Mystery in the Air
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1947–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 37
- Genre
- detective
From July 3, 1947 to February 25, 1948, The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen brought listeners the weekly adventures of Philip Karney, master of the namesake ketch the Scarlet Queen , and his crew as they traveled around the seas of southeast Asia. Created by Command Radio Productions, the show was purchased for broadcasting by the Mutual network. While Howard Duff played Karney in the audition episode and Alan Ladd was approached about the part, Elliott Lewis took over the role for the entirety of the series’ run on Mutual. Ed Max played Karney’s first mate, Red Gallagher. Gil Doud and Bob Tallman, who…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Voyage_Scarlet_Queen_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1947
1948
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Death of David Malone (Audition) · 2 Feb 1947
- 2. Report of the White Jade Buddha (AFRTS) · 10 Jul 1947
- 3. The Boston Geisha and Chesapeake Bay · 24 Jul 1947
- 01
The Death of David Malone (Audition)
2 Feb 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 2 February 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
Report of the White Jade Buddha (AFRTS)
10 Jul 1947 · 30 min
Broadcast 10 July 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
The Boston Geisha and Chesapeake Bay
24 Jul 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 24 July 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
The White Cargo Act and Ah Sin (AFRTS)
7 Aug 1947 · 27 min
Broadcast 7 August 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
The Barefoot Nymph and the Mother Hubbard Jacket (AFRTS)
28 Aug 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 28 August 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
The Courtship of Anna May Lamour (AFRTS)
18 Sep 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 18 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
The Fat Trader and the Sword from Apo Kayan (AFRTS)
2 Oct 1947 · 27 min
Broadcast 2 October 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
Ah Sin and the Balinese Beaux Arts Ball
16 Oct 1947 · 25 min
Broadcast 16 October 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
18 Sep 1947
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 18 Sep 1947.
The Clock
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Mutual
Mutual in 1947–1948
Other series the network carried while The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen was on the air.
Same seasons
detective on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The private eye at the microphone
First-person narration, a case that walks in the door, and a city that talks back. Marlowe, Sam Spade and Johnny Dollar turned detection into a listening form.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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