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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1

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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 1-3 which were released between 2009 and 2012, featuring nearly 800 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here. In this volume, you'll hear: Box 13Pat Novak for HireLet George Do It The New Adventures of Sherlock HolmesJeff Regan, Investigator, San Francisco FinalThe Adventures of the Abbotts. I Deal in Crime Barrie Craig, Confidential InvestigatorRogue's Gallery. Crime on the WaterfrontPete Kelly's BluesThe Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Listen for specials starring Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart, Howard Duff, Orson Welles, Peter Lorrre, Sidney Greenstreet, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price, Lena Horne, Dick Powell, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston. and more.

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United States

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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 1-3 which were released between 2009 and 2012, featuring nearly 800 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here. In this volume, you'll hear: Box 13Pat Novak for HireLet George Do It The New Adventures of Sherlock HolmesJeff Regan, Investigator, San Francisco FinalThe Adventures of the Abbotts. I Deal in Crime Barrie Craig, Confidential InvestigatorRogue's Gallery. Crime on the WaterfrontPete Kelly's BluesThe Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Listen for specials starring Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart, Howard Duff, Orson Welles, Peter Lorrre, Sidney Greenstreet, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price, Lena Horne, Dick Powell, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston. and more.

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English


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Mercury Theater on the Air: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes (EP0034)

6/13/2024
Original Release Date: December 10, 2009 Sherlock Holmes (played by Orson Welles) seeks to reclaim letters being used as blackmail and foil the plans of Professor Moriarity. Original Air Date: September 25, 1938 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Let George Do It: Am I My Brother’s Keeper? (EP0033)

6/12/2024
Original Release Date: December 9, 2009 George Valentine is hired to reconcile two brothers, but when the dead body of a local gambling kingpin is found in the missing brother’s apartment, the mission takes on a new sense of urgency, as George must find the brother before the dead kingpin’s gang does. Original Air Date: April 12, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Pat Novak: Joe Condano (EP0032)

6/11/2024
Original Release Date: December 8, 2009 After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 27, 1949 Quotes: “I’ve run across better people in sewers.” “You can’t add a pair of zeroes without crib notes.”-Novak to Hellman. “Stop posing. You couldn’t follow an elephant across a basketball court.”-Novak to Hellman. Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Box 13: Short Assignment (EP0031)

6/10/2024
Original Release Date: December 7, 2009 Dan Holiday fills in for a vertically challenged Private Detective to guard the son of a dead man who relatives fear might commit suicide. Original Air Date: February 18, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Milford Brooks III Matter (Charles Russell Version) (EP0030)

6/7/2024
Original Air Date: December 4, 2009 Johnny Dollar has to keep a young man from committing suicide and costing his insurance company $2 million. The benficiary on the policy: a ruthless gambler who the young man owes big money to. Original Broadcast: March 25, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Sherlock Holmes: The Armchair Solution (EP0029)

6/6/2024
Original Release Date: December 3, 2009 Confined to 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes gets a mystery he can solve in his own backyard when a neighbor is shot to death, and Holmes and Watson see her nephew flee the scene of the crime. Original Air Date: June 6, 1936 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Let George Do It: The Smugglers (EP0028)

6/5/2024
Original Release Date: November 2, 2009 George Valentine finds an old army buddy confined to a sanitarium after an alleged explosion in Egypt. George’s suspicions are aroused when someone takes a shot at him and Brooksie. Original Air Date: April 5, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Pat Novak for Hire: Rory Malone (EP0027)

6/4/2024
Release Date: December 1, 2009 Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be trouble. Original Air Date: March 20, 1949 Quote of the Show: She was a lovely girl. The sort of person you expected to see in a Choir loft-about three hours after choir practice had ended. Her hair was red, her eyes were as cold as rigamortis. And you knew the first time you met her that you’d been seeing her too often…She was as safe a tap dancer on a floor full of dynamite caps. Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Box 13: Shanghied (EP0026)

6/3/2024
Original Release Date: November 30, 2009 Dan Holiday answers a letter in Box 13 and finds himself kidnapped and fishing at sea. Original Air Date: February 11, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: Murder’s a Merry Go Round (EP0025)

5/31/2024
Release Date: November 27, 2009 Johnny Dollar heads out to investigate a series of accidents at a carnival, only to find that murder is on the agenda. Original Broadcast: March 11, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot (EP0024)

5/30/2024
Original Release Date: November 26, 2009 While on vacation in Cornwall, Holmes and Watson find themselves in a mystery that has led to unexplained madness in one case and unexplained death in another. Original Air Date: May 30, 1936 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Let George Do It: 42 on a Rope (EP0023)

5/29/2024
Original Release Date: November 25, 2009 George Valentine gets a lot more than he bargained for when he helps a woman with a lost pearl when she steals his wallet. When George tries to get his wallet back he comes face to face with a big gun and an international smuggling conspiracy. Original Air Date: October 3, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Pat Novak for Hire: Rubin Calloway’s Pictures (EP0022)

5/28/2024
Original Release Date: November 24, 2009 Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker. Quotes: “It was like washing your kid’s face and finding out he was ugly to begin with.”-Pat Novak “You couldn’t strike oil in a filling station.”-Pat Novak Novak: And you’re going to tell me he’s dead, Hellman. Hellman: No, I’m not going to tell he’s dead, Novak. He might be a soft breather. Original Air Date: March 13, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net
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Box 13: Extra Extra (EP0021)

5/27/2024
Original Release Date: November 23, 2009 A newspaper boy asks Dan Holiday to help him free his father, who has been charged as an accessory in a Jewelry Story Robbery. Original Air Date: February 4, 1948 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Robert W. Perry Case (EP0020)

5/24/2024
Original Release Date: November 20, 2009 Johnny Dollar is assigned as a bodyguard to a highly insured businessman, who dies as soon as Johnny arrives. Now he must find the killer and find out if the insurance company that’s retained him has to pay off. Original Air Date: March 4, 1949 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Proxy (EP0019)

5/23/2024
Original Release Date: November 19, 2009 Sherlock Holmes investigates a case of disappearing cadavers. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1935, though it may have been 1933. Who knows? Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Let George Do It: The Robber (EP0018)

5/22/2024
Original Release Date: November 18, 2009 A book shop owner dies and his widow hires George, believing that money is hidden inside the book shop. Original Air Date: November 8, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net

Duration:00:33:51

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Pat Novak for Hire: Fleet Lady (EP0017)

5/21/2024
Original Release Date: November 17, 2009 Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body. Original Air Date: March 6, 1949 Jockey: I want a horse. Can you find me a horse? Novak: Yeah, I breed them in the back room. Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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Box 13: Actor’s Alibi (EP0016)

5/20/2024
Original Release Date: November 16, 2009 ' Dan Holiday receives an impossible call from a woman as she’s being murdered. Original Air Date: January 28, 1948' Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out our social media links at https://www.greatdetectives.net

Duration:00:29:49

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Slow Boat From China (EP0015)

5/17/2024
Original Release Date: November 13, 2009 Johnny Dollar heads to Singapore to save an insurance company from a paying out $2500 day for a shipping delay. Trouble comes when Dollar finds the Insurance company’s man in Singapore missing. Original Air Date: February 5, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring Charles Russell as Johnny Dollar Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 GIve us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net Check out all our social media links and connect with us at https://www.greatdetectives.net