Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Presenting the best detectives from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, we'll bring you an episode starring one of Old Time Radio's greatest detectives and the story behind the show. Join us for adventures of Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Johnny Dollar, and many more.
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Episode 650 - Leading Men of Mystery: Alan Ladd (Box 13 & Screen Director's Playhouse)
We kick off 2026 with a month-long series of big screen stars who lent their voices to radio detectives. First up is Alan Ladd, the steely star of cla...
Encore - New Year's Evildoers vs. Radio Gumshoes
We bid a fond farewell to 2025 with an encore of our New Year's Eve special from 2018. Jack Webb and Gerald Mohr star in New Year's Eve mysteries from...
BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 4)
Our bonus series of holiday mysteries wraps up on Christmas Eve with two more tales of seasonal sleuthing. John Stanley and Alfred Shirley are Sherloc...
Episode 649 - Great White Way Christmas (Damon Runyon Theatre, The Whistler, & Broadway is My Beat)
Christmas is only a few days away, and we're celebrating with a trio of holiday tales from Broadway - not the world of footlights, chorus lines, and m...
BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 3)
Christmas is only a week away and we've got a pair of old time radio mysteries for stocking stuffers. Charles Russell stars in a yuletide adventure of...
Episode 648 - An Array of Archies (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe)
Our two-part series on The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe wraps up with the final three actors to play Archie Goodwin opposite Sydney Greenstreet's garg...
BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 2)
Our countdown to Christmas continues with Vincent Price and Frank Sinatra both donning the red suit of Santa Claus! Simon Templar proves "Santa Claus...
Episode 647 - A Gaggle of Goodwins (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe)
We kick off a two-part series spotlighting The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe in celebration of two December birthdays - Rex Stout, the creator of the g...
BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 1)
We're celebrating the holidays with a month of seasonal sleuthing! Tune in Wednesdays throughout December for Christmas stories starring some of our f...
Episode 646 - Actor and Ad Man (Escape, Dragnet, Nero Wolfe, & Fort Laramie)
Harry Bartell worked all over the dial during the Golden Age of Radio, both as an actor in shows like Gunsmoke, Escape, and Johnny Dollar and as an an...
BONUS - Black Friday with Joe Friday (Dragnet)
Hit those big deals (and/or dig into some Thanksgiving leftovers) with this bonus episode for Black Friday starring Joe Friday. We'll hear Jack Webb a...
BONUS - Thanksgiving Day Detectives' Parade
Happy Thanksgiving! As we head into what I hope is a fun and restful weekend for everyone, here's an encore of our annual Turkey Day special - a five-...
Episode 645 - Holmes Cooked Meals (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
With Thanksgiving only a few days away, we're joining Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for some mysteries set around the dinner table. First, Tom Conway...
Episode 644 - Diamond Cut (Rogue's Gallery, Richard Diamond, & Lux Radio Theatre)
In honor of Dick Powell's November 14th birthday, we're saluting the singing star with some of his old time radio performances. First, he plays privat...
Episode 643 - Everyone Needs a Hobby (Leonidas Witherall, Gregory Hood, Box 13, & Mr. and Mrs. North)
Not all radio detectives carried a badge or a private eye's license. Some were amateur sleuths who dabbled in deduction in addition to their day jobs,...
Episode 642 - Marlowe Actors' Club (Philip Marlowe, Lux Radio Theatre, & Hollywood Star Time)
Many actors have brought Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe to life. Humphrey Bogart, Elliot Gould, Danny Glover, and Liam Neeson are just a few of the...
BONUS - Curse of Halloween Hoopla!
Trick or treat! It's time for the annual Down These Mean Streets Halloween Special! In this king-sized bonus show, we'll hear a parade of stories - bo...
Episode 641 - Black Magic? Whoa, Man! (Nick Carter, Blackstone, Michael Shayne, Bold Venture, & Richard Diamond)
With Halloween right around the corner, we delve into the spooky side of sleuthing with mysteries involving voodoo, curses, and other hexes. Nick Cart...
Episode 640 - Come Fly With Me (Boston Blackie, Harry Lime, & Johnny Dollar)
The skies are unfriendly this week as three old time radio heroes face danger in the air. First, Boston Blackie is due in with evidence to send a noto...
Episode 639 - Maltese Falconers (Suspense, Inner Sanctum, Nero Wolfe, Bold Venture, & Screen Guild Theatre)
The Maltese Falcon premiered in movie theaters eight eighty-four years ago this month, and we're celebrating the anniversary of one of Hollywood's bes...
Episode 638 - William Tells (Philip Marlowe, Night Beat, Johnny Dollar, & Gunsmoke)
We're saluting the 105th anniversary of the birth of William Conrad - the radio acting legend who brought law and order to Dodge City as Matt Dillon o...
Episode 637 - Mysteries of Madison High (Casebook of Gregory Hood, Michael Shayne, & Philip Marlowe)
With school back in session, we're visiting the faculty lounge at Madison High with three cast members from Our Miss Brooks in their roles as radio de...
Episode 636 - Good Guys Gone Bad (The Whistler & Suspense)
Sometimes it's good to be bad, or at least it's good to hear it when radio detective stars switch sides and play some pretty dastardly villains. We'll...
Encore - Johnny Dollar's Summer Vacation (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
As summer draws to a close with Labor Day weekend, enjoy this encore broadcast featuring Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar in episodes where "the man with t...
Episode 635 - City Slicker Sleuths (Philip Marlowe, Richard Diamond, The Saint, & Rocky Fortune)
We leave the mean streets of the big cities behind and join four radio detectives in western-themed mysteries - stories of cowboys, horses, cattle, an...
Episode 634 - Crimesolving on Campus (Michael Shayne, Box Thirteen, Richard Diamond, & The Saint)
As summer winds down and students head back to school, we'll join some radio detectives as they tackle cases on college campuses. Michael Shayne looks...
Episode 633 - Back on the Beat (Dragnet, Broadway is My Beat, Tales of the Texas Rangers, & The Line-Up)
We're riding along with some of old time radio's hardest working cops as we kick off Season 13 of Down These Mean Streets! Sgt. Joe Friday hunts for a...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 5)
It all comes down to this - the final fight between Superman and the Atom Man! The kryptonite-fueled Nazi agent threatens to wipe Metropolis off the m...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 4)
Superman recovers after his first fight against the Atom Man while Henry Miller finds a new ally in his quest to kill the Man of Steel and rule the wo...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 3)
The Atom Man is in Metropolis! The Nazi agent with kryptonite in his veins gets a job at the Daily Planet as reporter "Henry Miller," and the Man of S...
Episode 632 - TV is the Thing This Year (Boston Blackie, Dragnet, Whistler, & Johnny Dollar)
Don't change the channel! Each of this week's radio mysteries involve that exciting new medium - television. A man is poisoned on the air as he's abou...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 2)
Superman's amazing adventures continue in the next chapters of "The Atom Man!" The evil Nazi scientist Der Teufel escapes with a piece of kryptonite,...
Episode 631 - No Rest for the Weary (The Saint, Richard Diamond, Mr. and Mrs. North, & Barrie Craig)
Summer means vacations, but getting out of town doesn't mean that our detectives can get away from murder and mayhem in these old time radio mysteries...
BONUS - Superman Summer: The Atom Man (Part 1)
In just over a week, Superman flies back to the big screen, and we're celebrating all month long with one of his biggest radio adventures - one that p...
Episode 630 - Investigations for Independence Day (Academy Award, Cavalcade of America, The Whistler, & Johnny Dollar)
With July 4th right around the corner, we've got a quartet of radio mysteries involving great figures and moments of American history. Henry Fonda rec...
Episode 629 - Pinch of Basil (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & Cavalcade of America)
We're tipping our deerstalker cap to Basil Rathbone in celebration of his June 13th birthday. Of course, we'll hear him as Sherlock Holmes in three ol...
Episode 628 - Detectives for Dad’s Day (Ellery Queen, Let George Do It, The Big Guy, & Philip Marlowe)
Happy Father's Day! We're celebrating dear old Dad with a collection of radio mysteries featuring fathers. First, Ellery Queen and his police inspecto...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The Valentine Matter
Our run through the serialized adventures of Johnny Dollar brings us to the Big Easy! In "The Valentine Matter" (originally aired on CBS between Octob...
Episode 627 - Mohr Bang for Your Buck (Philip Marlowe, The Whistler, & Suspense)
"Get this and get it straight!" We're celebrating Gerald Mohr - the radio actor who brought a two-fisted intensity to Philip Marlowe - in honor of his...
BONUS - Dollar Days: The Alvin Summers Matter
Our bonus series spotlighting the serialized adventures of Johnny Dollar continues! In "The Alvin Summers Matter" (originally aired on CBS between Oct...