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Originally broadcast on NBC, 19 January 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1949–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 267
- Genre
- noir
In 1945, Dick Powell portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the movie "Murder My Sweet" based on Raymond Chandler's novel "Farewell My Lovely". This was a radical departure in character for Mr. Powell from a Hollywood song and dance man to a hard-boiled detective.
1953 · 11952 · 21951 · 41950 · 31949 · 2
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 38 of 40Listenable · 2 of 40
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Richard_Diamond_Private_Detective_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 5 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1949, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Barton Case · 1 May 1949
- 2. 50,000 Dollar Diamond Heist · 12 Nov 1949
- 3. Mrs X Missing Husband · 14 Jun 1950
- 01
The Barton Case
1 May 1949 · 27 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
50,000 Dollar Diamond Heist
12 Nov 1949 · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
Mrs X Missing Husband
14 Jun 1950 · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Richard Diamond The Pete Rocco Case
4 Oct 1950 · 28 min
Broadcast 4 October 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
The Eight O'Clock Killer(Repeat of 50-11-22)
22 Nov 1950 · 29 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
Richard Diamond The Man With The Scar
19 Jan 1951 · 29 min
Broadcast 19 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
Richard Diamond The Blue Serge Suit
9 Feb 1951 · 29 min
Broadcast 9 February 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
The Butcher Shop
9 Mar 1951 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 9 March 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
19 Jan 1951
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 19 Jan 1951.
Mother's Best Flour
Broadcast 19 January 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Magnificent Montague
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 19 January 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1949–1953
Other series the network carried while Richard Diamond, Private Detective was on the air.
Same seasons
noir on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The private eye at the microphone
First-person narration, a case that walks in the door, and a city that talks back. Marlowe, Sam Spade and Johnny Dollar turned detection into a listening form.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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