Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Presenting the best detectives from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, we'll bring you an episode starring one of Old Time Radio's greatest detectives and the story behind the show. Join us for adventures of Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Johnny Dollar, and many more.
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Episode 639 - Maltese Falconers (Suspense, Inner Sanctum, Nero Wolfe, Bold Venture, & Screen Guild Theatre)
The Maltese Falcon premiered in movie theaters eight eighty-four years ago this month, and we're celebrating the anniversary of one of Hollywood's bes...
Episode 638 - William Tells (Philip Marlowe, Night Beat, Johnny Dollar, & Gunsmoke)
We're saluting the 105th anniversary of the birth of William Conrad - the radio acting legend who brought law and order to Dodge City as Matt Dillon o...
Episode 637 - Mysteries of Madison High (Casebook of Gregory Hood, Michael Shayne, & Philip Marlowe)
With school back in session, we're visiting the faculty lounge at Madison High with three cast members from Our Miss Brooks in their roles as radio de...
Episode 636 - Good Guys Gone Bad (The Whistler & Suspense)
Sometimes it’s good to be bad, or at least it’s good to hear it when radio detective stars switch sides and play some pretty dastardly villains. We’ll...
Encore - Johnny Dollar's Summer Vacation (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
As summer draws to a close with Labor Day weekend, enjoy this encore broadcast featuring Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar in episodes where "the man with t...
Episode 635 - City Slicker Sleuths (Philip Marlowe, Richard Diamond, The Saint, & Rocky Fortune)
We leave the mean streets of the big cities behind and join four radio detectives in western-themed mysteries - stories of cowboys, horses, cattle, an...
Episode 634 - Crimesolving on Campus (Michael Shayne, Box Thirteen, Richard Diamond, & The Saint)
As summer winds down and students head back to school, we’ll join some radio detectives as they tackle cases on college campuses. Michael Shayne looks...
Episode 633 - Back on the Beat (Dragnet, Broadway is My Beat, Tales of the Texas Rangers, & The Line-Up)
We’re riding along with some of old time radio’s hardest working cops as we kick off Season 13 of Down These Mean Streets! Sgt. Joe Friday hunts for a...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 5)
It all comes down to this - the final fight between Superman and the Atom Man! The kryptonite-fueled Nazi agent threatens to wipe Metropolis off the m...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 4)
Superman recovers after his first fight against the Atom Man while Henry Miller finds a new ally in his quest to kill the Man of Steel and rule the wo...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 3)
The Atom Man is in Metropolis! The Nazi agent with kryptonite in his veins gets a job at the Daily Planet as reporter "Henry Miller," and the Man of S...
Episode 632 - TV is the Thing This Year (Boston Blackie, Dragnet, Whistler, & Johnny Dollar)
Don’t change the channel! Each of this week’s radio mysteries involve that exciting new medium - television. A man is poisoned on the air as he’s abou...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 2)
Superman's amazing adventures continue in the next chapters of "The Atom Man!" The evil Nazi scientist Der Teufel escapes with a piece of kryptonite,...
Episode 631 - No Rest for the Weary (The Saint, Richard Diamond, Mr. and Mrs. North, & Barrie Craig)
Summer means vacations, but getting out of town doesn’t mean that our detectives can get away from murder and mayhem in these old time radio mysteries...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 1)
In just over a week, Superman flies back to the big screen, and we’re celebrating all month long with one of his biggest radio adventures - one that p...
Episode 630 - Investigations for Independence Day (Academy Award, Cavalcade of America, The Whistler, & Johnny Dollar)
With July 4th right around the corner, we’ve got a quartet of radio mysteries involving great figures and moments of American history. Henry Fonda rec...
Episode 629 - Pinch of Basil (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & Cavalcade of America)
We’re tipping our deerstalker cap to Basil Rathbone in celebration of his June 13th birthday. Of course, we’ll hear him as Sherlock Holmes in three ol...
Episode 628 - Detectives for Dad’s Day (Ellery Queen, Let George Do It, The Big Guy, & Philip Marlowe)
Happy Father’s Day! We’re celebrating dear old Dad with a collection of radio mysteries featuring fathers. First, Ellery Queen and his police inspecto...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The Valentine Matter
Our run through the serialized adventures of Johnny Dollar brings us to the Big Easy! In “The Valentine Matter” (originally aired on CBS between Octob...
Episode 627 - Mohr Bang for Your Buck (Philip Marlowe, The Whistler, & Suspense)
“Get this and get it straight!” We’re celebrating Gerald Mohr - the radio actor who brought a two-fisted intensity to Philip Marlowe - in honor of his...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The Alvin Summers Matter
Our bonus series spotlighting the serialized adventures of Johnny Dollar continues! In “The Alvin Summers Matter” (originally aired on CBS between Oct...
Episode 626 - Murder on the Air (Ellery Queen, Box 13, The Whistler, & Sam Spade)
Tune in for danger with a collection of radio mysteries that involve the medium of radio itself! Master sleuth Ellery Queen has to solve a murder that...
Episode 625 - Clothes-Minded (Let George Do It, Philo Vance, Richard Diamond, The Saint, & Johnny Dollar)
They say clothes make the man, but they also make mysteries for this week’s roster of radio detectives. George Valentine hunts a killer where the only...
Episode 624 - It’s a Dog’s Life (Boston Blackie, Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, The Saint, & Barrie Craig)
Our dogged detectives sniff for clues in five canine-related old time radio mysteries. First, the owner of the best in show pooches is killed at a dog...
Episode 623 - Mother of All Mysteries (Sherlock Holmes, Let George Do It, Box 13, Richard Diamond, & Dragnet)
Happy Mother’s Day! We’re celebrating moms with five old time radio mysteries where they play major roles. In “The Case of the Lucky Shilling,” Sherlo...
Encore - Heflin for Hire (Adventures of Philip Marlowe)
In this encore presentation, we go back to the summer of 1947 when Philip Marlowe came to the air in his own weekly series with Van Heflin playing Ray...
Episode 622 - Mysteries at the Movies (Jeff Regan, Richard Diamond, & Johnny Dollar)
Lights, camera, action! This week, our old time radio sleuths are tackling cases connected with the movie business and finding mystery on and off scre...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The Chesapeake Fraud Matter
We join Johnny Dollar on a cross-country mystery as our bonus series of serialized adventures continues! Bob Bailey is "the man with the action-packed...
Episode 621 - Spider Webb (Jeff Regan, Pat Novak, Pete Kelly’s Blues, & Dragnet)
We're celebrating the 105th anniversary of the birth of Jack Webb - one of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of old time radio drama. Best known for Dragn...
Episode 620 - Fool Me Once (Sherlock Holmes, Box 13, Philip Marlowe, & Broadway is My Beat)
In honor of April Fool's Day, our radio detectives this week have to contend with some practical jokes and jokers that are anything but funny. Dr. Wat...
Episode 619 - Metropolis March Madness (Adventures of Superman)
The action is on and off the basketball court this week as Superman battles a hate group that targets a high school team just because of the ethniciti...
Episode 618 - Jailbreak! (Boston Blackie, Richard Diamond, The Saint, & Dragnet)
Sound the alarm! We've got fugitives on the lam in these radio mysteries - each with an escape from jail at the center of the story. A convict Boston...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The Molly K Matter
Our bonus series spotlighting the serialized adventures of Johnny Dollar continues with "The Molly K Matter," a mystery that brings Dollar to San Fran...
Episode 617 - All In on Adventure (Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe, & Dragnet)
Place your bets with these old time radio mysteries involving gamblers and the (sometimes) crooked games they play. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson fin...
Episode 616 - The Envelope Please… (Rex Saunders, Johnny Dollar, Bold Venture, & Sherlock Holmes)
It's a wonderful night for Oscar! The Academy Awards will be handed out this evening, so in celebration of Hollywood's biggest night, here are four ol...
Episode 615 - Curtain Call for Crime (Sherlock Holmes, Philo Vance, The Saint, Rocky Fortune, & Johnny Dollar)
All the world’s a stage, but as our radio detectives discover this week the theatre offers no respite from mysteries to solve. Each of our stories inv...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The McCormack Matter
We're kicking off a new bonus series and a deep dive into arguably the best radio detective series of all time: the serialized run of Yours Truly, Joh...
Episode 614 - No Business Like Snow Business (Rogue’s Gallery, Suspense, The Saint, & Sam Spade)
With winter weather keeping things chilly, here's a collection of old time radio mysteries set against a backdrop of snow. First, Dick Powell survives...
Encore - Night Beat Favorites
Back to new episodes next week, but for now let's celebrate the anniversary of the debut of Night Beat with my five favorite episodes. The nocturnal a...
Episode 613 - Cooper’s Town (Crime Club, Whitehall 1212, & Quiet Please)
In honor of his January 26th birthday, we're saluting one of radio's most innovative writers and directors - Wyllis Cooper. Cooper's probably best kno...