Listener’s Choice - The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

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In 2019, in celebration of the tenth Anniversary of the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio, listener's voted for their favorite programs from the past ten seasons and each Monday, one episode of their choice was played. This includes the entire countdown with listener's top twenty favorite long-running programs, top five favorite short-run programs, and five wild cards chosen by host Adam Graham. The result is a wide variety of different detecitves representing some of the best old time radio detective programs.

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    • Oct 21, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 30 EPISODES


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    EP2961: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Big Scoop Matter (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 35:06


    Johnny is called to protected an insured reporter on the trail of a big story that could make him a target for murder. Original Air Date: November 11, 1956 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho…

    EP2955: Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 40:01


    A woman turns to Holmes as she suspects her sister was murdered by her stepfather and she’s afraid that she’ll be next. Original Air Date: November 12, 1945 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715…

    EP2949: Nero Wolfe: Party for Death (Listener’s Choice Standard Division T-3rd Place)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019


    Wolfe sends Archie to a party he was invited to and asks him to call when the murder is committed. Original Air Date: February 16, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…

    EP2943: Philip Marlowe: The Name to Remember (Listener’s Choice Standard Division T-3rd Place)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 34:03


    Marlowe is hired by the owner of a war surplus store to find out who’s following him. Original Air Date: April 9, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2937: Barrie Craig: Zero Hour (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 37:42


    Barrie is hired by a man to go to Vermont to investigate a suspicious ski accident that left his estranged wife in a wheel chair. Original Air Date: February 2, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913,…

    EP2931: Hercule Poirot: The Bride Wore Fright (Listener’s Choice Short Division #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019


    Poirot comes into his apartment to find a woman in a wedding dress hiding from a most dangerous groom. Original Air Date: December 7, 1945 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2925: Richard Diamond: The Jerome J. Jerome Case (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019


    An eccentric man shows up in Diamond’s office and claims to have found a body. Original Air Date: September 17, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2919: Box 13: Find Me, Find Death (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #6 (Tied)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019


    Dan receives a letter to Box 13 where the writer announces he’ll kill Dan in four days. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2913: Dragnet: The Big Badge (Standard Division #6 (Tied)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019


    Friday and Romero search for “The Badge Bandit” holds up couples in parked cars while pretending to be a police officer. Original Air Date: May 4, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP2907: Sherlock Holmes: The Solitary Cyclist (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019


    A charming young governess is haunted by a mysterious bearded bicyclist. Original Air Date: February 27, 1955 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2901: Boston Blackie: Alice Manletter, Dead or Alive? (Listener’s Choice Short Division #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019


    Boston Blackie is supposed to show a friend’s niece around New York City, but another man picks her up, and Blackie ends up accused of her murder. Original Air Date: August 4, 1944 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…

    EP2895: Rocky Jordan: The Case of the Sleepy Camel (Listener’s Choice #8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019


    Rocky’s given three camels by an old friend and that’s when the trouble starts. Original Air Date: January 16, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.‘ Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2889: Night Beat: The Girl from Kansas (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019


    Randy takes an interest in a young woman from Kansas who was arrested soon after she arrived in Chicago for reasons she doesn’t understand. Original Air Date: June 5, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,…

    EP2883: Let George Do It: Am I My Brother’s Keeper (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 37:47


    George is hired by a man to find his estranged brother, and finds the body of a dead gambler at the brother’s apartment. Original Air Date: April 12, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho…

    EP2877: The Saint: A Real Guy (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019


    Simon investigates the death of a despised band leader. Original Air Date: July 2, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2871: The Fat Man: Murder Plays Hide and Seek (Listener’s Choice Short Division #3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019


    A cabbie comes to Brad asking him to prove he didn’t kill a corpse in the back of his cab. Brad then finds the corpse missing. Original Air Date: January 2, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box…

    EP2865: Jeff Regan: A Fire for Romano (Host’s Choice/ Wild Card)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 35:52


    A grocery store owner hires Regan to find out who started a fire in his store. Original Air Date: July 30, 1950 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2859: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Imperfect Crime Matter (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 29:51


    Johnny is called in by an insurance agent who fears a mystery writer is going to murder his wife. Original Air Date: June 25, 1961 Support the show monthly at

    EP2853: Pat Novak for Hire: Father Leahy (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019


    A priest asks Pat to intersect an escapee from prison and bring him to the priest. Original Air Date: April 2, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2841: Candy Matson: Devil in the Deep Freeze (Listener’s Choice (Standard Division #14)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 36:59


    Candy is hired by a restaurant owner who found a dead man in his freezer wearing a devil’s costume. Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call 208-991-4783 Become one of our friends on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.…

    EP2835: Boston Blackie: Murder at the Movies (Listener’s Choice Standard Divisions #15)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019


    Blackie agrees to be a technical adviser on a crime film and then has to solve a murder. Original Air Date: December 13, 1945 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2829: Easy Money: The Gem Switch (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019


    – A small jewelry store has a $5,000 ruby disappear and be replaced with a duplicate. Mike Trent thinks he knows how to get it back–with the aid of a third hand. Original Air Date: December 19, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a…

    EP2823: Philip Marlowe: Trouble is My Business (Listener’s Choice Short Division #4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 32:53


    Philip Marlowe is hired to look into the wedding of a wealthy young man to a woman with dubious motives. Original Air Date: August 5, 1947 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2817: Rogue’s Gallery: Lovely Little Old Lady (Listener’s Choice Standard Divsion #16)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 35:40


    Rogue goes to help an elderly woman with a son in trouble with the law. The son’s not there and Rogue wakes up to find he was given a Mickey Finn tea and has been framed for murder. Original Air Date: November 29 Read more ...

    EP2811: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Bodyguard to Anne Connelly (Listener’s Choice Standard Divsion #17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019


    Johnny travels to Milwaukee to protect a woman who’s afraid of an ex-boyfriend who’s been released from prison. Original Air Date: December 3, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2805: Ellery Queen: The Armchair Detective (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019


    When an armchair detective is murdered on Ellery’s radio show, he has to find out who did it. Original Air Date: March 18, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715   Read more ...

    EP2799: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019


    While recuperating, Holmes is asked to investigate a strange death in Cornish country where the locals suspect the Devil’s involvement Original Air Date: January 13, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…

    EP2793: The Abbotts: The White Hot Flame (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 37:03


    A doctor dies in a plane crash over England, but Pat suspects foul play and pretends to be injured to investigate a hospital. Original Air Date: March 13, 1955 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP2787: Pete Kelly’s Blues: The Veda Brand Story (Listener’s Choice Short Division #5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 32:35


    A gangster tries to force Pete to marry the gangster’s girlfriend. Original Air Date: July 11, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...

    EP2781: Rocky Fortune: Hollywood or Boom (Listener’s Choice Standard #20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 30:14


    Rocky is hired to drive a truckload of Nitro from New York to Los Angeles. Original Air Date: January 26, 1954 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

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