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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 10....Bob Bailey: "The Radio Detective Story Hour visits once more with Bob Bailey, this time in his long running series as George Valentine in Let George Do It. This week's episode is 'Death in Blue Jeans.' Running Time: 35 minutes." by Radio Detective Story Hour

35 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 13 - Dragnet: A look this week at probably one of the most famous detective/cop radio shows ever and the man behind it all. The facts: Dragnet is the show; Jack Webb is the creative force. An early episode from the run starring Webb as Joe Friday and Barton... by Radio Detective Story Hour

36 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode9....Jack French: Radio Detective Story Hour has an exclusive interview with Jack French, author of the Agatha Award winning "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives" and ends with probably the best of the female detectives: Candy Matson in "The Cable Car Case." ... by Radio Detective Story Hour

60 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 11....Gang Busters: The Radio Detective Story Hour looks at radio's cops and robbers. We interview Martin Grams Jr., author of many books on old time radio including 'Gang Busters: The Crime Fighters of American Broadcasting' and listen to an episode from the series:... by Radio Detective Story Hour

56 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 24 - True Detective Mysteries: This week a look at the police investigator instead of a private one. The series is from a late thirties syndicated series that was sponsored by True Detective Magazine. by Radio Detective Story Hour

28 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 19 - Richard Diamond, Private Investigator: Finishing up our look at the radio detective career of Dick Powell I turn to his role as Richard Diamond, "the singing gumshoe." By this time Powell had reinvented himself from "boy crooner" to tough detective both in film and radio. by Radio Detective Story Hour

38 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 38 - Hercule Poirot: One of the best known fictional detectives in the world - Hercule Poirot was heard in books, movies and radio. This week, a look at this little man with the "little gray cells." I'll look at a number of his radio appearances with the full show being... by Radio Detective Story Hour

40 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 27 - Casebook of Gregory Hood: This weekâs podcast of the Casebook of Gregory Hood began as a summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes. Gregory Hood was a dealer in antiquities who happened to also be a crime solver. Written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher, it even sounded like... by Radio Detective Story Hour

34 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 21 - Sherlock Holmes: This week - a look at probably the most well-known "media" detective - film, radio, fiction - Sherlock Holmes. You'll hear some of the history of the radio programs over the years it was broadcast and a rarer episode from the earliest known copy -... by Radio Detective Story Hour

51 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 15 - The Fat Man: I return once more to Dashiell Hammett's only fictional detective created exclusively for radio! Brad Runyon, the Fat Man. "The hard boiled, hard hitting adventures of a criminologist who tips the scale at 247 pounds..." J. Scott Smart stars in the... by Radio Detective Story Hour

36 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 31 - Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons: This week a look at one of the longest running detective series on radio. Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was in some ways not much more than a light drama produced by the soap drama factory of Frank and Anne Hummert. Yet, it had its share of crime... by Radio Detective Story Hour

36 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 18 - Rogue's Gallery: The first of a two podcast look at how Dick Powell began to reinvent his image from boy crooner into movie and radio tough guy. Tonight I look at the first of his radio series in his new image - Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery. by Radio Detective Story Hour

34 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 22 - The Abbotts: A lesser known detective husband and wife team. The Abbotts first appeared 1945 on radio, but none of those episodes are known to exist. In 1955 a new version appeared called "The Adventures of the Abbotts" but until recently only one episode was... by Radio Detective Story Hour

32 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 20 - Box 13: A look at radio detective Dan Holiday - Alan Ladd - from Box 13. "Adventure Wanted. Will go anywhere. Do anything. Box 13." The series was produced by Ladd's Mayfair Productions. by Radio Detective Story Hour

30 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 37 - Johnny Modero, Pier 23: This week a visit to Pier 23 to meet Johnny Modero, the last of the Jack Webb pre-Dragnet private detectives on radio. Probably the least of the three Webb detectives and a clone of his previous Pat Novak. Please Take our Listener Survey by Radio Detective Story Hour

33 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode8....The Saint: The Adventures of the Saint. We look at Leslie Charteris, Simon Templar, and its appearances on radio, television and film. This week's episode: The Color Blind Murder on Shipboard. Total running time: about 31 minutes. by Radio Detective Story Hour

31 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 33 - Broadway Is My Beat: Morton Fine and David Friedkin were scriptwriters who were all over the radio spectrum in the forties and fifties before they moved to television. A look at how writers worked and seemed to carry common themes and style no matter the genre ending in... by Radio Detective Story Hour

42 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 17 - Pat Novak For Hire: Continuing our look at the radio career of Jack Webb, I look at an earlier series in which Webb starred - Pat Novak For Hire. by Radio Detective Story Hour

36 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 29 - Jeff Regan, Investigator: Jeff Regan was known as the "Lyon's Eye," a private investigator who worked for Anthony J. Lyon. Regan was fleshed out on radio by the young Jack Webb who portrayed a number of detectives on radio including his most famous - Sgt. Joe Friday. I'll look... by Radio Detective Story Hour

36 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 12 ... Michael Shayne: Another great pulp magazine detective is featured on this week's podcast. This time - Brett Halliday's Michael Shayne, in the New Adventures of Michael Shayne. Running time: 30 minutes by Radio Detective Story Hour

30 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 25 - Defense Attorney: This week a woman attorney who spends more time solving the crimes she is asked to defend than she spends in the courtroom. Mercedes McCambridge (right) stars as Martha Ellis Bryant! Please Take our Listener Survey by Radio Detective Story Hour

35 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 26 - The Falcon: Michael Arlen was the English fictional voice of the Jazz Age. In 1940, he wrote one short story that was intended to be his foray into crime writing. That one short story spawned at least 9 Hollywood films, several radio series and a short-lived... by Radio Detective Story Hour

37 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 36 - Man From Homicide: This week a look at the gravely voiced, square-jawed actor Charles McGraw as he appeared in an audition episode of the Man From Homicide. I'll also do some sound snapshots from his radio/screen career. Please Take our Listener Survey by Radio Detective Story Hour

36 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 23 - Philo Vance: Philo Vance was the creation of author S.S. Van Dine. He proved to be a popular detective as nine films were based on the character and three radio series. This week a look at all three radio series with a complete episode from the final one starring... by Radio Detective Story Hour

35 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 28 - Boston Blackie: As Christmas approaches, I present a Christmas story/mystery that involves radio detective Boston Blackie. Richard Kollmar (right) stars. Please Take our Listener Survey All Donations given this month will be divided among our hard working ... by Radio Detective Story Hour

34 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 16 - The Thin Man: UPDATE: The previous feed for this podcast was defective. I have corrected the problem! A return to detective author, Dashiell Hammett, and his last fictional creations - Nick and Nora Charles in The Adventures of the Thin Man. The series starred Les... by Radio Detective Story Hour

39 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 34 - Bulldog Drummond: Out of fog and into American homes comes Bulldog Drummond. This originally hardboiled detective becomes something else when radio gets a hold of him. This run starred Ned Wever (right). Please Take our Listener Survey by Radio Detective Story Hour

35 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 35 - Sam Spade: E. Jack Neumann and John Michael Hayes (right) were two of radio's finest writers of detective and suspense. This week a brief return to an episode from The Adventures of Sam Spade written by these two writers. Listen for the well defined characters... by Radio Detective Story Hour

32 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 30 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: This week I am returning to Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. It was a different series during the Edmond O'Brien (right) years - a radio noir! I'll look at O'Brien's role in the series. Please Take our Listener Survey by Radio Detective Story Hour

37 min listen

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 32 - Nick Carter, Master Detective: From out of the pulps comes Nick Carter, Master Detective! This week "another case for that most famous of all man hunters - the detective whose ability at solving crime is unequal in the history of detective fiction - Nick Carter, Master Detective."... by Radio Detective Story Hour

37 min listen

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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 22 - The Abbotts

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