Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Enjoy 119 Old-Time Radio Detective Shows at Home or While Commuting
Dick Powell starred as Richard Diamond, in the radio series as a light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen Asher (Virginia Gregg). Other regular cast members included Rick's friend and former partner on the police force, Lt. Walter Levinson, played variously by Ed Begley, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ted DeCorsia and Alan Reed, and Wilms Herbert as Walt's bumbling sergeant, Otis. (Herbert also "doubled" on the show as Helen's butler Francis.) The show began airing on NBC Radio on April 24, 1949 and continued until December 6, 1950. Its theme, "Leave It to Love", was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode.
This series consists of 120 classic old time radio detective shows (includes 15 rebroadcasts and 4 "re-creations of 'lost' broadcasts) archived as a digital mp3 file on a properly formatted flash drive so that they each show may be played using automobile entertainment systems equipped with a USB port (see photo) or any computer.
All the files are "tagged" so that an image and episode's title appear when playing.