The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Today's Mystery: A man who is having an affair is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 20, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett

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In August 2023, we launched the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon, featuring a variety of short old time radio programs. In this episode, we offer five samples of the type of programs we feature on the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon.

Family Doctor: False Witness

"Hello there, this is the Family Doctor...."

Join us as we travel back in time to a small town, where Doctor Grant Adams dispenses medicine for the body and common sense advice for the soul, in this little-known family drama series from the 1930s.

In this first episode, a teenage girl becomes the subject of gossip after some church money turns up missing. Can Doc Adams prevent a tragedy?

Potential series air dates for the series vary from 1932-38. The earliest I can find a record of the series being aired was in the fall of 1937. 

Unsolved Mysteries: The Borden Mystery

On this first syndicated episode of the 1930s series Unsolved Mysteries, we take a look at the mysterious slaying of Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby in 1892 and how suspicion fell on Andrew's daughter, Lizzie.

Unsolved Mysteries not only explains the case in a nutshell but also offers a solution to the crime.

While Unsolved Mysteries was a syndicated true crime series in the 1930s, it didn't start out that way.

We take a look at the series's origin and the original program's sponsorship by Ken-Rad, a Kentucky-based firm selling radio tubes.

The series originated from Station WLW in Cincinnati, and we talk about the station's forgotten role in the Golden Age of Radio as America's superstation, and why it was called that.

Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney about Snow White

Two Hollywood legends share a stage in this listener-inspired Snack Wagon.

The year is 1937. A young filmmaker is about to release a groundbreaking new work, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Walt Disney was invited on the Lux Radio Theater to be interviewed Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille about the film and about what future projects he was working on.

The interview took place on December 20, 1937 in Hollywood, the day before Snow White's premiere.

The Adventures of Babe Ruth: Babe Takes the Blame

While on the road in Chicago, Babe tries to help a young boy who was pressured to steal from him by an older boy, and finds himself in plenty of trouble.

Originally Aired in 1949

Sponsored by US Navy Recruiting; the announcer is Jackson Beck

Jack Benny and Fred Allen Patch Up the Feud for Christmas

For the special Command Performance Christmas Eve show, a serviceman requested that Jack Benny and Fred Allen patch up their feud, and this is their answer.

The segment is introduced by Bob Hope who hands the show to Fred Allen and Jack Benny in New York.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1942

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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate when a young lawyer's office is vandalized.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to protect a Shakespearean actor and producer who is hated by everyone in a Shakespearean radio festival he's putting on.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Crenna; Sam Edwards; Frank Gerstle; Herb Vigran; Hans Conried

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Today's Mystery: Lieutenant Weigand calls the Norths in on the case of the murder of a wealthy man where multiple conflicting confessions have gone him baffled.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy as Bill Weigand

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Today's Mystery:A visitor to New York is found dead in a rundown sanitarium, and he is missing $5,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1949Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jerry Hausner; Bea Benaderet; Alan Reed; Tony Barrett; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Ellis

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Today's Mystery: A woman feigns a horseriding accident to get Bulldog Drummond's help and tells him to go to a Penny Arcade and speak to a mentalist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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Today's Mystery: An unethical competing detective tries to pass off a young woman as the long-lost daughter of a friend of The Falcon.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 13, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Florence Halop; Jackson Beck; Ralph Bell

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While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1939

Originating in New York

Starring: Orson Welles as Hercules Poirot and Dr. Sheppard; Edna May Oliver as Caroline Shepherd; Alan Napier; Brenda Forbes; Mary Taylor; George Colouris; Ray Collins; Everett Sloane

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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the theft of narcotics from a Catholic hospital pharmacy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Reno to find out who is trying to kill a cat whose owner left him $60,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Edgar Barrier; Chester Stratton; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Joan Banks; Bill James

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Today's Mystery: The uncle of an aspiring author pulls a gun on Jerry and is shot in the scuffle. He's found dead from a knife wound.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand

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Today's Mystery: An upstate police officer is murdered while transporting a prisoner who had been about to turn state's evidence. The prisoner then escapes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jane Morgan; Peggy Webber; Doris Singleton; Joseph Kearns; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller

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Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond goes to a ghost town rumored to be haunted, in order to investigate the disappearance of an Eastern reporter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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Today's Mystery: A woman, who was trying to con a gullible married man into robbing his loan shark father-in-law, is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer

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Today's Mystery: An insurance investigator has tracked a man, who embezzled $100,000, to Chile.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1954

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Whitfield Connor as Vic Kennedy; Jay Novello; Mary Jane Croft; Herb Butterfield; Hans Conreid

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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the murder of a woman who was found in her own home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Oklahoma to investigate an insured man who paid $4,500 in annual insurance premiums with counterfeit money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; John McIntire

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Today's Mystery: A hat check girl in a Russian restaurant is murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North, Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand 

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Today's Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a woman who'd been carrying a valuable statue smuggled out of China.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Barton Yarborough; William Conrad; Junius Matthews; Jerry Hausner

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Today's Mystery:The owner of a small amusement park dies of heart failure on a roller coaster. His daughter suspects murder and turns to Captain Drummond for help.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge

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Today's Mystery: A manager of a gambling den faces death if he doesn't recover $100,000 he embezzled to give to a conwoman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 27, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Maurice Tarplin; Bill Zuckert

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Today's Story: A motorist finds himself trapped in a Western wildfire.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: William Conrad as Wally; Georgia Ellis as Jan; Parley Baer; John Dehner; Jay Novello; Tom Tully

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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero continue their search for a robber and murderer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Barney Phillips; and Herb Butterfield

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Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a retired chemist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Jeanette Nolan; Will Wright; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Barney Phillips; Stacy Harris

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Today's Mystery: A disabled man's wife, who had worked as an escort, is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold

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Today's Mystery: A famous author is found dead of starvation in a locked room full of canned food.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25, 1949

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, William Conrad

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Today's Mystery: A horse-racing jockey calls Captain Drummond for help but is murdered before Drummond can speak to him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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Today's Mystery: A policeman disappears while trying to shake down a gambling joint owner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 20, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is sent to Algeria to investigate the disappearance of $100,000 in diamonds

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 7-11, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin; Gerald Mohr; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jay Novello

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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of robberies by ex-felons.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield

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Today's Mystery: Johnny returns to Newport to solve the murder of the young woman whose body has washed ashore.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jeanette Nolan; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Sam Edwards; Austin Green

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Today's Mystery: A band leader with a penchant for stealing other people's music is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold

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Today's Mystery: A jockey who had asked a favor of Danny is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 18, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; and Hans Conreid

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Today's Mystery:A beautiful woman accosts Captain Drummond and demands she kiss him to protect him from someone who's following her and then she pulls a gun on a him and ors him to check out a book for her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24 1947

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge

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Today's Mystery: A thug balks at murdering his boss's rival and is then murdered himself.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 29, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett; Larry Haines; Bill Zuckert

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Today's First Mystery: The wife of a wealthy oil man hires Richard Diamond to protect her husband after an attempt on his life.

Original Air Date: January 18, 1952

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Dick Powell as Richard Diamond; Virginia Gregg as Helen; Alan Reed as Lieutenant Walt Levinson Virginia; Jeanne Bates; Herb Butterfield; Tony Michaels

Today's Second Mystery: Johnny is called in when an insured, wealthy man is shot at.

Original Air Date: June 23, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; Clayton Post; Virginia Gregg; Tony Barrett; Ralph Moody; Howard McNear; Martha Wentworth

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Today's Mystery: A man holding a bomb threatens to blow up City Hall unless the police release his brother.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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Today's Mystery: The body of a young woman's body washes up on the beach, and two separate men claim she's their missing daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Mary Jane Croft; Jeanette Nolan; Jean Tatum; Frank Nelson; Will Wright; Austin Green; Marvin Miller

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Today's Mystery: A man is murdered and a woman with whom he had a "flirtation" is found near his body. She claims she's only there to reclaim her wedding ring.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1949

Originating from New York City

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Today's Mystery: A reporter receives a note warning of a woman's death. She's found is dead and is not the last.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 11, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Gerald Mohr; Howard McNear

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Today's Mystery:Today's Mystery:In a case of mistaken identity, Captain Drummond is given a claim check and a $1,000 bill, but what for?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1947

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge

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Today's Mystery: A Senator commits suicide rather than own up to his role in an oil company and a man who was contact begins to sense their might be something crooked about it and hires the Falcon.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 22, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon, Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett, Mandel Kramer

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Today's Mystery: Marlowe is sent to Hawaii to facilitate the sale of a feather cloak belonging to the famous Hawaiian king, Kamehameha.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 23, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe; Berry Kroeger; Byron Kane; John Dehner; Laurette Fillbrandt; Clark Gordon

Then we feature an episode of Hawaiian Fantasies, which brings to life the mesmerizing legend of the Feather Cloak of Kanikaniya, a tale of beauty, magic, and romance. Join us as we journey through words and music to the island of Maui, where the spirit of a beautiful maiden and a fleet-footed runner intertwine in a story that transcends time. Discover how the first feather cloak came to be and its magical powers that still captivate imaginations today.

Original Air Date: 1935

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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Bill Johnstone; Sheldon Leonard; Stacy Harris

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Today's Mystery: Johnny is hired to deliver an archaeological treasure to a museum.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 2 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Les Tremayne; Parley Baer; Shepard Menken; Joseph Kearns; Barney Phillips; Tom Hanley

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Today's Mystery: A typist for a murder mystery writer is murdered in his home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 26, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold

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Today's Mystery: A doctor dies in Danny's office and Danny has to find out who killed him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 4, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

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

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Today's Mystery:A prize fighter is killed by cyanide poisoning.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 14, 1946

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Jackson Beck

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Today's Mystery: A storekeeper is suspected of murdering a conman after confronting him with the gun that was used in the murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett; Larry Haines; Bill Zuckert

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