The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1

Box 13: Speed to Burn (EP0221)

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 30, 2010Dan Holiday goes undercover at a chop shop to find the brother of a woman who asked for his help.Original Air Date: Novem...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Port Au Prince Matter (EP0220)

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 27, 2010Johnny Dollar goes to Haiti to investigate the case of a man who appears to be dying from voodoo.Original Air Date: May 3...

Sherlock Holmes: The Indiscretion of Mr. Edwards (EP0219)

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 26, 2010Holmes is called in by the foreign office to investigate a lady bareback rider who has captured the heart of an English p...

Let George Do It: One Against the City (EP0218)

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 25, 2010At the request of a crusading newspaper editor, George is called to a growing small city that is being dominated by local...

Jeff Regan: The Little Man’s Lament (EP0217)

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 3, 2010International is retained by a Southern Family with old money to prevent a murder-but who’s?Original Air Date: November ...

Box 13: Killer at Large (EP0216)

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 23, 2010A man pays someone $50,000 to find someone to kill him. He changes his mind about wanting to be killed, but the go-betwee...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Earl Chadwick Matter (EP0215)

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 3, 2010On a tip, Johnny Dollar goes to Bermuda to find a dead man whose policy the company paid off on, but is reported to be ali...

Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of the Demon Barber (EP0214)

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 19, 2010An actor who is playing Sweeney Todd believes he’s becoming a murderer offstage and begs Holmes to prove it.Original Ai...

Let George Do It: Mayhem By Experts (EP0213)

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 18, 2010A surprise birthday party for George turns deadly when a man who was to pretend to be dead as a joke turns out to have ac...

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Black Suit (EP0212)

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 17, 2010A priest hires International to find a missing prize fighter.Rehersal of show that aired November 2, 1949Support the show...

Box 13: The Dead Man Walks (EP0211)

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 16, 2010Dan Holiday sees a man dead in a pawn shop. He reports it to Lt. Kling, only to find out the dead man reported for parole...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sidney Rykoff Matter (EP0210)

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 13, 2010Johnny Dollar is sent to Kansas City to pay $25,000 in ransom money, but will the kidnappers actually return a missing Go...

Sherlock Holmes: The Telltale Pigeon Feathers (EP0209)

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 12, 2010Mycroft Holmes surreptitiously gets Sherlock Holmes to investigate a case where a woman believe her tenant is werebird. H...

Let George Do It: Till Death Do Us Part (EP0208)

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 11, 2010A wealthy woman suspects her brother-in-law of wanting to murder her sister and hires George to investigate.Original Air ...

Jeff Regan: The Lady Who Wanted to Live (EP0207)

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 10, 2010Jeff Regan is hired to protect a woman from her ex-boyfriend.Original Air Date: October 26, 1949Support the show monthly ...

Box 13: Design for Danger (EP0206)

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 9, 2010A woman asks Dan to help her stop a man just released from prison from committing murder or being murdered.Original Air Da...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harold Tandrem Matter (EP0205)

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 6, 2010Johnny Dollar is sent out in an unofficial capacity to protect a man from being killed. The man refuses Johnny’s help an...

Sherlock Holmes: Murder Beyond the Mountains (EP0204)

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 5, 2010During a time when Sherlock Holmes was believed to be dead, he confronts a murder mystery at a Tibetan monastery.Original ...

Let George Do It: The Payoff is Murder (EP0203)

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 4, 2010The wife of an aging fighter wants George to help her husband win his last fight–after agreeing to throw it.Original Air...

Jeff Regan: The Lady from Brazil (EP0202)

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 3, 2010Regan is hired to find the sister of a woman from Brazil.Original Air Date: October 19, 1949Support the show monthly at h...

Box 13: The Treasure of Hang Li (EP0201)

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: August 2, 2010A letter to Box13 instructs Dan to purchase something called the “Hang Li” piece. The shop owner insists he take it wi...

Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper (EP0200s)

19 Jan 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...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Abel Tackett Matter (EP0200)

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 30, 2010Johnny heads to Borneo to locate a policy holder with a $750,000 life insurance policy who has been missing for five years....

Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of The Murderer in Wax (EP0199)

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 29, 2010Scotland Yard calls Sherlock Holmes in to catch a serial killer who has killed ten young women.Original Air Date: January 7...

Let George Do It: The Corpse on a Caper (EP0198)

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 28, 2010George is given a simple job. Deliver the body of a dead college student to her wealthy family in Mexico. Then the body dis...

Jeff Regan: The Man Who Lived by the Sea (EP0197)

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 27, 2010Jeff Regan is hired by a phony mind-reader to protect him from a woman he’s blackmailing, and then he’s pulled...

Box 13: Death is No Joke (EP0196)

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 26, 2010 A friend calls Dan in for help when someone is playing a lot of practical jokes on his horrid family, many of which have t...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Pearl Carassa Matter (EP0195)

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 23, 2010Johnny Dollar’s job is to deliver a $5000 insurance payoff to the beneficiary of a murdered woman, but he founds himself ...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Iron Box (EP0194)

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 22, 2010An eighty-four-year-old Scottish Lord who because of being born February 29 has been waiting 63-years for the inheritance h...

Let George Do It: Murder and One to Go (EP0193)

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 21, 2010A man sends George a $250 retainer to track down a forgotten silent film star, and before George can see him, turn...

Jeff Regan: The Gambler and His Lady(ies) (EP0192)

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 20, 2010A mother calls the Lyon for help when she becomes concerned about her getting mixed up with a gambler.Original Air Date: De...

Box 13: Daytime Nightmare (EP0191)

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 19, 2010In answer to a letter to Box 13, Dan goes to lunch with a businessman. He wakes up to find himself strapped down i...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Story of the 10:08 (EP0190)

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 16, 2010Johnny Dollar investigates the hijacking of a train and finds murder and the item stolen to be worth surprisingly ...

Sherlock Holmes: The Second Generation (EP0189)

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 15, 2010The daughter of Irene Adler has a favor to ask of Sherlock Holmes that involves attempted burglary.Original Air Da...

Let George Do It: Death in Fancy Dress (EP0188)

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 14, 2010The latest person to respond to George’s ad, an apparent blackmailer whose victim committed suicide is so repugnant that ...

Jeff Regan: The Lawyer and the Lady (EP0187)

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 13, 2010Once again, the Lyon agrees to send Regan out on a case he knows nothing about. Within minutes of arriving at his client’...

Box 13: One of These Four (EP0186)

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 12, 2010Dan is one of four people on board a luxury yacht. The owner claims that one of them is a killer and Dan must find...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Dead First Helpers (EP0185)

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 9, 2010Johnny Dollar goes undercover to investigate a series of “accidental” deaths at steel mill that aren’t so acc...

Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia (EP0184)

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 8, 2010A king hires Sherlock Holmes to get a compromising picture back from “the woman.”Original Air Date: December 10...

Let George Do It: The Malignant Heart (EP0183)

25 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 7, 2010 woman calls George in to investigate why her husband has changed from a kind and decent success story to a monster overnigh...

Jeff Regan: The Man Who Fought Back (EP0182)

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 6, 2010Regan is hired to spend the weekend with a man who claims to need an alibi. He quickly finds himself mixed up in a counterfe...

Box 13: Much Too Lucky (EP0181)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 5, 2010Gambling agents bring Holiday in to figure out how 20 people are getting consistently lucky in their bets.Original Air Date:...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Story of the Big Red Schoolhouse (EP0180)

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: July 2, 2010Johnny Dollar investigates a schoolhouse that burned down in a small Nebraska town, and finds himself against rampant corrup...

Sherlock Holmes: Murder in the Casbah (EP0179)

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 1, 2010Holmes and Watson travel to the most lawless place on Earth in search of a young man who fled Britain to avoid pros...

Let George Do It: Stand in For Murder (EP0178)

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 30, 2010A man who was in the rackets is trying to go straight, but he’s been blackmailed to come cross country for an un...

Jeff Regan: The Pilgrim’s Progress (EP0177)

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 29, 2010A man with a blunderbuss calling himself Miles Standish is shot at a house where a pre-Thanksgiving Day party has a variety...

Box 13: Find Me, Find Death (EP0176)

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 28, 2010Dan receives a letter to Box 13 from a man who promises to kill him in 4 days.Original Air Date: September 1, 1948Support t...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Missing Masterpiece (EP0175)

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 25, 2010Johnny is called back to Boston when a prized painting comes up missing.Original Air Date: March 28, 1950Remember ...

Sherlock Holmes: The Accidental Murderess (EP0174)

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 24, 2010A woman “accidentally” shoots Holmes and Holmes recognizes the woman as someone he’d implicated in a murder.Original ...

Let George Do It: Who Is Sylvia? (EP0173)

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 23, 2010A businessman asks George to help him confirm suspicions about his wife. George doesn’t do those type of cases, but his c...

Jeff Regan: The Guy From Gower Gulch (EP0172)

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 22, 2010Regan is hired by a movie cowboy named Davy Crockett to retrieve an item from an alley.Quotes of the show:“My place is fu...

Box 13: Sealed Instructions (EP0171)

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 21, 2010A man sends Dan Holiday to the Philippines with half a map to retrieve an item, promising $10,000 in return. When ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Stuart Palmer, Writer (EP0170)

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 18, 2010Also known as, “The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death.” Johnny Dollar is off to Chicago to investigate the case o...

Sherlock Holmes: The Double Zero (EP0169)

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 17, 2010While in the South of France at a Casino, death comes to two local gamblers and it’s up to Holmes to find the truth.Origi...

Let George Do It: Murder, It’s a Gift (EP0168)

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 16, 2010A pious old man calls George in to help him dispose of his most prized possession-a Wittenberg Bible worth $20,000. But doe...

Jeff Regan: The Lady With Too Much Hair (EP0167)

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 15, 2010A woman hires international to escort her daughter when she returns home from college, but murder comes into play when a re...

Box 13: Mexican Maze (EP0166)

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 14, 2019Dan Holiday goes to Mexico to help a man who says his life is in danger.Original Air Date: August 18, 1948Support the show ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Eighty-Five Little Minks (EP0165)

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 11, 2010Johnny Dollar goes back to Boston to investigate the disappearance of eighty-five valuable mink coats.Original Air Date: Ma...

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band (EP0164)

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 10, 2010A young woman whose sister died from a mysterious poisoning asks Holmes and Watson to help, fearing her stepfather may kill...

Let George Do It: The Flower Smells of Murder (EP0163)

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 9, 2010A woman attending college under the G.I. Bill calls George and Claire in to investigate because she suspects someon...

Jeff Regan: The Lost Lady (EP0162)

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 8, 2010A woman hires Regan to find her missing sister, but Regan’s not buying it.Original Air Date: October 16, 1948Support the s...

Box 13: Tempest in a Casserole (EP0161)

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 7, 2010*A restaurant owner turns to Dan Holiday to help him find out why he’s being pressured to sublet his restaurant.Original A...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: How I Got a Wildcat Oil Operation by the Tail (EP0160)

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 4, 2010Johnny Dollar needs to find a missing insured whose a partner in an oil operation.Original Air Date: March 7, 1950R...

Sherlock Holmes: The Fifth of November (EP0159)

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 3, 2010Holmes and Watson are off on a Guy Fawkes Day Adventure when a Mr. James Stuart comes in on November 5 and retains ...

Let George Do It: The Seven Dead Years (EP0158)

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 2, 2010A retired insurance investigator hires George to stop the husband of a missing woman from collecting the insurance ...

Jeff Regan: Too Many Mrs. Rogers’ (EP0157)

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: June 1, 2010Jeff is assigned to guard the body of a man with an expensive ring on his finger. Regan’s in for trouble as he learns the ...

Box 13: Dan and the Wonderful Lamp (EP0156)

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 31, 2010Dan gets a mysterious invitation to a dinner party and wins a bean-counting contest and an ugly lamp that somebody wants bad...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Bodyguard to the Late Robert Perry (EP0155)

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 28, 2010Johnny Dollar is sent to protect an insured, who goes out with the bang. Whodunit? If it’s not the beneficiary, Johnny’s...

Sherlock Holmes: Murder in the Moonlight (EP0154)

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 27, 2010While undercover aboard a ship bound for India, Holmes and Watson, while operating under assumed names try to prote...

Let George Do It: Death Wears a Gay Sports Jacket (EP0153)

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 26, 2010George is hired anonymously to find a killer who wears a loud sports jacket and has only been seen by several eccen...

Jeff Regan: The Man With the Key (EP0152)

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 25, 2010 Regan is given a key to a safety deposit by an ex-con.Quote of the Show:“He was as happy as a sword swallower with the hi...

Box 13: One One Three Point Five (113.5) (EP0151)

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 24, 2010A woman says she needs Dan to find her missing brother, but a private detective following them says she’s lying.Original A...

Suspense: The One Way Ride to Nowhere (EP0150s)

11 Nov 2024

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...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Disappearance of Bruce Lambert (EP0150)

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 21, 2010Johnny Dollar is called in to find a missing insured archeologist.Original Air Date: February 24, 1950Support the show month...

Sherlock Holmes: The Great Gandolfo (EP0149)

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 20, 2010In a challenge from his brother, Mycroft, Sherlock Holmes comes out of retirement to help a young spy catcher find a spy wor...

Let George Do It: The Little Man Who Was Everywhere (EP0148)

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 19, 2010A wealthy woman who owns several tenaments hires George to protect her from a former tenant whose wife died in a ne...

Jeff Regan: The Lady With No Name (EP0147)

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 18, 2010A woman stumbled into International’s office, not remembering her name, and dies. Who is she, and why did she die...

Box 13: Death’s a Doll (EP0146)

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 17, 2010Dan Holiday heads to the Bayous of Louisiana to investigate the case of a healthy man wasting away and expecting to...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Grave Digger’s Spade (EP0145)

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 14, 2010 Johnny is dispatched by an insurance company to dissuade a couple whose suicide clause is no longer in effect to n...

Sherlock Holmes: The Manor House Case (EP0144)

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 13, 2010Holmes goes undercover disguised as a German official who was almost killed in a bomb attack. With Holmes out of si...

Let George Do It: The Hearst was Painted Pink (EP0143)

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 12, 2010George finds himself bait when he’s forced to court the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster, so another dangerous m...

Jeff Regan: The Story of Abel and Cain and the Santa Maria (EP0142)

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: May 11, 2010'Jeff Regan is called in by the heir to a fortune when a family heirloom is stolen and the thieves haven’t called yet to a...

Box 13: Hunt and Peck (EP0141)

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 10, 2010Dan Holiday thinks a man on death row may be innocent, so he tries to bluff the real killer out of hiding.Original ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The S.S. Malay Trader Ship (EP0140)

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 7, 2010Johnny Dollar goes undercover as a seaman on the ship of an insured who he believes is going to commit insurance fra...

Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Elephant (EP0139)

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 6, 2010Holmes is called to India regarding the security of a White elephant whose death signals the coming death of a Mahar...

Let George Do It: The Father Who Had Nothing to Say (EP0138)

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 5, 2010A man hires George to prove his father, a convicted murderer, innocent of the crime he was convicted of.Original Air...

Jeff Regan: The House by the Sea (EP0137)

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 4, 2010 An actress with a past faces blackmail ahead of an opportunity to make it big in Hollywood. Murder follows.Original...

Box 13: Hare and Hounds (EP0136)

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Air Date: May 3,, 2010A man steals a letter that was sent to Box 13 and Dan heads out of town to find out what it’s all about. He finds hims...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Death Takes a Working Day (EP0135)

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 30, 2010Johnny Dollar heads to Fairfield County to solve the murderer of an insured to assure that the murderer doesn’t...

Sherlock Holmes: The Problem of Thor Bridge (EP0134)

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 29, 2010Holmes is called in to investigate the death of the wife of a wealthy man, who is in loved with the alleged murde...

Let George Do It: The Impatient Redhead (EP0133)

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 28, 2010A red-headed beer heiress hires George to find out why a Spanish nobleman isn’t interested in marrying her. The...

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Door (EP0132)

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 27, 2010The Lyon sends Regan down to get a potential client to sign a contract. The client falls dead at Regan’s feet b...

Box 13: Flash of Light (EP0131)

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: April 26, 2010Dan Holiday needs to help a man visiting the city from a small town find out why he was kidnapped and drugged.Original Air...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Haiti Adventure (EP0130)

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 23, 2010Johnny is skeptical when he’s dispatched to Haiti to protect the life of a wealthy drunk insured for $150,000 w...

Sherlock Holmes: The Eyes of Mr. Leyton (EP0129)

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 22, 2010Holmes tries to prevent a murder in an opium den.Original Air Date: September 24, 1945Support the show monthly at...

Let George Do It: A Minor Case of Murder (EP0128)

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 21, 2010 A young street gang retains George to prove that their ring leader didn’t kill his stepfather.Original Air Dat...

Jeff Regan: The Man Who Came Back (EP0127)

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 20, 2010Regan is hired to track down an ex-con who has been making threatening phone calls to the wealthy man who sent hi...

Box 13: Delinquent Dilemma (EP0126)

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 19, 2010A mother whose son is accused of robbery believes him innocent and wants Dan to help him. The son, however wants ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Circus Animal Show (EP0125)

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release : April 16, 2010Johnny is off to Georgia to guard a black leopard that has been the target of dangerous thieves.Original Air Date: De...

Sherlock Holmes: The Out of Date Murder (EP0124)

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: April 15, 2010Holmes and Watson find a body that at first appears to answer the mystery of a disappearance more than a century before. H...