Danger with Grainger: Clever Criminologist (EP4891)
2026-1-19 | 32 mins.
Today's Mystery: A woman hires Grainger because she suspects her estranged husband (a famous criminologist) will kill a male friend.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Lux Radio Theater: O.S.S. (A0054)
2026-1-17 | 1h 8 mins.
Today's Adventure: A team of OSS agents go undercover in occupied France during World War II to enact a campaign of sabotage.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 18, 1946
Starring: Alan Ladd; Veronica Lake; Gale Gordon; Joseph Kearns; Richard Benedict; Robert Coute; Rolfe Sedan; Truda Marson; Charles Seel; Ed Emerson; George Neise; George Sorel; Henry Roland; Howard Jeffrey; Jay Novello; Noreen Gammill
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Diamond Matter (EP4890)
2026-1-16 | 36 mins.
Today's Mystery: An insurance case was closed, but the agency forgot about a fraudulent claim for the jewelry.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn
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Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)
2026-1-15 | 40 mins.
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris
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Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Gruber Murder Case (EP4888)
2026-1-14 | 37 mins.
Today's Mystery:A man commits murder while trying to break into a woman's apartment.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 8, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Barbara Whiting; Irene Tedrow; Lou Krugman; Martha Wentworth; Norman Field; Jerry Hausner
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About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
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.