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Forgotten Detectives of Old Time Radio|Mystery Audio Dramas
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.
- Episodes
- 125
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 34 min
- On air since
- 2024
- Latest episode
- 2 weeks ago
Episodes
125 episodes, newest first
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25 min
Squad Room: Ferris Wheel
Show notes
Today's Mystery: A woman is found murdered on a Ferris wheel.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: Around New Years Day in the mid-1950s
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Originating in New York
Starring: Wynn Wright as Lt. John Douglas; Dan Ocko as Sergeant Allen; George Tanner; Sam Gray
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30 min
Squad Room: Old Woman Found Shot
Show notes
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
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35 min
Squad Room: Mother of Two Murdered
Show notes
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
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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
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26 min
Squad Room: Body Found in a Plastic Bag
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Release Date: September 18, 2021
The police investigate when dismembered body parts are found in a plastic bag.
Original Air Date: 1955
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29 min
Squad Room: February 3, 1954
Show notes
Release Date: September 11, 2021
A woman confessed to killing her abusive husband and then Lt. Douglas investigates a robbery gone bad that left a woman dead by the side of the road.
Original Air Date: February 3, 1954
Originated from New York
Starring: Wynn Wright
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41 min
Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mystery of the Roller Coaster Ride and Adventures in Research: The Health Detective
Show notes
Original Release Date: March 26, 2024
Today's 1st Mystery: A visit to the carnival is soured by the presence of an old-school seller of snake oil. It's made even worse when Dr. Tim has to investigate a death.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:Early to Mid 1950s
Starred: Bob Hahn as Dr. Tim
Originated in Colorado
Today's Second Mystery: Dr. John Snow, the Health Detective, sets out to solve the mystery of a cholera epidemic in London
.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1952
Hosted by Paul Shannon
Originated in Pittsburgh
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36 min
Dr. Tim, Detective: Poisoner at Large and the Man from Hiroshima
Show notes
Original Release Date: January 17, 2023
Today's 1st Mystery:
Doctor Tim is called in to find out what's behind a series of food poisonings.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1950
Today's 2nd Mystery:
X-Rays that Dr. Tim needs for the District Attorney keep being ruined.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 15, 1950
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43 min
Dr. Tim, Detective: The Dog Who Did and Didn't and The Chest of Dynamite
Show notes
Today's 1st Mystery:A woman has an unexplained case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in winter.
Original Release Date: January 10, 2023
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 27, 1950
Today's 2nd Mystery:Dr. Tim, Jill, and Sandy find a sick child at a forest cabin.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 17, 1950
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35 min
Dr. Tim, Detective: The Man from Trouble Creek and the Second Alarm
Show notes
Original Release Date: January 3, 2023
Today's 1st Mystery:Dr. Tim searches for a missing man with tuberculosis.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 13, 1950
Today's 2nd Mystery:Jill and Sandy are caught setting a fire in a vacant lot and then are blamed when a real fire nearly kills a man.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 20, 1950
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40 min
Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mad Maltese and Guest in Number Two
Show notes
Original Release Date: December 20, 2022
Today's 1st Mystery: Dr. Tim, Jill, and Sammy have to find a man who was bitten by a rabid Maltese Cat.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 27, 1950
Today's 2nd Mystery: A mysterious lodger in the mysterious round is shot.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 6, 1950
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41 min
Bill Lance: Special Delivery
Show notes
Original Release Date: September 21, 2021
Bill Lance is hired to deliver a rare necklace to Paris.
Original Air Date: October 19, 1947
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34 min
Bill Lance: Death Wears a New Dress
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Original Release Date: September 14, 2021
A fashion model friend of BIll’s calls for help and then drops dead in the middle of a show before she can tell him what’s the matter.
Original Air Date: October 12, 1947
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35 min
Bill Lance: Escaped Maniac
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Original Release Date: September 7, 2021
Bill Lance is called to a country estate at the request of the owner who fears that a relative who escaped from insane asylum will come and kill someone.
Original Air Date: September 28, 1947
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34 min
Under Arrest: Ruth Cutter's Burglar
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Original Release Date: January 23, 2021
A woman shoots an intruder and claims self-defense but Captain Scott doesn’t buy it.
Original Air Date: August 21, 1949
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37 min
Under Arrest: Evil Witness
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Original Release Date: January 16, 2021
A man on death row pleads with Captain Scott to prove his innocence.
Original Air Date: July 10, 1949
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34 min
Under Arrest: Sam Carver
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Original Release Date: January 9, 2021
Captain Scott investigates the case of a man who was murdered at a seance, and the witnesses all insist the murder was his business partner who has been dead for four years.
Original Air Date: February 6, 1949
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33 min
Under Arrest: Jewel Robbery
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Original Release Date: December 26, 2020
An airport official comes to Captain Scott after a woman interested in a luggage-selling consession leaves her purse in his office…with a gun inside.
Original Air Date: May 8, 1949
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33 min
Under Arrest: Barber
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Original Release Date: December 19, 2020
Captain Scott investigates the missing criminal husband of a policeman’s daughter.
Original Air Date: November 7, 1948
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37 min
Under Arrest: Max Kemp
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Original Air Date: December 12, 2020
An old childhood friend of Captain Scott’s girlfriend is in town, but Captain Scott is suspicious because he’s serving as a driver for a known racketeer.
Original Air Date: September 5, 1948
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35 min
Under Arrest: The Spook of Sherwood Mansion
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Original Release Date: December 5, 2020
Captain Scott’s girlfriend investigates when a friend says she’s been hearing ghosts around her home, but when a man’s shot, Scott begins to investigate.
Original Air Date: August 1, 1948
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