Episodes

  • Escape: The Red Forest

    Escape: The Red Forest
    Sep 15 2024
    Special brought to you by the request of Chief of Detectives Patreon Fats

    Today's Story: A motorist finds himself trapped in a Western wildfire.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: William Conrad as Wally; Georgia Ellis as Jan; Parley Baer; John Dehner; Jay Novello; Tom Tully

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    43 mins
  • Twice Told Tales: Richard Diamond: The Simpson Case and Johnny Dollar: The Jonathan Bellows Matter

    Twice Told Tales: Richard Diamond: The Simpson Case and Johnny Dollar: The Jonathan Bellows Matter
    Sep 1 2024
    Today's First Mystery: The wife of a wealthy oil man hires Richard Diamond to protect her husband after an attempt on his life.

    Original Air Date: January 18, 1952

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Dick Powell as Richard Diamond; Virginia Gregg as Helen; Alan Reed as Lieutenant Walt Levinson Virginia; Jeanne Bates; Herb Butterfield; Tony Michaels

    Today's Second Mystery: Johnny is called in when an insured, wealthy man is shot at.

    Original Air Date: June 23, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; Clayton Post; Virginia Gregg; Tony Barrett; Ralph Moody; Howard McNear; Martha Wentworth

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Molle Mystery Theatre: Corpus Delecti

    Molle Mystery Theatre: Corpus Delecti
    Jul 27 2024
    Today's Mystery: A police detective has 48 hours to find proof of the innocence of his brother, who is on death row.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1947

    Originating in New York

    Starring: Ken Lynch

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    34 mins
  • Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill

    Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill
    May 26 2024
    Today's Mystery:A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the nun save her before her looming execution?

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary; Barbara Rush as Valerie Carns; Norma Varden; Paul Frees; Mary Flynn; Herb Butterfield; Ottola Nesmith; Dan O'Herlihy; Joseph Kearns; Leo Britt; Jeanne Wood; Lois Corbett; Yvonne Peattie

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Old Time Radio Con Games Special

    Old Time Radio Con Games Special
    May 12 2024
    Today, I'm joined by Jim Grinstead of the Scams and Cons Podcast as we delve into two scam-related old time radio podcasts.

    Today's 1st Mystery:First up, there's no such thing as easy money. That's a lesson a rich young man learns as he's forced to lure his friends into the clutches of a big-time gambler to square his own debts. Can magician-turned-detective Mike Trent help? We find out in this episode of Easy Money, "The Gallopping Ivories"

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 14, 1954

    Originating in New York

    Starring: Larry Haines as Mike Trent; Ralph Bell; Peter Fernandez; Maurice Tarplin

    Today's 2nd Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero go after a gang of con-men who are victimizing the families of recently deceased people in the Big Betty.

    Original Air Date: November 23, 1950

    Originating in Los AngelesStarring: Jack Webb as Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot

    Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot
    Mar 31 2024
    Today's Mystery:Based on the movie I Wake Up Screaming, a Broadway promoter is suspected of murdering an up-and-coming actress, by a dogged police officer who always gets his man

    .Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1946

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Frankie Christopher; Vincent Price as Ed Cornell; Lurene Tuttle; Gloria Blondell; Theodore Von Elt; Harry Bartell; David Ellis; Elliott Reid

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    37 mins
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent (Complete Adventure)

    Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent (Complete Adventure)
    Mar 10 2024
    Today's Mystery:The year is 1913 and international tensions run thick. Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft, calls him out of retirement to secure the return of stolen plans for an experimental tank.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 21, 28, and April 4, 1949

    Originating in New York

    Starring: John Stanley as Holmes; George Spelvin as Watson

    We're joined by special Guest Tom Fox of the Compliance Podcast Network and the Adventures in Compliance Podcast

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Twice Told Tale - The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Starlet Matter

    Twice Told Tale - The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Starlet Matter
    Mar 3 2024
    Once again, we take a look at an old time radio script that was recycled. In this case, the script was a pilot for a new radio series, The McCoy, and then was reused as an episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.

    The McCoy is called in by an agent who fears that one of his clients, a promising actress, will be murdered. While they're talking, a phone call comes in and they learn she was strangled to death.

    Originating in Hollywood

    Audition date: April 24, 1951

    Starring: Howard Duff as The McCoy; Sidney Miller; Sheldon Leonard; Cathy Lewis; Ed Max; Barton Yarborough

    Johnny is sent to Hollywood because an agent fears his starlet client is going to be murdered. Johnny finds she’s already been strangled to death.

    Originating in Hollywood

    Original Air Date: January 16, 1953

    Starring: John Lund as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar; Sidney Miller; Raymond Burr; Dick Ryan; John McIntire; Vic Perrin; Virginia Gregg; Jeanette Nolan

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    1 hr and 14 mins