Calling All Cars

About Calling All Cars

Calling all Cars ran from 1933-1939. It's considered to be the inspiration for the old-time radio great, Dragnet. Calling All Cars chronicles the L.A. Police Department cases. Although this is an earlier version of the same type of show Dragnet was, there are some differences. Calling All Cars was introduced at a time when Americans became much more mobile because of the automobile. Criminals could get into a waiting car, and if they got lucky enough, get lost in traffic! Dragnet came out much later, but they both gave a thorough and detailed account of the crime and the criminals behind the crime. Although during the time that Calling All Cars aired, criminals were sometimes glamorized, like Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Whereas during the later police and crime shows that aired on old time radio, that wasn't so much the case anymore. With Dragnet in mind, there is another major difference, Dragnet used the same Police Officers each episode. Calling All Cars used different Police Officers each episode. There were only two recurring characters in Calling All Cars, the narrator Charles Lindsey, and real-life LAPD dispatcher Jessie Rosenquist.Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradioListen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio

Publisher

goldenclassics

Category

fiction · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Mar 2024

Latest episode

6 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

277 episodes in the feed.

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2. 

   6 Apr 2025

   Skeleton In The Desert

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3. 

   6 Apr 2025

   Remote Control Sleuth

   Deputy Sheriff Blue Dog C. Weber and Detective Ellis Parker detail their international pursuit of a fugitive teacher murderer, revealing how historical records cracked the cold case.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

274,124

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

0

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