The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
Episodes
Let George Do It: The Perfect Alibi (EP0318)
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 12, 2011The wife of a gangster who despises him, hires George to prove her husband innocent.Original Air Date: August 1, 1949Sup...
Nero Wolfe: The Friendly Rabbit (EP0317)
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 11, 2011Nero Wolfe ventures forth from the brownstone at the behest of the Governor to investigate potential corruption in the c...
The Adventures of the Abbotts: The Royal Purple Scooter (EP0316)
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 10, 2011Pat Abbott is hired to investigate the death of a man in a car wreck. The insurance company thinks it was caused by a fa...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Adam Kegg Matter (EP0315)
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 07, 2011Johnny Dollar is called in to find an insured stolen necklace.Originial Air Date: November 11, 1950Support the show mont...
Sherlock Holmes: The Clue of the Hungry Cat (EP0314)
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 06, 2011A man is convicted of murdering a woman, but Holmes believes otherwise when he founds the victim’s cat wasn’t fed.Or...
Let George Do It: Laura’s House (EP0313)
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 05, 2011George and Brooksie are summoned to a house rumored to be haunted by a distraught woman who fears an evil house is influ...
Nero Wolfe: The Beautiful Archer (EP0312)
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 04, 2011A young heir is killed while sitting in a car with his ex-girlfriend. Is she the murderer?Original Air Date: November 24...
Thin Man: The Adventure of the Haunted Hams (EP0311)
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: January 04, 2011A young heir is killed while sitting in a car with his ex-girlfriend. Is she the murderer?Original Air Date: November 24...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Queen Anne Pistols Matter (EP0310)|Mystery Audio Drama
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 31, 2010A pair of pistols is ensured for $15,000 with the policy terminating on delivery. The intended recipients refuse and th...
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Black Angus (EP0309)
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 30, 2010A son of a Scottish Lord breaks off his engagement and the jilted bride hires Holmes to find out the reason why. Holmes...
Let George Do It: The Next to Last Guest (EP0308)
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 29, 2010An elderly man hires George to see to the distribution of his securities to his three heirs goes off without a hitch. G...
Nero Wolfe: The Careless Cleaner (EP0307)
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 28, 2010A beautiful cleaning woman is found murdered in the room of an aritst with his marriage on the rocks.Original Air Date:...
Thin Man: Adventure of the Passionate Palooka (EP0306)
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 27, 2010Nick and Nora are hired to help a boxer find his beloved missing dog and his girlfriend before the big fight.Original A...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Joan Sebastian Matter (EP0305)
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 24, 2010A young woman is found dead. Is it murder or suicide? Neither the police nor Johnny can tell for sure.Original Air Date...
Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost (EP0304)
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 23, 2010A woman comes to Holmes with a “talking dog” for the purpose of robbing him of an old case file. Why?Original Air D...
Let George Do It: Follow that Train (EP0303)
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: December 22, 2010It’s Christmas and George gets a letter from a new client-a department store Santa Claus that wants him to s...
Nero Wolfe: The Case of the Slaughtered Santas (EP0302)
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: December 21, 2010Nero Wolfe is hired to investigate the death of several sidewalk Santas by a Santa who fears he will be next.O...
Thin Man: The Boogie Woogie Murder (EP0301)
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 20, 2010Nick and Nora are in a record shop when a woman is murdered. Nick sets out to solve the case.Original Air Date: Februar...
Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Man Who Was Thursday (EP0300s)
08 Jun 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...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jack Madigan Matter (EP0300)
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 17, 2010A bail bondsman stands to lose $50,000 if two witnesses fail to show at trial and it’s Johnny’s job to locate them....
Sherlock Holmes: The Baconian Cipher (EP0299)
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 16, 2010Sherlock Holmes is having a friendly argument with a visiting French detective over which country has the most ingenous...
Let George Do It: Serenade to the Southern Star (EP0298)
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 15, 2010George is hired to go on a cruise ship under false pretenses, and finds himself left at port, with someone having alrea...
Nero Wolfe: Case of The Dear Dead Lady (EP0297)
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 14, 2010Nero Wolfe is retained by the leader of a religious cult to save the life of the woman he loves. The woman is killed an...
Thin Man: The Case of the All-American Menace (EP0296)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 13, 2010A young woman comes to Nick Charles to ask her help to kill a man and get away with it. Nick and Nora then get notice t...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Yankee Pride Matter (EP0295)
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 10, 2010Johnny Dollar goes to Signapore to investigate some delayed shipments that could cost the insurance company $300,000.Or...
Sherlock Holmes: The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes (EP0294)
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 9, 2010Sherlock Holmes declines to work to exonerate a talented singer for treason, as he believes she’s unquestionably guilt...
Let George Do It: Death in Blue Jeans (EP0293)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 8, 2010George arrives in a small California gold rush town where the librarian suspects the brother of the town’s patriarch o...
Nero Wolfe: The Case of the Careworn Cuff (EP0292)
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 7, 2010A man pays Wolfe a thousand dollars to drop a client he never had.Original Air Date: October 27, 1950Support the show mo...
Thin Man: Nora’s Night Out (EP0291)
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 6, 2010Nora is all out night, and breaks a mirror, and asks another man to marry her. Nick suspects she’s been drugged. Thing...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Richard Splain Matter (EP0290)
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 3, 2010An investigation into the apparent murder of a carpenter leads Johnny into the shadowy world of narcotics.Original Air D...
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Uneasy Chair (EP0289)
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: December 2, 2010Scotland Yard has a suspect in the murder of a wealthy man, but no murder weapon, and the case begins to look t...
Let George Do It: A Matter of Doubt (EP0288)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: December 1, 2010 George investigates the case of a boy who told his mother that he tended the wounds of an injured man, only to claim he...
Nero Wolfe: Stamped for Murder (EP0287)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 30, 2010A woman comes to Wolfe to help her recover $10,000 from two swindlers who cheated her father. Wolfe becomes su...
The Thin Man: The Case of the Glamorous Clue (EP0286)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 29, 2010A man Nora brought home is murdered. When Nick refuses to believe her because she refuses to believe his story about hi...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Howard Caldwell Matter (EP0285)
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 26, 2010Johnny Dollar finds himself searching through low class San Francisco dives to find the missing son of a wealthy New En...
Sherlock Holmes: The Man With the Twisted Lip (EP0284)
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 25, 2010Sherlock Holmes is hired to find a missing husband who appears to either have met with foul play–or disappeared into ...
Let George Do It: Stranger than Fiction (EP0283)
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 24, 2010George isn’t interested when a woman wants to hire him to find out if her husband based a steamy protagonist...
The Amazing Nero Wolfe: The Shakespeare Folio (EP0282)
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 23, 2010Archie and a cabbie are attacked by a car after the cabbie bought a book to sit on. Wolfe discovers the book i...
Thin Man: The Case of the Wandering Corpse (EP0281)
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 22, 2010A corpse disappears along with a necklace, Nick bought for Nora as an anniversary present, and its place is an...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virginia Beach Matter (EP0280)
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 19, 2010Johnny is sent to Virginia Beach to guard a woman from her boyfriend who has just been released from prison, b...
Sherlock Holmes: The Waltz of Death (EP0279)
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Air Date: November 18, 2010 Every time a certain waltz played in Austria, a beautiful woman is killed.Original Air Date: April 29, 1946Suppor...
Let George Do It: Come and Get Me (EP0278)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 17, 2010A little man hires George to prove him guilty of murder.Original Air Date: May 16, 1949Support the show monthly at htt...
Adventures of Nero Wolfe: The Last Laugh Murder (EP0277)
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 26, 2010Nero Wolfe attempts to deduce the details of a passerby’s life. The man denies all of Wolfe’s deductions, ...
Thin Man: The Strange Case of Professor Wainger (EP0276)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: November 15, 2010A brother and sister approach Nick Charles to ask him to introduce them to a long-lost Uncle who is working as a scient...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Trans-Pacific Export Matter (EP0275)
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 12, 2010Johnny is called in when an export Company has a fire at its Hong Kong Office that looks suspiciously like the...
Sherlock Holmes: The Tankerville Club Scandal (EP0274)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 11, 2010A young man is accused of cheating at cards. Holmes believes the man is innocent and one of Moriarity’s asso...
Let George Do It: Vultures on the Wing (EP0273)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 10, 2010George is hired to guard $20,000 and pick up four paintings, but finds a collection of characters trying to st...
Adventures of Father Brown: The Mystified Mind (EP0272)
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 9, 2010A young man is accused of killing a window cleaner, but Father Brown believes he’s innocent.Original Air Date...
Lux Radio Theater: After the Thin Man (EP0271)
28 Apr 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...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hartford Alliance Matter (EP0270)
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 8, 2010An arson on an insured building was committed by a mild-manner young man. Why did he do it and who is he coveri...
Sherlock Holmes: The Headless Monk (EP0269)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 4, 2010Holmes is off with a supernatural investigator to find out what’s going on with the re-appearance of the lege...
Let George Do It: Out of Mind (EP0268)
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 3, 2010George is called in when a brother fears his sister is falling for a mentalist. Things take an odd turn when th...
Adventures of Father Brown: The Three Tools of Death (EP0267)
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: November 2, 2010Father Brown investigates the death of a best-selling proponent of optomism.Original Air Date: July 22, 1945Sup...
Lux Radio Theater: The Thin Man (EP0266)
21 Apr 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...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mickey McQueen Matter (EP0265)
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 29, 2010An old friend of Johnny’s comes to him for help only to change his mind, and then turn up dead the next day.Original A...
Sherlock Holmes: The Disappearing Scientists (EP0264)
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: October 28, 2010Holmes wants to retire, but is in demand to solve one last case before taking up bee farming.Original Air Date:...
Let George Do It: Lady in Distress (EP0263)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: October 27, 2010 With George out of town on a wild goose chase, Brooksie is tricked into impersonating a night club singer, and...
Jeff Regan: Gentlemen Prefer Horses (EP0262)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Original Release Date: October 26, 2010 Regan is hired by a jockey to find a missing man.Original Air Date: August 27, 1950Support the show monthly at...
Screen Director’s Playhouse: Chicago Deadline (EP0261)
14 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...
Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 2 Commentary
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commentary on Season 2 of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio: Series covered and changes to the program are discussed.Series include:The Thin ManT...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blood River Matter (EP0260)
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 22, 2010Johnny heads to a small town to investigate the murder of an insured Original Air Date: August 7, 1950Support the show m...
Sherlock Holmes: The April Fools Adventure (EP0259)
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 21, 2010Watson joins in an April Fools prank on Sherlock Holmes.Original Air Date: April 1, 1946Support the show monthly at htt...
Let George Do It: The Elusive One Hundred Grand (EP0258)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 20, 2010George goes to Nevada to help an actor with gambling debts make enough ona deal to pay off the syndicate. But getting th...
Jeff Regan: There’s Nothing Like a Pork Chop When Supper Rolls Around (EP0257)
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 19, 2010International is hired to protect a bad, but commercially successful poet, who is then killed after a radio broadcast.Or...
Box 13: Round Robin (EP0256)
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 18, 2010A letter to Box 13 puts Dan Holiday in the middle of a complicated blackmail scheme.Original Air Date: December 22, 1948...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henry J. Unger Matter (EP0255)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 15, 2010An ex-con who Johnny sent up, frames him for murder.Original Air Date: July 20, 1950Support the show monthly at https:/...
Sherlock Holmes: The Girl with the Gazelle (EP0254)
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 14, 2010An art expert disappears and Sherlock Holmes of being involved.Original Air Date: March 25, 1946Support the show monthly...
Let George Do It: The Host of Casa Diablo (EP0253)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 13, 2010George is hired to go to Mexico to bring back a fugitive member of a political machine that is promising to tell the tru...
Jeff Regan: A Fire For Romano (EP0252)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 12, 2010Regan takes the case of an immigrant shopkeeper who has suffered an arson attempt. Regan suspects a hateful neighbor, as...
Box 13: Clay Pigeon (EP0251)
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 11, 2010Dan Holiday is told to go to a doctor’s office under an assumed name, and finds himself in the crossfire.Original Air ...
San Francisco Final (EP0250s)
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 9, 2010Reporter Mike Rivera investigates mass extortion in Chinatown.Recorded: July 26, 1954Support the show monthly at https:/...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Calgary Matter (EP0250)
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 8, 2010Johnny Dollar is called into a robbery case by a friend of the robberOriginal Air Date: July 13, 1950Support the show mon...
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blarney Stone (EP0249)
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 7, 2010A hated businessman tries to win 10 pounds by kissing the Blarney Stone, but instead falls to his death and Holmes must f...
Let George Do It: The Four Sided Triangle (EP0248)
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 6, 2010George is hired by a Canadian writer to investigate a mysterious death.Original Air Date:March 21, 1949Support the show m...
Jeff Regan: She’s Lovely, She’s Engaged, She Eats Soybeans (EP0247)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 5, 2010Regan is sent to protect a lovely bathing suit model who dabbles in health food.Original Air Date: July 9, 1950Support th...
Box 13: Archimedes and the Roman (EP0246)
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 4, 2010A letter from a young boy leads 250 miles from home where he’s held hostage in an observatory by a jewel robber.Origina...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bello-Horizonte Railroad Matter (EP0245)
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: October 1, 2010Johnny Dollar goes to Brazil to investigate a series of railroad accidents.Original Air Date: July 6, 1950Support the sho...
Sherlock Holmes: The Living Doll (EP0244)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 30, 2010In 1910, Holmes comes out of retirement to help a little girl who has been threatened with black magic.Original Air Da...
Let George Do It: The Motif is a Murder (EP0243)
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 29, 2010A murderer hires George to be his adversary and find out what ties together a string of seemingly unrelated murders. W...
Jeff Regan: No Sad Clowns For Me (EP0242)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 28, 2010An eccentric man pays the Lyon $67 to not take a job. But Regan becomes concerned about the reason and goes to investi...
Box 13: The Perfect Crime (EP0241)
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 26, 2010A professor tells Dan Holiday that he can commit the perfect crime.Original Air Date: December 1, 1948Support the show...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Barbara James Matter (EP0240)
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 24, 2010Johnny Dollar investigates the disappearance of a twenty-eight year old woman who has burned a lot of men.Original Air...
Sherlock Holmes: The Submarine Caves (EP0239)
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 23, 2010Sherlock Holmes goes to a Channel Island on the pretext of collecting a pound of a butter for the British government, ...
Let George Do It: The Roundabout Murder (EP0238)
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 22, 2010A man is charged with murdering a woman he just met by poisoning her, but he insists that the poisoned wine was given ...
Jeff Regan: There’s More than Coffee in Brazil (EP0237)
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 21, 2010Regan goes searching for the lost sister of a lady from Brazil.Original Air Date: June 18, 1950Support the show monthl...
Box 13: The Biter Bitten (EP0236)
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 20, 2010Dan Holiday is called to a hotel to find an escaped venomous snake.Original Air Date: November 24, 1948Support the sho...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The London Matter (EP0235)
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 17, 2010Johnny takes an ocean voyage in pursuit of narcotics smugglers.Original Air Date: June 22, 1950Support the show monthl...
Sherlock Holmes: The Terrifying Cats (EP0234)
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 16, 2010An opera singer with a deadly fear of cats turns to Holmes for help.Original Air Date: February 25, 1946Support the sh...
Let George Do It: Your Money or Your Life (EP0233)
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 15, 2010George takes a case for free to put a loan shark out of business.Original Air Date: February 28, 1949Support the show ...
Jeff Regan: It All Comes Back to Me Now (EP0232)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 14, 2010A woman with amnesia shows up at International, asking for help. All she can remember is that she wanted to kill someo...
Box 13: Double Trouble (EP0231)
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 13, 2010Dan Holiday is told he has to be in a small town by 3:30. He arrives early, but the murder still happens and Holiday i...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Arrowcraft Matter (EP0230)
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 10, 2010Johnny Dollar investigates the fatal sinking of several Arrowcraft Boats.Original Air Date: June 15, 1950Support the s...
Sherlock Holmes: The Camberwell Poisoning (EP0229)
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 9, 2010Holmes and Watson investigate the poisoning of the hated head of a monied family.Original Air Date: February 18, 1946Su...
Let George Do It: Journey Into Hate (EP0228)
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 8, 2010At the request of a concerned sister, George is off to Hawaii to investigate a myserious wire, and finds danger and mur...
Jeff Regan: Some Enchanted Carhop (EP0227)
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 7, 2010International is retained to find the sender of anonymous gifts that is disturbing a carhop waitress.Original Air Date:...
Box 13: House of Darkness (EP0226)
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 6, 2010A blind man contacts Holiday when he finds a mysterious message in braile in a library book.Original Air Date: November...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Collegio Diamond Matter (EP0225)
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 3, 2010Johnny Dollar investigates a jewelry theft tied up in a murder.Original Air Date: June 8, 1950Support the show monthly ...
Sherlock Holmes: The Guileless Gypsy (EP0224)
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: September 2, 2010A man hires Holmes alleging that Gypsies have threatened to kill his nephew, the heir to a large estate, but Holmes sus...
Let George Do It: Destination Dead End (EP0223)
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: August 3, 2010At the behest of a loving mother, George tries to protect a crooked private investigator.Original Air Date: February 14, 1...
Jeff Regan: The Two Little Sisters (EP0222)
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Release Date: August 31, 2010A 6 foot tall 200 pound man is stabbed. A lady knife thrower confesses, but Regan doesn’t believe she did it.Original A...