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Host Jon Hagadorn. All stories in public domain.
1001 Radio Crime Solvers
Welcome to 1001 Radio Crime Solvers - where you can enjoy the best radio detective stories from the golden age of radio. This was a time when TV was still in its infancy and radio was in its creative heyday- using top writers and top talent to capture huge audiences, and shows featuring hard boiled detectives like Sam Spade, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, and Johnny Dollar competed for prime time with mental sleuths like Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And here you'll find standouts -like Dragnet's Joe Friday,...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8 stars from 39 ratings
Great Selection!
Great selection and assortment of radio crime stories. So much fun to hear the stories I imagine my parents used to listen to. Keep up the great work Jon!
New Mexico Gal via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/04/24
So good!
I’ve been looking for something like this for ages! Excellent cast of characters, wonderful recreation of vintage mysteries. Super fun to listen to!
DancingWeos via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/28/23
What a great find!
What a great find of vintage detective shows. I am hooked!
TreeMac4 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/19/23
Recent Episodes
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...
Published 04/28/24
Published 04/28/24
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...
Published 04/24/24
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