
OTR Detective - The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Arts & Culture Podcasts
The great ones are back in action.
Location:
United States
Description:
The great ones are back in action.
Language:
English
Episodes
Cloak and Dagger: A Recommendation from Rommel (A0022)
9/27/2025
Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent in Italy finds himself in a compartment on the train has been double-booked, and his travel companion is General Rommel. Original Radio Read more ...
Duration:00:35:35
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward River Matter (EP4810)
9/26/2025
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is sent to a highly uninsured and underprepared town along the Ohio River to prevent a disaster in the midst of a flood. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Chester Stratton; Frank Gerstle; Bob Bruce; Parley Baer When making your travel plans,…
Duration:00:34:31
Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)
9/25/2025
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starr Read more ...
Duration:00:33:15
Broadway’s My Beat: The Kenneth Mitchell Murder Case (EP4808)
9/24/2025
Today’s Mystery: A terminally ill man is stabbed to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: L Read more ...
Duration:00:39:40
Charlie Chan: The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch (EP4807)
9/23/2025
Today’s Mystery: Charlie Chan and his number one son track two dangerous escapees to a luxury yacht where a wealthy woman, her daughter, and her erswhile fiancé are in a very nasty argument. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating in Sydney Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan, Rodney Jacobs
Duration:00:29:54
Danger with Grainger: The FBI and the Scientist (EP4806)
9/22/2025
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires Steve Grainger to protect her scientist husband who is working on a top secret experiment. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or Read more ...
Duration:00:35:21
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon Smorgasboard #2 (EP4805e)
9/21/2025
In this episode, we give you a look at the type of programs we share on the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon: Wings Over Jordan Journey back Read more ...
Duration:01:04:41
Cloak and Dagger: Swastika on the Windmill (A0020)
9/20/2025
Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent goes behind enemy lines into occupied Holland to stay at his uncle’s house. Original Radio Broadcast: July 30, 1950 Originating f Read more ...
Duration:00:35:57
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)
9/19/2025
Today’s Mystery: The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
Duration:00:32:15
Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)
9/18/2025
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Read more ...
Duration:00:42:45
Broadway’s My Beat: The Shorty Dunn Murder (EP4803)
9/17/2025
Today’s Mystery: A housewife is missing and a ransom note was sent by a down-and-out man who was found murdered in a flop house. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
Duration:00:35:36
Charlie Chan: The Case of the Telltale Hands
9/16/2025
Today’s Mystery: Charlie Chan and his number one son are on the trail of a burglar who used his blind pianist daughter to commit burglaries and then murdered his partner. Or Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Snappy Snapshot (EP4801)
9/15/2025
Today’s Mystery: A woman comes to The Falcon when a man breaks into her home, and robs and assaults her and then is shot, and she’s being blackmailed. Read more ...
Duration:00:36:45
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Amy Bradshaw Matter Omnibus (EP4800s)
9/14/2025
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate threats on the life of a famous stage actress. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 21-25, 1955 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Florence Wolcott; Don Diamond; Larry Thor; Vic Perrin; Carleton Young When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
Duration:01:00:27
Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Box (A0018)
9/13/2025
Today’s Adventure: Two OSS agents are on a mission to bring in a captured Japanese colonel, but the mission goes awry, leaving the two men in a battle for survival. Or Read more ...
Duration:00:39:22
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midnight Sun Matter (EP4800)
9/12/2025
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is sent to investigate a gold mine and finds himself in serious danger on a plane full of TNT. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Barney Phillips; Harry Bartell; Forrest Lewis When making your travel plans,…
Duration:00:34:27
Dragnet: The Big Cliff (EP4799)
9/11/2025
Today’s Mystery: A woman in her sixties is found dead next to her husband and he claims not to know why it happened. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 28, 1951 Originating from Hollywoo Read more ...
Duration:00:34:41
Broadway’s My Beat: The Joan Fuller Murder Case (EP4798)
9/10/2025
Today’s Mystery: A woman in expensive clothes is found murdered in the Central Park lake. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1950 Originating f Read more ...
Duration:00:38:25
Charlie Chan: The Pearl of Great Price (EP4797)
9/9/2025
Today’s Mystery: Charlie Chan’s daughter is kidnapped by bank robbers after a bungled robbery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Summer 1944 Originating from Los A Read more ...
Duration:00:36:36
The Falcon: The Case of the Big Fix (EP4796)
9/8/2025
Today’s Mystery: A self-styled fixer convinces dangerous underworld figures that he can protect them from raids. He can’t; murder follows. Original Read more ...
Duration:00:30:41