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Greatest Detective Old Time Radio Vol. 2.
A fixed fight. A missing fortune. A voice that knows more than it should. Open a fresh casebook of classic radio detection. 50 Greatest Detective Old Time Radio Vol. 2 brings together 50 selected recordings from 20 detective and crime series, with approximately 23.6 hours of vintage audio drama. Presented by Heritage Radio Vault, this volume offers a varied listening journey through private-eye mysteries, police investigations, radio noir and literary detection.
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Greatest Detective Old Time Radio Vol. 2: Programme Guide.
A private investigator’s client may be straightforward; the story usually is not. Volume 2 opens another group of case files, inviting listeners to compare radio detectives with very different working styles.
Broadcast history.
The 50-record HRV selection draws from 20 source series. It is a later listening compilation, so its volume number and podcast release date do not establish an original network season or a shared production year.
Cast and creative team.
William Gargan stars in the NBC Barrie Craig series that began in 1951. Boston Blackie has separate radio incarnations associated with Chester Morris and Richard Kollmar. Those examples show why the source programme and version matter more than one blanket compilation cast.
Where to begin.
Barrie Craig: The Judge and the Champ · Boston Blackie: A Boat in the Street
These available recordings offer an introduction to this collection. Their current publication dates are separate from historical broadcast dates.
An interesting detail.
The private investigator and the reformed criminal-sleuth approach a mystery from different positions. Listening across series reveals how a profession or personal history shapes the central character’s relationship with police.
Listening appeal.
Try the available Barrie Craig opener, then a Boston Blackie case. You can move around this collection freely rather than treating the order as a continuing plot.
Collection and date notes.
HRV lists 50 public recordings. The 50 records are selected cases, not complete source-series runs. Current podcast dates describe later archive publication, separately from original broadcast dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
50 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
50 episodes available.
Questions about Greatest Detective Old Time Radio Vol. 2.
Must Volume 1 be heard first?
No. The source cases can be sampled independently.
Does one company perform the whole volume?
No. It combines recordings from different series.
