The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I’ve been a huge fan of old-time radio since I was in elementary school and would check out LPs of old Sherlock Holmes and The Shadow radio shows. I’ve been listening to old Time radio collections since they first started popping up on the Internet and tried every old radio show podcast there is. This is the best of them all. Host Adam not only presents the most popular shows but manages to find whole series of programs I never knew about. Adam is a great host and the contextual information he presents is always super interesting. My favorite shows are Richard Diamond, Sherlock Holmes, and The Saint with Vincent Price. Keep up the great work Adam! I’ve enjoyed your recent episodes where you have other relevant pod-cast co-host/crossovers as well.

Adam refers to himself a host, but I think of him more as a highly qualified volunteer docent leading a tour in a museum. He applies his knowledge to provide insightful context, and his passion for old time radio is as palpable as it is infectious. Like a good docent, Adam curates the best and points out things I never would have noticed. It is so great that he’s keeping these shows alive and sharing his hobby.

My all time favorite is Pat Novak. I really wish more episodes had survived. The evolution (or change perhaps?) of Jack Webb is puzzling to me. Cynical to uncritical. The police as flawed and bumbling to the police as infallible. I’ll write to Adam one day and ask him about this.

In the meantime, keep up the good work and Illegitimi non Carborundum (don’t let the trolls get you down).

If you like all-time radio, if you like the great detectives, look no further! I've been hunting around for various podcasts, and certainly there are others that present some of the wonderful shows of the Golden Age of radio, but there is nothing that compares to Adam Graham's wonderful commentaries. Adam presents more information about the shows about the golden age of radio, about history of all of these, and it is such an amazing feature to add to listening and enjoyment of these wonderful stories. Now listening to just the shows is no longer an acceptable way to hear them. Without Adam's commentaries I feel like I'm missing a huge part.
Thank you so much Adam for all that you bring to your listeners!

The programs are great and the host presents well and provides good background information and insight. However, the number of ads has steadily increased and the hour of infomercials (waste of internet data) at the end as of late is a bit too much. Hopefully this changes.

The episodes are good, however Adam’s (the host) over the top, cartoon voice is so annoying, he makes it difficult to tune in.

Every time I listen, I have to skip his intros... and when he interrupts an episode, I have to stop to skip his babble.

It’s a shame. He ruins a potentially great podcast.