This detective show, which was one of NBC's best next to Dragnet, ran from 1951 to 1955. It starred William Gargon as Barrie Craig, and what made this role special was that Gargon actually had experience as a P.I. It shows through in his work- great stuff from the golden days of radio! Enjoy all the episodes our 9+ 1001 shows have to offer now at www.bestof1001stories.com. Tip: you can search for favorites (like Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, etc) and they will all come up in order of play for you ...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr
This detective show, which was one of NBC's best next to Dragnet, ran from 1951 to 1955. It starred William Gargon as Barrie Craig, and what made this role special was that Gargon actually had experience as a P.I. It shows through in his work- great stuff from the golden days of radio! Enjoy all the episodes our 9+ 1001 shows have to offer now at www.bestof1001stories.com. Tip: you can search for favorites (like Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, etc) and they will all come up in order of play for you ...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr
Two great episodes from Adventures of Philip Marlowe
Jul 07, 2024•59 min
Nether Nether Land- A woman wakes Marlowe up in his apartment and then disappears Young Man's Fancy- Marlowe becomes concerned about the activities of a young man in his neighborhood who is operatingn a fruit stand
Jul 03, 2024•58 min
From the creative mnd of Raymond Chandler comes the hard -boiled detective Philip Marlowe- two episodes today!
Jun 30, 2024•59 min
Two great detective adventures of Philip Marlowe, radio''s favorite private investigator.
Jun 26, 2024•59 min
Two great episodes from Raymoind Chandler's famous detective Philip Marlowe- Enjoy!
Jun 23, 2024•59 min
The Dark Tunnel- It's been a long day and Marlowe just wasnts to get home, but as he walks to his car he sees a young guy he knows being beaten The Collector's Item-Marlowe is hired to keep an eye on a rare cofedreate coin but when his hirer gets murdered Marlowe vows revenge
Jun 19, 2024•59 min
The Parrot;'s Bed-n Marlow is looking for Max Louderback but instead he finds a dark-haired, green-eyed dame with a parrot named Captain Macgregor The Quiet Magpie-Vincent Calloway is being tried for the murder of his father but he insists he didn't do it. Marlowe to the rescue.
Jun 16, 2024•55 min
The Iron Coffin- Marlowe receives a call from a woman who fears her daughrter has disappeared into the 16th century The Last Wish-Marlowe is hired to find a dying father's son and the job isn't as easy as it sounds The Glass Donkey-Marlowe gets a call telling him one of his steady girlfriends has been shot.. He strats questioning people about motives and finds a clue in a glass donkey which is missing a leg.
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Two more great detective shows starring William Gargon as Barrie Craig, Confidential investigator.
Jun 09, 2024•58 min
One of the best detective radio shows of the 50's!
Jun 05, 2024•59 min
This very popular radio show ran from 1951 to 1955, and starred William Gargon as the laconic Barrie Craig. Gargon had worked as a private eye in his younger days and deliverted some great acting in this series.
Jun 02, 2024•59 min
Gangbusters aired on CBS radio and was popular on radio for 21 years. The show featured true stories from the FBI files and was supported by J. Edgar Hoover, although Hoover often disagreed with producer Lord's attempt to dramatize the show. Join us at 1001 Heroes for Skies of Thunder (Pt 2)- the true story of the Allies WWII effort to fly supplies to China over "The Hump" (The Himalayas)
May 29, 2024•45 min
Gangbusters aired on CBS radio from 1936 to 1957 and was produced by Phillips Lord under the watchful eye of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover wanted realism while Lord agreed but wanted drama- so the two were often at odds. Listen to Tarzan The Untamed at 1001 Stories For the Road (Our 3rd Tarzan adventure)
May 26, 2024•52 min
Bob Bailey, generally thought of as the most popular of the Johnny Dollars, brought a new interpretation to the character – tough, but not hard-boiled; streetwise, but not overly cynical, Bailey's Dollar was smart and gritty when he had to be. But Bailey's Johnny Dollar was also human. His character would get emotionally involved in a number of his cases. He had a streak of impatience, and would occasionally not fully listen to a witness and rush off on a tangent before realizing his mistake. Th...
May 15, 2024•50 min
Dangerous Assignment was an NBC radio drama starring Brian Donlevy broadcast in the US 1949–1953. It preceded the James Bond character and books and may well have inspired them. "The Commissioner" sent US special agent Steve Mitchell to exotic locales all over the world, where he would encounter adventure and international intrigue in pursuit of some secret. Each show would always open with a brief teaser scene from the episode to follow. After the intro, Steve Mitchell would be summoned to the ...
May 01, 2024•59 min
Dangerous Assignment was an NBC radio drama starring Brian Donlevy broadcast in the US 1949–1953. It preceded the James Bond character and books and may well have inspired them. "The Commissioner" sent US special agent Steve Mitchell to exotic locales all over the world, where he would encounter adventure and international intrigue in pursuit of some secret. Each show would always open with a brief teaser scene from the episode to follow. After the intro, Steve Mitchell would be summoned to the ...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr
Dangerous Assignment was an NBC radio drama starring Brian Donlevy broadcast in the US 1949–1953. It preceded the James Bond character and books and may well have inspired them. "The Commissioner" sent US special agent Steve Mitchell to exotic locales all over the world, where he would encounter adventure and international intrigue in pursuit of some secret. Each show would always open with a brief teaser scene from the episode to follow. After the intro, Steve Mitchell would be summoned to the ...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr
The Shadow was one of the most popular radio shows in history. The show went on the air in August of 1930 and stayed on until the early 50's "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" The opening lines of the "Detective Story" program captivated listeners and are instantly recognizable even today. Originally the narrator of the series of macabre tales, the eerie voice known as The Shadow became so popular to listeners that "Detective Story" was soon renamed "The Shadow,"...
Apr 17, 2024•29 min
The Shadow was one of the most popular radio shows in history. The show went on the air in August of 1930 and stayed on until the early 50's "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" The opening lines of the "Detective Story" program captivated listeners and are instantly recognizable even today. Originally the narrator of the series of macabre tales, the eerie voice known as The Shadow became so popular to listeners that "Detective Story" was soon renamed "The Shadow,"...
Apr 14, 2024•48 min
William Gargon starred as Barrie Craig, Private Investigator in the popular NBC radio drama which aired from 1951 to 1955. He was a little more laid back than Sam Spade and some of the others, but the cases he took on were tough. His office was on Madison Ave. Check out the latest new Jack London episode today at 1001 Best of Jack London (links below) ANDROID USERS- 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF 1001 Stories From The Old West at Spotif...
Apr 10, 2024•59 min
William Gargon starred as Barrie Craig, Private Investigator in the popular NBC radio drama which aired from 1951 to 1955. He was a little more laid back than Sam Spade and some of the others, but the cases he took on were tough. His office was on Madison Ave. Check out the latest new Jack London episode today at 1001 Best of Jack London (links below) ANDROID USERS- 1001's Best of Jack London at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2HzkpdKeWJgUU9rbx3NqgF 1001 Stories From The Old West at Spotif...
Apr 07, 2024•56 min
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, The A to Z of Old Time Radio , noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: "It was a more hard-boiled program than many of the other private detective shows of the time, containing few quips or quaint characters." In 1948, the series moved to CBS, where it was called The Adventure of Philip Marlowe , with Gerald Mohr ...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, The A to Z of Old Time Radio , noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: "It was a more hard-boiled program than many of the other private detective shows of the time, containing few quips or quaint characters." In 1948, the series moved to CBS, where it was called The Adventure of Philip Marlowe , with Gerald Mohr ...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, The A to Z of Old Time Radio , noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: "It was a more hard-boiled program than many of the other private detective shows of the time, containing few quips or quaint characters." In 1948, the series moved to CBS, where it was called The Adventure of Philip Marlowe , with Gerald Mohr ...
Mar 27, 2024•57 min
Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a potential client calling on Diamond's cash-strapped office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond taking on a case for a former friend or partner. The show made it successfully to tv and David Janssen played Diamond- and if you can ever catch these shows they are pretty good- but so are the radio versi...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr
Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a potential client calling on Diamond's cash-strapped office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond taking on a case for a former friend or partner. The show made it successfully to tv and David Janssen played Diamond- and if you can ever catch these shows they are pretty good- but so are the radio versi...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr
Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a potential client calling on Diamond's cash-strapped office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond taking on a case for a former friend or partner. The show made it successfully to tv and David Janssen played Diamond- and if you can ever catch these shows they are pretty good- but so are the radio versi...
Mar 03, 2024•59 min
Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a potential client calling on Diamond's cash-strapped office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond taking on a case for a former friend or partner. The show made it successfully to tv and David Janssen played Diamond- and if you can ever catch these shows they are pretty good- but so are the radio versi...
Feb 28, 2024•59 min
