The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of an unidentified woman found in a vacant lot, apparently the victim of chloroform poisoning. With no identification and little evidence beyond a chloroform-soaked handkerchief, the case takes an unusual turn when a stranger walks into police headquarters and insists that he murdered her.Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 5, 1952Originating from HollywoodCast:Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe FridayHerb Ellis as Frank SmithVic PerrinGil StrattonJack KruschenScript by Jim MoserMusic by Walter SchumannTechnical advice from the office of LAPD Chief W. H. ParkerTechnical...

Today’s Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joey Croft, a Coney Island carnival operator found stabbed and buried in the sand. Suspicion falls on Fred Moore, a recently released ex-con who blamed Joey for sending him to prison, but finding Moore only draws Danny deeper into the tangled relationships of several people from their old carnival days.Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 23, 1952Originated in HollywoodCredits:Larry Thor as Detective Danny CloverCharles Calvert as Sgt. Gino TartagliaJack Kruschen as Sgt. MuggavanAlvina Temple as Letty ScottLou Merrill as Mr. ZabrowskiPaula Victor as Nora Fo...

Today's Mystery: Young journalism student Don Morrissey is determined to prove he has what it takes to become a full-time reporter for his hometown newspaper in quiet Elkhorn, Wisconsin. His opportunity arrives when three supposed fishermen crash their car into a telephone pole, and Don’s suspicions about the strangely anxious travelers lead him to test whether their fishing story holds water.Original Radio Broadcast:February 4, 1953Originating in New YorkCast:Michael O'Day as Don MorrisseyCameron PrudhommeMandel KramerMaurice GosfieldHarold HuberTom CollinsJohn McGovernSupport the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Su...

Today's Mystery: The Saint becomes involved when a blackmailer calls him to give a father a demand for ransom.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1950.Originating from HollywoodVincent Price as Simon Templar / The SaintPeggy WebberGloria McMillanMaggie MorleyTed OsborneTheodore von EltzLarry DobkinDon Stanley, announcerScript by Dick PowellSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Ben, Patreon supporter since September 2020.Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715<...

Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans”Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Picture Postcard Matter”Johnny Dollar travels to Switzerland after $100,000 in uncut diamonds are stolen from a courier at the Zurich airport. His only lead is a mysterious informant offering to arrange their return, but Johnny soon...

Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a multimillion-dollar bootleg liquor operation that is using discarded corn-syrup cans to smuggle illegal alcohol into states with government-controlled liquor sales. Their investigation leads to Chicago businessman Hype Gordon, but proving his involvement means finding the hidden still supplying his operation—and Gordon is determined not to lead them to it.Original Radio Broadcast: September 27, 1949Originating in New YorkStarring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as PetersTo subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/Become one of...

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar is summoned by his eccentric old acquaintance Alvin Peabody Cartwright, who has received a chain letter promising good fortune if he continues it—and disaster if he breaks it. Johnny is skeptical until he learns that two of Cartwright’s friends died exactly when the letter predicted, suggesting that someone may be using superstition to disguise a very real threat.Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 2, 1959Originated from HollywoodCast:Bob Bailey as Johnny DollarVirginia GreggHoward McNearPaul DubovFrank GerstleHerb VigranWritten, produced, and directed by Jack JohnstoneJim Matthews, announcerWhen making your trav...

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate a disturbing series of infant abductions in which babies disappear from the same general neighborhood, only to be found unharmed within a day. With no clear motive and few useful clues, the detectives devise a decoy operation while searching for the person responsible before another child disappears.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 29, 1952.Originating from HollywoodStarred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Martin Milner as Detective Bill LockwoodSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day:<b...

Today's Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the death of Lila Hunter, whose body is pulled from the river while police are searching for her as the prime suspect in another murder. When a Skid Row derelict unexpectedly produces $500 for Lila’s funeral, Danny follows the money toward a man from her past and a possible connection between the two deaths.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant MuggavanSupport the show monthly at https://patreon.gr...

Today's Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the Everglades. With little to identify the victim beyond an old newspaper and a loaded die, Adams begins tracing the dead man’s movements, searching for the clue that can lead authorities to his killer.Original Radio Broadcast: October 8, 1952Originating in New YorkCast:Jim Stevens as William AdamsCameron PrudhommeBill ZuckertJean GillespieRuth YorkE. Sam RaskinMichael O'DayCameron AndrewsSupport the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of th...

Today's Mystery: Simon Templar agrees to help Wendy Brown, who fears the return of Harry Morgan, a notorious criminal she double-crossed before he fled the country. When a former prizefighter with advance knowledge of Morgan’s arrival is murdered, Simon begins to suspect there is more behind Morgan’s homecoming than a simple quest for revenge.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1950Originating from HollywoodCast:Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The SaintJoan Banks as Wendy BrownLarry Dobkin as LouiePaul Frees as SammyEd Max as the bartenderBarney Phillips as KerriganTony Barrett as MarloweWritten by Loui...

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and assault his victims. After weeks of investigation, the search becomes dangerously personal when Friday and Romero encounter the suspect during a massive overnight manhunt.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1950Originating from HollywoodCast:Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe FridayBarton Yarborough as Ben RomeroPeggy Webber as Joe Friday’s motherSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Joey, Patreon supporter since June 2019S...

Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse uncovers two deaths made to look like murder-suicide. Harding suspects the apparent solution is a setup and sets out to uncover who is really behind the killings.Original Radio Broadcast:September 22, 1949Originating in New YorkStarring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as PetersTo subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at ht...

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar travels to the Massachusetts coast after the niece of retired sea captain Amos Weatherby reports a threat against her uncle’s life. She believes a former fiancé with a sinister past has returned to make good on that threat, and Johnny arrives just as a powerful storm approaches the Weatherby home.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1959Originated from HollywoodCast:Bob Bailey as Johnny DollarVirginia GreggCarleton G. YoungRalph MoodyJames McCallionWritten, produced, and directed by Jack JohnstoneWhen making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comBecome one of our...

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate a bookmaker’s claim that a police officer has been demanding weekly payments in exchange for allowing him to operate. But when no one matching the man’s name or description can be found in law-enforcement records, Friday and Smith begin searching for an extortionist who may not be a policeman at all.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1952Originating from HollywoodCast:Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe FridayHerb Ellis as Frank SmithAlso featuring Vic Rodman and June WhitleyScript by Jim MoserMusic by Walter SchumannTechnical advisors: Capt...

Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of successful construction contractor Harry Moore, a man with no apparent enemies whose recent behavior had taken him far from his comfortable life. Clover follows Moore’s unexplained visits to the Bowery, where he discovers a connection to a dangerous man—and a mystery that reaches much closer to home than it first appears.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 2, 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant MuggavanSupport the show monthly at h...

Today's Mystery: When a Butte service-station attendant disappears under mysterious circumstances, his lifelong friend, Helena Independent Record reporter Alan Copperthwaite, refuses to let the story fade away. Following a slender trail of clues across Montana, Copperthwaite risks his own safety in a deeply personal search for the truth.Original Radio Broadcast:March 19, 1952.Originating in New YorkCast:Bill Lipton as Alan CopperthwaiteJane RobbinJoe DeSantisPhil SterlingOwen JordanJoe HelgesenJim StevensBob Sloane as NarratorAdapted by Abraham S. GinnesOriginal music composed and conducted by Vladimir SelinskySupport the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the...

Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar travels to a winter resort after being summoned by Peggy, a lively woman whose unusual request for protection involves asking the Saint to pose as her husband. Her tangled romantic history soon draws Simon into an increasingly peculiar mystery, where people—and even a snowman—have a habit of disappearing.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950Originating from HollywoodCast:Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The SaintScript by Louis VittesBased on characters created by Leslie CharterisSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Pat, Pat...

Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a massive parcel-post theft ring operating in several major cities. Peters goes undercover as a New York postal clerk, hoping to work his way inside the organization, but the investigation becomes increasingly dangerous as the gang grows suspicious of its newest recruit.Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949.Originating in New YorkStarring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as PetersTo subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives...

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives an urgent call from his old friend Red Barrett, who insists that the will of a recently deceased friend has been altered. Although others dismiss Red’s suspicions, Johnny heads for Arizona and Nevada to investigate—and soon discovers that someone is willing to go to dangerous lengths to keep him from asking questions.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1959Originated from HollywoodCast:Bob Bailey as Johnny DollarVirginia GreggBarney PhillipsForrest LewisParley BaerJack MoylesBilly HalopByron KaneWritten, produced, and directed by Jack JohnstoneWhen making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com<...