The golden age of radio had incredible detective demonstrates kept Americans glued with their sets. Families gathered around their living space radios to hear their favorite Hollywood superstars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Dick Powell as suave detective Richard Diamond, Vincent Cost as the Saint, Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday on Dragnet, Richard Kollmar as ‘enemy to those that make him an foe, friend to those people who have no friend’ on Boston Blackie, John Stanley about Vintage Radio’s Greatest Detective Shows, Vol. 3 and Ian Martin as Holmes and Watson in the Journeys 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 in another expense accounts on Yours Truly, Johnny Money, and so 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 from the Unwelcome Ambassador’ (12 Sep 1948)

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, ‘Loss of life of a Private Eyesight’ (2 Jan 1952)

Boston Blackie, ‘The Skating Rink Murders’ (9 Jul 1946)

Broadway Is My Defeat, ‘Laura Burton Murder Case’ (3 Nov 1950)

Crime and Peter Chambers, ‘Cemetery Strike’ (20 Apr 1954)

Dragnet, ‘The Big Check’ (31 Aug 1950)

Inspector Thorne, ‘Nickels and Dimes Murder Case’ (6 Sep 1951)

Let George GET IT DONE, ‘Journey into Hate’ (21 Feb 1949)

Mr. & Mrs. North, ‘Contact Me Chu Chu’ (9 Dec 1950)

Philo Vance, Detective, ‘The Uncovering Ring Murder Case’ (1 Nov 1949)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, ‘Photographer’s Cards’ (26 Mar 1950)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, ‘The Markham Matter’ (18 Nov 1956)