Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) Podcast
1) Encore - New Year's Evildoers vs. Radio Gumshoes
We bid a fond farewell to 2025 with an encore of our New Year's Eve special from 2018. Jack Webb and Gerald Mohr star in New Year's Eve mysteries from Dragnet and The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. We'...Show More
2) BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 4)
Our bonus series of holiday mysteries wraps up on Christmas Eve with two more tales of seasonal sleuthing. John Stanley and Alfred Shirley are Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the C...Show More
3) Episode 649 - Great White Way Christmas (Damon Runyon Theatre, The Whistler, & Broadway is My Beat)
Christmas is only a few days away, and we're celebrating with a trio of holiday tales from Broadway - not the world of footlights, chorus lines, and matinee performances, but the seedier side of the s...Show More
4) BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 3)
Christmas is only a week away and we've got a pair of old time radio mysteries for stocking stuffers. Charles Russell stars in a yuletide adventure of Johnny Dollar - "Small Time Swindles of Big Time ...Show More
5) Episode 648 - An Array of Archies (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe)
Our two-part series on The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe wraps up with the final three actors to play Archie Goodwin opposite Sydney Greenstreet's gargantuan gourmet. Larry Dobkin - who you may know be...Show More
6) BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 2)
Our countdown to Christmas continues with Vincent Price and Frank Sinatra both donning the red suit of Santa Claus! Simon Templar proves "Santa Claus is No Saint" (originally aired on NBC on December ...Show More
7) Episode 647 - A Gaggle of Goodwins (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe)
We kick off a two-part series spotlighting The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe in celebration of two December birthdays - Rex Stout, the creator of the gargantuan gourmet, and Sydney Greenstreet, the Osc...Show More
8) BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 1)
We're celebrating the holidays with a month of seasonal sleuthing! Tune in Wednesdays throughout December for Christmas stories starring some of our favorite old time radio detectives. First up, the a...Show More
9) Episode 646 - Actor and Ad Man (Escape, Dragnet, Nero Wolfe, & Fort Laramie)
Harry Bartell worked all over the dial during the Golden Age of Radio, both as an actor in shows like Gunsmoke, Escape, and Johnny Dollar and as an announcer for The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ...Show More
Episode 646 - Actor and Ad Man (Escape, Dragnet, Nero Wolfe, & Fort Laramie)
2:36:27 | Nov 30th, 2025
10) BONUS - Black Friday with Joe Friday (Dragnet)
Hit those big deals (and/or dig into some Thanksgiving leftovers) with this bonus episode for Black Friday starring Joe Friday. We'll hear Jack Webb as the star sergeant of the LAPD in three Dragnet r...Show More