Project Audion: Classic Audio Dramas for Modern Times
Episodes
"Dragnet" recreation of the lost premiere episode of famous police procedural audio drama from June 3 1949 (plus bonus parody)
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just the facts, ma'am: DRAGNET is one of the few programs from the classic age of audio drama which is still recognized by most people today - for the...
"Dr Christian: To Live A Dream" recreation of Rod Serling's first script, a classic radio 1949 drama
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Even the greatest creative people had to start somewhere. For Rod Serling, whose "Twilight Zone" series is one of the landmarks of television, it was ...
"Arch Oboler's Plays: Special to Hollywood" remastered recreation of audio drama from 1945
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Arch Oboler was one of radio's most accomplished writer/producers. Although he may be best known for his creepy horror scripts, he cared deeply about ...
"A Christmas Carol" classic holiday Audio Drama recreated for a live studio audience
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion presents a special Christmas audio drama recorded before a live audience at the Grapevine (TX) Public Library on December 14, 2025 as p...
"The Men From the Ministry" lost 1964 Christmas radio comedy, recreated for a live studio audience
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion presents a special Christmas audio comedy, recorded before a live audience at the Grapevine (TX) Public Library on December 14, 2025 as...
The Bob Hope Pepsodent Show: live tribute recreation of classic 1940s-era radio comedy
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Hope was one of the 20th century's greatest entertainers: in vaudeville and movies, and especially his radio (and later TV) comedies, so often per...
"Meet The Creators" Panel discussion about Audio Drama
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you love audio drama, then you will appreciate Project Audion's November episode, which is NOT an audio drama but a podcast ABOUT audio drama - and...
Eno Crime Clues "The Petticoat Ghost" recreation of pioneering March 1936 mystery audio drama
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the early days of the classic era of audio drama, Project Audion recreates a unique ghost-story/murder-mystery taken from a radio drama which is ...
Gunsmoke "Ben Thompson" live recreation of lost adult western classic audio drama from 1952
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gunsmoke! The show that created the "adult western" drama genre...the show that moved westerns from the kid-centered "Lone Ranger" into darker, more m...
"Jimmy Durante Comedy Caravan" tribute recreation of the 1940s radio variety show
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know Jimmy Durante, even if you think you don't -- the fellow was so famous for so many decades that just a caricature of his face was once enough...
"Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: The White River Gang" recreation of lost juvenile adventure audio drama from May 25, 1955
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" (actually called "The Challenge of the Yukon" for most of its 16 years on the radio) was one of the greatest juvenile ...
"The Great Gildersleeve: The French Housekeeper" - tribute recreation of classic 1940s radio situation comedy
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes "The Great Gildersleeve" a great radio comedy? Historically, it was the first-ever spinoff series, and its classic sitcom characters were m...
"Suspense: Deadline" Live recreation of lost episode of classic 1950 suspense audio drama
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To begin Project Audion's sixth season, we're once again returning to that all-time classic audio drama, Suspense. Once again, we've accessed a scr...
"Wayfaring Men" recreation of lost 1933 audio drama serial - plus a behind-the-scenes podcast
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's more exciting than premiering a recreated lost episode of a classic audio drama? Premiering a completely unknown and lost show! Such is "Wayfar...
"Our Miss Brooks: Handy Andy" tribute episode of classic mid-century sitecome radio show
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion brings back another iconic mid-century situation comedy classic: "Our Miss Brooks." In the 1950s, the character of Connie Brooks was ev...
"The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" recreation of lost 1945 classic detective audio drama
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion brings you "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," recreating an episode which has remained unheard for eighty years. There's no more...
"The Burns & Allen Show" live tribute recreation of classic audio comedy of the 1940s
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long, long before George Burns became the senior citizen movie star of films like "The Sunshine Boys" and "Oh God!" he was familiar to radio and telev...
"Philip Marlowe: The Three Wise Guys" live recreation of lost noir detective audio drama from 1948
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our Christmas present for you is a lost episode of the classic detective drama "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" with a holiday theme! Because Audion...
"The Jack Benny Program: Casablanca" tribute recreation of classic radio comedy show of the 1940s
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Jack Benny Program returns with a delightful all-new radio episode penned by former Bob Hope staff writer Robert L. Mills just for Project Audion....
"Johnny Dollar: The Damiani Diamond Matter" live tribute recreation of classic noir detective audio drama
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" was the last detective standing at the end of radio drama's original classic era, outlasting everyone else - Sam Spade, R...
"Lights Out: Burial Services" recreation of lost 1936 classic horror audio drama
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brought back to life after nearly 90 years buried at the Library of Congress, Project Audion recreates the very first script Arch Oboler created for N...
"Romance: Pride & Prejudice" live recreation of 1947 romantic-comedy audio drama
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For fourteen years beginning in 1943, the CBS Radio network brought its listeners "Romance" - an anthology of half-hour love stories both classic and ...
"The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show" recreation of classic radio situation comedy series
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In terms of sheer fun and laughter during radio's classic mid-century era, it's hard to beat the Phil Harris/Alice Faye show. A spinoff from Jack Benn...
"Matinee with Bob & Ray" - tribute recreation of the classic radio comedy duo
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion invites you to some light summer fare: the Audion Original "Matinee with Bob & Ray." This is Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding like you've n...
"Philip Marlowe" live recreation of lost 1949 episode from classic noir detective radio drama
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the long lineup of fictional hard-boiled detectives, Philip Marlowe stands out as one of the earliest and best. Raymond Chandler's creation first r...
"Jack Benny Program: The Man Who Knew Too Much" tribute recreation of classic radio comedy series
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion once again brings you laughs, with an all-new original episode of the Jack Benny Program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. This A...
"Suspense: The Life of Nellie James" recreation of lost 1942 classic audio drama
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Suspense is one of classic radio's most highly-regarded dramas -- with good reason. It sustained a remarkably high quality level of dramatic tension f...
"The Man Called X" recreation of the lost debut episode of this 1944 comedy-mystery audio drama
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A spy caper always makes for a good show. Start with a suave man of mystery, sprinkle in some far-off exotic locales, and stir in some evil enemies of...
"The Damon Runyon Theatre" tribute recreation of classic 1949 radio audio drama series
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The "Damon Runyon Theatre," a syndicated radio series from 1949 relating stories of New York's "guys and dolls" -- mobsters and dames, gamblers and fr...
"Jack Benny Show: Witness for the Prosecution" tribute recreation of classic radio comedy series
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just premiered for the International Jack Benny Society annual convention, and now available to all: a "new" episode of the classic Jack Benny radio s...
"Crime Classics" live recreation of audition script of classic 1953 true crime audio drama
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Premiering tonight (2/9) at 9 PM Eastern, Project Audion recreates a shocking tale of love, hate, conspiracy, and murder - all the more so for being ...
"Mystery In The Air" Tribute recreation in the style of 1947 Peter Lorre audio drama
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Lorre is an actor with such a distinctive voice and presence that even now, 60 years after his death, he's still instantly identifiable. It's su...
"The Big Story: Joe Saldana" recreation of true-crime audio drama from December 20, 1950
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! Big Story radio drama recreated by Project Audion! Newspaper reporters were once heroic figures - exposing rackets an...
"The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show" tribute recreation of classic Golden-Age radio comedy series
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1940s and early 1950s the Phil Harris-Alice Faye radio series was a masterclass in radio comedy. Harris (charming, egotistical, smooth, So...
"Lights Out: The Dark" Recreation of January 19, 1938 episode
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who was it who made that phone call to the emergency room -- the one that set off the horrible chain of events that took place in The Dark? Project Au...
The Lone Ranger: Episode 266, October 12, 1934
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Lone Ranger has got to be the most famous fictional character to come out of old time radio...every generation knows him, even if they don't know ...
"Pat Novak for Hire: A Trunkful of Trouble"
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The short-lived noirish radio detective series "Pat Novak for Hire" is probably better loved now than it was in the late 1940s, thanks to its darkly-c...
Tales of Tomorrow: "Syndrome Johnny"
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the year 2090. There are signs that a pandemic is coming - a pandemic which will kill millions of innocent people - again. Because it's happened ...
"Fibber McGee & Molly": A brand new episode based on the classic 1940s radio comedy show
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion revisits one of the funniest, most beloved radio comedies of the 20th century. Fibber McGee and Molly tickled the radio audience for so...
Podcasts
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion Podcasts PODCAST RSS FEED New episodes are released at least monthly. Recent Episodes:
Suspense: "The Witness On The Westbound Train"
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Project Audion recreates an extraordinarily rare, early lost episode of the classic audio drama "Suspense." When CBS premiered the the show in June 1...