Mystery Is My Hobby
Syndicated
Syndicated · 1945–1951
Broadcasts
75
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1945
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1945–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 75
- Genre
- detective
Mystery Is My Hobby was a syndicated detective series of the later 1940s starring Glen Langan as Barton Drake, a mystery writer who solved the cases he wrote about. It was recorded before a studio audience, unusual for a straight detective programme. These public-domain transfers come from the Old Time Radio archives.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 7 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. Buried Treasure Map · Date unknown
- 2. Case of 65 Women · Date unknown
- 3. Death at Deadline · Date unknown
- 01
Buried Treasure Map
Date unknown · 23 min
- 02
Case of 65 Women
Date unknown · 24 min
- 03
Death at Deadline
Date unknown · 24 min
- 04
Faithless Wife
Date unknown · 22 min
- 05
Gold Prospector
Date unknown · 24 min
- 06
Kid Brownis Kod
Date unknown · 24 min
- 07
Millionaire Threatened
Date unknown · 24 min
- 08
Murderata Magic Show
Date unknown · 22 min
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