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Join host Adam Graham as he features every episode of the post-World War II mystery series Mystery is My Hobby, starring Glenn Langan as mystery writer Barton Drake, who solves murders with the help of police inspector Noah Danton.

Join Britt Halliday's legendary private eye Michael Shayne in all of his guises. There were multiple Michael Shayne radio programs during the golden age of radio. Most notably are a series of whodunits starring Wally Maher and one of the most hard boiled radio series of all time starring Jeff Chandler.

It's four blokes talking about stuff. Look, we're not hurting anyone, just leave us be.

William Johnstone stars in the Line Up as Lieutenant Guthrie, who solves crime in a major city in this 1950s old time radio police procedural.

From 2007-2013, Adam Graham hosted the Old Time Dragnet Program, playing through every episode of Dragnet along with supplementary materials including episodes of Pat Novak and Jeff Regan.

Chicago Star Reporter Randy Stone walks the Night Beat, searching for stories for his column and finding heartache and mystery along the way in this classic and well-written 1950-52 mystery drama series. Adam Graham is your host and guide to every circulating episode of Night Beat.

"Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend who have no friends." Boston Blackie was one of the most noted characters in mystery fiction in the first half of the 20th Century and was a film and radio hit. Host Adam Graham presents every circulating old time radio episode of Boston Blackie with episode starring Chester Morris and later Richard Kollmar.

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 ...

Join host Adam Graham as he presents every circulating episode of Jeff Regan,Investigator, both the original series starring Jack Webb in 1948 and the 1949-50 revival starring Frank Graham (with Paul Dobov substituting for several weeks).

Feed for the Amazing World of Radio podcast.

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.

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.

Pat Novak for Hire aired from 1946-48 on KGO Radio, and1949 on ABC Radio.Jack Webb (1946 and 1949) and Ben Morris (1947-48) played Pat Novak, a wisecracking freelancer who rents boats “and anything else that sounds like money.”The plot of most Pat Novak episodes could be summarized as follows:The show begins with Novak talking about the sign he put out, “Pat Novak for Hire,” and then the soliloquy turns into a discussion of what a forsaken hole the San Francisco Waterfront is, and how lowdown corrupt and awful everyone and everything around Pat Novak is.Novak is then approached by ...

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

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.

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...

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.

Beginning in World War II, the Man Called X (Herbert Marshall) fought for freedom, solving mysteries and battling Nazism, Post-War profiteering, and Communism. Suave, sophisticated and ready for action and mystery. Before there was James Bond, there was the Man Called X. Join him in every old time radio adventure as he fights evil and tries to avoid getting cheated by his erstwhile "friend" Pegon Zellschmidt.

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.