Episodes

  • The Big Story: The Case of the Final Curtain (EP4857)

    The Big Story: The Case of the Final Curtain (EP4857)
    Dec 2 2025
    Today's Mystery: A woman suspects that her father was poisoned in a nursing home.

    Original Radio Broadcast: December 7, 1947

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Tremayne as Aubrey Maddock; Alice Reinhart; Ted Osborn; Agnes Young; John Gibson; Will GeerWindsor

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    34 mins
  • Danger with Grainger: Lady Alibi (EP4856)

    Danger with Grainger: Lady Alibi (EP4856)
    Dec 1 2025
    Today's Mystery: A beautiful model comes to Grainger for help, claiming that she's being pressured to provide an alibi for a man who shot a security guard during a robbery gone bad.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

    Originating from Australia

    Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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    30 mins
  • Casebook of Gregory Hood: South of the Border (Encore) (EP4855e)

    Casebook of Gregory Hood: South of the Border (Encore) (EP4855e)
    Nov 30 2025
    Gregory Hood arrives in Mexico City to purchase jade and is mistaken for a wayward king.

    Original Air Date: July 15, 1946

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood

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    34 mins
  • Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040)

    Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040)
    Nov 29 2025
    Today's Adventure:In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies and finds himself having to overcome his partisan comrades to do so.

    Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Grant Richards; Arnold Moss; Luis Van RootenTo subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/

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    39 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Two Faced Matter (EP4855)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Two Faced Matter (EP4855)
    Nov 28 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of $58,000 from a ludite furniture manufacturing company.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1958

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Will Wright, Herb Vigran, Forrest Lewis, Edgar Barrier, Richard Beals, Bill James, Gus Bayz

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    31 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)

    Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
    Nov 27 2025
    Todays Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Jack Kruschen

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    31 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)
    Nov 26 2025
    Today's Mystery: A wealthy man is knifed in Times Square.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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    36 mins
  • The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)

    The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)
    Nov 25 2025
    Today's Mystery: Howard Beaufait of The Cleveleand News reinvestigates the case of a violin-playing convicted killer who claims innocence and whose wife also believes him.

    Original Radio Broadcast: November 26, 1947

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Craig McDonnell; John Sylvester; Francis De Sales; Eileen Heckart; Luise Barkley

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    33 mins