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Forgotten Detectives of Old Time Radio|Mystery Audio Dramas

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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.

Episodes
125
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
34 min
On air since
2024
Latest episode
2 weeks ago

Episodes

125 episodes, newest first

  1. 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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    25 min
  2. Squad Room: Old Woman Found Shot

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    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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    30 min
  3. Squad Room: Mother of Two Murdered

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    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

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    Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon; Chuck Webster as James Brady

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    35 min
  4. 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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    26 min
  5. Squad Room: February 3, 1954

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    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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    29 min
  6. Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mystery of the Roller Coaster Ride and Adventures in Research: The Health Detective

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    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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    41 min
  7. Dr. Tim, Detective: Poisoner at Large and the Man from Hiroshima

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    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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    36 min
  8. Dr. Tim, Detective: The Dog Who Did and Didn't and The Chest of Dynamite

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    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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    43 min
  9. Dr. Tim, Detective: The Man from Trouble Creek and the Second Alarm

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    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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    35 min
  10. Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mad Maltese and Guest in Number Two

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    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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    40 min
  11. Bill Lance: Special Delivery

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    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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    41 min
  12. 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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    34 min
  13. 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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    35 min
  14. 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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    34 min
  15. 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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    37 min
  16. 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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    34 min
  17. 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
  18. 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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    33 min
  19. 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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    37 min
  20. 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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    35 min

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