Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet. Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week. Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net . We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2 , which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine. Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia. The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
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Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.
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Recent episodes include "The Big Story: Trap for a Killer with Reporter as Bait (EP5092)" (27 October 2026, 35 minutes), "The Saint: To Buy or Not to Buy, That Is the Question (EP5091)" (26 October 2026, 36 minutes), and "Suspense: The Blind Spot (EP5090e)" (25 October 2026, 66 minutes).
How often does The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas publish?
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.
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Booking probability for The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #2
The Big Story: Trap for a Killer with Reporter as Bait (EP5092)
Oct 27, 202635 minS18
Today's Mystery: When a series of brutal attacks leaves Los Angeles investigators searching for answers, crime reporter Sid Hughes finds himself drawn into a dangerous case. With a killer targeting tall, beautiful women...
Episode #1
The Saint: To Buy or Not to Buy, That Is the Question (EP5091)
Oct 26, 202636 minS18
Today's Mystery: When Theodore Coogan, an enthusiastic but terrible tuba player, lands a surprisingly lucrative job at a fashionable casino, Simon Templar suspects there’s more to the offer than meets the eye. Soon, a...
Episode #331
Suspense: The Blind Spot (EP5090e)
Oct 25, 20261h 6mS17
Today's Mystery: When research executive Leland Rogers begins receiving cryptic messages predicting his death, fear takes hold—and he suspects someone within his own organization is behind the threats. Author Eric...
Episode #330
Counterspy: Counterfeit Traveler’s Checks (A0134)
Oct 24, 202632 minS17
Today's Adventure: A ruthless international criminal, Count Zaleski, is behind a counterfeit traveler’s check operation that has defrauded victims across the country. When a set of valuable engraving plates disappears...
Episode #329
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Little Man Who Was Their Matter (EP5090)
Oct 23, 202633 minS17
Today's Mystery: Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to investigate the disappearance of Howard L. Edwards, a man presumed dead after his car plunged into the Hudson River. With $100,000 in insurance benefits...
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Episode #328
Dragnet: The Big Signet (EP5089)
Oct 22, 202636 minS17
Todays Mystery: Two armed bandits rob a Los Angeles café, leaving the elderly owner brutally beaten and one suspect wounded. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner, Frank Smith, pursue the fugitive, but a...
Episode #327
Broadway’s My Beat: The Amelia Lane Murder Case (EP5088)
Oct 21, 202638 minS17
Today's Mystery: A beloved librarian is found shot in the private library of the Bentley Foundation, and Detective Danny Clover must discover who wanted Amelia Lane dead. A list of library patrons offers several leads...
Episode #326
The Big Story: The Ugly Story of a Man (EP5087)
Oct 20, 202636 minS17
Today's Mystery: Reporter Chick Gleason heads into Northern California to cover what appears to be a routine forest fire. But when two blazes erupt in the same area, suspicion grows that someone has deliberately set...
Episode #325
The Saint: Simon Takes a Curtain Call (EP5086)
Oct 19, 202634 minS17
Today's Mystery: Simon Templar investigates a disturbing situation in the theater world when actor Mercer Bennett becomes convinced that the roles he plays onstage are coming true in real life. His latest play features...
Episode #324
Charlie Chan: The Landini Murder Mystery: The Second Bullet / A Conversation with Ah Sing (EP5085e)
Oct 18, 20263h 23mS17
In this episode, we continue our journey through the surviving episodes of Charlie Chan’s Landini Murder Case, a 39-part serialized mystery based on Earl Derr Biggers’ final Charlie Chan novel, The Keeper of the Keys...
Episode #323
Counterspy: The International Intrigue (A0132)
Oct 17, 202641 minS17
Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters travel to Switzerland after learning that a notorious international information broker is offering an American atomic scientist—and his knowledge of the nation's nuclear...
Episode #322
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Loomis Matter (EP5085)
Oct 16, 202625 minS17
Today's Mystery: When wealthy businessman Elmer Loomis vanishes without a trace, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to New Jersey to find out what happened. With no clear leads and a wife who seems anything...
Episode #321
Dragnet: The Big Hate (EP5084)
Oct 15, 202634 minS17
Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the death of a 52-year-old music teacher whose body is discovered in an abandoned freight car, cradled in the arms of a young man who refuses...
Episode #320
Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Trevor Murder Case (EP5083)
Oct 14, 202638 minS17
Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the stabbing of Mary Trevor, a young woman found dying on a crowded Times Square subway platform. With few reliable witnesses, Clover follows a trail leading to...
Episode #319
The Big Story: Witness to Drama of Violence and Death (EP5082)
Oct 13, 202635 minS17
Today's Mystery: A redheaded woman is found shot dead in a black sedan on the outskirts of Las Vegas. Reporter Johnny Kalen soon finds himself investigating a second killing, a missing man named Scott Whitty, and a...
Episode #318
The Saint: Ladies Never Lie...Much(EP5081)
Oct 12, 202637 minS17
Today's Mystery: When Claire Gordon arrives at Simon Templar’s apartment and confesses to murdering her husband, the Saint has reason to doubt her story—especially when James Gordon himself appears moments later, very...
Episode #317
The Landini Murder Mystery Omnibus, Part 2 (EP5080e)
Oct 11, 20263h 13mS17
In this episode, we continue our journey through the surviving episodes of Charlie Chan’s Landini Murder Case, a 39-part serialized mystery based on Earl Derr Biggers’ final Charlie Chan novel, The Keeper of the Keys...
Episode #316
Counterspy: The High-Class Hijacker (A0130)
Oct 10, 202638 minS17
Today's Adventure: When a series of interstate truck hijackings strikes the Midwest, Counterspy chief David Harding takes over the investigation. The stolen goods are disappearing through an operation that appears to...
Episode #315
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Backfire That Backfired Matter (EP5080)
Oct 9, 202628 minS17
Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar is looking forward to making amends with Betty Lewis when an unusual pattern catches his attention: a hot rod races past her home every morning, its engine backfiring at precisely the same...
Episode #314
Dragnet: The Big Trio (EP5079)
Oct 8, 202639 minS17
Todays Mystery: On the eve of the Fourth of July weekend, Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to Accident Investigation and confront the devastating consequences of reckless driving when a 16-year-old takes his...
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