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Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time Radio brings you classic mystery, suspense, crime, and psychological drama from the golden age of radio. Enter stories of murder, deception, strange circumstances, hidden motives, dangerous secrets, and unexpected twists. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Featuring memorable mysteries, atmospheric

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30:27

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Garrabaldi...

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2026/09/21

Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Garrabaldi Case,” originally broadcast February 1, 1952. In this 120th episode of the ABC/Camel Cigarettes series, Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking private eye Richard Diamond.A frightened woman turns to Diamond to find a missing witness who may be the only person able to save her brother from execution the next day. With the clock running out, Diamond follows a desperate trail through a tense noir mystery. Virginia Gregg and Ed Begley co-star;

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30:36

Suspense - "The Mystery of Marie Roget" (1953)

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2026/09/20

Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 14, 1953. Episode 530 adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s early C. Auguste Dupin detective tale, with Cornel Wilde as Dupin and John Dehner as the Police Prefect.In 19th-century Paris, the body of young Marie Roget is recovered from the Seine, leaving police to sift through conflicting accounts of her disappearance. Called in to help, the observant Dupin studies the evidence and testimony surrounding a troubling river

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27:06

Nick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Clue...

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2026/09/19

Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Clue Called X,” originally broadcast on November 14, 1948. This late-1948 Mutual Broadcasting System episode is episode 366 of the series and stars Lon Clark as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen.When ex-convict Joe Gibbs is accused of murdering a jewelry salesman and taking a cache of diamonds, Nick takes the case personally. With Joe’s marriage and future at stake, Nick and Patsy trace an unusual diamond ring from a

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29:28

Boston Blackie - "The Missing String of Pearls" (1944)

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2026/09/18

Boston Blackie, “The Missing String of Pearls,” originally broadcast August 11, 1944, is episode 8 of the 1944 NBC summer run. Chester Morris stars as the resourceful Blackie, with Richard Lane as the ever-skeptical Inspector Farraday. Written by Milton and Barbara Merlin, the series was sponsored by Rinso.When a valuable string of pearls vanishes from Gordon’s Jewelry Store, Blackie quickly becomes a suspect after leaving his watch for repair. But he has seen the store’s longtime clerk, Mrs

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30:34

Broadway Is My Beat - "The John Stewart Murder Case"...

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2026/09/17

Broadway Is My Beat, “The John Stewart Murder Case” (episode 158), originally broadcast on CBS on March 28, 1953. Larry Thor stars as Broadway detective Danny Clover in this noir mystery, written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.On an early-spring night in New York, Clover investigates the fears of John Stewart, a man convinced that someone intends to kill him. Stewart’s peculiar collection of objects offers troubling clues as Clover, Sgt. Gino Tartaglia,

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30:51

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Dark Tunnel"...

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2026/09/16

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Dark Tunnel,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 18, 1950. This is episode 97 of the Gerald Mohr series.After breaking up an assault in a Hollywood alley, private detective Philip Marlowe is drawn into the search for a dancer missing for a month. A photograph, an old clipping, and a lead to the New Blossom Dance Land send him from Silver Lake to East Los Angeles—and toward a forbidding abandoned underpass. Written by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt,

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30:23

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "Elaine Tanner...

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2026/09/15

Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Elaine Tanner Case,” originally broadcast on February 12, 1950. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking New York private eye in this NBC sustaining broadcast, written and directed by Russell Hughes.Millionaire Morris Clinton hires Diamond to find Elaine Tanner, a young woman missing from her boarding-house room. Gunfire, a murder, and a trail leading to the Blue Falcon nightclub turn a routine missing-person search into a dangerous investigation, with

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30:42

Suspense - "A Murderous Revision" (1951)

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2026/09/14

Suspense presents “A Murderous Revision,” originally broadcast on December 3, 1951. Richard Widmark stars in this CBS Radio Network thriller, adapted by David Ellis from a story by S. Lee Pogostin and produced by Elliott Lewis.When a bitter writer is dismissed from the radio mystery program Murder, Please, he decides to strike back at the producer whose rewrites have controlled his work. Scripts, microphones, recordings, and carefully timed cues become instruments in a tense backstage drama also

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28:02

Nick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the...

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2026/09/13

Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Chemical Chickens,” episode 283, originally broadcast on April 13, 1947. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen. The script was written by Alfred Bester, later celebrated for his science-fiction novels.A strange chemical discovery in Waldo McGlynn’s breakfast eggs sends Nick, Patsy, and Sgt. Mathison from a neighborhood grocery toward a rural community where farming and industry meet. What begins as an unusual

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30:11

The Whistler - "Beware the Bridegroom" (1944)

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2026/09/12

The Whistler presents “Beware the Bridegroom,” episode 129, originally broadcast on CBS’s West Coast network on November 13, 1944. Sponsored by Signal Oil, this suspenseful drama was written by Victor Kushner and produced by George W. Allen.Down-and-out confidence man Johnny Lane thinks marriage to wealthy heiress Julie Warren is his ticket to easy money. But concealed motives, dangerous assumptions, and growing marital tension turn his careful calculation into a desperate game of greed and

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30:01

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Party for Death"...

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2026/09/11

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “Party for Death,” episode 17, originally broadcast on NBC on February 16, 1951. Sydney Greenstreet stars as the brilliant, sedentary Nero Wolfe, with Harry Bartell as Archie Goodwin.Wolfe sends Archie to a cocktail party at the Collins apartment with an unsettling instruction: call him after the murder. As Archie meets the hosts and their business associates, tensions beneath the civilized conversation begin to surface. Directed by J. Donald Wilson and

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30:49

Suspense - "Will You Make a Bet with Death" (1942)

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2026/09/10

Suspense presents “Will You Make a Bet with Death,” episode 17, originally broadcast on CBS on November 10, 1942. Written by John Dickson Carr, the drama stars Michael Fitzmaurice as Bob Penderel and Lesley Woods as Betty.At Coney Island’s eerie Haunted Mill, Betty encounters a terrified young man caught in a deadly wager: if he can survive until a fixed deadline, he will receive $25,000. With danger potentially lurking anywhere amid the carnival lights and shadowy rides, this tense race against

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30:25

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Eddie Burke...

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2026/09/10

Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Eddie Burke Case,” originally broadcast on February 8, 1952. Commonly listed as episode 121, this ABC Camel Cigarettes production stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking Los Angeles private eye.A stranger named Eddie Burke arrives at Diamond’s office demanding a package Diamond says he has never received. With a $1,000 payment, Nancy Casey, and Burke’s underworld past in the mix, Diamond turns to Lieutenant Walt Levinson and follows a trail that reaches

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24:02

Boston Blackie - "The Murdered Sword Swallower" (1946)

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2026/09/06

Boston Blackie, “The Murdered Sword Swallower,” originally broadcast January 3, 1946, episode 51. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie, with Jan Miner as Mary Wesley and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.Blackie and Mary take in a carnival sideshow, where the featured sword swallower is found murdered onstage. Amid the midway’s performers, patrons, and management, Blackie follows a dangerous trail of clues while Inspector Farraday joins the investigation.Old Time Mystery Radio

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30:55

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Final Payment...

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2026/09/05

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Final Payment,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 15, 1950. This Gerald Mohr episode is cataloged as episode 101.Private detective Philip Marlowe visits a condemned man from his past and agrees to recover stolen jewels before time runs out. The trail leads from the state penitentiary to the dangerous Los Angeles-area waterfront, where old associates, a warehouse clue, and mounting threats turn one final favor into a hard-boiled race against the

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31:31

Broadway Is My Beat - "The Mary Trevor Murder Case"...

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2026/09/04

Broadway Is My Beat, “The Mary Trevor Murder Case,” originally broadcast October 25, 1952, is episode 136 of the CBS crime drama. Larry Thor stars as hard-boiled Broadway detective Danny Clover, with Charles Calvert as Sgt. Tartaglia and Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan. Produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, the episode features music by Alexander Courage.When Mary Trevor is found fatally stabbed in the subway, Clover follows the clues through Broadway’s shadowed streets and tangled social circles. A

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31:04

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "Ice Pick...

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2026/08/31

Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Ice Pick Murder,” originally broadcast July 12, 1950. Episode 56 stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking private eye in this NBC presentation sponsored by Rexall Drug Company.Diamond’s routine is shattered when a wounded stranger collapses at his office door with an ice pick in his back. With only the dying clue “juice bar” to guide him, Diamond must uncover why the man came to him and what lies behind the murder. Written by Harvey Easton and directed by

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30:17

Nick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the...

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2026/08/30

Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Little Old Ladies,” episode 232, originally broadcast on April 23, 1946. Lon Clark stars as Carter in this Mutual Broadcasting System sustaining-run mystery, written by Jock MacGregor.A payroll robbery and a missing witness lead Carter to a small house on the edge of town, where two elderly women may hold the key to a case that is anything but routine.Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual

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30:49

The Whistler - "Grave Secret" (1949)

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2026/08/29

The Whistler presents “Grave Secret,” originally broadcast on February 27, 1949. Listed as episode 351, this CBS Pacific Network suspense drama was written by Steve Hampton and sponsored by Signal Oil.At the quiet Eldridge home, Harriet Eldridge depends on a steady stream of letters to preserve the appearance of an absence. But an unexpected visit from her employer’s niece, newly arrived from Australia, brings unsettling questions and mounting suspicion to the household. Bill Forman stars as The

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60:55

Suspense - "Deadline at Dawn" (1948)

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2026/08/28

Suspense presents “Deadline at Dawn,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 15, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 296, this was the final one-hour Suspense broadcast before the series returned as a half-hour program later that summer. Helen Walker stars as Bricky Coleman, with John Beal as Quinn Williams, in an adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s novel, written under his William Irish pen name.Over a single night in New York City, taxi dancer Bricky Coleman offers refuge to troubled young Quinn Williams

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