Classic Radio’s Greatest Detective Shows, Vol. 3 - Abridged

Summary

The golden age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Dick Powell as suave detective Richard Diamond, Vincent Price as the Saint, Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday on Dragnet, Richard Kollmar as “enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend” on Boston Blackie, John Stanley and Ian Martin as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover on Broadway Is My Beat, Joseph Curtin and Alice Frost in Mr. & Mrs. North, Bob Bailey filling out another expense account on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and many more!

Contents

The Adventures of Frank Race, “The Adventure of the Diver’s Loot” (16 Oct 1949)

The Adventures of Michael Shayne, Detective, “The Body in the Trunk” (23 Apr 1945)

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “Nether Nether Land” (1 Sep 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, “The Denny Shane Caper” (6 Apr 1951)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, “The Case of the Unwelcome Ambassador” (12 Sep 1948)

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, “Death of a Private Eye” (2 Jan 1952)

Boston Blackie, “The Skating Rink Murders” (9 Jul 1946)

Broadway Is My Beat, “Laura Burton Murder Case” (3 Nov 1950)

Crime and Peter Chambers, “Cemetery Attack” (20 Apr 1954)

Dragnet, “The Big Check” (31 Aug 1950)

Inspector Thorne, “Nickels and Dimes Murder Case” (6 Sep 1951)

Let George Do It, “Journey into Hate” (21 Feb 1949)

Mr. & Mrs. North, “Call Me Chu Chu” (9 Dec 1950)

Philo Vance, Detective, “The Revealing Ring Murder Case” (1 Nov 1949)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, “Photographer’s Card” (26 Mar 1950)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, “The Markham Matter” (18 Nov 1956)