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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio's Pat Novak series, featuring 18 episodes of Pat Novak and two episodes of Johnny Madero, all starring Jack Webb.

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    • Jun 6, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


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    EP2218: Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017


    An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John. Original Air Date: October 13, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP2218: Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 34:43


    An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John. Original Air Date: October 13, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP1348: Pat Novak: Little Jake Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2014


    An altar boy is shot and killed in a church saving Novak’s life. Novak’s goal: get the killer. Original Air Date: June 26, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP1348: Pat Novak: Little Jake Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2014


    An altar boy is shot and killed in a church saving Novak’s life. Novak’s goal: get the killer. Original Air Date: June 26, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0097: Johnny Madero: The Fatal Auction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2010


    Johnny Madero is offered $50 to buy an item at an auction. His client disappears and before he knows it, Warchek from homicide is breathing down his neck. Original Air Date: June 2 Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0097: Johnny Madero: The Fatal Auction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2010


    Johnny Madero is offered $50 to buy an item at an auction. His client disappears and before he knows it, Warchek from homicide is breathing down his neck. Original Air Date: June 2 Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0092: Johnny Madero: Pete Sutro

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010


      A rich man from Nob Hill hires Johnny to find a man whose name he keeps hearing in his dreams. Original Air Date: June 19, 1947 Quote of the Show: You have enough probl Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0092: Johnny Madero: Pete Sutro

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010


      A rich man from Nob Hill hires Johnny to find a man whose name he keeps hearing in his dreams. Original Air Date: June 19, 1947 Quote of the Show: You have enough probl Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0087: Pat Novak for Hire: Little Jake Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2010


    An altar boy is shot and killed in a church saving Novak’s life. Novak’s goal: get the killer. Original Air Date: June 26, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0087: Pat Novak for Hire: Little Jake Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2010


    An altar boy is shot and killed in a church saving Novak’s life. Novak’s goal: get the killer. Original Air Date: June 26, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0082: Pat Novak for Hire: Joe Dineen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2010


      Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn’t know by the name of Joe Dineen. Original Air Date: June 19, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0082: Pat Novak for Hire: Joe Dineen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2010


      Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn’t know by the name of Joe Dineen. Original Air Date: June 19, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0077: Pat Novak for Hire: Georgie Lampson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2010


    Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation. Original Air Date: June 12, 1949 “Hou Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0077: Pat Novak for Hire: Georgie Lampson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2010


    Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation. Original Air Date: June 12, 1949 “Hou Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0072: Pat Novak: Agnes Bolton

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2010


      Pat Novak hired to follow a woman, and while he’s doing it, she drops dead in a phone book and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak. Original Air Date: June 5, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0072: Pat Novak: Agnes Bolton

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2010


      Pat Novak hired to follow a woman, and while he’s doing it, she drops dead in a phone book and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak. Original Air Date: June 5, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0067: Pat Novak for Hire: Give Envelope to John St. John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2010


    A dying man gives Novak an envelope with the mission to deliver it to John St. John. Original Air Date: May 22, 1949 “I hit the floor and made Rip Van Winkle look like Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0067: Pat Novak for Hire: Give Envelope to John St. John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2010


    A dying man gives Novak an envelope with the mission to deliver it to John St. John. Original Air Date: May 22, 1949 “I hit the floor and made Rip Van Winkle look like Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0062: Pat Novak for Hire: The Geranium Plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2010


    Pat Novak’s hired to deliver a geranium. He’s hit by a car after the pick-up and that’s just the start of his trouble. Original Air Date: May 14, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0062: Pat Novak for Hire: The Geranium Plant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2010


    Pat Novak’s hired to deliver a geranium. He’s hit by a car after the pick-up and that’s just the start of his trouble. Original Air Date: May 14, 1949 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0057: Pat Novak for Hire: Wendy Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2010


    Pat Novak is hired by an attorney to keep an eye on a woman whose husband has returned from the Navy. The Attorney alleges the husband is an imposter. “She was right about th Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0057: Pat Novak for Hire: Wendy Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2010


    Pat Novak is hired by an attorney to keep an eye on a woman whose husband has returned from the Navy. The Attorney alleges the husband is an imposter. “She was right about th Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0052: Pat Novak for Hire: Rita Malloy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2010


    A gunsol steals a boat from Pat Novak, and winds up dead, and when Novak goes to the Hotel he finds a nightclub singer dead. As usual, Hellman’s ready to pin the Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0052: Pat Novak for Hire: Rita Malloy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2010


    A gunsol steals a boat from Pat Novak, and winds up dead, and when Novak goes to the Hotel he finds a nightclub singer dead. As usual, Hellman’s ready to pin the crime on Novak. Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0047: Pat Novak for Hire: Sam Toliver

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2009


    Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison and picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body. O Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0047: Pat Novak for Hire: Sam Toliver

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2009


    Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison and picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body. Original Air Dat Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0042: Pat Novak for Hire: Shirt Mix Up at the Laundry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2009


    When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up n Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0042: Pat Novak for Hire: Shirt Mix Up at the Laundry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2009


    When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up next to a dead b Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0037: Pat Novak: Father Lahey

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2009


    A priest hires Pat Novak to intercept an escaping convict. However, when Novak allows the convict to make an unplanned stop, trouble of the lethal kind ensues. Original Air Dat Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0037: Pat Novak: Father Lahey

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2009 35:30


    A priest hires Pat Novak to intercept an escaping convict. However, when Novak allows the convict to make an unplanned stop, trouble of the lethal kind ensues. Original Air Dat Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0032: Pat Novak: Joe Condano

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2009


    After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up. Get to enjoy the b Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0032: Pat Novak: Joe Condano

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2009


    After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up. Get to enjoy the b Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0027: Pat Novak for Hire: Rory Malone

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009


    Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be troub Read more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0027: Pat Novak for Hire: Rory Malone

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009


    Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be troub Read more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0022: Pat Novak: Rubin Calloway’s Pictures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2009


    Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker. Quotes: “It Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0022: Pat Novak: Rubin Calloway’s Pictures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2009


    Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker. Quotes: “It Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0017: Pat Novak for Hire: Fleet Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2009


    Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body. Original Air Date: March 6, 1949 Jockey: I want a horse. Can yo Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0017: Pat Novak for Hire: Fleet Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2009


    Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body. Original Air Date: March 6, 1949 Jockey: I want a horse. Can you find me a hor Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0012: Pat Novak for Hire: Marcia Halpern

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2009


    (Courtesy of Digital Deli.) A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to fin Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0012: Pat Novak for Hire: Marcia Halpern

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2009


    (Courtesy of Digital Deli.) A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to fin Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0007: Pat Novak for Hire: The Jack of Clubs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2009


    When Pat Novak finds $1000 depsited in his bank account and a beautiful woman who wants him to find a Jack of Clubs, he runs into murder.  Original Air Date: Fe Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0007: Pat Novak for Hire: The Jack of Clubs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2009


    When Pat Novak finds $1000 depsited in his bank account and a beautiful woman who wants him to find a Jack of Clubs, he runs into murder.  Original Air Date: February 20, 1949 Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0002: Pat Novak for Hire: Go Away Dixie Gillian

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2009


    Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.’ “You couldn’t hold a moth Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

    EP0002: Pat Novak for Hire: Go Away Dixie Gillian

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2009 30:25


    Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.’ “You couldn’t hold a moth Read more ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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