Episodes

  • Charlie Chan: The Fiery Santa Claus

    Charlie Chan: The Fiery Santa Claus
    Oct 28 2025
    Today's Mystery:Charlie Chan is on the trail of a serial Romeo who victimizes middle-aged women.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

    Originating from Sydney

    Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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    33 mins
  • This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick

    This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick
    Dec 24 2024
    Today's Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Clause who disappeared.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950

    Starring Stacy Harris as Special Agent Jim Taylor, Jeffrey Silver, Peggy Webber, Roland Winters, Victor Rodman

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    39 mins
  • The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present

    The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present
    Dec 23 2024
    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 Broadcast Date: December 24, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Ralph Bell

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    32 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus
    Dec 22 2024
    Original Release Date: December 22, 2024

    Today's Mystery: At Christmastime, Johnny has to find a beautiful woman, who is the only one who knows the truth behind the murder of a New York club owner, before the killer does.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 19-23, 1956

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Don Diamond; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Barney Phillips; Sam Edwards; Ken Christy

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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky) (EP4580)

    Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky) (EP4580)
    Dec 21 2024
    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: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Sergeant Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield

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    40 mins
  • Broadway’s My Beat: Nick Norman, Santa Claus

    Broadway’s My Beat: Nick Norman, Santa Claus
    Dec 18 2024
    Today's Mystery: On Christmas Eve, a recently released convict who's set to play Santa Claus at a Police Athletic League club Christmas party is taken away in a big car by mobsters.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1949

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Howard McNear; Gil Stratton; Shepard Menken; Peggy Webber; Hal March; Bert Holland; Estelle Dodge

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    36 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus

    Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus
    Dec 23 2023
    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 HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Herb Vigran; Ralph Moody

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    45 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five
    Dec 22 2023
    Today's Mystery:Johnny is in a quaint Michigan town on Christmas Eve and has to find a witness to a murder before a hired killer does.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 21, 22, and 23, 1955

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Don Diamond; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Barney Phillips; Sam Edwards; Ken Christy


    Nick Shurn Episode 4 Animation


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    51 mins