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Ep1056: The Shadow - "The Beast of Darrow House"

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A thirty-year-old elkhound defends the mansion of his dead master, and the money hidden somewhere inside the house!

Ep1055: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Christmas Shopping"

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bud and Lou take a trolley downtown to go Christmas shopping.

Ep1054: Suspense - "Menace In Wax"

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two English reporters discover a secret code hidden in Mme. Toussaud's waxworks and attempt to save a bomber factory from sabotage

Ep1053: Let George Do It - "Problem Child/The Unfit Mother"

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Barbara Ebersole will soon be declared an "unfit mother," but she's been framed and wants very much to keep her daughter.

Ep1052: Our Miss Brooks - "Marriage By Proxy"

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miss Brooks gets married to...Mr. LeBlanche! A June dream?

Ep1051: The Shadow - "The Man Who Was Death"

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A good story about a mad scientist running amok with radiation poisoning.

Ep1050: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Lou's Vocal Coach"

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys pay a visit to the Ned Blanc Music Company in Tin Pan Alley. Costello takes singing lesons

Ep1049: Suspense - "Will You Make A Bet With Death?"

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A great, suspenseful story about a man who matches his life against his evil stepfather for $25,000.

Ep1048: Let George Do It - "A Piece Of Publicity"

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martha Dvorak, the famous trapeze artiste, hires George Valentine to protect her from whoever has been sending her threatening letters demanding $5000...

Ep1047: Our Miss Brooks - "Taxi Fare"

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miss Brooks has no money to pay off a cab driver, who becomes a constant companion.

Ep1046: The Shadow - "The Nursery Rhyme Murders"

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A series of "Mother Goose" nursey rhymes helps The Shadow stop a serial killer.

Ep1045: The Abbott and Costello Show - "The Bank Robbery"

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Costello was at the Second National Bank during a robbery. They report the crime to Police Chief Kitzel and follow the trail of "Rocky Crumbcake" to C...

Ep1044: Suspense - "The Devil In The Summer House"

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A crime decades old is brought to light again by means of a recorded confession.

Ep1043: Let George Do It - "Have Some Excitement"

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Murch, a little man in the movies, about to star in a feature film, hires George to show him a little excitement...and murder!.

Ep1042: Our Miss Brooks - "Miss Brooks Takes Over Spring Garden"

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The school vegetable patch vs. the school goat.

Ep1041: The Shadow - "The Terror at Wolf's Head Knoll"

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A mad surgeon murders, kidnaps, and decides to "operate" on poor Margot.

Ep1040: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Thanksgiving Dinner at Bud's House"

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lou goes over to Bud's house for Thanksgiving dinner. The cook is none other than Mr. Kitzel! Someone seems to have stolen Lady Jennifer's pearls.

Ep1039: Suspense - "The Lord of the Witch Doctors"

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

English diplomats outwit the Germans in the eyes of the dumb Caliph of Zanzibar.

Ep1038: Let George Do It - "Friendship Club"

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George visits the Shelby Friendship Club for a clue to the missing Mrs. Angela Phillistin, a lady with a past from exclusive Tuxedo Lake.

Ep1037: Our Miss Brooks - "Stretch is Accused of Professionalism"

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stretch Snodgrass is to be the star pitcher during the big baseball game against Clay City High. Stretch's weak academic abilities may stand in his wa...

Ep1036: The Shadow - "The Thing in the Cage"

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So who's in the cage? His name is "Suba," and he's a pygmy from Niger, in Africa. Suba" commits a murder or two (but they're just "small" murders)

Ep1035: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Lou Visits His Grade School"

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lou gets a telegram from his home town, Paterson, New Jersey. P.S. 15 wants him to perform in the school play. Abbott explains why "lower" is "higher....

Ep1034: Suspense - "One Hundred in the Dark"

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George tackles a phoney medium to save Gabrielle Turner from a charge of murder, and gets a ghost to trap the real killer!.

Ep1033: Let George Do It - "The Spirit World"

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George tackles a phoney medium to save Gabrielle Turner from a charge of murder, and gets a ghost to trap the real killer!.

Ep1032: Our Miss Brooks - "Orphan Twins"

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two little "orphans" take over Madison High

Ep1031: The Shadow - "One Dead and Two to Go"

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Peterson has escaped from prison and is on the way to seek revenge and the return of his $100,000. Peterson finds a double-cross instead.

Ep1030: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Costello's Horse"

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys enter Costello's horse in a race with Mr. Kitzel as the jockey!

Ep1029: Suspense - "A Passage To Benares"

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A beautiful Hindu maiden is beheaded in a temple on the island of Trinidad.

Ep1028: Let George Do It - "Under The River"

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George and Brooksie become sandhogs under the river. Sabotage and buried treasure are dredged to the surface.

Ep1027: Our Miss Brooks - "Cow In The Closet"

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While Mr. Conklin is cracking down on pets at school, Miss Brooks manages to hide the cat, but what about the cow?

Ep1026: The Shadow - "The House that Death Built"

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A lunatic ex-executioner has died and left a haunted house, filled with death traps and murders.

Ep1025: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Lou's Dog Hector"

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Costello has a new dog named "Hector," which they enter in a dog show. Abbott and Costello go to work in a pet shop.

Ep1024: Suspense - "The Kettler Method"

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A chilling, exciting story about inmates taking over an asylum for the insane and "operating" on a visitor to cure her headache.

Ep1023: Let George Do It - "The Wolf Pack"

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eddie, a teen-ager just getting out of reform school for stealing cars, is determined to seek revenge.

Ep1022: Our Miss Brooks - "Magazine Articles"

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miss Brooks has written an article for True Family Romance magazine under a pseudonym. The article is titled, "I Was The Mother Of A Quiz Kid." Walter...

Ep1021: The Shadow - "Death and the Black Fedora"

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A man being driven crazy finally commits three murders.

Ep1020: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Matrimonial Agency"

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Costello's cousin Hugo has gotten married. The boys plan to open a matrimonial agency. Costello's "kid brother" Sebastian pretends to be Abbott's son....

Ep1019: Suspense - "The Hitch-hiker"

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the great supernatural stories ever on radio, a modern classic.  A cross country motorist sees a man by the side of the road, with spots o...

Ep1018: Let George Do It - "The Bewildered Bird Watcher"

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Elliott Wormsley, an urban bird watcher, spots a murder in a penthouse several blocks away with his binoculars

Ep1017: Our Miss Brooks - "Tears For Mister Boynton"

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miss Brooks discovers the power of a woman's tears.

Ep1016: The Shadow - "The Bones of the Dragon"

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Murder and robbery in Chinatown at the celebration of the Chinese New Year. "The wages of Sin Foo are death!"

Ep1015: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Lou Goes to Jail"

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Costello gets an arithmetic quiz. "The State vs. Lou Costello"...a courtroom confrontation.

Ep1014: Suspense - "The Cave of Ali Baba"

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An adventure of Lord Peter Whimsey, the gentleman crime buster.  A secret voice-operated vault helps him to break up a masked society of crime.

Ep1013: Let George Do It - "Am I My Brother's Keeper"

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Bentner hires George Valentine to find his missing brother Phil. Phil has problems of his own!

Ep1012: Our Miss Brooks - "An American Tragedy"

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miss Brooks is planning a weekend alone with Mr. Boynton in the woods. Will it be an "American Tragedy?".

Ep1011: The Shadow - "The Chill of Death"

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A kindly old couple prefer their maids with a tendency for pneumonia and insurance polices.

Ep1005: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Investing in a Gold Mine"

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bud and Lou invest in a gold mine in Nevada. Trapped in a cave-in.

Ep1009: Suspense - "Wet Saturday"

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who killed the curate?  Almost everybody it seems!

Ep1008: Let George Do It - "The Smugglers"

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George's old army pal is seriously hurt in Egypt and is recuperating in a sanitarium. The case starts with smuggled diamonds, which are just a cover f...

Ep1007: Our Miss Brooks - "Mr. Boynton's Moustache"

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Boynton grows a moustache, which proves very popular with the lady teachers at Madison High.

Ep1006: The Shadow - "The Terrible Legend of Crownshield Castle"

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Old man Crownshield has risen from the dead to spread death and mayhem.

Ep1005: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Investment Advice"

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The first show of the season. The boys do a skit taking place ten years in the future, in Costello's modernistic, pre-fabricated home. The boys do the...

Ep1004: Suspense - "The Burning Court"

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A story of poisoning with supernatural overtones.  One of the guests at a dinner party is a murderer...which one?

Ep1003: Let George Do It - "Forty-Two On a Rope"

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A beautiful girl and her beautiful pearls gets George Valentine down into a sewer and up a tree.

Ep1002: Our Miss Brooks - "The School Board's Psychologist"

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Board of Education has hired a psychologist to evaluate the teachers at Madison High.

Ep1001: The Shadow - "A Gift of Murder"

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Board of Education has hired a psychologist to evaluate the teachers at Madison High.

Ep1000: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Job at a Department Store with Claire Trevor"

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Costello has just returned from his uncle's farm, where he's been working. Costello gets a Mother's Day job at Beaglebottom's Department Store.

Ep0999: Suspense - "The Lodger"

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Avenger is targeting young women.  At the same time the Buntings are relieved when their room is finally going to be rented by a strange man ...

Ep0998: Let George Do It - "The Investment"

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George has a nail in his shoe but is asked to buy some stocks.  He can't but sends Sonny, who forgets where he's suppose to go and what stocks he...

Ep997: Our Miss Brooks - "Project X"

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Conklin has installed a sound system that allows him to eavesdrop on the entire school.

Ep996: The Shadow - "Murder and the Medium"

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A convicted murderer named Frankie Harmon breaks out of jail to enact his revenge on those who helped to convict him. After a complicated plot, "The S...

Ep0995: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Guest - John Garfield"

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The opening routine is about Costello getting married. Abbott goes on a date with Connie, despite a threat from tough-guy (guest) John Garfield.

Ep0994: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "The Meek Die Slowly"

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A ghastly story that starts with "Mr. Narco" stabbing Jane Carter to death with a pair of garden shears. Arnold Moss sports a delightful German-Transy...

Ep0993: Let George Do It - "Snookums"

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George must babysit a massive Great Dane.  Turns out he has been reported stolen.

Ep0992: Our Miss Brooks - "Mr. Travis 3 Acre Lot"

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mrs. Davis hasn't enough money to make a payment of her mortgage. Greedy Mr. Travis also refuses to sell an empty lot next to Madison High.

Ep0991: The Shadow - "The Comic Strip Killer"

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A comic strip artist is the next target of a murderer who uses a hypodermic "needle" to commit murder. Lamont explains to Margot just how this newly i...

Ep0990: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Guest - Cary Grant"

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lou needs to get to his radio station.  Gary Grant shows up at Lou's radio station.

Ep0989: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "The Magic Tile"

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A look into the past to see a dead madman point a finger at a murderer.

Ep0988: Let George Do It - "The Robber"

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A book collector dies but his family is sure there is money hidden.  George is commissioned to find the money, if it exists.

Ep0987: Our Miss Brooks - "Pen Pal Project"

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Madison High has started a pen-pal club. Mr. Boynton has been corresponding with a French woman.

Ep0986: The Shadow - "Doom and the Limping Man"

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Just after Victor Farnol is executed for murder, his three lawyers get threatening phone calls the the recently deceased.

Ep0985: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Radio Station with Alan Ladd"

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lou's uncle Oscar leaves him money.  Lou is going to buy a radio station with half the money.

Ep0984: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "Murder off the Record"

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A weighing machine at the "Stork" drug store in Reno seems to have the gift of prophesy.

Ep0983: Let George Do It - "The Brookdale Orphanage"

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cowboy star Jimmy Jones is afraid of horses. How will he do the benefit for the Brookdale orphanage?.

Ep0982: Our Miss Brooks - "Male Superiority"

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do men react to emergencies better than women do? A side of beef and a refrigeration plant proves the point when everyone gets locked in the cold room...

Ep0981: The Shadow - "Dream of Death"

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A man returns from the dead to claim his bride.

Ep0980: The Abbott and Costello Show - "A Psychiatrist for Costello with Linda Darnell"

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lou is acting strange as though he is sick.  Bud takes Lou to a psychiatrist. Nurse Darnel takes Lou to a rest home.

Ep0979: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "The Murder Prophet"

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who killed Claudia's first husband...and her second...and the man who loved her?

Ep0978: Let George Do It - "Cousin Jeff and the Pigs"

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cousin Jeff Williams asks George to find him a girl friend, one who likes pigs!

Ep0977: Our Miss Brooks - "Movies at School"

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miss Brooks plans to experiment with audio-visual movies during English class. Miss Brooks orders, "The Lady Of The Lake" and gets, "Sirens Of The Scr...

Ep0976: The Shadow - "Death Has Eight Arms"

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Maron knows that a certain Burmese goddess is out to kill him. Lamont Cranston discovers why this goddess want to kill Mr. Maron.

Ep0975: The Abbott and Costello Show - "At the Circus with Alan Hale"

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The opening routine is about the circus. Guests Sally Eilers and Alan Hale join Abbott and Costello at the circus. Costello is the target at a basebal...

Ep0974: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "The Listener"

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Old Mrs. Richards is being threatened by her nephew, but she has a surprise up her sleeve...and in her fireplace poker.

Ep0973: Let George Do It - "The Picnic"

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While having a picnic, George gets hit by a woman's shoe and a note from a damsel in distress.

Ep0972: Our Miss Brooks - "The Switchboard Operator"

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's been a new switchboard installed at Madison High, and Miss Enright is the switchboard operator.

Ep0971: The Shadow - "Death Hunt"

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Augustus White bets $50,000 with the celebrated hunter Rudolph Prince. Prince is the target for 24 hours in a plot stolen shamelessly from, "The Most ...

Ep0970: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Missing Script with Blondie and Dagwood"

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The opening routine is about the Navy and the Marines. Guests Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton (as "Blondie and Dagwood") help Abbott and Costello find...

Ep0969: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "Death for Sale"

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A seven-year insurance scheme is delayed by two complications... a blackmailer and his wife.

Ep0963: Let George Do It - "Kleptomaniac"

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George's client asks him to save her from herself.  She has a habit of stealing things.

Ep0967: Our Miss Brooks - "Stretch is in Love Again"

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The principal of Clay City High is encouraging Stretch's new romance with his own daughter, just before the big game.

Ep0966: The Shadow - "The Ruby of Karvahl"

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A stone with a curse upon it can still create death and destruction.

Ep0965: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Making a Movie with Dorothy Lamour"

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are trying to get guest Dorothy Lamour to appear in their new picture. Abbott and Costello rescue Dorothy from a desert Sheik.

Ep0964: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "Death Pays the Freight"

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A bum in a freight car kills a fellow hobo who looks just like him, switches identification and finds himself wanted for another crime.

Ep0963: Let George Do It - "The First Client"

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Winters, George Valentine's first client, is murdered right in George's office! The body disappears, Mrs. Winters disappears, even George's secret...

Ep0962: Our Miss Brooks - "The Pin-Up Photo Feud"

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"La Verne of Hollywood" has half of Madison High in the darkroom.

Ep0961: The Shadow - "The Curse of the Gypsies"

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Death, insanity, and gypsies in the swamp lead "The Shadow" to the secret of the curse.

Ep0960: The Abbott and Costello Show - "Robinson Crusoe with Charles Laughton"

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The opening routine is about St. Valentine's Day and abbreviations. Guest Charles Laughton joins the cast in, "The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe."

Ep0959: Inner Sanctum Mystery - "Terror by Night"

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A mad killer is on the prowl, and there's a dead body in the trunk.

Ep0958: Broadway is My Beat - "The Floyd Decker Murder Case"

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Floyd Decker, a former gangster, has been murdered. The body hasn't yet been found.

Ep0957: Our Miss Brooks - "Bartering with Chief Thundercloud"

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chief Thundercloud wants to do some bartering at Madison High.