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GUNSMOKE "Christmas Story"

26 Jul 2021

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Aired on CBS Radio December 20, 1952. A Christmas story, told by Marshal Dillon (William Conrad, photo) to a stranger on a strange horse out on the pr...

FORT LARAMIE "New Recruit"

23 Jul 2021

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Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plain...

ESCAPE "Confession"

19 Jul 2021

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A fine story about a shell-shocked soldier walking the fog-filled streets of London...finding murder and terror. Episode 21 aired on CBS Radio Decembe...

HEAR IT NOW "Korean War Reports"

19 Jul 2021

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The first episode of Edward R. Murrow's weekly hour long news program featured news of the week and reports from the Korean War Hear It Now, was an Am...

DRAGNET "Big Grifter"

19 Jul 2021

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A con artist operating in the gentle swindle steals money from grieving relatives after their loved ones die. Episode 37 aired on NBC Radio February 2...

MYSTERY THEATER "Dead For A Dollar"

17 Jul 2021

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Episode 16 was aired on the CBS Radio network January 21, 1974. In New York City over WOR radio station. Vengeance is traditionally supposed to be the...

BOGART, BOLD VENTURE "Murder Is No Joke"

15 Jul 2021

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Original release. 1951 – 1952. No. of episodes. 78. Bold Venture was a syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fi...

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Paul Revere"

14 Jul 2021

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This Stan Freberg show features Rock Around My Nose. The story behind the ride of Paul Revere. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show th...

SUSPENSE "Cabin B13"

13 Jul 2021

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A terrifying drama about a new bride whose husband disappears aboard a cruise ship. The story about a just married couple Ricky and Anne who embark on...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Clean Up"

13 Jul 2021

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Episode 13 aired on NBC Radio September 30, 1950. Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson who discovers that a Texas oil-field murder is merely...

SIX SHOOTER "Sheriff Billy"

08 Jul 2021

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Episode 11 aired November 25, 1953 on NBC Radio. James Stewart stars as Britt Ponset, Texas plainsman. Sheriff Billy Riddle of Dawson brings in an esc...

LONE RANGER "Outlaw Town"

04 Jul 2021

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Episode 2558 June 7, 1954. Jim Andrews holds up the Wells Fargo office and steals a specific amount of money (5,000.00). He needs the money to enter "...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Killer's Widow"

01 Jul 2021

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Have Gun, Will Travel episode titled "Killer's Widow". Paladin is hired to recover $30,000 stolen from a bank by an outlaw he was forced to kill a few...

GUNSMOKE "Kitty"

01 Jul 2021

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Kitty obviously had a crush on Matt. However in this episode, when Matt nervously invites her to a dance, she turns him down. By the way have you ever...

FORT LARAMIE "Stage Coach Stop"

01 Jul 2021

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Episode 12 aired on April 15, 1956 on CBS Radio network. Mrs. Kleinhexel and her giggly daughter visit the post during the fort's ball, while Yellow H...

ESCAPE "Back For Christmas"

30 Jun 2021

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Episode 20 aired December 24, 1947 on CBS Radio.  The story begins in England, inside the house of a professor of botany named Herbert Carpenter ...

DRAGNET "Big Girl"

30 Jun 2021

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Episode 36 aired February 9, 1950 on NBC Radio. Los Angeles detective Joe Friday tracks down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city...

MYSTERY THEATER "Cold Storage"

29 Jun 2021

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Episode 8 aired January 13, 1974 on CBS Radio. A man finds out that his believed to be dead mother is still living and unleashes a Machiavellian plan ...

BOGART - THEATER OF ROMANCE "Conflict"

24 Jun 2021

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Episode 63 aired September 11, 1945 on CBS Radio. Based on the film Conflict is a love triangle with murder at its heart,  rainy nights, looming ...

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Miss Jupiter"

22 Jun 2021

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Aliens Speaking English: Would Stan be speaking with Miss Jupiter if she didn't? Amusing Alien: Miss Jupiter. She's only two feet tall. Bizarre Alien ...

NBC Recollections at 30

22 Jun 2021

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Episode 1 aired June 20, 1956 on NBC Radio. Excerpts from Variety Show 1930s. Radio City Party, Clara, Lou and Em, Fred Allen (photo) with Don McNeill...

NEWS "Edward R Murrow"

22 Jun 2021

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CBS Radio shortwave relay from London. Murrow reporting news of Britain July 17, 1939.

AIRCHECK "Scott Muni, WOR-FM, NYC"

22 Jun 2021

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Scott Muni (May 10, 1930 – September 28, 2004) was an American disc jockey, who worked at the heyday of the AM Top 40 format and then was a pioneer ...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Open and Shut"

20 Jun 2021

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Episode aired September 23, 1950 on NBC Radio. Joel McCrea, Tony Barrett; Joan Banks; Francis X Bushman; Parley Baer; Vivi Janiss; Writer: Russell Hug...

SUSPENSE "Philomel Cottage"

20 Jun 2021

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Episode 61 aired October 7, 1943 on CBS Radio. In "Philomel Cottage," a woman marries quickly and then discovers that her idyllic life is not what she...

GUNSMOKE "Square Triangle"

19 Jun 2021

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Episode 30 aired on CBS Radio November 14, 1952. Eva Morley causes the death of three men. There aren't many women like her!  Clancey Cassell (an...

SIX SHOOTER "Gabriel Starbuck"

11 Jun 2021

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Episode 10 aired November 22, 1955 on NBC Radio. Gabriel Starbuck is a 65-year-old sheriff, and the town of Yellow Crest wants the old boy retired. Bu...

LONE RANGER "The Keelboat"

10 Jun 2021

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Episode released on June 4, 1954. The character of the Lone Ranger was believed to have been inspired by Texas Ranger Captain John R. Hughes, to whom ...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "A Matter of Ethics"

10 Jun 2021

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Episode 11 aired on CBS Radio February 1, 1959. A killer hires Paladin to keep himself from being lynched until he can stand trial.

GUNSMOKE "Twenty Twenty"

10 Jun 2021

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Episode 170 aired July 16, 1955 on CBS Radio. Troy Carver is an aging ex lawman with poor eyesight being chased by a dirt farmer who wants revenge for...

FORT LARAMIE "Lost Child"

10 Jun 2021

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Episode 11 aired April 1, 1956 on CBS Radio. Major Barlow believes in treating Indians brutally. The story is also known as "Major Barlow's Survey." T...

ESCAPE "Wild Oranges"

09 Jun 2021

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John Woolfolk is sailing his yacht around the world wandering the seas to escape the memory of his young wife's untimely death.  "Wild Oranges" w...

DRAGNET "Rifle For Christmas"

09 Jun 2021

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Episode 30 aired on NBC Radio December22, 1949. A child named Stanley Johnstone is missing, and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Ch...

CBS MYSTERY THEATER "A Very Old Man"

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 17 aired January 22, 1974 on CBS Radio Network... and WOR New York City by special arrangement with CBS. A wise old man has clairvoyance abili...

NBC Recollections at 30 with Hans von Kaltenborn

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A radio manufacturer named the Radio Corporation of America, which we know as RCA, began to broadcast its own programs on stations it had either start...

BOGART in BOLD VENTURE "Tommy Reed"

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Slate and Sailor, Bogart and Bacall, are searching for Tommy Reed. Reed is a common man who is avoiding his wife for some reason. Is Reed dead? That a...

MYSTERY THEATER "And Nothing But The Truth"

07 Jun 2021

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Episode 18 aired on CBS Radio January 23, 1974. The series was not carried by the CBS flagship station WCBS in New York City. This air check was recor...

TEXAS RANGERS "Candy Man"

06 Jun 2021

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Episode 11 aired on NBC Radio September 16, 1950. It is 4:00 p.m., April 14, 1947. A prisoner named Paul Abbott is in Pentland County, Texas jail. He ...

SUSPENSE "Singing Walls"

04 Jun 2021

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Episode 56 aired September 2, 1943 on CBS Radio. A man has committed murder, or has he? Dane Clark plays the part of Tom Cochran, a young man who awok...

SIX SHOOTER "Escape From Smoke Falls"

04 Jun 2021

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Episode 9 aired on NBC Radio November 15, 1953.  The day of the box supper auction and square dance. Grace Proudley, the organizer, wants Britt t...

MYSTERY THEATER "Deadly Honeymoon"

04 Jun 2021

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Episode 19 aired on CBS Radio January 24, 1974. Starring Betsy Von Furstenberg (Photo). A honeymoon turns into a nightmare as a woman realizes her hus...

LONE RANGER "Danger On the Plains"

03 Jun 2021

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Episode 2555 May 31, 1954. The Lone Ranger first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, f...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "The Teacher"

02 Jun 2021

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Episode 10 aired on the CBS Radio network January 25, 1959. A school teacher wants to teach the truth, and almost gets her school-house burned down.

GUNSMOKE "Lochinvar"

02 Jun 2021

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Episode 26 aired October 17, 1952 on the CBS Radio network. Artis Nash plans to marry Ben Martin against the desire of Frank Craig. In three days Ben ...

SUSPENSE "Strange Day In May"

02 Jun 2021

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A Strange Day In May is an interesting story about an astronaut who returns to a very puzzling Earth...or does he? Episode 942 aired September 9, 1962...

FORT LARAMIE "Coward"

02 Jun 2021

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Episode 10 aired March 25, 1956 on CBS Radio.  Lieutenant Wendt has just been stationed at Fort Laramie after unjustly being accused of cowardice...

ESCAPE "Owl Creek Bridge"

01 Jun 2021

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Episode 18 aired December 10, 1947 on CBS Radio. William Conrad narrates a story about Peyton Farquhar who stands on Owl Creek Bridge, which he was ar...

DRAGNET "Jade Thumb Rings"

01 Jun 2021

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Episode 28 aired on NBC Radiio December 8, 1949. A Chinese gentleman has been badly beaten and his valuable jade has been stolen. The needed clue is s...

MYSTERY THEATER "I Warn You Three Times"

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 7 aired January 12, 1974 on CBS Radio. In the cast Joan Lorring and Mason Adams. A daring attempt to clear their car windows during a snowstor...

BOGART, LUX RADIO "The African Queen"

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The African Queen was adapted as a one-hour radio play on the December 15, 1952 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Humphrey Bogart reprising his film...

SUSPENSE "Sorry Wrong Number"

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Agnes Moorehead classic performance of August 21, 1943 on CBS Radio. "Sorry, Wrong Number" was the Suspense radio play that not only gave the series i...

NEWS "East Coast Blackout"

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in C...

AMERICAN Top 40 "Casey Kasem"

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A WCFL aircheck from October of 1972. Kasem began hosting the original American Top 40 on the weekend of July 4, 1970 and remained there until 19...

MYSTERY THEATER "Honeymoon With Death"

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Her husband disappears after they return from their honeymoon. The young wife's sister insists that the nuptial was a fantasy. She attempts to persuad...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Dead or Alive"

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Based on the events of April 16, 1947. The Texas City near Galveston disaster is the backdrop for a plan to have a wanted man switch identities with a...

SUSPENSE "White Rose Murders"

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the "White Rose Murders," Maureen O'Hara stars as society girl who attempts to catch a killer. Episode 49 aired on CBS Radio Ju...

SIX SHOOTER "The Capture of Stacy Gault"

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 8 aired on NBC Radio November 8, 1953. Bank robber Stacy Galt comes to Elk Point, and Britt Ponset is the only man left in town to face him. S...

LONE RANGER "Flaming Arrows"

28 May 2021

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Episode 2554 aired in syndication May 28, 1954.  A gang of land speculators attacks an Indian village so that they can make a profit from the rai...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Bells To Perdido"

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paladin is hired to ride into "Perdido" and bring back Dave Enderby...alive! 

GUNSMOKE "Dirt"

28 May 2021

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Episode 451 aired on CBS Radio November 27, 1960. The only man who didn't treat Beulah like dirt is marrying another woman, whose brother doesn't want...

FORT LARAMIE "Beasley Girls"

28 May 2021

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Episode 9 aired on CBS Radio March 18, 1956. Captain Quince plans to exchange a captured Sioux chief for two white women held by the Indians, and almo...

MYSTERY THEATER "Speak of the Devil"

26 May 2021

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Episode 20 aired January 25, 1974 on CBS Radio. A pre-wedding spiritual seance leads to a young woman being tortured by a demon.

ESCAPE "Taboo"

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 17 aired on CBS Radio December 3, 1947 with Paul Frees. A story about the ancient fears of werewolves among the people who dwell in the mounta...

SUSPENSE "Devilstone"

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An Irishman goes to investigate his haunted house, with unexpected results. Episode 945 last in series. Aired September 30, 1962 on CBS Radio. Christo...

BOGART - LUX RADIO "Treasure of Sierra Madre"

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mount...

DRAGNET "Mother In Law Murder"

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 26 aired on NBC Radio November 24, 1949. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday is investigating the murder of an elderly woman whose daughter-in-law i...

MYSTERY THEATER "The Ring Of Truth"

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 21 of The CBS Mystery Theater which aired January 26, 1974 and starred Agnes Moorehead a few weeks before her death April 30, 1974. Lo...

ESCAPE "Casting The Runes"

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 15 aired on CBS Radio November 19, 1947 and starred John McIntire and William Conrad. A man becomes terrified after giving a bad book review, ...

TALES TEXAS RANGERS "Play For Keeps"

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 9 aired on NBC Radio September 2, 1950. Jace Pearson tracks down the crooked constable who killed Sheriff Smithers in cold blood. The program ...

MYSTERY THEATER "Time and Again"

21 May 2021

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Episode 22 aired January 27, 1974 on CBS Radio. A clockmaker comes across a mysterious clock that can give him an additional hour every day. All it ne...

ESCAPE "Young Man With Cream Tarts"

21 May 2021

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Episode 14 aired on CBS Radio November 12, 1947. Starring William Conrad and Paul Frees. The classic story about "The Suicide Club". Travel back to Lo...

SIX SHOOTER "Ben Scofield"

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 7 aired November 1, 1953 on NBC Radio.  Britt forces the sheriff to go after a robber, even though the wounded crook may be the sheriff's...

DJ AIRCHECK BRUCE MORROW WABC

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

September 9, 1968 8pm to 9pm WABC Radio New York City. Morrow began his career in the USA at New York City Top 40 station WINS (AM) in 1959. In 1...

SUSPENSE "Last Night"

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aired on CBS Radio June 15, 1943 and starred Kent Smith and Margo.  This is a Cornell Woolrich story about a wife who is suspicious that her husb...

LONE RANGER "Mystery Bandit"

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

May 26, 1954 episode 2553. Dan Reid falls for pretty Sally Addison, but she's really the head of an outlaw gang.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "The Englishman"

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 8 aired January 11, 1959 on CBS Radio. Paladin escorts an Englishman to his female cousin's ranch in Montana which they have recently inherite...

GUNSMOKE "Father and Son"

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

William Conrad as Matt Dillon with regulars and Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, Ralph Moody, George Walsh (announcer). Zach Wilkins and his son have beaten...

ESCAPE "Pollock and Porrah Man"

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Herbert George Wells was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary. Script ...

STAN FREBERG "Battle Of Yorktown"

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years is a 1961 American comedy album with music and dialogue written by Stan...

MYSTERY THEATER "No Hiding Place"

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 5 aired on CBS Radio January 10, 1974. Starring Larry Haines (Photo). Also starring Jackson Beck. The would-be CEO of his father-in-law's corp...

FORT LARAMIE "Hattie Pelfrey"

18 May 2021

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Episode 8 "Hattie Pelfrey" aired on CBS Radio March 11, 1956. Captain Quince is wounded and seeks shelter from the Arapahos in the cabin of a strange ...

SUSPENSE "Banquos Chair"

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 44 aired on CBS Radio June 1, 1943. Starring veteran actor Donald Crisp. Banquo’s Chair” is the story of the ex-chief of England’s Crimi...

ESCAPE "Fall of the House of Usher"

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 11 was aired on October 22, 1947 by the CBS Radio Network. This radio adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe story  for radio stars Paul Frees...

DRAGNET "Brick-bat Slayer"

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 17 aired September 24, 1949 on NBC Radio. A mad killer is loose in Los Angeles. He always leaves the murder weapon behind but there are no fin...

BOGART-LUX RADIO THEATER "To Have and Have Not"

16 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To Have and Have Not was adapted as an hour-long radio play for Lux Radio Theater, with Bogart and Bacall reprising their screen roles. It was broadca...

MYSTERY THEATER "Return Of The Moresbys"

16 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 2 aired January 7, 1974 on CBS Radio. Starring Patrick O'Neill (Photo) in a cat and mouse game.  A husband kills his wife for donating al...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Open Range"

15 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 8 aired August 26, 1950. Western film star Joel McCrea portrayed Ranger Jace Pearson in NBC's Tales of the Texas Rangers, covering "more than ...

SUSPENSE "Doctor Prescribed Death"

15 May 2021

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Episode 27 aired on CBS Radio on February 3, 1943. Starring Bela Lugosi. A doctor has a theory that people who want to commit suicide, can instead be ...

SIX SHOOTER "Red Lawson's Revenge"

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 6 aired October 25, 1953 on NBC Radio. Red Lawson says he's going to kill Britt's friend Dan to get revenge for the death of his brother, four...

Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, Elderly Man River-

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Elderly Man River by Stan Freberg and Daws Butler. At the time this routine was done on Stan's 1957 radio show, the song was barely 30 years old at th...

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Barbara Fritchie"

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Stan Freberg Show was an oasis in a medium quickly sinking into a morass of wall-to-wall pop music, but the economics of 1957 radio prevented it c...

LONE RANGER "Missing Heir"

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Lone Ranger helps to foil a plan to cheat a young orphan out of his inheritance. This episode appeared in syndication May 24, 1954.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Helen of Abajinian"

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 7 was aired on CBS Radio January 4, 1959. Paladin is hired to defend an Armenian maiden's honor, but it soon appears that she may not be the ...

ESCAPE "Most Dangerous Game"

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 8 aired October 1, 1947 on CBS Radio. Starring Hans Conried (PHOTO) and Paul Frees. The story features a big game hunter from New York City wh...

GUNSMOKE "Drop Dead"

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 22 aired September 20, 1952 on CBS Radio. Selfish Mr. Howard refuses to allow Jack Jackson to water his cattle during a Kansas drought. Matt D...

FORT LARAMIE "Shavetail"

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lieutenant Seiberts has disobeyed orders for what he thought was a good reason. A battle of wits with Squaw Dog follows. Seiberts was on an assignment...

ESCAPE "Fourth Man"

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This was episode 7, aired on CBS Radio August 18, 1947 as last in summer series. Escape presented several episodes based on short stories by John Russ...

DRAGNET "The Wolf"

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 15 aired on NBC Radio September 10, 1949. Featuring Raymond Burr as Chief Ed Baxter. Friday and Romero try and catch a kidnapper after a 21-ye...

CBS MYSTERY THEATER "The Old Ones Are Hard To Kill"

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The first episode in the series aired on CBS Radio January 6, 1974. Starring Agnes Moorehead. An old lady rents a room to a sick boarder. She runs int...

BOGART on LUX RADIO "Moontide"

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, 481, of Lux Radio Theater with Humphrey Bogart aired on CBS Radio April 30, 1945. It is the radio version of the 1942 film Moontide, &nb...