Old Time Radio Mystery Specials
Episodes
Lux Radio Theater: The High Wall
21 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: May 21, 2017A man confesses to murdering his wife, but can’t remember the details and is mentally incompetent due a medical c...
Suspense: The Cave of Ali Baba
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's a traitor in a society of masked criminals.Original Air Date: August 19, 1942Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport th...
Radio Reader’s Digest: The Case of the Dormitory Thefts
22 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: January 22, 2017A police scientist uses his experimental lie detector to try and solve a series of thefts at a woman’s colleg...
Martin and Lewis: Guest Jack Webb
27 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 27, 2016Jack Webb guest stars on Martin and Lewis as they do a fairy tale version of Dragnet.Original Air Date: Januar...
NBC University Theater: Trent’s Last Case
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: September 25, 2016Amateur detective Philip Trent tells the story of the case that ended his detective career.Original Air Date:...
Suspense: The Lost Special
28 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: August 28, 2016Suspense opens its microphone to a condemned man who has a story to tell of how he pull off a daring crime and h...
Screen Guild Theatre: Whistling in Dixie
05 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: June 05, 2016Wally “The Fox” Benton goes down South to solve the murder of a woman’s boyfriend.Original Air Date: May 17,...
Screen Director’s Playhouse: Spellbound
04 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: May 04, 2016A psychiatrist tries to unravel the mystery of a man who believes he murdered another psychiatrist. Will she find o...
Suspense: A Killing in Abilene
03 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: April 03, 2016A man travels from Abilene to find his brother’s killer and arrives in a small town where the man he’s lookin...
Suspense: The Moonstone, Part Two
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: February 25, 2016The search for the Moonstone is on. Mister Blake is helping lead the search and receiving an angry reaction fr...
Suspense: The Moonstone, Part One
18 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: February 18, 2016A young man delivers an Indian diamond to his cousin on her birthday, a diamond that brings woe to the entire ...
Lux Radio Theatre: Crack Up
07 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: February 07, 2016A lecturer at a museum is in a train wreck, but wakes up to find out that there hasn’t been a train wreck an...
Murder Clinic: Death in the Dressing Room
11 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 11, 2015 H.M. Merrivale investigates the death of a dancer and crook in her dressing room.Original Air Date: September 29, 19...
Theater 5: The Button Stealers
16 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: August 16, 2015 A former spy is drawn into a web of an intrigue when a colleague turns to him for help in preventing American intellige...
Suspense: The Blind Spot
21 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: June 21, 2015 A pop psychologist becomes involved in investigating the murder of a head of research at a polling firm.Original Air Date...
WOR Summer Theater: The Mystery Of The Perfect Throw From Left Field And The Conga Dancer's Aunt
19 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: April 19, 2015A “clownpire” makes a controversial baseball call and finds himself investigating a burglary and maybe a murder.Origin...
Molle Mystery Theatre: Murder in the City Hall
28 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 28, 2014Sam Delaguerra investigates the murder of a judge tied up in a cycle of corruption.Original Air Date: April 5, 1946Supp...
Mercury Theater: The Thirty-Nine Steps
26 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: October 26, 2014A Canadian gets caught up in a web of intrigue in the days prior to World War I.Original Air Date: August 1, 19...
Suspense: Pearls are a Nuisance
06 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 06, 2014A private detective teams up with an ex-chauffeur in a quest to uncover a string of missing fake pearls.Original Air Date: ...
Lux Radio Theater: The Lady in the Lake
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: May 28, 2014Philip Marlowe looks for a missing wife at the behest of the missing woman’s husband’s secretary who wants to break up t...
The Chase: Elliott Preston Is Framed for Murder
04 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: May 04, 2014A man is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s uncle who stands in the way of her marrying him.Original Air Date: May 18, ...
Lux Radio Theatre: Murder My Sweet
23 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: April 23, 2014Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) becomes involved in a mixed up case of stolen jade, a missing girlfriend, blackmail, and narc...
Molle Mystery Theatre: Homicide for Hannah
12 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 12, 2014An unemployed man finds himself accused of murder and accompanied by a beautiful blonde detective who has an appetite fo...
Cavalcade of America: The School for Men
10 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 10, 2013A vacationing police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using sk...
Gunsmoke: Mark Dillon Goes To Gough Eye
23 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 23, 2013Marshall Mark Dillon goes to Gough Eye to investigate an allegedly crooked roulette wheel and finds a a series of murder...
Crime Club: Death Blew Out the Match
15 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: Semptember 15, 2013A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.Original Air Date: Dec...
NBC University Theater: The Purloined Letter
25 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 25, 2013A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.Original Air Date: September 17, 1948Support the show m...
Suspense: The Mystery of Marie Roget
18 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 18, 2013Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.Original Air Date: December 14, 1953...
Screen Guild Theatre: Call Northside 777 (EP1000s)
16 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 16, 2013Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police off...
The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue
11 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 11, 2013The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You ...
Escape: The Lost Special
04 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: July 04, 2013A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.Original Air Date: February 12, 1949Support th...
X Minus One: Protective Mimicry
24 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: March 24, 2013In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.Original Ai...
Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy
27 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 27, 2013Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.Original Air Dat...
Suspense: Deadline at Dawn
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 17, 2012A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.Origin...
50th Anniversary of the End of the Golden Age of Radio
30 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 30, 2012The golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense. In the “Tip-Off Matt...
Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA
30 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: June 30, 2012A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.Original Ai...
Suspense: The Crowd
16 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: June 16, 2012 A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd. Original Air Date: Septem...
Mystery Award Theater: The Screwball Division
21 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: April 21, 2012The youngest and oldest detectives on the force turn to a drunk former detective to solve three murders that occurred at t...
Murder Clinic: The Tragedy at Marsden Manor
13 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: March 13, 2012Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just passed a physic...
Campbell’s Playhouse: The Murder of Roger Akroyd
06 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: March 6, 2012While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.Original Air Date: November 12, 1939Sup...
Studio One: The Thirty-Nine Steps
11 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A Canadian finds himself drawn into a world of myste Read more ...