The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter (EP0610)

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 24, 2012Johnny investigates the death of a mobster and meets his enchanting daughter who only learned who her father was when s...

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons (EP0609)

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 23, 2012Statues of Napoleon are being busted. When someone is murdered, Holmes becomes involved.Original Air Date: March 7, 194...

Let George Do It: Angel’s Grotto (EP0608)

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 22, 2012Did a man in a wheel chair fall to his death by accident or was he pushed?Original Air Date: November 13, 1950Support t...

Christopher London: The Terrible Price of Sugar (EP0607)

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 21, 2012Christopher London is hired by a sugar magnate to find out how one of his competitors is massively underselling him. Ho...

Barrie Craig: The Tough Guy (EP0606)

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 20, 2012Barrie Craig helps a just released ex-con turn over a new leaf has he tries to find the ex-con’s loot.Original Air Da...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Dameron Matter (EP0605)

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 17, 2012Johnny Dollar seeks to recover money stolen from a Savings and Loans and track down the gang that stole it.Original Air...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of King Philip’s Golden Salver (EP0604)

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 16, 2012The intended of a British officer accused of stealing a cup from a pompous and overbearing British lord turns to Holmes...

Let George Do It: A Visit from Merlin (EP0603)

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 15, 2012George is hired by an eccentric rich man who fairs that a crafty little magician is really Merlin and is determined to ...

Christopher London: The Adventure of the Emerald Ring (EP0602)

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 14, 2012Christopher London is hired to find a missing heiress.Original Air Date: February 5, 1950Support the show monthly at h...

Barrie Craig: The Corpse Who Was Wrong (EP0601)

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 13, 2012Barrie is hired to find the wife of a dead man.Original Air Date: May 25, 1954Support the show monthly at https://patr...

Studio One: The Thirty-Nine Steps (EP0600s)

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 11, 2012A Canadian finds himself drawn into a world of mystery and intrigue when a beautiful woman stumbles into him at a theat...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Madison Matter (EP0600)

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 10, 2012A woman goes to Hartford to report that an insurance company paid off on her life insurance policy as a result of fraud...

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Wooden Claw (EP0599)

13 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 9, 2012A bank manager turns to Holmes for help when the bank suffers a series of Saturday Night robberies from a “cat man.Ori...

Let George Do It: The Spider and the Fly (EP0598)

13 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 8, 2012George is called into investigate and finds despised middle aged woman and her new husband who have become the subject o...

Candy Matson: The Allison Gray Case (EP0597)

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 7, 2012Candy is hired by the wife of a missing unscrupulous businessman to find him.Audition Recording Date: September 21, 1952...

Barrie Craig: The Schemers (EP0596)

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 6, 2012Barrie is hired to find $200,000 that was stolen by a corporate treasurer.Original Air Date: April 6, 1954Support the sh...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Enoch Arden Matter (EP0595)

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 3, 2012An insurance company receives news that a man about to be declared dead under the Enoch Arden law was spotted and sends ...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of Shoscombe Old Place (EP0594)

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 2, 2012Sherlock Holmes is called in at the behest of a horse trainer, suspicious that its owner may be losing his mind.Original...

Let George Do It: The House that Jack Built (EP0593)

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: February 1, 2012George is hired by a man of mystery to protect his family, but George senses he’s up to no good.Original Air Date: Oct...

Candy Matson: Candy’s Last Case (EP0592)

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 31, 2012Mallard is acting suspicious and Candy looks into it. When a body turns up, Candy has to find out the truth about the mu...

Barrie Craig: The Embezzler (EP0591)

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 30, 2012Barrie heads to a small town to track down a man who embezzled money from a local bank.Original Air Date: March 30, 1954...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lester James Matter (EP0590)

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 27, 2012$4,000 has been embezzled. The company has the embezzler, but Johnny’s job is to find the money.Original Air Date: Mar...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Sanguinary Spectre (EP0589)

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 26, 2012Sherlock Holmes is called to spend the night at an old British manor and stop it from being sold to a pickle king.Origin...

Let George Do It: Tag, You’re It (EP0588)

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 25, 2012A letter from a woman afraid that someone is going to kill her leads George to a serial killer using a phony contest rac...

Candy Matson: San Juan Bautista (EP0587)

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 24, 2012Candy, Rembrandt, and Mallard visit a historic California mission and find themselves embroiled in a murder case.Origina...

Barrie Craig: Zero Hour (EP0586)

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 23, 2012Barrie Craig goes to Vermont ski country to investigate a two year old attempted murder with four suspects and no proof ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Syndicate Matter (EP0585)

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 20, 2012Johnny investigates a series of murders that have cause the insurance company thousands of dollars on group accidental d...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Avenging Blade (EP0584)

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 19, 2012Sherlock Holmes helps the lord of a manor who has received a threatening letter.Original Air Date: February 1, 1948Suppo...

Let George Do It: Cover for an Hour (EP0583)

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 18, 2012George is talking to a man who claims to need his help when he’s knocked senseless for an hour and wakes up determined...

Candy Matson: The Egyptian Amulet (EP0582)

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 17, 2012Mallard gives Candy an amulet with Egyptian writing on it to get translation help. She goes to Rembrandt and finds out h...

Barrie Craig: Strange Vision (EP0581)

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 16, 2012Barrie Craig is hired to go out of town and undercover to investigate a series of fires at a chemical plants.Original Ai...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The King’s Necklace Matter (EP0580)

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 13, 2012An old friend of Johnny’s sends him to Cuba to the house of a reclusive millionaire due to an attempt theft of a $250,...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Engineer’s Thumb(EP0579)

06 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 12, 2012A man who was attacked and nearly murdered comes to Watson for treatment and Holmes for help.Original Air Date: January ...

Let George Do It: White Elephant (EP0578)

06 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 11, 2012George is contacted by a woman in a large and expensive house who informs him that she’s left him $1,000 in her will-i...

Candy Matson: The Movie Company (EP0577)

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 10, 2012Candy goes to visit an old friend at a movie company filming in San Francisco and runs into a string of murders.Original...

Barrie Craig: The Lonely Corner (EP0576)

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ORelease Date: January 9, 2012Barrie finds a jewel thief dead in his office.Original Air Date: November 3, 1953Support the show monthly at https://pa...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jeanne Maxwell Matter (EP0575)

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 6, 2012Johnny has to find out whether the death of an insured young woman was murder or suicide.Original Air Date: March 6, 1953...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Lucky Shilling (EP0574)

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 5, 2012Sherlock Holmes is asked by the Lady Monooth to help find her son. While she’s talking to Holmes, her son comes in and ...

Let George Do It: Second Degree Affection (EP0573)

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: Januray 4, 2012The sister of a man on trial for murder asks George to get her brother to reveal information that could spare his life.Or...

Candy Matson: Symphony of Death (EP0572)

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 3, 2012Candy is hired by the sister of a brilliant composer who is losing his mind.Original Air Date: June 20, 1950Support the s...

Barrie Craig: Fog Over Murder (EP0571)

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: January 2, 2012Barrie is hired by a doctor to discover who is amnesiatic patient is.Original Air Date: October 13, 1953Support the show ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Underwood Matter (EP0570)

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 30, 2011Johnny tries to get to the bottom of an insured falling out of a window and leaving behind an estranged and now-wealthy...

Sherlock Holmes: New Year’s Eve Off The Scilly Isles (EP0569)

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 29, 2011Sherlock Holmes and Watson race to save a luxury liner from being blown up.Original Air Date: December 28, 1947Support ...

Let George Do It: High Card (EP0568)

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 28, 2011A clould of suspicion hangs over four men after a woman’s unsolved murder. They decide to solve their problems throug...

Candy Matson: Valley of the Moon (EP0567)

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 27, 2011Candy goes on vacation at a dude ranch at the Valley of the Moon and quickly runs into murder.Original Air Date: Decemb...

Barrie Craig: Kitchens Come with Knives (EP0566)

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 26, 2011Barrie is hired to find out if a man is selling information from his business to a rival firm, but he begins to suspect...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The LaTourette Matter (EP0565)

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 23, 2011Johnny is hired to look into an arson that led to the death of the owner’s wife after the first investigator was kill...

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Christmas Bride (EP0564)

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 22, 2011Sherlock Holmes is invited to spend the holidays with a family that needs him to assure a wedding occurs.Original Air D...

Let George Do It: Santa Claus In Glass (EP0563)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 21, 2011George pledges to stay out of mysteries on Christmas day and we know how that’ll turn out.Original Air Date: December...

Candy Matson: Jack Frost (EP0562)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 20, 2011Santa’s helper, Jack Frost, turns up missing and at the request of a friend, Candy gets Rembrandt to take the job. Ho...

Barrie Craig: The Thirteenth Guest (EP0561)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 19, 2011Barrie Craig is assigned as a bodyguard at a party and finds himself investigating a murder.Original Air Date: August 9...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chicago Fraud Matter (EP0560)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 16, 2011Johnny heads to Chicago to investigate the death of a man with a $50,000 life insurance policy-from starvation.Original...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of Sudden Senility (EP0559)

30 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 15, 2011Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a five year old horse that died of senility.Original Air Date: January 11, 194...

Let George Do It: The Treasure of Millie’s Wharf (EP0558)

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 14, 2011A woman calls George to investigate when her parrot finds a treasure map.Original Air Date: August 21, 1950Support the ...

Candy Matson: The Eric Spaulding Concert (EP0557)

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 13, 2011Candy is hired by a conductor to investigate what’s causing an orchestra concert to be ruined.Original Air Date: Febr...

Barrie Craig: Scream for Murder (EP0556)

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 12, 2011Barrie is hired by a boxer to protect him from someone who is trying to kill him.Original Air Date: July 19, 1953Suppor...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Kay Belamy Matter (EP0555)

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 9, 2011Johnny investigates a famous radio singer whose agent wants to ensure her. Johnny is shocked to find that between radio ...

Sherlock Holmes: The Mazarin Stone (EP0554)

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 8, 2011Sherlock Holmes seeks to recover the stolen crown diamond and finds his life on the line.Original Air Date: January 4, 1...

Let George Do It: The High Price of a Penny (EP0553)

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 7, 2011A retired attorney wants George to help save some friends from their gold-digging nephew. However, by the time George ar...

Candy Matson: NC9-8012 (EP0552)

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 6, 2011Candy is referred to an insurance investigator who wants her to confirm his findings that a a fatal airplance crash was ...

Barrie Craig: The Lost Lady (EP0551)

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 5, 2011Craig is hired to go shopping with a wealthy man’s wife. When they stop at a store, she disappears in a dressing room ...

Murder Clinic: A Scrap of Lace (EP0550s)

26 Apr 2023

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...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Marigold Matter (EP0550)

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 2, 2011Johnny is called to a small town to investigate the death of a friend and former associate.Original Air Date: January 23...

Sherlock Holmes: The Sussex Vampire (EP0549)

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: December 1, 2011Sherlock Holmes ic called in to investigate charges that a South American wife of a rich man is abusing the man’s chil...

Let George Do It: Sweet are the Uses of Publicity (EP0548)

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 30, 2011A publicist creates buzz around a non-existent Czechoslovakian millionaire and hires George to protect the secret. Howe...

Candy Matson: Devil in the Deep Freeze (EP0547)

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 29, 2011An owner of a restaurant hires Candy after finding a dead man in a devil costume.Original Air Date: September 30, 1949“...

Barrie Craig: Beware the Walking Dog (EP0546)

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 28, 2011Barrie is hired by a woman to walk her dog because she believes someone is trying to shoot the dog.Original Air Date: M...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Starlet Matter (EP0545)

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 25, 2011Johnny goes to Los Angeles because an agent believes his starlet client is going to be murdered and she is. And she’s...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of Professor Moriarty and the Diamond Jubilee (EP0544)

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 24, 2011Six years after their famous battle, Professor Moriarty returns to menace Sherlock Holmes as Queen Victoria is celebrat...

Let George Do It: Cause for Thanksgiving (EP0543)

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 23, 2011The police find a boy apparently struck silent by a traumatic event and Lt. Riley asks George’s help in finding out w...

Candy Matson: The Fort Ord Case (EP0542)

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 22, 2011Candy agrees to be a queen of a Marine dance at Fort Ord but stumbles into a series of bodies, each with a musical call...

Barrie Craig: Behold a Corpse (EP0541)

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 21, 2011A woman’s long-lost husband reappears, but she claims not to be sure its him. Craig thinks the case is phony from the...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Thelma Ibsen Matter (EP0540)

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 18, 2011A poor newspaper delivery man names a young girl who did him a good turn as beneficiary on his life insurance policy. H...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Cradle that Rocked Itself (EP0539)

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 17, 2011Sherlock Holmes returns to the Cornish country and investigates a frightening story of a rocking cradle that’s fright...

Let George Do It: The Voice of the Giant (EP0538)

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 16, 2011George is called in by the husband of a woman who blames her marriage for the death of her father because he died while...

Candy Matson: The Cable Car Case (EP0537)

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 15, 2011A man sitting next to Candy on a cable car is shot and killed. Candy tries to solve the case and find a way to collect ...

Barrie Craig: The Girl on the Doorstep (EP0536)

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 14, 2011Barrie witnesses a slip, fall, and die in front of an apartment building, but was it really an accident or murder?Origi...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Baltimore Matter (EP0535)

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 11, 2011An ex-con gives Johnny a line on a payroll robbery.Original Air Date: January 2, 1953Support the show monthly at https...

Sherlock Holmes: The Stolen Naval Treaty (EP0534)

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 10, 2011Holmes helps a friend of Watson’s who works in the foreign office and lost a treaty vital to British national securit...

Let George Do It: The Golden Lizard (EP0533)

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 9, 2011George is hired to buy an expensive luxury yacht. Instead, he finds the yacht’s not for sale and young men who have be...

Candy Matson: The Donna Durham Case (EP0532)

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 8, 2011Candy is hired to investigate the murder of a singer.Audition recorded April 4, 1949Support the show monthly at https:/...

Barrie Craig: The Crimson Queen (EP0531)

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 7, 2011A dying man asks Craig to find his murderer. When he’s dead, he leaves one clue behind-a crimson queen.Original Air Da...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Walter Patterson Matter (EP0530)

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 4, 2011Johnny is hired by an insurance company to investigate a life insurance claim they’ve paid off when a friend reports t...

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Well-Staged Murder (EP0529)

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 3, 2011A doctor is shot and the evidence seems to point in one direction, but Holmes thinks its a frame up.Original Air Date: N...

Let George Do It: Eleven O’Clock (EP0528)

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 2, 2011George is called to a college at the request of an uncle concerned with his nice who is a student. When George arrives, ...

Rogue’s Gallery: The Janice Kroll Murder (EP0527)

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: November 1, 2011Rouge investigates the murder of a woman at the request of her teacher sister.Original Air Date: November 15, 1950Suppor...

Barrie Craig: Dead Loss (EP0526)

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 31, 2011Barrie is hired to protect a man until his divorce can be finalized.Original Air Date: October 15, 1952Support the show ...

Columbia Workshop: Murder in Studio One (EP0525s)

02 Apr 2023

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, ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Elliot Champion Manner (EP0525)

01 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 28, 2011A warehouse burned down and Johnny and a team of investigators arrive, believing the owner burned it for insurance, but ...

Sherlock Holmes: The Cadaver in the Roman Toga (EP0524)

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 27, 2011Sherlock Holmes goes to investigate the case of a man found dead in Toga where there used to be Roman baths.Original Air...

Let George Do It: Island in the Desert (EP0523)

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 26, 2011George goes South of the border at the request of a dead Mexican fire insurance investigator and sets out to find out wh...

Rogue’s Gallery: Phyllis Adrian Is Missing (EP0522)

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 25, 2011Rogue is hired to find the wife of a lawyer who wants to divorce her.Original Air Date: June 29, 1947Support the show mo...

Barrie Craig: Murder by Threes (EP0521)

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 24, 2011Barrie Craig is hired by a man to find out who is trying to kill his wife, an entrant in a combination beauty and pie-ba...

Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 3 Commentary

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Before listening to Season 3, find out about the new shows featured including: Frank Race, Candy Matson, Christopher London (with Glenn Ford), Hercule...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The James Clayton Matter (EP0520)

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 21, 2011A doctor tells Johnny that he advised a patient to divorce her husband, and his life is now in danger from the irate hus...

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (EP0519)

25 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 20, 2011A young governess turns to Holmes when she receives an unusual offer of employment.Original Air Date: November 2, 1947Su...

Let George Do It: Scream of the Eagle (EP0518)

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 19, 2011A woman appears claiming to be an heiress that’s been long thought to be dead. The one man who can identify her for su...

Rogue’s Gallery: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Murder (EP0517)

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 18, 2011Rogue is hired by a miserly old woman to find out who stole her will. It becomes a murder case when Rogue finds her dead...

Barrie Craig: The Long Way Home (EP0516)

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 17, 2011Barrie Craig is hired by a woman to protect from her estranged husband-a dangerous killer, but Craig senses something is...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Transpacific Matter (EP0515)

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Release Date: October 14, 2011Johnny goes to a war-torn Hong Kong to find out the truth behind a suspicious fire.Audition: November 1952Support the sh...