Let George Do It: The Penthouse Roof (EP0038)

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Let George Do It: The Penthouse Roof (EP0038)

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Jul 23, 2022

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Original Release Date: December 16, 2009George is hired by a bird watcher who thinks he spotted a man pushing another off the roof.Original Air Date: April 19, 1948

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Jul 23, 2022

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Enjoy the first three seasons of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from 2009-12 including more than 750 old-time radio mysteries, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Box 13, The Thin Man, the Abbotts, Barrie Craig, Frank Race, Pat Novak, Jeff Regan, Father Brown, Rogue's Gallery, Nero Wolfe as well as several other programs and specials.

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EP0000:Screen Guild Theater: Call Northside 777: Original Release Date: October 12, 2009 (Commentary Edited) Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
31 min listen
EP0033: Let George Do It: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?: Original Release Date: December 9, 2009 George Valentine is hired to reconcile two brothers, but when the dead body of a local gambling kingpin is found in the missing brother’s apartment, the mission takes on a new sense of urgency, as George must... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
37 min listen
EP0031: Box 13: Short Assignment: Original Release Date: December 7, 2009 Dan Holiday fills in for a vertically challenged Private Detective to guard the son of a dead man who relatives fear might commit suicide. Original Air Date: February 18, 1948 by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
30 min listen
EP0019: Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Proxy: Original Release Date: November 19, 2009 Sherlock Holmes investigates a case of disappearing cadavers. Original Air Date: Sometime in 1935, though it may have been 1933. Who knows? Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
36 min listen
EP0017: Pat Novak for Hire: Fleet Lady: Original Release Date: November 17, 2009 Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body. Original Air Date: March 6, 1949 Jockey: I want a horse. Can you find me a horse? Novak: Yeah, I breed them in the back room.... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
33 min listen
EP0022: Pat Novak: Rubin Calloway’s Pictures: Original Release Date: November 24, 2009 Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker. Quotes: “It was like washing your kid’s face and... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
34 min listen
EP0029: Sherlock Holmes: The Armchair Solution: Original Release Date: December 3, 2009 Confined to 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes gets a mystery he can solve in his own backyard when a neighbor is shot to death, and Holmes and Watson see her nephew flee the scene of the crime. Original... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
31 min listen
EP0038: Let George Do It: The Penthouse Roof: Original Release Date: December 16, 2009 George is hired by a bird watcher who thinks he spotted a man pushing another off the roof. Original Air Date: April 19, 1948 by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
37 min listen
EP0018: Let George Do It: The Robber: Original Release Date: November 18, 2009 A book shop owner dies and his widow hires George, believing that money is hidden inside the book shop. Original Air Date: November 8, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
34 min listen
EP0021: Box 13: Extra Extra: Original Release Date: November 23, 2009 A newspaper boy asks Dan Holiday to help him free his father, who has been charged as an accessory in a Jewelry Story Robbery. Original Air Date: February 4, 1948 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
34 min listen
EP0024: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot: Original Release Date: November 26, 2009 While on vacation in Cornwall, Holmes and Watson find themselves in a mystery that has led to unexplained madness in one case and unexplained death in another. Original Air Date: May 30, 1936 by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
32 min listen
EP0035: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Stolen Portrait: Original Release Date: December 11, 2009 Johnny Dollar heads to London in search of a rare stolen painting. Original Air Date: April 1, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
44 min listen
EP0020: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Robert W. Perry Case: Original Release Date: November 20, 2009 Johnny Dollar is assigned as a bodyguard to a highly insured businessman, who dies as soon as Johnny arrives. Now he must find the killer and find out if the insurance company that’s retained him has to pay... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0047: Pat Novak for Hire: Sam Toliver: Original Release: December 29, 2009 Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison and picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body. Original Air Date: April 23, 1949 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
37 min listen
EP0023: Let George Do It: 42 on a Rope: Original Release Date: November 25, 2009 George Valentine gets a lot more than he bargained for when he helps a woman with a lost pearl when she steals his wallet. When George tries to get his wallet back he comes face to face with a big gun and an... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
37 min listen
EP0036: Box 13: Double Mothers: Original Release Date: December 14, 2009 Dan Holiday goes to a park and find himself taking care of a young child who seems to be confused about who her mother is. Original Air Date: February 25, 1948 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
31 min listen
EP0025: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: Murder’s a Merry Go Round: Release Date: November 27, 2009 Johnny Dollar heads out to investigate a series of accidents at a carnival, only to find that murder is on the agenda. Original Broadcast: March 11, 1949 by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0043: Let George Do It: Follow That Train by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0034: Mercury Theater on the Air: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes: Original Release Date: December 10, 2009 Sherlock Holmes (played by Orson Welles) seeks to reclaim letters being used as blackmail and foil the plans of Professor Moriarity. Original Air Date: September 25, 1938 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
70 min listen
EP0042: Pat Novak for Hire: Shirt Mix Up at the Laundry: Original Release Date: December 22, 2009 When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up next to a dead body. Par for the course, Hellman suspects him... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
36 min listen
EP0041: Box 13: Book of Poems: Original Air Date: December 21, 2009 Dan receives a book of poems in Box 13 that takes him back to a fire he covered ten years ago when working for the Star-Times. Original Air Date: March 3, 1948 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
31 min listen
EP0027: Pat Novak for Hire: Rory Malone: Release Date: December 1, 2009 Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be trouble. Original Air Date: March 20, 1949... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
34 min listen
EP0055: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Who Took the Taxis for a Ride: Original Release Date: January 8, 2010 Johnny Dollar is called in when a taxi company has several of its taxis stolen and the drivers beaten. Original Air Date: July 24, 1949 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
35 min listen
EP0030: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Milford Brooks III Matter (Charles Russell Cut): Original Air Date: December 4, 2009 Johnny Dollar has to keep a young man from committing suicide and costing his insurance company $2 million. The benficiary on the policy: a ruthless gambler who the young man owes big money to. Original... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
43 min listen
EP0049: Sherlock Holmes: The Retired Colourman (Rathbone-Bruce): Original Air Date: December 31, 2009 Sherlock Holmes lets Doctor Watson take the lead in investigating a missing person’s case involving the wife of retiree Josiah Amberly. Original Air Date: March 25, 1940 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
39 min listen
EP0032: Pat Novak: Joe Condano: Original Release Date: December 8, 2009 After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up. Get to enjoy the best in quality entertainment with... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
35 min listen
EP0028: Let George Do It: The Smugglers: Original Release Date: November 2, 2009 George Valentine finds an old army buddy confined to a saniterium after an alleged explosion in Egypt. George’s suspicions are aroused when someone takes a shot at him and Brooksie. Original Air Date:... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
34 min listen
EP0026: Box 13: Shanghied: Original Release Date: November 30, 2009 Dan Holiday answers a letter in Box 13 and finds himself kidnapped and fishing at sea. Original Air Date: February 11, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
37 min listen
EP0050: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Barton Drake Case: Original Air Date: January 1, 2010 An insurance company hires Johnny Dollar after a notorious gangster who was covered by life insurance and presumed dead is seen attending a prize fight. Original Air Date: April 22, 1949 by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0039: The Bruce Partington Plans (Rathbone-Bruce Version): Release Date: December 17, 2009 Sherlock Holmes’ brother Mycroft calls on Holmes to help find stolen top secret papers relating to submarine plans. Original Air Date: November 6, 1939 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
39 min listen

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EP0015: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Slow Boat From China: Original Release Date: November 13, 2009 Johnny Dollar heads to Singapore to save an insurance company from a paying out $2500 day for a shipping delay. Trouble comes when Dollar finds the Insurance company’s man in Singapore missing. Original... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0013: Let George Do It: The Brooksdale Orphanage: Original Release Date: November 11, 2009 George is retained by a Western Movie Actor who has become afraid of horses and even more afraid of letting down the kids at an orphanage who want to see him perform. George has to find someone to ride the... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0012: Pat Novak for Hire: Marcia Halpern: Original Release Date: November 10, 2009 A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to find out who she really is before Hellman rushes him off to the gas chamber. Quote of the Episode: “If I didn’t move... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0011: Box 13: Suzi Quits the Paper to Work for Dan: Original Release Date: November 9, 2009 An elderly woman sends an urgent message to Box 13. The reason…there’s a dead body in her room. Original Air Date: January 21, 1948 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0010: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Parikoff Policy: Original Release Date: November 6, 2009 Johnny Dollar investigates a murder, with an insured man facing a death penalty if convicted. (First Charles Russell episode.) Original Air Date: February 11, 1949 Support the show monthly at... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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EP0008: Let George Do It: Cousin Jeff and the Pigs: Release Date: November 4, 2009 George Valentine is hired by his farmer cousin, Jeff to find him a bride that loves pigs. Original Air Date: October 25, 1946 Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a... by The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
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Let George Do It: The Penthouse Roof (EP0038)

Let George Do It: The Penthouse Roof (EP0038)

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