Old Time Radio Mystery Specials
Episodes
Proudly We Hail: Follow that Man
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A private detective is hired to located a woman's brother who is tied into underworld activity.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October...
The Silent Men: The Big Kill and Night Beat: Ellen (Twice-Told Tale)
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's 1st Mystery: An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane.Original Radio Broadcast: February...
Screen Guild Theater: The Glass Key
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Story: The best friend and top lieutenant of a political boss finds himself in the midst of a murder that threatens his boss's career.Original...
Screen Guild Theater: My Favorite Brunette
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A baby photographer impersonates an out-of-town private investigator and gets mixed up with a beautiful woman who wants him to find h...
Holmes for the Holiday: Two Christmas Mysteries
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we get ready for Christmas, we bring you two original old time radio Christmas plays featuring Sherlock Holmes. First up is The Night Before Christ...
Murder Clinic: A Scrap of Lace
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 3, 2011A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent fami...
The Best of the 2024-25 Season
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special, we look back at the top five half-hour Old Time Radio programs of our 2024-2025 season, and one of our best Old Time Radio Snack Wago...
Columbia Workshop: Murder in Studio One
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 29, 2011A female detective tries to solve a murder in a radio studio in the series 26 by Corwin. Original Air Date: October 12, ...
Lux Radio Theater: To the Ends of the Earth
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 24, 2011Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to...
WW2 Special: Suspense: Menace in Wax and You Were Wonderful
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 16, 2011This Suspense doublebill features two episodes of CBS’ signature anthology series.First in "Menace in Wax," a reporter ...
The Road to the Valentine Matter
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann's story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.Jeff Regan: The Man in the ChurchRegan...
The Hardy Family: The Case of the Missing Warehouse
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Andy Hardy takes a job as a night watchman only to seemingly have the whole warehouse he's guarding disappear.Original Radio Broadcas...
Screen Director’s Playhouse: D.O.A.
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: May 07, 2011A man (Edmund O’Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him.Original Air Date: Jun...
Screen Guild Theatre: The Mask of Demetrios
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: February 26, 2011A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary propo...
Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Man Who Was Thursday
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 18, 2010In G.K. Chesterton’s classic, Gabriel Syme (Orson Welles) is a police detective infiltrating the anarchist counsel of...
World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Four
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: An experiment reveals how the diamond got out of Rachel Verinder's cabinet. But where is it now?Original Air Date: April 23, 1948Orig...
World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: After a tragic suicide, Sergeant Cuff's dismissed with the theft of the Moonstone still unsolved. A year later, someone else picks up...
World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Two
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: England's greatest detective is called in to recover the Moonstone.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 9, 1948Originating from Chica...
World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part One
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: June 5, 2025Today's Mystery: In the mid-19th Century, a young English woman has inherited a large Indian diamond from her evil ...
Lux Radio Theater: After the Thin Man
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 8, 2010Returning from investigating the “Thin Man” case, Nick Charles again hopes to retire, but finds himself dra...
The Chase: The Amusement Park
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A woman operating a shooting gallery game at an amusement park suspects that the death of an elderly watchman for the carnival is tie...
Lux Radio Theater: The Thin Man
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 1, 2010Nick Charles, a retired private detective is drawn back to detection with the insistence of his wife, Nora, whe...
Screen Director’s Playhouse: Chicago Deadline
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: October 25, 2010A reporter (Alan Ladd) finds a woman dead of TB and is determined to find out why she died.Original Air Date: M...
Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 31, 2010In this made-for-radio sequel to the Maltese Falcon, Casper Guttman (Joseph Kearns) returns, but this time he’s seeking a...
Suspense: The One Way Ride to Nowhere
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: May 22, 2010A psychologist is found dead on a roller coaster after a ride, but he wasn’t on board when the roller coaster lef...
Suspense: Crank Letter
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A police lieutenant is notified that a doctor has received threatening letters.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 21, 1960Origin...
Sam Spade: The Dry Martini Caper/ Mr. Moto: The Case of the Dry Martini (Twice Told Tale)
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's First Mystery: Sam Spade is hired by a man who is then shot down in front of him with a carbine.Original Release Date: August 1, 1948Starring:...
Screen Guild Theater: The Maltese Falcon
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: March 13, 2010In this 1943 adaptation of the original hardboiled detective story: Miles Archer, the partner of Sam Spade (playe...
Lux Radio Theater: Street With No Name
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) goes undercover in the gang of an up-and-coming racketeer (Richard Widmark).Origianl Air Date: January 31...
This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Clause who disappeared.Original Radio Broadca...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: At Christmastime, Johnny has to find a beautiful woman, who is the only one who knows the truth behind the murder of a New York club ...
Molle Mystery Theater: Red Wine
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But wh...
Cavalcade of America: The Pinkerton Man
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1859, legendary private detective Allan Pinkerton tries to solve the year-old case of a bank robbery and the murder of a guard.Original Air Date: N...
Fifteen Years Ago
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam's current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own comment...
Escape: The Target
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: An insurance investigator has tracked a man, who embezzled $100,000, to Chile.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1954Origin...
Escape: The Red Forest
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Special brought to you by the request of Chief of Detectives Patreon FatsToday's Story: A motorist finds himself trapped in a Western wildfire.Origina...
Twice Told Tales: Richard Diamond: The Simpson Case and Johnny Dollar: The Jonathan Bellows Matter
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's First Mystery: The wife of a wealthy oil man hires Richard Diamond to protect her husband after an attempt on his life.Original Air Date: Janu...
Molle Mystery Theatre: Corpus Delecti
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A police detective has 48 hours to find proof of the innocence of his brother, who is on death row.Original Radio Broadcast Date: Jan...
Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the n...
Old Time Radio Con Games Special
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I'm joined by Jim Grinstead of the Scams and Cons Podcast as we delve into two scam-related old time radio podcasts.Today's 1st Mystery:First u...
Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Based on the movie I Wake Up Screaming, a Broadway promoter is suspected of murdering an up-and-coming actress, by a dogged police o...
Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent (Complete Adventure)
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:The year is 1913 and international tensions run thick. Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft, calls him out of retirement to secure the r...
Twice Told Tale - The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Starlet Matter
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, we take a look at an old time radio script that was recycled. In this case, the script was a pilot for a new radio series, The McCoy, and ...
Suspense: The Man Who Murders People
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:The commuter train to Roseville becomes the setting for a deadly game of cat and mouse, passengers grapple with the terror of a serial...
Police File: Mr. One by One
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
he Australian Commonwealth Investigation Branch (CIB) seeks a gang of counterfeiters that are passing forged 10 pound notes.Original Radio Broadcast D...
Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Sam Spade's search for the murderer in his partner puts him in the midst of intrigue among four dangerous characters, all trying to g...
Sherlock Holmes Guy Fawkes Day Special
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today is Guy Fawkes Day and we celebrate with two different Guy-Fawkes-related Sherlock Holmes adventures.First, in The Fifth of November, a man named...
Stars in the Air: House on 92nd Street
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:An FBI undercover man infilitrates a Nazi spy ring that could send the secret of Process 97 to the Nazis.Original Radio Broadcast Date...
Twice Told Tale - Man Called X: Murder, Music, and a Blonde Madonna; Christopher London: Pattern for Murder
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's First Episode:Ken travels to Italy to follow a composer, to find why that composer's friend was murdered in New York City.Original Radio Broad...
Suspense: The High Wall
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A man wakes up in an insane asylum with no idea how he got there.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1946Originated from HollywoodS...
Guest Star Detective Double Feature
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's First Story: Basil Rathbone sets up an office as a radio detective, with Kenny Delmar as his bumbling sidekick.Original Radio Broadcast Date: ...
Suspense: Fragile, Contents: Death
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A postmaster (Victor Perrin) gets a tip that there's a time bomb among the day's packages.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1956S...
Lux Radio Theater: The Maltese Falcon
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Sam Spade (Edward G. Robinson) tries to solve the murder of his partner and gets drawn into the intrigue over a mysterious black-ename...
Inheritance: The Texas Rangers (Texas Rangers Bicentenial Special)
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Texas Rangers Captain is assigned to form a group of special forces to stop rustlers stealing cattle and taking them across the Rio Grande.Original ...
Screen Guild Theater: A Night to Remember
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: A mystery writer (Brian Donlevy) and his wife (Lucille Ball) move into a basement apartment in the East Village one night. In the mor...
Lux Radio Theater: Sorry, Wrong Number (AWR0215)
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A wealthy woman (Barbara Stanwyck) overhears two men planning a murder on the phone. (Burt Lancaster co-stars.)Original Radio Broadcast Date: January ...
Twice Told Tale: The Abbotts and It's a Crime, Mr. Collins: The Fabulous Emerald Necklace
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:Pat uses Jean as a decoy to capture a jewel robber who murdered a wealthy man.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 3, 1955Greg uses Ga...
Jack Carson Show: Sam Spade
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery: Jack Carson calls in Sam Spade for protection after receiving a threatening telegram.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 5, 1947Supp...
Hollywood Sound Stage: Call Northside 777
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's mystery:A reporter responds to the ad of a mother who wants someone to clear her son of the murder of a police officer twelve years before.Ori...
Lux Radio Theater: Laura
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As he investigates the murder of a young advertising executive (Gene Tierney), a police detective (Dana Andrews) begins to fall in love with the murde...
Burns and Allen: Gracie Sends Sam Spade to Jail
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:George Burns and Sam Spade explain to a police lieutenant how Gracie got them thrown into jail for murder.Original Radio Broadcast Dat...
Suspense: Out of Control
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Mystery:A blind former police captain finds himself in the middle of an investigation of murder and blackmail.Original Radio Broadcast Date: M...
Twice Told Tale: Michael Shayne and Gunsmoke
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the Case of the Crooked Wheel, the owner of a casino has Michael Shayne come to investigate an apparent case of fraud at his casino.Original Air ...
EP3854s: Mystery Audio: First Nighter Sam Spade Spoof
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Spade is called in to protect Mister First Nighter from being killed.The real mystery is where this audio came from.Support the show monthly at pa...
EP3848s: Lux Radio Theatre: Deadline at Dawn
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A street-smart dancer with regrets tries to clear the name of a naive sailor from her hometown.Original Air Date: May 20, 1946The Suspense version of ...
EP3800s: Campbell's Playhouse: The Glass Key
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The best friend of a political boss believes the boss is innocent of murdering a senator's son, but he's one of the few who do.Original Air Date: Marc...
Suspense: The Hands of Mister Ottermole
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A London police sergeant (Claude Rains) casts suspicions on a newspaper reporter (Vincent Price) as the perpetrator of a series of murders.Original Ai...
EP3704s: Silver Theatre: Murder Unlimited
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A reporter tries to track down a gang that specializes in wholesale murder.Original Air Date: March 9, 1941Support the show monthly at patreon.greatde...
Suspense: The Thirty-Nine Steps
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A bored British businessman gets more excitement than he bargained for when he becomes wanted by the police for a murder he didn't commit and caught ...
EP3602s: Lux Radio Theater: Blueprint for Murder
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A man’s young niece dies and he begins to suspect that the beautiful stepmother poisoned her and he’s afraid his young nephew might be next. Origi...
EP3554s: The Saint: The Case of the Previewed Crime and the Saint and Barrie Craig: Visitor at Midnight (Twice Told Tale)
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A man claiming to be an autho Read more ...
EP3548s: Superman: The Puzzle of the Poison Pomegranate
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clark Kent investigates when a research scientist is found dead behind a locked room from poisoning. Original Air Date: November 26, 1949 Support the ...
EP3542s: Mercury Theater of the Air: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Holmes tries to recover blackmail letters leading to a confrontation with the Napoleon of Crime-Professor Moriarty. Original Air Date: Septem...
EP3500s: Proudly We Hail: This Could Be Murder
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A San Francisco police inspector arrives at a scene of an apparent suicide that he suspects could be murder. Original Air Date: December 3, 1950 Suppo...
EP3452s: Escape: The Follower
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A husband returns early from an out of town trip to find his wife missing and a former romantic rival murdered in his home. Original Air Date: Febr...
EP3404s: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen: Queen Anne Pistols and the Dealer on King George Road and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Queen Anne Pi
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Captain Philip Kearney is hired to deliver a set of Queen Anne Pistols to a gun dealer when the Scarlet Queen is in port in Australia. Original Air Da...
EP3398s:Jeff Regan: The Lady with the Golden Hair and Rocky Jordan: The Make-Up Man (Twice Told Tale)
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Los Angeles, Regan is hired to protect a famous Hollywood make-up man who’s been shot at. Original Air Date: July 31, 1948 In Cairo, a famous Hol...
EP3374: Suspense: End of the Road
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A model turns to the assistant district attorney for help in dealing with an abusive husband. Original Air Date: January 31, 1960 Become one of our mo...
EP3368: Suspense: The Thimble
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Assistant District Attorney investigates the death of a famous painter at the request of her mentally ill daughter. Original Air Date: November 22...
EP3350s: Forecast: Deductions Deluxe: The Problem of the Painted Poodle
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Private Detective Roger Boon is called in to find out why a wealthy woman’s poodle was painted green. Original Air Date: July 28, 1941 Support the s...
EP3302s: Tonight at Nine Thirty: The Black Market Murders
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A San Francisco police inspector investigates the apparent murder of a shady businessman. Original Air Date: March 16, 1945 Become one of our monthly ...
EP3254s: Command Performance: Dick Tracy in B-Flat
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dick Tracy (Bing Crosby) is about to wed his long-time fiancee Tess Trueheart (Diana Shore) but his wedding keeps getting interrupted by desperate gan...
EP3200s: Lux Radio Theater: The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife. Original Air Date: June 19, 1939 Support...
EP3104s: The Whistler: Danger is a Beautiful Blonde (Jack Webb Centennial)
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An engineer is picked up by a beautiful woman and finds himself in the middle of a murder. Original Air Date: May 8, 1949 Support the show monthly at ...
EP3050s: Armed Forces Radio Theater: The Private Eye
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An ex-con is determined to track down the man who committed the crime he was sent away to prison for three years for. Original Air Date: August 12, 19...
Lux Radio Theater: The Third Man
08 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Martin, a pulp writer is called to post-War Vienna by an old friend. He finds his friend dead in an apparent accident. However, Martin finds man...
EP2954s: Suspense: The Argyle Album
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A famous national reporter gives a young, up-and-coming journalist a clue to the big story he’s working on involving “the argyle album.” Origina...
EP2900s: Molle Mystery Theater: Leg Man
11 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The reporter investigates the murder of a bar owner that the police believe is open and shut. Original Air Date: October 19, 1945 Support the show mon...
EP2852s: Twelve Players: The Lady and the Letters
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A private eye is hired by the wife of a racketeer to recover some letter she’s being blackmailed with. Original Air Date: August 18, 1945 Support th...
EP2702s:Campbell’s Playhouse: There’s Always A Woman
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Orson Welles A private detective (Orson Welles) decides to giv Read more ...
EP2654s: The Crime Club: Mister Smith’s Hat
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An alcoholic who was an embarrassment to his well-to-do family is murdered. Original Air Date: January 23, 1947 Support the show monthly at patreon.gr...
EP2612s: Roy Rogers Show: The House I Live In
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A friend is murdered when about to reveal who the town’s racket boss is. Roy sets out to catch his friend’s killer and uncover the identity of the...
EP2606s: Mayor of the Town: Enemy Agents
02 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A man asks the Mayor to look after a cane that he’s been told holds the secret to an Axis spy ring and then is killed. The Mayor suspects foul play....
EP2552s: Suspense: Two Sharp Knives
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A man is detailed in a small town jail on a murder warrant and is then murdered. Original Air Date: December 22, 1942 Support the show monthly at patr...
EP2504s: The Bob Hope Show with Guest Star Jack Webb
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sergeant Friday has to solve a murder while breaking in a new partner…Detective Bob Hope. Original Air Date: February 4, 1953 Support the show month...
EP2438s: Suspense: Frightened City
18 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A soldier returns from Korea to find his brother-in-law’s been murdered and no one in town will talk about it. Original Air Date: November 10, 1952
Studio One: Anthony Adverse
07 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A young adventurer is sent to the New World to find out why his Guardian’s debtors haven’t been paying. He discovers they’ve been missing for a ...
EP2354s: Murder Clinic: Gulfstream Green
12 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An opera singer asks a model to impersonate her so she can have a few moments of peace. The model is murdered and it’s up to Deputy Parr to solve th...
Cloud Nine: Visiting Famous Radio Detectives
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: September 10, 2017A man travels via Cloud Nine to an office building where all the world’s famous radio detectives work and i...
Suspense: Library Book
16 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: July 16, 2017A librarian learns of a book missing a page and her investigation leads her to a kidnapping.Original Air Date: Sep...