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Old Time Radio Mystery Specials

By: Adam Graham
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  • Summary

  • Enjoy a series of unusual episodes of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio including old time radio mystery movie adaptations from the Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Theater, and similar programs. As well as episodes Escape, Suspense, and Murder Clinic, along with some truly different programs including Roy Rogers, Mayor of the Town, Superman, and Cavalcade of America. Also comparisons of how two detective programs handle the same story.
    Commentary Copyright 2009-Present
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Episodes
  • Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot

    Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot
    Mar 31 2024
    Today's Mystery:Based on the movie I Wake Up Screaming, a Broadway promoter is suspected of murdering an up-and-coming actress, by a dogged police officer who always gets his man

    .Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1946

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Frankie Christopher; Vincent Price as Ed Cornell; Lurene Tuttle; Gloria Blondell; Theodore Von Elt; Harry Bartell; David Ellis; Elliott Reid

    My review of I Wake Up Screaming

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    37 mins
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent (Complete Adventure)

    Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent (Complete Adventure)
    Mar 10 2024
    Today's Mystery:The year is 1913 and international tensions run thick. Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft, calls him out of retirement to secure the return of stolen plans for an experimental tank.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 21, 28, and April 4, 1949

    Originating in New York

    Starring: John Stanley as Holmes; George Spelvin as Watson

    We're joined by special Guest Tom Fox of the Compliance Podcast Network and the Adventures in Compliance Podcast

    Listen to my guest appearance on the Adventures in Compliance Podcast

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Twice Told Tale - The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Starlet Matter

    Twice Told Tale - The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Starlet Matter
    Mar 3 2024
    Once again, we take a look at an old time radio script that was recycled. In this case, the script was a pilot for a new radio series, The McCoy, and then was reused as an episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.

    The McCoy is called in by an agent who fears that one of his clients, a promising actress, will be murdered. While they're talking, a phone call comes in and they learn she was strangled to death.

    Originating in Hollywood

    Audition date: April 24, 1951

    Starring: Howard Duff as The McCoy; Sidney Miller; Sheldon Leonard; Cathy Lewis; Ed Max; Barton Yarborough

    Johnny is sent to Hollywood because an agent fears his starlet client is going to be murdered. Johnny finds she’s already been strangled to death.

    Originating in Hollywood

    Original Air Date: January 16, 1953

    Starring: John Lund as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar; Sidney Miller; Raymond Burr; Dick Ryan; John McIntire; Vic Perrin; Virginia Gregg; Jeanette Nolan

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    1 hr and 14 mins
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