Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Old time radio mystery programs brought back to life for today's fan of the great shows of yesteryear. Including the classics such as Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and more.

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Ep.4 The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Calcutta Trunk Caper

The Adventures of Sam Spade was a suspense/detective radio show starring Howard Duff in the colorful title role along with Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie. It was based on the private detective character created by Dashiell Hammett, well-known from the book and movie The Maltese Falcon. The show ran from 1946 to 1951. Duff was replaced by Steve Dunne in later episodes. The Calcutta Trunk Caper : Sam Spade receives a visit from Marsha Hopkins who tells him that she is dreadfully worried abou...

Jun 05, 2021•26 min•Ep. 4

Ep.3 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Problem at Thor Bridge

Sherlock Holmes , fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The prototype for the modern mastermind detective, Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet , published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world’s first and only “consulting detective,” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London, the south of England, and continental Europe. From 1939 to 1946, Basil Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes with his friend Nigel Bruce on ...

Jun 02, 2021•30 min•Ep. 3

Ep.2 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Friend from Detroit

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. Philip Marlowe was Los Angeles's toughest detective in the groundbreaking series by Raymond Chandler that helped establish the "hard-boiled" detective subgenre. Friend from Detroit : Marlowe is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from a man who runs a lunch counter, begging Marlowe’s help to find his missing wife. Marlowe’s investigations leads him smack into t...

Jun 01, 2021•31 min•Ep. 2

Ep.1 Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: The Case of the Careless Victim

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot: the world-renowned, moustachioed Belgian private detective, unsurpassed in his intelligence and understanding of the criminal mind, respected and admired by police forces and heads of state across the globe. Since his inception over 100 years ago, Poirot has stolen the hearts and minds of audiences from Azerbaijan to Vietnam, and his celebrated cases have been recorded across 33 original novels and over 50 short stories. The Case of the Careless Victim : A man i...

May 30, 2021•31 min•Ep. 1

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