The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 3

Night Beat: Judge Arnold’s Daughter (EP2241)

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 3, 2017A judge’s daughter who went to live in a poor part of town to understand crime is in over her head and it’s up ...

Dragnet: The Big Trio (EP2240)

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 1, 2017A look at three different traffic related criminal investigations.Original Air Date: July 3, 1952Support the show m...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Twisted Twin Matter (EP2239)

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 30, 2017Johnny sets out to find the the missing twin son of a recently deceased World War I fighting ace who is entitled t...

Boston Blackie: The Green Line Trucking Murder (EP2238)

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 29, 2017After re-assuring a woman her truck driver husband is fine, Blackie sets out to solve his murder when he turns up ...

Richard Diamond: The Misplaced Laundry Case (EP2237)

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 28, 2017Diamond gets the wrong person’s dry cleaning and is threatened at gun, beaten, and involved in a murder case bec...

That Hammer Guy: Sophisticated Lady (EP2236)

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 27, 2017Hammer opens the door to a flop house apartment and is shot. Hammer sets out to find who shot him and why.Original...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Kilocycle Matter (EP2335)

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: October 20, 2017Johnny is called to solve a string of robberies in the same neighborhood.Original Air Date: December 18, 1960Su...

Boston Blackie: Joe Harvey Gets the Wrong Face (EP2334)

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: October 19, 2017An embezzler plans to escape by getting an underground doctor to change his face, but finds the doctor gave him...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Paradise Lost Matter (EP2233)

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 23, 2017Johnny investigates a series of suspicious deaths at a nursing home.Original Air Date: August 14, 1960Support the ...

Boston Blackie: The Skating Rink Murders (EP2232)

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 22, 2017A woman is found murdered in a skating rink with a $50,000 ring on her finger.Original Air Date: July 9, 1946Suppo...

Richard Diamond: The Big Foot Grafton Case (EP2231)

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 21, 2017Diamond is hired to find a missing second baseman on a women’s baseball team.Original Air Date: August 30, 1950S...

That Hammer Guy: There’s Something About a Dame (EP2230)

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 20, 2017Hammer pledges to complete the job he was paid to do: protecting someone newly arrived from France. Then Hammer fi...

Night Beat: The Kenny Day Amnesia Case (EP2229)

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 19, 2017Randy has to help an ex-cop with amnesia fill in what’s happened in the three years since he left the force and ...

Dragnet: The Big Jules (EP2228)

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 17, 2017Friday searches for the source behind a wave of European high-grade narcotics.Original Air Date: June 19, 1952Supp...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rhymer Collection Matter (EP2227)

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 16, 2017Johnny is called in when a beneficiary reports that a stolen porcelain figure has shot up in value since it was st...

Boston Blackie: The Uncle Frank Wilson Murder (EP2226)

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 15, 2017A man murders his uncle for his money and then uses Blackie’s aunt as his alibi.Original Air Date: July 2, 1946S...

Richard Diamond: The Evans-Farmer Murder Case (EP2225)

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 14, 2017A doctor calls Diamond and offers him an opportunity to earn $1200. Diamond finds the doctor dead before he can fo...

That Hammer Guy: The Florentine Dagger (EP2224)

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 13, 2017A man in a wheel chair hires Hammer to locate a priceless stolen dagger.Original Air Date: March 24, 1953Support t...

Night Beat: A Case of Butter (EP2223)

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 12, 2017A hit and run case involve a refrigerator truck puts Randy on the trail of twenty tons of stolen contaminated butt...

Dragnet: The Big Donation (EP2222)

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 10, 2017Friday investigates con men pretending to be charity solicitors.Original Air Date: June 12, 1952Support the show m...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Back to Back Matter (EP2221)

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 9, 2017Johnny is rushed off to New York to try and protect an insured man who fears his business partner will kill him.Ori...

Boston Blackie: The Joe Garland Murder (EP2220)

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 8, 2017A wealthy gambler is murdered while Blackie is in the other room. The murderer leaves behind a fortune in jewels in...

Richard Diamond: The Madame Tanya Case (EP2219)

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oriinal Release Date: July 7, 2017A carnival fortune teller hires Diamond when three different people who have shown interest in her turn up murdered....

Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John (EP2218)

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 6, 2017An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John.Original Air ...

Night Beat: Wanna Buy a Story? (EP2217)

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 5, 2017A young woman offers to sell Randy a story about the murder of an infamous mobster and the identity of the killer.O...

Dragnet: The Big Whiff (EP2216)

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 3, 2017A woman without identification is found murdered by chloroform.Original Air Date: June 5, 1952Support the show mont...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Collector’s Matter (EP2215)

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: July 2, 2017Johnny is sent to visit an insured person to make some changes on his policy and finds him dead in a car wreck.Orig...

Boston Blackie: The Masked Gang Protection Racket (EP2214)

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: June 01, 2017A masked gang of blackmailers threaten to murder a candy store owner’s wife if he doesn’t give them $5,000. Th...

Richard Diamond: The Edna Wolfe Murder Case (EP2213)

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 31, 2017A beautiful woman hires Diamond to find out if her husband’s having an affair. Diamond finds him fleeing from the...

The Lone Wolf: The Golden Santa (EP2212)

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 30, 2017A woman gets Michael to help her search for her six-inch-high golden statue of Santa Claus.Original Air Date: Janua...

Night Beat: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted (EP2211)

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 29, 2017A man escapes from death row and captures Randy and the DA who prosecuted him and promises to kill them.Original Ai...

Dragnet: The Big Fourth (EP2210)

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 27, 2017Joe Friday searches for a kidnapper who steals babies and leaves them abandoned to be recovered after about a day.O...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wholly Unexpected Matter (EP2209)

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 26, 2017Johnny wants to get away from it all, but Pat McCracken seems intent on following him. So does a mysterious scarred...

Boston Blackie: The Case of The Disappearing Plane (EP2208)

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 25, 2017Blackie is expected on a plane from Boston after obtaining a murderer’s weapon but then his plane disappears in f...

Richard Diamond: The Frank Bowers Case (EP2207)

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 24, 2017A fight manager and gym owner friend of Diamond’s is found dead in the river with three people witnessing him jum...

Suspense: Murder Goes For a Swim (EP2206)

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 23, 2017While enjoying a weekend at a New York estate, Michael Lanyard discovers the body of a beauty contestant in the swi...

Night Beat: Old Home Week (EP2205)

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 22, 2017Randy takes a short vacation and finds himself mixed up with a wife, ex-wife, and two ex-girlfriends with plenty of...

Lux Radio Theatre: The High Wall (EP2204s)

03 Aug 2025

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...

Dragnet: The Big Shakedown (EP2204)

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 20, 2017Joe searches a phony policeman who is blackmailing citizens with secrets.Original Air Date: May 22, 1952Support the...

Boston Blackie: The Old Man Graham Murder (EP2202)

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 18, 2017A woman asks Blackie to prove her uncle’s unlikable employee killed him.Original Air Date: June 4, 1946Support th...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Flask of Death Matter (EP2203)

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 19, 2017A project to build technology for private space flights is running into problems with several fatal accidents havin...

Richard Diamond: The Martha Campbell Ransom Case (EP2201)

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 17, 2017Diamond is hired to deliver ransom for a woman’s beloved kidnapped aunt.Original Air Date: July 26, 1950Support t...

Let George Do It: The Coward (EP2200)

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 16, 2017A man is seeking vengeance on four men, one of whom’s betrayal led to the death of 37 men in World War II.Origin...

Night Beat: Doctor’s Secret (EP2199)

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 15, 2017A doctor, the father of a man executed in the electric chair, keeps calling the warden asking to see the chair.Orig...

Dragnet: The Big Mail (EP2198)

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 13, 2017Friday investigates a mail truck robbery.Original Air Date: May 15, 1952Support the show monthly at https://patreo...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harried Heiress Matter (EP2197)

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 12, 2017Johnny needs to find an insured’s beneficiary and heiress before she marries a charming gold-digger.Original Air ...

Boston Blackie: Mike Harlan Escapes from Prison (EP2196)

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 11, 2017A man Blackie sent to prison escapes and heads for Blackie’s apartment.Original Air Date: May 28, 1946Support the...

Richard Diamond: The Ice Pick Murder Case (EP2195)

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 10, 2017Diamond finds a man dead on his office door step with an ice pick in his chest.Original Air Date: July 12, 1950Supp...

Let George Do It: The Man Under the Elm Trees (EP2194)

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 9, 2017George is called out by a man who is concerned his sister is being taken in by a conman, but George is more concerne...

Night Beat: Gunner’s Last Fight (EP2193)

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 8, 2017A down-on-his-luck boxer refuses to take a bribe to take a fall and his wife is leaving him over it.Original Air Dat...

Dragnet: The Big Gamble (EP2192)

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 6, 2017Friday and Lockwood try to break up a floating gambling game.Original Air Date: May 8, 1952Support the show monthly ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Canned Canary Matter (EP2191)

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 5, 2017Johnny has to track down stolen Canary Diamonds–worth $469,000.Original Air Date: June 5, 1960Support the show mon...

Boston Blackie: The Paul Blaine Murder (EP2190)

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 4, 2017A pawnbroker asks Blackie for help with returning a stolen diamond and is then murdered.Original Air Date: May 21, 1...

Richard Diamond: The Tobias P. Briggs Case (EP2189)

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 3, 2017A wrestler hires Diamond to find out what happened to a truck driver who was an old wrestling buddy.Original Air Dat...

Jeff Regan: The British Are Coming (EP2188)

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 2, 2017Regan is hired by the owner of a British-themed haberdasher (men’s clothing store) who wants to witness him kill a...

Night Beat: Old Blind Pop (EP2187)

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: May 1, 2017Randy finds out a blind street musician traded his violin into a pawn shop in exchange for a loaded gun.Original Air...

Dragnet: The Big Safe (EP2186)

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 29, 2017Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries.Original Air Date: May 1, 1952Support the show monthly at https:...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Red Rock Matter (EP2185)

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 28, 2017A body missing for eight years is found and the evidence suggests that the man was murdered by his prospective pa...

Boston Blackie: The Merry-Go-Round Murder (EP2184)

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 27, 2017Blackie and Mary find the dead body of a wealthy horseman riding on a wooden horse on a Merry-Go-Round at 2 a.m. ...

Richard Diamond: The Mary Bellman Case (EP2183)

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 26, 2017Diamond is paid $100 to meet with a female client. He’s knocked out and wakes up next to her corpse with Walt a...

Jeff Regan: If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d Have Wrecked a Train (EP2182)

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 25, 2017Regan is hired by the twelve-year-old son of a wealthy family to investigate his mother’s fiance in hopes of st...

Night Beat: A City at Your Fingertips (EP2181)

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 24, 2017Randy randomly dials a phone number and reaches a woman in danger of being killed by her husband.Original Air Dat...

Dragnet: The Big Elevator (EP2180)

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 22, 2017A woman’s body is sent up to the third floor of a hospital. Friday and Lockwood investigate her death.Original ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Man Who Waits Matter (EP2179)

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 21, 2017A thief Johnny caught early in his days as an investigator is out and ready to claim the loot Johnny could never ...

Boston Blackie: The Winthrop Jewelry Company Thefts (EP2178)

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 20, 2017Three men work as diamond cutters. One is stealing a diamond each day, but how are they doing it? They’re sear...

Richard Diamond: Mrs. X Can’t Find Mr. X (EP2177)

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 19, 2017A woman who looks awfully familiar asks Diamond’s help to find her husband while refusing to reveal either of t...

Jeff Regan: The Man Behind the Rod (EP2176)

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 18, 2017Regan and the Lyon are hired to check up on the son of a wealthy man whose hot rod racing has turned dangerous wh...

Night Beat: The Devil’s Bible (EP2175)

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 17, 2017Randy discovers that a man who tried to take a $50,000 medieval satanic book from a bookstore was blamed for the ...

Dragnet: The Big Bunco (EP2174)

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 15, 2017Friday and Bill Lockwood investigate a confidence man who has been scamming investors out of tens of thousands of...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mystery Gal Matter (EP2173)

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 14, 2017Johnny receives a call from his girlfriend Betty asking for her help but then calls her and she claims to know no...

Boston Blackie: The Frances Fielding Murder (EP2172)

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 13, 2017A psychiatrist friend of Blackie’s finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman and a target ...

Richard Diamond: The William Carnes Case (EP2171)

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 12, 2017Diamond goes to Cuba to obtain the location of $800,000 in stolen jewels from a fugitive waiting extradition.Orig...

Inspector Thorne: The Society Writer Murder Case (EP2170)

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date:  April 11, 2017The society writer husband of a wealthy woman is murdered.Original Air Date: September 27, 1951Support the show...

Night Beat: Molly Keller (EP2169)

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 10, 2017After her husband dies in prison for a robbery where the money was never recovered, a scrub woman rents a luxury ...

Dragnet: The Big Show (EP2168)

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 8, 2017A seven-week-old baby is abandoned in a bus terminal.Original Air Date: April 10, 1952Support the show monthly at ...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Phony Phone Matter (EP2167)

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 7, 2017A wealthy man with seven previous wives calls Johnny in to protect his current wife, only for them to find she’s...

Boston Blackie: The Stolen Car Ring (EP2166)

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 6, 2017Mary’s car is stolen.Original Air Date: April 23, 1946Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectiv...

Richard Diamond: The Ralph Baxter Case (EP2165)

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 5, 2017A man that Diamond put in jail escapes and Diamond helps Walt track him down.Original Air Date: April 26, 1950Sup...

Inspector Thorne: The Empty Ashtray Murder Case (EP2164)

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 4, 2017A wealthy, never-married woman is murdered and suspicion falls on her family. Original Air Date: September 20, 19...

Night Beat: Old King Death (EP2163)

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: April 3, 2017A down-on-his-luck actor who is mentally ill assaults a big theater producer. The producer is determined to get e...

Dragnet: The Big Street Car (EP2162)

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date:  April 1, 2017Friday and Jacobs search for a woman who shot her husband.Original Air Date: April 3, 1952Support the show month...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fatal Switch Matter (EP2161)

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 31, 2017Johnny investigates the death of a young inventor.Original Air Date: May 1, 1960Support the show monthly at http...

Boston Blackie: The Baseball Player Murder (EP2160)

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 30, 2017A baseball player tries to call Blackie before a game, and is then murdered in the middle of the game.Original Ai...

Richard Diamond: Who Shot the Messenger (EP2159)

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 29, 2017Diamond finds a messenger dead on his doorstep.Original Air Date: April 19, 1950Support the show monthly at http...

Inspector Thorne: The Two Fiancées Murder Case (EP2158)

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 28, 2017An arrogant Broadway star holds a party where both women he’s engaged to attend and they find out about each o...

Night Beat: Marty (EP2157)

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 27, 2017While looking for a story, Randy meets a six-year-old boy looking for his mother with a $100 bill in his hands.Or...

Dragnet: The Big Rose (EP2156)

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 25 2017An irresponsible mother disappears and foul play is suspected.Original Air Date: March 27, 1952Support the show mo...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Queen Matter (EP2155)

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 24 2017The fiery Meg calls Johnny to her new place and needs Johnny to stop a man she suspects is a murderer before he ma...

Boston Blackie: Murder On 111 Cedar Street (EP2154)

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 23 2017Boston Blackie is lured to a house by a young woman who tells him she’s going to be murdered. Blackie arrives to...

Richard Diamond: The Man Who Hated Women (EP2153)

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 22 2017Diamond is brought in by Walt to catch a psychopath who has brutally killed several women.Original Air Date: April...

Inspector Thorne: The Nickles and Dimes Murder Case (EP2152)

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 21, 2017A woman is threatened by her estranged husband and is found murdered the next day. The murder weapon? A handkerch...

Night Beat: The Juvenile Gangster (EP2151)

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 20, 2017The thirteen-year-old robs a store. Randy discovers he’s the son of an escaped convict.Original Air Date: June ...

Suspense: The Cave of Ali Baba (EP2150s)

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 19, 2017There’s a traitor in a society of masked criminals.Original Air Date: August 19, 1942Support the show monthly a...

Dragnet: The Big Border (EP2150)

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 18, 2017Friday and Jacobs search for two convicts who escaped from San Quentin.Original Air Date: March 20, 1952Support t...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Swamp Matter (EP2149)

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 17, 2017Johnny returns to Missouri to catch the murderer of a young mother he met on a previous trip.Original Air Date: A...

Boston Blackie: Murder On the Flying Trapeze (EP2148)

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 16, 2017An old school friend of Mary’s who is a trapeze artist tells Mary that if anything happens to her it would be a...

Richard Diamond: The Mother Kali Statue (EP2147)

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 15, 2017A dying man gives Diamond a package containing a strange statue.Original Air Date: April 5,1950Support the show m...

Inspector Thorne: The Dark Cigarette Case (EP2146)

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 14, 2017Inspector Thorne investigates a case of murder at a music school.Original Air Date: August 31, 1951Support the sh...

Night Beat: Vincent and the Painter (EP2145)

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Date: March 13, 2017A disgruntled former security guard says his boss at an art gallery killed Vincent.Original Air Date: June 19, 19...

Dragnet: The Big Fire (EP2144)

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Original Release Day: March 11, 2017Friday and Jacobs are called in by a family that rented an apartment only to be threatened by the landlord with a ...