Episodes

  • Hot Copy: Smooth as Silk

    Hot Copy: Smooth as Silk
    Jan 9 2026
    Original Release Date: March 25, 2025

    Today's Mystery: Anne investigates the sale of black market nylons.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 7, 1944

    Originating from Chicago

    Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers; Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole

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    Referenced in this Episode: Hot Copy Radio Theater

    Episode Referenced: Trouble in Tunisia

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    58 mins
  • Hot Copy: Death Studies the Angles

    Hot Copy: Death Studies the Angles
    Mar 18 2025
    Original Release Date: March 18, 2025

    Today's Mystery: The anti-vice candidate for mayor dies suddenly. The coroner says it was heart failure, but Anne think he was murdered.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 27, 1944

    Originating from Chicago

    Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers, Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Mark, Patreon supporter since March 2020

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    39 mins
  • Martin Kane: October 29, 1953

    Martin Kane: October 29, 1953
    Dec 26 2025
    Original Release Date: December 17, 2024

    Today's Mystery:Martin Kane is hired by a man accused of robbery and murder to find the gun and the real killer.

    Original Air Date: October 29, 1953

    Originating in New YorkStarring: Mark Stevens at Martin Kane; King Calder as Lieutenant Gray

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Shiralee, Patreon Supporter since March 2018

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    34 mins
  • Operation Danger

    Operation Danger
    Dec 19 2025
    Original Release Date: December 10, 2024

    Today's Mystery: A Captain in Army Counter-intelligence teams up with a British Intelligence Agent to track down the source of diamonds to finance a new Nazi plan.

    Audition Date: June 25, 1950

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring Howard Culver as Captain Ethan Allen Rogers, Joan Banks, Ben Wright, Paul Frees, Theodore Von Eltz, Fritz Feld, Rick Vallen

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    37 mins
  • Crime Fighters: A New England Detective

    Crime Fighters: A New England Detective
    Dec 12 2025
    Original Release Date: August 5, 2023

    Today's Mystery:A New England detective is also a parole officer for a young man who was convicted of theft. Does the ex-convict really want to go straight and will he actually be allowed to?

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 9, 1950

    Originated in New York

    Starred: Raymond Edward Johsnon, Alan Stevenson, Ian Martin, Abby Lewis, and Rock Rogers

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    Join us again Monday for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    36 mins
  • Michael Piper, Detective: The Erie Basin Murder

    Michael Piper, Detective: The Erie Basin Murder
    Dec 5 2025
    Original Release Date: February 7, 2023

    Today's Mystery: A stabbing follows a contentious auction.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 6, 1942

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    34 mins
  • Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow

    Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow
    Nov 28 2025
    Original Release Date: January 31, 2023

    Today's Mystery: Jane gets a client for Peter Blossom, a beautiful widow who's accused of murdering her wealthy husband.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 12, 1946

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    38 mins
  • Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest

    Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest
    Jan 24 2023
    Original Release Date: January 24, 2023

    Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946

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    Join us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.
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    38 mins