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The Forgotten Detectives of Old Time Radio

  • Pete Kelly's Blues: Gus Trudeau (Audition)

    4 JUL 2024 · Original Release Date: September 8, 2012 Pete Kelly’s old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. And everyone assumes Pete knows where is. Audition Recorded: February 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 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net/
    Played 30m 48s
  • Christopher London: The System-A Code for Murder

    27 JUN 2024 · Original Release Date: February 28, 2012 Christopher London travels from New York to the South of France to solve the murder of a great musician. Original Air Date: May 29, 1950 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 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net/
    Played 35m 56s
  • Christopher London: The Terrible Price of Sugar

    20 JUN 2024 · Original Release Date: February 20, 2012 Christopher London is hired by a sugar magnate to find out how one of his competitors is massively underselling him. However, London finds the case far more dangerous than he thought. Original Air Date: February 26, 1950 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 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net/
    Played 31m 7s
  • Christopher London: The Adventure of the Emerald Ring

    13 JUN 2024 · Release Date: February 14, 2012 Christopher London is hired to find a missing heiress. Original Air Date: February 5, 1950 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 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net/
    Played 38m 33s
  • I Deal in Crime: The Abigail Murray Case

    6 JUN 2024 · Release Date: May 30, 2011 Ross Dolan is hired to guard a New England matron as she travels across town. She needs protection as someone shoots in them and a dead body is found in the truck. Original Air Story: September 27, 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 to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net/
    Played 34m 27s
  • I Deal in Crime: The William A. Davis Case

    30 MAY 2024 · Release Date: May 23, 2011 Ross Dolan is hired to bring back his client's runaway 17-year old daughter, but someone doesn't want her found. Original Air Date: April 5, 1946
    Played 34m 13s
  • I Deal in Crime: Bodyguard to Laura Shields

    23 MAY 2024 · Original Release Date: May 16, 2011 Ross Dolan, just returned from service in World War II, gets a job from a woman who wants to protect her from killing her husband. Original Air Date: January 21, 1946
    Played 37m 35s
  • Squad Room: Ferris Wheel

    14 MAY 2024 · Today's Mystery: A woman is found murdered on a Ferris wheel. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Around New Years Day in the mid-1950s Support the show monthly at http://patreon.greatdetectives.net/ Originating in New York Starring: Wynn Wright as Lt. John Douglas; Dan Ocko as Sergeant Allen; George Tanner; Sam Gray Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net./ Patreon Supporter of the Day: Ken, Patreon Supporter since March 2020 Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/radiodetectives
    Played 24m 51s
  • Squad Room: Old Woman Found Shot

    7 MAY 2024 · Today's Mystery: A late-night distress call from a professional building sends Detectives Scanlon and Grady into the depths of a crime that defies expectations. Amidst the echo of multiple shots fired, they find themselves piecing together the fragments of a life lived in the shadows. An old woman's untimely death in an empty office, a janitor with a story that doesn't quite fit, and a switchboard operator who knows more than she's telling. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Mid-1950s Originating in New York:Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon and Chuck Webster as James Brady, Charlotte Manson, Arthur ColeSuppo Support the show monthly at http://patreon.greatdetectives.net/ Patreon Supporter of the Day: Christine, Patreon supporter since November 2018 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net./ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Give us a call 208-991-4783 Become one of ourhttp://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/radiodetectives
    Played 29m 56s
  • Squad Room: Mother of Two Murdered

    30 APR 2024 · oday's Mystery:Scanlon and Webster are called in to investigate when a woman is found dead in a dirty manufacturing loft. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1953 or 1954 Support the show monthly at http://patreon.greatdetectives.net/ Originating in New York Patreon Supporter of the Day: Peter, Patreon Supporter since March 2023 Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon; Chuck Webster as James Brady Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net./ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net/ Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/radiodetectives
    Played 34m 32s

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,...

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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 Time Radio podcast.
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