{"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":"Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jimmy Carter Matter (EP4965)","slug":"yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-jimmy-carter-matter-ep4965","published_at":"2026-05-01T07:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-jimmy-carter-matter-ep4965","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-detectives-of-old-time-radio-daily-mystery-dramas-162279","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-jimmy-carter-matter-ep4965--71701514","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/pdrl.fm/997ffb/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71701514/gd4965.mp3","summary":"An insurance investigator returns to Massachusetts after a young newsboy claims to be the sole witness to a murder. 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A classic 1959 radio mystery.","key_points":["Main idea: A young boy uses his savings to call Johnny Dollar with evidence of a crime","Tension: The only person who saw the killer is a town drunk whose memory is tied to alcohol","Failure mode: Relying on unreliable witnesses can lead to dead ends in criminal investigations","Practical takeaway: Investigating insurance fraud requires tracing beneficiaries and physical evidence","Plot twist: The investigation hinges on using medicinal brandy to trigger a witness's memory"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":60000,"title":"The Call from New England","summary":"A young boy named Jimmy Carter contacts Johnny Dollar to report a murder he witnessed."},{"start_ms":200000,"title":"Act One: The Expense Account","summary":"Johnny Dollar begins his investigation into the death of Andrew Parkinson."},{"start_ms":340000,"title":"The Witness Search","summary":"Johnny attempts to locate the boy and learns about the victim's death."},{"start_ms":500000,"title":"Tracking Jimmy Carter","summary":"The search for the young newsboy leads to clues about the crime scene."},{"start_ms":800000,"title":"The Town Drunk","summary":"Johnny identifies Lucius Weatherby as a potential witness but faces the challenge of his alcoholism."},{"start_ms":940000,"title":"Interrogating the Witness","summary":"Johnny confronts Weatherby to extract information about the killer's identity."},{"start_ms":1070000,"title":"Act Three: The Truth in the Bottle","summary":"Using brandy to stimulate memory, Johnny uncovers the connection between the crime and the insurance payout."}],"topics":["Old Time Radio","Crime Drama","Insurance Investigation","Mystery Fiction","Johnny Dollar","Golden Age of Radio","Detective Stories"],"duration_seconds":1941,"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/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-jimmy-carter-matter-ep4965/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/yours-truly-johnny-dollar-the-jimmy-carter-matter-ep4965.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}