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Welcome to Down These Mean Streets, a weekly trip back to the Golden Age of Radio where we rub elbows with the era's greatest private eyes, cops, and crime-fighters. Since 2013, I've been podcasting everything from cozy mysteries to police procedurals, spotlighting characters ranging from hard boiled gumshoes to amateur sleuths. 

Be sure to tune in each Sunday for adventures of a radio detective and the behind-the-scenes stories of their shows. Join me as we spend time with Sam Spade, Johnny Dollar, Sgt. Joe Friday, and more!

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BONUS - Christmas Caper Countdown (Part 3)

Dec 17, 2025

Christmas is only a week away and we’ve got a pair of old time radio mysteries for stocking stuffers. Charles Russell stars in a yuletide adventure of Johnny Dollar - “Small Time Swindles of Big Time Department Stores - Or How I Played Santa Claus and Almost Got Left Holding the Sack” (originally aired on CBS on December 24, 1949) - and Sydney Greenstreet tries to save St. Nick in “The Case of the Slaughtered Santas” from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (originally aired on NBC on December 22, 1950).