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Fibber McGee & Molly - Political Campaign For City Council (05-14-46) Updated: 2012-02-15 16:01:45 Description: Political Campaign For City Council (Aired May 14, 1946) Fibber McGee and Molly premiered in 1935. The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in Ameri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gangbusters - The Case of Henry "Red" Beaver (09-15-45) Updated: 2012-02-15 03:08:21 Description: The Case of Henry "Red" Beaver (Aired September 15, 1945) Gangbusters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered as G-Men, sponsored by Chevrole...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Nighter Program - The Mind Reader (01-22-48) Updated: 2012-02-14 21:18:10 Description: The Mind Reader (Aired January 22, 1948) The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from 1930 to 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald Carey, Bret Morrison, Marvin M...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Adventures Of Michael Shayne - The Case Of The Left-Handed Fan (10-16-48) Updated: 2012-02-14 16:26:17 Description: The Case Of The Left-Handed Fan (Aired October 16, 1948) Michael Shayne was a fictional sleuth created by Brett Halliday (a pen name for author Davis Dresser) who was first initiated into the fraternity for detectives in the 1939 novel "Divid...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - The Gun Belt Treasure (02-28-53) Updated: 2012-02-14 05:59:49 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - The Gun Belt Treasure (Aired February 28, 1953) Wild Bill Hickock was a real life Civil War soldier, sharpshooter, gunfighter and lawman of the Old West. He was an adventurer who had many bru...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The FBI In Peace & War - The Crackup (09-14-50) Updated: 2012-02-14 03:08:06 Description: The Crackup (Aired September 14, 1950) The FBI in Peace and War was a radio crime drama inspired by Frederick Lewsis Collins' book, The FBI in Peace and War. The idea for the show came from Louis Pelletier who wrote many of the scripts. Among...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Father Brown Mysteries - The Absence Of Mr. Glass (11-29-46) Updated: 2012-02-13 21:47:13 Description: The Absence Of Mr. Glass (Aired November 29, 1946) Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 52 short stories, later compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Diary Of Fate - Nelson Walker (06-15-48) Updated: 2012-02-13 16:45:18 Description: Nelson Walker (Aired June 15, 1948) The program jumps right to the 'source' of Man's ultimate destiny--Fate itself--in the form of the Guardian of the Diary of Fate. It is within the Diary of Fate, that every soul's fate is painstakingly chro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Black Museum - The Raincoat (01-22-52) Updated: 2012-02-13 03:35:51 Description: The Raincoat (Aired January 22, 1952) Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer, a London newspape...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Confession - The Leo J. Fowler Case (08-30-53) Updated: 2012-02-12 23:45:55 Description: The Leo J. Fowler Case (Aired August 30, 1953) NBC 30 minutes Sunday at 9:30PM.Cast Paul Frees, James Edwards, Jester Hairston, Jay Loughlin, Jonathan Hole, Mady Norman, Don Brinkley (writer), Michael Samoge (? music), Warren Lewis (script su...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Eight Steps To Murder (05-06-48) Updated: 2012-02-12 18:19:49 Description: Eight Steps To Murder (Aired May 6, 1948) Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a horror anthology series with a unique sound and a very popular host. For the first four years, "Raymond" greeted guests after an incredibly squeaky door slowly opened at ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Clock - The Man Who Lived Before (03-02-47) Updated: 2012-02-12 04:43:01 Description: The Man Who Lived Before (Aired March 2, 1947) The Clock, is an Australian radio show, a dramatic thirty-minute suspense and mystery series. It was written by Lawrence Klee and narrated by "The Clock." First Broadcast in the United States was...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Abbott & Costello - The Merchant Marines (01-25-50) Updated: 2012-02-12 00:52:04 Description: The Merchant Marines (Aired January 25, 1945) The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (usually, by singers such as Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Re...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Shadow - Death Stalks The Shadow (10-09-38) Updated: 2012-02-11 17:32:09 Description: Death Stalks The Shadow (Aired October 9, 1938) The Shadow's exploits were also avidly followed by readers in The Shadow magazine, which began in 1931 following the huge success of the old-time mystery radio program. The magazine was publishe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fat Man - The 19th Pearl (01-21-46) Updated: 2012-02-11 04:30:11 Description: The 19th Pearl (Aired January 21, 1946) "There he goes across the street into the drugstore, steps on the scale, height: 6 feet, weight: 290 pounds, fortune: Danger. Who isit? THE FAT MAN." Brad Runyon was the Fat Man, played by Jack Scott Sm...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of The Falcon - The Case Of The Cautious Cousin (07-18-51) Updated: 2012-02-11 00:32:54 Description: The Case Of The Cautious Cousin (Aired July 18, 1951) This hard boiled spy drama began as an RKO Radio Pictures theatrical serial in the 1940s, went on radio in 1945, and then came to TV ten years later in this Syndicated series produced for ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Man Called X - Storm Over The Alps (02-29-48) Updated: 2012-02-10 17:23:42 Description: Storm Over The Alps (Aired February 29, 1948) The Man Called X started over Radio with the 1944 CBS Summer replacement run for Lux Radio Theatre, comprising a total of eight episodes. The only circulating exemplar from the first run is contai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life With Luigi - Luigi Needs Drivers License (02-27-49) Updated: 2012-02-10 03:21:07 Description: Luigi Needs Drivers License (Aired February 27, 1949) Life with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago. Ma...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Superman - Hans Holbin's Doll Factory (3 Episodes COMPLETE) 1940 Updated: 2012-02-09 21:47:53 Description: Hans Holbin's Doll Factory (3 Episodes COMPLETE) 1940 This juvenile adventure series was first broadcast on Mutual in 1940 with Clayton (Bud) Collyer starring as Superman/Clark Kent. It first began as a fifteen-minute show but later, in 1949,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Casey Crime Photographer - Fog (03-11-48) Updated: 2012-02-09 17:32:51 Description: Fog (Aired March 11, 1948) The Coxe/CBS Crime Photographer franchise continued on past the Anchor Hocking sponsored run, reprised over both Television and Radio. CBS ran a Television version of Crime Photographer (1951) which saw only John G...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Dr. Six Gun" - A Tribe With Measles (11-14-54) Updated: 2012-02-09 05:17:15 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Dr. Six Gun" - A Tribe With Measles (Aired November 14, 1954) Doctor Six-Gun. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The stories revolve around physician Dr. Gray Matson who tends the sick and occasionally cause...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Blue Beetle - Whale Of Pirates Folly Pts. 1 & 2 COMPLETE (08-28-40) Updated: 2012-02-09 04:32:35 Description: Whale Of Pirates Folly Pts. 1 & 2 COMPLETE (Aired August 28, 1940) The exploits of Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman who, by wearing bullet-proof blue chain mail, transformed himself into the mysterious Blue Beetle, a daring crusader for justic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Murder At Midnight - The Line Is Dead (09-20-46) Updated: 2012-02-08 20:07:48 Description: The Line Is Dead (Aired September 20, 1946) The Murder at Midnight series was a thirty-minute broadcast featuring tales of the supernatural. The actors included Mercedes McCambridge and Lawson Zerbe and the show was narrated using the spooky,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Whistler - The Letter (08-29-42) Updated: 2012-02-08 15:56:23 Description: The Letter (Aired August 29, 1942) The Whistler was one of radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. If it now seems to have been influenced explicitly by The Shadow, The Whistler was ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Mr. & Mrs. North - Mistaken Countess (02-02-44) Updated: 2012-02-08 02:32:10 Description: Mistaken Countess (Aired February 2, 1944) Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Publisher Jerry North and his wife ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Broadway Is My Beat - The Janice Bennett Murder Case (11-27-53) Updated: 2012-02-07 21:18:36 Description: The Janice Bennett Murder Case (Aired November 27, 1953) Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three mo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Space Patrol - The Sleepwalker (01-10-53) Updated: 2012-02-07 16:15:56 Description: The Sleepwalker (Aired January 10, 1953) The success of the TV show spawned a radio version, which ran for 129 episodes from October 1952 to March 1955. The same cast of actors performed on both shows. The writers, scripts, adventures and dir...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Bonanza" - Enter Mark Twain (10-10-59) Updated: 2012-02-07 04:01:46 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Bonanza" - Enter Mark Twain (Aired October 10, 1959) Bonanza chronicled the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by wise widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright (played by Lorne Greene). He had three biolo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Weird Circle - Falkland (04-23-44) Updated: 2012-02-07 02:08:27 Description: Falkland (Aired April 23, 1944) The Weird Circle," a half-hour anthology series that was first aired back in 1943. The stories offered by "The Weird Circle" were generally adapted from popular fiction - popular fiction of the 19th century, th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD CBS Radio Workshop - Bring On The Angels (06-08-56) Updated: 2012-02-06 21:30:41 Description: Bring On The Angels (Aired June 8, 1956) The CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956 through September 22, 1957 and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. Creator William Froug launched the series ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Deal In Crime - The William A Davis Case (04-15-46) Updated: 2012-02-06 14:52:10 Description: The William A Davis Case (Aired April 5, 1946) I Deal in Crime ran for almost two years on ABC network radio and starred the very capable radio and Hollywood actor, William Gargan. In this, one of his many PI radio series (he’s best known, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Archie Andrews - The Big Ballgame (05-20-51) Updated: 2012-02-06 03:18:25 Description: The Big Ballgame (Aired May 20, 1951) Jughead Jones has been Archie's best friend ever since childhood. When Jughead first came to Riverdale, he was in a bad mood and tended to dismiss Archie. However, Archie, of good heart, tried to cheer up...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Harding Counterspy - Tattooed Eye (06-13-50) Updated: 2012-02-05 20:25:27 Description: Tattooed Eye (Aired June 13, 1950) The show was at the top of the list among programs that had developed the technique of sound effects to a fine art. Each program was written with the sound in mind, not so much sound for sound's sake, but to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Night Beat - Doctor's Secret (08-21-50) Updated: 2012-02-05 16:28:57 Description: Doctor's Secret (Aired August 21, 1950) Broadcast on NBC, Nightbeat ran from 1949 to 1952 and starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the Chicago Star looking for human interest stori...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - Killers Crop (12-30-51) Updated: 2012-02-05 05:13:33 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - Killers Crop (Aired December 30, 1951) Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Crime Club - Murder On Margin (05-22-47) Updated: 2012-02-05 03:49:22 Description: Murder On Margin (Aired May 22, 1947) Crime club was a Mutual Network murder and mystery series, a product of the Doubleday Crime Book Club imprints found weekly in bookstores everywhere. The telephone rings "Hello, I hope I haven't kept you...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - The Cadaver In The Roman Toga (11-09-47) Updated: 2012-02-04 22:08:16 Description: The Cadaver In The Roman Toga (Aired November 9, 1947) Holmes states that he first developed his deduction methods while an undergraduate. The author Dorothy L. Sayers suggested that, given details in two of the Adventures, Holmes must have b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Our Miss Brooks - Clay City Football Game (10-31-48) Updated: 2012-02-04 14:52:39 Description: Clay City Football Game (Aired October 31, 1948) Our Miss Brooks, an American situation comedy, began as a radio hit in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952, becoming one of the earlier hits of the so-called Golden Age of Television, and m...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bold Venture - Ghost Ship (08-20-51) Updated: 2012-02-04 04:16:50 Description: Ghost Ship (Aired August 20, 1951) Bold Venture is a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Salty seadog Slate S...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Duffy's Tavern - Guest Is Carole Landis (04-11-44) Updated: 2012-02-03 20:16:53 Description: Guest Is Carole Landis (Aired April 11, 1944) AFRN rebroadcast those episodes for U.S. servicemen during World War II, the announcer referred to Duffy's Tavern. Radio's Duffy's Tavern didn't translate well to film or television. Burrows and M...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Craig Confidential Investigator - Five Fire Mystery (11-03-53) Updated: 2012-02-03 14:50:00 Description: Five Fire Mystery (Aired November 3, 1953) Originally aired October 31, 1951 Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator is one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it broadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling change...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Green Hornet - The Stuffed Panda (10-04-45) Updated: 2012-02-03 02:24:21 Description: The Stuffed Panda (Aired October 4, 1945) the Green Hornet is the alter ego of Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher by day who goes out in his masked "Green Hornet" identity at night to fight crime as a vigilante. He is accompanied by his simila...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dangerous Assignment - The Greek Connection (02-20-50) Updated: 2012-02-02 20:14:48 Description: The Greek Connection (Aired February 20, 1950) This thirty-minute international spy adventure featured Steve Mitchell (Brian Donlevy), and investigator of crimes in exotic locations. 60 episodes. Herb Butterfield played the Commissioner and B...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Frank Race - The Adventure Of The Violent Virtuoso (09-04-49) Updated: 2012-02-02 14:07:47 Description: The Adventure Of The Violent Virtuoso (Aired September 4, 1949) Race is aided by his associate, former cab driver, Marcus 'Marc' Donovan portrayed by Tony Barrett. Lurene Tuttle is also featured in the audition. The audition lays out the prem...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Devil & Mr. O - Gravestone (10-22-71) Updated: 2012-02-02 03:09:02 Description: Gravestone (Aired October 22, 1971) A transcribed syndication of original broadcasts from Lights Out. With its premiere on the nationwide NBC hookup in 1935, Lights Out was billed "the ultimate in horror." Never had such sounds been heard on ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Great Gildersleeve - City Employee's Picnic (05-21-44) Updated: 2012-02-01 22:24:42 Description: City Employee's Picnic (Aired May 21, 1944) The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around a character who had been a staple on the clas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sam Spade - The Dog Bed Caper (12-01-50) Updated: 2012-02-01 19:07:45 Description: The Dog Bed Caper (Aired December 1, 1950) The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on A...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Screen Guild Theater - A Great Man Votes (11-03-40) Updated: 2012-02-01 03:44:47 Description: A Great Man Votes (Aired November 3, 1940) The Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio broadcast from 1939 until 1952 with leading Hollywood actors performing in adaptations of popular motion p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nightfall - The Thinking Room (08-06-82) Updated: 2012-01-31 20:49:13 Description: The Thinking Room (Aired August 6, 1982) Nightfall is a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as sc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pete Kelly's Blues - Dutch Courtney (02-20-51) Updated: 2012-01-31 15:34:46 Description: Dutch Courtney (Aired February 20, 1951) Pete Kelly's Blues was an American radio drama which aired over NBC as an unsponsored summer replacement series on Wednesday nights at 8pm(et) from July 4 through September 19, 1951. The series starred...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Fort Laramie" - Spotted Tail's Return (07-22-56) Updated: 2012-01-31 03:16:29 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Fort Laramie" - Spotted Tail's Return (Aired July 22, 1956) Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of e...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Father Knows Best - The Missing Pipes (11-13-52) Updated: 2012-01-30 21:09:44 Description: The Missing Pipes (Aired November 13, 1952) Father Knows Best, a family comedy of the 1950s, is perhaps more important for what it has come to represent than for what it actually was. In essence, the series was one of a slew of middle-class f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD People Are Funny - Mink Stole (10-10-54) Updated: 2012-01-30 16:23:32 Description: Mink Stole (Aire October 10, 1954) People are Funny is a long-running American radio and television game show, created by John Guedel that remained popular throughout the 1940s. The program ran from 1942 to 1960. The program's stunts and audi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mr. Keen - Skull & Crossbones Murder Case (06-15-50) Updated: 2012-01-30 05:55:55 Description: Skull & Crossbones Murder Case (Aired June 15, 1950) Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of radio's longest running shows, airing (October 12, 1937 to April 19, 1955), continuing well into the television era. It was produced by Frank and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Box 13 - Much Too Lucky (05-01-49) Updated: 2012-01-29 23:49:33 Description: Much Too Lucky (Aired May 1, 1949) Box 13 was a syndicated radio series about the escapades of mystery novelist Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd), a former newsman. Created by Mayfair Productions, the series premiered August 22, 1948, on New York's WOR...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Whisperer - Taken For A Ride (08-26-51) Updated: 2012-01-29 14:35:37 Description: Taken For A Ride (Aired August 26, 1951) The Whisperer was an American old-time radio show broadcast from July 8 to September 30, 1951 on NBC. It ran for only 13 episodes. The premise of the series was as improbable as its storylines. The pro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vanishing Point - Closing Night (05-26-86) Updated: 2012-01-29 04:01:42 Description: Closing Night (Aired May 26, 1986) Vanishing Point is the title of a science fiction anthology series that ran on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio from 1984 until 1986, although the show would continue under different names and format...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rogue's Gallery - Favor For A Condemned Man (04-04-46) Updated: 2012-01-28 20:28:18 Description: Favor For A Condemned Man (Aired April 4, 1946) The gimmick in Rogue's Gallery was the presence of an alter ego, "Eugor," who arrived in the middle of the show to give Rogue enough information for his final deduction. Eugor was a state of mi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Screen Director's Playhouse - Shadow Of A Doubt (11-09-50) Updated: 2012-01-28 15:43:03 Description: Shadow Of A Doubt (Aired November 9, 1950) From 01/09/49 to 09/28/51 this series was greatly enjoyed by the radio listening audience. It opened as NBC Theater and was also known as The Screen Director’s Guild and The Screen Director’s Ass...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Gunsmoke" - Doc Quits (08-27-55) Updated: 2012-01-28 04:00:53 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Gunsmoke" - Doc Quits (Aired August 27, 1955) The radio show first aired on April 26, 1952 and ran until June 18, 1961 on the CBS radio network. The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard Mc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Damon Runyon Theater - The Lily of St. Pierre (7-24-49) Updated: 2012-01-27 21:42:59 Description: The Lily of St. Pierre (Aired July 24, 1949) Damon Runyon Theatre - Broadcast from January to December 1949, "The Damon Runyon Theatre" dramatized 52 of Runyon's short stories for radio. Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 – December 10, 1946) wa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Jack Benny Program - 2 Episodes (09-05-43) (01-15-50) Updated: 2012-01-27 16:32:10 Description: 2 Ep. "Guest Is Louie Armstong" (Aired September 5, 1943) "Jack Meets Fred Allen (Aired January 15, 1950) Benny had been only a minor vaudeville performer, but he became a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly radio show which ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Manhunt - 2 Episodes - Legal Loophole (10-03-45) and Gloomy Room (10-12-45) Updated: 2012-01-27 02:22:23 Description: Legal Loophole (Aired October 3, 1945) and Gloomy Room (Aired October 12, 1945) Manhunt was a 15-minute crime drama anthology. The scripts ran twelve and a half minutes, so as to allow stations to insert their own commercial messages and anno...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD My Friend Irma - Show Business (02-10-52) Updated: 2012-01-26 21:23:27 Description: Show Business (Aired February 10, 1952) The show was sponsored by Swan Soap, and Irma would usually make a silly remark about it so the name could be advertised. Frank Bingman was the announcer for Swan Soap. The program was also sponsored by...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Murder By Experts - Two Coffins To Fill (07-04-49) Updated: 2012-01-26 13:35:03 Description: Two Coffins To Fill (Aired July 4, 1949) Murder By Experts was a radio drama anthology series that ran on American radio from 1949-1951, and was hosted first by John Dickson Carr, and later by Brett Halliday. Evidently, a mystery, authored by...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Was A Communist For The FBI - Hate Song (12-31-52) Updated: 2012-01-26 02:34:59 Description: Hate Song (Aired December 31, 1952) Throughout most of the 1940's, Matt Cvetic worked as a volunteer undercover agent for the FBI, infiltrating the Communist Party in Pittsburgh. In 1949, his testimony helped to convict several top Party memb...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime Classics - The Torment Of Henrietta Robinson & Why She Killed (09-07-53) Updated: 2012-01-25 21:33:59 Description: The Torment Of Henrietta Robinson & Why She Killed (Aired September 7, 1953) Crime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953 to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Ford Theater - The Late Christopher Bean (06-20-48) Updated: 2012-01-25 16:06:44 Description: The Late Christopher Bean (Aired June 20, 1948) The Ford Theater, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, presented hour long dramas first on NBC for one only season. The series moved to CBS for its second and last season. There were 39 NBC and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet - The 3rd Degree (11-21-48) Updated: 2012-01-25 02:44:15 Description: The 3rd Degree (Aired November 21, 1948) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Murder One (06-14-77) Updated: 2012-01-24 21:32:18 Description: Murder One (Aired June 14, 1977) A host of prominent actors from radio and screen performed on the series, including Agnes Moorehead, Joan Hackett, Mercedes McCambridge, Morey Amsterdam, Roy Thinnes, Keir Dullea, Fred Gwynne, Richard Crenna,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Author's Playhouse - The Mysterious Stranger (07-14-44) Updated: 2012-01-24 15:39:50 Description: The Mysterious Stranger (Aired July 14, 1944) Author's Playhouse was an anthology radio drama series, created by Wynn Wright, that aired on the NBC Blue Network from March 5, 1941 until October 1941. It then moved to the NBC Red Network where...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Cisco Kid" - Rodeo At Calico Corners (01-11-55) Updated: 2012-01-24 04:44:55 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Cisco Kid" - Rodeo At Calico Corners (Aired January 11, 1955) The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bulldog Drummond - Dinner Of Death (04-23-45) Updated: 2012-01-24 02:23:12 Description: Dinner Of Death (Aired April 23, 1945) The Bulldog Drummond stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI officer of the fictional Loamshire Regiment, who, after the war, spends his new-found leisure tim...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tom Corbett Space Cadet - Double Cross In Space Part.2 of 2 (04-03-52) Updated: 2012-01-23 19:56:49 Description: Double Cross In Space Part.2 of 2 (Aired April 3, 1952) Tom's career covered every media outlet of the 1950's, except the movies. There were eight hardback books published by Grosset and Dunlap from 1952 to 1956, fourteen comics published by...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Amos & Andy - Andy Inflates His Tax Return (03-02-45) Updated: 2012-01-23 17:02:50 Description: Andy Inflates His Tax Return (Aired March 2, 1945) Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosd...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime & Peter Chambers - Cemetery Attack (04-20-54) Updated: 2012-01-23 03:14:58 Description: Cemetery Attack (Aired April 20, 1954) Peter Chambers, the dashing playboy private eye, came from the pen of Henry Kane. The output of his writing career included over 60 novels, including about 30 featuring Peter Chambers. In an interest- in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tom Corbett Space Cadet - Double Cross In Space Part.1 of 2 (04-01-52) Updated: 2012-01-22 22:00:30 Description: Double Cross In Space Pt.1 of 2 (Aired April 1, 1952) Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, coloring books, punch-out b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Let George Do It - The Money Maker (08-02-48) Updated: 2012-01-22 15:00:56 Description: The Money Maker (Aired August 2, 1948) Bob Bailey played George Valentine as a detective handy man, who got his jobs from responses to a newspaper ad. Part-time detective and writer Dan Holiday in Box 13 also used the premise. It pays to adve...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pat Novak For Hire - Rubin Callaway's Pictures (3-13-49) Updated: 2012-01-20 22:09:11 Description: Rubin Callaway's Pictures (Aired March 13, 1949) Pat Novak for Hire was an old-time radio detective show which aired from 1946-1947 as a West Coast regional program and in 1949 as a nationwide program for ABC. The regional version originally ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD NBC Radio City Playhouse - Luck (03-28-49) Updated: 2012-01-20 15:46:14 Description: Luck (Aired March 28, 1949) Radio City Playhouse was one of the last of a long series of premium Drama productions NBC offered as flagship, sustaining productions over the years. As with it's previous premium dramatic and Classic music produc...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Adventures Of Nero Wolf - The Case Of The Disappearing Diamonds (03-09-51) Updated: 2012-01-18 02:41:11 Description: The Case Of The Disappearing Diamonds (Aired March 9, 1951) Nero Wolf is a fictional detective created by American author Rex Stout in the 1930s and featured in dozens of novels and novellas.In the stories, Wolf is one of the most famous priv...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lights Out - Organ (06-08-43) Updated: 2012-01-17 21:50:56 Description: Organ (Aired June 8, 1943) Lights Out was created in Chicago by writer Wyllis Cooper in 1934, and the first series of shows (each 15 minutes long) ran on a local NBC station, WENR. By April 1934, the series was expanded to a half hour in leng...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Burns & Allen Show - Tax Time Again (03-15-50) Updated: 2012-01-17 16:29:44 Description: Tax Time Again (Aired March 15, 1950) Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen.Burns wrote most of the material, and played the straight man. Allen played a silly, addleheaded woman. Bo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Creaking Door - The Cat Woman (07-13-64) Updated: 2012-01-17 01:27:23 Description: The Cat Woman (Aired July 13, 1964) The Creaking Door was an old-time radio series of horror and suspense shows originating in South Africa. The Old Time Radio Researchers Group reports 42 extant episodes in MP3 circulation. The series was fi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Philo Vance - Checkerboard Murder Case (09-13-49) Updated: 2012-01-16 22:16:42 Description: Checkerboard Murder Case (Aired September 13, 1949) Philo Vance was the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920s. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he seems he might be ghostwritte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime Does Not Pay - Trigger Man's Moll (11-07-49) Updated: 2012-01-16 16:03:35 Description: Trigger Man's Moll (Aired November 7, 1949) MGM produced Crime Does Not Pay shorts through 1948, at which time WMGM began airing the Crime Does Not Pay radio program. While some of the Film version themes found their way into the Radio versio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jeff Regan Investigator - The Little Man's Lament (11-09-49) Updated: 2012-01-16 02:38:23 Description: The Little Man's Lament (Aired November 9, 1949) Jeff Regan, Investigator was one of the three detective shows Jack Webb did before Dragnet (see also Pat Novak For Hire and Johnny Modero: Pier 23). It debuted on CBS in July 1948. Webb played...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easy Aces - 2 Episodes From 1940 Updated: 2012-01-15 23:10:22 Description: #094 "Jane Opens A Checking Account" and #95 "Jane Has Problems With Her Checking Account" (1940) Easy Aces, a long-running American serial radio comedy (1930–1945), was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ac...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Clitheroe Kid - Whatever Happened To Grandad (05-16-71) Updated: 2012-01-15 17:40:07 Description: Whatever Happened To Grandad (Aired May 16, 1971) The Clitheroe Kid was James Robertson Clitheroe, Jimmy Clitheroe to most, who by some strange coincidence did come from the town of that name without having to change his family name! At his f...more... 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Henley Stafford as Lancelot “Daddy” Higgins, Baby Snooks father. Lalive Brownell as “Mommy” Higgins (later played by Lois Corbet and Arlene Harris).Leone Ledoux as Snoo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - Nobeards Treasure (12-16-53) Updated: 2012-01-14 02:56:49 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - Nobeards Treasure (Aired December 16, 1953) Wild Bill Hickock was a real life Civil War soldier, sharpshooter, gunfighter and lawman of the Old West. He was an adventurer who had many brushes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Detour To Terror (05-21-46) Updated: 2012-01-13 19:58:30 Description: Detour To Terror (Aired May 21, 1946) Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC’s Blue Network in January 1941. Inner Sanctum Mysteries featured one of the most memorable and atmospher...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Lineup - Grieving Families (07-15-52) Updated: 2012-01-13 16:08:23 Description: Grieving Families (Aired July 15, 1952) The Lineup is a realistic police drama that gives radio audiences a look behind the scenes at police headquarters. Bill Johnstone plays Lt. Ben Guthrie, a quiet, calm-as-a-cupcake cucumber. Joseph Kearn...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Philip Morris Playhouse - Four Hours To Kill (05-13-49) Updated: 2012-01-13 04:05:23 Description: Four Hours To Kill (Aired May 13, 1949) Philip Morris invested heavily in radio advertising throughout the 1930s and ‘40s, often having two weekly programs on competing networks. The first, a variety show that ran for twelve seasons (1934-4...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD You Bet Your Life - Secret Word Is Smile (10-12-49) Updated: 2012-01-12 02:36:02 Description: Secret Word Is Smile (Aired October 12, 1949) Contestant teams usually consisted of one male and one female, most selected from the studio audience. Occasionally famous or otherwise interesting figures were invited to play (i.e., a Korean-Ame...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Shadow - The The Man Who Murdered Time (01-01-39) Updated: 2012-01-11 22:21:17 Description: The The Man Who Murdered Time (Aired January 1, 1939) "Who Knows What Evil Lurks In The Hearts Of Men? The Shadow Knows!" ...These famous words, and the sinister laugh that followed, have become part of Americana, forever embodying the specia...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 2000 Plus - The Robot Killer (1950) Updated: 2012-01-10 03:24:32 Description: The Robot Killer (1950) *The Exact Date Is Unknown 2000 Plus, for its part, clearly had all the makings of a truly exceptional science fiction canon. The sound engineering, in particular, was every bit the equal of anything heard previously o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Candy Matson - The Devil In The Deep Freeze (11-10-49) Updated: 2012-01-09 22:30:28 Description: The Devil In The Deep Freeze (Aired November 10, 1949) CANDY MATSON was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8208, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Par...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Casebook Of Gregory Hood - The Sad Clown (10-07-46) Updated: 2012-01-09 17:49:39 Description: The Sad Clown (Aired October 7, 1946) The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon in the title role, took over where Sherlock Holmes had left off. Sponsored by Petri wine, it used the same "weekly visit" format and the same team of Ant...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In The Name Of The Law - I Didn't Do Nothing (08-02-36) Updated: 2012-01-09 02:28:49 Description: I Didn't Do Nothing (Aired August 2, 1936) In the Name of the Law was a True Crime radio show from 1936. It says "In the name of the law, we bring you another of the thrilling stories in this exciting series, taken from actual police case fil...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Murder At Midnight - The Dead Hand (04-19-46) Updated: 2012-01-08 22:27:00 Description: The Dead Hand (Aired April 19, 1946) Dubbed Murder At Midnight, the intent, from the outset, was to create a compelling crime fiction drama anthology targeted specifically for late night listening. Murder At Midnight, while ostensibly a crime...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Whistler - Murder Has A Signature (01-15-45) Updated: 2012-01-08 16:59:03 Description: Murder Has A Signature (Aired January 15, 1945) The Whistler is one of American radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955.The Whistler was the most popular West Coast-originated program...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mr. & Mrs. North - Literary Murder (01-26-44) Updated: 2012-01-07 19:58:32 Description: Literary Murder (Aired January 26, 1944) Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Publisher Jerry North and his wife Pa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hallmark Playhouse - Berkeley Square (03-03-49) Updated: 2012-01-07 15:21:00 Description: Berkeley Square (Aired March 3, 1949) The Hallmark Playhouse was heard over CBS stations Thursday evenings. This drama anthology of 30-minute shows was sponsored by, of course, Hallmark Greeting Cards. It was preceded by the RADIO READER'S DI...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Adventures Of Michael Shayne - The Case Of The Generous Killer (09-04-48) Updated: 2012-01-07 01:31:07 Description: The Case Of The Generous Killer (Aired September 4, 1948) Brains, brawn, and an insatiable attraction to attractive and dangerous females. A cigarette dangling from the corner of the mouth, a slouch hat parked on a coat rack in a seedy downto...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gangbusters - The Case Of The Chicago Tunnel Gang (10-02-48) Updated: 2012-01-06 18:14:53 Description: The Case Of The Chicago Tunnel Gang (Aired October 2, 1948) Gangbusters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered as G-Men, sponsored by Chevro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Broadway Is My Beat - Katy Lane Murder Case (07-25-54) Updated: 2012-01-06 14:34:11 Description: Katy Lane Murder Case (Aired July 25, 1954) Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Horatio Hornblower - Command Of The La-Mouch (05-22-53) Updated: 2012-01-06 02:37:26 Description: Command Of The La-Mouch (Aired May 22, 1953) Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. The original Hornblower ...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - The Retired Colourman (10-09-64) Updated: 2012-01-04 20:43:29 Description: The Retired Colourman (Aired October 9, 1964) Holmes states that he first developed his deduction methods while an undergraduate. The author Dorothy L. Sayers suggested that, given details in two of the Adventures, Holmes must have been at Ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Maisie - Department Store Clerk (11-24-49) Updated: 2012-01-04 16:38:34 Description: Department Store Clerk (Aired November 24, 1949) Maisie, the first in 1939, was from the book "Dark Dame" by the writer Wilson Collison,who did decades of scripting for the silver screen along with Broadway plays and magazine fiction. From th...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Black Museum - The Open Ended Wrench (1952) Updated: 2012-01-02 14:04:49 Description: The Open Ended Wrench (1952) *The Exact Date Is Unknown Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Great Gildersleeve - New Years Eve (12-31-44) Updated: 2012-01-02 01:07:33 Description: New Years Eve (Aired December 31, 1944) The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around a character who had been a staple on the classic ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime Club - Dead Man Control (03-20-47) Updated: 2012-01-01 15:40:29 Description: Dead Man Control (Aired March 20, 1947) Crime club was a Mutual Network murder and mystery series, a product of the Doubleday Crime Book Club imprints found weekly in bookstores everywhere. The telephone rings"Hello, I hope I haven't kept you...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Diary Of Fate - Marvin Thomas Entry (06-08-48) Updated: 2012-01-01 04:01:12 Description: Marvin Thomas Entry (Aired June 8, 1948) The twist with Diary of Fate was the total absence of pretense. The program jumps right to the 'source' of Man's ultimate destiny--Fate itself--in the form of the Guardian of the Diary of Fate. It is w...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Box 13 - Double Trouble (07-10-49) Updated: 2011-12-30 02:41:14 Description: Double Trouble (Aired July 10, 1949) Ladd hired some excellent voice talent for his project, and these superb, veteran Radio professionals set a pretty high bar for Ladd, himself. Box 13 is highly expositional, as are most programs of the gen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Best Plays - Winterset (06-08-52) Updated: 2011-12-29 18:23:05 Description: Winterset (Aired June 8, 1952) Best Plays presents theatrical paramounts of excellence. It's hosted by the drama critic of New York’s Daily News, John Chapman. Dramatic and comedic performances outshine other theater radio shows, greatly pe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Academy Award Theater - My Sister Eileen (05-18-46) Updated: 2011-12-29 03:14:31 Description: My Sister Eileen (Aired May 18, 1946) The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Midnight - Marble Knights (11-01-68) Updated: 2011-12-28 22:14:36 Description: Marble Knights (Aired November 1, 1968) This series was written by Michael McCabe and was produced in South Africa. It was a replacement for another series McCabe produced, called SF68. That series adapted famous Sci-fi stories to radio, and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hermit's Cave - Plantation Mystery (1942) Updated: 2011-12-28 16:15:47 Description: Plantation Mystery (1942) *The Exact Date Is Unknown The Hermit's cave Ghost stories ... weird stories ... of murder, too ... the Hermit knows them all. Horror stories with Mel Johnson and howling wolves in the background, obliterating some o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Harding Counterspy - The Courageous Come On (09-08-49) Updated: 2011-12-28 04:53:28 Description: The Courageous Come On (Aired September 8, 1949) The show was at the top of the list among programs that had developed the technique of sound effects to a fine art. Each program was written with the sound in mind, not so much sound for sound'...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Amos & Andy Show - The Annual Christmas Show (12-19-54) Updated: 2011-12-28 00:54:22 Description: The Annual Christmas Show (Aired December 19, 1945) Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gos...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Father Knows Best - Christmas Program (12-21-50) Updated: 2011-12-27 15:36:15 Description: Christmas Program (Aired December 21, 1950) The series began August 25, 1949, on NBC Radio. Set in the Midwest, it starred Robert Young as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by June Whitley and lat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Suspense - A Korean Christmas Carol (12-20-59) Updated: 2011-12-27 04:46:37 Description: A Korean Christmas Carol (Aired December 20, 1959) Suspense was one of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio (aka old-time radio), and advertised itself as "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It was heard in one form or anothe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Henry Morgan Show -Christmas Story (12-25-46) Updated: 2011-12-26 22:51:42 Description: Christmas Story (Aired December 25, 1946) Henry Morgan saw through all that was phony and contrived in the world of American media and held it in contempt. While most performers in early television pretended that dancing girls dressed as gian...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - The Night Before Christmas (12-24-45) Updated: 2011-12-26 16:14:15 Description: The Night Before Christmas (Aired December 24, 1945) Sherlock Holmes detective stories appeared on radio for more than 25 years, with a long list of performers playing the parts of Holmes and Dr Watson. FIRST BROADCAST: October 20th 1930 LAST...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Diamond Private Detective - A Contemporary Christmas Carol (12-24-49) Updated: 2011-12-26 05:54:19 Description: A Contemporary Christmas Carol (Aired 12-24-49) Richard Diamond, Private Detective was a radio show starring Dick Powell which aired from 1949 to 1953, first on NBC, then ABC and finally on CBS. The title character was a rather light-hearted ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cricket On The Hearth - Dickens Other Christmas Story (12-24-45) Updated: 2011-12-25 20:31:43 Description: Dickens Other Christmas Story (12-24-45 Dickens Other Christmas Story (Aired December 24, 1945) In July 1845, Dickens contemplated forming a periodical focusing on the concerns of the home called The Cricket but the plan fell through, and he ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Screen Guild Theater - Holiday Inn (01-11-43) Updated: 2011-12-25 16:59:56 Description: Holiday Inn (Aired January 11, 1943) The Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio that was heard from 1939 until 1952 with adaptations from films in programs starring top Hollywood actors of th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gunsmoke - A Christmas Story (12-20-52) Updated: 2011-12-25 05:55:22 Description: A Christmas Story (Aired December 20, 1952) The radio show first aired on April 26, 1952 and ran until June 18, 1961 on the CBS radio network. The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georg...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life With Luigi - Pasquale Takes Luigi's Christmas Money (12-20-49) Updated: 2011-12-25 04:36:38 Description: Pasquale Takes Luigi's Christmas Money (Aired December 20, 1949) Life with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MOVIE - A Christmas Carol - 1951 (Alastair Sim) Updated: 2011-12-25 02:20:15 Description: MOVIE - A Christmas Carol - 1951 (Alastair Sim) Scrooge, released as A Christmas Carol in the United States, is a 1951 film adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. It starred Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and was directed by Bri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Duffy's Tavern - The Christmas Carol (12-21-45) Updated: 2011-12-24 20:10:47 Description: The Christmas Carol (Aired December 21, 1945) Duffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Author's Playhouse - Christmas By Injunction (12-21-41) Updated: 2011-12-24 14:43:05 Description: Christmas By Injunction (Aired December 21, 1941) Author's Playhouse was an anthology radio drama series, created by Wynn Wright, that aired on the NBC Blue Network from March 5, 1941 until October 1941. It then moved to the NBC Red Network w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stars Over Hollywood - Time For Christmas (12-12-53) Updated: 2011-12-24 04:33:55 Description: Time For Christmas (Aired December 12, 1953) Stars Over Hollywood was a Saturday morning radio program that became an instant sucess and ran for thirteen years and dispite strong suggestions against it's acceptence in such a time slot. The pr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Martin & Lewis Show - The Christmas Show (12-12-49) Updated: 2011-12-23 19:34:37 Description: The Christmas Show (Aired December 12, 1949) On July 25, 1946, Jerry began a show business partnership with Dean Martin, an association that would soon skyrocket both to fame. It started when Jerry was performing at the 500 Club in Atlantic C...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Mysterious Traveler - Christmas Story (12-25-51) Updated: 2011-12-23 04:43:11 Description: Christmas Story (Aired December 25, 1951) Written and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, the series began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. Unlike...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Jimmy Durante Show - Christmas Program (12-22-44) Updated: 2011-12-23 02:01:12 Description: Christmas Program (Aired December 22, 1944) On September 10, 1933 Jimmy Durante appeared on Eddie Cantor's popular The Chase and Sanborn Hour, continuing until November 12 of that year. When Cantor departed, Durante took over the NBC show as ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD X Minus One - To The Future (12-14-55) Updated: 2011-12-22 20:42:17 Description: To The Future (Aired December 14, 1955) X Minus One was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are rememb...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Casey Crime Photographer - Christmas Shopping (12-19-46) Updated: 2011-12-22 15:12:12 Description: Christmas Shopping (Aired December 19, 1946 Originally appearing in the pages of Black Mask, under the watchful eyes of then-editor Joseph Shaw, Flashgun Casey was the originally fast-talking crime photographer, a big, hot-tempered Boston Mic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Cisco Kid" - Fight At The County Seat (02-10-53) Updated: 2011-12-22 05:13:07 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Cisco Kid" - Fight At The County Seat (Aired February 10, 1953) The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The NBC University Theater - The Pickwick Papers (03-13-49) Updated: 2011-12-22 02:33:02 Description: The Pickwick Papers (Aired March 13, 1949) The University Theater is an unusual series that focused on reenacting novels by great authors for college classes. Many accredited American universities such as Washington State College, University ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Big Town - Prelude To Christmas (12-21-48) Updated: 2011-12-21 20:15:23 Description: Prelude To Christmas (Aired December 21, 1948) Big Town is a radio show that aired from 1937 to 1952. Edward G. Robinson had the lead role of Steve Wilson from 1937 to 1942. Claire Trevor was Wilson's society editor sidekick Lorelei Kilbourne...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD My Friend Irma - Christmas Party (12-22-47) Updated: 2011-12-21 15:29:03 Description: Christmas Party (Aired December 22, 1947) My Friend Irma, created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard, was a top-rated, long-run radio situation comedy, so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated to films and television, while ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Fort Laramie" - Army Wife (10-28-56) Updated: 2011-12-21 05:52:15 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Fort Laramie" - Army Wife (Aired October 28, 1956) Fort Laramie had one of the strongest supporting casts in radio history: John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Barney Phillips, Larry Dobkin, Ben Wright, Je...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Hickory Dickory Doom (02-26-79) Updated: 2011-12-21 02:15:24 Description: Hickory Dickory Doom (Aired February 26, 1979) The CBS Radio Mystery Theater (or CBSRMT) was an ambitious and sustained attempt to revive the great drama of old-time radio in the 1970s. Created by Himan Brown (who had by then become a radio l...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Weird Circle - The Oblong Box (06-09-44) Updated: 2011-12-20 20:47:15 Description: The Oblong Box (Aired June 9, 1944) The Weird Circle is yet another backwater gem from The Golden Age of Radio that has been woefully mis-documented. The premise is noteworthy: an anthology of classic, supernatural mystery thrillers from the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Aldrich Family - Christmas Eve With The Family (12-21-52) Updated: 2011-12-20 15:36:30 Description: Christmas Eve With The Family (Aired December 21, 1952) The Aldrich Family as a separate radio show was born as a summer replacement for Jack Benny in NBC's Sunday night lineup, July 2, 1939, and it stayed there until October 1, 1939, when it...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The First Nighter Program - Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (12-23-52) Updated: 2011-12-20 02:33:33 Description: Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (Aired December 23, 1952) The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from 1930 to 1953. The host was Mr. First Nighter (Charles P. Hughes, Macdonald Carey, Bret Morr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boston Blackie - The Brandon Jewel Robbery (02-05-46) Updated: 2011-12-19 21:06:38 Description: The Brandon Jewel Robbery (Aired February 5, 1946) The Boston Blackie radio series, also starring Morris, began June 23, 1944, on NBC as a summer replacement for The Amos 'n' Andy Show. Sponsored by Rinso, the series continued until September...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adventures Of Frank Race - The Adventure Of The Mormon Country (10-23-49) Updated: 2011-12-19 14:11:48 Description: The Adventure Of The Mormon Country (Aired October 23, 1949) The Series was heard over all four networks over the following four years in initial syndication and rebroadcast. Given one's geographical location, a listener might well have been ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Milton Berle Show - A Salute To Christmas (12-23-47) Updated: 2011-12-19 02:24:17 Description: A Salute To Christmas (Aired December 23, 1947) The Milton Berle Show brought Berle together with Arnold Stang, later a familiar face as Berle's TV sidekick. Others in the cast were Pert Kelton, Mary Schipp, Jack Albertson, Arthur Q. Bryan, E...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Abbott & Costello Show - Christmas Program (12-24-47) Updated: 2011-12-18 20:53:07 Description: Christmas Program (Aired December 24, 1947) The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (usually, by singers such as Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Regu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Studio One - The Thirty Nine Steps (03-23-48) Updated: 2011-12-18 15:32:21 Description: The Thirty Nine Steps (Aired March 23, 1948) Studio One received Emmy nominations every year from 1950 to 1958. The series staged some notable and memorable teleplays among its 466 episodes. Some created such an impact they were adapted into...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hancock's Half Hour - Bill & Father Christmas (12-25-58) Updated: 2011-12-18 03:02:03 Description: Bill & Father Christmas (Aired December 25, 1958) Tony Hancock starred as an exaggerated version of his own character, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. Sid James played a criminally-inclined...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mystery House - Bases Loaded (06-14-46) Updated: 2011-12-17 02:23:35 Description: Bases Loaded (Aired June 14, 1946) That strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn - where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff, before it is accepted for publication. Mystery House was a program in the 1950’s,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Let George Do It - A Minor Case Of Murder (08-30-48) Updated: 2011-12-16 22:05:24 Description: A Minor Case Of Murder (Aired August 30, 1948) The few earliest episodes were more sitcom than private eye shows, with a studio audience providing scattered laughter at the not-so-funny scripts. Soon the audience was banished, and George wen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Truth Or Consequences - Christmas Show (12-20-47) Updated: 2011-12-16 15:23:40 Description: Christmas Show (Aired December 20, 1947) Truth or Consequences, an American quiz show, was originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940-57) and later on television by Edwards (1950-54), Jack Bailey (1954-55), Bob Barker (1956-75), Bo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The MGM Theater Of The Air - Anna Karenina (12-09-49) Updated: 2011-12-16 02:34:28 Description: Anna Karenina (Aired December 9, 1949) During the postwar years, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Tiffany of movie studios, successfully made the leap into the production and distribution of transcribed syndicated radio series, often capitalizing on ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ralph Richardson Presents - A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) 12-25-65 Updated: 2011-12-15 20:29:27 Description: A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) 12-25-65 The novel (Christmas Carol) was the subject of Dickens' first public reading, given in Birmingham Town Hall to the Industrial and Literary Institute on 27 December 1852. This was repeated three days later ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Space Patrol - Hermit Of Pluto (02-12-55) Updated: 2011-12-15 14:28:52 Description: Hermit Of Pluto (Aired February 12, 1955) The success of the TV show spawned a radio version, which ran for 129 episodes from October 1952 to March 1955. The same cast of actors performed on both shows. The writers, scripts, adventures and di...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Creaking Door - Bring Back Her Bones (06-22-64) Updated: 2011-12-15 02:22:04 Description: Bring Back Her Bones (Aired June 22, 1964) The Creaking Door was South African Radio's attempt to create a compelling program of highly suspenseful, dramatic thrillers with a supernatural bent for their sponsor, State Express Cigarettes. Som...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lux Radio Theater - Miracle On 34th Street (12-22-47) Updated: 2011-12-14 21:32:17 Description: Miracle On 34th Street (Aired December 22, 1947) Lux Radio Theater employed several hosts over the following year, eventually choosing William Keighley as the new permanent host, a post he held from late 1945 through 1952. After that, produce...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Burns & Allen Show - Christmas Program (12-23-40) Updated: 2011-12-14 15:13:04 Description: Christmas Program (Aired December 23, 1940) Burns and Allen are one of the most beloved couple in old time radio. They got started, like many of the greats of old time radio, in vaudeville, which is really just the touring popular entertainm...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe - The Kid On The Corner (12-03-49) Updated: 2011-12-14 02:22:38 Description: The Kid On The Corner (Aired December 3, 1949) This revival of Philip Marlowe was more favorably received, probably because of a combination of writing and acting. No one could duplicate the writing of Raymond Chandler, but this group of writ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Arthur Godfrey Show - Recalling 1950 (04-25-72) Updated: 2011-12-13 21:22:52 Description: Recalling 1950 (Aired April 25, 1972) Godfrey found in later years that his enthusiasm for high tech had its limits, when he concluded that some technological developments posed the potential to threaten the environment. During one appearance...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Life of Riley - Christmas Present (12-17-44) Updated: 2011-12-13 15:25:26 Description: Christmas Present (Aired December 17, 1944) The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running televisio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - Timothy Dolan's Last Stand (02-25-53) Updated: 2011-12-13 04:39:54 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - Timothy Dolan's Last Stand (Aired February 25, 1953) Wild Bill Hickock was a real life Civil War soldier, sharpshooter, gunfighter and lawman of the Old West. He was an adventurer who had man...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Mysterious Traveler - The Last Survivor (10-11-45) Updated: 2011-12-13 02:20:10 Description: The Last Survivor (Aired October 11, 1945) Mysterious Traveler was the second outing for the prolific writing team of Robert Arthur, Jr. and David P. Kogan, two successful pulp fiction writers and publishers. Their first effort was a 27-progr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lights Out - A Christmas Story (12-22-37) Updated: 2011-12-12 20:10:12 Description: A Christmas Story (Aired December 22, 1937) Lights Out, featuring "tales of the supernatural and the supernormal", was created in Chicago by writer Wyllis Cooper in 1934, and the first series of shows (each 15 minutes long) ran on a local NBC...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dragnet - A Rifle For Christmas (12-22-09) Updated: 2011-12-12 15:19:47 Description: A Rifle For Christmas (Aired December 22, 1949) Dragnet was a long-running radio and television police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its nam...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Command Performance - Christmas Show (12-24-42) Updated: 2011-12-12 04:11:52 Description: Christmas Show (Aired December 24, 1942) Command Performance is a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) with a direct shortwave transmission to the troop...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Eddie Cantor Christmas Show - Guest Ida Lupino (12-23-42) Updated: 2011-12-11 22:47:53 Description: Guest Ida Lupino (Aired December 23,1948) Cantor appeared on radio as early as February 3, 1922, as indicated by this news item from Connecticut's Bridgeport Telegram: Local radio operators listened to one of the finest programs yet produced ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime Does Not Pay - The Kid With A Gun (10-10-49) Updated: 2011-12-11 15:48:32 Description: The Kid With A Gun (Aired October 10, 1949) Crime Does Not Pay was a series based on short films of the same name produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was similar to Gangbusters, having a moralistic message about the law and lawbreaker. It was...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Archie Andrews - Christmas Shopping (12-13-47) Updated: 2011-12-11 03:16:27 Description: Christmas Shopping (Aired December 13, 1947) Jughead Jones has been Archie's best friend ever since childhood. When Jughead first came to Riverdale, he was in a bad mood and tended to dismiss Archie. However, Archie, of good heart, tried to c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meet Miss Sherlock - The Case Of Wilma & The Widow (09-12-46) Updated: 2011-12-10 22:15:53 Description: The Case Of Wilma & The Widow (Aired September 12,1946) During World War II no more women sleuths arrived on the scene but 1946 was a banner year when three new ones debuted on network radio. One was as much comedienne as crime solver, Meet M...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet - The Christmas Gift (12-19-48) Updated: 2011-12-10 15:06:02 Description: The Christmas Gift (Aired December 19, 1948) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was bro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dad's Army - Christmas Special Entitled Present Arms (12-25-68) Updated: 2011-12-10 02:09:15 Description: Christmas Special Entitled Present Arms (Aired December 25, 1968) "Dad's Army" was a long running British comedy series created and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. The idea of a series came to Jimmy Perry when he realised that many pe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sam Spade - The Crab Louis Caper (03-02-51) Updated: 2011-12-09 21:38:37 Description: The Crab Louis Caper (Aired March 2, 1951) The Adventures of Sam Spade was first heard on ABC July 12, 1946, as a Friday-night summer series. The show clicked at once, and went into a regular fall lineup on CBS September 29, 1946. From then u...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Amazing Mr. Malone - Early To Bed & Early To Rise (06-15-51) Updated: 2011-12-09 16:31:32 Description: Early To Bed & Early To Rise (Aired June 15, 1951) Call it hard-boiled screwball comedy. Very few writers have managed to combine the hardboiled detective novel and comedy. Jonathan Latimer succeeded with Bill Crane and Craig Rice did it with...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone" - Duel On The Trail (02-23-58) Updated: 2011-12-09 05:42:00 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone" - Duel On The Trail (Aired February 23, 1958) CBS started the year 1958 off with the introduction on January 1, 1958 of Frontier Gentleman. That series lasted 41 broadcasts. Near the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Westinghouse Playhouse - The Untouchables "The Scarface Mob" - Part 2 of 2 (04-20-59) Updated: 2011-12-09 01:18:59 Description: The Untouchables "The Scarface Mob" - Part 2 of 2 (Aired April 20, 1959) The Untouchables was a group of 13 U.S. federal law-enforcement agents, led by Eliot Ness, who, from 1929 to 1931, worked to end Al Capone's illegal activities by aggre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blondie - Christmas Scrooge (12-25-39) Updated: 2011-12-08 20:22:47 Description: Christmas Scrooge (Aired December 25, 1939) Blondie was a radio situation comedy adapted from the long-run Blondie comic strip by Chic Young. The radio program had a long run on several networks from 1939 to 1950. After Penny Singleton was ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fibber McGee & Molly - Mailing Christmas Packages (12-10-40) Updated: 2011-12-08 15:01:29 Description: Mailing Christmas Packages (Aired December 10, 1940) Fibber McGee and Molly premiered in 1935. The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in America....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Westinghouse Playhouse - The Untouchables "The Scarface Mob" - Part 1 of 2 (04-20-59) Updated: 2011-12-08 02:10:39 Description: The Untouchables "The Scarface Mob" - Part 1 of 2 (Aired April 20, 1959) This show was based on the life of real treasury department gangbuster Eliot Ness, who had in fact played an important part in stopping the power of the notorious Al Ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen - Redbeard And The Bag Of Pearls (12-17-47) Updated: 2011-12-07 21:46:10 Description: Redbeard And The Bag Of Pearls (Aired December 17, 1947) First heard on Mutual featuring Elliott Lewis, who as Leonard Maltin writes in "The Great American Broadcast, "…wore every hat imaginable-actor, producer, and director-also penned a g...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Damon Runyon Theater - Dancing Dan's Christmas (12-13-49) Updated: 2011-12-06 21:00:52 Description: Dancing Dan's Christmas (Aired December 13, 1949) The Damon Runyon Theater was a 52 show series that was syndicated across the USA beginning in early 1949. Damon Runyon was a gifted sports writer in New York City as well as being a great jour...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Clock - Pretty Cousin Amy - (02-07-56) Updated: 2011-12-06 15:35:58 Description: Pretty Cousin Amy - (Aired February 7, 1956) The Clock was a mix of the traditional crime drama and the supernatural dramas of the previous fifteen years. One or the other of the two genres had been traditionally popular formats throughout t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Hawk Larabee" - Fred Collins Shot (05-17-47) Updated: 2011-12-06 04:05:50 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Hawk Larabee" - Fred Collins Shot (Aired May 17, 1947) Hawk Larabee was CBS' first attempt at an adult Western, predating Gunsmoke by six years but never achieving the heights of its illustrious successor. Elliot...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Alan Young Show - Alan Wills Five Dollars (11-06-45) Updated: 2011-12-06 02:36:20 Description: Alan Wills Five Dollars (Aired November 6, 1945) The Alan Young Show was a radio and television series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring Canadian-English actor Alan Young. It began on NBC radio as a summer repl...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Official Detective - Murdered Bridegroom (11-29-56) Updated: 2011-12-04 14:29:16 Description: Murdered Bridegroom (Aired November 29, 1956) Official Detective is a police melodrama that ran on air from january 19, 1947 thru March 7, 1957. Mutual network. Many weekly timeslots. Presented in cooperation with Official Detective Stories M...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Hour - Christmas Show (12-24-44) Updated: 2011-12-04 03:38:19 Description: Christmas Show (Aired December 24, 1944) Chase and Sanborn found a gold mine with a wooden dummy when Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy began an 11-year run, starting May 9, 1937. The 1945 summer replacement series, with Spike Jones and Franc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Mark My Grave (01-17-49) Updated: 2011-12-03 20:16:08 Description: Mark My Grave (Aired January 17, 1949) Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952. Created by Himan Brown, the anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nick Carter Master Detective - Nick's Christmas Adventure (12-25-43) Updated: 2011-12-03 14:55:29 Description: Nick's Christmas Adventure (Aired December 25, 1943) Nick Carter, Master Detective - Nick Carter is the name of a popular fictional detective who first appeared in in a dime novel entitled "The Old Detective's Pupil" on September 18, 1886. In...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Have Gun Will Travel" - Roped (06-07-59) Updated: 2011-12-03 05:06:44 Description: Roped (Aired June 7, 1959) The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. Have Gun — Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Story Of Dr. Kildare - Yukon Joe's Gold Mine (04-13-51) Updated: 2011-12-03 02:10:00 Description: Yukon Joe's Gold Mine (Aired April 13, 1951) Dr. James Kildare was a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fat Man - The Nightmare Murder (01-17-51) Updated: 2011-12-02 21:50:51 Description: The Nightmare Murder (Aired January 17, 1951) "There he goes across the street into the drugstore, steps on the scale, height: 6 feet, weight: 290 pounds, fortune: Danger. Who isit? THE FAT MAN." Brad Runyon was the Fat Man, played by Jack Sc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Your's Truly Johnny Dollar - The Missing Mouse Matter (12-23-56) Updated: 2011-12-02 14:51:11 Description: The Missing Mouse Matter (Aired December 23, 1956) The guest stars and supporting casts were always first rate, attracting the best radio actors in both Los Angeles and New York. Pat McCracken was played by several actors – most frequently,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Martin & Lewis Show - Guest Is Phyllis Thaxter (06-09-53) Updated: 2011-12-02 03:23:25 Description: Guest Is Phyllis Thaxter (Aired June 9, 1953) Martin and Lewis were the hottest act in America during the early '50s, but the pace and the pressure took their toll. Dean usually had the thankless job of the straight man, and his singing had y...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Suspense - Four Hours To Kill (01-12-50) Updated: 2011-11-30 23:00:17 Description: Four Hours To Kill (Aired January 12, 1950) Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1942 through 1962. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Craig Confidential Investigator - The Missing Hotel Room (02-09-55) Updated: 2011-11-30 15:38:17 Description: The Missing Hotel Room (Aired February 9, 1955) Originally aired October 31, 1951 Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator is one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it broadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Date With Judy - A New Dress For The Dance (05-18-46) Updated: 2011-11-30 03:27:47 Description: A New Dress For The Dance (Aired May 18, 1946) A Date with Judy was an American radio program during the 1940s. It was a teenage comedy that began as a summer replacement for Bob Hope's show, sponsored by Pepsodent and airing on NBC from June...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rocky Jordan - Gold Fever (08-07-49) Updated: 2011-11-29 21:46:29 Description: Gold Fever (Aired August 7, 1949) Rocky Jordan was the title character of one of the better and more exotic radio detective series. In fact, it's one of the best detective series I have ever heard. The series had two separate incarnations. Th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Escape - The Coward (08-14-54) Updated: 2011-11-29 16:33:04 Description: The Coward (Aired August 14, 1954) Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dimension X - Almost Human (05-13-50) Updated: 2011-11-29 03:09:36 Description: Almost Human (Aired May 13, 1950) Dimension X was first heard on NBC April 8, 1950, and ran until September 29, 1951. Strange that so little good science fiction came out of radio; they seem ideally compatible, both relying heavily on imagina...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - In Flanders Field (05-14-45) Updated: 2011-11-28 22:18:55 Description: In Flanders Field (Aired May 14, 1945) Holmes states that he first developed his deduction methods while an undergraduate. 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Shadow - Death Is Blind (11-20-38) Updated: 2011-11-27 23:41:18 Description: Death Is Blind (Aired November 20, 1938) One of the most popular radio shows in history. The show went on the air in August of 1930. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" The opening lines of the "Detective Story...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Screen Guild Players - Ball Of Fire (11-30-42) Updated: 2011-11-27 18:43:26 Description: Ball Of Fire (Aired November 30, 1942 The Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio broadcast from 1939 until 1952 with leading Hollywood actors performing in adaptations of popular motion pictu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Lives Of Harry Lime (The Third Man) - The Hard Way (06-27-52) Updated: 2011-11-27 05:00:12 Description: The Hard Way (Aired June 27, 1952) The Third Man (The Lives of Harry Lime) was a old-time radio adventure series that ran in 1951 and 1952. It was based on the 1949 film of the same name. Orson Welles stars as Harry Lime, a perpetually broke ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Theater Five - Subject Number 428A (10-02-64) Updated: 2011-11-26 21:49:14 Description: Subject Number 428A (Aired October 2, 1964) Theater Five probably came a bit late in ABC's Radio History to really contribute to the body of Golden Age Radio drama, but better late than never. Some have implied that Theater Five was a rather ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 21s Precinct - The Platform (01-13-54) Updated: 2011-11-26 14:56:09 Description: The Platform (Aired January 13, 1954) 21st Precinct was one of the realistic police drama series of the early- to mid-1950's that were aired in the wake of DRAGNET. In 1953 CBS decided to use New York City as the backdrop for their own half-h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The CBS Radio Mystery Theater - A Matter Of Identity (03-05-80) Updated: 2011-11-26 02:05:19 Description: A Matter Of Identity (Aired March 5, 1980) The CBS Radio Mystery Theater (or CBSRMT) was an ambitious and sustained attempt to revive the great drama of old-time radio in the 1970s. Created by Himan Brown (who had by then become a radio legen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cathy & Elliot Lewis On Stage - Call Me A Cab (03-12-53) Updated: 2011-11-25 20:19:21 Description: Call Me A Cab (Aired March 12, 1953) After working together for years on such shows as Suspense, and Sam Spade, Cathy and Elliot Lewis created On Stage in 1953. Two of the busiest people on the air, they were known as "Mr. and Mrs. Radio." O...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bold Venture - Welcome Back Dead Man (02-25-52) Updated: 2011-11-25 15:19:40 Description: Welcome Back Dead Man (Aired February 25, 1952) Bold Venture is a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Salty s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Epic Casebook Of Inspector Carr - An Author's Ending (09-13-72) Updated: 2011-11-25 03:30:45 Description: An Author's Ending (Aired September 13, 1972) The Epic Casebook Of Inspector Carr (1956-85) - The highly successful detective series, starring Hugh Rouse as Inspector Carr. Written & Produced by Michael Silver at the CRC Studios, Johannesburg...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Abbott & Costello Show - Turkey Dinner (11-25-43) Updated: 2011-11-24 02:44:04 Description: Turkey Dinner (Aired November 25, 1943) The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (usually, by singers such as Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Regulars...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Private Files Of Rex Saunders - Diamonds Can Be Done To Death (05-16-51) Updated: 2011-11-24 02:04:51 Description: Diamonds Can Be Done To Death (Aired May 16, 1951) As a detective--gentleman or otherwise--Rex Harrison lends a distinctively intelligent and understated confidence to the role. He's not quite as nonchalant as The Thin Man's Nick Charles, not...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Family Theater - Home For Thanksgiving (11-27-47) Updated: 2011-11-24 01:50:54 Description: Home For Thanksgiving - © The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved (Aired November 27, 1947) Meaningful Stories from Years Past that Continue to Inspire Families Today. Families, then and now, face similar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Elgin 7th Annual Thanksgiving Show (11-25-48) Updated: 2011-11-24 01:18:12 Description: The Elgin 7th Annual Thanksgiving Show (Aired November 25, 1948) The Elgin's Holiday Specials began airing in 1942 and ran through 1948, presented on the Armed Forces Radio Service as a way to bring home to the men and women serving their cou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD VIDEO - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (11-20-73) Updated: 2011-11-23 23:50:45 Description: (VIDEO) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Aired November 20, 1973) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is the tenth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS netwo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Lux Radio Theater - After The Thin Man (06-17-40) Updated: 2011-11-23 21:19:24 Description: After The Thin Man (Aired June 17, 1940) Lux Radio Theater employed several hosts over the following year, eventually choosing William Keighley as the new permanent host, a post he held from late 1945 through 1952. After that, producer-direct...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life With Luigi - Thanksgiving Celebration (11-22-49) Updated: 2011-11-23 15:28:29 Description: Thanksgiving Celebration (Aired November 22, 1949) Life with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago. Many ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Zero Hour - The Corpse Takes A Stand (07-22-74) Updated: 2011-11-23 14:57:17 Description: The Corpse Takes A Stand (Aired July 22, 1974) The Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio drama anthology series hosted by Rod Serling.With tales of mystery, adventure and suspense, the program aired in stereo for two seasons. Some of the scripts were...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rocky Fortune - Hauling Nitroglycerine (01-26-54) Updated: 2011-11-23 03:26:52 Description: Hauling Nitroglycerine (Aired January 26, 1954) In the days prior to From Here To Eternity, Frank Sinatra's popularity was waning and this private eye show was an attempt to remedy that. In it, Frank played Rocky Fortune, a "footloose and fan...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fibber McGee & Molly - The Missing Umbrella (11-18-52) Updated: 2011-11-23 01:37:32 Description: The Missing Umbrella (Aired November 18, 1952) Fibber McGee and Molly premiered in 1935. The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in America. Few ra...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The CBS Radio Workshop - Season Of Disbelief and Hail and Farewell (02-17-56) Updated: 2011-11-22 21:19:32 Description: Season Of Disbelief and Hail and Farewell (Aired February 17, 1956) Beginning with CBS' Columbia Workshop from 1936 to 1947, CBS set out to experiment with Radio--to push that invisible envelope of the speed of sound, the speed of light, and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Campbell Playhouse - The Hurricane (11-05-39) Updated: 2011-11-22 16:30:34 Description: The Hurricane (Aired November 5, 1939) The Campbell Playhouse was a sponsored continuation of the Mercury Theater on the Air, a direct result of the instant publicity from the War of the Worlds panic. The switch occurred on December 9, 1938. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Cisco Kid" - The Man Trapped In The Cave (07-29-52) Updated: 2011-11-22 04:16:57 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Cisco Kid" - The Man Trapped In The Cave (Aired July 29, 1952) The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton - Supermarkets & Food Shopping (11-18-41) Updated: 2011-11-22 01:38:52 Description: Supermarkets & Food Shopping (Aired November 18, 1941) Red Skelton was drafted in March 1944, and the popular series was discontinued June 6, 1944. Shipped overseas to serve with an Army entertainment unit as a private, Red Skelton had a nerv...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Radio Reader's Digest - Prisoner Of The Night (07-24-47) Updated: 2011-11-21 22:11:26 Description: Prisoner Of The Night (Aired July 24, 1947) The Hallmark Radio Reader's Digest is an enjoyable compilation of classics of literature and romance made for radio broadcast in the 1940's. The shows were sponsored by makers of Hallmark Greeting ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Diamond - The Man With The Scar (01-19-51) Updated: 2011-11-21 15:37:18 Description: The Man With The Scar (Aired January 19, 1951) Richard Diamond, Private Detective was a radio show starring Dick Powell which aired from 1949 to 1953, first on NBC, then ABC and finally on CBS. The title character was a rather light-hearted d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It's A Crime Mr. Collins - The Chrome Yellow Death (1956) Updated: 2011-11-21 02:23:48 Description: The Chrome Yellow Death (1956) *The Exact Date Is Unknown It's a Crime, Mr. Collins was a half-hour mystery/adventure radio program broadcast weekly from August, 1956 to February, 1957 by Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States that w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Was A Communist The For FBI - Squeeze Play (09-03-52) Updated: 2011-11-20 22:15:52 Description: Squeeze Play (Aired September 3, 1952) Throughout most of the 1940's, Matt Cvetic worked as a volunteer undercover agent for the FBI, infiltrating the Communist Party in Pittsburgh. In 1949, his testimony helped to convict several top Party m...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Caltex Theater - Forbidden Planet (1957) Updated: 2011-11-20 16:41:28 Description: Forbidden Planet (1957) Caltex Theater was an Australian show similar to the American Lux Radio Theater. It was sponsored by the Caltex Oil Company. Mostly the radio shows were adapted from top movies from the time period. The show aired from...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Dr. Six Gun" - Trouble With The Male Teacher (12-05-54) Updated: 2011-11-20 03:01:58 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Dr. Six Gun" - Trouble With The Male Teacher (Aired December 5, 1954) Doctor Six-Gun. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The stories revolve around physician Dr. Gray Matson who tends the sick and occasional...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Walk Softly Peter Troy - Blonde With The Delicate Air (12-10-63) Updated: 2011-11-20 01:43:21 Description: Blonde With The Delicate Air (Aired December 10, 1963) Walk Softly, Peter Troy Detective Drama Aired on Springbok Radio from 10 December 1963 to 21 February 1964. This series was produced in the Durban Studios of Herrick Merril Productions. I...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Case For Dr. Morelle - Mr. X (07-16-57) Updated: 2011-11-19 20:22:37 Description: Mr. X (Aired July 16, 1957) This is a vintage radio drama series about a criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle, who solves murder cases which are too complex for the police. Morelle is played by English film actor Cecil Parker, and is alternately...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Casey Crime Photographer - Tobacco Pouch (09-18-47) Updated: 2011-11-19 16:55:50 Description: Tobacco Pouch (Aired September 18, 1947) The Coxe/CBS Crime Photographer franchise continued on past the Anchor Hocking sponsored run, reprised over both Television and Radio. CBS ran a Television version of Crime Photographer (1951) which s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arch Oboler's Plays - African Story (11-28-64) Updated: 2011-11-19 03:42:11 Description: African Story (Aired November 28, 1964) Arch Oboler's Plays was Oboler's breakout dramatic showcase over Radio. Everyman's Theater further established Oboler's versatility and range, while underscoring Oboler's growing appeal to a far wider a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Charlie Chan - The Case Of The Tell Tale Hands (1950) Updated: 2011-11-18 23:09:48 Description: The Case Of The Tell Tale Hands (1950) *The Exact Date Is Unknown Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1923. Biggers conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Per...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Great Gildersleeve - Minding The Baby (11-02-41) Updated: 2011-11-18 15:38:17 Description: Minding The Baby (Aired November 2, 1941) The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around a character who had been a staple on the classi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The General Mills Radio AdventureTheater - The Black Arrow (03-13-77) Updated: 2011-11-18 02:39:03 Description: The Black Arrow (Aired March 13, 1977) The The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was a 1977 anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host. Himan Brown, already producing the CBS Radio Mystery Theater for the network, added this twi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Whisperer - Never The Twain (09-16-51) Updated: 2011-11-17 21:05:09 Description: Never The Twain (Posted September 16, 1951) The Whisperer was an American old-time radio show broadcast from July 8 to September 30, 1951 on NBC. It ran for only 13 episodes. The premise of the series was as improbable as its storylines. The ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Let George Do It - The Dead Of Night (05-28-51) Updated: 2011-11-17 15:41:13 Description: The Dead Of Night (Aired May 28, 1951) Let George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 19...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Fort Laramie" - The Loving Cup (06-24-56) Updated: 2011-11-17 04:13:56 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Fort Laramie" - The Loving Cup (Aired June 24, 1956) Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Big Town - Death By Plan (11-16-48) Updated: 2011-11-17 01:52:51 Description: Death By Plan (Aired November 16, 1948) John Dunning called Big Town "perhaps the most famous series of reporter dramas." Premiering over CBS Radio, the early series (there were two) starred the Hollywood actor Edward G. Robinson as Steve Wil...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Burns & Allen Show - George Should Become A Doctor (02-24-49) Updated: 2011-11-16 20:27:11 Description: George Should Become A Doctor (Aired February 24, 1949) Burns and Allen are one of the most beloved couple in old time radio. They got started, like many of the greats of old time radio, in vaudeville, which is really just the touring popular...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Broadway Is My Beat - The Charles & Jane Kimball Murder Case (03-17-50) Updated: 2011-11-16 14:39:11 Description: The Charles & Jane Kimball Murder Case (Aired March 17, 1950) Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first thr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Perry Mason - The Case Of The Silent Partner (10-26-57) Updated: 2011-11-16 01:59:26 Description: The Case Of The Silent Partner (Aired October 26, 1957) Perry Mason is the longest running lawyer show in American television history. Its original run lasted nine years and its success in both syndication and made-for-television movies confi...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - The Dead Give Away (12-02-51) Updated: 2011-11-15 03:40:05 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - The Dead Give Away (Aired December 2, 1951) Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD People Are Funny - Where Is Your Husband Tonight (10-20-53) Updated: 2011-11-15 00:41:56 Description: Where Is Your Husband Tonight (Aired October 20, 1953) People are Funny is a long-running American radio and television game show, created by John Guedel that remained popular throughout the 1940s. The program ran from 1942 to 1960. The progr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jeff Regan Investigator - The Man Who Came Back (08-21-48) Updated: 2011-11-14 19:51:20 Description: The Man Who Came Back (Aired August 21, 1948) Jeff Regan, Investigator was one of the three detective shows Jack Webb did before Dragnet (see also Pat Novak For Hire and Johnny Modero: Pier 23). It debuted on CBS in July 1948. Webb played JEF...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The American Trail - Episodes 8 And 10 (1953) Updated: 2011-11-14 14:49:52 Description: On To Monterey (Aired March 27, 1953) and The Rich Dessert (Aired April 10, 1953) From Louis and Clarke to the great ol' California Gold Rush, America has had the great fortune of experiencing a plethora of awesome triumphs of the human spiri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It's Higgins Sir - Mrs. Roberts Has A Car Accident (07-17-51) Updated: 2011-11-14 02:16:30 Description: Mrs. Roberts Has A Car Accident (Aired July 17, 1951) It's Higgins, Sir was previous NBC radio comedy series in 1951, created by Paul Harrison and written by Harrison and Rick Vollick. Harry McNaughton read the starring role of Higgins in tha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Creaking Door - The Imposter (07-20-64) Updated: 2011-11-13 23:24:42 Description: The Imposter (Aired July 20, 1964) The Creaking Door was South African Radio's attempt to create a compelling program of highly suspenseful, dramatic thrillers with a supernatural bent for their sponsor, State Express Cigarettes. Some commen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life Of Riley - The Mysterious New Boarder (10-21-49) Updated: 2011-11-13 17:52:39 Description: The Mysterious New Boarder (Aired October 21, 1949) The first Life of Riley radio show was a summer replacement show heard on CBS from April 12, 1941 to September 6, 1941. The CBS program starred Lionel Stander as J. Riley Farnsworth and had ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - Bullets At Iron Mountain (11-20-53) Updated: 2011-11-13 04:04:44 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" - Bullets At Iron Mountain (Aired November 20, 1953) Wild Bill Hickock was a real life Civil War soldier, sharpshooter, gunfighter and lawman of the Old West. He was an adventurer who had many ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Mysterious Traveler - Stranger In The House (01-29-52) Updated: 2011-11-13 01:26:28 Description: Stranger In The House (Aired January 29, 1952) Written and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, the series began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. Un...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime & Peter Chambers - Elaine Janis - School Teacher (08-17-54) Updated: 2011-11-12 20:19:46 Description: Elaine Janis - School Teacher (Aired August 17, 1954) Peter Chambers, the dashing playboy private eye, came from the pen of Henry Kane. The output of his writing career included over 60 novels, including about 30 featuring Peter Chambers. In ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lights Out - Prelude To Murder (06-15-43) Updated: 2011-11-12 14:42:39 Description: Prelude To Murder (Aired June 15, 1943) Lights Out was created in Chicago by writer Wyllis Cooper in 1934, and the first series of shows (each 15 minutes long) ran on a local NBC station, WENR. By April 1934, the series was expanded to a half...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Case Dismissed - Landlord & Tenant (03-13-54) Updated: 2011-11-12 01:56:12 Description: Landlord & Tenant (Aired March 13, 1954) Case Dismissed was developed as a public service to frame "the story of your legal rights." It was produced in cooperation with The Chicago Bar Association and employed John Fitzgerald, Dean of Loyola U...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Green Hornet - A Man Of Many Words (07-09-46) Updated: 2011-11-11 20:55:16 Description: A Man Of Many Words (Aired July 9, 1946) The Green Hornet program began in January of 1936 and played to December 5, 1952. The shows typically ran thirty minutes and ran twice a week in the beginning years. They later reverted to being broadc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dragnet - The Big Car (11-30-50) Updated: 2011-11-11 15:05:08 Description: The Big Car (Aired November 30, 1950) Dragnet was a long-running radio and television police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chet Chetter's Tales From The Morgue - The Bitter Pill (1989) Updated: 2011-11-11 03:56:10 Description: The Bitter Pill (1989) *The Exact Date Is Unknown Chet Chetter's Tales from the Morgue is a series of short stories as told by an old obliging morgue attendant, licensed embalmer and resident story teller named Chet Chetter to a passing stran...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Box 13 - Extra!! Extra!! (09-19-48) Updated: 2011-11-11 00:35:58 Description: Extra!! Extra!! (Aired September 19, 1948) Box 13 is still one of the most highly collected--but poorly documented--radio programs from that Golden Age. The sound quality in most exemplar recordings is superb, so it's apparent that someone l...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Wayside Theater - Rest Cure (11-06-38) Updated: 2011-11-10 21:34:37 Description: Rest Cure (Aired November 6, 1938) Opened for the Butterfield Theaters chain in 1968, the Wayside was designed by Louis Wiltse and could seat just over 1000. The Wayside's most famous feature was its enormous screen, measuring 56' by 24', at...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sam Spade - The Wheel Of Life Caper (07-11-48) Updated: 2011-11-10 14:09:01 Description: The Wheel Of Life Caper (Aired July 11, 1948) A 1946-1951 radio show called The Adventures of Sam Spade (on ABC, CBS, and NBC) starred Howard Duff (and later Steve Dunne) as "Sam Spade" and Lurene Tuttle as Spade's devoted secretary "Effie P...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Candy Matson - Jack Frost (12-19-49) Updated: 2011-11-10 02:04:28 Description: Jack Frost (Aired December 19, 1949) Candy Matson was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8208, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Parks, in the title r...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Academy Award Theater - Brief Encounter (11-20-46) Updated: 2011-11-09 19:51:34 Description: Brief Encounter (Aired November 20, 1946) The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Halls Of Ivy - Professor Warren's Retirement (01-31-51) Updated: 2011-11-09 15:26:28 Description: Professor Warren's Retirement (Aired January 31, 1951) The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1950-1952. It was created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn before being adapted into a CBS television comedy (195...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Six Shooter" - Duel At Lockwood (03-21-54) Updated: 2011-11-09 05:08:43 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Six Shooter" - Duel At Lockwood (Aired March 21, 1954) Most radio programs are readily identified by their theme songs, but few themes ever become "stars" in their own right and command both fan mail and phone ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Radio City Playhouse - Ground Floor Window (07-10-48) Updated: 2011-11-08 21:16:06 Description: Ground Floor Window (Aired July 10, 1948) Radio City Playhouse was one of the last of a long series of premium Drama productions NBC offered as flagship, sustaining productions over the years. As with it's previous premium dramatic and Classi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boston Blackie - Death Wish (10-01-47) Updated: 2011-11-08 20:16:07 Description: Death Wish (Aired October 1, 1947) The Boston Blackie radio series, also starring Morris, began June 23, 1944, on NBC as a summer replacement for The Amos 'n' Andy Show. Sponsored by Rinso, the series continued until September 15 of that year...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Author's Playhouse - Expense Account (10-30-44) Updated: 2011-11-08 13:56:36 Description: Expense Account (Aired October 30, 1944) Author's Playhouse was an anthology radio drama series, created by Wynn Wright, that aired on the NBC Blue Network from March 5, 1941 until October 1941. It then moved to the NBC Red Network where it w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe - The Restless Day (01-08-49) Updated: 2011-11-08 03:12:46 Description: The Restless Day (Aired January 8, 1949) Philip Marlowe continued to find limited success in the movies and television in America and England after his radio career ended. Several quality presentations of Chandler's character were produced by...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Black Museum - The Brass Button (05-10-53) Updated: 2011-11-07 21:57:23 Description: The Brass Button (Aired May 10, 1953) The Black Museum had much to recommend it. First and foremost, Orson Welles' stirring narratives, framing, and exposition were head and shoulders above the competition. Clive Brook for all of the authenti...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Midnight - The Locked Room (1968) Updated: 2011-11-07 15:27:45 Description: The Locked Room (1968) *Exact Date Is Unknown This series was written by Michael McCabe and was produced in South Africa. It was a replacement for another series McCabe produced, called SF68. That series adapted famous Sci-fi stories to radio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Maisie - Tex's Oil Stock (12-13-51) Updated: 2011-11-07 02:53:38 Description: Tex's Oil Stock (Aired December 13, 1951) From the first, MGM wanted Ann Sothern to play Maisie. She began in Hollywood as an extra in 1927. "Maisie and I were just together - I just understood her," Sothern, born Harriette Arlene Lake, said ...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Four Star Playhouse - The Hunted (08-14-49) Updated: 2011-11-06 02:00:42 Description: The Hunted (Aired August 14, 1949) Four Star Playhouse aired on radio from NBC on Sunday nights at 8:00 PM for 13 episodes. Premiere episode was on 1949-07-03 and the final episode was 1949-09-25. The series was primarily an anthology type dr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Encore Theater - Dark Victory (07-30-46) Updated: 2011-11-05 18:52:48 Description: Dark Victory (Aired July 30, 1946) Encore Theater was a 1946 Summer replacement series, sponsored by Schenley Labs, Inc. All shows had a medical theme, some concerned medical research, some covered personal stories of people in the medical fi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dangerous Assignment - International Blackmail (03-20--50) Updated: 2011-11-05 14:19:14 Description: International Blackmail (Aired March 20, 1950) Dangerous Assignment stands as one of the most durable programs of its genre and era in the waning days of The Golden Age of Radio. Espionage or foreign intrigue dramas weren't particularly groun...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rogues Gallery - The Latin Type (05-23-46) Updated: 2011-11-05 02:11:39 Description: The Latin Type (Aired May 23, 1946) Rogue's Gallery came to the Mutual network on September 27, 1945 with Dick Powell portraying Richard Rogue, a private detective who invariably ended up getting knocked out each week and spending his dream t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of The Abbotts - The Dead White Lifeboat (04-24-55) Updated: 2011-11-04 22:07:24 Description: The Dead White Lifeboat (Aired April 24, 1955) Abbott Mysteries was a comedy-mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances Crane (1896-1981). Initially a summer replacement for Quick As a Flash, the series was heard on Mutual and N...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell - Frank Merriwell's Promise (05-28-49) Updated: 2011-11-04 14:10:11 Description: Frank Merriwell's Promise (Aired May 28, 1949) Frank Merriwell is a fictional character appearing in a series of novels and short stories by Gilbert Patten, who wrote under the pseudonym Burt L. Standish. The character also appears in numerou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Amos & Andy Show - Deputy Dirt Commissioner (04-03-49) Updated: 2011-11-04 02:12:16 Description: Deputy Dirt Commissioner (Aired April 3, 1949) Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. The show began as one of the first radio comedy serials, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nick Carter Master Detective - The Case Of The Dictaphone Murder (06-04-46) Updated: 2011-11-03 21:29:48 Description: The Case Of The Dictaphone Murder (Aired June 4, 1946) Nick Carter, Master Detective - Nick Carter is the name of a popular fictional detective who first appeared in in a dime novel entitled "The Old Detective's Pupil" on September 18, 1886. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inner Sanctum Mysteries - You Could Die Laughing (05-07-46) Updated: 2011-11-03 14:21:06 Description: You Could Die Laughing (Aired May 7, 1946) Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC’s Blue Network in January 1941. Inner Sanctum Mysteries featured one of the most memorable and atmo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Your's Truly Johnny Dollar - The Rolling Stone Matter (05-11-58) Updated: 2011-11-03 01:10:40 Description: The Rolling Stone Matter (Aired May 11, 1958) For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous free...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Pride Of Fear - An Eye For An Eye (04-27-74) Updated: 2011-11-02 21:38:40 Description: An Eye For An Eye (Aired April 27, 1974) Recorded in every corner of the world when first broadcast over the BBC's World Service, The Price of Fear soon became one of the most widely recorded offerings of its era. As with most BBC productions...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Whistler - Highway Of Escape (07-09-45) Updated: 2011-11-02 13:12:49 Description: Highway Of Escape (Aired July 9, 1945) The Whistler was one of radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. If it now seems to have been influenced explicitly by The Shadow, The Whistler ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD X Minus One - Bad Medicine (07-10-56) Updated: 2011-11-02 00:57:20 Description: Bad Medicine (Aired July 10, 1956) X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC. Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), X Minus One is widel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Damon Runyon Theater - Bloodhounds Of Broadway (07-17-49) Updated: 2011-11-01 20:58:34 Description: Bloodhounds Of Broadway (Aired July 17, 1949) Damon Runyon Theater - Broadcast from January to December 1949, "The Damon Runyon Theater" dramatized 52 of Runyon's short stories for radio. Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 – December 10, 1946) w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Duffy's Tavern - A Date For Dennis Day (05-02-44) Updated: 2011-11-01 15:03:55 Description: A Date For Dennis Day (Aired May 2, 1944) Duffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hall Of Fantasy - The Castle Of Lavoka (03-29-54) Updated: 2011-11-01 03:26:38 Description: The Castle Of Lavoka (Aired March 29, 1954) When it comes to The Hall of Fantasy, there are some mysteries that persist to this day. Maybe that's appropriate, because it claimed to be "the series of radio dramas dedicated to the supernatural,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Aldrich Family - Halloween (10-31-40) Updated: 2011-10-31 23:32:43 Description: Halloween (Aired October 31, 1940) The Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy (1939-1953), is remembered first and foremost for its unforgettable introduction: awkward teen Henry's mother calling, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-re...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mystery In The Air - Beyond Good & Evil (08-28-47) Updated: 2011-10-31 21:07:44 Description: Beyond Good & Evil (Aired August 28, 1947) Cut from the cloth of tales woven by the imaginations of some of the most famous authors in history, Mystery In the Air was a Summer series consisting of mystery / horror shows. The series was hosted...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mystery House - Murder Takes Practice (04-21-46) Updated: 2011-10-31 16:55:48 Description: Murder Takes Practice (Aired April 21, 1946) That strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn - where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff, before it is accepted for publication. Mystery House was a program in the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barrie Craig Confidental Investigator - Death Buys A Bedroom (07-27-54) Updated: 2011-10-31 03:03:05 Description: Death Buys A Bedroom (Aired July 27, 1954) Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator is one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it broadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling changed over the years. It was first "Ba...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Have Gun Will Travel" - Out Of Evil (12-13-59) Updated: 2011-10-30 03:36:21 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Have Gun Will Travel" - Out Of Evil (Aired December 13, 1959) The show followed the adventures of Paladin, a gentleman-turned-gunfighter (played by Richard Boone on television, and by John Dehner on radio), who ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crime Classics - John & Judith (12-16-53) Updated: 2011-10-29 18:17:44 Description: John & Judith, Their Crime, and Why They Didn't Get To Enjoy It (Aired December 16, 1953 Crime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953 to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/direc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Escape - The Open Boat (07-19-53) Updated: 2011-10-29 12:45:24 Description: The Open Boat (Aired July 19, 1953) Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to freq...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD My Favorite Husband - Halloween Surprise Party (10-28-49) Updated: 2011-10-29 01:45:24 Description: Halloween Surprise Party (Aired October 28, 1949) My Favorite Husband is the name of an American radio program and network television series. The original radio show, co-starring Lucille Ball, was the initial basis for what evolved into the g...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Agatha Christie Presents Miss Marple - Murder At The Vicarage ( Part 5 of 5) Updated: 2011-10-28 21:42:23 Description: Murder At The Vicarage Part Five (Aired December 30, 1993) Agatha Christie is the world's best-known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 45 foreign languages. She is ou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dark Fantasy - Demon Tree (12-05-41) Updated: 2011-10-28 14:51:02 Description: Demon Tree (Aired December 5, 1941) Dark Fantasy was a short series with tales of the weird, adventures of the supernatural, created for you by Scott Bishop. The series aired as a horror drama on NBC between 1941 and 1942. Dark Fantasy was a ...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Jack Benny Lucky Strike Program - Jack Goes Trick Or Treating (10-31-48) Updated: 2011-10-27 22:29:07 Description: Jack Goes Trick Or Treating (Aired October 31, 1948) Benny had been only a minor vaudeville performer, but he became a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly radio show which ran from 1932 to 1948 on NBC and from 1949 to 1955 o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Screen Director's Playhouse - All My Sons (12-02-49) Updated: 2011-10-27 15:15:50 Description: All My Sons (Aired December 2, 1949) Screen Director's Playhouse is a popular radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and origin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Agatha Christie Presents Miss Marple - Murder At The Vicarage( Parts 1 & 2 of 5) Updated: 2011-10-27 02:59:06 Description: Murder At The Vicarage Part One (12-26-93) & Part Two (12-27-93) Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - The Case Of The Curious Crypt (02-15-48) Updated: 2011-10-26 21:55:05 Description: The Case Of The Curious Crypt (Aired February 15, 1948) Holmes states that he first developed his deduction methods while an undergraduate. The author Dorothy L. Sayers suggested that, given details in two of the Adventures, Holmes must have ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Shadow - Murder On Approval (08-21-38) Updated: 2011-10-26 15:54:13 Description: Murder On Approval (Aired August 21, 1938) One of the most popular radio shows in history. The show went on the air in August of 1930. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" The opening lines of the "Detective Sto...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Frank Race - The Adventure Of The Night Crawler (01-22-50) Updated: 2011-10-26 02:42:31 Description: The Adventure Of The Night Crawler (Aired January 22, 1950) The series was well written, produced, directed, nicely scored and well performed. A west coast production, the series featured some of the west coast's finest acting talent. Tom Col...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Archie Andrews - Mr. Andrew's Wallpaper Adventure (07-17-48) Updated: 2011-10-25 22:25:38 Description: Mr. Andrew's Wallpaper Adventure (Aired July 17, 1948) Archibald "Archie" Andrews debuted in Pep Comics 22 (December, 1941), where he was nicknamed Chick; Reggie often describes Archie as carrot-head. Decades later, Archie is still a redhead...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cavalcade Of America - Alexander Graham Bell (01-23-39) Updated: 2011-10-25 13:55:15 Description: Alexander Graham Bell (Aired January 23, 1939) Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Origi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Screen Guild Players - The Nervous Wreck (08-14-44) Updated: 2011-10-25 03:23:30 Description: The Nervous Wreck (Aired August 14, 1944) The Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio broadcast from 1939 until 1952 with leading Hollywood actors performing in adaptations of popular motion pi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Crime Club - Hearses Don't Hurry (06-19-47) Updated: 2011-10-24 21:48:41 Description: Hearses Don't Hurry (Aired June 19, 1947) Crime Club's program format and signature elements were consistent throughout the run, with the exception of programs originated by Stedman Coles. Actual Doubleday Crime Club selections were appropria...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bold Venture - Passage For Mario Carrada (10-22-51) Updated: 2011-10-24 16:38:10 Description: Passage For Mario Carrada (Aired October 22, 1951) Bold Venture is a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Salt...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Weird Circle - The Knight's Bridge Mystery (10-17-43) Updated: 2011-10-24 02:40:32 Description: The Knight's Bridge Mystery (Aired October 17, 1943) THE WEIRD CIRCLE presented 30 minute tales of horror, frequently inspired by classic horror or ghost stories, frequently done by French authors. It opened with the sound of the surf and the...more... 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The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in America. Few radi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - The Broken Spur (08-12-50) Updated: 2011-10-14 02:12:06 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - The Broken Spur (Aired August 12, 1950) Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Strange Dr. Weird - 2 Episodes (12-05-44) and (01-16-45) Updated: 2011-10-13 22:48:58 Description: Murder Comes Home (12-05-44) and Beauty & The Beast (01-16-45) The Strange Dr. Weird is a radio program broadcast on Mutual from 1944 to 1945. Sponsored by Adam Hats, the drama is notable in part because it was a sister series to The Mysterio...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Box 13 - 113.5 (03-20-49) Updated: 2011-10-11 00:08:21 Description: 113.5 (Aired March 20, 1949) Box 13 is still one of the most highly collected--but poorly documented--radio programs from that Golden Age. The sound quality in most exemplar recordings is superb, so it's apparent that someone loved Box 13 on...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Adventures Of Sam Spade - The Psycho Ward (08-02-46) Updated: 2011-10-10 15:56:24 Description: The Psycho Ward (Aired August 2, 1946) The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Halls Of Ivy - Student Actress (05-05-50) Updated: 2011-10-10 01:42:40 Description: Student Actress (Aired May 5, 1950) The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1950-1952. 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With its premiere on the nationwide NBC hookup in 1935, Lights Out was billed "the ultimate in horror." Never had such sounds been heard on t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adventures By Morse - Girl On Shipwreck Island Pt. 3 of 3 (07-14-46) Updated: 2011-10-08 01:02:56 Description: Girl On Shipwreck Island Pt. 3 of 3 (Aired July 14, 1946) Adventures by Morse was a 52-episode syndicated adventure series produced, written and directed by Carlton E. Morse shortly after NBC canceled his I Love a Mystery series. Captain Bar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Red Skelton Avalon Time - Party At Red's House (04-22-39) Updated: 2011-10-07 21:50:18 Description: Party At Red's House (Aired April 22, 1939) After appearances on The Rudy Vallee Show in 1937, Skelton became a regular in 1939's Avalon Time on NBC, sponsored by Avalon Cigarettes. On October 7, 1941, Skelton premiered his own radio show, T...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Father Knows Best - Old Father Time (04-23-53) Updated: 2011-10-05 14:07:38 Description: Old Father Time (Aired April 23, 1953) Father Knows Best, a family comedy of the 1950s, is perhaps more important for what it has come to represent than for what it actually was. In essence, the series was one of a slew of middle-class family...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone" - June Bride (06-15-58) Updated: 2011-10-05 03:37:48 Description: Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone" - June Bride (Aired June 15, 1958) CBS started the year 1958 off with the introduction on January 1, 1958 of Frontier Gentleman. That series lasted 41 broadcasts. Near the end of the ...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Was A Communist For The FBI - Double Exposure (06-21-53) Updated: 2011-10-01 15:15:24 Description: Double Exposure (Aired June 21, 1953) Throughout most of the 1940's, Matt Cvetic worked as a volunteer undercover agent for the FBI, infiltrating the Communist Party in Pittsburgh. In 1949, his testimony helped to convict several top Party me...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Man Called X - Five Ounces Of Treason (01-13-51) Updated: 2011-10-01 03:51:12 Description: Five Ounces Of Treason (Aired January 13, 1951) The Man Called X started over Radio with the 1944 CBS Summer replacement run for Lux Radio Theatre, comprising a total of eight episodes. The only circulating exemplar from the first run is cont...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Black Museum - The Small White Boxes (02-19-52) Updated: 2011-09-29 11:59:48 Description: The Small White Boxes (Aired February 19, 1952) Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer, a Londo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Jack Benny Lucky Strike Program - Mean Old Man (03-21-54) Updated: 2011-09-29 03:42:40 Description: Mean Old Man (Aired March 21, 1954) Benny had been only a minor vaudeville performer, but he became a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly radio show which ran from 1932 to 1948 on NBC and from 1949 to 1955 on CBS, and was co...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD X Minus One - Skulking Permit (02-15-56) Updated: 2011-09-28 03:16:54 Description: Skulking Permit (Aired February 15, 1956) X MINUS ONE was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are reme...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Craig Confidental Investigator - For Love Of Murder (08-03-54) Updated: 2011-09-27 23:44:05 Description: For Love Of Murder (Aired August 3, 1954) Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator is one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it broadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling changed over the years. It was first "Ba...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nightfall - Assassin Game (11-05-82) Updated: 2011-09-26 23:04:26 Description: Assassin Game (Aired November 5, 1982) Nightfall is a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as scie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Screen Director's Playhouse - Mr. Lucky (01-20-50) Updated: 2011-09-26 14:09:49 Description: Mr. Lucky (Aired January 20, 1950) Screen Director's Playhouse is a popular radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original...more... 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