30 minute detective/mystery show
Nick Carter, Master Detective was a Mutual radio crime drama based on tales of the famed detective from Street & Smith's dime novels and pulp magazines. Nick Carter first came to radio as The Return of Nick Carter, a reference to the character's pulp origins, but the title was soon changed to Nick Carter, Master Detective. A veteran radio dramatist, Ferrin Fraser, wrote many of the scripts.
With Lon Clark in the title role, the series began April 11, 1943, on Mutual, continuing in many different timeslots for well over a decade. Between October 1944 and April 1945, it was heard as a 30-minute program on Sunday afternoons at 3pm, sponsored by Acme Paints and Lin-X, with a 15-minute serial airing four or five times a week in 1944 from April to September. In April 1945, the Sunday series moved to 6pm, continuing in that timeslot until June 1946, and it was also heard in 1946 on Tuesday from March to August.
Sponsored by Cudahy Packing and Old Dutch Cleanser and later Acme Products (makers of such home-improvement chemicals as Kem-Tone paints and Linux floor-cleaning waxes[a near-rival to the more-popular Johnson's Wax products heard on numerous NBC Radio shows at the same time]), the series finally settled in on Sundays at 6:30pm for broadcasts from August 18, 1946 to September 21, 1952. Libby Packing was the sponsor when the drama aired on Sundays at 6pm (1952-53). In the last two years (1953-55) of the long run, the show was heard Sundays at 4:30pm.
Jock MacGregor was the producer-director of scripts by Alfred Bester, Milton J. Kramer, David Kogan and others. Background music was supplied by organists Hank Sylvern, Lew White and George Wright. Walter B. Gibson, co-creator/writer of The Shadow pulp novels, was fired when he asked for a raise in 1946, and then became head writer for the Nick Carter radio series. Oddly enough, he never liked to write scripts for the radio-version of The Shadow, though both characters were published by Street & Smith.
Patsy Bowen, Nick's assistant, was portrayed by Helen Choate until mid-1946 and then Charlotte Manson stepped into the role. Nick and Patsy's friend was reporter Scubby Wilson (John Kane). Nick's contact at the police department was Sgt. Mathison (Ed Latimer). The supporting cast included Raymond Edward Johnson, Bill Johnstone and Bryna Raeburn. Michael Fitzmaurice was the program's announcer. The series ended on September 25, 1955.
Chick Carter, Boy Detective was a serial adventure that aired weekday afternoons on Mutual. Chick Carter, the adopted son of Nick Carter, was played by Bill Lipton (1943-44) and Leon Janney (1944-45). The series aired from July 5, 1943 to July 6, 1945.
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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
Carter CarelessWindwWashrs.mp3
Carter ForgetfulKiller.mp3
Carter ImitationRobberies.mp3
Carter LucrativeWreck.mp3
Carter PersistantBeggers.mp3
Carter WrongMrWright.mp3
Carter430706EchoOfDeath.mp3
Carter430927GlassCoffn.mp3
Carter431004FlyngDuckMurdr.mp3
Carter431018Sta.PrisnEvid.mp3
Carter431025AngleonMurder.mp3
Carter431103BodyonTheSlab.mp3
Carter431110DrugRingMurdr.mp3
Carter431117Sub.Bride.mp3
Carter431225ChristmasAdv.mp3
Carter440108Doubledisquise.mp3
Carter440112MssngHalAscourt.mp3
Carter440115 9 hourstoLive.mp3
Carter440122RecordsofDeath.mp3
Carter440129UnwllngAccmplce.mp3
Carter440205CorpseIntheCabO.mp3
Carter440212MissngHarldAsc.mp3
Carter440219deathafterDark.mp3
Carter440226DeadWitnesses.mp3
Carter440304DeathNPines.mp3
Carter440325DrumsofDeath.mp3
Carter440401ProfessorSecret.mp3
Carter440408MurderbyMagic.mp3
Carter440415CatBringsDeath.mp3
Carter440515CatBringsDeath.mp3
Carter441008Numbersmurdrs.mp3
Carter441015SlingshotMurdr.mp3
Carter441022MadMountain.mp3
Carter441105DeathInThePool.mp3
Carter441203DeathPlaysLead.mp3
Carter441224MurToCollge.mp3
Carter441231MurInDecant.mp3
Carter450107MonkeySees.mp3
Carter450114MurByFire.mp3
Carter450121DeatbyRicho.mp3
Carter450128Eye4Eye.mp3
Carter450204Redy4Mur.mp3
Carter450304PoisonWPast.mp3
Carter450311WebsOfMur.mp3
Carter450429 Witch Don Mt.mp3
Carter450527HauntRkgChr.mp3
Carter450812 SickStatue.mp3
Carter450930HowlgHorse.mp3
Carter460103DevilsLeftEye.mp3
Carter460106WanderngCorpse.mp3
Carter460402EightRecrdDeath.mp3
Carter460409DisapprngCorpse.mp3
Carter460416 9Hrs2Live.mp3
Carter460423LttleOldLadies.mp3
Carter460521PokerMurdrs.mp3
Carter460528DemntedDaughtr.mp3
Carter460604DictphnMurd.mp3
Carter460618MkeBelveBnkRobb.mp3
Carter460825RedGooseMurdrs.mp3
Carter460901RedGooseMur.mp3
Carter470427IlluminousSpots.mp3
Carter470629Sunken$$.mp3
Carter470713MssingPianoPlyr.mp3
Carter470804MissingPianoPly.mp3
Carter470907WandrngMacaroni.mp3
Carter471019PerfectAlibi.mp3
Carter471123BarefootBanker.mp3
Carter471130JeweledQueen.mp3
Carter471207ExplodedAlibi.mp3
Carter471221PolicyMaker.mp3
Carter471228MissngStreet.mp3
Carter480111GraveyardGunman.mp3
Carter480125Invsbletreasure.mp3
Carter480307AbsentClue.mp3
Carter480314LastOldtmer.mp3
Carter480321MagicRope.mp3
Carter480328Martyred Rat.mp3
Carter480404 Star of evil.mp3
Carter480408StarOfEvil.mp3
Carter480411HnpckdHsbnd.mp3
Carter480509NmelssBlnde.mp3
Carter480516SalesmanofDeat.mp3
Carter480523TatoodCbra.mp3
Carter480530LttstGngstr.mp3
Carter480613UnxpctdCrps.mp3
Carter480620FlowryFarewell.mp3
Carter480627KngAplgy.mp3
Carter480801MidwayMurd.mp3
Carter480926CandidtsCorpse.mp3
Carter481024Bull&Bear.mp3
Carter481107ForgtfullKiller.mp3
Carter490918VanshngWeapon.mp3
Carter491225 PhantomShop.mp3
Carter510930MurdrMound.mp3
