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"Uncle Erich Presents™" - Classic Crime, Murder and Suspense Mysteries. Give your eyes a rest. Grab a cold drink, turn the lights down low, snuggle back on the sofa and let your imagination flow while listening to an exciting old Classic Radio show. Episodes are added every Sunday from fictional crime stories to suspense. Enjoy ! Visit Uncle Erich's website at https://UncleErich.com If you enjoy listening to these classic radio episodes, please consider buying Uncle Erich a cup of coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/ClassicRadio - Thanks a million !
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A substantial catalog of vintage crime radio, spanning procedural investigations, private-eye cases and murder mysteries driven by dialogue.
Uncle Erich PresentsTM puts vintage crime radio back on the air with its announcers, dramatic performances and compact investigations intact. The catalog moves among Dragnet, Inspector Thorne, Crime Club and The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, making room for police procedure,…
A gold watch sends cops running; bad checks bring handwriting analysis. Choose your preferred detective headache.
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A fishing-trip death turns marital betrayal into a brisk vintage mystery of motive and telling detail.
A routine fishing trip becomes a murder inquiry as Barton Drake and Inspector Danton examine the death of oil millionaire Gil. The setup quickly tightens around Rita's love for Hugh Osmond, Laura Bailey's claim that Gil had threatened suicide after learning of the affair, and…
A dangerous Shadow stunt unsettles a crowd, with 1937 radio atmosphere and a Blue Coal break intact.
The Shadow's The Circle of Death turns a promised public gathering into a threat pressing down on a crowd. Publicity has raised the expectation of a mob, the hour has edged past four, and one furious voice blames the Shadow for putting thousands of lives at risk.
A missing jewel and an overheard quarrel turn a polished dinner party into a vintage radio murder mystery.
A civilized dinner party goes sour when Mark Adams is murdered and a fabulous jewel vanishes, drawing the investigator into a fashionable New York suburb home where the guests assemble in the library.
Frank Race refuses an ugly missing-item case, until a secretary's murder pulls him back in.
The Adventure of the Embittered Secretary starts with Frank Race being asked to recover stolen property for a heavily insured client, then quickly turns the job into a test of his tolerance.
A torn will and a desperate publicity scheme turn a cheap bar and a phone booth into tight crime-story pressure points.
Death Has a Cold Breath makes sharp work of a torn will, a $35,000 rent debt, and a hard-to-find actor. The trail moves from a wastebasket to Scotch-taped scraps, then from a rooming house through local saloons to a cheap corner bar, where an apology starts bending into a…
A brisk detective case built around a missing ivory statue and sharp banter.
Richard Diamond is drawn into a case built around a missing small hand-carved ivory statue called Kali, a demanding client, and a chain of clipped exchanges that keep the mystery moving.
A brisk old-radio murder case with sharp talk and campus shadows.
Broadway Is My Beat sends Danny Clover into The Mei Ling Murder Case, and the strength of the episode lies in how each exchange nudges the search toward another clue.
A 1950 Dangerous Assignment episode that sends Steve Mitchell into a Swiss blackmail plot, with a document, a dead man, and a cable car trap.
This 1950 Dangerous Assignment episode puts Steve Mitchell in Switzerland on a blackmail case built around a document and a bidding war that turns ugly fast.
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.
Sam Spade gets pulled into a drinking-soaked office mystery centered on Gordon, a stack of papers, and an appointment nobody seems willing to explain.
Uncle Erich Presents™ pairs Casey, Crime Photographer with the 1947 episode “The Gentle Strangler,” where Judge Whitcomb is strangled during an evening walk and the crime is linked to earlier murders.
Uncle Eric presents a remastered 1938 episode of The Shadow radio drama titled 'The Hospital Murders', starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow.
International operative Steve Mitchell is assigned to solve the murder of American correspondent Kent Jackson in Burma.
Richard Diamond is pulled into a case when a man named William Logan brings him a package, says he is being followed, and dies in Diamond's office with a bullet hole in his back.
Mark Adams shows his dinner guests the "Star of Death," a sapphire he bought from the Hancock estate for a fortune, and the stone vanishes when the lights go out.
Uncle Erich Presents™ features The Adventures of Frank Race in the 1949 episode "The Adventure of the Embittered Secretary," where Frank Race is hired by Max Fein of the Coastal Life Insurance Company to follow a missing-jewelry case involving Chuck Hardy.
Roberta dies soon after getting married.
Uncle Erich Presents™ features Inspector Thorne in the 1951 radio drama “Society Writer Murder Case,” built around the death of society biographer Christopher Hudson.
Philip Marlowe gets pulled into a murder inquiry when a book of matches turns up near the dead man’s studio.
Chuck Morgan narrates a Hollywood love triangle where movie producer Roger Van Ryn's affair with Kim Dancer leads to blackmail, a confrontation with her husband Steve, and Van Ryn's desperate act of arson to destroy incriminating love letters.
Jim Brandon, as The Avenger, investigates a series of murders at Dead Man's Rock, where victims are stabbed with unusual knives.
Richard Diamond takes the Lynn Knight case with his usual wisecracking edge.
International operative Steve Mitchell is sent to Switzerland to recover a forged confession that could destabilize a European democracy.
Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Mei Ling and Professor Lee Kai, linked to a stolen $100,000 Chinese statuette called Kuan Yin.
In this classic radio episode, Lefty O'Connor escapes an asylum and is haunted by hallucinations of Superintendent Miller, leading him to retrieve stolen jewels and confront his guilt.
Inspector Schmidt investigates the murder of Dr.
Uncle Erich Presents™ - Crime Club - "Murder Rents a Room" centers on Cliff's Edge, a once-grand plantation with a sign for "Hunting, fishing, rooms for rent" and a recent killing in the swamp.
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Uncle Erich Presents™ features The Lone Ranger’s 1941 episode “A New Mission,” built around a secret conference in St.
In this classic radio drama, Sailor Duvall is tricked by a killer posing as a U.S.
Boston Blackie is warned by Carol Williams that Fred Arlen has just left prison and plans to kill him, while Carol gives a new name and address under the alias Leslie Jones.
Chuck Morgan gets pulled into a crime hunt.
Uncle Erich Presents™ features the 1942 Suspense broadcast "One Hundred in the Dark," a John Dixon Carr story set at the Artists and Writers Club in New York.
Classic 1949-1957 Dragnet radio episode featuring Detective Friday investigating a wave of jewel thefts sweeping Los Angeles.
Detectives Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of forged checks targeting small businesses in Los Angeles, leading them to suspect Harry Johansson.
This episode introduces a classic radio mystery titled 'Sally Anders Is Murdered' from the Mystery Is My Hobby series, featuring a fugitive seeking help from a detective.
The host introduces a classic Sam Spade detective radio episode, including sponsor messages and background on the series.
This episode presents a classic radio drama titled 'The Ghost Ship' from the Bold Venture series, featuring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in a tale of intrigue and adventure in Havana.
A classic radio suspense episode about a young man who bets his life against $25,000 if he can escape being murdered.
This episode introduces and plays a classic radio drama, 'The Shadow: The Death Triangle', about a doctor from Devil's Island.
This episode presents a classic Richard Diamond private detective radio drama titled 'The Stolen Purse'.
This episode presents a classic radio mystery from the Mr.
This episode features a classic radio drama starring detective Boston Blackie in a story titled 'Cover Up for Mary'.