Old Time Radio Crime & Detectives

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• The Case of the Imitation Robbery - Nick Carter | 12/22/1946 (Ep267)

  October 10, 2026 · 26 min

  Nick Carter, Master Detective was a radio crime drama based on tales of the fictional private detective Nick Carter, first seen in 1886, from Street & Smith's dime novels and pulp magazines. Lon Clark played Nick Carter and Charlotte…

• The Man with No Name - Rocky Jordan | 10/09/1949 (Ep049)

  October 9, 2026 · 30 min

  Rocky Jordan was a radio series about an American restaurateur in Cairo who each week became involved in some kind of mystery or adventure. The show was broadcast between 1948 and 1951. The two lead roles were Rocky Jordan and Captain Sam…

• The Hapless Hunter Matter - Johnny Dollar | 12/08/1957 (Ep566)

  October 8, 2026 · 19 min

  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama which aired between 1949 and 1962. "The man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar". Of the eight different actors who played…

• The Last Laugh - Philip Marlowe | 04/02/1949 (Ep27)

  October 7, 2026 · 29 min

  The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler as Philip Marlowe. He was a gritty, no nonsense American, hard-boiled detective; however, he was more complex than other hard-boiled detectives of the era…

• Private Eye Test- Richard Diamond | 03/19/1950 (Ep046)

  October 6, 2026 · 30 min

  Richard Diamond, Private Detective was an American detective drama, created by Blake Edwards, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953. Dick Powell starred as Richard Diamond in the radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned…

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