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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Big Phone Call (Video Theater 299)Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs have evidence that a local jewelry salesman is behind the robbery of another salesman. They present the vidence in hopes of getting a confession. Season 1, Episode 12 Original Air Date: May 22, 1952 Based on a radio script from February 14, 1952
2025-09-2829 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioThe Greene Murder Case (Video Theater 298)A wealthy family’s household becomes the scene of intrigue when a series of shocking crimes threatens its members. Suspicion falls heavily within the walls of their imposing home, and the air grows tense as Philo Vance works to uncover the truth. Mystery, secrets, and a shadow of danger hang over each clue in this chilling early talkie. Originally released in U.S. theaters on August 11, 1929. The film stars William Powell, in one of his earliest detective roles, alongside Jean Arthur and Eugene Pallette. The ensemble also features Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, E. H...
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioThe Canary Murder Case (Video Theater 297)A singer who threatens the happiness of the son of one of Philo Vance's (William Powell) oldest friends is murdered and Vance is called in to investigate. Features Jean Arthur, and Eugene Pallette. Original Release Date: February 16, 1929
2025-08-241h 30
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioMy Favorite Brunette (Video Theater 296)A baby photographer (Bob Hope) impersonates a travelling private and is hired to find a beautiful woman (Dorothy Lamour) to find a missing older man. Also features Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney, Jr.
2025-07-271h 32
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioMr. Moto's Last Warning: Video Theater 295With rising international tensions, Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) arrives in Egypt and battles a dangerous gang led by a sinister ventriloquist (Ricardo Cortez) Original Release Date: January 20, 1939
2025-06-221h 15
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Big September Man (Video Theater 294)Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs investigate the brutal murder of a woman. Season 1, Episode 11 Original Air Date: May 8, 1952
2025-05-2530 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioMr. and Mrs North: The Placid Affair (Video Theater 293)In this episode of Public Domain Video Theater, host Adam Graham presents an intriguing episode of Mr. And Mrs. North titled "The Placid Affair," originally aired on April 27, 1954 as the 14th episode of the Second Season. Join us as we unravel a tale of crime, deception, and the lengths one will go to for love and money. With stellar performances by Barbara Britton and Richard Denning, this episode showcases the complexities of human relationships against a backdrop of criminal intrigue. Don't miss this captivating journey into the world of vintage detective stories!
2025-05-1329 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Big Cast (Video Theater 292)Follow the tense investigation led by Joe Friday and his partner Ed Jacobs as they unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Paul Davis and confront the man (Lee Marvin) they suspect of killing him. Season 1, Episode 5 Original Air Date: February 14, 1952
2025-04-2730 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioMr. and Mrs. North: Homicide Limited (Video Theater 291)On board a train returning to New York from Miami, the Norths see a woman they met in Miami on a train handcuffs, setting the stage for murder. Original Air Date: March 30, 1954 Season 2, Episode 10
2025-04-1329 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Big Mother (Video Theater 290)Sergeants Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs search for a baby kidnapped from a hospital. Season 1, Episode 4 Original Air Date: January 31, 1952 Based on a Radio Script: from November 9, 1950
2025-03-2332 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioMr. and Mrs. North: On the Rocks (Video Theater 289)As the Norths find themselves embroiled in a weekend getaway turned murder mystery, tensions rise when a guest is poisoned and secrets unravel. Original Air Date: January 2, 1953 Season 1, Episode 14
2025-03-0929 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Big Actor (Video Theater 288)Join us as we follow Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero on a complex case involving a robbery at All Saints Hospital’s pharmacy, where $10,000 worth of narcotics goes missing. With a wounded intern and a trail of clues leading to the dark underbelly of drug distribution, the detectives race against time to catch the culprit before the stolen drugs can be sold on the streets. Original Air Date: January 3, 1952 Season 1, Episode 2 Referenced: Radio Version of The Big Actor
2025-02-2329 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioMr. and Mrs. North: Till Death Do Us Part (Video Theater 287)The Norths are getting to celebrate their anniversary when a sinister bride doll is delivered and they find themselves in another murder. Original Air Date: October 10, 1952 Season 1, Episode 2
2025-02-0930 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Human Bomb (Video Theater 286)Step back in time with us as we revisit the very first TV episode of Dragnet, "The Human Bomb." This episode, based on a radio script from 1949, takes you into the heart of Los Angeles, where Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner, Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), face a tense, 26-minute race against time to prevent a disaster. Original AIr Date: December 14, 1951 based on a radio play from July 21, 1949 Season 1, Episode 1
2025-01-2633 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond's Bride (Video Theater 285)The thrilling conclusion to the Bulldog Drummond series is here! Join us as we dive into a world of action, comedy, and romance. In this final installment, Bulldog Drummond navigates a bank robbery and a mad painter, while trying to ensure his long-awaited wedding in romantic happens France. With unexpected twists and comedic elements, this episode promises a satisfying end to the saga. Original Release July 12, 1939 Starring John Howard, as Bulldog Drummond, Heather Angel as Phyllis Clavering
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: Elephant in Stockings (Video Theater 284)A promoter promises to buy a cargo of defective silk stockings from a businessman through a pyramid scheme. Original Air Date: December 12, 1952 Season 3, Episode 13
2024-11-1726 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond's Secret Police (Video Theater 283)Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) is on the verge of marrying Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel), but a thrilling mystery involving hidden treasures and secret passages threatens to derail their plans. Join us as we explore this captivating story filled with suspense, humor, and unexpected twists. Will Drummond and Phyllis finally tie the knot? Original Release Date: April 14, 1939
2024-11-0359 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: Check and Double Check (Video Theater 282)A fatherless boy (Billie Gray) secretly joins a gang of juveniles passing forged checks. Season 3, Episode 1 Original Air Date: September 4, 1952
2024-10-2729 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioArrest Bulldog Drummond (Video Theater 281)JoJOIN OUR MORE THAN 14,000 SUBSCRIBERS Hugh Drummond is going to be married, but first he has to stop a newly-invented atomic from being used to launch a new war. Follow Captain Drummond and his team as they navigate through espionage, murder, and a race against time to prevent global catastrophe. Original Release Date: November 25, 1938
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: One More Dream (Video Theater 280)Dive into the world of Commodore Stitch, a notorious con artist, as he orchestrates an elaborate scam to fleece a millionaire with a scheme involving the promise of psychic power. Season 2, Episode 50 Original Air Date: August 28, 1952
2024-09-2228 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond in Africa (Video Theater 279)Hugh Drummond's wedding is delayed yet again when he has to go to Africa to rescue Colonel Nielsen. Join us as Captain Drummond navigates a series of comedic and thrilling events leading up to his wedding day, involving missing trousers, kidnapped colonels, and a daring rescue mission in Africa. With stellar performances from HB Warner, Heather Angel, J. Carrol Naish, and a young Anthony Quinn, this episode is packed with action, humor, and unexpected twists. Tune in for a delightful mix of suspense and comedy! Original Release Date: August 5, 1938
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: The Smoke Eater (Video Theater 278)Today's Mystery: A conman who "looks like a cop" comes up with an unlikely racket. Original Air Date: August 7, 1952 Season 2, Episode 47
2024-08-2529 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond's Peril (Video Theater 277) Bulldog Drummond's Swiss wedding is delayed when a guest carrying newly developed artificial diamonds is murdered at a party before the wedding. Original Release Date: March 18, 1938 Starring John Howard as Bulldog Drummond, John Barrymore as Colonel Nelson, Louise Campbell as Phyllis Clevering, E.E. Clive as Tenny
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: The Soft Touch (Video Theater 276)As hotel guests gather following a fire, a series of cons unfold, involving counterfeit money, smuggled furs, and a web of deceit. Join us as we navigate through this clever and suspenseful narrative, revealing the cunning minds of criminals and the ever-watchful eyes of law enforcement. Original Air Date: May 1, 1952 Season 2, Episode 38
2024-07-2826 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond's Revenge (Video Theater 275)Captain Drummond (John Howard) and his loyal friend Algy must navigate a web of deceit and danger, with the fate of a powerful new explosive hanging in the balance. Will Drummond be able to thwart the plans of those who seek to use this deadly weapon for nefarious purposes? Original Release Date: December 16, 1937 Also stars John Barrymore, Louise Howard, Reginal Denny, E.E. Howard
2024-07-1458 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: The Case of the Hearse Chasers (Video Theater 274)A forger trying to go straight gets involved with a slick racketeer. Season 2, Episode 26 Original Air Date: February 28, 1952
2024-06-2328 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond Escapes (Video Theater 273)Two relatives of a man who hanged thanks to the testimony of Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) kidnap his girlfriend, Phyllis Clevering (Louise Campbell). The criminals give him a series of clues and an ultimatum to keep Colonel Nelson (John Barrymore) out of the case. Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1937
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: Desperate Money (Video Theater 272)In this gripping episode, Captain Braddock (Reed Hadley) unveil the treacherous world of illegal money lending through the harrowing tale of Carl Miller, a hardworking tailor ensnared by desperation and deceit. As Captain Braddock of the racket squad narrates, we witness the perils of "Desperate Money" and the dark underbelly of loan sharking. This real-life story, plucked from the case files of law enforcement, serves as a stark warning against the siren call of easy money and the ruthless predators lying in wait. Season 2, Episode 21 Original Air Date: January 24, 1952
2024-05-2829 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioBulldog Drummond Escapes (Video Theater 271)Bulldog Drummond, portrayed by the suave Ray Milland, takes on the foggy dangers of 1930s England in a heart-pounding adventure. With cunning villains, daring escapades, and a touch of romance, this is one movie you won't want to miss. Theatrical Release Date: January 22, 1937
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Helldorado (Video Theater 270) In the heat of Cochise County's Helldorado week, a celebration turns sour as Sheriff Morgan confronts the chaos of an open town. With high-stakes poker games and the threat of murder hanging over the festivities, Morgan must protect the integrity of his badge and the safety of his guests. This episode, "Helldorado," takes us on a wild ride through loyalty, deceit, and the gambles we take with the cards we're dealt. Season 1, Episode 15 Original Air Date: December 7, 1956
2024-04-3029 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Mine Story (Video Theater 269(Join Steve Mitchell as he embarks on a perilous journey behind the Iron Curtain, infiltrating a slave labor camp to extract vital intelligence. With time running against him and danger at every turn, will Steve secure the information and make it out alive, or will this assignment prove too deadly? Season 1, Episode 39 Original Air Date: Spring 1952
2024-04-1431 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioSheriff of Cochise: Woman Escapes (Video Theater 268)When Hank Gifford finds himself caught between his domineering sister and his manipulative girlfriend, a tragic accident spirals into a harrowing investigation and it's up to Sheriff Morgan (John Bomfield) to find the truth. Season 2, Episode 29 Original Air Date: October 31, 1957
2024-03-3129 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Missing Diplomat Story (Video Theater 267)Steve Mitchell embarks on a high-stakes mission to locate a missing European diplomat and recover top-secret records. As tensions rise and loyalties are questioned, join Mitchell in the bustling streets of Barcelona, where every corner could hold a clue or a deadly trap. Season 1, Episode 17 Original Air Date: December 1951
2024-03-1728 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioSheriff of Cochise: Vapor (Video Theater 266)Two robbers feign car trouble and steal a traveling salesman's car. Season 1, Episode 25 Original Air Date: March 15, 1957
2024-02-2530 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Caboose Story (Video Theater 265)Steve Mitchell travels to Tokyo on a dangerous assignment that reunites him with Marta Siba, an old flame with a new agenda. Dive into a tale of espionage where trains derail, bridges explode, and love might just be the deadliest force of all. Season 1, Episode 16 Original Air Date: December 1951
2024-02-1129 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Kill or Be KilledA man who murdered a federal witness hides out at an isolated farmhouse. Original Air Date: February 22, 1960 Season 2, Episode 31
2024-01-2828 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Sunflower Seed Story (Video Theater 263)Steve is sent to South America on a Cold War Mission where an American businessman is accused of assassinating an anti-American party leader. Original Broadcast Date: December 1951 Season 1, Episode 15
2024-01-1428 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDragnet: The Big Little Jesus (Encore) (Video Theater 262)Friday and Smith try to recover a stolen statue of the child Jesus for a church before the Christmas Mass. Original Air Date: December 24, 1953 Season 3, Episode 17
2023-12-2435 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioSherlock Holmes: The Christmas Pudding (Video Theater 261)A serial killer threatens to get Holmes before he’s executed. Episode 23 of the 1954-55 Sherlock Holmes series. Original Air Date: April 4, 1955
2023-12-1029 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Murder, My Darling (Video Theater 260)A woman who absconded with embezzled funds is found murdered and suspicion falls on her husband. Original Air Date: October 8, 1959 Season 2, Episode 9 Starred John Bromfield as Marshal Morgan, James Griffith as Deputy Tom Ferguson
2023-11-1929 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Havana Microfilm Story (Video Theater 259)Steve (Brian Donlevy) goes to Havana to find the head of a spy ring that's been stealing U.S. Government secrets putting g them on microfilm and smuggling them out of the country. Features Lyle Talbot Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 14
2023-11-0529 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: The Man Who Lived Twice (Video Theater 258)A safecracker is thwarted when trying to rob a wealthy man and there's suspicion about the involvement of an inside man...who had been declared dead! Season 2, Episode 16 Original Air Date: November 16, 1959
2023-10-2228 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Burma Temple Story (Video Theater 257)Steve heads to Burma after an American correspondent is murdered and seeks to find a woman who may be a witness...or the murderer. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 13
2023-10-0828 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Stool Pigeon (Video Theater 256)Marshal Morgan tries to get a captured Narcotics Smuggler to reveal who the leader of the racket is. Season 1, Episode 27 Original Air Date: January 22, 1959
2023-09-2428 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Blood-Stained Feather Story (Video Theater 255)Steve goes to Cairo to take out a dangerous secret order. Original Air Date: Autumn 1951
2023-09-1028 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioHe Walked by Night (Video Theater 254)The LAPD hunts for a desperate and cunning criminal (Richard Basehart) who killed a police officer in this groundbreaking Police Procedural that features Jack Webb. Original Release Date: November 24, 1948
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: The Fence (VIdeo Theater 253)A Tucson diamond dealer claims self-defense after killing a robber, but Marshall Morgan's not buying it. Original Air Date: January 15, 1959 Season 1, Episode 25
2023-07-3028 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Italian Movie Story (Video Theater 252)Steve goes on a low-budget Italian movie set where a foreign agent got killed trying to acquire a piece of film. Season 1, Episode 11 Original Air Date: Fall 1951
2023-07-1628 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: My Sons (Video Theater 251)A son of a friend (Mary Astor) of Marshal Morgan dies in a car accident. The widow's dealing with more than grief. The death threatens to expose her family's car smuggling ring. Season 1, Episode 7 Original Air Date: September 9, 1958
2023-06-1829 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Lagoon Story (Video Theater 250)Steve goes to Africa in search of two agents who were on the trail of a deadly strain of parasites. Season 1, Episode 10 Original Air Date: Fall 1951
2023-06-0428 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Ghost Town (Video Theater 249)Two criminals escape jail with a hostage and hide out in an Arizona Ghost town. Season 2, Episode 1 Original Air Date: October 10, 1959
2023-05-2129 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Pat and Mike Story (Video Theater 248)Steve is sent to Africa to bring back a British Agent transporting an enemy agent stirring up U.S. interest but when Steve arrives he finds his life depends on figuring out which is the Brtish Agent and which is the enemy. Season 1, Episode 9 Original Air Date: Fall 1951
2023-05-0729 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: R.I.P. (Video Theater 247)A guard is implicated in a payroll robbery and left for dead and speechless by the gang who committed it. Directed by Robert Altman Original Air Date: June 6, 1959
2023-04-2329 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Salami Story (Video Theater 246)Steve boards a train in hopes of receiving a report from a Plastic Company CEO but finds the CEO murdered and the report missing. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1 Episode 8
2023-04-0929 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Deer Hunt (Video Theater 245)Marshal Morgan and his friend Chris go hunting but find themselves hunted when a man shoots Chris and sets out to finish him off as well as Morgan. Season 1, Episode 38 Original Air Date: June 27, 1959
2023-03-2629 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Bhandara Story (Video Theater 244)Steve goes to Bombay to meet with a witness who accused an American businessman of gunrunning. He wants to change his story but is killed and Steve has to go on the run from the police. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 7
2023-03-1228 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: MaryJo is Missing (Video Theater 243)Marshal Morgan learns an old friend has gone missing and her husband is acting suspiciously. Original Air Date: May 30, 1959 Season 1, Episode 34
2023-02-2629 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Key Story (Video Theater 242)Steve goes to the Swiss alps to obtain a foreign document that could stabilize a friendly country. Season 1, Episode 6 Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Based on Radio Play that aired March 20, 1950
2023-02-1231 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshal: Armored Car (Video Theater 241) Marshal Morgan investigates a precision armored car robbery. Original Release Date: April 4, 1959 Season 1, Episode 26
2023-01-2928 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Manger Story (Video Theater 240)The son of a man who knows the truth about a lecture circuit spy ring disappears from a Swiss boarding school and steve has to find the missing boy. Original Release Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 5
2023-01-1531 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioRacket Squad: The Christmas Caper (Encore) (Video Theater 239)A lovable old man is roped into working for a fraudulent charity Santa ring. Original Air Date: December 25, 1952 Season 3, Episode 15
2022-12-0430 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioU.S. Marshall: The Diner (Video Theater 238)An attempt to arrest a parole violator goes wrong when two desperate fugitives are visiting him when the Marshall comes calling. Season 1, Episode 15 Original Air Date: January 16, 1959
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Memory Chain (Video Theater 237)Steve travels to Munich to break up a spy ring that spreads its message by memory rather than in written form. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 4
2022-11-0628 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioSheriff of Cochise/U.S. Marshal: Federal Witness (Video Theater 236)Sheriff Morgan transports a federal witness to Tucson only to see the U.S. Marshall gunned out and himself tasked with capturing the criminal behind the whole thing. Season 2, Episode 39 of Sheriff of Cochise Original Sheriff of Cochise Air Date: December 13, 1957 Order/Air Date for U.S Marshal unknown
2022-10-2333 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioDangerous Assignment: The Displaced Persons Story (Video Theater 235)Steve has to find out who's sabotaging the efforts of refugees fleeing tyranny to build a better life for themselves on an island. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 3
2022-10-1030 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 234: U.S. Marshal: PursuitAn imprisoned soldier (Charles Bronson) kills a guard and escapes from custody, killing a guard, and kidnapping a corporal and his girlfriend. Season 1, Episode 16 Original Air Date: January 24, 1959
2022-09-2530 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 233: Dangerous Assignment: TheSteve is assigned to impersonate a sea captain who doesn't exist in order to trap a gang of gunrunners. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Season 1, Episode 2
2022-09-1129 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 232: U.S. Marshal: The ChampA young boxer goes (Michael Landon) gets into a life of crime and eventually, it'll fall to his friend, Marshall Morgan, to bring him to justice. Season 1, Episode 12 Original Air Date: December 27, 1958
2022-08-2831 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 231: Sherlock Holmes: The Case of Harry CrockerAn escape artist asks Holmes to clear him of murder. Season 1, Episode 9 Original Air Date: December 13, 1954
2022-08-1429 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 230: U.S. Marshal: Sentenced to DeathA violent criminal (Jack Lord) is sentenced to death in a fatal robbery. Marshal Morgan is charged with delivering the man to prison but suspects he has an escape plan. Season 1, Episode 3 Original Air Date: October 25, 1958
2022-07-3129 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 229: Dangerous Assignment: The Alien Smuggler StorySteve is sent to Portugal to investigate a refugee smuggling racket. Original Air Date: Fall 1951 Based on a radio play from August 13, 1949
2022-07-1733 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 228: U.S. Marshal: The FugitivesTwo fugitive bank robbers roll into Tucson and it falls to Marshal Morgan to hunt them down. ' Season 1, Episode 1 Original Air Date: October 11, 1958
2022-06-2632 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 227: Studio One: Two Sharp KnivesA chief of police receives a wire indicating a man on board an incoming train is a murderer. The man then dies in his cell and the Chief struggles to find evidence to support his incarceration. Season 2, Episode 10 Original Air Date: November 14, 1949 Listen to the radio version of this story.
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 226: Sheriff of Cochise: The RelativesSheriff Morgan has to get to the bottom of allegations of rustling within a contentious family. Season 1, Episode 24 Original Air Date: March 8, 1957
2022-05-2927 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 225: Man with a Camera: Two Strings of PearlsMike Kovac thinks he recognizes a girl from a cruise ship, but she pretends not to know him and her "Uncle" doesn't want his picture taken. Original Air Date: December 12, 1958 Season 1, Episode 9
2022-05-1628 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 224: Decoy: Stranglehold (Encore)Casey Jones (Beverly Garland) is called in to befriend a young woman when police suspect that her boyfriend is behind a strangulation. Originally Aired: 1957 (Episode 1)
2022-04-2434 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 223: So Was Goliath (Encore)Blackie tries to help out a boxer/law student who wants out of the fight game, but is held in place by a contract and a crooked fight boss. Season 2, Episode 11 Original Air Date: December 26, 1952
2022-04-1729 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 222: Dragnet: The Big Test (Encore)At their end of their shift, Friday and Smith meet a young man who came in to report the murder of his best friend while the two were in Mexico. Original Air Date: April 9, 1953 (Season 2, Episode 22)
2022-03-0629 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 221: The Cases of Eddie Drake: Shoot the Works (Encore)Eddie is hired by a wealthy woman to recover a watch that could reveal an indiscretion. Along the way, Eddie runs into murder. Original Air Date: April 10, 1952
2022-02-1432 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 220: Sheriff of Cochise: TriangleA beloved local doctor's death is initially thought to be a heart attack, but it quickly becomes apparent that someone murdered him. Season 1, Episode 22 Original Air Date: February 22, 1957
2022-01-3031 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 219: Man with a Camera: Blind SpotAn old friend of Mike's dies why telling him about a racket he's about his reveal. Mike travels to Lisbon to find who killed his friend. Original Air Date: December 5, 1958 Season 1, Episode 8
2022-01-1631 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioOTR Animated: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter OmnibusJohnny Dollar (Bob Bailey) seeks the witness to a murder in New York in the Michigan woods on Christmas Eve in this brief scene from the Nick Shurn Matter, Part Four from the radio series Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Original Air Date: December 22, 1955
2021-12-2204 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 218: Dragnet: The Big Little JesusFriday and Smith try to recover a stolen statue of the child Jesus for a church before the Christmas Mass. Original Air Date: December 24, 1953 Season 3, Episode 17
2021-12-1935 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 217: Sherlock Holmes: The Christmas PuddingA serial killer threatens to get Holmes before he’s executed. Episode 23 of the 1954-55 Sherlock Holmes series. Original Air Date: April 4, 1955
2021-12-1229 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 216: Sheriff of Cochise: Bank RobberyTwo bank robbers are plotting at a bank robbery at the county seat, but the sheriff begins to suspect of robbing another bank at the other end of the County. Season 1, Episode 23 Original Air Date: March 1, 1957
2021-11-2830 minVideo Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 215: Man with a Camera: Another BarrierMike Chronicles the test flight of a pilot whose girlfriend is scared of him dying while him in flight and thinks she's a jinx. Season 1, Episode 7 Original Air Date: November 28, 1958
2021-11-1529 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 214: Sheriff of Cochise: Lynching PartyA young man (James Best) kills his boss in a fight. The Sherrif arrests him, but has to save him from a lynching mob. Season 1, Episode 19 Original Air Date: February 1, 1957
2021-10-3129 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 213: Philo Vance: The Kennel Murder CasePhilo Vance (William Powell) is called in when a wealthy man is found murdered and in the process of undressing in his locked bedroom. Original Release Date: October 28, 1933
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 212: Sheriff of Cochise: Red-Haired StrangerA wanted man comes to town, dyes his hair to lay low and then kills a local mechanic. Season 1, Episode 10 Original Air Date: November 23, 1956
2021-09-2630 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 211: Man with a Camera: Double NegativeMike teams up with a writer with a bad reputation and obtains a picture of a woman who was supposed to have been murdered...or did he? Original Air Date: November 21, 1958 Season 1, Episode 6
2021-09-1429 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 210: Man Behind the Badge: The Case of Operation SabotageSaboteurs plot against a bomber squadron. Season 2, Episode 37 Original Air Date: September 17, 1955
2021-08-2929 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 209: Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Blind Man's BluffSherlock Holmes is called into investigate a case where the only clue is a chicken bone. Season 1, Episode 8 Original Air Date: December 6, 1954
2021-08-1629 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 208: Man Behind the Badge: The Case of the Hot StockThe case of a con man tricks a lonely spinster into giving her life savings to buy worthless oil stock. Season 2, Episode 25 Original Air Date: June 25, 1955
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Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 207: Man with a Camera: TurntableMike thinks the pictures he took of a crooked gambling syndicate operator will help a reform candidate wins. He's shocked to find his photos have been used in composites to blackmail the reform candidate. Season 1, Episode 5 Original Air Date: November 7, 1958
2021-07-1829 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 206: Federal Men: The Case of the Man OutsideThe head of a prison print shop tries to stay out of a counterfeiting scheme carried out by other inmates in his shop in hopes of being paroled. Season 5, Episode 5 Original Air Date: November 4, 1954
2021-06-2028 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 205: Man with a Camera: Close-Up on ViolenceA street gang comes after Mike and steals his camera after he takes a picture at the scene of a fire. Season 1, Episode 4 Original Air Date: October 31, 1958
2021-06-0429 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 204: Federal Men: The Case of the Iron CurtainAn American exporter willing to deal with countries behind the Iron Curtain sets up a guilt-ridden French survivor of a POW camp to take the fall for him. Season 5, Episode 16 (1955) Original Air Date: January 20, 1955 Veteran radio and TV character actor Ben Wright guest stars.
2021-05-2328 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 203: Man With A Camera: Profile of a KilelrMike's in a bank when it's robbed by a psychopath. Mike is kidnapped and survives by promising to get the killer prominent media coverage. Season 1, Episode 3 Original Air Date: October 24, 1958
2021-05-1129 min
Video Theater – The Great Detectives of Old Time RadioVideo Theater 202: Federal Men: The Case of the Bad BargainA treasury man poses as an opium dealer in order to catch a ring of opium smugglers. Season 5, Episode 12 Original Air Date: December 23, 1954
2021-04-2527 min
Archer and The DevilJohnny Ward - Onestep4wardJohnny Ward is a travel blogger (Onestep4ward.com) who is the first Irishman to have traveled to all 197 countries in the world. He has also done a ultramarathon's in the Sahara and North Pole, climbed 4 of the 7 highest peaks in the world and made over $1,000,000 while doing it. We speak to him about his experiences when traveling some of the most beautiful and dangerous countries in the world, spending lockdown cycling the length of Thailand, how he made his money through blogging and his plan to row across the Atlantic Ocean in 2021.Some incredible insights...
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