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SUSPENSE - Till-Death-Do-Us-Part - December-15-1942

12 Jul 2023

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SUSPENSE - Till-Death-Do-Us-Part - December-15-1942 Starring Peter Lorre, Alice Frost and Mercedes McCambridge.

July 4 and The Flag

30 Jun 2023

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Stan Freberg presents The United States of America.

Stan Freberg "The Declaration of Independence"

17 Jun 2023

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Stan Freberg - Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1 - The Declaration of Independence. A Stan Freberg sketch explains how Thomas Jefferson ma...

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15 Jun 2023

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Devil's Foot"

15 Jun 2023

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is an American old-time radio show that aired on US radio networks between 1930 and 1936. The series was adapted fro...

The Shadow - "When the Grave is Open"

14 Jun 2023

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This episode aired September 9, 1947 on Mutual Radio Network stars Bret Morrison. The police suspect vandalism in the cemetery until a series of ghoul...

USAF SERENADE IN BLUE "Cherokee"

01 Jun 2023

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The public service radio program Serenade in Blue was written, produced, and performed by men in blue. It featured three top-notch Air Force bands: T...

SEARS RADIO THEATER "Retribution"

31 May 2023

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From February 5, 1979 on CBS Radio this is the first episode of Sears Radio Theater. The Host is Lorne Green and stars John McIntire and Janette Nolan...

SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE "The Fighting O'Flynn"

26 May 2023

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Episode 63 on NBC Radio starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Screen Directors Playhouse was a popular American radio and television anthology series which ...

SAM SPADE "The Wheel of Life Caper"

20 May 2023

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Aired July 11, 1948 on NBC Radio with Howard Duff as Spade. Sam meets a mystery woman with no memory and a corpse that's been killed by a buzz saw...

THE SAINT "Girl In The Lower Berth"

19 May 2023

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Aired June 3, 1951 on NBC Radio. Tom Conway stars as The Saint. The Saint agrees to meet a woman’s husband on the train and ends up investigating th...

ROCKY FORTUNE "Psychological Murder"

18 May 2023

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Aired March 16, 1954 on NBC Radio. Frank Sinatra stars as his character Rocky witnesses the execution of the will of a wealthy woman who thinks that s...

RICHARD DIAMOND "Ralph Chace"

16 May 2023

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Dick Powell stars as Private Detective Richard Diamond in his Ralph Chase case on NBC Radio aired May 15, 1949. Richard Diamond, Private Detective is...

RADIO'S FIRST 50 YEARS "1920's"

15 May 2023

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A collection of happenings in radio that touched our lives from the twenties through the sixties. Ben Gross, The dean of American radio and televis...

PURSUIT "Of The Man Who Couldn't Go Home"

14 May 2023

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Aired on CBS Radio July 1, 1950. John Dehner stars as Inspector Black of Scotland Yard. Black is called to a hotel room where a man is out on a ledge,...

PHILO VANCE "The Case of the Cellini Cup"

12 May 2023

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John Emery stars as Philo Vance in this episode from April 29, 1943 on NBC Radio. Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in ...

PHILIP MARLOWE "Red Wind"

11 May 2023

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From June 17, 1947 on NBC Radio. Van Heflin and Lurene Tuttle star. Phillip Marlowe is minding his own business, having a beer in a bar conveniently l...

PAUL HARVEY "Actor On Death Row"

10 May 2023

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The Rest of the Story was a Monday-through-Friday ⁠radio⁠ program originally hosted by ⁠Paul Harvey⁠.⁠⁠ Beginning as a part of his ne...

PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE "Mysterious Set of Books"

06 May 2023

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Ben Morris stars as Pat Novak on this episode of August 10, 1947 on ABC Radio (USA). The regional version originally starred Jack Webb in the title ro...

21st Precinct "The Visitors"

05 May 2023

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21st Precinct (aka Twenty-First Precinct and Twenty First Precinct) was a police drama broadcast on CBS radio from July 7, 1953, to July 26, 1956. It ...

NORMAN CORWIN "Lighthouse Keepers"

04 May 2023

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Known as the Poet Laureate of Radio, Norman Corwin is one of the greatest writer-producer-directors the Golden Age Norman Corwin directed episode ...

NIGHT BEAT "Ted Carter Murder Case"

02 May 2023

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The audition program for the series. Film noir star Edmund O'Brien played the role in the audition program but was not in the regular production, ...

NICK CARTER "Echo of Death"

27 Apr 2023

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July 6, 1943. Mutual Radio. Lon Clark as Detective Nick Carter. Nick Carter, Master Detective was a popular radio show that aired from 1939 to 1955. ...

NERO WOLFE "Case of the Killer Cards"

24 Apr 2023

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Sydney Greenstreet stars as Rex Stout’s famous corpulent detective. Gerals Mohr as Archie Goodwin. This particular mystery features four crimina...

NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER "The Marble Faun"

21 Apr 2023

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Starring Lynn Bari (born Marjorie Schuyler Fisher, December 18, 1919 – November 20, 1989). A film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statues...

NBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 "Irving Berlin Tribute"

20 Apr 2023

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Epsode 43 aired April 17, 1957 on NBC Radio. Irving Berlin, original name Israel Baline, (born May 11, 1888, Mogilyov, Russia [now in Belarus]—died ...

NBC MONITOR "Durward Kirby"

20 Apr 2023

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Durward Kirby host on this Monitor segment. He was on only a short time in ’69 (and so was his associate for many years, Garry Moore, who hosted ano...

NBC BANDSTAND "Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey"

19 Apr 2023

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Bert Parks hosts The Dorsey Brothers on this broadcast from October 11, 1956.

MR KEEN "The Case of the Missing Witness"

17 Apr 2023

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Aired on CBS Radio January 13, 1944. Mr. Keen - The Case of the Missing Witness. Sponsored by: Anacin, Kolynos, Heet, Kriptin, Bisodol, Hills Cold Tab...

MR DISTRICT ATTORNEY "The Museum Mystery"

13 Apr 2023

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Jay Jostyn stars as Mr D. A. in this episode aka The Case of the Priceless Miniature. Aired on the NBC Red Network December 10, 1941. Mr. District At...

MIKE HAMMER "Framed For Murder"

13 Apr 2023

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Larry Holmes stars as Mike Hammer in this syndicated episode from 1953.

MICHAEL SHAYNE "Phantom Gun"

12 Apr 2023

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August 6, 1948. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shayne_(radio_program) Michael Shayne, "the reckless, red-headed Irishman" was a pop...

Mercury Summer Theater "Search For Henri Lefevre"

06 Apr 2023

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Mercury Summer Theater AIRED 1946 07 12 on CBS Radio. Episode 06 "Search For Henri Lefevre". An original story for radio by Lucille Fletch...

MR AND MRS NORTH "RUSSIAN RESTAURANT"

05 Apr 2023

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MR AND MRS NORTH - FEBRUARY 3, 1943 - C.F. 006 RUSSIAN RESTAURANT Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by France...

NBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 "December 12, 1956

31 Mar 2023

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Selections by singer Lanny Ross, Jack Pearl and Rudy Valle. News by Floyd Gibbons. Singer Carmen Miranda, pianist Art Tatum. Bergin, McCarthy with Joh...

Monitor, 6th hour last day

30 Mar 2023

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Along with Big Wilson, John Bartholomew Tucker was one of the last two communicators (hosts) of the long-running NBC Radio program Monitor they...

NBC BANDSTAND "The Art Mooney Orchestra"

29 Mar 2023

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NBC Radio, WGY. October 9, 1956. Bert Parks host. Vocalists Dick Haymes and Ann Gilbert.

MR KEEN "Case of the Moonless Night"

28 Mar 2023

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This episoded aired on CBS Radio January 6, 1944. Mr. Keen: Tracer of Lost Persons. Mr. Keen’s in the deep South to find a missing southern gentlem...

MR DISTRICT ATTORNEY "Man From Alcatraz"

27 Mar 2023

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Episode 141 aired February 12, 1942. The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Ch...

MR AND MRS NORTH "Death With Father"

24 Mar 2023

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Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple was featured in a series of 26 M...

THE ORIGIN OF THE LONE RANGER

23 Mar 2023

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Released June 30, 1948 aka The legend of The Lone Ranger...is an incredibly American story that may very well have been inspired by the U.S Marshal ...

HOWARD MILLER SHOW "Eddy Arnold"

19 Mar 2023

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This episode of The Howard Miller Show aired on CBS Radio February 15, 1957 and features an interview with Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May...

Hopalong Cassidy "Hoppy and the School Marm"

15 Mar 2023

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Hopalong Cassidy in syndication released 1950-07-16 (episode 029) - Hoppy and the School Marm. Miss Abbott breaks up a saloon that's about to open, an...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "The Boss"

09 Mar 2023

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Episode 64 aired February 7, 1960 on CBS Radio. A visit to Alder Bend, Colorado, for a job with Ira Stokes, a horse and wife beater out to own the tow...

heartbeat theater "Once a Thief"

08 Mar 2023

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The Heartbeat Theater sponsored by the Salvation Army, gives dramatic accounts of regular people helping others through illness, tragedy, and heartbre...

Harry Lime "Voodoo"

07 Mar 2023

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Harry lands in Haiti, where he plans to grift a wealthy vacationer of an artifact once belonging to the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti. Episode ...

HALLS OF IVY "Leslie Hoff Painting"

06 Mar 2023

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The American situation comedy that ran from 1950 to 1952 on NBC radio, created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn. The series was...

GUNSMOKE "Harry Pope"

04 Mar 2023

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July 11, 1953 episode aired on CBS Radio. White men pretending to be Indians attack greenhorn Harry Pope at night, and he kills one of them. Now the d...

Green Hornet "Crandell and the Murder Ring"

03 Mar 2023

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The series originated on January 31, 1936, on WXYZ, the same local Detroit station that originated its companion shows The Lone Ra...

GANG BUSTERS "Three Million Dollar Robbery"

03 Mar 2023

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Gang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histor...

FRONTIER GENTLEMAN "The Shelton Brothers"

02 Mar 2023

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The pilot and first episode aired February 2, 1958 on CBS Radio. Frontier Gentleman was a radio Western series heard on CBS from February 2 to Novembe...

FRANK RACE ''The_Hackensack_Victory"

27 Feb 2023

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February 1948_ep01 The Adventures of Frank Race was an American radio adventure serial syndicated by Bruce Eells Productions. The 30-minute program's ...

FBI IN PEACE AND WAR "The Fixer"

24 Feb 2023

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This episode from an AFRTS transcription believed to be from December 28, 1950. The FBI in Peace and War was a radio crime drama inspired by Frederick...

FAVORITE STORY "Ben Hur"

24 Feb 2023

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Episode 42, Ben Hur, aired April 1, 1947 starring John Beal (born James Alexander Bliedung, August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997) was an American actor....

Escape "Zero Hour"

23 Feb 2023

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Escape  - 4 OCT 1953 - Zero Hour CBS Stars John Dehner announcer Roy Rowan. You are in your house surrounded by all that is secure and normal whi...

ELLERY QUEEN "One Diamond"

22 Feb 2023

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Episode 352 of The Adventures of Ellery Queen aired May 6, 1948. The guest is vocalist Peggy Lee.

DRAGNET "Big Customer"

20 Feb 2023

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Aired June 22, 1954 on NBC Radio. A special officer has been shot and the owner of a liquor store knifed during a robbery. One of the robbers has filt...

Dangerous Assignment "Assignment Mexico"

14 Feb 2023

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Dangerous Assignment  ep143 Assignment Mexico aired on NBC Radio January 28, 1953. Dangerous Assignment was an NBC Radio drama starring Brian Don...

Candy Matson "The Donna Dunham Case"

09 Feb 2023

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Candy Matson series released April 4, 1949. The Donna Dunham Case was the first in the series. Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that ...

Broadway Is My Beat "Jimmy_Dorn_Case"

07 Feb 2023

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Broadway Is My Beat episode 001 The Jimmy_Dorn_Case aired July 7, 1949 on CBS Radio. Broadway aka The Great White Way. In its theatres—one day you’...

BOX 13 "Extra extra"

06 Feb 2023

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Released in syndication September 19, 1948. Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. The premise of the program was that Dan Holiday was an author who wrote mystery ...

BOSTON BLACKIE "Alice Manweather"

06 Feb 2023

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Aired April 8, 1944. Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in Boy...

BOLD VENTURE "The Tears of Sheba"

05 Feb 2023

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"Tears Of Shiva" is the 12th episode of the Bold Venture radio program. It was released on Jun 16, 1950.  Bold Venture was a 1951-1952 syndicated...

BOB AND RAY "Biff Burns Sports Room"

05 Feb 2023

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This is episode 166 of Bob and Ray on CBS Radio. February 15, 1960.

BIG TOWN "Mask of Evil"

04 Feb 2023

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This episode aired January 4, 1949 on NBC Radio. Mystery writer Hannah Harper, and her nervous companion, summon Steve Wilson and Lorelei to the light...

BIG STORY "Bobby Sox Kid From Bayonne"

03 Feb 2023

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Aired October 15, 1947. Based on real life news stories, Big Story featured murder and other violent crime cases from the point of view of a newspaper...

BARRIE CRAIG "The Imposter"

03 Feb 2023

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Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator starred William Gargan. This episode aired March 3, 1953.   Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator was a...

CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON "Blind Man's Bluff"

02 Feb 2023

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This episode aired on ABC Radio on February 3, 1950 . Sponsored by Quaker cereals. Challenge of the Yukon is an American radio adventure series that b...

YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "The Slow Boat From China"

02 Feb 2023

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This episode aired February 25, 1949. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was aired on CBS radio from 1949 to 1962. The radio drama features the many cases of ...

THE WHISTLER "The Killers"

01 Feb 2023

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A man is sentenced to an insane asylum after murdering an entire family with an ax. Escaping from custody, he finds himself alone with three women and...

BIG TOWN "Nightmare House"

31 Jan 2023

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Aired from 1937 to 1952. Written by Jerry McGill. Theme music by Fran Frey. Edward G. Robinson had the lead role of Steve Wilson from 1937 to 1942. Cl...

BIG STORY "Triple Murder"

30 Jan 2023

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Big Story   Triple Murder [T R Johnson] 11/29/50, episode 192. NBC Radio. Based on real life news stories, Big Story featured murder and oth...

KARL HAAS "Miklos Rosza"

27 Jan 2023

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Dr Haas looks at the life and music of Miklós Rózsa (Hungarian: [ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ]; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995). He was a Hung...

ACADEMY AWARD THEATER "Jezabel"

25 Jan 2023

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Jezebel is a 1938 American romantic drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by William Wyler. It stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda.

ABC THEATER FIVE "Hit and Run"

22 Jan 2023

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Theater Five aired on ABC Radio (USA) August 3, 1954. THEATER FIVE..... Was a radio drama series, presented by ABC, between 1964 and 1965. The series ...

BIG TOWN "Fatal Alibi"

16 Jan 2023

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Aired March 5, 1949 on NBC Radio. Edward Polly as Steve Wilson editor of The Illustrated Press. Announcer-Narrator is Dwight Wiest.

FRONTIER GENTLEMAN "Jesse James Parts 1 and 2"

16 Jan 2023

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Frontier Gentleman was a radio Western series heard on CBS from February 2 to November 16, 1958. (47'50) FRONTIER GENTLEMAN starring John Dehner. &nbs...

YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR "Dick Powell, audition"

14 Jan 2023

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From CBS Radio, December 7, 1948. Dick Powell as Johnny Dollar. As originally conceived, Johnny Dollar was a smart, tough, wisecracking detective who ...

ESCAPE "Zero Hour"

14 Jan 2023

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Aired October 4, 1953 on CBS Radio. Stars Paula Winslow with John Dehner as narrator. CBS announcer Roy Rowen. Paula Winslowe (born Winifred Reyleche ...

DRAGNET "Big Seventeen"

11 Jan 2023

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Episode 117 aired September 6, 1951 on NBC Radio. Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up ...

BOSTON BLACKIE "Fifty Dollar Shoeshine"

11 Jan 2023

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Aired on Mutual Radio September 3, 1947. Richard Kollmar stars. Richard Tompkins Kollmar (December 31, 1910 [1] – January 7, 1971), also known profe...

Dangerous Assignment - The Nazi & The Physicist

11 Jan 2023

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Dangerous Assignment - Aired 24 APR 1950 - Steve goes to Alaska to find two missing scientists, one of whom is an ex-Nazi. The Nazi & The Physicis...

GREEN HORNET "Tornado On Wheels"

11 Jan 2023

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Episode aired November 14 1942. The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director ...

Mercury Summer Theater - Passenger To Bali

10 Jan 2023

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Mercury Summer Theater aired JULY 5, 1946 on CBS Radio. Passenger To Bali stars Orson Welles

Mr Mrs North - Death With Father

08 Jan 2023

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Mr Mrs North - Death With Father Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on NBC and CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Cur...

THE LONE RANGER "The Fugitive"

29 Dec 2022

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This episode 2587 in syndication August 13, 1954.  Brace Beemer as The Lone Ranger (Photo). Fred Foy announcer-narrator.

IRA COOK SHOW "Billy Vaughan"

29 Dec 2022

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For AFRTS Ira Cook plays popular music and leads off this episode with The Billy Vaughan Orchestra.

HOWARD MILLER SHOW "Liberace"

29 Dec 2022

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CBS broadcast of October 29, 1955. Howard chats with Liberace the larger-than-life pianist whose talent and charm made him an American icon for flambo...

HOPALONG CASSIDY "Hoppy Sees Red"

28 Dec 2022

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Episode 28 was released in syndication on July 9, 1950. The Bar-20's cook quits and Hoppy fears the man will end up dead or at the end of a noose.&nbs...

SUSPENSE "Korean Christmas Carol"

26 Dec 2022

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Episode 832 aired December 20, 1959 on NBC Radio. This is a lost classic, and has become a Christmas tradition for many of us. The voices, the use of ...

Christmas Miracle "Charlie Ruggles"

25 Dec 2022

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Christmas Miracle - NBC Thesaurus - Charlie Ruggles Charlie Ruggles. Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American ...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "All That Glitters"

23 Dec 2022

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Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 throug...

HARRY LIME "Voodoo"

18 Dec 2022

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The episode is entitled "Voodoo" from August 31, 1951. This was one of the most successful radio series created by British radio producer, Harry Alan ...

GUNSMOKE "General Parsley Smith"

17 Dec 2022

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An inveterate liar is loudly insistent that Dodge City's new banker is a swindler who will abscond with the townspeople's savings at his earliest oppo...

GANG BUSTERS "Safe Crackers And Vault Makers"

16 Dec 2022

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Episode 90 aired October 13, 1937 on CBS Radio. This "best remembered" of all the crime stoppers shows was billed as "the only national program that b...

FAVORITE STORY "Doll In The Pink Silk Dress"

15 Dec 2022

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The "Favorite Story" of TV host Art Linkletter is episode 116 of this series with Ronald Coleman which aired December 3, 1949. Stars Hal March and Bet...

ESCAPE "Present Tense"

14 Dec 2022

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Vincent Price stars in this story of a man on the way to his execution after being convicted of murdering his wife. But before being put to death, he ...

DRAGNET "Big Show"

12 Dec 2022

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Aired on NBC Radio April 10, 1952. Episode 148. A woman reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize h...

SUSPENSE "Out For Christmas"

10 Dec 2022

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Raymond Burr stars in this episode 782 of Suspense from December 21, 1958 on CBS Radio. Santa Claus has a gun and is out for revenge. He's  reall...

BOX 13 - "Better Man"

28 Nov 2022

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Episode 20 of Box 13 in syndication from Mayfair Productions owned by Alan Ladd who stars as Dan Holiday in the series. Dan Holiday's "client" is a cy...