Icecast Directory


Genre “Detective” Streams

Pat Novak, for Hire | Stupid Potato
On Air: Pat Novak, For Hire: The Only Way to Make Friends Is to Die (1949)

Pat Novak, for Hire, the radio show, around the clock: Jack Webb as the San Francisco waterfront boat-renter who keeps finding trouble, 1946 to 1949.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Stupid Potato
On Air: Richard Diamond, Private Detective: Joyce Wallace (1950)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the radio show, around the clock: Dick Powell as the wisecracking private eye who sings, 1949 to 1953.

Let George Do It | Stupid Potato
On Air: Let George Do It: No Way Out (1951)

Let George Do It, the radio show, around the clock: Bob Bailey as George Valentine, the private eye who answers the want ads, Mutual, 1946 to 1954.

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator | Stupid Potato
On Air: Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator: Death's Bargain Basement (1954)

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the radio show, around the clock: William Gargan as the Madison Avenue private eye, NBC, 1951 to 1955.

Box 13 | Stupid Potato
On Air: Box 13 - Death Is No Joke

Box 13, the radio show, around the clock: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, the newspaperman turned mystery writer who answers a classified ad, 1948 to 1949.

The Adventures of Sam Spade | Stupid Potato
On Air: The Adventures of Sam Spade: Calcutta Trunk Caper AFRS (1947)

The Adventures of Sam Spade, the radio show, around the clock: Howard Duff as Dashiell Hammett's detective, dictating his reports to Effie, 1946 to 1951.

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | Stupid Potato
On Air: Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Heat Wave (1949)

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the radio show, around the clock: Gerald Mohr as Raymond Chandler's private eye, CBS, 1948 to 1951.

Gumshoe | Stupid Potato
On Air: The Adventures of Sam Spade: Dry Martini Caper (1948)

Old-time radio private eyes from the golden age, whole cases back to back.

Broadway Is My Beat | Stupid Potato
On Air: Broadway is My Beat: The Tori Jones Murder Case (1949)

Broadway Is My Beat, the radio show, around the clock: Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover, the gaudy, the realistic, the hard-boiled Broadway, CBS, 1949 to 1954.

Boston Blackie | Stupid Potato
On Air: Boston Blackie: The Valuable Door Buzzer (1947)

Boston Blackie, the radio show, around the clock: the reformed jewel thief who works his own side of the law, 1944 to 1950.

Nick Carter, Master Detective | Stupid Potato
On Air: Nick Carter Master Detective: The Case of the Homely Bride (1948)

Nick Carter, Master Detective, the radio show, around the clock: Lon Clark as Nick, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy, Mutual, 1943 to 1955.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | Stupid Potato
On Air: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Only One Butt Matter (1959)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the radio show, around the clock: the insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account, CBS Radio, 1949 to 1962.

This Just In | Stupid Potato
On Air: You Are There: The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots (1948)

This Just In is old-time radio news as it happened, around the clock: Pearl Harbor and D-Day bulletins, Edward R.