Adam Graham serves as your host, providing his idiosyncratic as he goes, as we go through the much underrated 1946-54 detective series starring a pre-Johnny Dollar Bob Bailey as Detective George Valentine a World War II vet, who along with his secretary and assistant Brooksie take on every case that…
George is called to a ski resort to protect a famous Hollywood director. Original Air Date: Unknown Likely Rebroadcast Date: November 25, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called to a ski resort to protect a famous Hollywood director. Original Air Date: Unknown Likely Rebroadcast Date: November 25, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A farmer calls George in after he sees the wife of a local artist in an apparent suicidal state. Original Air Date Unknown Likely Rebroadcast Date: June 24, 1952 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A farmer calls George in after he sees the wife of a local artist in an apparent suicidal state. Original Air Date Unknown Likely Rebroadcast Date: June 24, 1952 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called by a vagrant from a small town to investigate a fire that the vagrant blames the police for. Original Air Date: Unknown (but before June 3, 1951) Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called by a vagrant from a small town to investigate a fire that the vagrant blames the police for. Original Air Date: Unknown (but before June 3, 1951) Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called to a small town to steal a plate that a man believes is a forgery. Original Air Date: September 3, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called to a small town to steal a plate that a man believes is a forgery. Original Air Date: September 3, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George wants to go on vacation to a seaside village where he stayed at a boarding house that served fish stew. He finds she’s stopped hosting guests and he discovers a mystery over a gold cup.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George wants to go on vacation to a seaside village where he stayed at a boarding house that served fish stew. He finds she’s stopped hosting guests and he discovers a mystery over a gold cup.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is hired to find a missing young man. Original Air Date: August 20, 1951 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is hired to find a missing young man. Original Air Date: August 20, 1951 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called in to insure that a daredevil clown isn’t murdered, but soon after George arrives the clown is trampled by an elephant. Original Air Date: August 13, 1951 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called in to insure that a daredevil clown isn’t murdered, but soon after George arrives the clown is trampled by an elephant. Original Air Date: August 13, 1951 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A writer calls George in to investigate when a parrot who always says, “Drop dead!” is sold to the owner of a hotel in a run-down area of town and the sailor who sold him is murdered.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A writer calls George in to investigate when a parrot who always says, “Drop dead!” is sold to the owner of a hotel in a run-down area of town and the sailor who sold him is murdered.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A bar owner hires George to find a customer who disappeared and hawked his watch. Original Air Date: July 16, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A bar owner hires George to find a customer who disappeared and hawked his watch. Original Air Date: July 16, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A big-time gangster is killed and George searches for the “angel” who enabled his criminal empire. Original Air Date: July 9, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A big-time gangster is killed and George searches for the “angel” who enabled his criminal empire. Original Air Date: July 9, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A wealthy man, who has dedicated his fortune to helping talented people to achieve their potential, is murdered. Original Air Date: July 2, 1952 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A wealthy man, who has dedicated his fortune to helping talented people to achieve their potential, is murdered. Original Air Date: July 2, 1952 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A man hires George because his brother-in-law is due to arrive from South America and he’s afraid that the brother-in-law’s in trouble because of a man who’s been watching his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A man hires George because his brother-in-law is due to arrive from South America and he’s afraid that the brother-in-law’s in trouble because of a man who’s been watching his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George and Claire are invited to spend a weekend with a woman who pretends to be a longtime friend of Claire’s. Original Air Date:June 18, 1951 Rebroadcast date: June 9, 1953 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George and Claire are invited to spend a weekend with a woman who pretends to be a longtime friend of Claire’s. Original Air Date:June 18, 1951 Rebroadcast date: June 9, 1953 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George tries to turn the tables on a man who played him for a sucker but finds out he gave him a perfect alibi for the murder of his wife. Original Air Date: June 11, 1951 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George tries to turn the tables on a man who played him for a sucker but finds out he gave him a perfect alibi for the murder of his wife. Original Air Date: June 11, 1951 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A club owner wants to find out who socked him on the head and at the center of the mystery is a girl who has a lot of men who treat her like a little sister. Original Air Date: May 21, 1951 Support... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A club owner wants to find out who socked him on the head and at the center of the mystery is a girl who has a lot of men who treat her like a little sister. Original Air Date: May 21, 1951 Support... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called to a small town because the town’s most infamous citizen has been released from the prison and the towns people fear he’ll murder everyone who sent him to prison for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is called to a small town because the town’s most infamous citizen has been released from the prison and the towns people fear he’ll murder everyone who sent him to prison for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A successful writer calls George to a Winter resort where the host has become obsessed with killing a mountain lion. Original Air Date: February 12, 1951 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A successful writer calls George to a Winter resort where the host has become obsessed with killing a mountain lion. Original Air Date: February 12, 1951 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A woman hires George to investigate her husband’s odd behavior centering around the word “Tongalani.” Original Air Date: February 5, 1951 Rebroadcast Date: Unknown Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A woman hires George to investigate her husband’s odd behavior centering around the word “Tongalani.” Original Air Date: February 5, 1951 Rebroadcast Date: Unknown Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A sedan arrives from the city arrives in a small town and then its leading benefactor is gunned down. Original Air Date: October 30, 1950 Rebroadcast Date: January 27, 1953 Support the show monthly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A sedan arrives from the city arrives in a small town and then its leading benefactor is gunned down. Original Air Date: October 30, 1950 Rebroadcast Date: January 27, 1953 Support the show monthly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A big-game hunter, one of George’s childhood hero’s, summons George to his ship to investigate the theft of his field glasses. Original Air Date: October 23, 1950 Support the show monthly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A big-game hunter, one of George’s childhood hero’s, summons George to his ship to investigate the theft of his field glasses. Original Air Date: October 23, 1950 Support the show monthly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A mystery writer comes to George for help understanding the mysterious behavior of his girlfriend. Original Air Date: October 16, 1950 Rebroadcast Date: April 28, 1953 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A mystery writer comes to George for help understanding the mysterious behavior of his girlfriend. Original Air Date: October 16, 1950 Rebroadcast Date: April 28, 1953 Support the show monthly at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
An attorney hires George to make a big investment on behalf of an anonymous client but things go wrong because George has a nail in his shoe. Original Air Date: November 29, 1946 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
An attorney hires George to make a big investment on behalf of an anonymous client but things go wrong because George has a nail in his shoe. Original Air Date: November 29, 1946 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George agrees to watch a dog for $200 plus expenses but finds he’s gotten more than he bargained for when he finds out the dog is a voracious Great Dane that’s been reported stolen.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George agrees to watch a dog for $200 plus expenses but finds he’s gotten more than he bargained for when he finds out the dog is a voracious Great Dane that’s been reported stolen.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
While on a picnic, George is hit by a petite shoe and hears a voice asking for rescue. Original Air Date: October 11, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
While on a picnic, George is hit by a petite shoe and hears a voice asking for rescue. Original Air Date: October 11, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The kleptomaniac wife of a candidate for alderman hires George to follow her to prevent her compulsion from being discovered before the election. Original Air Date: October 4, 1946 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The kleptomaniac wife of a candidate for alderman hires George to follow her to prevent her compulsion from being discovered before the election. Original Air Date: October 4, 1946 Support the show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George is hired to find an apartment for an elderly man’s niece and her husband. Audition Date: April 1946 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Support... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]