Best Nostalgic Radio Podcasts (2024)

Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on Mutual from 1943 to 1955. Nick Carter first came to radio as The Return of Nick Carter. Then Nick Carter, Master Detective, with Lon Clark in the title role, began April 11, 1943, on Mutual, continuing in many different timeslots for well over a decade. Jock MacGregor was the producer-director of script…

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January 30th, 2024 54:05

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Ep.488 The Adventures Of The Falcon: The Case Of The Fatal Fix 31:24

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The Adventures Of The Falcon: This hard boiled spy drama began as an RKO Radio Pictures theatrical serial in the 1940s, went on radio in 1943, and then came to TV around ten years later in a Syndicated series produced for distribution by NBC Films; the series was about an American agent whose code name was "Falcon". The success of the films led to …

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Show Host Robert - 696By Nostalgic Radio and Cars

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January 16, 2024 53:46

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Rob Myers - 695By Nostalgic Radio and Cars

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January 9th, 2024 53:45

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Richard Fraser - 694By Nostalgic Radio and Cars

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Ep.487 Dragnet: The Big Watch 31:10

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Dragnet ran from June 3rd,1949 to February 26th,1957 on NBC at various times and days and starred Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Various partners throughout the show's run were Sergeant Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander). Webb was the creator/Director of the series and w…

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John Kraman, Joe Sabatini, Jojo Zelinski -693By Nostalgic Radio and Cars

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December 26,2023 54:12

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George Terry - 692By Nostalgic Radio and Cars

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Ep.486 Father Brown: The Honour of Israel Gow 30:26

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Rough and tough Hard-boiled detectives grab a lot of attention, but who would have a better insight on the nature of human evil than “a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins”? Where could you find a more “soft-boiled” character than the parish priest. Mutual brought The Adventures of Father Brown to the air in 1945. Father Brown was…

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December 19th, 2023 53:49

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Ep.485 Philo Vance: The Red Duck Murder Case 28:38

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Philo Vance is the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920s. Jose Ferrer played him in 1945. From 1948-1950, the fine radio actor Jackson Beck makes Vance as good as he gets. George Petrie plays Vance's constantly impressed public servant, District Attorney Markham. Joan Alexander is Ellen Deering, Vance's secretary and…

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December 12th, 2023 53:49

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Ep.484 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harold Trandem Matter 31:57

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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, Johnny Dollar". Johnny was an accomplished 'padder' of his expense account. The name of the show de…

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Ep.483 Richard Diamond Private Detective: The Mike Burton Murder Case 31:25

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC in 1949. Diamond was a slick, sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for folks who needed it. Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as much as entertaining his girl, Helen Asher. After each show, he would croon a number to his Park Avenue sweetheart. Mr. Powell, a former song and dance man,…

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Ep.482 The Whistler: The Alibi 31:24

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The Whistler You're walking alone on the street at night, but then you hear another set of footsteps and a haunting tune being whistled by an unseen stranger. The unseen Whistler didn't kill anyone (that we know of), but he certainly loved watching murders take place, narrating them for us, and chuckling at the suffering of others instead of doing …

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Ep.481 The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes: The Telltale Pigeon Feathers 33:47

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Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The prototype for the modern mastermind detective, Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world’s first and only “consulting detective,” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwa…

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Ep.480 Pat Novak For Hire: Sam Tolliver 32:14

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Pat Novak For Hire: Classic old time radio showing starring Jack Webb (1946, 1949) and Ben Morris (1947-48) as Pat Novak, a street wise guy who rents boats and anything else a good man pays a bad one to do. Novak is always getting into scrapes when taking on jobs for hire or occasionally as a favor to a friend. When he does, he goes to see "The Onl…

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November 21st, 2023 53:52

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Ep.479 Nick Carter Master Detective: Murder In The Crypt 31:22

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Nick Carter, Master Detective, which aired on Mutual from 1943 to 1955. Nick Carter first came to radio as The Return of Nick Carter. Then Nick Carter, Master Detective, with Lon Clark in the title role, began April 11, 1943, on Mutual, continuing in many different timeslots for well over a decade. Jock MacGregor was the producer-director of script…

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