Crime & Mystery

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Old Time Radio - 105 Shows

• ORIGINAL (48 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Raymond Chandler, Gene Levitt, Robert Mitchell, and others
• Narrated By Gerald Mohr, Jeff Corey, Howard McNear

Philip Marlowe is a fictional private eye created by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe first appeared, under that name, in The Big Sleep, published in 1939. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring the Marlowe character. It first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio and moved to CBS radio a few months later. By 1949, it had the largest audience in radio. The CBS version ran for 114 episodes. While many fans of classic hard-boiled detective stories are familiar with Chandler's novels and short stories, few have heard these radio shows.

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Old Time Radio - 52 Episodes

• ORIGINAL (4 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Rex Stout, Louis Vittes
• Narrated By Sydney Greenstreet, Don Stanley

Nero Wolfe is an armchair detective created in 1934 by Rex Stout. Like many great detectives from the classic era, Nero Wolfe made the jump to radio and television. Five radio series have been produced starring Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. These episodes come primarily from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe which aired on NBC radio from October, 1950 to April, 1951.

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Oldtime Radio Shows

• ORIGINAL (66 hrs and 11 mins)
• By Radio Revival
• Narrated By Old Time Radio

This is an collection of Inner Sanctum Mysteries, an oldtime radio show from the 1940s and 1950s. If you love a good horror story, you'll love these. You get all these (and many others plus more of the same genre):

• Homicidal Maniac
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• Song of the Slasher
• Murder Comes to Life
• Death on the Highway
• The Scream
• Island of Death
• Man From Yesterday
• Color Blind Formula
• Desert Death

Richard Diamond, Private Detective: Old Time Radio - 122 Shows

• ORIGINAL (49 hrs and 43 mins)
• By Blake Edwards
• Narrated By Dick Powell, Virginia Gregg

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is a detective drama which was on radio from 1949 to 1953 and on television from 1957 to 1960. Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a rather light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen (played by Virginia Gregg).