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100 Great Detective Shows
- Classic Shows from the Golden Era of Radio
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 49 hrs and 57 mins
- Radio/TV Programme
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Summary
OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES
Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.
Thrill to the hardboiled adventures of Ellery Queen, Philip Marlow, Dragnet, The Man called X, Philo Vance, Rocky Fortune and so many more as heroes fight the bad guys. 100 great detective classics in one collection.
100 Great Detective Shows
- The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1942_10_02 The World Series Crime
- The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1948_05_06 One Diamond
- The Adventures of Frank Race 1949_07_31 The Adventure of the Vanishing Favorite
- The Adventures of Frank Race 1949_08_28 The Adventures of the Generals Lady
- The Adventures of Michael Shayne 1945_06_04 Judge Stanton Murdered
- The Adventures of Michael Shayne 1945_06_18 Investment in an Invention
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 1948_10_03 The Persian Slippers
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 1948_10_10 The Panama Hat
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 1948_10_24 The Heart of Gold
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 1948_11_28 The Hard Way Out
- The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective 1948_06_27 The Bali Bond Caper
- The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective 1948_07_04 The Rush Light Diamond Caper
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1946_02_18 Camberwell Prisoners
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1946_03_04 Submarine Caves
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1946_04_01 April Fool’s Day Adventure
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1946_04_08 Disappearing Scientists
- The Adventures of the Falcon 1950_11_12 The Case of the Widow’s Gorilla
- The Adventures of the Falcon 1950_11_26 The Case of the Stooge’s Errand
- Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator 1952_02_13 A Time to Kill
- Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator 1952_02_20 Motive for Murder
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- Boston Blackie 1947_04_15 The Phonograph Murder
- Boston Blackie 1946_08_06 Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case
- Boston Blackie 1946_10_22 Faraday Shot
- Box Thirteen 1947_10_17 The First Letter
- Box Thirteen 1947_10_24 The Insurance Swindle Adventure (1)
- Box Thirteen 1947_10_31 Blackmail is Murder
- Box Thirteen 1947_11_07 Actor’s Alibi
- Broadway Is My Beat 1950_02_17 Dion Harley Case
- Broadway Is My Beat 1950_03_31 Hope Anderson Case
- Candy Matson Yukon 28209 1949_11_10 The Devil in the Deep Freeze
- Candy Matson Yukon 28209 1949_12_19 Jack Frost
- Casey Crime Photographer 1947_04_17 The Box of Death
- Casey Crime Photographer 1947_05_22 Pickup
- Crime and Peter Chambers 1954_05_18 La Grand Maison Third Booth
- Crime and Peter Chambers 1954_06_01 Angela Wentworth’s Uncle
- Dick Tracy 1945_09_13 The Case of the Buried Treasure
- Dangerous Assignment 1949_07_09 Relief Supplies
- Dangerous Assignment 1949_07_16 Sunken Ships
- David Harding Counterspy 1951_01_07 Kleptomaniac Clues
- David Harding Counterspy 1951_01_14 Captured Contact
- Dragnet 1950_03_23 The Big Gangster Part_01
- Dragnet 1950_03_30 The Big Gangster Part_02
- Dragnet 1952_12_28 The Big Mask Part_01
- Dragnet 1952_01_04 The Big Mask Part_02
- Gang Busters 1948_06_12 The Park Avenue Pilferers
- Gang Busters 1948_09_25 The Cincinnati Narcotics Ring
- Inspector Thorne 1951_08_03 Golden Girl Murder Case
- Inspector Thorne 1951_08_10 Defrosted Refrigerator Murder Case
- Jeff Regan Investigator 1948_11_13 The Guy from Gower Gulch
- Jeff Regan Investigator 1948_12_04 The Lawyer and the Lady
- Let George Do It 1951_08_27 Murder on Vacation
- Let George Do It 1951_01_08 The Man Behind the Frame
- The Line Up 1951_09_05 The Pointless Pierson Polemic Polarity Case
- The Line Up 1951_09_12 The Senile Slugging Case
- The Line Up 1951_10_11 The Frivolous Forger Fracas
- The Line Up 1951_10_18 The Nicely Nixed Nixon Case
- The Lux Radio Theatre 1943_02_08 The Maltese Falcon
- The Man Called X 1951_05_11 Roulette Scheme
- The Man Called X 1951_06_15 Rubber Sabotage
- The Man from Homicide 1951_07_23 Eddie Kent Case
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