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Those Old Radio Shows

Those Old Radio Shows bring you back to a much simpler time when the early days of radio were filled with comedy, drama and mystery programs. Unwind with a light-hearted program or become engrossed in a whodunnit. Those Old Radio Shows has something for everyone.
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Richard Diamond - The Bogus Bill Case or Newspaper Boy and Counterfeiting Ring

Richard Diamond - The Bogus Bill Case or Newspaper Boy and Counterfeiting Ring From-1949 Jeff the newsboy tips off Diamond to a gang of counterfeiters. After solving the case, Dick Powell sings, "You're Breaking My Heart." Diamond heads to the police station to see how much of this counterfeit money is floating around New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 26, 202330 min

Dangerous Assigment - Find Szabo And The Briefcase

Dangerous Assigment - Find Szabo And The Briefcase From-1950 Stars-Brian Donlevy Steve Mitchell is being sent to Paris. In three days from now a secret meeting on atomic inspections will be held. Each country is sending a representative with a report of his country's industrial potential, with lists of factories capable of atomic production. But, one of the Balkan countries representatives has gone missing... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 21, 202330 min

Suspense - The Game

Suspense - The Game From-1955 Stars-Sam Edwards & Gil Stratton Jr. The story of two young men and a frightening dare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 20, 202325 min

ABC Mystery Theatre - Four Time Loser

ABC Mystery Theatre - Four Time Loser Host Don Dowd A man with a guilty secret sometimes pays a heavy price to keep his past from being exposed and when he’s playing for high stakes he’s sometimes willing to kill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 19, 202323 min

The Hidden Truth - Lydia Montrose

The Hidden Truth - Lydia Montrose Stars-Harp McGuire The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nothing But The Truth, The Hidden Truth! The vital human drama of the famous lie detector, bringing you authentic. case histories from the files of the late Leonard Keeler, one of the world's foremost scientific criminologists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 18, 202327 min

Did Justice Triumph - The Marriage Bureau Murder

Did Justice Triumph - The Marriage Bureau Murder From-1947 Announcers-George Putnam & Frank McCarthy Conrad Prud'Homme, Jim Boles, Paul Conrad, Humphrey Davis, Joe Latham, Bryna Raeburn & Sydney Smith A woman is found beaten and dead. The death caused with a hammer. A marriage bureau provides the clue to a murderer and bigamist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 202330 min

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - Rene Bennet Protection Case

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - Rene Bennet Protection Case From-1949 Announcer-Eddie King Stars-Dick Powell, Virginia Gregg, Ed Begley, Kaye Brinker, Clarke Gordon, Hy Averback, Wilms Herbert & Jay Novello French hat designer Rene Bennet asks Diamond to protect his new designs, and promptly winds up a murder victim. After the story, Dick Powell sings, "Don't Cry Joe". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 202330 min

The Adventures Of Frank Race - The Night Crawler

The Adventures Of Frank Race - The Night Crawler From-1950 Announcer-Art Gilmour Stars-Paul Dubov, Tony Barrett, Michael Ann Barrett, Hal March, Gunnar Peterson, Bill Crawford, Wilms Herbert & Dick Ryan The telephone is a wonderful invention, call company when you’re lonely and for food when you’re lazy. Frank Race was staring at the instrument, except the telephone acted on its own reminding him it can call you for work. He couldn't ignore that, when Marc Donovan is around. Learn more about...

Apr 12, 202327 min

The Black Museum - The Car Tire

The Black Museum - The Car Tire 1951-episode 9 Narrator-Orson Welles First aired on Radio Luxembourg, The Black Museum was a 1951 crime drama series. Orson Welles as the narrator tells murder stories of artifacts stored in Scotland Yard's Black Museum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 202326 min

Favorite Story - Ben Hur

Favorite Story - Ben Hur From-1948 Host-Ronald Colman, Marvin Miller Star-Herb Butterfield, John Beal, Henry Blair & Janet Scott The famous story of Christ and the Roman Empire. Beh Hur is a great inspirational story, a historical tale of the Christ adapted for radio by Jerry Lawrence and Bob Leigh. Novel written by: General Lewis "Lew" Wallace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 06, 202328 min

Casey, Crime Photographer - The Serpent Goddess

Casey, Crime Photographer - The Serpent Goddess From-1947 Announcer-Tony Marvin Staats Cotsworth, John Gibson and Jan Miner Dan Sykes and his partner have discovered some emeralds in South America. Reports on how they found the emeralds have been rather conflicting and Casey and Anne Williams want to get the real low-down for their paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 05, 202331 min

Sealtest Variety Theatre - Guest-Burt Lancaster

Sealtest Variety Theatre - Guest-Burt Lancaster From-1949 Announcer-John Laing, with-Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Henry Russell & His Orchestra, Alan Reed, Frank Nelson, The Crew Chiefs Quartet & Guest-Burt Lancaster. Eddie Bracken is afraid that guest Burt Lancaster is planning a bank robbery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 04, 202330 min

The Whistler - Backlash

The Whistler - Backlash From-1947 Announcer-Marvin Miller Stars-Bill Forman-The voice of the Whistler, Howard Duff & Henrietta Tedro Aunt Irene has been murdered. George hated her and wanted her dead, but his alibi just didn't work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 31, 202330 min

Boston Blackie - Three Witnesses Killed

Thursday March 30th, 2023 - Podcast Boston Blackie - Three Witnesses Killed From-1946 Ricard Kollmar & Jan Miner Linda contacts Boston Blackie to help, she believes Joe Reed killed her grandfather as he was a benefactor to the sum of fifty thousand dollars in a will. Linda thinks, her grandfather was going to cut Joe out of the will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 30, 202328 min

I Was A Communist For The FBI - Red Clouds on the Good Earth

I Was A Communist For The FBI - Red Clouds On The Good Eath From-1952 Announcer-Trueman Bradley Stars-Dana Andrews Cvetic is ordered to pose as a farm implement salesman and subvert the future farmers of our country. + It had been a long hot summer with the usual news headlines, hottest day since 1896. On this particular night Matt Cvetic was in his small hotel room typing a report to the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 29, 202328 min

The Green Hornet - Sins Of The Fathers-aka-Carling Tells All Tilson Gift Racket

The Green Hornet - Sins Of The Fathers Aka-Carling Tells All Tilson Gift Stars-Al Hodge, w-Raymond Toyo The son of Carling, a crooked politician, is turning out bad as well, so he decides to tell all and implicate his fellow crooks in the pages of the Daily Sentinel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 28, 202326 min

John Steele, Adventurer - Cargo Unknown

John Steele, Adventurer - Cargo Unknown From-1949 Stars-Don Douglas, Earl George, Connie Lembcke, Connie Lempke & Ross Martin Two men are in an open boat, with a beautiful woman. Lou Cardone a fighter pilot & on his 75th mission. Joseph Gunter offers Lou $20,000 to escort a man who has disagreed with the authorities to Argentina. Reluctantly and with no other option Lou takes the job. Then ends up with another passenger Miss Towber. During the flight the plane has issues and Cordone is f...

Mar 24, 202331 min

The Chase - The Jailbreak

The Chase - The Jailbreak From-1953 Announcer-Fred Collins Creator-Lawrence Klee Larry Haines, Ralph Bell, Bernard Lenrow, Kermit Murdock & Ken Williams In Jailbreak a hoard of rioting prisoners forms an exciting background for a chase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 202331 min

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator - Death Of A Private Eye

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator Death Of A Private Eye From 1952 Stars-William Gargan Barrie Craig hired by Joe Hearn watchman at a warehouse by the coastline, but he found the man's death before his visit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 22, 202330 min

Our Miss Brooks - Spring Cleaning

Our Miss Brooks - Spring Cleaning From-1955 Stars-Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna, Sandra Gould, Gloria McMillan, Jane Morgan, Robert Rockwell, Joel Samuel, It's spring cleaning time and Mrs. Davis has purchased a new Jiffy vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner salesman is most persuasive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 21, 202330 min

Forecast-Duffy's Tavern - Looking For Irish Tenor w-Gertrude Nieson

Forecast - Duffy's Tavern - Looking For An Irish Tenor, w-Gertrude Neisen From-1940 Announcer-Mel Allen Stars-Ed Gardner, John Kirby(and his Orchestra), Larry Adler, Colonel Stoopnagle, F. Chase Taylor, Gertrude Niesen The very first visit down at the tavern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 17, 202331 min

The Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - The Case Of The Care Worn Cuff

The Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - The Case Of The Care Worn Cuff From-1950 Announcer-Don Stanley Stars Sydney Greenstreet, Lamont Johnson, Jane Webb, Peter Leeds, Bill Johnstone & Wlms Herbert A man with one shirt cuff more worn than the other pays Wolfe $1000 to drop Dorothy Spencer as a client, even though Wolfe never heard of her. "Mr. Porter" is promptly found murdered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 202330 min

Escape - Something For Nothing

Escape - Something For Nothing From-1950 Stars-Bill Conrad, Anne Morrison, Frances Chaney, Will Gear, Rick Valen & Paul Frees A handsome ex-movie actor witnesses a murder and sees a nice extortion scheme. We escape to a small town on the California coast behind who's scenes exist in a world of terror, blackmail and death... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 15, 202330 min

I Was A Communist For The FBI - Tight Wire

I Was A Communist For The FBI - Tight Wire 1952 Announcer-Truman Bradley Stars-Dana Andrews The FBI assigns Cvetic the job of bugging a Communist Party meeting hall. Matt Cvetic was a member of the party for nine long years he lived and worked with communists. He watched them and learned their methods, tricks, plans and their weaknesses; this is his story, the story of his life as a communist for the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 14, 202327 min

Adventures by Morse-The City of the Dead 10 (Where The Pearls Were Hidden)

Adventures by Morse-The City of the Dead 10 (Where The Pearls Were Hidden) From-1944 Writer-Carlton E. Morse Stars-Gayne Whitman with Elliot Lewis, Barton Yarborough or Jack Edwards Why is it a corpse in the City Of The Dead vanishes almost as quickly as it is made? Why is this phantom creature haunting the vicinity of the caretaker’s cottage? And what’s happened to Captain Friday? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 10, 202327 min

The Adventures Of The Falcon - The Case Of The Disappearing Doll

The Adventures Of The Falcon - The Case Of The Disappearing Doll From-1950 Stars-Les Damon & Ken Lynch After three guys rob an $80,000 payroll, they're double-crossed by their moll. One of the robbers hires "The Falcon" to find Janet Halsey and the money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 09, 202327 min

Screen Guild Theatre - Can We Forget

Screen Guild - Can We Forget 1939 Director-Frank Capra Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Louise Beavers, George Murphy & Basil Rathbone & Oscar Bradley You are invited to a gay party at an exclusive hotel in Park Avenue where the most photographed, the most discussed, the most envied debutante of the season. Hilda Rutherford (Betty Davis) is having her coming out party. Among her many admirers in the stag line is a young man named Alan Barker (Robert Montgomery). Dancing with Hilda at the ...

Mar 08, 202330 min

Let George Do It - Murder, It's A Gift

Let George Do It - Murder, It's A Gift Announcer-Bud Hiestand Stars-Robert Bailey, Francis Robinson, Wally Maher, Pedro De Cordoba, Don Diamond, Betty Lou Gerson & Ann O'Neal A rare "Wittenburg" bible is to be given to a member of the owner's family...but which one? A murder soon follows, but the body found in the tub shows no signs of violence, and there was only six inches of water in the tub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 07, 202330 min

Adventures By Morse - The City of the Dead 9 (Trail Of The Phantom Church Bell)

Adventures By Morse - The City of the Dead 9 (Trail Of The Phantom Church Bell) From-1944 Writer-Carlton E. Morse Stars-Gayne Whitman with Elliot Lewis, Barton Yarborough or Jack Edwards The story of Theodore Beverley’s priceless black pearls. Captain Friday vanishes, old Claw Foot kidnapped, old Mayor Friday lying right and left like a cornered pirate and the phantom church bell, where is it? Listen now for further explanation… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 03, 202327 min

Adventures Of The Saint - Kidnapped Daughter

Adventures Of The Saint - Kidnapped Daughter From-1950 Announcer-Don Stanley Stars-Vincent Price, Peggy Webber, Gloria McMillan, Maggie Morely, Ted Osbourne, & Larry Dobkin Miles Banning's Daughter is kidnapped? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 02, 202330 min
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