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Old Time Radio Mystery Specials

Old Time Radio Mystery Specials

By: Adam Graham
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 Enjoy a series of unusual episodes of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio including old time radio mystery movie adaptations from the Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Theater, and similar programs. As well as episodes Escape, Suspense, and Murder Clinic, along with some truly different programs including Roy Rogers, Mayor of the Town, Superman, and Cavalcade of America. Also comparisons of how two detective programs handle the same story.Commentary Copyright 2009-Present Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Screen Director’s Playhouse: D.O.A.

    Screen Director’s Playhouse: D.O.A.
    Aug 17 2025
    Release Date: May 07, 2011

    A man (Edmund O’Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him.

    Original Air Date: June 21, 1951

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Screen Guild Theatre: The Mask of Demetrios

    Screen Guild Theatre: The Mask of Demetrios
    Aug 1 2025
    Release Date: February 26, 2011

    A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary proportion. In the course of this search, he garners the interest of another mystery man (Sidney Greenstreet).

    Original Air Date: April 16, 1945

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

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    33 mins
  • Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Man Who Was Thursday

    Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Man Who Was Thursday
    Jul 11 2025
    Release Date: December 18, 2010

    In G.K. Chesterton’s classic, Gabriel Syme (Orson Welles) is a police detective infiltrating the anarchist counsel of Europe.

    Original Air Date: September 5, 1938

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

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    1 hr and 3 mins
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