15 minute serialized adventure/mystery episodes
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Two gunshots. "Calling all adventure fans. Calling all Dick Tracy fans. Stand by. Dick Tracy is on the air." Sirens.
as "The Unknown", "The Mogul", or "Number One."
This was the clarion call that drew thousands of eager children around their radios to listen to the latest adventure of "Dick Tracy, protector of law and order."
Begun in 1934, the Dick Tracy radio series was based on Chester Gould's extremely popular noir comic strip of the same name. However, where Gould's essentially police-procedural comic focused heavily on technology and forensic science, the writers of the radio series presented a more action-oriented, good guys vs. bad guys, guts 'n' glory show for its listeners.
Tracy implacably pursued evil-doers with the assistance of his loyal sidekicks, never deterred by such impediments as a bullet in the leg, which caused him to limp as he solved the mystery of the black pearl of Osiris. Like the comic strip, the radio series included colorfully-named characters, such
The role of Dick Tracy was voiced by four different actors during the show's run: Bob Burlen, Barry Thomson, Ned Wever (who voiced Jor-El in the Superman radio series), and Matt Crowley.
Earlier episodes of the series were sponsored by Quaker Puffed Oats and Quaker Puffed Rice, "shot from guns", a neat tie-in to the gunshots that opened each episode.
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Purchase as CD $4.50
All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Episode List
DT 380208 027 Black Pearl Of Osirus.mp3
DT 380209 028 Pat Goes Overboard.mp3
DT 380210 029 Mystery In Hold.mp3
DT 380211 030 Dick Is Shot.mp3
DT 380214 031 Dick Gets Ring Of Osirus.mp3
DT 380215 032 Dick Finds Black Pearl.mp3
DT 380216 033 Agent Is Murdered.mp3
DT 380217 034 Gang After Ring.mp3
DT 380218 035 Dick Captures Gang (ring Premium).mp3
DT 380221 036 Pat Is Hypnotized.mp3
DT 380222 037 Dick Is Captured.mp3
DT 380223 038 Dick Escapes.mp3
DT 380224 039 Junior Kidnapped.mp3
DT 380225 040 Junior Escapes.mp3
DT 380411 071 Mounties At Pitchblend.mp3
DT 380412 072 Snow Slide.mp3
DT 380413 073 Who Is Purple Rider.mp3
DT 380414 074 Junior Is Kidnapped.mp3
DT 380415 075 Junior Sends A Mirror Message.mp3
DT 380418 076 Junior Rescued By And Captures Purple Rid.mp3
DT 380419 077 Dick Lassoes Purple Rider.mp3
DT 380420 078 Purple Rider Exposed.mp3
DT 380425 081 Tracy Rescued And Kyle Captured.mp3
DT 380426 082 Invisible Ink.mp3
DT 440000 000 Case Of Firebug Murders.mp3
DT 440110 000 Case Of Hooting Owl (stuck In Snow).mp3
DT 440505 000 Espionage At Circus (copy 2).mp3
DT 440505 000 Espionage At Circus.mp3
DT 450501 000 Case Of Empty Safe.mp3
DT 450508 000 On Trail Of Nighthawks.mp3
DT 450622 000 Case Of Pigeon Blood Ruby.mp3
DT 450913 000 Case Of Buried Treasure.mp3
DT 450920 000 Case Of Man Without A Head.mp3
DT 450921 000 Case Of Man Without A Head.mp3
DT 450924 000 Case Of Man Without A Head.mp3
DT 451025 000 Case Of Trained Seal.mp3
DT 451122 000 New Mystery Begins.mp3
DT 460119 000 Case Of Dark Corridor.mp3
DT 460913 000 Case Of Broken Window.mp3
DT 460916 000 Case Of Broken Window.mp3
DT 461211 000 Case Of Campus Murder.mp3
DT 470000 000 Case Of Graveyard Watch.mp3
DT 470114 000 Case Of Careless Black Widow.mp3
DT 470121 000 Case Of Moth And Flame.mp3
DT 470122 000 Case Of Moth And Flame.mp3
DT 470515 000 Case Of Noaccount Swindle.mp3
DT 470714 000 Case Of Crooked Finger.mp3
DT 470723 000 Case Of Unfunny Clowns.mp3
DT 470820 000 Case Of Sinister Second.mp3
DT 470903 000 Case Of Low Hijack.mp3
DT 470904 000 Case Of Low Hijack.mp3
DT 470911 000 Case Of Low Hijack.mp3
DT 471010 000 Case Of Book Of Four Kings.mp3
DT 471016 000 Case Of Book Of Four Kings.mp3
DT 471024 000 Case Of Book Of Four Kings.mp3
DT 471031 000 Case Of Honorable Mr. Malice.mp3
DT 471106 000 Case Of Honorable Mr. Malice.mp3
DT 471114 000 Case Of Honorable Mr. Malice.mp3
DT 471118 000 Case Of Deadly Tip Off.mp3
DT 471119 000 Case Of Deadly Tip Off.mp3
DT 471121 000 Case Of Deadly Tip Off.mp3
DT 471216 000 Case Of Poisinous Timber.mp3
DT 471219 000 Case Of Poisonous Timber.mp3
DT 471222 000 Case Of Poisonous Timber.mp3
DT 471231 000 Case Of Big Black Box.mp3
DT 480108 000 Case Of Big Black Box.mp3
DT 480122 000 Case Of Positive Negative.mp3
DT 480127 000 Case Of Positive Negative.mp3
Command Performance Dick Tracy In B Flat 450215.mp3
