Episodes

Sept. 24, 2025

THE LAST WISH and THE GLASS DONKEY ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE

Elements of mystery have always been represented in literature, but the detective story didn't arrive on the scene until the mid 1800's. Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, published in 1841, was the first. The M...

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Sept. 21, 2025

THE GIRL FROM PITCHFORK CORNERS and THE IRON COFFIN ADVENTURES OF P…

Elements of mystery have always been represented in literature, but the detective story didn't arrive on the scene until the mid 1800's. Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, published in 1841, was the first. The M...

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Sept. 19, 2025

THE BIG BOP and THE BIG LIFT DRAGNET

Dragnet was a police drama series that followed the realistic cases of Los Angeles Police Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb, as he investigated crimes based on actual police files, with the names changed t...

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Sept. 17, 2025

THE BIG REVOLT and THE BIG HAM DRAGNET

Dragnet was a police drama series that followed the realistic cases of Los Angeles Police Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb, as he investigated crimes based on actual police files, with the names changed t...

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Sept. 14, 2025

THE BIG WILL and THE BIG LILY DRAGNET

Dragnet was a police drama series that followed the realistic cases of Los Angeles Police Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb, as he investigated crimes based on actual police files, with the names changed t...

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Sept. 12, 2025

DRAGNET TRIPLE PLAY THE BIG CARNEY, THE BIG JOKE, and THE BIG FAKE MO…

Dragnet was a police drama series that followed the realistic cases of Los Angeles Police Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb, as he investigated crimes based on actual police files, with the names changed t...

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Sept. 10, 2025

BIG GUN PT 1 and BIG GUN PT 2

Dragnet was a police drama series that followed the realistic cases of Los Angeles Police Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb, as he investigated crimes based on actual police files, with the names changed t...

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Sept. 7, 2025

THE BIG RIP and THE BIG SCRAPBOOK DRAGNET

Dragnet was a police drama series that followed the realistic cases of Los Angeles Police Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, portrayed by Jack Webb, as he investigated crimes based on actual police files, with the names changed t...

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Sept. 5, 2025

THE ISABEL JAMES MATTER and THE NELSON MATTER YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DO…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 31, 2025

THE SHAYNE BOMBING MATTER and THE JAMES FORBES MATTER

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 29, 2025

THE JONATHAN BELLOWS MATTER and THE JONES MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNN…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 27, 2025

THE OKLAHOMA RED MATTER and THE EMIL CARTER MATTER

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 24, 2025

THE ENOCH ARDEN MATTER and THE MADISON MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY D…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 22, 2025

THE EMILY BRADDOCK MATTER and THE BRISBANE FRAUD MATTER

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 20, 2025

THE BLACKMAIL MATTER and THE ROCHESTER THEFT MATTER YOURS TRULY, JO…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 17, 2025

THE DAMERON MATTER and THE SAN ANTONIO MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNN…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 15, 2025

THE LESTER JAMES MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 13, 2025

THE KING'S NECKLACE and THE SYNDICATE YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 10, 2025

Anne Shirley didn't have radio, tv, movies, rock music, or internet a…

Find out today by following us at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age (link below) as Anne Shirley leaves her childhood home on Prince Edward Island to attend her freshman year in college in 'Anne of The Island" Link to show and...

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Aug. 10, 2025

THE UNDERWOOD MATTER and THE JEANNE MAXWELL MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOH…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 8, 2025

THE CHICAGO FRAUD and THE LATOURETTE MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOL…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 6, 2025

THE MARIGOLD MATTER and THE KAY BALLARD MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY …

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 3, 2025

THE THELMA IBSEN MATTER and THE STARLET MATTER YOURS TRULY JOHNNY D…

For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, J...

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Aug. 1, 2025

THE BIG CHAT and THE BIG COMPULSION DRAGNET

DRAGNET Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brough...

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