crime Photographer. For more than a decade, the series, under different names, based loosely on the pulp stories of Harmon Coxe, was a mainstay in radio for nearly a decade as Casey, along with reporter Ann Williams and Police Captain Logan solved crimes and then returned for a drink at the Blue Note and receive sage wisdom from the bartender Ethelebert.

Join us for every circulating episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective. The series aired from 1949-52 (and returned in reruns for CBS in 1953) and starred Dick Powell in his seminal hard-boiled radio private eye as the two-fisted singing detective, Richard Diamond, who'd spend each episode alternating being wisecracks, violent fist fights, and gun battles, and relaxing by the piano singing a beautiful serenade to his girlfriend.The series also stars Virginia Gregg as Dick's wealthy girlfriend Helen Asher, Wilms Herbert plays Sergeant Otis, and a series of actors including Ed Begley and ...

Joining host Adam Graham on a podcast that explores World War II through Old Time Radio featuring news programs, comedy, drama, and music. The series begins with pre-War programs and takes listeners through the War to Victory and the post-war era.

Join host Adam Graham on a journey to the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, Egypt as we travel through all the circulating adventures of cafe owner and reluctant detective Rocky Jordan as played by Jack Moyles and later George Raft.

Enjoy all 10 circulating U.S. Episodes of the Fat Man featuring J Scott Smart as Detective Brad Runyon as well as the Australian Episodes starring Lloyd Berrell.. Hosted by Adam Graham.

Episodes of the World War II era fifteen minute detective series starring Larry Haines, hosted by Adam Graham

What do a Prohibition-era Speak-easy clarinetist, a boys school headmaster who looks like William Shakespeare, a piano player, and a criminologist have in common with tough cops, an assistant DA, private eyes, and defense attorneys? They're all among the forgotten detectives of old time radio. Join your host Adam Graham and rediscover these long-forgotten programs. Some of them may have aired for years, others for a single Summer, but all have left less than ten episodes behind. Together we'll take a listen to these obscure crime solvers.Note: This is part of the larger Great Detectives of Old...

The Saint "The Robin Hood of Modern Crime" much like Boston Blackie was introduced a thief who robbed from the ungodly. By the 1940s, he'd mostly reformed and came to radio as a crime solver. Enjoy every episode featuring Hollywood legend Vincent Price along with episodes starring Tom Conway and Barry Sullivan.

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.

The Great Detectives of Old Timre Presents four detectives who don't do solve crimes for money. Former master thief A.J. Raffles, Antiques Dealer Gregory Hood, Retired Lawyer Jonathan Kegg, the Lone Wolfe, and Rex Saunders all solved crimes in the interest of justice and (in some cases) for the thrill of it. Host Adam Graham brings you these obscure yet entertaining radio programs.

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.

Enjoy some of the best radio detective programs of all time!This feed features thirty different detective episodes from twenty-five different programs. The Listener's Choice countdown was made in celebration of the tenth season of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. providing daily old time radio detective stories. Twenty-five episodes were chosen by listeners and five as wild cars by host Adam Graham.This is a sample of old time radio detective goodness. You can listen to any of these programs in our massive archive and also follow our main podcast feed for new episodes posted daily.

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.

Are you ready for some rare detective programs? You may have heard of the Saint, but what about the Judge or Crime Correspondent? You may have heard of Rocky Jordan, but what about the Cases of Mr. Ace? This podcast contains a mix of programs that never made it past the audition and shows that aired for a while, but only an episode or two survived the ravages of time. So sit back, relax, and meet some detectives you never heard of before in long-forgotten tales of mystery, guided by your host Adam Graham. Note: These were originally presented as part of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio ...

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.

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.