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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
03.09.1951	the butcher shop	+ "The Butcher Shop". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond uses plenty of "beef" t...
03.16.1951	monsieur bouchon	+ "Monsieur Bouchon". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Richard Diamond is hired to pic...
03.23.1951	little chiva	+ "Little Chiva". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond travels to Haiti to battle ...
03.30.1951	the carnival	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Richard and Helen visit a carnival and find murder on the midway. Was the ki...
11.02.1951	the bowery case	+ Lieutenant Walter Levinson came to Richard Diamond’s office in a very serious mood. Smiley Brill...
12.07.1951	the brown envelope case	+ "The Brown Envelope Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert. A traffic accident and a brown e...
12.21.1951	christmas show	+ "Christmas Show". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert. An excellent Christmas show as the entire...
12.28.1951	the plaid overcoat case	+ "The Plaid Overcoat Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Who is the guy in the pl...
01.04.1952	merry go round case	+ "The Merry-Go-Round Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Ben Johnson, Diamond's o...
01.11.1952	white cow case	+ "The White Cow Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond is hired to travel to...
01.18.1952	the simpson case	+ "The Simpson Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Mrs. Simpson hires Diamond to p...
01.25.1952	al brenners case	+ "The Al Brenners Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond joins forces with "...
02.01.1952	the garibaldi case	+ "The Garrabaldi Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. A pretty face and a sob stor...
02.08.1952	eddie burke	+ "The Eddie Burke Case". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. The search for Eddie Burke ...
03.14.1952	the dickson case	+ "The Dixon Case". Sponsored by: Camels. The search for blackmailer Louis Dixon begins, so Diamon...
03.21.1952	the hank burton case	+ "The Hank Burton Case". Sponsored by: Camels (testimonial by Dick Powell), Prince Albert Tobacco...
03.28.1952	mr walkers problem	+ "Mr. Walker's Problem". Sponsored by: Camels (anti-cigarette tax commercial). Mr. Walker, a plum...
04.04.1952	the enigma of big ed	+ "The Enigma Of Big Ed". Sponsored by: Camels. "Big Ed" hires Diamond to find out why a series of...
08.09.1952	ice pick murder	+ "The Wheat Germ Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. A guy dies in Diamond's office with an ice pick in hi...
05.31.1953	the william holland case	+ "The William B. Holland Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. The program is now on Sundays at 7:30 P. M. ...
06.21.1953	antique buddha	+ "Missing Night Watchman". Sponsored by: Rexall. A jewelry company has been robbed of $50,000 in g...
06.21.1953	missing night watchman	+ "Missing Night Watchman". Sponsored by: Rexall. A jewelry company has been robbed of $50,000 in g...
06.28.1953	the rifle case	+ "The Rifle Case". Sponsored by: Rexall. Gustav Hayden, a German gunmaker, hires Diamond to prote...
07.19.1953	chapel hill police officer symposium speech	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Chapel Hill Case". A convention of cops in North Caro...
07.26.1953	the mona lisa murder	+ Sponsored by: Rexall. Wealthy Martha Campbell has been kidnapped, and then murdered. Diamond and ...

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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