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, Bulldog Drummond, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. Chameleon, 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...
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Today's Mystery: A disabled man's wife, who had worked as an escort, is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold
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Episode 305 • 12 September 2024 • 47m and 21s
Today's Mystery: A famous author is found dead of starvation in a locked room full of canned food.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, William Conrad
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Episode 304 • 11 September 2024 • 38m and 15s
Today's Mystery: A horse-racing jockey calls Captain Drummond for help but is murdered before Drummond can speak to him.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Episode 303 • 10 September 2024 • 31m and 59s
Today's Mystery: A policeman disappears while trying to shake down a gambling joint owner.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 20, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer
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Episode 302 • 9 September 2024 • 46m and 36s
Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to Algeria to investigate the disappearance of $100,000 in diamonds
Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 7-11, 1955
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin; Gerald Mohr; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jay Novello
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Episode 301 • 8 September 2024 • 1h, 13m and 49s
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of robberies by ex-felons.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield
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Episode 300 • 7 September 2024 • 31m and 11s
Today's Mystery: Johnny returns to Newport to solve the murder of the young woman whose body has washed ashore.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jeanette Nolan; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Sam Edwards; Austin Green
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Episode 299 • 6 September 2024 • 37m and 59s
Today's Mystery: A band leader with a penchant for stealing other people's music is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold
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Episode 298 • 5 September 2024 • 41m and 53s
Today's Mystery: A jockey who had asked a favor of Danny is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 18, 1949
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; and Hans Conreid
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Episode 297 • 4 September 2024 • 34m and 14s
Today's Mystery:A beautiful woman accosts Captain Drummond and demands she kiss him to protect him from someone who's following her and then she pulls a gun on a him and ors him to check out a book for her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24 1947
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge
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Episode 296 • 3 September 2024 • 32m and 5s
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