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William Gargan starts as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator in this classic 1951-55 old time radio detective series. Host Adam Graham brings you all surviving episode of this classic series.

Barrie Craig – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio


    • Jul 16, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 61 EPISODES


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    EP0711: Barrie Craig: Two Dead Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2012


    Barrie is protecting a woman’s jewels at a tennis match and then witnesses a tennis player dying Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0706: Barrie Craig: Sucker Bait

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2012


    A small college’s strong basketball team loses to two no-account schools feeding talk of the gam Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0701: Barrie Craig: Visitor at Midnight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2012


    A man visits Barrie at midnight under the cloak of darkness to ask if a murder is unsolvable. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0696: Barrie Craig: Confession to Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2012


    Barrie arrests a boy for trying to mug him. When the boy confesses to an unsolved robbery and murder, Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0691: Barrie Craig: Never Murder a Mummy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2012


    A mummy sent to Craig’s office sets him on the trail of a very modern murder. Original Ai Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0686: Barrie Craig: Corpse on the Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2012


    Barrie Craig investigates a case of a Broadway producer overselling his show, but invariably finds h Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0681: Barrie Craig: Sweet Larceny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2012


    Barrie is getting competing offers and a few beatings over a relic from Egypt. Original Air Date: March 2, 1955 Be Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0676: Barrie Craig: Moving Target

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2012


    Barrie is hired by a man who has become suspicious because catastrophe seems to follow him wherever he Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0671: Barrie Craig: Nobody Lives There Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2012


    Barrie undertakes to help a woman who claims her husband disappeared from a hotel room where the clerk Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0666:Barrie Craig: Angel of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2012


    Barrie is hired by a wealthy woman to be companion to her accident prone husband who keeps almost killing himself. Original Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0661: Barrie Craig: Dead Bull in a China Shop

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2012


      Barrie investigates when a woman at Willy’s wagon complains that someone stole her bull fiddle, and finds himself in the Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0656: Barrie Craig: Sneak Assassin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2012


    While on vacation in Florida, Barrie investigates the disappearance of an old friend. Original Air Date: November 21, 195 Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0651: Barrie Craig: Life Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2012


    Barrie Craig tries to save the bitter boyfriend of a young woman, who asked for his help, from a life of crime Original Air Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0646: Barrie Craig: Ghosts Don’t Die in Bed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2012


    Barrie and a beautiful young woman are invited to the house of a wealthy man. They find the house is o Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0641: Barrie Craig: Hay is for Homicide

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2012


    Barrie Craig and his elevator man go to Vermont on a vacation. The peaceful rest is interrupted when they find a body in a hay wago Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0636: Barrie Craig: Blood Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2012


    Barrie subcontracts to an aging private eye to find a missing rug merchant.  Barrie finds the man dead and has to stop killer from Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0631: Barrie Craig: Mid-Summer Lunacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2012


    At a resort, Barrie is hired by a wealthy young woman to investigate a young man who claims to be wealthy too. Barrie finds both Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0626: Barrie Craig: Death’s Bargain Basement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2012


    Barrie Craig investigates embezzlement and murder at a department store. Original Air Date: August 10, 1954 Become Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0621: Barrie Craig: For Love Of Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2012


    Barrie bails out a Runyanesque character who attacked an agent that had stolen his girl. Craig comes t Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0616:Barrie Craig: Death Buys a Bedroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2012


    On board a train heading for a fishing vacation to the Adirondacks, Barrie runs into mystery and murd Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0606:Barrie Craig: The Tough Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2012


    Barrie Craig helps a just released ex-con turn over a new leaf has he tries to find the ex-con’s loot. Original Air Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0601: Barrie Craig: The Corpse Who Was Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2012


    Barrie is hired to find the wife of a dead man. Original Air Date: May 25, 1954 Take the listener survey at  [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0596: Barrie Craig: The Schemers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2012


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    EP0591: Barrie Craig: The Embezzler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2012


    Barrie heads to a small town to track down a man who embezzled money from a local bank. Original Air Date: March 30, 1954 Become one of our fr Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0586: Barrie Craig: Zero Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2012


    Barrie Craig goes to Vermont ski country to investigate a two year old attempted murder with four suspects and no proof as to wh Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0581: Barrie Craig: Strange Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2012


    Barrie Craig is hired to go out of town and undercover to investigate a series of fires at a chemical plants. Original A Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0576: Barrie Craig: The Lonely Corner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2012


    Barrie finds a jewel thief dead in his office. Original Air Date: November 3, 1953 Become one of our friends on Fa Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0571: Barrie Craig: Fog Over Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2012


    Barrie is hired by a doctor to discover who is amnesiatic patient is. Original Air Date: October 13, 1953 Become o Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0566: Barrie Craig: Kitchens Come with Knives

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2011


    Barrie is hired to find out if a man is selling information from his business to a rival firm, but he  begins to suspect that Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0561: Barrie Craig: The Thirteenth Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2011


    Barrie Craig is assigned as a bodyguard at a party and finds himself investigating a murder. Original Air Date: August 9, Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0556: Barrie Craig: Scream for Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2011


    Barrie is hired by a boxer to protect him from someone who is trying to kill him. Original Air Date: July 19, 1953 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0551: Barrie Craig:: The Lost Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2011


    Craig is hired to go shopping with a wealthy man’s wife. When they stop at a store, she disappears in a dressing room and Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0546: Barrie Craig: Beware the Walking Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2011


    Barrie is hired by a woman to walk her dog because she believes someone is trying to shoot the dog. Original Air Date: Ma Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0541: Barrie Craig: Behold a Corpse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2011


    A woman’s long-lost husband reappears, but she claims not to be sure its him. Craig thinks the case is phony from the get- Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0536: Barrie Craig: The Girl on the Doorstep

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2011


    Barrie witnesses a slip, fall, and die in front of an apartment building, but was it really an accident or murder? Origin Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0531: Barrie Craig: The Crimson Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2011


    A dying man asks Craig to find his murderer. When he’s dead, he leaves one clue behind-a crimson queen. Original Air Date: January 4, 1 Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0526: Barrie Craig: Dead Loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2011


    Barrie is hired to protect a man until his divorce can be finalized. Original Air Date: October 15, 1952 Become on Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0521: Barrie Craig: Murder by Threes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2011


    William Gargan is hired by a man to find out who is trying to kill his wife, an entrant in a combination beauty and pie baking contest. Origi Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0516: Barrie Craig: The Long Way Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2011


    Barrie Craig is hired by a woman to  protect from her estranged husband-a dangerous killer, but Craig senses something is wrong Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0511: Barrie Craig: Motive for Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2011


    Barrie is hired to guard the heir to a $40 million fortune. Originally Air Date: February Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0506: Barrie Craig: A Time to Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2011


    A woman hops into Barrie’s car and they’re chased by another car all the way to New Jersey. Who is this woman and wh Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0501: Barrie Craig: The Diary of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2011


    Barrie contacts with a small upstate town to find a murderer. Original Air Date: February 6, 1952 Nominate the show in [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0496: Barrie Craig: A Very Odd Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2011


    Barrie is hired to deliver a puppet to a showgirl but that’s not the end of this odd job. Original Air Date: Januar Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0491: Barrie Craig: The Deadly Fight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2011


    Barrie is paid $500 to bid on a boxer’s trophy. Lieutenant Trav Rogers hires him to find out what happened to the bo Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0486: Barrie Craig: Fatal Appointment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2011


    Barrie Craig is hired by a jealous wife to verify that her husband went to a meeting with his mistress. When Barrie arrives, he Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0481: Barrie Craig: Murder Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2011


    Barrie is hired by a wanted fugitive to find out who really committed the murder he was charged with. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0476: Barrie Craig: Death of a Private Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2011


    A former confidential investigator hires Barrie to go with him on a visit. Original Air Date: January 2, 1952 Purc Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0471: Barrie Craig: Song of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2011


    Barrie saves a woman from drowning and finds himself in the midst of a lawsuit over a popular song where some party is willing to use violence in pu Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0466: Barrie Craig: Ghost of a Chance

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2011


    Barrie Craig is hired by an insurance company that suspects it was defrauded when it paid off on an insurance policy for a man w Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0461: Barrie Craig: Death and the Purple Cow

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2011


    The sister of a man in trouble hires Barrie to help him out. It all started over a purple cow. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0456: Barrie Craig: The Paper Bullets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2011


    Barrie is hired to track down a missing prize-winning manuscript. Original Air Date: December 5, 1951 Become one o Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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