Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective programs from radios golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.
Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, youll hear Frank Sinatra as amateur detective Rocky Fortune, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alan Ladd on Box Thirteen, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, William Gargan as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Vincent Price as Simon Templar aka The Saint and many more!
The Adv. of The Falcon 10/22/50 The Case of the Double Nephew
The Adv. of Philip Marlowe 10/3/48 The Persian Slippers
The Adv. of the Saint 12/3/50 Martin Hickerson, Private Eye
The Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 12/15/50 The 25-12345679 Caper
The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes 11/6/39 The Bruce Partington Plans
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 10/17/51
Boston Blackie 6/18/48 The Hooded Gang Protection Racket
Box Thirteen 1948 Delinquents Dilemma
Broadway is My Beat 8/25/49 Val Dane
Candy Matson 9/21/52 The Fortune Teller (audition show)
Casey, Crime Photographer 11/2/50 The Deadly Wolf
Dragnet 8/7/52 The Big Impression
The New Adv. of Nero Wolfe 12/8/50 The Impolite Corpse
Philo Vance, Detective 2/13/47 The Blackjack Murder Case
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1/4/52 The Merry-Go-Round Case
Rocky Fortune 11/17/53 Rocky Is a Bass Player