Episode 3 - Radio's Singing Gumshoe (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)

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Episode 3 - Radio's Singing Gumshoe (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)

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May 12, 2013

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Sing along with Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective in "Convict Louis Spence Escapes," first broadcast on NBC on March 5, 1950.

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May 12, 2013

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An old-time radio podcast, bringing you detective adventures from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, tune in for an adventure of Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Johnny Dollar, The Saint, and many more.

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Episode 1 - Spadework (Adventures of Sam Spade): We kick things off with "the greatest private detective of them all," Sam Spade. Hear Howard Duff as Spade in "The Apple of Eve Caper," first broadcast on CBS on June 19, 1949. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 3 - Radio's Singing Gumshoe (Richard Diamond, Private Detective): Sing along with Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective in "Convict Louis Spence Escapes," first broadcast on NBC on March 5, 1950. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 21 - Armchair Detection (Ellery Queen): Match wits with master detective Ellery Queen and see if you can solve the mystery before he reveals the solution. We're breaking the fourth wall this week as you (and celebrity guest detective Peggy Lee!) get a chance to nab the culprit in "One... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 31 - Diamond in the Rough (Johnny Dollar & Richard Diamond): We're saluting Dick Powell for his birthday with an hour of radio mystery starring this crooner turned hardboiled star. First, Powell stars as "the man with the action packed expense account" in the 1948 audition show for Yours Truly, Johnny... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 10 - Stories Start in Many Different Ways (Night Beat): This week, we'll walk the streets of Chicago after dark, tagging along with Frank Lovejoy on Night Beat. Lovejoy stars as reporter Randy Stone, who searches for human interest stories in the darkness and often finds trouble. We'll hear... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 35 - One Hot Set (Pete Kelly's Blues): Jack Webb blends jazz with downbeat crime drama in Pete Kelly's Blues. This short-lived series spawned an Academy Award nominated film and a TV show. Webb stars as Pete Kelly, a cornet player in 1920s Kansas City. Kelly and his combo... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 13 - Yukon 2-8209 (Candy Matson): We welcome our first female detective to the show - San Francisco-based private eye Candy Matson! Natalie Masters stars as this smart, sassy sleuth - perhaps the most famous lady detective in old time radio - in "The Egyptian Amulet," first... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 5 - Action-Packed Expense Account (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar): As Johnny Dollar, "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator," Bob Bailey itemizes another expense account and sums up "The Big Scoop Matter," first broadcast on CBS on November 11, 1956. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 2 - Crime is a Sucker's Road (Adventures of Philip Marlowe): This week, it's hard-hitting, hard-boiled mystery with Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe in "The Hairpin Turn," first broadcast on CBS on January 28, 1950. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 7 - The Game's Afoot (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): It's back to Baker Street for an adventure of the world's most famous detective - Sherlock Holmes! John Stanley is Holmes and, as Dr. Watson, Alfred Shirley narrates "The Cadaver in the Roman Toga," first broadcast on Mutual on November 9, 1947. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 15 - Hot, Dry Santa Ana (Adventures of Philip Marlowe): In honor of Raymond Chandler's birthday, we'll hear an episode featuring his legendary private eye, Philip Marlowe. Van Heflin stars as Marlowe in an adaptation of Chandler's short story "Red Wind," originally broadcast on The Adventures of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 4 - The Gargantuan Gourmet (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe): Nero Wolfe is on the case...just don't ask him to leave his house! Sydney Greensteet is Wolfe and Lamont Johnson is Archie Goodwin in "The Case of the Careworn Cuff," first broadcast on NBC on October 27, 1950. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 12 - Scale-Tipping Sleuth (The Fat Man): J. Scott Smart stars as Brad Runyon, aka The Fat Man - "a fast-moving criminologist who tips the scales at 237 pounds!" This original radio creation of Dashiell Hammett was one of radio's most popular shows, and Runyon is a detective who... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 8 - Faster than a Speeding Bullet (Adventures of Superman): Superman flies back to the big screen this week, and we're celebrating with a bonus episode of "Down These Mean Streets." We'll hear the Man of Steel, alongside his private eye pal Candy Myers, in "Dead Men Tell No Tales," first aired on ABC on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 19 - As Deserted as a Warm Bottle of Beer (Pat Novak For Hire): Radio detectives don't come more hard-boiled than Pat Novak For Hire. Jack Webb stars in one of his first big radio hits as a character who is anything but Joe Friday. We'll hear "Sam Tolliver," originally broadcast on ABC on April 23, 1949. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 17 - Danger is My Stock in Trade (Let George Do It): Before he itemized an expense account as Johnny Dollar, Bob Bailey solved radio mysteries in Let George Do It. Freelance sleuth George Valentine finds his clients through a newspaper ad, offering to take on the jobs that are too dangerous for... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 18 - Got the World on a String (Rocky Fortune): Ol' Blue Eyes is back! Frank Sinatra stars in Rocky Fortune, as a "footloose and fancy free young gentleman" whose odd jobs always seem to lead to trouble. The Chairman of the Board headlines "Murder on the Aisle," originally broadcast on... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 14 - Up on Cloud Eight (Rogue's Gallery): Before he crooned as Richard Diamond, Dick Powell cracked cases as private investigator Richard Rogue on Rogue's Gallery. We'll hear Powell in his first radio detective series with "Where There's a Will, There's a Murder," first broadcast on NBC... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 9 - Care of Star-Times (Box 13): Alan Ladd stars as mystery writer (and amateur sleuth) Dan Holiday in Box 13. Join him as he seeks inspiration for his novels, and usually gets more than he bargained for in the process. Today, we'll hear "Speed to Burn," an episode of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 6 - The Robin Hood of Modern Crime (The Saint): Before Roger Moore and Val Kilmer wore halos, Vincent Price patrolled the airwaves as Simon Templar, The Saint. Today we'll hear this debonair detective in "Baseball Murder," first broadcast on NBC on September 3, 1950. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 29 - Tales Well Calculated: Old Time Radio Halloween (Suspense): Enjoy this Halloween treat featuring an hour of "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" - Suspense! First, Robert Taylor rents "The House in Cypress Canyon," originally aired on CBS on December 5, 1946. Then, join Ralph Edwards on a... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 11 - Reckless Red-Headed Irishman (New Adventures of Michael Shayne): It's off to New Orleans for an adventure of one of radio's hardest-boiled private eyes - Brett Halliday's two-fisted red-head Michael Shayne. Jeff Chandler stars in The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, and we'll hear "The Case of the Model... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 39 - One in the Chamber (Crime and Peter Chambers): Dane Clark stars as the titular private eye in Crime and Peter Chambers, a short-lived series drawn from the pages of Henry Kane's novels. Chambers is a slick private eye solving tough cases in the Big Apple, and he's given voice and style by... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 20 - Innocent, Vagrant, Thief, Murderer (The Line-Up): The Line-Up, one of radio's finest police procedurals, takes listeners behind the scenes of the San Francisco Police Department as its determined detectives track down criminals and close cases. Bill Johnstone stars as Lt. Ben Guthrie, with Jack... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 26 - Order in the Court (Defense Attorney): Our star this week was called "the world's greatest living radio actress" by Orson Welles. She's Academy Award winner Mercedes McCambridge, and we'll hear her as Martha Ellis Bryant on Defense Attorney. On the podcast this week, we'll hear... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 61 - The Mohr the Merrier (Nero Wolfe, Johnny Dollar, & Philip Marlowe): Gerald Mohr, one of the greatest actors of the Golden Age of Radio, was born 100 years ago this week. To mark his centennial anniversary, we'll hear Mohr as three different radio detectives. First, he's Archie Goodwin to Sydney Greenstreet's Nero... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 16 - Lonesomest Mile in the World (Broadway is My Beat): Detective Danny Clover patrols the Great White Way in Broadway is My Beat, one of radio's greatest police procedurals and one of the last great dramas of the Golden Age of Radio. Larry Thor is the poetic policeman in "The Case of Charles... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 27 - When Man Hunts Man (Pursuit): We're heading across the pond this week for an episode of CBS' Scotland Yard police procedural Pursuit. Ted de Corsia stars as Inspector Peter Black. Join him as he searches the streets of London for a murderer on the loose in "Three for... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 24 - Art Imitates Life (Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator): William Gargan played several detectives on radio and television, and he could draw from his real-life experience as a private eye for his characters. This week, we'll hear Gargan star as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator in "Blood Money,"... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 36 - Cairo Capers (Rocky Jordan): It's off to Egypt for international intrigue and adventure with Rocky Jordan. Jack Moyles stars as the American ex-pat and nightclub owner who winds up entangled in the shady underworld of Cairo. It's a combination of The Maltese Falcon... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
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Episode 3 - Radio's Singing Gumshoe (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)

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