Old Time Radio Lady Sleuths: Recent Episodes
Adam Graham
This feed celebrates old time radio mysteries that feature female detective heroines.
The majority of episodes in this feed are dedicated to hard boiled private eye Candy Matson, Defense Attorney Martha Ellis Bryant, and Justice Department Investigator Irene Delroy in the Airmail Mystery. However, there are a variety of specials from programs like Murder Clinic and Suspense, as well as a few lesser-known series.
Host Adam Graham is your guide to these remarkable women sleuths.
Today's Mystery: A woman operating a shooting gallery game at an amusement park suspects that the death of an elderly watchman for the carnival is tied to a firebug who has been operating in town.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Adelaide Klein as Cathy; Bill Lipton; Patrick Campbell; Sydney Smith; Walter Black
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Today's Mystery: Anne investigates the sale of black market nylons.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 7, 1944
Originating from Chicago
Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers; Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole\
Referenced in this Episode: Hot Copy Radio Theater
Episode Referenced: Trouble in Tunisia
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Today's Mystery: The anti-vice candidate for mayor dies suddenly. The coroner says it was heart failure, but Anne think he was murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 27, 1944
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers, Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole
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Today's Mystery: With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a murder investigation.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1944
Starring: Alice Frost as Pamela North
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Today's Mystery: Pam helps the fiancée of a condenmed killer to try and find evidence to clear him.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1944
Originated from New York City
Starred: Alice Frost as Pamela North, Frank Lovejoy
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Today's Mystery:A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the nun save her before her looming execution?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary; Barbara Rush as Valerie Carns; Norma Varden; Paul Frees; Mary Flynn; Herb Butterfield; Ottola Nesmith; Dan O'Herlihy; Joseph Kearns; Leo Britt; Jeanne Wood; Lois Corbett; Yvonne Peattie
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Today's Mystery: Jane gets a client for Peter Blossom, a beautiful widow who's accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 12, 1946
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Today's Mystery: Jane gets a client for Peter Blossom, a beautiful widow who's accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 12, 1946
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Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946
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Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946
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Today's Mystery:
A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950
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Today's Mystery:A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Become one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives
Martha takes up the defense of a man who claims self-defense in the shooting of a man who held up his bar ... and who was his wife's ex-husband.
Original Air Date: August 28, 1952
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A reporter tries to track down a gang that specializes in wholesale murder.
Original Air Date: March 9, 1941
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A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife. Original Air Date: June 19, 1939 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more…
Fitz repairs the plane in mid-air and then parachutes down below as the search for Jimmy Gifford and the perpetrators of the air mail robbery comes to a head. Original Air Date: 1932 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…
Fitz and Gifford pursue a suspect in the murder of the radio operator and then encounter a mysterious new pilot. Original Air Date: 1932 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Irene Delroy confronts Powers about why he arrived at the scene of the latest crash so quickly. Original Air Date: 1932 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Irene Delroy begins to question some suspicious characters while Andy Andrews makes another attempt to complete a flight where he’s gone three times before, not knowing he’s carrying currency in the mail. Original Air Date: 1932 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to:…
Irene Delroy travels to the scene of the latest crash. Original Air Date: 1932 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Justice Department investigator Irene Delroy begins an investigation into a series of plane crashes where thousands of dollars in government cash and securities disappeared from U.S. mail shipments. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1932 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham,…
Marty hired to defend a college basketball player by a man who expects to be murdered and for the basketball player to be blamed. Original Air Date: July 17, 1952 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise,…
A woman is interested in marrying a man from a personals ad but fears he’s a murderer, Lt. Mary Sullivan investigates. Original Air Date June 29, 1947 Support the show monthly at
A librarian learns of a book missing a page and her investigation leads her to a kidnapping. Original Air Date: September 20, 1945 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
A man confesses to murdering his wife, but can’t remember the details and is mentally incompetent due a medical condition. A doctor (Janet Leight) tries to treat him to get to the truth. Original Air Date: November 7, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail…
An elderly wealthy man asks Martha Ellis Bryant to find out which of his sons want to kill him and then one of his sons is killed. Original Air Date: April 10, 1952 Vote for the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio in the Entertainment Category in the Podcast Awards. Support the show monthly at…
A teenage paperboy is accused of a hit and run killing and Martha seeks to find the truth. Original Air Date: September 14, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read more ...
Time is running out for a shop owner on death throw and it’s up to Martha Ellis Bryant to clear him. Original Air Date: August 31, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Read…
At the request of an old man, Martha Ellis Bryant undertakes the case of the man’s son who’s serving life in prison for a murder he claims he didn’t commit. Audition Date: April 17, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam…
A psychiatrist tries to unravel the mystery of a man who believes he murdered another psychiatrist. Will she find out the truth or become his next victim. Original Air Date: January 25, 1951 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO…
An unemployed man finds himself accused of murder and accompanied by a beautiful blonde detective who has an appetite for homicide. Original Air Date: December 28, 1943 Read more ...
A young female law student inherits her uncle’s detective agency, planning to sell it but decides t Read more ...
Candy is hired by the wife of a missing unscrupulous businessman to find him.
Audition Recording Date: September 21, 1952
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Mallard is acting suspicious and Candy looks into it. When a body turns up, Candy has to find out the truth about the murder and Mallard. Original Read more ...
Candy, Rembrandt, and Mallard visit a historic California mission and find themselves embroiled in a murder case.
Mallard gives Candy an amulet with Egyptian writing on it to get translation help. She goes to Rembrandt and finds out he’ Read more ...
Candy goes to visit an old friend at a movie company filming in San Francisco and runs into a string of murders.
Candy is hired by the sister of a brilliant composer who is losing his mind. Original Air Date: June 20, 1950 Tak Read more ...
Candy goes on vacation at a dude ranch at the Valley of the Moon and quickly runs into murder.
Santa’s helper, Jack Frost, turns up missing and at the request of a friend, Candy gets Rembrandt to take the job. Howeve Read more ...
Candy is hired by a conductor to investigate what’s causing an orchestra concert to be ruined. Original Air Date: February 7, 1950 Read more ...
Candy is referred to an insurance investigator who wants her to confirm his findings that a a fatal airplance crash was acciden Read more ...
A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent family from scandal. Original Air Date: September 22, 1942 Cast your vote for the show on podcast alley http://podcastalley.greatdetectives.net Become Read more ...
An owner of a restaurant hires Candy after finding a dead man in a devil costume. Original Air Date: September 30, 1949< Read more ...
Candy agrees to be a queen of a Marine dance at Fort Ord but stumbles into a series of bodies, each with a musical calling card Read more ...
A man sitting next to Candy on a cable car is shot and killed. Candy tries to solve the case and find a way to collect a fee.
Candy is hired to investigate the murder of a singer. Audition recorded April 4, 1949 Take our listener survey Read more ...
A female detective tries to solve a murder in a radio studio in the series 26 by Corwin. Original Air Date: October 12, 1941 Cast your vote for the show on podca Read more ...