The Great Detectives Present the Silent Men

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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. stars in this anthology series where he plays a different special agent of the Federal Government in a series that explores the vital work done by little known agents and officials. Host Adam Graham is your guide and provides his commentary on each episode.

Adam Graham


    • Aug 28, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES


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    EP3542: The Silent Men: The Green Sedan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2021 36:03


    A federal agent searches for the source of counterfeit money. Original Air Date: May 28, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at

    EP3536: The Silent Men: Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 34:59


    A special agent working undercover as a waiter during World War II stumbles onto a scheme for a second Pearl Harbor. Original Air Date: May 21, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3530: The Silent Men: Miracle Cure for Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021 34:31


    A USPS special agent investigates fraudulent mail severely ill people living rural areas that their cancer can be cured by worthless powders. Original Air Date: May 14, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3524: The Silent Men: Missing Masterpiece

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2021 35:24


    An American agent partners with the French surete to find a stolen masterpiece. Original Air Date: May 7, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3518: The Silent Men: Food and War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 35:18


    America's reputation is threatened when CARE packages to Italy are intercepted and delivered empty. Original Air Date: April 23, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3512: The Silent Men: The Torch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 36:10


      A special investigator is called in when a military officer is murdered and severely burned. Original Air Date: April 16, 1952   Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3500: The Silent Men: The College Fix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 37:27


    A federal agent goes undercover as a lecturer at a campus in hopes of breaking up a dope-pedalling ring. Original Air Date: April 9, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3494: The Silent Men: Trouble at Suez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2021 32:10


    A special agent has got top secret microfilm, but is on his own to figure out how to get them to the U.S. consulate. Original Air Date: April 2, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3488: The Silent Men: Murder in Vienna

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 35:55


    A U.S. special agent is killed in Vienna in the Soviet zone before he can reveal what he knows about a smuggling operation. Original Air Date: March 26, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3482: The Silent Men: Confess or Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 39:26


    A reporter friend of a special agent disappears in Eastern Europe and the agent goes behind the Iron Curtain to retrieve it. Original Air Date: March 19, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3476: The Silent Men: Stolen Arsenal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 38:48


    A Special Agent travels to the Philippines to stop the shipment of stolen American weapons to Marxist guerillas. Original Air Date: February 17, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3470: The Silent Men: Blood Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021 33:23


    A special agent is called in when an entire warehouse of blood bound for Korea was stolen. Original Air Date: February 10, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3464: The Silent Men: The Big Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 40:37


    An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane. Original Air Date: February 3, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3458: The Silent Men: The Gigantic Hoax

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 39:08


    A secret agent searches for two missing weapons designer who may have been kidnapped…or defected. Original Air Date: January 20, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3452: The Silent Men: Little White Lies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 33:50


    A Federal Agent tries to find out how a wealthy merchant is smuggling jewels into the country. Original AIr Date: January 13, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3446: The Silent Men: Visas for Sale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 38:15


    An immigration agent goes undercover to break a ring that's smuggling illegal aliens cross the Southern Border. Original Air Date: January 6, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3440: The Silent Men: Souvenirs of War

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 33:53


    An ATF agent tries to investigate a ring that's illegally selling confiscated German guns. Original Air Date: December 23, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3434: The Silent Men: The Bogus G.I.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 36:48


    A Department of Defense Agent enlists the help of a mother of a soldier killed in action to capture the gang that conned her out of her life savings. Original Air Date: December 16, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more…

    EP3428: The Silent Men: Pirates, 20th Century Brand

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 33:33


    A CIA special agent sets out to find Japanese gold stolen by airpirates. Original Air Date; December 9, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3422: The Silent Men: Death and Taxes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 37:16


    A Treasury Agent goes undercover to try and find proof that a racketeer is evading taxes and then ends up a real spot when he finds out how he's doing it. Original Air Date: December 2, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.…

    EP3416: The Silent Men: The Roping of Joe Landis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 40:31


    A federal agent sets out to trap a printer and engraver who is suspected of counterfeiting. Original Air Date: November 25, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3410: The Silent Men: Heroin Source X

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 34:19


    A Narcotics Bureau special agent travels to Turkey to find a source of heroin coming to the U.S. Original Air Date: November 18, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3404: The Silent Men: The Transatlantic Push

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 34:18


    Two treasury agents head Europe to bust a criminal who took the life savings of a Holocaust survivor and exchanged it for counterfeit U.S. currency. Original Air Date: November 11, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3398: The Silent Men: Death in the Mail

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 32:23


    A special agent for the post office journeys to Mexico to uncover the sources of a bomb sent in the mail to Washington, DC. Original Air Date: November 4, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3392: Silent Men: The Case of Rubber Gloves

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 33:01


    A suspicious shipment of rubber gloves to a Spanish firm triggers a Commerce Department investigation. Original Air Date: October 28, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3386: The Silent Men: The Empire of Pip the Blind

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 36:20


    A narcotics agent goes undercover to bust a West Coast drug kingpin. Original Air Date: October 21, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

    EP3380: The Silent Men: The Big Sneak

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 33:33


    An immigration agent travels to Sicily to prevent a deported mobster from re-entering the country. Original Air Date: October 14, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...

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