Classic Radio’s Greatest Detective Shows, Vol. 6

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Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Philip Marlowe, Dragnet, Nick Carter, Philo Vance, Boston Blackie, Richard Diamond, Johnny Dollar, and many more!

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, 9/8/51 - “The Medium Was Rare” Boston Blackie, 9/24/46 - “The Abbott Painting” Broadway Is My Beat, 6/13/53 - “George Lane” Dragnet, 11/15/51 - “The Big Bungalow” The Fat Man, 7/8/46 - “The Black Angel” Jeff Regan, Investigator, 1/18/50 - “A Streetcar named Schultz” Let George Do It, 10/4/46 - “Kleptomaniac” Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, 2/24/44 - “The Case of the Murder in the Air” Nick Carter, Master Detective, 7/1/45 - “The Man Who Lived Too Long” Official Detective, 2/23/56 - “Butcher Shop Murder” Philo Vance, 11/8/49 - “The Mental Murder Case” Police Blotter, 1957 - “Homicide By Hurricane” Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 6/7/53 - “The Cover-Up Murders” Treasury Agent, 8/11/47 - “The Case of the Faithful Wife” Under Arrest, 5/8/49 - “Mrs. Mollison’s Handbag” Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 11/18/56 - “The Markham Matter”

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