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"Diamond Detective Agency. A pleasant smile, a cheerful rhyme, and we'll keep you from doing time."

Aired 1949 - 1953

Richard Diamond, Private Detective was a happy-go-lucky detective who answered his telephone with atrocious commercial jingles and was a master of the verbal putdown (especially with the police).

The opening each week set up the problem and propelled the sarcasm with the cops; the ending usually found Dick Powell as Richard Diamond in the Park Avenue penthouse of his girlfriend, the rich redhead Helen Asher.

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Please enjoy these 106 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
07.12.1950	ice pick murder	+ "The Wheat Germ Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. A guy dies in Diamond's office with an ice pick in h...
07.26.1950	martha campbell kidnapped	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Wealthy Martha Campbell has been kidnapped, and then murdered. Diamond and ...
08.02.1950	max farmer boxer	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Diamond's fight promoter-friend Frank Bowers gets Max Farmer knocked out......
08.09.1950	edna wolf case	+ "The Female Wolf Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. Edna Wolf hires Diamond to get the goods on her hus...
08.16.1950	the circus case	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Richard and Helen visit a carnival and find murder on the midway. Was the ...
08.23.1950	insurance matter	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Dr. Williams Evans offers Diamond $1200 to solve the mysterious death of Ge...
08.30.1950	big foot grafton	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. The body of "Big Foot Grafton" has been fished out of the river, while the ...
09.06.1950	wrong laundry number	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Diamond gets the wrong bundle of laundry and washes a killer out of hiding!...
09.13.1950	the george lexington murder	Sponsored by: Rexall. Mr. George Lexington has been found shot. June Morris is found standing besid...
09.20.1950	death in the hair salon	. Sponsored by: Rexall. John Wiley has been murdered while having his scalp worked on. Since John W...
09.27.1950	the oklahoma cowboy murder case	"The Hatpin Murder Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. Rick mounts up and rides out to solve a wild-west h...
10.04.1950	pete rocco breaks jail	"The Pete Rocco Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. When Peter Rocco escapes from jail to kill Diamond, Ro...
10.11.1950	the homing pigeon case	"The 'Homing Pigeon' Case. Sponsored by: Rexall. Roger Renard is being blackmailed by "Andy," who k...
10.18.1950	lt levinson kidnapped	. "The Kidnapped Policeman". Sponsored by: Rexall. Lieutenant Levinson has been kidnapped by Bert F...
11.08.1950	dead mans letter	+ A good story about a sadistic gang out to get "the envelope" and who will stop at nothing to get...
11.15.1950	mona lisa murder	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Mona Lisa Murder". Arnold Brice, the famous art colle...
11.22.1950	the cover up murders	+ , AFRS rebroadcast. "The Cover-Up Murders". A good story about a madman who calmly keeps calling ...
01.12.1951	marilyn conners case	+ "Marilyn Connors Case". Sponsored by: Camels ("More doctors smoke Camels"), Prince Albert. The p...
01.19.1951	the man with the scar	+ "The Man With The Scar". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. A man with a scar has been...
01.26.1951	the rollins case	+ "The Rawlins Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Martin Rawlins is out of jail a...
02.02.1951	the cassbury case	+ "The Caspary Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Mrs. Caspary has been killed, r...
02.09.1951	the blue serge suit	+ "The Blue Serge Suit". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. The case of the disappearing...
02.16.1951	the gray man	+ "The Grey Man". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond is paid to find a guy named...
02.23.1951	the lady in distress	+ "The Lady In Distress". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. A woman named Doris Romano ...
03.02.1951	red rose	+ "The Red Rose". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond is hired by a man who has h...

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I love Richard Diamond show.

Tim

Im in the midsts of listening to almost every episode.

Anthony

We LOVE Richard Diamond!

David

Rockin' the suit, man!

Carol

Richard Diamond is my hero

Andrew

I always liked Alan Reed as Walt.

Ryan

What a great show.

David

I love that show and listen to over and over again and never get tired of hearing it

Andrew

Loooooveeee Richard Diamond!

Dawn

Dick Powell My favorite.

Tommy

I like Richard Diamond show.

John

This has to be my favorite

Chris

Loooooveeee Richard Diamond!

Dawn

Dick Powell .. I love your old shows and feel such a connection with them. A simpler time, no ratings were needed. They were all simply delightful entertainment!

Pat

Loved dick Powell and his singing!!Acting!!!!!

Dinah

Radio Spirits is a great joy in my life; a joy that that television will never replace. Radio Spirits enables us to employ our minds rather than have a medium such as television, doing all of the thinking which is no my opinion a detriment to this country and the world.

Isaiah

I really enjoy listening to many of the old radio shows. Wish we still had them around.

John

One of my favorites Richard Diamond,Helen Asher, Seargent Otis. Lt. Levinson.

Steven

This is excellent

Robert

It's one of my favorites: great writing by Blake Edwards, plus the great voice of Dick Powell!

Dean

Absolutely love Dick Powell

Windi

Diamond is a slick, sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for folks who need it. Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as much as entertaining his girl, Helen Asher. After each show, he would croon a number to his Park Avenue sweetheart. Helen Asher was portrayed by Virginia Gregg, who also played the part of Brooksie on "Let George Do It" and Betty Lewis on "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar". Blake Edwards wrote the early shows and also directed a few. Music was composed by David Baskerville and later by Frank Wirth. The program began on NBC in 1949, then in May of 1953, the series moved to CBS but all shows were repeats from the 1950-51 season. There was also a television series, which starred David Janssen that was telecast by CBS and NBC from 1957 to 1960.

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE(NEW FOR 2009)

There are a bunch of inside jokes throughout the run, and the humor sets it apart from the other shows in this genre. It started out as an easy pass, then to my favorite!!

Richard

Is anyone aware of or know the whereabouts of the 50 to 60 Richard Diamond radio episodes that, as far as I can tell, are still missing? I found the transcripts of the episodes online, coming from some boxes in a warehouse (believe it was R J Reynolds) but have never found any of the recordings. Randy S

Randy

Some of the finest radio ever produced. I often fancy myself as Richard Diamond.

Brad

Sometimes these Detective shows like to pit the private eye against the cops, but I always enjoyed Diamond's relationship wth Levinson and Otis. I love to listen to Dick Powell. Richard Diamond and Rouges Gallery

Travis

Dick was a "Boy Band Singer" back in the day. To whistle well was a plus.

Hubert

Some of the finest radio ever produced. I often fancy myself as Richard Diamond. Sometimes these Detective shows like to pit the private eye against the cops, but I always enjoyed Diamond's relationship wth Levinson and Otis.

Brad

Mickey Spillane finally wrote brain damage into his last Mike Hammer novel, after years of Mike getting knocked out every other day for years.

jeff

Diamond Detective Agency. We make homicide pay for a hundred a day!

Alan

"I had about as much to work with as Gypsy Rose Lee after her fifth encore."

Shelley

Probably my second favorite private eye show next to the Falcon. Sharp sense of humor, great chemistry with the main cast and willingness to do some real "outside the box" plots keeps it fresh and avoids repetitive "thieves steal" "someone kills someone" plots. Only negative I would say is the shows quality really takes a tumble after Camel begins sponsoring it. But then again, name me 1 t.v or radio show that was high quality throughout it's run. The early episodes with Walt and Ortis(sorry if I spelled his name wrong) being Diamond's comedic foils were better than the later ones that seems like they were trying to copy the Falcon/Corbett relationship. But those are just minor problems. It's a really good show.

Jay