Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Episodes
BONUS - Take Me Out to the Ballgame (Jack Benny & Our Miss Brooks)
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's bonus comedy show, we celebrate the return of baseball with a pair of shows featuring stars enjoying America's pastime. First, Jack Ben...
Episode 396 – Let It Rip (Mollé Mystery Theatre & Crime Classics)
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The crimes of Jack the Ripper and the mystery of his identity have captivated scholars and readers for over a century, including old time radio writer...
BONUS - Just Wild About Harold (Great Gildersleeve & Harold Peary Show)
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With his booming voice and signature giggle, Harold Peary was an audience favorite during the golden age of radio - first as a foil on Fibber McGee a...
Episode 395 – Accustomed to His Face (Private Files of Rex Saunders)
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before his award-winning stage and screen turns in My Fair Lady and long before he talked to the animals, Rex Harrison starred as a debonair radio de...
BONUS - We Love Lucy (Abbott and Costello & My Favorite Husband)
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before her landmark sitcom hit the small screen, Lucille Ball was a comedy star on radio. We'll hear the legendary redhead in a guest spot alongside B...
Episode 394 – Discreet Detection (Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator)
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
William Gargan played several cops on screen and the radio, but his most famous role may have been Barrie Craig, the sardonic New York shamus who qupp...
BONUS - Fun and Fancy Freberg (Stan Freberg Show)
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For 15 fabulous weeks in 1957, Stan Freberg brought his signature satirical style to radio in one of the last original comedies of the era. Freberg an...
Episode 393 – By the Seat of His Vance (Philo Vance)
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jackson Beck was one of the busiest voice artists of the twentieth century with a career that extended far beyond the Golden Age of Radio. But before ...
BONUS - Seeing Red (Red Skelton Show)
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Red Skelton is a one-man cast of characters in this week's bonus comedy episode. We'll hear Deadeye, Willie Lump-Lump, Junior "the mean widdl...
Episode 392 – To Catch a Thief (Boston Blackie)
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chester Morris puts his criminal past to work for the forces of good as Boston Blackie - "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who h...
BONUS - With Friends Like These (My Friend Irma)
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Radio characters didn't come daffier than Irma Peterson, the scatterbrained secretary who never met a phrase she couldn't twist. And Irma had one of r...
Episode 391 – Special Delivery (Box 13)
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Adventure wanted." That's how Dan Holiday advertised in Box 13 and he used his exploits to fuel plots for his novels. Alan Ladd stars as Holiday in ...
BONUS - Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Lux Radio Theatre)
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a trip to the movies in this week's bonus comedy episode. Cary Grant stars as a boxer prematurely pulled up to Heaven only to return to E...
Episode 390 – Simple Art of Murder (Adventures of Philip Marlowe)
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Philip Marlowe, Gerald Mohr patrolled the City of Angels and proved "crime is a sucker's road" in one of radio's best detective shows. We'll hear M...
BONUS - Love and Marriage (Drene Time)
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Take a polished emcee, a beautiful singer, and an oddball comedian, throw them together, and add a dollop of Drene Shampoo and you get Drene Time. Don...
Episode 389 – Won't You Come Home, Bob Bailey (Let George Do It & Johnny Dollar)
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate Bob Bailey's birthday, we'll hear the actor in four old time radio detective dramas. First, he's George Valentine in a pair of mysteries ...
BONUS - Summer School (Our Miss Brooks)
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
School is back in session with the faculty and students of Madison High School in Our Miss Brooks. In this week's midweek bonus comedy show, Eve Arde...
Episode 388 – Crime Paired with Wine (Casebook of Gregory Hood)
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comedy star Gale Gordon crosses over to the crimesolving side of the street in The Casebook of Gregory Hood. Join Hood - an importer and amateur detec...
BONUS - Secret Words (You Bet Your Life)
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's always a safe bet when Groucho Marx is on hand, especially when he's hosting the madcap game show You Bet Your Life. The legendary comedian and ...
Episode 387 – Brilliant Deductions (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, we'll hear radio adaptations of four Sherlock Holmes short stories, each featuring a different actor as th...
BONUS - Seven Keys to Baldpate (Lux Radio Theatre)
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's bonus comedy episode, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, and Cecil B. DeMille star as themselves in a delightful comedy mystery from The Lu...
Episode 386 – Capering Through Crime (Adventures of Sam Spade)
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Spade made a dynamic debut in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon before lighting up the big screen in John Huston's classic noir drama. In 194...
BONUS - Hope Floats (Screen Directors' Playhouse)
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a double feature of classic comedy films recreated for radio in this week's bonus episode. Bob Hope reprises his screen roles in two productions ...
Episode 385 – Cowardly Lyon (Jeff Regan, Investigator)
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Regan wasn't a lone wolf operator like other radio gumshoes; he reported to Anthony J. Lyon, head of the International Detective Bureau. Known th...
BONUS - Spring Fling (Fibber McGee and Molly & Milton Berle)
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Spring is in the air on this week's bonus comedy quarantine show. We'll hear an unseasonable prediction of snow on Fibber McGee and Molly (originally...
Episode 384 – Freedom of the Press (The Big Story)
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thrill to the exploits of America's newspaper reporters in The Big Story with dramas of the hard work of the men and women of the press. The true tal...
BONUS - Mother's Day (Burns and Allen & My Favorite Husband)
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Mother's Day right around the corner, our midweek bonus comedy show features visits from a pair of mothers-in-law much to the chagrin of George B...
Episode 383 – Mild-Mannered Reporter (Adventures of Superman)
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Even though he could leap tall buildings in a single bound and bend steel in his bare hands, most of Superman's radio adventures were down to earth. I...
BONUS - Dynamic Duos (Abbott and Costello & Martin and Lewis)
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two classic comedy pairs headline our midweek bonus episode. First, Bud and Lou perform some of their classic routines in an episode of The Abbott and...
Episode 382 – Vocalist Violence (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There was no other radio detective like Richard Diamond - a tough, glib ex-cop turned private eye who had a powerful pair of fists and a healthy set ...
BONUS - Say Goodnight, Gracie (Burns and Allen)
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this week's bonus comedy episode, we'll visit with George Burns and Gracie Allen. The beloved comedy couple kept audiences laughing from the vaude...
Episode 381 – Members Only (Crime Club)
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Murder and mayhem leap from the printed page to the airwaves in The Crime Club. This anthology show blended adaptations of mystery novels with origina...
BONUS - Taxes Take a Holiday (Milton Berle & Jack Benny)
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tax Day has been pushed out a few months, but there's no reprieve for the stars of this week's comedy bonus show. We'll hear Milton Berle present a sa...
Episode 380 – Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight (The Whistler & Philip Marlowe)
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before she menaced puppies as Cruella de Vil, Betty Lou Gerson was one of radio's busiest character actresses. Her husky voice and powerful characteri...
BONUS - Easter Parade (Fibber McGee and Molly & Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show)
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Easter right around the corner, our midweek comedy break finds two of radio's funniest couples preparing for the holiday. First, Fibber McGee an...
Episode 379 – Read All About It (Big Town)
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The citizens of Big Town were protected from mobsters, racketeers, and fraudsters by the crusading staff of the Illustrated Press. Editor Steve Wilso...
BONUS - No Fooling (Mel Blanc & My Favorite Husband)
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's another midweek dose of quarantine comedy from the Golden Age of Radio! We'll hear a pair of shows featuring goofs and gags for April Fool's Day....
Episode 378 – Man With the Yellow Hat (Dick Tracy)
29 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The comic strip adventures of Chester Gould's two-fisted super cop Dick Tracy thrilled readers across the country, and the detective soon made the lea...
BONUS - Keep Smiling (Jack Benny & Our Miss Brooks)
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a few weeks of quarantine and social distancing, I could use a few laughs and I bet you could too. So enjoy a midweek comedy break with two of t...
Episode 377 – Itemized for Adventure (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From 1955 until 1960, Bob Bailey starred as Johnny Dollar - "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator" - and gave radio one of its all-time...
Episode 376 – Big Red (I was a Communist for the FBI)
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Andrews starred in the sensational spawn of Red Scare paranoia I Was a Communist for the FBI. Loosely inspired by the real-life exploits of unde...
Episode 375 – Casual Friday (Dragnet)
08 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're back in Los Angeles for the grandfather of all police procedurals - Dragnet. Jack Webb is Sgt. Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough is Sgt. Ben Rom...
Episode 374 – Homicide on the Range (Tales of the Texas Rangers)
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Big screen western star Joel McCrea uses old cowboy tricks and modern forensic science to track down crooks in Tales of the Texas Rangers. The series...
Episode 373 – She's Always The Woman to Me (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In "A Scandal in Bohemia," Arthur Conan Doyle gave Sherlock Holmes an adversary who matched the Great Detective's cunning - actress, singer, and black...
Episode 372 – Amazing Race (Adventures of Frank Race)
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Globetrotting and intrigue are all part of a day's work for Frank Race. The OSS spy turned insurance investigator traveled the world and cracked the t...
Episode 371 – My Funny Valentine (Let George Do It)
09 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrate Valentine's Day with two old time radio adventures of George Valentine as he invites clients facing danger to Let George Do It. Bob Bailey ...
Episode 370 - Thank the Academy (Rex Saunders, Rocky Fortune, & Johnny Dollar)
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the Academy Awards right around the corner, we've got a bonus episode featuring three radio detectives who took home Oscars. First, Rex Harrison ...
Episode 369 – Above the Fold (Night Beat)
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the Windy City goes to sleep, Randy Stone goes to work. Frank Lovejoy stars as the intrepid reporter in Night Beat. We'll join him on two noctur...
Episode 368 – Number, Name, and Charge (The Line-Up)
26 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a great American city, Lt. Ben Guthrie and his men patrol the streets and grill the suspects under the cold, glaring lights of The Line-Up. Bill Jo...
Episode 367 – I'm Just a Poe Boy (Weird Circle, Suspense, & NBC University Theatre)
19 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe - the master of the macabre and the father of the modern detective story. Poe's super sleuth C. Augu...
Episode 366 – It's a Miracle (The Saint)
12 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The adventures of The Saint came to radio seventy-five years ago this month, and we're tipping our hats (and halos) to Simon Templar with a pair of h...
Episode 365 – Queen of Smarts (Ford Theatre)
05 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Master detective Ellery Queen returns in a special sixty-minute mystery from The Ford Theatre. The cast consists of actors who starred in earlier ver...
Episode 364 – Auld Lang Crime (Casey, Crime Photographer & The Whistler)
29 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to bid goodbye to 2019 and ring in 2020, and we've got a pair of old time radio New Year's Eve mysteries to close out the year. We'll hear S...
Episode 363 – Yule Be Laughing (My Favorite Husband & Our Miss Brooks)
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before you set cookies out for Santa, tune in for this bonus episode and a pair of old time radio Christmas comedies. First, Lucille Ball tries to fig...
Episode 362 – The Five Days of Christmas Matter (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're decking the halls with Johnny Dollar. Bob Bailey stars as "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator" in a five-part Christmas radio m...
Episode 361 – For the Boys (Command Performance)
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a madcap musical comedy adventure, Bing Crosby is Dick Tracy, Dinah Shore is Tess Trueheart, and Bob Hope is Flat Top in "Dick Tracy in B-Flat." Th...
Episode 360 – Triple Bogie (Bold Venture)
08 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's chemistry sizzled on screen, and they brought their star power to radio in their own weekly dramatic series. Set i...
Episode 359 – Wolfe Man (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe)
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sydney Greenstreet stars as Nero Wolfe - Rex Stout's eccentric orchid fancier and gourmand who's also a brilliant detective. We'll hear Greenstreet - ...
Episode 358 – Talking Turkey 2019 (Abbott and Costello & Our Miss Brooks)
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a side dish of old time radio comedy to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. In this bonus episode, we'll hear Turkey Day comedies starring Bud Abbott...
Episode 357 – In the Wee Small Hours (Rocky Fortune)
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Sinatra takes a break from crooning to solve radio crimes as Rocky Fortune. Each week, the "footloose and fancy-free young gentleman" takes a n...
Episode 356 – Whole Lot of Howard (Sam Spade & Philip Morris Playhouse)
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Howard Duff stepped up to the microphone as Sam Spade, he brought the gumshoe to life as a tongue-in-cheek tough guy and delivered one of radio's...
Episode 355 – Perils of Powell (Rogue's Gallery & Richard Diamond)
10 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Dick Powell's November 14th birthday, we'll hear the crooner turned big screen crimesolver in two old time radio mysteries. First, he's gu...
Episode 354 – Radio Days (Stand By For Crime)
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Real-life husband and wife Glenn Langan and Adele Jurgens star as a radio reporter and his secretary - a pair of amateur sleuths in the city of angels...
Episode 353 – Gumshoes and Ghosts: Halloween 2019 (Let George Do It & The Saint)
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For our annual Halloween special, we're spotlighting radio sleuths doing battle with the (seemingly) supernatural. First, it's "The Ghost on Bliss Ter...
Episode 352 – Eliminate the Impossible (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The game's afoot as we head back to 221B Baker Street for three old time radio adventures of Sherlock Holmes. John Stanley is the great detective and ...
Episode 351 – Casey at the Bat (Casey, Crime Photographer)
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Armed with a camera and an insatiable appetite for the truth, Casey, Crime Photographer will get to the bottom of the baffling mysteries he covers fo...
Episode 350 – Long Goodbyes (Adventures of Philip Marlowe)
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 350th episode of Down These Mean Streets, and to mark the occasion I'm celebrating with Gerald Mohr as Raymond Chandler's celebrated shamus ...
Episode 349 - Jumping Jack (Somebody Knows, Johnny Dollar, & CBS Radio Workshop)
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If all he did was revive Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Jack Johnstone would still be a radio legend. But the multi-talented Johnstone brought listeners...
Episode 348 – History's Mysteries (Crime Classics)
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Travel back in time with Thomas Hyland - connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders - in Crime Classics. One of the all-time gr...
Episode 347 – Please Come to Boston (Boston Blackie)
22 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend" is how Boston Blackie was introduced to radio listeners, and the former je...
Episode 346 – Everybody Comes to Rocky's (Rocky Jordan)
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Travel to Cairo and make sure to grab a drink at the Cafe Tambourine - the nightclub owned and operated by Rocky Jordan. Jack Moyles stars as the exp...
Episode 345 – Addressed for Adventure (Box 13)
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Holiday will beat writer's block even if it kills him. The reporter turned author offers his services as an adventurer for hire, and his only paym...
Episode 344 – Zither Dither (Lux Radio Theatre)
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Released 70 years ago this week in the UK, The Third Man remains one of the greatest films ever made. It's an engrossing, morally ambiguous noir dram...
Episode 343 - Some Very English Murders (Whitehall 1212)
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Using stories from the files of Scotland Yard, writer-director Wyllis Cooper crafted an outstanding and authentically British crime drama with Whiteh...
Episode 342 – Vance Can't Dance (Philo Vance)
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No matter how baffling the crime appears, no matter how stumped the police may be, master detective Philo Vance will unmask the culprit. Jackson Beck ...
Episode 341 – Hot Mike (Adventures of Michael Shayne)
11 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of two radio shows, Brett Halliday's Michael Shayne shifted from a happy-go-lucky gumshoe with a lovely secretary and a good rapport w...
Episode 340 – Go Marching In (The Saint)
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When people find themselves in trouble, it only makes sense that they'd ask a Saint for help. Vincent Price starred on radio as Leslie Charteris' "Ro...
Episode 339 – Sing-A-Long Shamus (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There was no shortage of private eyes during the Golden Age of Radio, but only one could carry a tune as well as he could crack a case. Dick Powell st...
Episode 338 – Fit for a Queen (Ellery Queen)
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to match wits with Ellery Queen! The brilliant amateur sleuth takes a break in the program to give you - and a special guest armchair detect...
Episode 337 – Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Pat Novak For Hire)
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There's murder and mystery on the waterfront in San Francisco - "where the best trouble always looks good from the outside" - and Pat Novak is at the ...
Episode 336 – The Neon Lights are Bright (Broadway is My Beat)
07 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to revisit "the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world" with Detective Danny Clover. Larry Thor stars as the cop with ...
Episode 335 – Frees as a Bird (Green Lama & The Whistler)
30 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whether he was thwarted by Rocky and Bullwinkle or leading visitors on a tour of the Haunted Mansion, Paul Frees' rich voice has been a part of pop cu...
Episode 334 - Basil of Baker Street (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
23 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He dueled on screen with Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, and Danny Kaye, he was twice nominated for Oscars, and for 14 films and hundreds of radio episodes...
Episode 333 – Baileywick (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For radio detective fans, it doesn't get much better than Bob Bailey as "the man with the action-packed expense account." In honor of the actor's birt...
Episode 332 - Nothing's Better than Mohr (Philip Marlowe & Nero Wolfe)
09 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gerald Mohr lent his voice to hundreds of radio episodes, but he's best remembered today for his run as Philip Marlowe. Mohr's voice was perfect for t...
Episode 331 - The Names Have Been Changed (Dragnet)
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Seventy years ago this week, Dragnet made its radio debut and changed the face of crime drama forever. That first episode launched a franchise that s...
Episode 330 - Dash It All (Adventures of Sam Spade)
26 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're saluting Dashiell Hammett - born May 27, 1894 - with three old time radio adventures of his famous private eye Sam Spade. Spade's adventures mad...
Episode 329 - Bird is the Word (The Falcon)
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The ringing of that phone means Mike Waring has to break another date and The Falcon has a new case. The suave private eye solved crimes in print, on ...
Episode 328 - Hey Bulldog (Bulldog Drummond)
12 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Captain Hugh Drummond comes out of the fog, into the night, and earns his nickname "Bulldog" as he fights evildoers everywhere. The gentleman adventur...
Episode 327 – Orson's Swell (Lives of Harry Lime & Black Museum)
05 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Orson Welles' radio work is defined by a skirmish between a couple of planets, but there was far more to his career than an invasion from outer space....
Episode 326 - Their Girl Friday: Frances Robinson (Let George Do It, Richard Diamond, & The Whistler)
28 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do Philo Vance, George Valentine, Richard Diamond, and John J. Malone have in common? They all romanced – and were frequently assisted by – F...
Episode 325 - Master Class (Nick Carter, Master Detective)
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Carter was a super sleuth in the pulps and on the big screen before he came to radio in 1943, and he found success on the air as well. Lon Clark ...
Episode 324 - G-Men Get Their Man (This is Your FBI)
14 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Criminals and spies can run, but they can't hide from the FBI. Stacy Harris stars as Special Agent Jim Taylor in This is Your FBI, the only dramatic r...
Episode 323 - Hit the Road, Jack (Jeff Regan, Pat Novak, & Pete Kelly's Blues)
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're celebrating Jack Webb's birthday, but instead of cake we have three old time radio mysteries starring Webb as three hard-boiled sleuths. First, ...
Episode 322 - Same Bat-Time (Adventures of Superman)
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Holy 80th Anniversary, Batman! The Caped Crusader made his first comic book appearance on March 30, 1939, and we're marking the occasion with a comple...
Episode 321 - The Buck Starts Here (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Johnny Dollar itemized his first expense account on February 11, 1949, he was played by actor Charles Russell, and Russell would fill the role fo...
Episode 320 - Don't Fence Me In (Tales of the Texas Rangers)
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When criminals strike in the Lone Star State, they know it won't be long before the Texas Rangers are on their trail. Joel McCrea brought his big scre...
Episode 319 - Hite Writes (Philip Marlowe & Fort Laramie)
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen Hite started at CBS as a secretary only to become the network's first female staff writer. She would go on to pen hundreds of radio and TV sc...
Episode 318 - Take a Letter (Box 13)
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Adventure wanted. Will go anyplace, do anything. Write Box 13." That's the newspaper ad Dan Holiday runs and each week a new letter brings him to the...
Episode 317 - Their Girl Friday: Virginia Gregg (Richard Diamond, Let George Do It, & Frontier Gentleman)
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No matter what old time radio genre you prefer, you've probably heard Virginia Gregg's voice. You've almost certainly heard her as Mrs. Bates in the P...