Pat Novak, for Hire: Old-Time Radio Detective Drama
By Stupid Potato
Categories: Fiction, Drama, History
Old-time radio detective drama from 1946–1949 starring Jack Webb, Raymond Burr as Inspector Hellman. Free, complete episodes, restored audio, no modern ads. Pat Novak, for Hire: 26 episodes from ABC, with Tudor Owen, William Conrad, George Fenneman, in the order they first aired. A new episode every week, and live around the clock. From Stupid Potato: 62 free 24/7 channels of classic radio and vintage TV, and 191 podcasts, at stupidpotato.com.
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Recent episodes
- Pat Novak, For Hire: Death in Herald Square (1947)
Private investigator Pat Novak is hired by a mysterious client named Joe Adams to watch an apartment while Adams catches a plane. When police detective Hellman arrives at the apartment searching for evidence related to a year-old unsolved murder of wealthy businessman Thomas Van Dyke, Novak…
- Pat Novak, For Hire: Lydia Reynolds Case (1947)
Pat Novak is hitchhiking after losing money at the races when wealthy young Lydia Reynolds picks him up and hires him as a bodyguard, claiming she fears something but cannot explain what. After being slugged and finding a dead body in her car, Novak investigates her claims while navigating threats…
- Pat Novak, For Hire: Mysterious Set of Books (1947)
Pat Novak is hired by Jack Lanson to retrieve a sealed envelope of private papers from a safe in a house on Knob Hill, promising $1,000 for the job. When Novak arrives at the address, he encounters a beautiful woman named Blanche who seduces him and then strikes him with a bottle, stealing the…
- Pat Novak, For Hire: Johnny Brown Gambling Ring (1947)
Pat Novak takes a job driving a man named John Brown down from Lake Tahoe to San Francisco with gambling winnings. A dead woman turns up in the trunk of Brown's car, and Brown disappears. Novak must find Brown and uncover the truth about the murder while Detective Helman suspects Novak…
- Pat Novak, For Hire: Dixie Gillian (1946)
Private investigator Pat Novak is hired by Lee Underwood to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian into leaving town by using an empty gun as a prop. When Novak confronts Gillian in his office, a struggle ensues and Gillian is killed, but the bullet doesn't match Novak's supposedly empty gun. Freed…
- Pat Novak, For Hire: John St. John (1946)
Pat Novak, a waterfront investigator for hire in San Francisco, witnesses a hit-and-run accident that kills an old man. The dying stranger gives Pat three hundred dollars and a sealed letter to deliver to someone named John St. John, along with a mysterious message Pat can't quite understand. When…
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