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Radio Shows
featuring Private Eyes
(Includes Podcasts)
Actually, that heading is a bit of a misnomer. The shows listed below are a combination of old-time radio, new-time radio, straight-to-audio dramitizations and web broadcasts.
But they're all audio dramas of some sort, centered on a private eye or two. If you're not sure what a private eye is, check out What the hell is a private eye, anyway?
For more radio info, see also Radio Links and Suggested Bibliography.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- A
- Abbott Mysteries (1945, Mutual)
- Academy Award Theatre (1946, CBS)
- Adventures By Morse (1944-45)
- The Adventures of Bill Lance (1944-45, CBS)
- The Adventures of Bill Lance (1947-48, ABC)
- The Adventures of Christopher Wells
- The Adventures of Frank Race (1949-53, syndicated)
- The Adventures of Harry Nile (1977-present, KIRO Mystery Playhouse)
- The Adventures of Michael Shayne (1944-47, ABC)
- The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (1943, NBC Blue)
- The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (1945-46)
- The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (1950-51, NBC)
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (1948-50, CBS)
- The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946, ABC)
- The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946-49, CBS)
- The Adventures of Sam Spade (1949-50, NBC)
- The Adventures of Sam Spade (1950-51, NBC)
- The Adventures of the Thin Man (1941, NBC; 1946, CBS; 1948, NBC; 1950, ABC)
- The Affairs of Ann Scotland (1946-47, ABC)
- The Affairs of Peter Salem (1949-53, Mutual)
- The Amazing Mr. Malone (1948, ABC; 1951, NBC)

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- B
- Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator (1951-55, NBC)
- Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator (1951-55, NBC)
- Barry Crane, Confidential Investigator (1951-55, NBC)
- Becker: House Detective (1996, CBC)
- Benny Cooperman: The Ransom Game (CBC)
- Benny Cooperman: The Suicide Murders (CBC)
- The Big Guy (1950, NBC)
- Big Town (1937-1942, CBS)
- Big Town (1943-48, CBS; 1948-51, NBC; 1952, CBS)
- Black Jack Justice (2006, Decoder Ring Theratre)
- Boston Blackie (1944, NBC)
- Boston Blackie (1945-49, Syndicated)
- Box 13 (1948-49, Mutual/Syndicated)
- Brick Maller, Private Investigator (1999, Scenario Productions)
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- C
- Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209 (1949-51, NBC)
- The Casebook of Gregory Hood (1946-49, Mutual; 1950-51, ABC)
- The Cases of Mr. Ace (1947, Paragon Radio Productions Syndicate)
- Casey, Crime Photographer (1943-1950, CBS)
- The CBC Mystery Project (1994--, CBC Radio One)
- The CBC Mystery Project: Peggy Delaney (1998, CBC Radio One)
- Charlie Wild, Private Eye (1950-62, CBS)
- Christopher London (1950, NBC)
- Crime and Peter Chambers (1954, NBC)
- The Crime Files of Flamond (1946-48, syndicated)
- The Crime Files of Flamond (1953, Mutual)
- The Crime Files of Flamond (1956-57, Mutual)
- A Crime Letter from Dan Dodge (1952-53, ABC)
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- D
- Dameron (1972-73, KVI/Seattle, Golden West Radio Network)
- Danger, Dr. Danfield (1946-47 ABC)
- Danger With Granger (1956-57, Mutual)
- Dangerous Assignment (1949-52)
- The Dead Hear Footsteps (2003, WOBC)
- The Defense Rests (1951, NBC)
- Defense Attorney (1951-52, ABC)
- Diamonds Are a Nuisance (2000-2001, San Francisco Story Works)
- Dick Barton (1946-51, BBC)
- Dyke Easter Detective (1949, NBC)
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- E
- Easy Money (1946, Mutual)
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- F
- The Falcon (1943, NBC Blue; 1945, Mutual; 1950, NBC)
- The Fat Man (1946-50, ABC)
- Firesign Theatre (Nick Danger)
- The Flower Case (2000, CBC)
- Flynn (1994, CBC)
- Frank Race (1949-53, syndicated; aka "The Adventures of Frank Race").
- G
- Garson Krebs, Private Detective (National Public Radio)
- The Gentleman Adventurer (AKA Special Agent)
- Guy Noir (part of The Prairie Home Companion)
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- H
- Hannibal Cobb (1949, ABC)
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1958-60, CBS)
- Harry Nile (1977-present, KIRO Mystery Playhouse; AKA The Adventures of Harry Nile)
- The Hidden Motive (1952, BBC)
- Hollywood Startime: Murder My Sweet (1948)
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- I
- I Deal in Crime (1946, ABC)
- I Love a Mystery (1939-42, NBC Blue)
- I Love a Mystery (1943-44, CBS)
- I Love a Mystery (1949-52, Mutual)
- It's a Crime, Mr. Collins
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- J
- Jake Danger: 5-Minute Theatre (2000, virtuallyamerican.com)
- Jeff Regan, Investigator (1948, CBS)
- Jeff Regan, Investigator (1949-50, CBS)
- Johnny Fletcher
- Johnny Modero, Pier 23 (1947, Mutual)
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- K
- Kincaid, The Strangeseeker (1997-Present, Syndicated)
- Kitty Keene, Inc. (1937-41, CBS, Mutual)
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- L
- Larry Kent (1950 --, Australia)
- Let George Do It (1946-55, Mutual-Don Lee)
- The Lone Wolf (1948, Mutual)
- Looking For Trouble (BBC4)
- Lux Radio Theatre (1934, NBC Blue; 1936-48, CBS)
- Lux Radio Theatre: After The Thin Man (1940)
- Lux Radio Theatre: The Maltese Falcon (1943)
- Lux Radio Theatre: Murder My Sweet (1945)
- Lux Radio Theatre: The Thin Man
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- M
- Man Against Crime (1947-51, CBS)
- A Man Named Jordan (1945 - 1947, CBS West Coast)
- Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949, Mutual; 1951, NBC)
- Matthew Slade, Private Eye (1960's, syndicated)
- Meet MacBride (1936, CBS)
- Michael Shayne, Detective (1948-50, Mutual)
- Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1944-47, ABC)
- Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1952-53, ABC)
- Mickey Spillane Mysteries (1953, Mutual; AKA That Hammer Guy)
- Midnight Cab (1992-96, CBC)
- Mike Malloy, Private Eye (1953-54, ABC)
- Mike Malloy, Private Eye (1956-57, CBS)
- The McCoy (1950, NBC)
- Mike Mallory (1953, ABC)
- Miss Pinkerton, Inc. (1941, NBC)
- Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons (1937, NBC Blue; 1947, CBS)
- Murder and Mr. Malone (1948, ABC; 1951, NBC)
- Murder By Experts (1949-51)
- Murder Will Out
- Mystery in the Air (1945, NBC)
- Mystery Without Murder (1947, NBC)
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- N
- The New Adventures of Michael Shayne (1948-50, Mutual)
- The New Adventures of Perry Mason (1943-1955, CBS)
- The New Adventures of the Thin Man (1941, NBC; 1946, CBS; 1948, NBC; 1950, ABC)
- Nick Carter, Master Detective (1943-55, Mutual)
- Nick Danger (Firesign Theatre)
- Nightbeat (1950-52, NBC)
- North Beach Private Eye (1999-2000, San Francisco Radio Works)
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- O
- O'Hara (1956, CBS)
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- P
- Pat Novak For Hire (1946, ABC)
- Pat Novak For Hire (1949, ABC)
- Paul Temple (1938-1968, BBC)
- Perry Mason (1943-1955, CBS; AKA "The New Adventures of Perry Mason")
- A Phil Byrnes Mystery (2000, virtuallyamerican.com)
- Philip Marlowe (1947, NBC; AKA "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe")
- Philip Marlowe (1977-88, BBC4)
- Philip Odell (1947-61, BBC)
- The Phyl Coe Mysteries (1936, syndicated)
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- Q
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- R
- The Ransom Game (CBC)
- Results Inc. (1944, NBC)
- The Return of Nick Carter (1943-46, Mutual)
- Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe (1982, CBC Radio)
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1949, NBC)
- Rocky Fortune (1953-54, NBC)
- Rocky Jordan (1948-50 CBS West Coast)
- Rocky Jordan (1951-53, CBS)
- Rogue's Gallery (1945, NBC)
- Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe (1980's--present, ZBS/NPR)
- Rumpole: The Splendours and Miseries of an Old Bailey Hack (1980, BBC Radio 4)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (2003, BBC Radio 4)
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- S
- Sam Spade (see also The Adventures of Sam Spade)
- Secret City (1941, NBC Blue)
- Sleeping Beauty (KCRW/NPR)
- Special Agent (1948, Mutual)
- Steve Mallory, Private Eye (unknown)
- Strange Wills (1946, Syndicated)
- The Suicide Murders (CBC)
- Suspense (1942-62, CBS)
- Suspense: The Khandi Tooth Caper (1948)
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- T
- That Hammer Guy (1953, Mutual; AKA Mickey Spillane Mysteries)
- That Strong Guy (1950's?)
- The Thin Man (1941, NBC; 1946, CBS; 1948, NBC; 1950, ABC)
- Two on a Clue (1944, CBS)
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- U
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- V
- Vince Washburn, New Age Detective..
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- W
- The WindUp (1950's)
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- Y
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1949-62, CBS)
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- Z
- The Zebra-Striped Hearse (2000, KCRW/NPR)
= An episode is available free, courtesy of Old Time Radio.
And since I'm not really a radio guy, here are a few other radio shows that are crime/detective/police shows, but I'm not sure if these are private eye shows or not, so any help would be greatly appreciated....if you're not sure what a private eye is, or if a show qualifies, check out What is a Private Eye, anyway?
- The Bishop and The Gargoyle
- Chick Carter, Boy Detective
- Crime Club (anthology)
- Dan Holiday
- Deadline Mystery
- Defense Attorney
- Eno Crime Club
- The Five Mysteries Program
- Hollywood Mystery Time
- Hot Copy
- Indictment
- Johnny Nighthawk
- Obsession
- Rex Saunders
- The Whisperer
Thanks to Stewart Wright and Jack French for their invaluable help and expertise on this one.
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