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Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1 Audiobook Summary

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, you’ll hear Frank Sinatra as amateur detective Rocky Fortune, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alan Ladd on Box Thirteen, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, William Gargan as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Vincent Price as Simon Templar aka “The Saint” and many more!

The Adv. of The Falcon 10/22/50 “The Case of the Double Nephew”The Adv. of Philip Marlowe 10/3/48 “The Persian Slippers”The Adv. of the Saint 12/3/50 “Martin Hickerson, Private Eye”The Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 12/15/50 “The 25-12345679 Caper”The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes 11/6/39 “The Bruce Partington Plans”Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 10/17/51Boston Blackie 6/18/48 “The Hooded Gang Protection Racket”Box Thirteen 1948 “Delinquent’s Dilemma”Broadway is My Beat 8/25/49 “Val Dane”Candy Matson 9/21/52 “The Fortune Teller” (audition show)Casey, Crime Photographer 11/2/50 “The Deadly Wolf”Dragnet 8/7/52 “The Big Impression”The New Adv. of Nero Wolfe 12/8/50 “The Impolite Corpse”Philo Vance, Detective 2/13/47 “The Blackjack Murder Case”Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1/4/52 “The Merry-Go-Round Case”Rocky Fortune 11/17/53 “Rocky Is a Bass Player”

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Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1 Audiobook Narrator

William Gargan is the narrator of Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1 audiobook that was written by CBS Radio

About the Author(s) of Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1

CBS Radio is the author of Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1

Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1 Full Details

Narrator William Gargan
Length 7 hours 32 minutes
Author CBS Radio
Category
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date April 28, 2024
ISBN 9798212616676

Subjects

The publisher of the Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1 is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: classic, detective, radio, golden age of radio, classic radio shows, radio shows, radio show, Frank SInatra, 1950s, 1940s, 40s, 50s, Vincent Price, private eye, private detective, Performing Arts, Television, General, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General The BISAC Subject Code is General, Performing Arts, Television

Additional info

The publisher of the Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1 is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Black Eye Entertainment. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9798212616676.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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