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Jim Widner
Radio Detective Story Hour
Get this, and get it straight! Crime is a sucker's road...
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4.5 stars from 81 ratings
Mistakes are made
Why would you play a song in the background of your introduction, a song with words?! You don’t need background music! Many introductions are too long, get on with it! Content is interesting and thank you for avoiding adding vintage ads.
SuperShoeDiva via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/24/22
Old Time Radio Vibe!
Informative and great selection of Old Time Radio Mysteries, Thrillers and every thing detective! Every time this cast shows up in my feed I'm thrilled to know more about the behind the scenes of various old time radio shows and enjoy the show afterwards for a first-hand experience.Read full review »
Vienna Jetschko via Apple Podcasts · Austria · 11/02/18
History is wonderful
Have listened to this podcast for a long time and very much appreciate the history lesson with each session. Since these recordings happened before I was born, it is nice to know the details of the period. Sorry that new recordings have not been added for a while.
iEvoTech2021 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/19/18
Recent Episodes
It’s Christmas time and this week’s podcast is a special one! Eleven years ago, I featured this on the Radio Detective Story Hour. Staying in the vein of our detective theme, I present a variation on Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” with the puckish Dick Powell in his Richard Diamond hat. Enjoy and...
Published 12/24/17
Published 12/24/17
Writer and critic Anthony Boucher was assembling short stories from current mystery writers in 1945 for a collection he was calling Great American Detective Stories and wanted to include one from mystery and noir writer Cornell Woolrich. Boucher chose for his collection, the Woolrich story called...
Published 07/31/17
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