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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 1-3 which were released between 2009 and 2012, featuring nearly 800 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here. In this volume, you'll hear: Alan Ladd playing Dan Holiday, a reporter-mystery writer who will go anywhere and do anything to those who send him a letter to Box 13. Jack ...
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Release Date: March 23, 2011 George gets a strange letter from a man who says he’s mailed him before, when George didn’t get the letter. Driven by curiosity, George heads out to a house that features two spinsters who care for a paralyzed man. George finds that his correspondent has died and decides to check into the case further. Original Air Date…
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Release Date: March 22, 2011 The wife of a millionaire dies. The doctor says its a heart attack, but the husband suspects murder and hires Wolfe. Original Air Date: February 23, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Gr…
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Release Date: March 21, 2011 Pat and Jean find the body of a scientist specializing in biological warfare dead in their compartment. When Pat finds out a man identifying himself as the scientist is a passenger on a train to California, he and Jean enter a race against time to stop the train and the imposter aboard. Original Air Date: April 17, 1955…
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Release Date: March 18, 2011 The prime suspect in the murder of a beneficiary gets a secret meeting with Johnny that leads to Johnny uncovering infidelity and blackmail Original Air Date: March 24, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a …
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Release Date: March 17, 2011 Early in his career and desperate for a case, Holmes accepts as a job as a bodyguard to an unlikable man who turns out to be blackmailer. Original Air Date: January 4, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a d…
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Release Date: March 16, 2011 George is hired by a man to find his missing wife, but all the evidence George can find points to the man having murdered her. Original Air Date: October 17, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to…
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Release Date: March 15, 2011 Nero Wolfe sends Archie to a party, advising him to call when the murder occurs, and occur it does. Original Air Date: February 16, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 1591…
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Release Date: March 14, 2011 A mobster threatens the life of a reporter and then is shot while talking to him and the reporter insists he didn’t do it. Original Air Date: April 10, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam…
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Release Date: March 11, 2011 Johnny Dollar is dispatched to a cotton ginning operation after an anonymous letter alleges a smuggling racket is operating there. Original Air Date: March 10, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation …
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Release Date: March 10, 2011 While Sherlock Holmes is retired on his bee farm, he is asked to investigate a missing chicken. He finds the case is far more serious than first thought as a human life is at stake. Original Air Date: December 28, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis a…
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Release Date: March 09, 2011 George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems to know something about the death of the lady’s husband. Original Air Date: September 26, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the …
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Release Date: March 08, 2011 Archie gets Nero Wolfe hired by an actress who is afraid of being cut out of a lead role in a play. Original Air Date: February 2, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913…
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Release Date: March 07, 2011 The husband of a femme fatale is murdered in a robbery and her fabulous emerald necklace is held for ransom. Pat is convinced that she connived with robber and offers some bait to prove it-Jean. Original Air Date: April 3, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-tim…
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Release Date: March 04, 2011 Johnny wants to abandon a case when he comes to the conclusion that an ensured wife has left home. He changes his mind when her shot with her husband dead. Original Air Date: March 3, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetecti…
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Release Date: March 03, 2011 Sherlock Holmes needs to ensure that a dying elderly playwrite isn’t murdered, and to help him find the living relatives of the man whose play he stole. Original Air Date: December 21, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetect…
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Release Date: March 02, 2011 A series of shootings are tied to a 1942 massacre where one man’s betrayal led to 37 deaths. George has to find the coward-and the murderer. Original Air Date: September 19, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Ma…
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Release Date: March 01, 2011 While driving to buy some black orchids, Wolfe and Archie find themselves stranded with three complete strangers, one of whom is a murder. Original Air Date: January 26, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a…
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Release Date: February 28, 2011 A man tries to get Pa to help him rob a grave, then Pat finds the man dead, apparently killed for a woman’s dress. Original Air Date: March 27, 1955 1957 AFRTS Transcription Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail…
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Release Date: February 26, 2011 A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary proportion. In the course of this search, he garners the interest of another mystery man (Sidney Greenstreet). Original Air Date: April 16, 1945 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives…
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Release Date: February 25, 2011 Johnny Dollar investigates a case where a battered woman has confessed to murdering her husband, but when he arrives he gets information that suggests something else happened. Original Air Date: February 24, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at h…
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Release Date: February 24, 2011 Sherlock Holmes is hired by the family of a duchess who claim she is a kleptomaniac. The duchess denies it, but Holmes follows her and the rumor is confirmed. Original Air Date: December 14, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.gr…
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Release Date: February 23, 2011 A 14-year old gets George to a vineyard, where George finds the vineyard patriarch running everyone’s life, and headed for a crisis. Original Air Date: September 12, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a …
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Release Date: February 22, 2011 A man plans to carry out a revenge on a man who framed him for Murder, and wants Wolfe to clear his name if he fails. Wolfe refuses, but ends up drawn into the case when the potential client is murdered. Original Air Date: January 19, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the sh…
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Release Date: February 21, 2011 Jean wants Pat to investigate why her attempt to buy Zachary Taylor memorabilia from the newspaper and was rebuffed and resold by the same people at a lower price. Pat’s not interested, but then a woman is murdered and Jean is kidnapped, Pat has to get to the boom of the mystery. Original Air Date: March 20, 1955 195…
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Release Date: February 18, 2011 Johnny goes to Nicaragua to let an insurance beneficiary know that he’s become a millionaire only to find the benficiary in jail on a murder charge. Original Air Date: January 20, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectiv…
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Release Date: February 17, 2011 In order to distract Holmes, so he can steal a valuable jewel, Moriarty plants a fascinating murder in Holmes flat. Original Air Date: December 7, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam G…
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Release Date: February 16, 2011 George is hired to watch the daughter of a rich man who has been hanging out at a suspicious dive. She ends up shot and George’s client is murdered. Original Air Date: September 5, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetecti…
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Release Date: February 15, 2011 At a card game to divide a lucrative business, one of the partners is killed. Archie Goodwin is kidnapped to get Nero Wolfe to solve the case, or both he and Archie will die. Original Air Date: January 12, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at htt…
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Release Date: February 14, 2011 When a famous psychiatrist is murdered in a plane crash, Pat fakes an injury to get into a British mental hospital to find out why the murder occurred. Original Air Date: March 13, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetecti…
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Release Date: February 11, 2011 Johnny investigates the near simultaneous robberies of several finance companies. Original Air Date: January 13, 1953 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho …
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Release Date: February 10, 2011 Sherlock Holmes investigates the death of a country matriarch in a house where everyone has a motive. The key clue? Parsley. Original Air Date: November 30, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation …
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Release Date: February 09, 2011 George is called up to a house in the country where a man’s wife is missing as is a local doctor. The sister-in-law is suspicious and confused, while the husband is acting guilty. Original Air Date: August 29, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at…
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Release Date: February 08, 2011 Nero Wolfe is hired to find a missing boxer, when the boxer turns up dead, Wolfe must find the murderer. Original Air Date: January 5, 1951 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Bo…
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Release Date: February 07, 2011 A Catcher is murdered before a big game, Pat Abbott believes that the team’s star pitcher may be the key to finding the murderer, but doesn’t like Jean’s tactic of going undercover as a single girl to extract information from the wolfish pitcher. Guest starring Jackie Robinson Original Air Date: March 6, 1955 1957 AF…
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Release Date: February 04, 2011 An old friend is murdered while investigating another murder in South Carolina. Is the murdered investigator’s wife (an ex-flame of Johnny’s) behind the killing or did the perpetrators of the original murder do it. Original Air Date: December 16, 1950 1957 AFRTS Transcription Support the show monthly at https://patre…
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Release Date: February 03, 2011 Holmes and Watson investigate the murder of the owner of a ship. Original Air Date: November 23, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a …
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Release Date: February 02, 2011 George, Lt. Riley, and Claire go on a fishing vacation, and end up fishing a murdered midget out of the water. In a town full of ex-circus people, who committed the crime? Original Air Date: August 22, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https:/…
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Release Date: February 01, 2011 While visiting an orchid shop, Archie finds the dead body of a disliked man. By the time, Archie gets Nero Wolfe, the body is gone with only some blood on a fern. Original Air Date: December 29, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://suppor…
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Release Date: January 31, 2011 A Hollywood starlet comes to Pat admitting she’d committed murder and offering Pat $100,000 to cover it up. Original Air Date: February 27, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, P…
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Release Date: January 28, 2011 Johnny Dollar is hired to find the benficiary of a life insurance policy, but is the case legitimate? Original Air Date: December 9, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 1…
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Release Date: January 27, 2011 Sherlocks Holmes helps a famous singer who is being blacmailed. When he shows up to collect his fee, he finds his client dead. Original Air Date: November 2, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation …
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Release Date: January 26, 2011 George is dispatched by a South American insurance to pay a $10,000 settlement to a man who doesn’t respond to the company’s request. When George gets to the town, he finds betrayal and madness on the loose, and murder in the air. Original Air Date: August 15, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdete…
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Release Date: January 25, 2011 A woman tries to enlist Wolfe in finding a missing employer. She then disappears and the employer turns up dead. Original Air Date: December 15, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Grah…
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Release Date: January 24, 2011 Pat Abbott goes to Las Vegas at the request of the government to find a secret formula. Original Air Date: February 20, 1955 (AFRTS Rebroadcast.) Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, …
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Release Date: January 21, 2011 Johnny Dollar goes to the Philippines to investigate the theft of $75,000. Original Air Date: November 25, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 G…
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Release Date: January 20, 2011 A man hires Holmes to investigate the death of his young brother at an exclusive boarding school run by an odd doctor. Original Air Date: November 9, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam…
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Release Date: January 19, 2011 George tries to help a man who was just released from prison understand the cause of his wife’s death. Then the man who accidentally hit his wife is shot and the man disappears. Original Air Date: August 8, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at htt…
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Release Date: January 18, 2011 Nero Wolfe investigates the murder of a despised boss with a nasty desposition. Original Air Date: December 8, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 837…
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Release Date: January 17, 2011 A crew man on a ship travelling to Europe with food supplies thinks something is wrong and asks Pat to look into it. Original Air Date: January 30, 1955 1957 AFRTS Transcription Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net M…
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Release Date: January 14, 2011 Johnny is sent out to Los Angeles to investigate a woman who wants to take out a $200,000 life insurance policy. Original Air Date: November 18, 1950 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Grah…
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