Philip Marlowe – The Pigeons Blood. ep37, 490611
Get this, and get it straight! Crime's a suckers road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, prison, or the grave. A rare ruby is missing, and…
Philo Vance – Brotherly Murder Case. ep60, 490830
A pair of escaping thugs set the stage, but how does their plans on easy money fit into the case that just landed in the lap of Philo Vance? A…
Richard Diamond – Thomas Jason Case. ep36 491231
A client, Thomas Jason, needs to hire Richard on a matter involving an inheritance. Should the man change his will? Richard agrees to visit Thomas and the family, but first…
The Adventures of Sam Spade – Dry Martini Caper. 480801
Effie and Sam throw some 1940's slang back and forth between them as they joke about being drunk, and Sam's latest adventure. He has an appointment to meet with a…
Sherlock Holmes – The Amateur Mendicant Society. ep170, 450402
Audio is excellent. At a time in the evening when good married men are turning in, a young woman calls on Dr Watson to examine an injured man. Since the…
Whitehall1212 – The Case Of The Weed Eradication. ep00, 510000
Pilot episode, written and directed by Willis Cooper, creator of Lights Out, Quiet Please, and others. Presents a series of cases based on real crimes, but fictionalized for radio. In the vane of other shows like Dragnet, or the Black Museum, the names have been changed, and the crimes are presented in a matter of fact style, and sometimes brutal reality.
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar – The Village Scene. ep43, 500328
When an artist reports a theft of his paintings, Johnny Dollar heads to town to see what he can do about covering the losses to his insurance company. After checking…
Charlie Chan – Murder In Cabin 15. 1936.
In previous episodes that are lost to history, there have been murders in cabin 15 on a cruise ship. Is it haunted? Is there something else behind the deaths? That…
21st Precinct – The Door. ep34, 540303
The report of a shooting gets the police into motion at the 21st Precinct. Captain Frank Canelli is in charge, and on hand to tells us the flow of events.…
Black Museum – The Gas Receipt. ep16, 520417
Every week a look at a different item in the Black Museum of Scotland Yard is presented by Orson Wells. Sometimes a typical weapon of murder, and sometimes a mundane…