{"podcast":{"title":"Old Time Radio Crime & Detectives","slug":"old-time-radio-crime-detectives-6988972","podcast_index_feed_id":6988972,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6256784/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://theaterofthemind-otr.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ae982b58b486f317d778dbcd5eb41421.jpg","author":"Theater of the Mind - OTR (Jared Day)","episode_count":720,"summary":"Delivered daily. Old Time Radio crime and detectives - sleuths from the golden age of radio. This podcast features a variety of OTR crime, mystery and detective programs delivered every day. Just a few of the programs featured include Dragnet, Philip Marlowe, Candy Matson, Pat Novak, Falcon, Box 13, Nick Carter, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Rocky Fortune, Pat Novak, Richard Diamond, Barrie Craig, Police Headquarters; and many more. Find all our OTR radio stations and podcasts at theaterofthemind-otr.com - Listen, download free - Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T12:21:18.840102+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-time-radio-crime-detectives-6988972"},"episode":{"title":"Fleet Lady - Pat Novak, for Hire | 03/06/1949","slug":"fleet-lady-pat-novak-for-hire-03-06-1949","published_at":"2026-06-13T22:55:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-time-radio-crime-detectives-6988972/fleet-lady-pat-novak-for-hire-03-06-1949","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-time-radio-crime-detectives-6988972","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/fleet-lady-pat-novak-for-hire-03-06-1949--68856174","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68856174/49_03_06_fleetlady.mp3","summary":"Pat Novak, for Hire was a detective drama series which aired from 1946 to 1947 on the West Coast and in 1949 as a nationwide program for ABC. The episodes were set on the San Francisco waterfront and depicts the city as a dark, rough place where the main goal is survival. Novak is not a detective by trade, but he owns a boat shop on Pier 19 where he rents out boats and does odd jobs to make money. The series' fast-paced, hard-boiled dialogue and action and witty one-liners made popularized it among fans. Find more classic radio series at theaterofthemind-otr.com - Audio Credit: The Old Time Radio Researchers Group. - All Podcasts @ Spreaker | Apple | YouTube | Spotify | iHeart | Amazon","meta_description":"Pat Novak, for Hire was a detective drama series which aired from 1946 to 1947 on the West Coast and in 1949 as a nationwide program for ABC. The episodes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1774,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/old-time-radio-crime-detectives-6988972/episodes/fleet-lady-pat-novak-for-hire-03-06-1949/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-time-radio-crime-detectives-6988972/fleet-lady-pat-novak-for-hire-03-06-1949.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}