• Fifteen Years Ago

  • Oct 20 2024
  • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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Fifteen Years Ago

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  • This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam's current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own commentar.

    Original Podcast Release Date: October 26, 2009

    Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman who tells Dan she’s being blackmailed.

    Original Radio Air Date: October 17, 1947

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday; Sylvia Picker as Suzie

    Original Podcast Release Date: October 27, 2009

    Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.

    “You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.” - Pat Novak to Hellman

    Original Air Date: November 24, 1946

    Originating in San Francisco

    Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan

    Original Podcast Release Date: October 28, 2009

    On his first day as a private detective, George Valentine gets his first client - a famous writer who tells him he’s about to be murdered and then collapses on the spot. The body then vanishes, leaving George to find out what happened.

    Original Audition Date: May 14, 1946

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Shirley Mitchell as Claire; Eddie Firestone, Jr. as Sonny; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Backus; Howard McNear; Horace Murphy

    Original Podcast Release Date: October 30, 2009

    Johnny Dollar is retained to protect a man who has threatened suicide after making a notorious gambling kingpin the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.

    Original Audition Date: December 7, 1948

    Starring: Dick Powell as Johnny Dollar; William Conrad; Betty Lou Gerson; Joseph Kearns

    Guest: Andrew Rhynes of the OTR Westerns podcast

    The Great Detectives Old Time Radio Volume 1 (Seasons 1-3): https://volume1.greatdetectives.net

    The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2 (Seasons 4-6) https://volume2.greatdetectives.net

    The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Volume 3 (Seasons 7-9) https://volume3.greatdetectives.net

    The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Detective Compilation YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFIOdWlnzL-YP6EZpi6JI1nLn6Hm4tAI


    Also referenced: Podcast Alley and The Radio Detective Story Hour

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