# Classic Detective Stories A podcast by John Anthony Walker. Step into the shadows with Tony Walker in the captivating podcast, "Classic Detective Stories." From the intricate puzzles of the Golden Age to the gritty streets of the Hardboiled era, this podcast traverses the thrilling landscape of crime fiction. Each week, delve into timeless tales penned by masters like Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Edgar Allan Poe, and Dashiell Hammett. Starting from Edgar Allan Poe’s groundbreaking "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the series spans decades up to the 1950s, exploring the rich heritage of detective literature. Alongside a host of guest narrators, and occasional visits from the legendary Sherlock Holmes himself, "Classic Detective Stories" revives the intrigue and suspense of classic whodunits. Tune in for a weekly dose of mystery, where each story promises a twist that will keep you guessing until the very end. Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/classicdetectivestoriespodcast ## Latest episodes - [The Great Valdez Sapphire by Ellen Mary Clerke](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/b3e85b5814fa) (2026-10-27, 66 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS1137435350.mp3 - [The Story of the Czarina's Diamonds by Richard Harding Davis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/530dcdb223d9) (2026-10-13, 29 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2492061343.mp3 - [The Story of the Naval Attache by Richard Harding Davis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/8cd1de3e0c0f) (2026-10-06, 76 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS1222487617.mp3 - [The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/d5c5ec25b8be) (2026-09-29, 80 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS3984127814.mp3 - [The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/f468ab79ce41) (2026-09-22, 71 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2413982295.mp3 - [The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (Sherlock Holmes) by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/29d4c84852bc) (2026-09-15, 66 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS5347649904.mp3 - [The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/fc32cbaf9768) (2026-09-10, 71 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS6827076115.mp3 - [The Man With The Twisted Lip (Sherlock Holmes) by A. Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/950bec0eff4f) (2026-09-01, 82 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7982081257.mp3 - [The Five Orange Pips (Sherlock Holmes) by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/efaf612c2517) (2026-08-30, 75 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS9052118973.mp3 - [A Case of Identity by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/66921f5146f3) (2026-08-11, 62 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS9419898062.mp3 - [Dancing Dan's Christmas by Damon Runyon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/4a95668c4bcf) (2025-12-25, 55 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS9831860861.mp3?updated=1765302550 - [The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/59f1d2fcd31a) (2025-12-19, 69 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS6122064533.mp3?updated=1766147458 - [Rear WIndow by Cornell Woolrich](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/d44b170e1448) (2025-12-11, 98 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8531097312.mp3?updated=1764786797 - [The Inoffensive Captain by E C Bentley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/7f58272ce118) (2025-12-03, 73 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS6741958587.mp3?updated=1764785836 - [The Mystery of the Child's Toy by Leslie Charteris](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/026be15dca87) (2025-11-27, 68 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS5426473715.mp3?updated=1764777376 - [The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/f09e2820bb00) (2025-11-05, 65 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8195832977.mp3?updated=1762358743 - [Death on the Air by Ngaio Marsh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/b25718a1e0c4) (2025-04-12, 94 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8133448287.mp3?updated=1744212614 - [The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/84af73737a1b) (2025-03-29, 79 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2905799768.mp3?updated=1743104131 - [Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/820cb03ed668) (2025-03-22, 60 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS6875640653.mp3?updated=1742296723 - [Cheating the Gallows by Israel Zwangill](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/12fa70751f32) (2025-03-15, 51 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8460342810.mp3?updated=1741786998 - [Wrong Pigeon by Raymond Chandler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/e6882aa32fd3) (2025-03-08, 101 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8245450689.mp3?updated=1741263471 - [The Footprint in the Sky by John Dickson Carr (1940)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/3b4f29efdb84) (2025-03-01, 57 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS5795994042.mp3?updated=1740586211 - [The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express by Freeman Wills Crofts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/34721f24ad7e) (2025-02-22, 78 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7842081584.mp3?updated=1739974626 - [We Know You're Busy Writing... by Edmund Crispin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/fc1ae7fcbaa8) (2025-02-15, 47 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2538900570.mp3?updated=1739367761 - [A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/6759c7382dee) (2025-02-08, 69 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7650790845.mp3?updated=1738771620 - [Light Fingers by Francis Durbridge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/8959f99f4ceb) (2025-01-25, 31 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS1810171921.mp3?updated=1739367333 - [Rumpole and The Hanging Judge by John Mortimer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/6c7ab4cd4436) (2025-01-18, 57 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7153524186.mp3?updated=1737560435 - [The Woman In The Big Hat (1910) by Baroness Orczy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/e82d319beeef) (2025-01-11, 72 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS4190054355.mp3?updated=1736427700 - [The Boscombe Valley Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/0372911d99eb) (2025-01-04, 79 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7099377006.mp3?updated=1735574397 - [The Necklace of Pearls by Dorothy L Sayers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/0f9f78a64154) (2024-12-21, 42 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2212008742.mp3?updated=1734533440 - [Murder at Pentecost by Dorothy L Sayers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/3b7627c851c3) (2024-12-07, 44 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS5905184699.mp3?updated=1733427577 - [The Oxford Way of Death by Robert Barnard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/d7083f4b131a) (2024-11-30, 49 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS3135857666.mp3?updated=1732734520 - [A Dangerous Thing by H R F Keating](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/df15e555ee70) (2024-11-23, 63 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2875961389.mp3?updated=1732036612 - [The Killing of Michael Finnegan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/885524cd5df8) (2024-11-16, 60 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8196217577.mp3?updated=1731516339 - [Hunted Down by Charles Dickens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/80e62312328c) (2024-11-09, 77 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS9008615123.mp3?updated=1730983655 - [A Trap to Catch a Cracksman by E. W. Hornung](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/d200b9de8e15) (2024-11-02, 57 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS1423512454.mp3?updated=1730148674 - [The Case of the Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/e32428595403) (2024-10-26, 62 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS4289072508.mp3?updated=1729792074 - [The Mystery at Number Seven by Mrs Henry Wood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/b2ad6724d048) (2024-10-19, 128 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS6656689128.mp3?updated=1729085085 - [The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/9b597aab94f6) (2024-10-12, 73 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS3859764025.mp3?updated=1728494220 - [Murder! by Arnold Bennett - 1927](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/c308ff3ad942) (2024-10-12, 68 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS2395508213.mp3?updated=1727950067 - [The Adventure of the Three Students by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/1feec24439e5) (2024-10-05, 81 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7590843087.mp3?updated=1727547990 - [The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Chapters 19-22](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/e09d8317c4d1) (2024-09-21, 65 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS4506013182.mp3?updated=1726414360 - [The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Chap 14-18)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/4bb2090b04fc) (2024-09-14, 93 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS5170392342.mp3?updated=1726084238 - [The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/3ff8765a3db9) (2024-09-10, 343 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS1617844193.mp3?updated=1725991804 - [The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Chapters 8-10](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/47f6be1eda23) (2024-08-31, 62 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS7782440776.mp3?updated=1724006444 - [The Monkey Murder by Stuart Palmer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/0d65a14b096c) (2024-08-10, 53 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS4451316762.mp3?updated=1722534200 - [The Mysterious Visitor by R. Austin Freeman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/4dbb936e5e14) (2024-08-03, 66 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS8802975840.mp3?updated=1721933838 - [The House in Gobiin Wood by Carter Dickson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/f205a7aedd4d) (2024-07-27, 68 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS5421288539.mp3?updated=1721743140 - [Three Is A Lucky Number by Margery Allingham](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/f260167c55be) (2024-07-20, 42 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS9160882531.mp3?updated=1721319207 - [The Eye of Apollo by G. K Chesteron](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1718553106/eb86771b4743) (2024-07-13, 59 min): audio https://chrt.fm/track/EFA7A4/traffic.megaphone.fm/CGS6684925615.mp3?updated=1719501332 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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