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Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective programs from radio's golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.
Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, you'll hear Frank Sinatra as amateur detective Rocky Fortune, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alan Ladd on Box Thirteen, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, William Gargan as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Vincent Price as Simon Templar aka "The Saint" and many more!
The Adventures of The Falcon – 10/22/50, "The Case of the Double Nephew"
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe – 10/3/48, "The Persian Slippers"
The Adventures of the Saint – 12/3/50, "Martin Hickerson, Private Eye"
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective – 12/15/50, "The 25-12345679 Caper"
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – 11/6/39, "The Bruce Partington Plans"
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator – 10/17/51
Boston Blackie – 6/18/48, "The Hooded Gang Protection Racket"
Box Thirteen – 1948, "Delinquent's Dilemma"
Broadway Is My Beat – 8/25/49, "Val Dane"
Candy Matson – 9/21/52, "The Fortune Teller" (audition show)
Casey, Crime Photographer – 11/2/50, "The Deadly Wolf"
Dragnet – 8/7/52, "The Big Impression"
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe – 12/8/50, "The Impolite Corpse"
Philo Vance, Detective – 2/13/47, "The Blackjack Murder Case"
Richard Diamond, Private Detective – 1/4/52, "The Merry-Go-Round Case"
Rocky Fortune – 11/17/53, "Rocky Is a Bass Player"
Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, you'll hear Frank Sinatra as amateur detective Rocky Fortune, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alan Ladd on Box Thirteen, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, William Gargan as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Vincent Price as Simon Templar aka "The Saint" and many more!
The Adventures of The Falcon – 10/22/50, "The Case of the Double Nephew"
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe – 10/3/48, "The Persian Slippers"
The Adventures of the Saint – 12/3/50, "Martin Hickerson, Private Eye"
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective – 12/15/50, "The 25-12345679 Caper"
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – 11/6/39, "The Bruce Partington Plans"
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator – 10/17/51
Boston Blackie – 6/18/48, "The Hooded Gang Protection Racket"
Box Thirteen – 1948, "Delinquent's Dilemma"
Broadway Is My Beat – 8/25/49, "Val Dane"
Candy Matson – 9/21/52, "The Fortune Teller" (audition show)
Casey, Crime Photographer – 11/2/50, "The Deadly Wolf"
Dragnet – 8/7/52, "The Big Impression"
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe – 12/8/50, "The Impolite Corpse"
Philo Vance, Detective – 2/13/47, "The Blackjack Murder Case"
Richard Diamond, Private Detective – 1/4/52, "The Merry-Go-Round Case"
Rocky Fortune – 11/17/53, "Rocky Is a Bass Player"
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