The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Hosted by Adam Graham · Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host

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94Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
1,925
Episodes
706
Transcribed
2,215
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2021
First episode
5M
YouTube views

About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

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 (https://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, (https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-great-detectives-of-otr-volume-1) which features our first three seasons and Volume 2 (https://www.spreaker.com/show/great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-v2), which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-volume-3--6310867) 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.

Publisher
Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
Category
arts · fiction
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
17 Feb 2021
Latest episode
7 Nov 2026
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706 of 1,925 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 7 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

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

  2. 6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

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

  3. 5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Dragnet: The Big Drive (EP5099)

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

Published 7 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I don't care what it is, it's still a lie. But it better be, Egan, for your sake. You can't frighten me, Gregor, because I've got nothing to hide. I've always been on the up and up with you. Very worried. Now let's get back to business. We will continue our weekly passenger run from Cuba to Florida. […]

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1,927 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
288 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100

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Engagement
99

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