Barrie Craig| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Hard Boiled Mystery Dramas
Adam GrahamBarrie Craig was a different kind of detective show and Craig as played by William Gargan was a different type of detective: a big gentle easy going guy who always believed his clients until evidence proved otherwise.In some ways, it poked fun at the private detective genre by giving Craig police-type powers and duties such as making arrests and filling out paperwork. This played off the wide vari... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 62 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Categories | Performing ArtsArts | ||||
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Release Date: May 16, 2011
Ross Dolan, just returned from service in World War II gets a job from a woman who wants to protect her from killing her husband.
Original Air Date: January 21, 1946
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Release Date: July 16, 2012
Barrie is protecting a woman’s jewels at a tennis match and then witnesses a tennis player dying by poison.
Original Air Date: June 23, 1955
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Release Date: July 9, 2012
A small college’s strong basketball team loses to two no-account schools feeding talk of the games being fixed.
Original Air Date: June 9, 1955
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Release Date: July 2, 2012
A man visits Barrie at midnight under the cloak of darkness to ask if a murder is unsolvable.
Original Air Date: May 12, 1955
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Apple Podcasts | #239 |  United States/Arts/Performing Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #144 |  Canada/Arts/Performing Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #27 |  Norway/Arts/Performing Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #200 |  Sweden/Arts/Performing Arts |
Apple Podcasts | #245 | Norway/Arts |
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What is Barrie Craig about and what kind of topics does it cover?
A classic-era detective audio drama hosted by a steady, easygoing private investigator who treats clients with genuine trust until the evidence points elsewhere. The show centers on William Gargan's Barrie Craig, a detective with police-type powers and a folksy, conversational style—often mixing humor with sharp investigations. The runtime features a mix of standalone cases across a long-running run, with a notable pairing of serious cases (psychological depth, mental health themes, and justice questions) alongside lighter capers and show-business intrigue. The host curates surviving episodes from Barrie Craig and also presents related stories from an earlier detective series, offering a broad sampler of mid-century radio mystery. This comb... more
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Barrie Craig launched 6 years ago and published 62 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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2. Bertram Fennelly
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