Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
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Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Adam Graham presents vintage detective broadcasts with concise context while preserving each program's original dramatic voice and machinery.
Adam Graham makes a clean handoff from present-day hosting to vintage radio drama, identifying the featured program and its original air date before letting the broadcast take over.
A damaged bakery truck draws a stakeout; suddenly you're riding with Dragnet's investigators.
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A rain-lashed Broadway murder case turns on the stark fate of an abandoned seven-week-old baby.
Rain-soaked Broadway gives this single-episode crime story a grim, intimate charge: a woman dead in an alley, a seven-week-old baby left behind, and Detective Danny Clover pushing through a city that feels both theatrical and lonely.
A nervous confession turns an ordinary California walk into a tense test of identity and trust.
A man calling himself Phil LeBlanc approaches reporter Hank with something to say about that morning's murders, then asks to be taken somewhere safe.
A staged faint, borrowed keys, and private publishing files send The Saint into a nimble murder inquiry.
The Saint slips into a murder inquiry by way of a staged faint, a borrowed set of keys, and a quiet break-in at Barry Kilgore and Company Publishers.
A medical clue and a $130,000 robbery draw Counterspy Harding toward a cold-blooded scientific killer.
Counterspy: The Cold-Blooded Professor, Part One finds its hook in a medical detail, then lets that clue harden into something more dangerous.
Old love, a strained marriage, and a death threat waiting by Johnny Dollar's car.
Virginia Haskell draws Johnny Dollar into a protection job built on fear, regret, and divided loyalty. She believes Paul Snowden has come to New York under cover and may threaten her husband, Gordon.
A Dragnet procedural that builds tension through patient, old-school police work.
This Dragnet episode turns a hit-and-run case into a measured procedural chase through false leads, police work, and the trail left by a bakery truck.
A somber Broadway's My Beat case that balances hard-boiled narration with human loss.
Broadway's My Beat uses the Elizabeth Price murder case to hang a story that is really about grief. Danny Clover comes across less like a performer than a steady listener, especially in the scenes with Johnny, the 17-year-old orphan who cannot quite absorb what has happened.
A brisk newspaper noir where reporting on a lottery racket turns into a life-or-death chase.
This old-time radio crime story follows Keeler McCartney, an Atlanta Constitution reporter, as a lottery racket puts him in danger. It works best once it leaves the newsroom and moves through barroom talk, a sudden warning, and a run for daylight.
Four McElroys narrate a wizard battle-royale tournament across elimination trials on Octave Ziggurat.
A continuous Fabula Ultima actual-play campaign following one party through the world of Perpetua.
An ensemble cast plays teen superheroes through Masks: A New Generation campaigns and guest one-shots.
A recurring cast plays full Pathfinder 2E, Shadowdark, and Pendragon campaigns session by session.
A Dungeon World actual-play campaign following three comedians battling villain Callum Blackhammer.
Adam Graham frames the March 15, 1952 Broadway's My Beat broadcast from Kalispell, Montana, then cuts to Gordon Merrick's 40th-floor penthouse where he has been shot in the back.
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio presents The Big Story episode The Case of the Cautious Killer from March 14, 1951, with Adam Graham opening from Boise, Idaho.
Adam Graham introduces The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho and presents The Saint: Reflection on Murder, a 1950 broadcast starring Vincent Price as Simon Templar.
Counterspy's 'The Cold-Blooded Professor, Part One' centers on Professor Emery Horne, a Lipton, Illinois academic who hides a cellar lab, a housekeeper named Anna Cable, and a tight grip on his visitors.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Heiress Matter sends Johnny to Bronxville, Westchester County, after Virginia Haskell asks about a family-insurance problem tied to her marriage.
This episode features a classic radio drama, The Saint, introduced by the host with listener support acknowledgments.
A podcast that presents classic detective audio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio, with a special Sunday encore episode.
This episode presents an unaired pilot from 1949 titled 'The Story of Roundhouse Rosie and the Siamese Cats' from the series 3-4 Adventure, hosted by Adam Graham.
This episode presents an encore broadcast of the old-time radio detective drama 'Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar' from February 10, 1950, titled 'The S.S.
This episode features a classic radio detective drama from the 1950s, 'The Senile Slugging Case,' part of a series showcasing vintage mystery audio dramas.
This episode presents an encore of a Barton Yardboro detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio, introduced by host Adam Graham.
This episode features an old-time radio detective drama, with host Adam Graham introducing a Barton Yarborough performance.
A podcast that presents classic detective audio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio, featuring a week of episodes starring Barton Yarborough.
This episode introduces a classic radio mystery drama from 1950, part of a series featuring old-time detective shows.
This episode introduces and plays a classic radio drama from the series Counterspy, with host commentary and sponsor messages.
This Dragnet episode investigates a hit-and-run that kills a grandmother and her grandson, following LAPD sergeants as they interrogate suspects and uncover a web of lies.
A 1951 radio drama episode where Detective Danny Clover investigates the mysterious death of Elizabeth Price, a woman from Vermont who dies of poisoning in New York City.
This episode presents a 1948 radio drama about Atlanta Constitution reporter Keeler McCartney, who risks his life to expose the massive Bug lottery racket that was destroying lives and families in Atlanta.