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The Felix Stone Mysteries
London’s Most Affordable Detective, Felix Stone, Private Detective, offers reliable investigative services at modest rates.No job too small, too peculiar, or too delicate. Services include: Missing persons traced, Personal matters discreetly handled, Background inquiries, Surveillance and observation, Lost items recovered, Confidential errands undertaken, Operating day or night across Greater London. Strict privacy assured. Write or telephone: Felix Stone, Private Inquiries Spitafields, London E1Tel: BIS 4927
The Demonic Detective
A simple plea from an old friend drags Detective Jack Faust into a nightmare of blood and shadows, binding him to a demon. To stop a cult known as The Coven, Jack must gamble his sanity, his city, and the last piece of his soul.
The Big D
Inspired by his love of old-time radio detective programmes, Englishman John 'Jinky' Spence has travelled to 1970s America to pursue his twin ambitions: to become a successful private eye and to achieve acting stardom.
Say I Slew Them Not: An Adult Queer Fantasy Noir Podcast
Say That I Slew Them Not is an adult queer fantasy noir where Les Miserables meets Peaky Blinders plus anthro crocodiles. Kingsley, an anthro crocodile rebel leader, is being tried for war crimes he definitely committed. To save his life (and maybe stop WWIII - no guarantees though), he’ll manipulate Alex, a traumatized journalist whose wife Kingsley tortured, into publishing classified documents that will implicate the rich and powerful in war crimes of their own. What? He’s done worse.
The Junie and Jack Show
The Junie and Jack show is an 8 episode, comedic noir-esque, hard-boiled detective story. Junie Itis is a rough-and-tumble, no nonsense private investigator. Her life was quiet and calm now that she'd gotten all her cases closed. Until Jack walked back into her life, begging for help, plunging her into a world of crime, gangsters, and danger! Is he trying to win her back, or will he disappoint her yet again?
Roy Kaplan
If you need something found or something found out, Roy Kaplan--private investigator, ex-burglar, and resident psychic--is the man for the job! With the ability to talk to ghosts and bypass any lock, there's no mystery that's beyond his reach, and no trouble that's big enough to scare him off. Kaplan, with the help of his ghost roommate Wes, navigates his hostile cyberpunk city life to investigate missing persons, blackmail, murder, and everything in between.
COSMIKO: Neon Night
Welcome to Luna Mare Nubium. A simple night on the town spirals into a mad chase through the city’s criminal underworld. With cut-throat gangsters and shady vigilantes closing in, it’s up to Evelyn to forge alliances and brace for betrayal.The terms are clear: unravel the truth behind the vial, or become a permanent resident of the scrapyard.
Hardwire Heartache: Synthetic Love Stories
Hardwire Heartache is the first work of the newly minted CMND/CTRL production team. This labor of love harkens back to the old school, "Radio Drama" style of entertainment that reached its peak in the 1930's and 40's. Written and performed by unpaid, amateur actors and producers, every sound effect and piece of ambience is created and recorded by hand in the old style.
The Detective Richard Magnolia Mystery Show
A 1940's parody presented as if it were a radio program. Join us each season, as we follow the absurd, vulgar, and just plain idiotic story of Detective Richard Magnolia and his partner, Nick Hamilton, as they face off against the criminal kingpins of a mythical fictional city called ''Chicago, New York''. From time to time we will also have Special Seasons, with some of them being serious!
Cole Steele: Private Eye
BANG! You're dead. You've gone to heaven. And now you get to listen to your favorite new podcast, Cole Steele: Private Eye! Join your favorite private eye duo Cole Steele and Jane Flame as they take on literally any case they can find. They'll uncover dark secrets, fight lava men, travel through time, meet old-timey prospectors, and much more! And don't forget their archnemesis, the evil Berlin Schmidt, Nazi Germany's premier archaeologist/adventurer. That jerk. Cole and Jane will stop at nothing to get paid, I mean, deliver justice!
Pat Novak 4 Hire 2023
In the 1940's Pat Novak For Hire was a beloved crime radio drama/comedy. Since then, all episodes have fallen into the public domain. Along comes this energetic/creative team of Showbiz professionals who create a collective to rescue this classic from the PD dumpster and update original episodes to the 2020's... sorta. You see... our version of Pat Novak takes those original episodes and rewrites and re-records them with modern updates to story... jokes... and references. But... this show lives in a netherworld that is both modern and old. Still Noir... but better.
Yokai Detective Agency
Welcome to the town of Darkness Falls, tucked away in a shadowed corner of New England. Created as a safe haven for the supernatural, follow Private Detective Ren Black in a noir-inspired mystery as he navigates darkness, love, and betrayal.
STYX
Blake Wayman was a cop until a criminal syndicate had Blake and his wife killed... there's only one problem: Blake didn't stay dead. Now Wayman is a wheelchair bound P.I. with a gift. He can walk the streets of Underworld City, a purgatory on the banks of the River Styx, run by the mysterious Boatman, teeming with lost souls, spiritual forces, and long dead gangsters. There Wayman searches for his lost love and solves crimes no one else can, bringing justice from beyond the grave... Styx is the fictional supernatural noir detective series you didn't know you were waiting for.
Saratoga Lights
Saratoga Lights is a noir-western tale of crime and vengeance in rural Texas, told episodically. Created by Randall LaRue and Matthew David Rudd.
ACCA - La Serie
"ACCA", un podcast innovativo, ti porta in un mondo sovrappopolato dove il silenzio è diventato un lusso raro. In questa realtà dominata da connessioni digitali incessanti e dirette live, l'isolamento è un desiderio inafferrabile. Orso, un ispettore d'igiene dell'ASL non più giovane e intrappolato in un esistenza tra passato tormentato, tradimenti e corruzione, trova rifugio nell'ACCA, una droga acustica che promette fuga dalla realtà.Con gli auricolaricome porta d'accesso a questo mondo sonoro alternativo, Orso si immerge in sessioni di ACCA che lo trascineranno in una rete di eventi e intrighi più grande di lui. Tra fazioni rivali, multinazionali sinistre e agenti corrotti, si dipana una trama avvincente ambientata nelle atmosfere noir di una Genova cyberpunk, un futuro distopico che risuona inquietantemente vicino alla nostra realtà.Scopri "ACCA" e immergiti in un'avventura audiodrammatica dove suspense, azione e sfumature noir si fondono in un racconto coinvolgente che ti terrà incollato agli auricolari. La serie podcast esplora tematiche attuali come la sovrappopolazione, la dipendenza tecnologica e la lotta contro il sistema, il tutto incorniciato in una Genova futuristica.
Snoop and Sniffy: Dog Detective Stories for Kids
What happens when Snoop, an experienced dog detective from London, gets sent to small-town Pflugerville to train clueless puppy Sniffy as an undercover agent? Mystery! Adventure! And CHAOS! Seriously -- the town of Pflugerville isn’t dullsville like Snoop expected and he quickly realizes that he can’t handle all the action without Sniffy by his side. Even when they’re able to turn a blind eye to the alien superheroes and villains battling it out for control of Pflugerville, Snoop and Sniffy have their paws full on Bark Street with hilarious busy bodies like Loraine the Neighborhood-Watch duck, Poot the Groundhog and Fred the Squirrel popping ‘round! Do you love to laugh? Do you love animals? Do you have the brightest mind since Sherlock Holmes? Yes?! Then tag along with us for the fun and see if YOU can help Snoop and Sniffy solve some mysteries!
Derek Kong, Private Detective
Theatre of The Mind presents:- Derek Kong, Private Detective A private detective from an unsuspecting suburban community of Kuala Lumpur solves cases by fantasising that he is a character in a 1950s noir drama.
The Spectral Silhouette Radio Show
“Normal and paranormal beware, The Spectral Silhouette will always be there!” Inspired by programs such as The Shadow, The Whistler, and Green Hornet, this pulpy noir show is an all original work with original music performed by The Black and Blue Hearts . Sponsored by Skeleton Key Brewery, this program centers around mystery, murder, ghosts, werewolves, and great beer.
Audio Mystery Theatre
Dark, edgy mysteries in the style of old time radio... but with a modern twist.
Argon | A Tech Noir Thriller
Detective Patrick Dale and Police Chief Olivia Shepherd investigate the strange and unusual in the dangerous future metropolis of New Toska. Surrounded by an unrelenting ice storm that pummels the globe, the inhabitants of New Toska depend on an amazing scientific advancement to keep them safe. But while Dale and Shepherd confront bizarre new adversaries, hidden forces are working to undermine them and the safety of the city. Argon is a serialized science fiction tech noir thriller from Jeannie Floyd and Ambermane Media.
Pink Noir
“Pink Noir” is a crime drama set in the 1930s starring Hollywood legend Tallulah Bankhead, who’s caught in a deadly scandal with another man’s wife and gets thrown out of the Hollywood cinema machine. With no other recourse, Tallulah turns to detective work and thus stumbles ass over apple cart into L.A.’s crime scene of prostitution, illegal gambling, kidnapping, and murder. So Tallulah, a woman who once slept with both Gary Cooper and Greta Garbo, now has to rub elbows with the seediest characters in town.
Blake Skye: Private Eye
Down on his luck gumshoe Blake Skye only had two options: take the job or die in the gutter. But worse things than death lie waiting in the shadows of the City. What madness and horror await, and can our intrepid investigator survive it? Find out, in this thrilling drama that mixes Raymond Chandler and H. P. Lovecraft in an exciting and modern cocktail of danger, romance, suspense, and cosmic horror from the mind and mouth of S. J. Ryker, with new episodes the last Sunday of every month!
Atlas Avenue Beat
Follow the adventures of P.I. James Locke as he interrogates criminals, solves cases, and fights crime in this comedy detective noir.
What's The Frequency?
A psychedelic noir audio drama podcast set in 1940s Los Angeles. Recently radio broadcasts in the city have been reduced to static, leaving a popular radio serial as the only remaining show on the air. Even then the show finds itself continuously interrupted by a mysterious broadcast. A lone distorted voice reaching out for help. Follow Walter “Troubles” Mix and his partner Whitney as they search for a missing writer and navigate through a city quickly falling into madness. Could the mysterious voice be the culprit? Will anyone be able to stop the madness from spreading? And… What’s The Frequency?
Rex Rivetter: Private Eye
Rex Rivetter: Private Eye is a modern audio drama. The year is 1955. Tinsel town. The land of make-believe. It's a time of growth in American prosperity. Especially in Los Angeles. Here, dreams are bought and sold. But there's a seedier side to the City of Angels, the shadows where pimps and narcotics pushers live, where organized crime stands just around every corner with one hand out, and the other wrapped around a roscoe. It's a city full of fancy dames and slick cons, where bookies know the vig, so you better, too. Some folks call it noir or pulp fiction. But for a private eye named Rex Rivetter, it's home.