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Gunsmoke -- Custer

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Dragnet -- Homicide aka The Nickel Plated Gun

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In this episode, a homicidal maniac wielding a brick-bat is loose in the city. However, specific plot details are not available.

Philip Marlowe -- Red Wind

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"Red Wind" is an episode that aired on June 17, 1947. In this episode, Philip Marlowe investigates a possible theft of a pearl necklace, which leads h...

Abbott & Costello -- Lou Substitutes For Joe Dimaggio

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In this episode, a telegram is delivered from Joe DiMaggio, who's recovering from foot surgery in the real world. Bud Abbott gets the idea of visiting...

21st Precinct -- Case Of The L.D. 80

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In this episode, Captain Canelli deals with a retired cop who wants to apply for the LD80, which is the permit for a handgun. The episode is a dramati...

Jack Benny -- Return To Paradise

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The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio....

Suspense -- Back Seat Driver

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Fibber McGee and Molly cross genres to play the couple caught in the urban legend of the killer in the back seat. After listening you'll always check ...

Lux Radio Theater -- It's a Wonderful Life

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Lux Radio Theater -- It's a Wonderful Life The word 'classic' never fit a story quite so well as it does "It's a Wonderful Life." This 1947 produ...

The Six Shooter -- Britt Ponset's Christmas Carol

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The Six Shooter -- Britt Ponset's Christmas Carol Jimmy Stewart was brought in to this project, a folksy Western drama, to bring some star power ...

John Steele, Adventurer -- Cargo Unknown

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John Steele, Adventurer -- Cargo Unknown A romp thorough the life of adventure as led by John Steele, played by Don Douglas, this series produced...

The Sealed Book -- Out of the Past

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The Sealed Book -- Out of the Past Heard Sundays at 10:30 on the Mutual network in 1945, The Sealed Book was, from today's perspective, one of th...

Now Hear This -- Fire At Sea 1st Show

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When a fire breaks out at sea, every second counts — and every sailor is tested. Now Hear This was NBC's gripping naval adventure drama, produced wi...

Nero Wolfe -- Midnight Ride

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When a terrified woman's phone call cuts off mid-sentence and armed men force Archie Goodwin into a car at gunpoint for a midnight drive into the coun...

Suspense -- Othello Part 1

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Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills tackles its most ambitious production: a two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, possibly the first-ever ...

One Mans Family -- The Last Of 1941

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Three weeks after Pearl Harbor, the Barbour family gathers by the fireplace as a Pacific storm howls outside their Sea Cliff home. Carlton E. Morse's ...

Dragnet -- The Big Chet

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Two armed robbers are working the streets of Los Angeles, and Sergeant Joe Friday is on their trail. A reformed ex-con steps forward with a tip, and o...

Inner Sanctum -- Voice On The Wire

21 May 2026

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries was radio's beloved half-hour anthology of horror and macabre suspense, famous for its slowly creaking door and its smirking h...

Father Knows Best -- Superstitious Folk

20 May 2026

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NBC's gentle Thursday-night comedy turns the Anderson house into a museum of black cats, broken mirrors, and unlucky ladders in 'Superstitious Folk,' ...

Sam Spade -- The Prodigal Panda Caper

19 May 2026

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The Adventures of Sam Spade brought Dashiell Hammett's wisecracking San Francisco private eye to NBC every week, telling each new 'caper' with snappy ...

Beyond Tomorrow -- The Trouble with Robots

18 May 2026

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From CBS's short-lived 1950 science fiction anthology Beyond Tomorrow -- the network's bid to rival Dimension X. In "The Trouble with Robots," a near-...

Journey Into Space -- Operation Luna part 03

17 May 2026

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BBC Radio's landmark 1953 science fiction serial. Captain 'Jet' Morgan and his crew are the first humans on the Moon -- and while exploring a vast lun...

Dragnet -- The Big Carney

16 May 2026

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Jack Webb's Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith work a string of high-priced shopliftings hitting Los Angeles department stores. Aired May...

Hall of Fantasy -- Dance of The Devil Dolls

15 May 2026

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Welcome back to The Hall of Fantasy, the series of radio dramas dedicated to the supernatural, the unusual, and the unknown. In "The Dance of the Devi...

Sam Spade -- Sam And The Psyche

14 May 2026

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Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled detective steps out of the pages of The Maltese Falcon and into his own radio show, with Howard Duff trading wisecracks...

Andy Griffith -- Aint it so

13 May 2026

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Before Mayberry, Andy Griffith was a stand-up comic with a thick Carolina drawl and a knack for spinning a yarn. 'Ain't It So' is a short, folksy mono...

Sam Spade -- The Vaphio Cup Caper

12 May 2026

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From 22 August 1948 on CBS, Howard Duff stars as Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled private eye Sam Spade in 'The Vaphio Cup Caper.' A priceless ancient G...

Let George Do It -- The Robber

11 May 2026

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From the earliest weeks of Mutual's classic 1946 detective series, Bob Bailey stars as George Valentine -- the ex-GI private eye whose newspaper ad re...

Have Gun Will Travel -- Food To Wickenberg

10 May 2026

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John Dehner stars as Paladin, the chess-knight gunfighter for hire, in a Gene Roddenberry-penned tale from 30 November 1958. On the road to Wickenburg...

Box 13 -- Design For Danger

09 May 2026

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Alan Ladd is Dan Holiday, the novelist who runs a classified ad inviting trouble. In this June 1949 episode, an ex-convict named Johnny Tide returns t...

Journey Into Space -- Red Planet part 01

08 May 2026

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The BBC's landmark science-fiction serial Journey Into Space returns with the opening chapter of "The Red Planet," first broadcast 6 September 1954. C...

Jack Benny -- The Don Wilson Story

07 May 2026

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The Jack Benny Program turns the spotlight on its longtime announcer in "The Don Wilson Story," a January 10, 1954 CBS broadcast that plays as part af...

Planet Man -- Three D Dantro

06 May 2026

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From the syndicated 1950s juvenile space serial Planet Man comes 'Three D Dantro,' the eleventh chapter in the adventures of Dantro, lawman of the Lea...

Dangerous Assignment -- The Nazi and the Physicist

05 May 2026

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From April 24, 1950: NBC's globe-trotting thriller sends Brian Donlevy's Steve Mitchell into the Alaskan cold on the trail of two missing American sci...

Burns and Allen -- George Is on Trial

04 May 2026

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George Burns lands in the dock and Gracie Allen takes the stand -- on the same week her made-up 'Surprise Party' presidential campaign was tearing up ...

Sam Spade -- The Sure Thing Caper

03 May 2026

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Five Dollar Frankie barges into Sam Spade's office swearing he's been swindled out of a guaranteed winner by Gentle Joe Higgins, a notorious horse-dop...

Boston Blackie -- Burning His House Behind Him

02 May 2026

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From the postwar heyday of radio crime drama, a reformed jewel thief turned amateur detective takes on a chilling murder. Joe Lang has killed his wife...

Superman -- The Mystery Of The Letter-Part 3

01 May 2026

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The Man of Steel takes flight in this 1948 serial chapter of The Adventures of Superman. Lois Lane's sister Diana is back from Europe with a mysteriou...

The Lone Ranger -- Guns Across the Border

30 Apr 2026

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The masked man rides south of the Rio Grande when stolen rifles start fueling raids on both sides of the line. Posing as a horse trader, the Lone Rang...

The Avengers -- From Venus With Love Part 3

29 Apr 2026

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Springbok Radio's swinging-sixties spy-fi adaptation rolls on as Steed and Emma Peel hunt the killer of the British Venusian Society. Members keep dro...

Barrie Craig -- Microfilm in the Fishtank

28 Apr 2026

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From October 24, 1951, one of the very first episodes of NBC's Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator. William Gargan stars as the smooth Madison Ave...

Jack Benny -- Jack Listens to mean Old Man on Radio

27 Apr 2026

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From March 21, 1954 — Jack tunes in his living-room radio and gets hooked on a soapy serial about a cantankerous, miserly old codger who terrorizes ...

The Six Shooter -- When The Shoe Doesn't Fit

26 Apr 2026

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James Stewart stars as drifting cowboy Britt Ponset in NBC's beloved 1953-54 Western. In this next-to-last episode of the series, Britt and a travelin...

The Aldrich Family -- Grouse For Dinner

25 Apr 2026

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The original American teenage sitcom — and the one that gave the world Henry Aldrich's famous voice-cracking "Coming, Mother!" In "Grouse For Dinner...

Sam Spade -- The Hail And Farewell Caper

23 Apr 2026

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A condemned man sits in San Quentin, hours from execution — and a desperate visitor walks into Sam Spade's office convinced the verdict is wrong. Sp...

Shadow -- The Poison Death

22 Apr 2026

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Someone has declared war on the city's water supply — poisoning it in the name of The Shadow himself. But the real Shadow has other plans. Lamont Cr...

Father Knows Best -- Time For a New Car

21 Apr 2026

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Father Knows Best is one of old-time radio's warmest domestic comedies — and in "Time For a New Car," Jim Anderson proves once again that stubbornne...

The Six Shooter -- The New Sheriff

20 Apr 2026

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James Stewart is Britt Ponset, the soft-spoken drifter who always seems to ride into trouble at exactly the right moment. In "The New Sheriff," Ponset...

Fort Laramie -- Still Waters

19 Apr 2026

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Captain Lee Quince has bigger problems than a brawling regimental band — a Washington delegation hellbent on banning beer from every Army post in th...

ABC Mystery Time -- Half an Hour

18 Apr 2026

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Lady Lilian has made up her mind — she is leaving her cold, loveless marriage to the wealthy financier Richard Garson and running away with Hugh Pat...

The Avenger -- High Tide Murder

17 Apr 2026

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Jim Brandon — biochemist, crime-fighter, and master of invisibility — picks up three chilling thought-waves on his Telepathic Indicator: the sound...

Gunsmoke -- Billy the Kid

16 Apr 2026

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It's the episode that launched a legend. On April 26, 1952, CBS Radio premiered Gunsmoke — and the first thing Marshal Matt Dillon faced was murder,...

Ellery Queen -- The Adventure Of The Mischief Maker

15 Apr 2026

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A sinister campaign of anonymous letters has thrown a community into turmoil — and Ellery Queen is called in to unmask the mischief-maker. Aired in ...

Shadow -- The Phantom Voice

14 Apr 2026

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A crooked lawyer has framed a U.S. Senator on bribery charges — and only The Shadow stands between him and a perfect crime. But Lamont Cranston's po...

Academy Award Theater -- One Sunday Afternoon w-James Stewart

13 Apr 2026

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James Stewart takes the mic as Biff Grimes — a small-town man who spent years nursing bitter regret over the strawberry blonde beauty who chose the ...

Tales of the Texas Rangers -- Open and Shut

12 Apr 2026

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Joel McCrea stars as Jace Pearson, a crack Texas Ranger who brings modern forensic science to bear on real crimes straight from the Rangers' own case ...

Mercury Theater On The Air -- Abraham Lincoln

09 Apr 2026

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Orson Welles takes the role of Abraham Lincoln in this sweeping Mercury Theatre on the Air adaptation of John Drinkwater's celebrated stage play, enri...

Dragnet -- The Big Compulsion

08 Apr 2026

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In Dragnet's razor-sharp procedural style, Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith work Robbery Detail to track down a man whose compulsion is mak...

Gunsmoke -- Target

07 Apr 2026

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Gunsmoke is the gold standard of radio Westerns — a half-hour of hard, morally complex drama set in Dodge City, Kansas, where Marshal Matt Dillon ke...

Dimension X -- To The Future

05 Apr 2026

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In a future where war has killed half the world, scientists William and Susan Travis use a government time-travel program to flee to the past — and ...

Little Orphan Annie -- Annie And Joe Are Going On Trip

04 Apr 2026

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Pack your bags — Annie and Joe are hitting the road. Little Orphan Annie was one of radio's first great children's adventure serials, running on NBC...

Richard Diamond -- The George Lexington Case

02 Apr 2026

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Step into the world of Richard Diamond, Private Detective — the sharp-witted, wisecracking former New York cop turned private eye created by Blake E...

Philip Marlowe -- The Black Halo

09 Mar 2026

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Philip Marlowe was a classic American radio detective drama series based on the hard-boiled private investigator character created by Raymond Chandler...

Boston Blackie -- Lighthouse Ghost

08 Mar 2026

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Boston Blackie was a popular radio drama series featuring Horatio 'Boston' Blackie, a former jewel thief turned amateur detective who used his crimina...

Sherlock Holmes Stanley -- The Adventure of the Elusive Agent Part 3

07 Mar 2026

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Sherlock Holmes Stanley was a radio drama series that brought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories to life during the golden age of radio...

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator -- Corpse on Delivery

06 Mar 2026

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Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator was a hard-boiled detective radio drama series that aired from 1951 to 1955, following the adventures of a tou...

Ellery Queen -- The Scarecrow And The Snowman

05 Mar 2026

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Ellery Queen was a popular American radio mystery series that aired from 1939 to 1948, featuring master detective Ellery Queen solving complex murder ...

Gunsmoke -- Livvies Loss

04 Mar 2026

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Gunsmoke was one of the longest-running radio drama series in American broadcasting history, set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the 1870s, following Ma...

Nero Wolfe -- The Final Page

03 Mar 2026

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The Adventures of Nero Wolfe was a radio mystery series featuring the brilliant, eccentric detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. In "...

Gunsmoke -- Chester's Choice

02 Mar 2026

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Gunsmoke was one of the longest-running and most popular radio drama series in American broadcasting history, set in Dodge City, Kansas during the 187...

Challenge of the Yukon -- Messenger Of Mercy

01 Mar 2026

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Challenge of the Yukon was an American radio adventure series featuring Sergeant William Preston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his faithful...

Dragnet -- The Big Scrapbook

28 Feb 2026

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Dragnet was a groundbreaking American radio series that aired from 1949 to 1957 on NBC Radio, created by Jack Webb and featuring realistic police proc...

Pat Novak For Hire -- Marcia Halpern

27 Feb 2026

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Pat Novak For Hire was a hard-boiled detective radio drama series set on the gritty San Francisco waterfront, following Pat Novak, a cynical boat rent...

Suspense -- The Invisible Ape

25 Feb 2026

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Suspense was one of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, known for its spine-tingling stories that kept listeners on the edge of the...

The Adventures of Sam Spade -- The Cloak And Daggar Caper

24 Feb 2026

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The Adventures of Sam Spade was a groundbreaking radio detective series that aired from 1946 to 1951, featuring a tongue-in-cheek and humorous approac...

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe -- The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds

22 Feb 2026

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe was a distinguished radio drama series featuring the brilliant, corpulent detective who solved complex mysteries from...

The Adventures of Sam Spade -- The Biddle Riddle Caper

21 Feb 2026

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The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio drama series that blended humor with crime drama, following San Francisco private detective Sam Spade as he so...

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe -- The Malevolent Medic

19 Feb 2026

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe was a radio detective series featuring the corpulent, eccentric genius Nero Wolfe who rarely left his luxurious Manha...

Dangerous Assignment -- Sunken Ships

18 Feb 2026

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Dangerous Assignment was an NBC radio drama series that aired from 1949 to 1953, starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, an international operative ...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Gielgud & Richardson Series) -- The Norwood Builder

17 Feb 2026

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a prestigious British radio drama series featuring Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson ...

Adventures Of The Saint -- The Corpse Said Ouch

16 Feb 2026

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The Saint was a radio adventure program featuring Simon Templar, a swashbuckling gentleman adventurer and sophisticated crime solver. In "The Corpse S...

Ghost Corps -- The Knives Of El Malique

15 Feb 2026

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Ghost Corps was a mystery and thriller radio drama series from 1938 featuring K.C. Smith, a specially trained operative handling supernatural threats ...

The Six Shooter -- A Friend In Need

13 Feb 2026

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The Six Shooter was a radio western drama series starring James Stewart as Britt Ponset, a wandering Texas plainsman and gunfighter. In this episode "...

Gunsmoke -- Old Flame

12 Feb 2026

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Gunsmoke was a groundbreaking adult Western radio drama that premiered on CBS Radio in 1952, following U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintained law a...

Box 13 -- The Haunted Artist

11 Feb 2026

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Box 13 was a syndicated radio drama series from 1948-1949 following Dan Holiday, a former newspaper reporter turned mystery novelist who advertises "A...

21st Precinct -- The Sprinter

10 Feb 2026

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21st Precinct was a dramatic police procedural radio drama that aired on CBS from 1953-1956, focusing on the day-to-day operations of a New York City ...

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe -- The Heat Wave

09 Feb 2026

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio drama series based on Raymond Chandler's iconic hard-boiled private detective character, featuring gritty...

That Was The Year -- 1913

08 Feb 2026

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That Was The Year was a historical documentary radio series that aired in 1937, dramatizing major historical events from 1896-1934. This episode focus...

The Six Shooter -- Gabriel Starbuck

06 Feb 2026

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The Six Shooter was a Western old-time radio program starring James Stewart as Britt Ponset, a wandering gunfighter and Texas plainsman. In "Gabriel S...

Nero Wolfe -- A Slight Case Of Perjury

05 Feb 2026

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe was a classic American radio mystery drama series featuring the eccentric, corpulent armchair detective Nero Wolfe wh...

Dragnet -- The Big Rip

04 Feb 2026

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Dragnet was a groundbreaking American radio series that revolutionized the police procedural genre, created and starring Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Fri...

Fibber McGee and Molly -- Fibber Inherits a Yacht

03 Feb 2026

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Fibber McGee and Molly was one of American radio's most beloved and longest-running comedy series, featuring the domestic misadventures of a working-c...

Voices of History -- 1st Announcement Of Hitlers Death 1 May 19

02 Feb 2026

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Voices of History was a historical documentary radio series that featured significant audio recordings from history. This historic episode features th...

Let George Do It -- The Brookdale Orphanage

01 Feb 2026

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Let George Do It was an American radio drama series featuring George Valentine, a tough-guy private investigator who handled dangerous cases for clien...

10-2-4 Time -- When You Wore a Tulip

31 Jan 2026

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10-2-4 Time was a western musical variety radio show that aired in the 1940s, sponsored by Dr. Pepper and featuring 15-minute episodes combining weste...

Night Beat -- A World All Of His Own aka She Who Laughs Last

30 Jan 2026

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Night Beat was a radio noir drama series that aired on NBC from February 6, 1950 to September 25, 1952, following Randy Stone, a tough, street-wise ne...

Have Gun Will Travel -- Apache Concerto

29 Jan 2026

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Have Gun Will Travel was a distinguished American Western radio drama series featuring Paladin, a sophisticated gunfighter who operated out of San Fra...

Broadway Is My Beat -- The Paul Thomas Murder Case

28 Jan 2026

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Broadway Is My Beat was a noir-influenced radio crime drama that followed Detective Danny Clover as he worked homicide cases in the gritty heart of Ne...

Pat Novak For Hire -- Fleet Lady

27 Jan 2026

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Pat Novak For Hire was a noir detective drama series set on the rough-and-tumble San Francisco waterfront, featuring a wisecracking freelancer who ran...

Gunsmoke -- Ben Slade's Saloon

14 Sep 2025

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Gunsmoke was a classic American radio drama series that originally aired from 1952 to 1961, transitioning later to television. Set in the American Wes...

Abbott and Costello -- Mortimer's Pet Shop

12 Sep 2025

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Abbott and Costello was a popular American comedy duo consisting of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, known for their slapstick humor and comedic routines....