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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.
Program guides that represent this listening collection especially well.
PROGRAM GUIDEHiman Brown's hour-long dramatic anthology revived radio mystery for a later generation with stories of crime, horror, the supernatural, science fiction, and…
PROGRAM GUIDEA dark crime anthology narrated by the all-knowing Whistler, whose stories often follow ordinary people into murder, greed, or deception before ending…
PROGRAM GUIDECBS's landmark thriller anthology, presenting murder, psychological suspense, crime, horror, and the supernatural with major radio and Hollywood performers in standalone dramatic…
PROGRAM GUIDEA mystery, suspense, and speculative-fiction anthology introduced by an enigmatic traveler who guides listeners into tales of crime, fate, the supernatural, and…
PROGRAM GUIDEA horror and mystery anthology famous for its creaking-door opening, mixing murder, supernatural menace, psychological terror, and darkly playful host narration.
PROGRAM GUIDEA mystery and suspense anthology presenting standalone crime and thriller dramas, often framed by the program's criminologist-commentator Geoffrey Barnes.
PROGRAM GUIDEA syndicated mystery series centered on crime writer and amateur detective Barton Drake, who becomes involved in murder investigations and helps unravel…
PROGRAM GUIDEA crime and mystery series featuring the mysterious Shadow, most famously Lamont Cranston, who uses secrecy, disguise, and the ability to cloud…
Representative recordings from the existing Golden Radio Hour episode archive.
A young couple witnesses a disturbing supernatural scene that pulls them into an old murder and a family curse.
A financially troubled couple discovers hidden money in their new house, and the unexpected windfall quickly turns into a motive for murder.
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.
Two paranoid elderly sisters believe relatives want their money and flee their home in a desperate escape that ends with grim irony.
A disabled collector of murder relics draws his homicidal brother home and sets a grim revenge in motion.
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.
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.
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