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Performing Arts · Host Jon Hagadorn. All stories in public domain.

1001 Radio Crime Solvers

by Host Jon Hagadorn. All stories in public domain.

Welcome to 1001 Radio Crime Solvers - where you can enjoy the best radio detective stories from the golden age of radio. This was a time when TV was still in its infancy and radio was in its creative heyday- using top writers and top talent to capture huge audiences, and shows featuring hard boiled detectives like Sam Spade, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, and Johnny Dollar competed for prime time with mental sleuths like Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And here you'll find standouts -like Dragnet's Joe Friday, Vincent Price's 'The Saint', and Michael Waring's free-lance troubleshooting investigator 'The Falcon'- to name a few. We release new episodes every Sunday at 5pm ET. We're a proud part of 1001 Stories Network. www.1001storiespodcast.com.

Latest episodes

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THE BIG SAW and THE BIG NOTE DRAGNET

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THE BIG SAW-Two masked gunmen pull off a carefully planned bank robbery after secretly entering the building by sawing through the steel bars of a rear window. They lie i

Nov 11
55 min

THE BIG MOUSTACHE and THE BIG CONFESSION DRAGNET

  THE BIG MOUSTACHE Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner are called in on a robbery investigation in which witnesses give police one particularly memorable clue: the sus

Nov 8
57 min

THE BIG CUP and THE BIG ROD DRAGNET

THE BIG CUP A howling dog leads a neighbor to make a horrifying discovery: an elderly woman has been found murdered inside her Los Angeles home. Sergeant Joe Friday and h

Nov 5
54 min

THE BIG BROAD and THE BIG PIPE DRAGNET

1. "The Big Broad" Original Air Date: February 9, 1954 (Episode #234) [1] Summary: Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith pursue a highly dangerous man and woman tea

Nov 4
58 min

THE BIG BID and THE BIG FIFTH DRAGNET

  1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS DRAGNET: THE BIG BID & THE BIG FIFTH Two classic cases from Dragnet, featuring Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday and Ben Alexander as his part

Nov 1
57 min

THE BIG SWITCH and THE BIG GONE DRAGNET

DRAGNET: THE BIG SWITCH and THE BIG GONE This week on 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday alongside Ben Alexander as Frank Smith in two class

Oct 30
1 h 01 min

THE BIG PAINT and THE BIG FRAUD DRAGNET

[store.radi...pirits.com], [goldie.fm], [goldie.fm] DRAGNET: THE BIG PAINT and THE BIG FRAUD This week on 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, Jack Webb returns as Sergeant Joe Fr

Oct 28
58 min

THE BIG LITTLE MOTHER and THE BIG PLEA DRAGNET

DRAGNET: THE BIG LITTLE MOTHER and THE BIG PLEA This week on 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday in two cases drawn from the files of the Los

Oct 25
59 min

THE BIG CAB and THE BIG SLIP DRAGNET

DRAGNET SHOW NOTES — "The Big Cab" & "The Big Slip" This week at 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, we bring you two classic Dragnet cases that highlight the sharp realism, moral

Oct 21
50 min

THE BIG BOP and THE BIG LIFT DRAGNET

⭐ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS DRAGNET SHOW NOTES — "The Big Bop" & "The Big Lift" This week at 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, we bring you two classic Dragnet cases that highligh

Oct 18
50 min

THE BIG REVOLT and THE BIG HAM DRAGNET

⭐ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS DRAGNET SHOW NOTES — "The Big Revolt" & "The Big Ham" This week at 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, we bring you two gripping episodes from Dragnet, t

Oct 16
57 min

THE BIG WILL and THE BIG LILLY DRAGNET

⭐ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS DRAGNET SHOW NOTES — "The Big Will" & "The Big Lilly" This week at 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, we bring you two classic Dragnet cases that highli

Oct 14
57 min

THE BIG GUN (PARTS 1 & 2) DRAGNET

⭐ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS DRAGNET SHOW NOTES — "The Big Gun" (Parts 1 & 2) This week at 1001 Radio Crime Solvers, we bring you a two‑part Dragnet story that delivers eve

Oct 11
59 min

THE BIG REVISION and THE BIG SQUEALER DRAGNET

  🎙️ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS SHOW NOTES   🕵️‍♂️ Dragnet – "The Big Revision" Original Air Date: January 11, 1951 Series: Dragnet (Radio) Episode Length: ~30 minutes Ca

Oct 9
49 min

THE BIG TIE and THE BIG DEAL DRAGNET

  🎙️ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS SHOW NOTES   🕵️‍♂️ Dragnet – "The Big Tie" Original Air Date: March 1, 1951 Series: Dragnet (Radio) Episode Length: ~30 minutes Cast Jack

Oct 7
48 min

THE BIG DEATH and THE BIG TOOTH DRAGNET

🎙️ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS SHOW NOTES   🕵️‍♂️ Dragnet – "The Big Death" Original Air Date: September 28, 1950 Series: Dragnet (Radio) Episode Length: ~30 minutes Cast

Oct 4
48 min

THE BIG CARNEY and THE BIG JOKE DRAGNET

🎙️ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS SHOW NOTES – Dragnet Double Feature "The Big Carney" In "The Big Carney," Friday and Smith investigate a case involving a carnival worker whos

Oct 2
57 min

THE BIG RIP and THE BIG SCRAPBOOK DRAGNET

  🎙️ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS SHOW NOTES – Dragnet Double Feature "The Big Rip" In "The Big Rip," Friday and Smith investigate a violent assault that leaves a young woman

Sep 30
57 min

THE BIG CHAT and THE BIG COMPULSION DRAGNET

  🎙️ 1001 RADIO CRIME SOLVERS SHOW NOTES Dragnet – "The Big Chat" In The Big Chat, Friday and Smith find themselves navigating a case where a seemingly harmless conversat

Sep 27
55 min

THE TORI JONES MURDER CASE and THE HENRY BAKER MURDER CASE BROADWAY IS MY BEAT

Broadway Is My Beat appeared on CBS radio from 1946 to 1951 and is recognized as one of the best cop/detective shows on old time radio. To catch all our shows and episo

Sep 25
1 h 01 min

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