BONUS - Revenge of Halloween Hoopla!
Grab your costume and a pillowcase! We're going trick or treating through the golden age of radio in the annual Down These Mean Streets Hall...
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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
An old-time radio podcast, bringing you detective adventures from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, tune in for an adventure of Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Johnny Dollar, The Saint, and man...
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Episode 685 - Spectral Sleuthing (Michael Shayne, Sherlock Holmes, Let George Do It, & Richard Diamond)
Halloween is only a few days away, and in honor of the spooky season we've got four radio detectives tangling with seemingly supernatural su...
Episode 684 - Mine, All Mine! (Philip Marlowe, The Saint, & Johnny Dollar)
A miner's strike can yield silver, diamonds, or even gold…but those valuable finds can also lead to murder as our heroes discover this week....
Encore - Haunted Holmes Tour (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
With Halloween fast approaching, enjoy this encore episode featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson tackling seemingly supernatural foes in...
Episode 683 - Gumshoe Guest Stars (Box 13, Green Lama, Richard Diamond, & Johnny Dollar)
Before they starred (or sometimes while they were starring) in their own radio detective shows, some actors made guest appearances on other...
Episode 682 - Two Gusts of "Red Wind" (Adventures of Philip Marlowe)
On September 26, 1948, Gerald Mohr went on the air as Raymond Chandler's private eye in The Adventures of Philip Marlowe . His debut adventu...
BONUS - Bat's in the Belfry (Adventures of Superman)
With a slight delay, we wrap up our celebration of Batman Day with the concluding chapters of "The Secret of Meteor Island." This Superman r...
BONUS - World's Finest On the Air (Adventures of Superman)
Holy team-up! To celebrate Batman Day, here's a radio adventure that unites the Caped Crusader and Robin, the Boy Wonder, with Superman. We'...
Episode 681 - Big Man of Mystery on Campus (Adventures of Frank Merriwell)
As a new school year gets underway, we head to Yale for the exploits of star athlete and adventurer Frank Merriwell. The all-American hero f...
Episode 680 - Same Sleuth, Different Voice: Sherlock Holmes
Our series of radio detectives played by multiple actors takes us today to Baker Street and four men who donned the deerstalker cap of Sherl...
Episode 679 - Same Sleuth, Different Voice: Jeff, Regan, Investigator
This week, we collect ten a day and expenses with the Lyon's Eye(s) and the three actors who played Jeff Regan, Investigator. The gumshoe wa...
BONUS - Remembering Peggy Webber
In this bonus episode, we salute the late Peggy Webber, who passed away on August 15th at the age of 100. One of the radio era's most versat...
Encore - Multiple Mr. Marlowes
Note: Some dental surgery prevented recording a new episode, so enjoy this encore from 2025 featuring several different actors starring as R...
Episode 678 - Same Sleuth, Different Voice: Michael Shayne
We kick off a new podcast season (our 14th!) and begin a new month-long series spotlighting detectives who were played by multiple actors on...
Episode 677 - Summer in the City: San Francisco (Gregory Hood, Candy Matson, Pat Novak, Sam Spade, & The Line-Up)
Bad guys left some clues in San Francisco, and our collection of local sleuths won't let the crooks get away with their crimes. We wrap up o...
Episode 676 - Summer in the City: Los Angeles (Philip Marlowe & Dragnet)
Our travels across the country continue with two of the signature sleuths of the City of Angels: private eye Philip Marlowe and Sgt. Joe Fri...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 6)
Our final installment in our Super Summer bonus series is super-sized with the last seven chapters of this epic Superman adventure! Will Sup...
Episode 675 - Summer in the City: New York (Broadway is My Beat, Richard Diamond, & 21st Precinct)
We're visiting some of the world's biggest and busiest cities this summer, and while we're in town we'll rub elbows with some of their resid...
BONUS - Super Summer: Superman vs. Kryptonite (Part 5)
As "Bud Smith," the amnesiac Superman is a home run-crushing, strike-out hurling baseball phenom! But "Big" George Latimer still hunts for t...
Encore - Four for the 4th
Happy 4th of July and a happy 250th birthday to the USA! In honor of this momentous occasion, I'm sharing an encore presentation of four Ame...