{"podcast":{"title":"The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas","slug":"the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279","podcast_index_feed_id":162279,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4607052/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/otr-detective-the-great-detectives-of-ol","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/70809e24fe2019aecf85b00b4ec6c3cc.jpg","author":"Adam Graham","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet. Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week. Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net . We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, w…","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T14:17:29.582006+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279"},"episode":{"title":"The Big Story: New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up (EP4967)","slug":"the-big-story-new-facts-about-a-26-year-frame-up-ep4967","published_at":"2026-05-05T07:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279/the-big-story-new-facts-about-a-26-year-frame-up-ep4967","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-story-new-facts-about-a-26-year-frame-up-ep4967--71871023","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/pdrl.fm/997ffb/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71871023/gd4967.mp3","summary":"Reporter Ralph Goll investigates a decades-old murder case to uncover a calculated conspiracy. He discovers that a man was imprisoned for twenty-six years due to a corrupt police investigation.","meta_description":"A Detroit reporter uncovers a 26-year-old frame-up involving corrupt officials in this classic radio mystery from 1950.","key_points":["Main idea: A journalist reopens a cold case involving a 'picnic murder' to prove an innocent man was framed","Failure mode: Corruption within the local police force and the suicide of a sheriff allowed a wrongful conviction to stand for decades","Practical takeaway: Investigative journalism can serve as a check on institutional corruption when evidence is unearthed","Tension: The difficulty of finding corroborating witnesses and physical evidence for a crime that occurred over a quarter-century ago","Historical context: The episode highlights the era of 'The Big Story' and the real-life journalistic pursuits of Ralph Goll"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":60000,"title":"The 26-Year Frame-Up","summary":"Introduction to the case of Tony Stanley and the discovery of a long-buried murder story."},{"start_ms":200000,"title":"The Picnic Murder","summary":"A look back at the original crime involving a fatal July 4th celebration."},{"start_ms":470000,"title":"Searching for Truth","summary":"Reporter Ralph Goll investigates why an open-and-shut murder case was misfiled as an unsolved crime."},{"start_ms":900000,"title":"Reopening the Case","summary":"Goll begins the grueling process of digging through old police records and mugshots to find inconsistencies."},{"start_ms":1180000,"title":"The Smoking Gun","summary":"New testimony from the sheriff's daughter provides the momentum needed for a legal reversal."},{"start_ms":1460000,"title":"Justice Served","summary":"The governor issues a commutation of sentence as the truth about the corrupt officials emerges."},{"start_ms":1660000,"title":"The Legacy of the Investigation","summary":"Reflections on the challenges of investigating historical crimes and the role of the press."}],"topics":["Investigative Journalism","True Crime","Old Time Radio","Police Corruption","Cold Cases","Detroit History","Radio Drama","Legal Injustice"],"duration_seconds":1942,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279/episodes/the-big-story-new-facts-about-a-26-year-frame-up-ep4967/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279/the-big-story-new-facts-about-a-26-year-frame-up-ep4967.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}