Old Time Radio Mystery Shows
Mystery on radio stretches from recurring detectives to anthology stories built around murder, secrets, guilt and the unexplained. Golden Radio Hour’s mystery collection emphasizes programs where uncertainty and investigation drive the listening experience.
Featured Programs
Program guides that represent this listening collection especially well.
PROGRAM GUIDECBS Radio Mystery Theater
Explore CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes featuring crime, horror, supernatural, science fiction and suspense radio drama.
PROGRAM GUIDEThe Whistler
A dark crime anthology narrated by the all-knowing Whistler, whose stories often follow ordinary people into murder, greed, or deception before ending…
PROGRAM GUIDESuspense
CBS's landmark thriller anthology, presenting murder, psychological suspense, crime, horror, and the supernatural with major radio and Hollywood performers in standalone dramatic…
PROGRAM GUIDEThe Mysterious Traveler
A mystery, suspense, and speculative-fiction anthology introduced by an enigmatic traveler who guides listeners into tales of crime, fate, the supernatural, and…
PROGRAM GUIDEInner Sanctum Mysteries
A horror and mystery anthology famous for its creaking-door opening, mixing murder, supernatural menace, psychological terror, and darkly playful host narration.
PROGRAM GUIDEMolle Mystery Theatre
A mystery and suspense anthology presenting standalone crime and thriller dramas, often framed by the program's criminologist-commentator Geoffrey Barnes.
PROGRAM GUIDEMystery Is My Hobby
A syndicated mystery series centered on crime writer and amateur detective Barton Drake, who becomes involved in murder investigations and helps unravel…
PROGRAM GUIDEThe Shadow
A crime and mystery series featuring the mysterious Shadow, most famously Lamont Cranston, who uses secrecy, disguise, and the ability to cloud…
Start Listening
Representative recordings from the existing Golden Radio Hour episode archive.
A Ring of Roses
A young couple witnesses a disturbing supernatural scene that pulls them into an old murder and a family curse.
House on Sycamore Road
A financially troubled couple discovers hidden money in their new house, and the unexpected windfall quickly turns into a motive for murder.
Suspense (279) the Khandi Tooth Caper
Sam Spade is drawn back into a Maltese Falcon-style case when Casper Gutman returns in pursuit of another fabulous object, leaving Spade facing a murder charge.
The House of Death
Two paranoid elderly sisters believe relatives want their money and flee their home in a desperate escape that ends with grim irony.
The Hands of Death
A disabled collector of murder relics draws his homicidal brother home and sets a grim revenge in motion.
Two Hours to Live
Barton Drake joins a hunting trip as cover for investigating the suspected poisoning of lawyer Kenneth Slocum, a man with many possible enemies, including his own brother.
Old Time Radio Mystery Shows
Because mystery overlaps naturally with horror, suspense and detective drama, this parent guide points listeners into those more specific paths instead of forcing every program into a single label.
The program and episode links below remain connected to the existing canonical archive records, so this page adds context and discovery without creating duplicate copies of the shows.
Performers to Explore
Performer links shown only where the Golden Radio Hour relationship catalog supports them.
Orson Welles
Vincent Price
Agnes Moorehead
Raymond Edward Johnson