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.

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; aka "The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe")
• 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)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• 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)
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2007, BBC Radio 4)
• Dyke Easter Detective (1949, NBC)
  
  
• E
• Easy Money (1946, Mutual)
  
  
• F
• Falco (2004-09, BBC 4)
• 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)
  
  
• H
• Hannibal Cobb (1949, ABC)
• Have Gun, Will Travel (1958-60, CBS)
• Harry Nile (1977-??, KIRO Mystery Playhouse; aka "The Adventures of Harry Nile")
• The Hidden Motive (1952, BBC)
• Hollywood Startime: Murder My Sweet (1948)
  
  
• 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)
• In the Blood (1997, CBC)
• It's a Crime, Mr. Collins
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• K
• Kincaid, The Strangeseeker (1997-Present, Syndicated)
• Kitty Keene, Inc. (1937-41, CBS, Mutual)
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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 Clinic (1942-43, Mutual)
• Mystery in the Air (1945, NBC)
• Murder Will Out (1945, ABC)
• Mystery Without Murder (1947, NBC)
  
  
• N
• The New Adventures of Michael Shayne (1948-50, Mutual)
• The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (1950-51, NBC)
• 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)
• Night Beat (1950-52, NBC)
• North Beach Private Eye (1999-2000, San Francisco Radio Works)
  
  
• O
• O'Hara (1956, CBS)
  
  
• 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)
• The Private Files of Rex Saunders (1951, NBC)
  
  
• Q
  
  
• R
• The Ransom Game (CBC; aka "Benny Cooperman")
• 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)
  
  
• S
• The Saint (1940, Radio Athlone)
• The Saint (1945, NBC)
• The Saint (1945, CBS)
• The Saint (1947-48, CBS West)
• The Saint (1949-50, Mutual)
• The Saint (1995, BBC)
• Sam Spade (see also "The Adventures of Sam Spade")
• Sara's Private Capers (1950, NBC)
• 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)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• U
  
  
• V
• Vince Washburn, New Age Detective (1988-??)
  
  
• W
• The WindUp (1950's)
  
  
• X
  
  
• Y
• Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1949-62, CBS)
  
  
• Z
• The Zebra-Striped Hearse (2000, KCRW/NPR)

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
• The Whisperer

Thanks to Stewart Wright and Jack French for their invaluable help and expertise on this one.