Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Presenting the best detectives from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, we'll bring you an episode starring one of Old Time Radio's greatest detectives and the story behind the show. Join us for adventures of Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Johnny Dollar, and many more.
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Episode 676 - Summer in the City: Los Angeles (Philip Marlowe & Dragnet)
Our travels across the country continue with two of the signature sleuths of the City of Angels: private eye Philip Marlowe and Sgt. Joe Friday of the...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 6)
Our final installment in our Super Summer bonus series is super-sized with the last seven chapters of this epic Superman adventure! Will Superman reco...
Episode 675 - Summer in the City: New York (Broadway is My Beat, Richard Diamond, & 21st Precinct)
We're visiting some of the world's biggest and busiest cities this summer, and while we're in town we'll rub elbows with some of their resident sleuth...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 5)
As "Bud Smith," the amnesiac Superman is a home run-crushing, strike-out hurling baseball phenom! But "Big" George Latimer still hunts for the missing...
Encore - Four for the 4th
Happy 4th of July and a happy 250th birthday to the USA! In honor of this momentous occasion, I'm sharing an encore presentation of four American hist...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 4)
As our epic adventure continues, Superman escaped from "Big" George Latimer, but his exposure to the kryptonite robbed him of his memory. Soon he trad...
Episode 674 - Double Duty Detectives: Bob Bailey (Let George Do It & Johnny Dollar)
We wrap up our month of actors who played multiple detectives on the air with Bob Bailey. Bailey played wisecracking gumshoe George Valentine on Let G...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 3)
The stakes are higher than ever for Superman as this epic adventure continues! "Big" George Latimer may have figured out how to use the Kryptonite to...
Episode 673 - Double Duty Detectives: Gerald Mohr (Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe, & Johnny Dollar)
We continue our look at actors who played multiple gumshoes on the air with Gerald Mohr - who, for my money, gave us the definitive portrayal of Raymo...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 2)
Our bonus series starring the Man of Steel continues with the next five chapters of the epic adventure "Superman vs. Kryptonite." The dynamic duo Batm...
Episode 672 - Double Duty Detectives: Dick Powell (Rogue's Gallery, Richard Diamond, & Johnny Dollar)
Our salute to actors who played multiple radio detectives continues with Dick Powell, who transformed himself from a comedic crooner to a hard-boiled...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 1)
Supergirl flies back to the big screen this summer (with a cameo from her cousin from Metropolis), and to celebrate we present an epic radio adventure...
Episode 671 - Double Duty Detectives: Tom Conway (Sherlock Holmes & The Saint)
For June, we're spotlighting stars who played multiple detectives on the air and our first leading man is Tom Conway. In 1946, he took over the deerst...
Episode 670 - All the Write Moves: John Dickson Carr (Suspense & Cabin B-13)
Our month-long spotlight series on mystery writers concludes with John Dickson Carr, master of the locked room mystery who was recently referenced in...
BONUS - Five Favorites: Sherlock Holmes Classic Adventures
For this month's bonus episode, we're back on Baker Street for my five favorite radio adaptations of Sherlock Holmes adventures penned by Arthur Conan...
Episode 669 - All the Write Moves: Dorothy L. Sayers (Suspense)
Our spotlight mystery writer of the week is Dorothy L. Sayers, the English writer, poet, and essayist whose work evolved and advanced the detective ge...
Episode 668 - All the Write Moves: Agatha Christie (Campbell Playhouse, Murder Clinic, & Suspense)
Our month-long salute to mystery writing legends continues with the queen of crime herself - Agatha Christie. She wrote over sixty novels, dozens of s...
Episode 667 - All the Write Moves: Dashiell Hammett (Lux Radio Theatre, Suspense, Fat Man, Academy Award, & Sam Spade)
Our month of classic mystery writers continues with Dashiell Hammett - the former Pinkerton operative whose celebrated characters include Sam Spade, t...
BONUS - Happy Birthday, Orson Welles
In honor of his May 6th birthday, we're saluting the great Orson Welles with a pair of radio performances set on Baker Street. First, he's the great d...
Episode 666 - All the Write Moves: Raymond Chandler (Suspense, Mollé Mystery Theatre, & Philip Marlowe)
For May, we're spotlighting authors whose works inspired old time radio mysteries. First up is Raymond Chandler - best known for creating the iconic L...
Episode 665 - Downbeat Pete (Pete Kelly's Blues)
Our month of Jack Webb continues with his most unusual crime drama - Pete Kelly's Blues, a show that incorporated Webb's love of jazz into its weekly...
Episode 664 - Your Lyon Eyes (Jeff Regan, Investigator)
Our Jack Webb series continues this week with Jeff Regan, Investigator - another stint as a hard-boiled gumshoe before he picked up Joe Friday's badge...
BONUS - Five Favorites: Dragnet
Our month-long salute to Jack Webb continues with his signature series and my five favorite radio episodes of Dragnet. We'll join Webb as Sgt. Joe Fri...
Episode 663 - Waterfront Webb (Pat Novak for Hire)
We kick off a new month-long series saluting the great Jack Webb in honor of his April 2nd birthday, and we're starting with Pat Novak for Hire - his...
BONUS - Eggs and Bunnies (Nick Carter & Nero Wolfe)
Easter is almost here, and we've got a pair of old time radio mysteries with a twist on the bunny and his basket. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, Mast...
Episode 662 - Statues for the Sleuths: Van Heflin (Philip Marlowe & Man Called X)
For the final installment in our month-long series of Oscar-winning radio detective stars, we shine the spotlight on Van Heflin. The star of Shane and...
BONUS - Play Ball! (Boston Blackie & The Saint)
A new baseball season begins this week, and we're throwing out a ceremonial radio first pitch with a pair of mysteries set around the diamond. First,...
Episode 661 - Statues for the Sleuths: Edmond O'Brien (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
Our series of Oscar-winning radio detective stars continues with Edmond O'Brien, who took home the Best Supporting Actor prize for The Barefoot Contes...
Episode 660 - Statues for the Sleuths: Rex Harrison (Private Files of Rex Saunders)
Our month of Oscar-winning radio detectives continues with Rex Harrison, winner of the Best Actor prize for My Fair Lady and the debonair sleuth of Th...
Episode 659 - Statues for the Sleuths: Mercedes McCambridge (Defense Attorney)
Our series of Oscar-winning radio detective stars continues with Mercedes McCambridge, who took home the award as best supporting actress for her turn...
Episode 658 - Statues for the Sleuths: Frank Sinatra (Rocky Fortune)
In honor of the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony, we're spotlighting a series of radio detective show stars who took home Oscars for their film work....
Episode 657 - Where's the Beef? (Boston Blackie, Suspense, The Saint, & Richard Diamond)
We're serving up thick cuts of old time radio mystery with four stories involving butchers and their wares. First, Boston Blackie faces off against a...
Episode 656 - Relationship Drama (Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, & Richard Diamond)
As a belated Valentine's Day treat, we've got four radio mysteries where our detectives are entangled in matrimonial mishaps. As Sherlock Holmes, Basi...
Episode 655 - Couples in the Cast (Richard Diamond, Suspense, The Line-Up, & Night Beat)
Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and our old time radio mysteries this week all feature real-life husbands and wives at the microphone or b...
Episode 654 - Cold…Very Cold Cases (Let George Do It, Barrie Craig, & Johnny Dollar)
After a week of dealing with a thick coating of ice all over everything, I've got winter weather on the brain. So today, we have three old time radio...
Episode 653 - Leading Men of Mystery: Glenn Ford (Christopher London & Studio One)
We wrap up our series of Hollywood stars who solved crimes on the air with Glenn Ford. The star of Gilda, The Big Heat, and 3:10 to Yuma appeared on r...
Episode 652 - Leading Men of Mystery: Dana Andrews (I Was a Communist for the FBI & Hollywood Sound Stage)
This week's Hollywood leading man turned radio detective is Dana Andrews, who starred on screen in Laura, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Boomerang, and more...
BONUS - Five Favorites: Broadway is My Beat
Take a walk down the Great White Way with Detective Danny Clover in my five favorite episodes of Broadway is My Beat. Larry Thor is the policeman with...
Episode 651 - Leading Men of Mystery: Humphrey Bogart (Bold Venture & Humphrey Bogart Presents)
We continue our spotlight series of Hollywood heavy hitters who put in time as radio detectives. This week, it's a legend of classic cinema - Humphrey...
Episode 650 - Leading Men of Mystery: Alan Ladd (Box 13 & Screen Director's Playhouse)
We kick off 2026 with a month-long series of big screen stars who lent their voices to radio detectives. First up is Alan Ladd, the steely star of cla...