Old Time Radio Mystery Specials – Details, episodes & analysis

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Old Time Radio Mystery Specials

Adam Graham

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Frequency: 1 episode/34d. Total Eps: 142

Enjoy a series of unusual episodes of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio including old time radio mystery movie adaptations from the Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Theater, and similar programs. As well as episodes Escape, Suspense, and Murder Clinic, along with some truly different programs including Roy Rogers, Mayor of the Town, Superman, and Cavalcade of America. Also comparisons of how two detective programs handle the same story.

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🇨🇦 Canada - Performing Arts
12/08/2026
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#77
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#94
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04/08/2026
#83
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#96
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🇨🇦 Canada - Performing Arts
10/01/2026
#66
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Performing Arts
16/10/2025
#95
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Performing Arts
15/10/2025
#70

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Suspense: The Mystery of Marie Roget

Friday, July 31, 2026 • Duration 37:25

Release Date: July 18, 2013

Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1953

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Screen Guild Theatre: Call Northside 777 (EP1000s)

Friday, July 24, 2026 • Duration 27:45

Release Date: July 16, 2013

Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning Movie of the same name.

Original Air Date: October 7, 1948

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The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue

Thursday, July 9, 2026 • Duration 40:41

Release Date: July 11, 2013

The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?

Original Air Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1944

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Escape: The Lost Special

Thursday, July 2, 2026 • Duration 41:20

Release Date: July 04, 2013

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1949

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Lux Radio Theater: The Fallen Sparrow

Sunday, June 21, 2026 • Duration 01:05:47

Today's Mystery: After returning to New York following years of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick learns that a close friend has died under suspicious circumstances. As he investigates, he finds himself caught in a dangerous web of espionage, murder, and betrayal connected to secrets from his wartime past.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 14, 1944

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Robert Young as John McKittrick, Maureen O'Hara as Elma Don, and Walter Slezak as Dr. Scoss.Also featuring Charles Seal, Charlotte Treadway, Ed Emerson, George Sorel, Griff Barnett, Howard McNear, Jay Novello, John McIntire, Norman Field, and Rene Gussaire.

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

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X Minus One: Protective Mimicry

Friday, May 29, 2026 • Duration 33:07

Release Date: March 24, 2013

In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.

Original Air Date: October 3, 1956

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Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy

Friday, May 22, 2026 • Duration 35:18

Release Date: January 27, 2013

Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1942

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Suspense: Deadline at Dawn

Friday, May 8, 2026 • Duration 01:05:40

Release Date: November 17, 2012

A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1948

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50th Anniversary of the End of the Golden Age of Radio

Friday, April 24, 2026 • Duration 01:03:17

Release Date: September 30, 2012

The golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense. In the “Tip-Off Matter,” an ex-con tells Johnny the location of his loot. In “Devilstone,” a rich young Irishman is having trouble renting a house that is rumored to be haunted.

On September 30th 1962

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Proudly We Hail: Follow that Man

Sunday, April 12, 2026 • Duration 34:14

Today's Mystery: A private detective is hired to located a woman's brother who is tied into underworld activity.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Lee Tracy as Clint Flint, Miriam Wolfe, Bill Lipton, Joe DeSantis

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