NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Adam Graham
The great ones are back in action.
Dragnet: The Big Break
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero deal with a dangerous armed robber who keeps escaping. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jac Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Jumping Jack
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon because she suspects that her husband has hired a private eye to follow her. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 19 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Picture
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that’s taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic pictures. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Happy Helpmate
Today’s Mystery: Mike decides to give a bank guard with a record a break and not tell his employer about the felony conviction. Murder follows. Original Radio Bro Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Car
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of fifteen market robberies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: J Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Murdering Missus
Today’s Mystery: A jewelry store owner is killed in a robbery gone wrong, and Waring thinks he knows who the killer is. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Betty
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a gang of conmen victimizing the loved ones of the recently deceased. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 23, 1950 Originating f Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Grand Gamble
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to protect a gambling racketeer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1952 Originating from New York S Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Parrot
Today’s Mystery: A married couple is found murdered in their room with a dead parrot. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Web Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Killer's Key
Today’s Mystery: A man who is suspected of murdering a former employee who had turned him in for tax invasion hires Waring to find the girlfriend who may have witnessed Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Mother
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a three-day-old baby who was kidnapped from a local hospital. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1950 Originating from Hollyw Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Natural Seven
Today’s Mystery: A desperate man who lost $5,000 at an illegal gambling den robs and shoots his boss to pay his debt.. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 195 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Church
Today’s Mystery: A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Ser Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present
Today’s Mystery: A man who bought a fur coat goes for his girlfriend for Christmas turns to The Falcon when dangerous people want it back. Original Radio Broadcas Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky)
Todays Mystery: At Christmastime, Joe Friday and Ben Romero try to find a missing daughter from Utah. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Ja Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: Frisbie Proves His Point
Today’s Mystery: When a mystery tries to stage a mock murder in the middle of a crowd in Times Square, the Norths Read more ...
Martin Kane: October 29, 1953
Today’s Mystery: Martin Kane is hired by a man accused of robbery and murder to find the gun and the real killer. Original Release Date: October 29, 1 Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Gold Ring
Today’s Mystery: While on vacation in the Florida Keys, Waring gets mixed up in a murder when a woman comes to his room to plead for his help with a dangerous Cuban crim Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Meet
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday goes undercover to complete a large drug buy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 26, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus
Today’s Mystery: On the eve of Columbus Day, the Norths see a man dressed as Christopher Columbus jump out Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Patient
Today’s Mystery: The widow of a kindly doctor is accused of his murder, but she suspects a rough-looking character who showed up for medical care and then disappeared.
Dragnet: The Big Grandma
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over nine years. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble
Today’s Mystery: With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a murder in Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait
Today’s Mystery: A beautiful woman’s attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder. Original Radio Broadcast Read more ...
Call the Police: The Porter Case
New Police Commissioner Bill Grant investigates the murder of a blackmailer, and a husband and his wife confess. Original Air Date: June 3, 1947 Originating in Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Quack
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a phony psychiatrist who burgled the house of a patient he’d hypnotized. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1950 Origi Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Goes it Alone
Today’s Mystery: Pam helps the fiancée of a condenmed killer to try and find evidence to clear him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1944 Origi Read more ...
Molle Mystery Theater: Red Wine
Today’s Mystery: A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But which one? Or Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Loose Lip
Today’s Mystery: A shooting of an underworld character by a racketeer’s thug sets off a string of double-crosses that leads to murder. Original Radio Broadc Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big. 38
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed robber who shot and killed a clerk. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 5, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starrin Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Get Wired for Sound
Today’s Mystery: For a lark, the Norths record a record, and then someone tries to kill them in the cab on Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Hypocritical Hypo
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to find her missing hypochondriac husband. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1951 Originating from New Yor Read more ...
Cavalcade of America: The PInkerton Man
In 1859, legendary private detective Allan Pinkerton tries to solve the year-old case of a bank robbery and the murder of a guard. Original Air Date: November 18 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Death
Today’s Mystery: A man reports that his ex-boss tried to hire him to murder his wife. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack We Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Wilbur Wills Matter
Today’s Mystery: A man invites the Norths to his house to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet Read more ...
Falcon: The Case of Plenty Twenty
Today’s Mystery: An engraver, who has created high-quality counterfeit plates, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1951 Originating from N Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Pair
Today’s Mystery: A twelve-year-old and a grandfather return from a trip to Indiana to find all their belongings from their home stolen. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 21, 1950 O Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Little Man Who Wasn't There
Today’s Mystery: A little man dies on the Norths’ door as a warning that someone wants to kill Pamela Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Cautious Cousin
Today’s Mystery: A man is poisoned in the presence of The Falcon and the finger of suspicion is pointed at the victim’s cousin. Original Radio Broadcast Dat Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Make
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate a robbery and shooting at a bakery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of Vanishing Varmit
Today’s Mystery: A criminal with a grudge against The Falcon escapes prison. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 11, 1951 Originating from New York Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Poison
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in when an elderly couple disappears. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Ja Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of Everybody's Gun
Today’s Mystery: Mike is hired to investigate a charity grifter, and then his client is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 4, 1951 Originating f Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Check
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a check forger who’s been passing checks at small businesses. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1950 Originating from H Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Nervous Shakedown
Today’s Mystery: A blackmailer is killed after the fiancé of a victim confronts him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1951 Originating from New York
Dragnet: The Big Chance
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an inter-agency search for a missing Highway Patrol Officer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Fingerprint
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 Damo Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Youngster
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 S Read more ...
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Contagious Confession
Today’s Mystery: Lieutenant Weigand calls the Norths in on the case of the murder of a wealthy man where mu Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Sweet Swindle
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 Da Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Actor
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
The Falcon: The Case of the Proud Papa
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 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Dare
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
Mr. and Mrs. North: Russian Restaurant Murder
Today’s Mystery: A hat check girl in a Russian restaurant is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Wife
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: M Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part Two
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 W Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Curious Cop
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 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One
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 We Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Big Talker
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 f Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Bomb
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 Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Miss
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 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Frame2
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 Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Shopkeeper's Gun
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: A Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Grab
Today’s Mystery: The wife of a college professor is kidnapped. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; B Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Carved Ham
Today’s Mystery: A racketeer’s henchman is murdered after disfiguring an actor’s face. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 8, 1951 Originating Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Mink
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for the murderer of the owner of a small fur shop. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starrin Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Worried Wife
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon after an old flame of her husband’s tried to kill him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1951 Origina Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Purse
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero invesitgate a series of purse snatchings. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Talented Texan
Today’s Mystery: A woman in a love triangle, who is suspected of murdering her husband, comes to The Falcon for help. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 25, 195 Read more ...
Molle Mystery Theatre: Corpus Delecti
Today’s Mystery: A police detective has 48 hours to find proof of the innocence of his brother, who is on death row. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 19 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy
Today’s Mystery: A woman is murdered in the apartment she shares with her husband. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Ser Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Witty Widow
Today’s Mystery: A blackmailer is murdered and suspicion falls on the woman he was blackmailing. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 18, 1951 Originating Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Fake
Today’s Mystery: A man accuses a police officer of robbing and beating him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant J Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Key
Todays Mystery: The big clue to who left a woman’s body in a churchyard is a key found near her body. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starrin Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Gangster's Girl
Today’s Mystery: The girlfriend of a man in the numbers racket hires The Falcon to get her boyfriend sent to prison so she can get away from him. Original Radio B Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Pug
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for two men who robbed and beat an elderly cafe owner. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Star Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Practical Choker
Today’s Mystery: Mike is hired by a gambler who is suspsected of murdering a man who owed him a large debt. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 25, 1951
Dragnet: The Big Knife
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are summoned to a local high school where there have been a series of knifings of female students. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1950 O Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Picking up a Bomb
Today’s Mystery: Steve is called to Saigon when a reporter tried to blackmail him into carrying a suitcase containing a bomb. Original Radio Broadcast Date:July 8, 1953 Origi Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Superflous Murder
Today’s Mystery: A man calls The Falcon to find out who betrayed him. The Falcon arrives to find him dead with a suicide note written. However, Sergeant Corbett suspects Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Badge
Today’s Mystery: A man impersonating a police officer is robbing and assaulting couples in parked cars. Joe Friday and Ben Romero have to catch him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1950
Dangerous Assignment: Find Anthony Targu
Today’s Mystery: Steve travels to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of notorious racketeer Anthony Targu and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Franklin Dorberg, a well-kn Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Mighty Muscle
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is hired by the girlfriend of a member of a criminal syndicate who’d been extorted to doublecross his boss and then murdered right in f Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Job
Today’s Mystery: While the police are trying to apprehend a fugitive, a police officer is murdered. Joe Friday and Ben Romero set out to bring the fugitive to justice. Original Radio Broadcast D Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Capture James C. Stoller
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Syria to intercept and capture an America traitor and Communist propagandist. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 24, 1953 Originating i Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Neighbor's Nightmare
Today’s Mystery: A man is persuaded by a beautiful neighbor to invest in a company. He turns to The Falcon when he has trouble getting his money back. Original Ra Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Trial
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a driver who committed a hit-and-run. Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 20, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack W Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Hired Assassin
Today’s Mystery: In Havana, Steve hunts for an international assassin whose latest victim is an American agent who had clues to the assassin’s whereabouts. Original Rad Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Bellicose Boxer
Today’s Mystery: A boxer, who won the championship after doublecrossing multiple people, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 28, 1951 Origi Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Watch
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are on the trail of a vicious gang of robbers targeting military officers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1950 Or Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Stolen Computer Blueprints
Today’s Mystery: From the bustling streets of Oslo to the shadowy corners of Hamburg, Mitchell races against time to intercept a stolen set of top-secret blueprints before they fall into t Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Substitute Target
Today’s Mystery: To protect the girlfriend of a man murdered by the mob, the Falcon sets himself up as a target. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 21, 1951
Dragnet: The Big Book
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate the flood of filthy books into Los Angeles high schools. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Star Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Jade Dagger
Today’s Mystery: Sent to Cairo on a mission to clear the United States’s name, Steve must navigate a treacherous path of false accusations and political machinations. From the Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Happy Hooligan
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Corbett wants The Falcon to find out why a man made an insane attempt to rob an express company with a gun that couldn’t fire. Ori Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part Two
Today’s Mystery: When a notorious mobster is gunned down, sparking fears of a gang war, Joe Friday and Ben Romero race against time to find the killers. Smoke screens, false leads, and a mysterious wom Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Smuggling to the Iron Curtain
Today’s Mystery: Join government agent Steve Mitchell on a pulse-pounding journey through Europe’s underbelly in ‘Dangerous Assignment.’ When strategic materials s Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Invisible Thug
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is hired by a man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s husband who hopes to dupe Mike into pinning the murder on his ex. Original Radi Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Strategic Base Sabotaged
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to New Guinea in search of a dock worker who is suspected of sabotaging the construction of a joint U.S.-Australia-New Zealand strategic base. Ori Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Baby Brother
Today’s Mystery: The elder brother of a man who committed suicide wants Waring to find the woman he believes drove his brother down a dark path so that he can get rid of Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Boys
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero get a tip on four young fugitive gunmen from San Francisco. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part One
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero have to find out whose trying to kill a major gang kingpin before they succeed and start a gang war. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1950 Originating from Ho Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: A Trap in Freedom House
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to London to investigate an apparent traitor at an organization that’s supposed to help refugees from behind the Iron Curtain, but is instead getti Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Raw Deal
Today’s Mystery: Mike Waring is hired by a group of businessmen who were robbed of $65,000 in cash at a high stakes poker game. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Dec Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Thank You
Today’s Mystery: A parole officer asks Friday and Romero to look into the apparent disappearance of a woman who had a convicted murderess paroled to her. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1950
Dangerous Assignment: Find Lenny Fenway
Today’s Mystery: Steve travels to Tibet to rescue an American pilot who provides the key to a critical mission to re-supply Chinese nationalists. Original Radio Broadcast Dat Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Harried Husband
Today’s Mystery: A gigolo who is trying to scam and doublecross various people is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 3, 1950 Originating fro Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Kill
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate the murder of a police officer in his home. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack We Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Boy Is Used as Courier
Today’s Mystery: Steve is hired as tutor to a French boy with a near photographic memory whose father believes his current tutor is using him to smuggle top secret information. Read more ...
Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Wounded Lieutenant
Today’s Mystery: A former police detective is disabled while serving overseas and his battallion members are killed after a native waiter reports their planned attack. But how did the spy know? Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 18, 1943 Originating in New York from the Office of War Information, taken from the ne Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Stooge's Errand
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is hired to locate a boxing promoter who cheated two men out of a combined $40,000, but has a clever way to make sure they can’t collec Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Grifter (EP4358)
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero face off against a veteran con-man. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant J Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Rescue Rick Perez
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Venezuela to rescue a U.S. agent who was investigating a Latin American revolutionary organization. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 195 Read more ...
Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Income Tax Robbery
Today’s Mystery: A private detective turns to Ellery for help when his income tax blank is stolen, along with sensitive information that could expose his wealthy clients to blackmail.
The Falcon: The Case of the Puzzling Pinup
Today’s Mystery: A reporter comes to The Falcon to ask him to take part in a blackmail scheme and then dies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1950 Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Girl
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero investigating a series of robberies, beatings, and shootings committed by a beautiful woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1950 Originating Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Antonina
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Portugal to find a young woman who’d been in the U.S. illegally and find out why she intentionally had herself deported. Original Radio B Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Widow's Gorilla
Today’s Mystery: A businessman who drove his rival out of business wants Waring to prove he didn’t kill him and suggests suicide. Original Radio Broadcast D Read more ...
Dragnet: The Child Killer
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero search for two missing girls. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Frid Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Stolen Information Group
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Norway to impersonate a captured courier who was about to collect a payoff from a gang that dealt in stolen information. Steve arrives to find someone Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Rich Racketeer
Today’s Mystery: A racketeer hires The Falcon to protect him in a forest cabin, but is killed before Waring arrives from New York. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part Two
Today’s Mystery: Having gotten key information, Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an interdepartment task force to bring down the top narcotics dealer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 19 Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Ghost Ship
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to locate a phantom ship that’s smuggling supplies to guerillas in the Philippines and attacking local fishing boats. Original Radio Broa Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Double Exposure
Today’s Mystery: A man is murdered soon after his business partner was killed, and the contingency beneficiary hires Mike to prove who hired the killer. Original Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Man, Part One
Today’s Mystery: Friday goes undercover in a narcotics gang to get to the get a drug kingpin. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: J Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Henrich Schwandorff
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Germany to find a displaced person who may be able to identify a Nazi war criminal. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 4, 1953 Origina Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Double Nephews
Today’s Mystery: The manager of a jewelry concern calls in The Falcon when he’s accused of stealing thousands in jewels. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Octo Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Escape
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday arrests an old army buddy for armed robbery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant J Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Black Market in Jewels
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to break up a black market founded on jewel thefts that is destabilizing the Mediterranean. In order to fight them, Steve plans to steal a necklace be Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Careless Client
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to protect her from a racketeer who wants to kill her, but she isn’t telling him the whole story. Original Radio B Read more ...
Dragnet: The Roseland Roof Murders
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero search for a trigger happy gang of hold-up men. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb a Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Doctor Mitsuko Kidnapping
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Tokyo to get to the bottom of the kidnapping of a prominent scientist by Americans claiming to be with the U.S. government. Original Radio Broa Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Talented Twins
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires Mike Waring to find a hit-and-run driver. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 1, 1950 Originating from New York St Read more ...
Dranget: .22 Rifle for Christmas
Todays Mystery: A boy disappears before Christmas with his present – a .22 rifle. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergea Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Family Squabble
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to the Belgian Congo to resolve a family dispute between two women that’s threatened the U.S. access to a strategic mineral mine. Original R Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Friendly Target
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is hired to find out who tried to kill an ex-crook. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1950 Originating from New York Read more ...
Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murder
Today’s Mystery: An organist is found murdered in her apartment, and the police can figure out the killer got in. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1949 Originating from Hollywo Read more ...
Dangeorus Assignment: Arnold Freed Kidnapped
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Greece, where he’s to follow the trail of phony documents in hopes of finding a kidnapped American scientist. Original Radio Broadcast Da Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Worried Champion
Today’s Mystery: A boxing champ trying to defend his title calls in the Falcon with suspicions that his opponent is concealing a gambling operation around the fights.
Dragnet: The Jade Thumb Rings
Today’s Mystery: Friday and his partner Romero race against the clock to recover $8,000 worth of stolen Chinese jade. The only lead? A vicious criminal and a six-year-old witness with a wild imaginatio Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Hunt for Charon
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Mexico to follow a clue to a dangerous international killer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 28, 1953 Originating in Hollywood
The Falcon: The Case of the Quarrelsome Quartet
Today’s Mystery: After collecting the ransom from kidnapping a racketeer, four crooks have a falling-out that leads to murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Sept Read more ...
Dragnet: The Spring Street Gang (EP4298)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Smith search for a juvenile gang that’s been committing burglaries, robberies, and rapes. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1949 Originating from Holly Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Leak of Strategic Materials
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Burma to the famous “Road to Mandalay” in order to stop a gang of robbers who are intercepting strategic supplies being sent by the U.S. t Read more ...
The Falcon: The Case of the Disappearing Doll
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Dragnet: The Mother-in-Law Murder
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Dangerous Assignment: The Blue Lion
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The Falcon: The Case of the Larcenous Lark
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Dragnet: The Big Bar (TV Soundtrack)
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Dangerous Assignment: Colonel Chan
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The Falcon: The Amourous Bookkeeper
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is hired to find an unassuming bookkeeper who stole $30,000 from a dress company. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 14, 1950 O Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Lamp (TV Soundtrack)
Todays Mystery: A criminal is acquitted, leaves LA, and returns. Friday and Ed Jacobs think he’s up to his old tricks. Original Television Broadcast: June 19, 1952 (radio script originally aired Oct Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Trieste, Italy to meet someone on a street car with information about the location of a report on foreign knowledge of US atomic secrets. Origi Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Smith search for a statue of the child Jesus stolen from a church on Christmas Eve. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1953 Originating from Hollywood Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Lecturing Professors
Today’s Mystery: The son of a lecturing professor is missing from a boarding school in Stockholm and Steve needs to find him in order to break up an international spy ring. O Read more ...
Dragnet: The Truck Hijackers
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero suspect an inside job in a series of truck hijackings. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 1, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sea Legs Matter, Episodes One and Two
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Turkey to investigate sabotage on a road project that the U.S. is subsidizing and providing expertise for. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 17, Read more ...
Dragnet: The Brick Bat Slayer
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero search for a serial killer who breaks into the homes of women and murders them with a red brick. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1949 Originating Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Riot
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Vienna to investigate a shooting in which U.S. soldiers have been implicated in an attack on a mine across the border in Hungary. Original Radi Read more ...
Dragnet: James Vickers
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero have to find out why a man shot down a traffic cop. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 17, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack W Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Italian Actress
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Nice, Italy to find out who is behind a ring blackmailing American citizens by threatening relatives living in foreign countries. Original Radi Read more ...
Dragnet: The Sullivan Kidnapping
Todays Mystery: The daughter of the vice-president of a bank is kidnapped. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 10, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Jo Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: A Nursery Rhyme
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Stockholm to investigate a leak from a project the U.S. is participating in. He finds the head of the project murdered, and a nursery rhyme is the onl Read more ...
Dragnet: Eric Kelby
Todays Mystery: A man reports his wife missing, but investigators suspect murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 3, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergea Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Private Sanitorium
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to Bavaria to infiltrate a sanitorium, where an American journalist who is wanted for trumped-up charges behind the Iron Curtain is being held incommu Read more ...
Dragnet: Myra the Redhead
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero have caught two teenagers breaking into their car. Can they use them to find the mastermind behind hundreds of car burglaries? Original Radio Broadcast Date: Septembe Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Mr. Alexander's File
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Turkey to intercept a thief before he sells a sensitive the file to the highest bidder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1952
Sam Spade: The Hail and Farewell Caper
Today’s Mystery: A nervous man sets Spade on the case of a man who is about to be executed at San Quentin. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1951 Originated from Hollywo Read more ...
Dragnet: Police Academy
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero hunt for a gang of blitz robbers, while an army buddy of Friday’s enters the police academy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25, 1949 Origin Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Smuggling Racket
Today’s Mystery: Steve Mitchell is sent to Havanna to meet an informant and break up a smuggling racket. He soon finds himself investigating the murder of the informant. Orig Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Rowdy Dowser Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam goes to a rural county to investigate the theft of $53,000 from a bank where an ex-client works. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1951 Originated f Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 11 (aka: Sixteen Jewel Thefts)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate a series of nightly jewelry thefts. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 18, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Butterfly Chasers
Today’s Mystery: Steve parachutes into Brazil in pursuit of a party of lepidopterists, one of whom has a sensitive document that belongs to the US and has been auctioned off to the Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Laughing Matter, Episodes One and Two
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Ensenada, Mexico to investigate threats against a beloved TV comedy star, who is not beloved by anyone who works with him. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: June 11 and 12, 1956 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, John Dehner, Lucille Meredith, Lawrence Dobkin, Gil Stratton, Harry…
Sam Spade The Civic Pride Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired to investigate the collapse of a civic auditorium, for which his client is being blamed. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1951 Originated Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 10 (aka: The Maniac Murderer)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero hunt for a murderer who strangles and then disfigures his victims. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 11, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Jac Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: To Ask a Guy to Shoot You
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Indonesia to get the help of an embittered ex-Navy officer to identify and stop a dangerous gun runner. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October Read more ...
Sam Spade The Denny Shane Caper (EP4209)
Today’s Mystery: A sixteen-year-old girl hires Spade to find her brother, a notorious criminal. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1951 Originated from Hollywood St Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 9 (aka: Benny Trounsel)
Todays Mystery: An informant is murdered but leaves behind clues to a narcotics ring operating in the city. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 8, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Starre Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Underground Press
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Austria to obtain a dummy newspaper that has information on foreign agents. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 8, 1952 Originated in Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Vendetta Caper
Today’s Mystery: A wealthy man hires Sam to find out why an even more wealthy neighbor is trying to ruin him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 30, 1951 Originated from Holl Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 8 (aka: The Big Missing, Missing Person Juanita Lasky)
Todays Mystery: A mother in Utah reports her adult daughter missing. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Bar Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: A Stolen Treaty
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Port Said in Egypt to retrieve a stolen signed treaty that was taken from a courier who was beaten and left for dead. Original Radio Broadcast Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired to protect a valuable necklace. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951 Originated from Hollywood Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 7 (aka: City Hall Bomb)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero have less than half an hour to stop a man who’s thratening to blow up City Hall unless the police release his brother. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1948 Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Ghost Hunters
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Darwin, Australia, because a man who offered the U.S. information on the location of a World War II traitor has been murdered. Original Radio B Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Sinister Siren Caper
Today’s Mystery: A man hires Spade after receiving an ominous warning that his life is in peril from a dangerous red-headed woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951
Dragnet: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero search for a man who robs and beats up innocent citizens while impersonating a police officer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1949 Originated from Hol Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Nazi Fugitive-Captain Shiller
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Dakar in West Africa in search of a supposedly dead Nazi sea captain who was a key part of the Fuhrer’s escape plan. Original Radio Broad Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Spanish Prisoner Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam tries to help a retired teacher who lost $1,000 to an old con game. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1951 Originated from Hollywood Starred S Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 5 (aka: The Helen Corday Murder)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate the brutal murder of a twenty-one-year-old woman in a vacant lot. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Star Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: China Sea Smuggling
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to the South China Sea to use a notorious smuggler Captain Jaeger to break a smuggling racket. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1951 Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired to look into the disappearance and likely death of a crab fisherman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1951 Originated from Hollywood
Dragnet: Production 4 (aka: The Trick Trigger Men)
Todays Mystery: A police officer is shot and killed in a bar robbery gone wrong. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 24, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: A County's Democracy Threatened
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to a South American country where an American is wanted for killing the leader of the Fascist Party in order to prevent the election of an anti-US Govern Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper
Today’s Mystery: A newspaper editor hires Spade to go undercover as a tenant at an apartment building where someone appears to have captured a shooting on their camera. Original Radio Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 3 (aka: The Werewolf)
Todays Mystery: A man described as having a face like a werewolf is robbing and mutilating women in the wee hours on the streets of Los Angeles. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1949 Ori Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Suspect Cylinder
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Rome to find out why someone tried to bribe a student into smuggling a recording cylinder to Europe that contained a routine report on the prevalence Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a soap opera queen to find her husband, and discover why he’s so distraught over a telegram from Mexico City. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Feb Read more ...
Dragnet: Production 2 (aka: Nickle-Plated Gun)
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero search for two tough robbers who shot two police officers at a café. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 10, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Star Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Suspicious Explosions
Today’s Mystery: Steve investigates a series of explosions targeting treaty negotiations in Japan. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 19, 1951 Originated in Hollywood Read more ...
Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a gambler to find out if an ex-jockey cheated him and two tough friends out of $1500 by promising them a chance to profit on “a sure thing.” Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Operation Hotfoot
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Trinidad in search of a scientist who have discovered an important microbe but failed to report on time. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1951
Sam Spade: The Stringth of Death Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired to find a sea captain, and then finds himself in the middle of desperate characters fighting over a string of pearls. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Febu Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Needle in a Haystack-Epidemic
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to a U.S.-occupied town in West Germany to find the source of an epidemic that’s making everyone sick. Original Radio B Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Chateau McCloud Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a man who received a threat after scheduling a ski weekend with a bunch of volatile guests. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26 Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Rudolf Karpel
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Rotterdam, Netherlands on a tip from a female track athlete who claims to have seen a Nazi war criminal at a china shop. The problem? Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Cloak and Dagger Caper
Today’s Mystery: A mysterious woman comes to Sam Spade’s apartment dressed as a harem girl, tries to poison Spade, and accidentally kills herself. Original Radi Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Drive In
Today’s Mystery: A couple are held up by a teenage boy at a drive in theater. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1952 Originiated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangeorus Assignment: Outlaw Radio Station
Today’s Mystery: Steve is called in to a Balkan country to stop an American who is running an illegal radio station broadcasting anti-American propaganda. Or Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Red Star Caper
Today’s Mystery: A foreign correspondent, whom Sam was hired to bodyguard, is murdered while giving a lecture. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1951 Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Alibi
Today’s Mystery: An elderly store owner is beaten and robbed. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1952 Originiated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett, Herb Vigran, Betty Lou Gerson, Paul Frees, Dan Riss Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.…
Dangerous Assignment: Retrieve Gouczek
Today’s Mystery: On the French Riviera, the life of a key scientist, who wants to defect, depends on Steve solving the murder of a famous writer. Original Ra Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Biddle Riddle Caper (EP4131)
Today’s Mystery: Spade is called in by the producer of a true crime radio program to find a witness who claims to know who committed an unsolved murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Displaced Persons
Today’s Mystery: A mother and her son find an unidentified woman dead in the woods. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1952 Originiated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg, Richard Beals, Herb Ellis, Henry Roland, Dan Riss Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show…
Dangerous Assignment: Stolen UN Document
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to the Middle East to find out how sensitive diplomatic information disappeared from an official’s home, and finds himself investi Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Prodigal Panda Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a 9 year-old who claims to have been robbed of a toy panda Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1950 Originated from Ho Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Three Victims
Today’s Mystery: A middle-aged husband and wife are found dead, with their son surviving as the witness. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Ken Christy, Roy Glenn, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a…
Dangerous Assignment: File 72
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Balkans to recapture a stolen top secret file from an official of a Balkan Country who offers to return it…for a price. Origina Read more ...
Sam Spade: The 25-1235679 Caper
Today’s Mystery: A friend of Sam’s asks him to find out why a street musician was nearly brained to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1950 Orig Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Cover Up
Today’s Mystery:A man shows up at his best friend’s house to find blood on the floor and a stranger claimed to have been hired to take care of the house. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1952 Originiated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Paul Frees, Dolly Major, Lamont Johnson, Leo Curley, Lou…
Dangerous Assignment: Atomic Fisson Formula
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Java to make himself a target for someone who’s stolen half of a top-secret formula…and killed the person who had it. Ori Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Dry Gulch Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is summoned to a ghost town by an elderly man, who believes Sam is a California Marshal, to help him fight an outlaw. Original Radio Broadcast Da Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Last Stop
Today’s Mystery: Jace Pearson suspects foul play in a fatal train crash. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1952 Originiated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett, Leo Curley, Ken Christie, Burt Holland, Whitfield Connor, Jeffrey Silver Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time…
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Stolen Dynamite
Today’s Mystery: Steven goes to Panama to take up the case of an old friend who was murdered while looking for stolen dynamite. Steve’s only clue? A piece of Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Dog Bed Caper
Today’s Mystery: The owner of an investment firm hires Spade to shadow one of her clients, whom she says may be involved in a racket. Original Radio Broadcast Date: D Read more ...
Inheritance: The Texas Rangers
A Texas Rangers Captain is assigned to form a group of special forces to stop rustlers stealing cattle and taking them across the Rio Grande. Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 13, 1954 Starred: Lloyd Talbot as Captain McNally Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.n Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Double Edge
Today’s Mystery: Jace searches for a man who robbed a bank. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg, Frank Gerstle, Parley Baer Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more…
Dangerous Assignment: Recover a Hospital Chart
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to Macao to locate a hospital chart that could lead to a US ally being defeated for re-election. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Terrified Turkey Caper
Today’s Mystery: A man named Tom Turkey shows up in Sam’s office and says he’s afraid someone’s going to kill him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: No Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Stick Up
Today’s Mystery: Jace is called in when an elderly town character is shot down in a store stick-up. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1952 Originiated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Solve Your Own Murder
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to a South American country to find out who killed a man with papers identifying him as Steve Mitchell. Original Radio Broadcast Read more ...
Sam Spade: Caper Over My Dead Body
Today’s Mystery: Sam explains to a confused Effie how he’s still alive. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1950 Originated from Hollywood
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Round Trip
Today’s Mystery: Jace Pearson tracks down a robber who robbed and killed a newspaper delivery driver. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Prevent Disclosure of Compromised Codes
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to London to intercept someone who is trying to sell a U.S. Intelligence secret. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1951 Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Farmer's Daughter Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam stays the night at a farmhouse where a beautiful woman pleads for his help. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 3, 1950 Originated from Hollywood
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Finger Man
Today’s Mystery: Jace Pearson sets out to find out who killed a deputy in a jail riot. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Nazi Buzz Bomb
Today’s Mystery: Steve sets out to recover stolen plans the Nazis had for an improved buzz bomb before they can be sold to the highest bidder.
Sam Spade: The Honest Thief Caper (Rehearsal)
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a woman to help her fiancé, who has been charged with armed robbery. Rehearsal of Program that Aired May 21, 1950 Originated from Hollywood Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Boomerang
Today’s Mystery: An elderly man disappears after an argument with his daughter. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Kroner Cutlass
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Europe to clear the U.S. of having stolen a cutlass that’s a powerful national symbol. The problem? A U.S. Navy Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Red Amapola Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired to serve as an alibi for a Mexican man but all bets are off when his daughter is shot right in front of him. Rehearsal of Program that Original Aired on M Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Ex-Con (EP4064)
Today’s Mystery: A desperate ex-con agrees to murder a woman for $1,000 and Jace has to stop him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangeorus Assignment: Nazi Fugitive
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Malaysia to find an ex-Nazi fugitive who is stirring up rebellion and disrupting rubber production. Original Ra Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail Caper
Today’s Mystery: A private eye from Chicago who lost his license pushes his way into Sam’s office and talks him into taking a case…dressed as a giant rabbit. Original Radio Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Knock Out
Today’s Mystery: Jayce searches for the murderer of an elderly cattle rancher who stole a sheriff’s gun and beat him with it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: A Box of Busted Bells
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Cairo to search for a missing government official whose accusation could bring down a U.S.-friendly Middle Eastern gov Read more ...
Sam Spade: The Cheesecake Caper
Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a waiter who leaves a photo in a sandwich and tells him to find the woman in it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 6, 1949 Support the sho Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Travesty
Today’s Mystery: A man claims that his spare tire was stolen out of the back of his car, and accuses a Sherriff’s Deputy of failing to file his report. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Byron Kane, Ken Christy, Paul Frees, Michael Ann Barrett, Jess…
Dangerous Assignment: Missing Arctic Warfare Report
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to Quebec to recover a report on new arctic warfare equipment that had been in the possession of a murdered scientist. Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Illegal Entry
Today’s Mystery: The Rangers pursue a robber who stabbed a victim and kidnapped a local woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson. Herb Ellis, Tony Barrett, Lillian Buyeff, Hal March, Jay Arvan Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show…
Dangerous Assignment: Find Missing Scientist Dr. Wieczek
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Madrid, Spain to find a prominent scientist who disappeared while defecting to the United States. Original Radi Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Sell Out
Today’s Mystery: Jace investigates the murder of a shopkeeper who was killed during a going out of business sale. Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 1, 1952 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Joel McCrea (Jace Pearson), Stacy Harris, Tony Barrett Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.…
Dangerous Assignment: Operation Fishhook
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to Haiti to find out if some missing scientists are alive and to recover their research on submarine warfare. O Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Jailbird
Today’s Mystery: The Rangers join a statewide manhunt for an escaped felon who killed a police officer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Intercept Dr. Korvel
Today’s Mystery: Steve has to intercept the leading citizen of an Eastern European country before he walks into a trap set by a false friend. Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers
Today’s Mystery: Jace Pearson is called in when a body is found burned inside a locked business. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Missing Civil War Map
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Richmond to find out why a foreign agent stole a Civil War map. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 16, 195 Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Unleashed Fury
Today’s Mystery: The Rangers hunt for an violent escaped mental patient. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Berlin Kidnapping Ring
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Berlin to stop a kidnapping and extortion racket that kidnaps German citizens and threatens to hand them over to the E Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Little Sister
Today’s Mystery: Two young women rob a theater and beat the manager. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Empty Matchbook
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to a South American country where the President of a US ally is accused of plotting war against a neighbor with the assis Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Address Unknown
Today’s Mystery: A young mother sends her ten-year-old son to get water, but when he returns with a farmer, she’s gone. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Football Play
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to North Indo-China (modern-day Vietnam) to retrieve an American clerk who’d been framed as a spy and then captured Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Illusion
Today’s Mystery: A homemaker claims someone is trying to kill her. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Memory Chain Equation
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Munich to intercept a stolen formula that’s traveling by way of an inventive new route – the Memory Chain. Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Uncertain Death
Today’s Mystery: Jace is called in when two fishing buddies hear shots and there’s evidence of foul play but no body. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment:Contact Marta Gelber and Smash Sabotage Ring
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Tokyo to investigate a sabotage operation for which an old flame is the prime suspect. Original Radio Broadcast Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Troop Train
Today’s Mystery: Jace looks for a soldier who deserted a troop train, beat up an elderly rancher, and stole his car. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Forged Identification Papers Racket
Today’s Mystery: Steve has to put a stop to an organization that’s killing American tourists overseas and stealing their identities in order to Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Nighthawk
Today’s Mystery: Jace investigates the case of a robber who is assaulting young couples at night and who has already committed one murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 30, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Retrieve Slarga from Latin America
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Latin America to retrieve a foreign agent who is willing to give the US vital secrets if they can protect him from the Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Prelude to a Felony
Today’s Mystery: Jace is called in to investigate the disappearance of four calves from a small farm. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Contact Lefty the Trained Seal
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Istanbul where a seal and his trainer are at the center of a murder case involving an agent investigating a spy ring.
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Dream Farm
Today’s Mystery: A couple moving to Texas from Iowa are killed, and their 12 year-old son is shot in a car-jacking gone wrong. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Chomite Mine Disaster
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to the Balkans to find out what’s behind a series of murders at an allegedly cursed chromite mine. Origin Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Ice Man
Today’s Mystery: Jace searches for an icepick-wielding burglar who steals food from his victims first. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Stolen Missile Plan Microfilm
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent on a chase across Great Britain and Ireland to try and locate stolen microfilm. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Christmas Payoff
Today’s Mystery: Jace sets out to find out why a beloved small-town doctor was murdered on Christmas Day. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 23, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Get Gouda Before the Gunrunners
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Bombay to get in touch with the key witness who got an American businessman convicted of gunrunning. Original R Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Bright Boy
Today’s Mystery: Jace searches for a teenager who has stolen several cars and stabbed the owner in his latest theft. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 24, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Hired Killer Lupac
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Paris to locate the murderer of a legendary detective before the killer can add key diplomats to his list of victims.
Sara's Private Caper: Sara's 'Sonnets of Fu Yen' Caper
Today’s Mystery: A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book. Original Radio Broa Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Cold Blood
Today’s Mystery: A farmer accuses his farm hand of murdering his wife. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 17, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Defeat African Hate
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Africa to bring back an enemy agent who is stirring up anti-American sentiment. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Hitchhiker
Today’s Mystery: Jace searches for a prisoner who escaped from jail and hitched a ride with a local rancher. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Lost Troop Movement Document
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Vienna to find a female Nazi war criminal who was believed dead, but is in possession of top-secret documents showing Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Rub Out
Today’s Mystery: A boxer is poisoned before a big fight. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 3, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Guerilla Chief and Stop Him
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Indochina to capture a guerilla leader. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1950 Support the show mo Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Night Chase
Today’s Mystery: Jace Pearson and Clay Morgan are called in to catch two cattle rustlers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 27, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Champlin and His Reel of Tape
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Istanbul to find a missing radio reporter and his reel of tape which provides a clue to something hot that could effec Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Blood Trail
Today’s Mystery: A small-town doctor stumbles downtown and dies after being severely beaten in his home. Jace has to find out who did it. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: January 20, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Administer Little White Pill Antidote
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes behind the Iron Curtain to deliver an antidote to and rescue a man who’s been brainwashed into confessing to being Read more ...
Night Beat: The Night is a Weapon
Today’s Mystery: Randy encounters a troubled man trying to steal a gun. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 9, 1950 Story originally a Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Clip Job
Today’s Mystery: Jace is called in when a con man swindles a widow out of her entire live savings. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 13, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Solve Kent Jackson's Murder
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Rangoon to investigate the murder of an American correspondent who was reporting on a racket involving political refug Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Birds of Feather
Today’s Mystery: A petty robber is found by the side of the road near death, and provides a clue to the identity of his killers. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: January 6, 1952 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find 100,000 Barrels of Missing Oil
Today’s Mystery: Steve is sent to Saudi Arabia to find out how 100,000 barrels of oil disappeared between the oil fields and the refinery. Original R Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Killers Crop
Today’s Mystery: Jace investigates the killing of a young narcotics addict. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 30, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Smash Lecture Circuit Spy Ring
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Stockholm to find the son of scientist so he can break up a spy ring surrounding a lecture circuit. Original Ra Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Pick-Up
Today’s Mystery: Jace investigates the murder of an oil worker who was thrown from a train. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 16, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Szabo and the Briefcase
Today’s Mystery: Steve travels to Paris to save International talks from breaking down by finding a missing delegate representing countries in the Ba Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Death Plant
Today’s Mystery: Jace investigates the case of a woman killed by a truck explosion. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 9, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: The Nazi and the Physicist
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Alaska to find two missing scientists, one of whom is an ex-Nazi. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1950 Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Dead Giveaway
Today’s Mystery: A mother and her four-month-old daughter are shot to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 2, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Investigate Flying Saucers
Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Ecuador to look into crashes by a small cargo airline that are apparently caused by UFOs. Original Radio Broad Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Blow Off
Jace investigates the murder of a gas station owner. Original Air Date: November 25, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Underwater Demolition Secrets
Steve goes to Trinidad to help another agent recover some sunken military secrets. Original Air Date: April 10, 1950 Support the show monthly at
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Wild Crop
Jace investigates the brutal murder of a ranch hand on a trail. Original Air Date: November 18, 1951 Become one of our monthly Patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Renew Sheik Haroun's Uranium Deal
Steve is sent to Cairo where an old friend, a sheik, who controls valuable uranium mines, is threatening not to renew the lease held by the U.S. and its allies.
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Open and Shut
A woman comes home in a panic and reports that her date was murdered. Original Air Date: November 11, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: International Blackmail
Steve goes to Switzerland to reclaim a forced confession that could destabilize a Central European government. Original Air Date: March 20, 1950 Su Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Helping Hand
A motorist is murdered by two “Good Samaritans” who help him get his car started and then decide to rob and kill him. Original Air Date: November 4, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Wire Recorder Spool
Steve goes to San Diego to recover a stolen recorded wire of an international conference. Original Air Date: March 6, 1950 Support the show monthly Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The White Elephant
The Murder of a Salesman sets Ranger Jace Pearson on the trail of a hobo. Original Air Date: October 28, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: White Jade
Steve goes to Macao to bring back a fellow agent. Things get complicated when Steve finds a dead man in the agent’s hotel and the agent is wanted for murde Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Fugitive Trail
Jace searches for a missing young woman after her ex-boyfriend is found murdered at a house where she had been babysitting. Original Air Date: October 21, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Stolen Radar Plans
Steve goes to Athens to retrieve radar plans stolen from the U.S. but finds himself dealing with multiple groups trying to profit from them. Original Air Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Plays for Keeps
A corrupt constable kills the local sheriff and is in charge of investigating the murder. However, his plan faces a major obstacle when Ranger Jayce Pearson is called in. Original Air Date: October 14, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more…
Dangerous Assignment: Who Killed Captain Rocq?
Steve goes to Tangiers undercover as a soldier of fortune who bore an uncanny resemblance to Steve. Steve has to find out who killed his doppleganger without bei Read more ...
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem
Holmes is called in to investigate the theft of several cadavers from a hospital. Original Air Date: May 19, 1932 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Wheelchair Killer
Jace is called in to investigate the killing of an eighty-year-old man in a wheelchair. Original Air Date: October 7, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Find Missing Japanese Weapons
Steve goes to Panama to complete the mission of a friend, who was killed trying to locate a cache of Japanese weapons from World War II. Original Air Date Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Shaft of Death
A murdered body is found inside a closed-up mine. Original Air Date: September 30, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: File 307
Steve goes to Zurich in search of a stolen Defense Department file. Original Air Date: August 20, 1949 Vote for us in the Podcast Awards at http:// Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Joy Ride
Jace investigates the murder of a liquor store owner. Original Air Date: May 27, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Smash Alien Smuggling Racket
Steve travels to Lisbon to stop a refugee smuggling racket after a friend was killed attempting the same mission. Original Air Date: August 13, 1949
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Square Dance
Jace investigates a murder at a square dance. Original Air Date: May 20, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Millionaire: Murder Conspiracy
Steve goes to Paris to find out who’s killing off the millionaires who have created a joint venture that will help the developing world. Original Ai Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Paid in Full
Jace investigates the murder of a sharecropper. Original Air Date: May 13, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: On Safari for Nigerian Manganese
After another agent disappears, Steve goes to Nigeria to take his place and locate a tribal chieftain to negotiate for valuable Manganese deposits. Origin Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: No Living Witness
A small-town doctor is found shot dead in his pajamas. Original Air Date: May 6, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment : Malayan Line Sabotage
Steve travels to Saigon to investigate the sabotage of two vessels carrying U.S. relief supplies. Original Air Date: July 16, 1949 Support the show Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Canned Death
An entire family is poisoned from botulism. Original Air Date: April 22, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Dangerous Assignment: Thropp Foundation Relief Supplies
Steve Mitchell goes to Sicily to investigate the theft of relief supplies. Original Air Date: July 9, 1949 Support the show monthly at
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Conspiracy
A woman’s complaint that her husband was murdered and inconsistencies in the stories of local law enforcement send two Rangers down to an oil boom town to investigate. Original Air Date: April 15, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Operation Cabal
Ken goes to a country in the southern hemisphere to prevent a revolution. Original Air Date: May 27, 1952 Support the show Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Bad Blood
An aircraft plant worker is murdered after receiving orders calling him up for military service. Original Air Date: April 8, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Ancient Byzantine Bible
In Athens, Pegon is given a counterfeit Byzantine Bible which holds the key to a missing $10 million fortune that could provide for Gree Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Pressure
Jace is called in to protect an elderly black man who confessed to murdering his employer. Jace begins to doubt whether the man is actually guilty. Original Air Date: April 1, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Rescue From Czech Uranium Mine
Ken goes behind the Iron Curtain into Czechoslovakia to rescue a resistance leader working as slave labor in a uranium mine. Orig Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Breakdown
An elderly constable is murdered by a fugitive cop killer. Original Air Date: March 25, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: The Desert of Death
Ken goes to Afghanistan to prevent the Soviets from acquiring the hydrogen bomb. Original Air Date: May 6, 1952 Support th Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Death by Adoption
An adoptive father is robbed and shot at his used car dealership. Original Air Date: March 18, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Cholera Epidemic
After the murder of a man bringing medical supplies to those strung with cholera in Malaysia the Man Called X travels there to bring med Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Blind Justice
The seeing-eye dog of a missing blind man shows up beaten in a small town. Jace sets out to find the owner. Original Air Date: March 11, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: The Maverick Steer
Ken travels to Wyoming to find out if a scientist who was rumored to have collaborated with the Nazis is behind an outbreak of foot-and- Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Trap
Two truckers are trapped and killed by hijackers and their cargo of car radios are stolen. Original Air Date; February 25, 1951 Become one of our monthly Patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Silcilian Farmland
The Man Called X tries to help a young man pull off an Easter miracle with the delivery of a new tractor. Original Air Date: Apri Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Sweet Harvest
An estranged son of a recently deceased rancher comes home and is murdered. Original Air Date: February 18, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Tanganyika
Ken Thurston goes to Africa to investigate the source of an uprising and discovers that a supply of cobalt might be at stake. Ori Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Ranger: The Hatchet
Ranger Pearson investigates the murder of a popular English teacher. Original Air Date: February 11, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Plan to Kill the NATO Pact
The Man Called X goes to Lisbon to stop an ex-Nazi Scientists with biological weapons and a plan to kill the leaders of NATO. Ori Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Loggers Larceny
A logging foreman finds the paymaster and decides to steal the payroll. Will Jayce Pearson be able to uncover the crime? Original Air Date: February 4, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Alaska Weather Station
Ken suspects that a man murdered in Japan was a scientist whose last known location was Alaska and was developing a robotics technology. Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Blood Harvest
Jace Pearson investigates the murder of a rancher killed over his alfalfa crop. Original Air Date: January 21, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Orinoco Basin
The Man Called X travels to Venezuela to sabotage and fulfill the dream of a friend to establish a trade route to the. United States and Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Death in the Cards
A rancher’s stepson reports his father was murdered by a professional gambler. Original Air Date: January 14, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Ha' Penny Stamp
Ken goes to Egypt in hopes of obtaining a ha’penny stamp that contained a coded detailed report on Soviet activity on the back.
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Deadhand Freight
A dead woman is found without identification sowed up in a duffel bag and dropped at a trail beside railroad tracks. Original Air Date: January 7, 1951 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Italy
Ken travels to Italy to investigate the murder of a U.S. aid official and get to the bottom of Soviet attempts to discredit the U.S. Aid Read more ...
Tales of Texas Rangers: The Devil's Share
A man kills his brother and frames a sharecropper. Will Ranger Pearson be able to get to the truth? Original AIr Date: December 31, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: The Clicking Buddha
A scientist wearing Ken’s overcoat is murdered. Ken travels to Japan to recover the scientist’s work into counteracting the Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Cactus Pear
Jace Pearson investigates the murder of a ranch hand. Original Air Date: December 17, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Dirty Racket
An old friend of Ken’s contacts him to say he’s been caught up in a dirty racket and is then murdered. Original Air D Read more ...
Man Called X: Casablanca
Ken goes to Casablanca to investigate Soviet spying on U.S. construction. Original Air Date: January 22, 1952 Support the Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Lucky Dollar
A shopkeeper’s wife is murdered in a robbery. Original Air Date; December 10, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Icy Slopes of the Matterhorn
Ken goes to Europe find out who’s undermining pro-Democracy radio broadcasts being sent behind the Iron Curtain. Original A Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Room 114
A man is found murdered in a hotel room. Original Air Date: December 3, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Flying Trip to Nowhere
The Man Called X goes undercover as a co-pilot on a flight with three scientists, one of whom has stolen a valuable element from the Los Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Hanging by a Thread
A Sheriff gets a call from a ranch threatening suicide. He arrives at the ranch the call was made from to find the owner hung to death. The Sheriff calls in Ranger Jace Pearson because he suspects murder. Original Air Date: November 26, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the…
Man Called X: Petroleum Sabotage in Lima
Ken goes to Lima to find out whether the death of an American geologist is tied to the discovery of oil. Original Air Date: Janua Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Blood Relative
A storekeeper is murdered after having an argument with his recently paroled nephew. Original Air Date: November 12, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Invitation to Murder
The Man Called X goes to Chicago to investigate the disappearance of a bureau agent and a “rumor factory” manufacturing fals Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The White Suit
Jace hunts down an escaped prisoner. Original Air Date: November 5, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Flying Trip to Indonesia
Ken flies to Indonesia to find out who’s behind the murder of three American oilmen. Original Air Date: July 13, 1951
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Soft Touch
Jace investigates the shooting murder of a woman and her four-month-old baby in her home. Original Air Date: October 29, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Casbah
With Ken Thurston out of action, Joe Kendall has to go to Algiers to find out who was behind a plane crash that killed a British statesman about to an Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Dead Giveaway
A man and his wife arrive at his parents’ ranchhouse to find them both murdered. Original Air Date: October 15, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Death and Treasury March Hand in Hand
The Man Called X persues two men who have access to America’s plans to respond to a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. Orig Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Living Death
Two killings set the Texas Rangers on the trail of a ring smuggling narcotics across the border. Original Air Date: October 8, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: From a Starlit Hill
The Man Called X crashes a plane in the Middle East and meets a mysterious young girl who’s decided she no longer wants to live in Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Christmas Present
Two men, pretending to be charity Santas, hold up a bank on Christmas Eve. Original Air Date: December 24, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Vienna
The Man Called X goes to Vienna to investigate the death of a newspaper reporter and a feud between his two children…one of whom i Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Clean Up
Ranger Jace Pearson and another ranger go undercover to uproot the corruption in an oil boomtown. They’ll start out by solving the murder of a wildcat oil operator. Original Air Date: September 30, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: The Amazon River
The Man Called X goes to a remote village along the Amazon where the production of rubber is being threatened by unrest among the local Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Candy Man
A candy-loving killer blackmails a short-term prisoner to help him break jail. Original Air Date: September 16, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Grain Black Market in India
The Man Called X goes to India to stop a series of black market thefts of grain from warehouses. Original Air Date: June 8, 1951
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Dead or Alive
A safe cracker fakes his own death in the Texas City disaster. Will Ranger Pearson be able to find him out to commit one last job. Original Air Date: September 9, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Stalin Plus Seven
Bill Pringle goes behind the iron curtain to Romania to rescue an American businessman being held by the Communist Government for a show trial.
Talesof the Texas Rangers: Plays for Keeps
A corrupt constable kills the local sheriff and gets charged with investigating the murder. However, his plans faces a major obstacle when Ranger Jayce Pearson is called in. Original AIr Date: September 2 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
EP3611: Man Called X: A Man, a Girl, and a Plot
With the Man Called X out of commission, his friend, Jim Kendall, travels to Hong Kong to investigate an effort to smuggle medical supplies from Hong Kong to mainland Communist China. Original Air Date: May 25, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Supp Read more ...
Casey, Crime Photographer: Witchcraft
Casey investigates of a male witch living in a strange superstitious community. Original Air Date: February 19, 1948 Support the show month Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Open Range
Ranger Pearson investigates modern-day rustlers who stole a heard of Cattle and murdered a rancher. Original Air Date: August 26, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Enough Intrigue to Fill a Book
The Man Called X travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of government officials by Zombies. Original Air Date: May 18, 1951
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Fools Gold
Ranger Pearson investigates a bank robbery gone wrong that left a bank teller, one of the robbers, and a five year old boy and his father dead. Original Air Date: August 19, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Knocked Off His Feet
Ken’s awakened at five o’clock in the morning by Pegon who calls to say he’s in San Francisco with a man who was belie Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Broken Spur
A rancher is killed and his home is burned to the ground. Original Air Date: August 12, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Monte Carlo
The Man Called X gotes to Monte Carlo to find out why a young American official got involved with a married woman…and then in a du Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Quicksilver
Ranger Pearson investigates the murder of an entire family on their ranch and has few clues to work with. Original Air Date: August 5, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Terror Across the Nation
An Israeli friend of Ken’s tips off to gun smuggling from Turkey to Syria and is then murdered. Original Air Date: April 28 Read more ...
Tales of Texas Rangers: Trigger Man
Jayce has to hunt down two vicious fugitive brothers from Oklahoma. Original Air Date: July 29, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Man Called X: Race Against Death
Ken fears that the murder of a crusading reporter is tied to a terrorist Puerto Rican nationalist party. Original Air Date: April Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Apache Peak
Jace Pearson investigates the killing of a New York driver by a hitchhiker. Original Air Date: July 22, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Philo Vance: The Case of Strange Music
A cantankerous husband is found murdered in a wax display. Original Air Date: August 9, 1945 Support the show monthly at
Man Called X: Treason at White Sands
The Man Called X has to find out who’s leaking information from a top-secret government project in New Mexico. Original Air Read more ...
EP3572: Tales of the Texas Rangers: The White Elephant
The Murder of a Salesman sets Ranger Jace Pearson on the trail of a hobo. Original Air Date: July 15, 1950 Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Philo Vance: The Girl Who Came Back
A wealthy man calls Vance in claiming a twenty-year-old woman is pretending to be his daughter that drowned nine years previously. Original Air Read more ...
Man Called X: India
The Man Called X goes to India to safeguard efforts to prevent a famine in India and overcome propaganda against those efforts. O Read more ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers: Just a Number
Ranger Jace Pearson’s called in when an entire family was murdered on their farm. Audition Date: April 19, 1950 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Read more ...
Philo Vance: The Case of the Cellini Cup
Philo Vance investigates the murder of the owner of a curio shop. Original Air Date: April 29, 1943 Support the show monthly at