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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

by Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host

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, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, 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 guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net. We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine. Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia. The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.

Latest episodes

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Dragnet: The Big Paper (EP5104)

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Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate a series of forged payroll checks passed at Hollywood-area supermarkets. The checks were stole

Nov 12
37 min

Broadway's My Beat: The Grace Cullen Murder Case (EP5103)

#22 trending · Performing Arts

Today's Mystery: When a middle-aged widow is found shot to death on a college campus, Detective Danny Clover investigates her relationship with a young football star. But

Nov 11
43 min

Burton Trent: A Birthday Present for Dora (EP5102)

Today's Mystery: When wealthy aircraft manufacturer Robert Halliday sets out to have two valuable diamonds made into a birthday present for his daughter Dora, a chance en

Nov 10
32 min

The Saint: The Bride Who Lost Her Groom (EP5101)

Today's Mystery: A bride arrives at the church ready to marry the man she loves, only to discover that the groom has vanished. Desperate for answers, she turns to Simon T

Nov 9
36 min

Molle Mystery Theatre: The Comic Strip Murder (EP5100s)

Today’s Mystery: The wife of a successful comic strip artist fears that her husband is planning to murder her. As his popular detective strip, Buzz O’Keefe, builds toward

Nov 8
34 min

Counterspy: The Case of the Mile High Murders (A0138)

Today's Adventure: Eight desperate refugees board a plane in Cuba, hoping to reach the United States and escape their uncertain fate. But their journey takes a horrifying

Nov 7
36 min

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Further in Buffalo Matter (EP5100)

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar's investigation into the Buffalo Emporium robbery takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that the missing $421,216 may be aboard a yach

Nov 6
24 min

Dragnet: The Big Drive (EP5099)

Todays Mystery: When a young man is found beaten to death in a vacant lot, Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith face a baffling case with little phys

Nov 5
33 min

Broadway’s My Beat: The Kenny Purdue Murder Case (EP5098)

Today's Mystery: When jazz musician Kenny Purdue is found stabbed to death in the bedroom of a party host, Detective Danny Clover begins investigating the people who knew

Nov 4
38 min

Burton Trent: A Long Shot (EP5097)

Today's Mystery: When wealthy invalid Oliver Deems is shot while sitting in his garden, the circumstances seem to make the murder impossible. No one appears to have been

Nov 3
36 min

The Saint: The Carnival Murder (EP5096)

Today's Mystery: Simon Templar’s visit to a traveling carnival takes a sinister turn when Mona, the buried-alive performer, secretly begs for help. Haunted by the mysteri

Nov 2
37 min

The Best of the 2025-26 Season

This special edition of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio revisits seven standout episodes from the season, spanning police procedurals, true-crime reporting, wartim

Nov 1
3 h 24 min

Counterspy: The Magic Murder (A0136)

Today's Adventure: Harry Peters is critically wounded in a mysterious shooting while interviewing a European scientist working on a secret American government project. As

Oct 31
36 min

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Buffalo Matter (EP5095)

Today's Mystery: A Buffalo department store loses more than $421,000 in a daring vault robbery, and the police have few leads. Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate, but t

Oct 30
26 min

Dragnet: The Big Impression (EP5094)

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the robbery of an elderly diamond dealer who was lured to a hotel room and assaulted by a seem

Oct 29
37 min

Broadway’s My Beat: The Bob Foster Murder Case (EP5093)

Today's Mystery: A demolition crew uncovers a skeleton beneath the cellar floor of a former nightclub, along with a satchel containing more than $1,000. The dead man appe

Oct 28
34 min

The Big Story: Trap for a Killer with Reporter as Bait (EP5092)

Today's Mystery: When a series of brutal attacks leaves Los Angeles investigators searching for answers, crime reporter Sid Hughes finds himself drawn into a dangerous ca

Oct 27
34 min

The Saint: Tuba or Not Tuba, That Is the Question (EP5091)

Today's Mystery: When Theodore Coogan, an enthusiastic but terrible tuba player, lands a surprisingly lucrative job at a fashionable casino, Simon Templar suspects there’

Oct 26
35 min

Suspense: The Blind Spot (EP5090e)

Today's Mystery: When research executive Leland Rogers begins receiving cryptic messages predicting his death, fear takes hold—and he suspects someone within his own orga

Oct 25
1 h 06 min

Counterspy: Counterfeit Traveler’s Checks (A0134)

Today's Adventure: A ruthless international criminal, Count Zaleski, is behind a counterfeit traveler’s check operation that has defrauded victims across the country. Whe

Oct 24
32 min

Chart trend

Position in the Performing Arts chart (US), last 90 days.

#5
all-time peak
711
days in the top 10 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 13, 2026).

#16 ▼ 2 Arts US
#6 ▼ 1 Performing Arts US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Took me awhile to adapt my listening to the host’s unique voice, but now I always appreciate the extensive background he presents for each episode. I like most of the old time shows I get to listen to here with just a couple of exceptions, but that’s my personal taste and has with nothing to do with the host!

sheralooma · Aug 2026

I really enjoy Dragnet, Johnny Dollar, Broadway is My Beat, and, sometimes,The Big Story. Unfortunately, the sound quality of The Saint and Counterspy is so poor they are unlistenable in my car for my morning commute. They are muffled with almost no presence, like the sound is being filtered through a pillow. My humble suggestion: use an equalizer to cut the 400 Hz band by 6 db and boost a frequency of around 2 kHz by 3 to 6 db so the dialog can be understood. My high frequency hearing is excellent, so I know it’s not me. If the sound quality for all episodes were listenable, I’d gladly become a Patreon.

Blableblublablabla · Jul 2026

Been listening for a long time and Adam is the best in the business. Love the current rotation of shows and all the other offerings from the WW2 special to the Amazing World of Radio and Snack Wagon. The new Adventure series has been entertaining as well. I have recently started revisiting the show from the beginning through the individual season podcasts. I appreciate your commitment to preserving these great shows!

SonofSaban · Dec 2025

This podcast is great! They curate and clean up old recordings from the golden age of radio (1920’s to 1950’s). The radio plays are usually entertaining and provide an interesting, educational window to the past. Because these are old recordings some are too raspy to listen comfortably, but they have many hundreds of shows. The host of the podcast is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and provides interesting commentary, perspective and analysis about these whodunit stories. Unfortunately, the host has a nasal, pitchy speaking voice. And many episodes have disconcerting Hammond organ music, so this podcast isn’t good for bedtime or sensitive ears. Overall it’s well worth the occasional audio discomfort to enjoy these old-timey radio plays.

SouperDave99 · Jul 2025

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.

6.5 · Feb 2025

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