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The Radio Drama Hour

In 1974 KNX brought back radio drama. And it has met with great success! These exciting, action-packed programs continue to be a popular listening habit for all ages. For those of you listening to the Drama Hour online world-wide, please note that the programs you see in our drama hour listings will be available one day AFTER they are broadcast on the air. In some cases, they may be available to hear online the same day. See below for program schedule dates. Click here to stop the background music

Golden Age of Radio Schedule

                                                       April-June 2015

Wednesday 4-1
Tales of the Texas Rangers "Pick Up" 12/16/1951 
The Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Part 4, 11/11/1946  

Thursday 4-2
Crime Classics "John & Judith, Their Crime…" 12/16/1953 
Night Editor "The Law's Delay"

Friday 4-3
The Whistler "Man In The Storm" 2/18/1951 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Lansing Fraud Matter - Part 1" 12/12/1955  

Saturday 4-4
Family Theater "Little Tree" 4/7/1954 
The Great Gildersleeve: Family Prepares For Easter - Part 1, 4/16/1957  

Sunday 4-5
The Great Gildersleeve: Family Prepares For Easter - Part 2
Baby Snooks "Money for Easter Shopping" 3/20/1951  

Monday 4-6
It's Higgins, Sir: Higgins Befriends a Hobo, 8/7/1951 
Burns & Allen Show: Married But Single - Part 1, 10/6/1942  

Tuesday 4-7
Burns & Allen Show: Married But Single - Part 2
Rocky Jordan "Pattern for Revenge" 10/2/1949  

Wednesday 4-8
The Hermit's Cave "The Story Without End"
The Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent - Part 5" 11/12/1946  

Thursday 4-9
Behind The Mike "Versatile Acting" 10/6/1940 
Lum & Abner: Is Sloane a He or a She? 9/22/1942  

Friday 4-10
Gunsmoke "Kitty Caught" 10/16/1954 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Lansing Fraud Matter - Part 2" 12/13/1955  

Saturday 4-11
X Minus One "Venus Is A Man's World" 2/06/1957
Third Man "The Swindle" 5/05/1905

Sunday 4-12
The Shadow, 4/30/1938 "The Firebug" 
Lear Radio Show, 9/16/1945 "Bull Fighting & Korea" 

Monday 4-13
Milton Berle, 4/13/1948 "Salute to Relaxation" 
Fibber McGee & Molly, 1/8/1952 "Rumors" Part 1 

Tuesday 4-14
Fibber McGee & Molly, 1/8/1952 "Rumors" Part 2 
Sherlock Holmes, 3/6/1955 "Adventure of the Six Napoleons" 
 
Wednesday 4-15
Mystery Is My Hobby "Who Killed David Austin" 
Adv. of Superman, 11/13/46 "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Pt 6

Thursday 4-16
Red Skelton, 3/26/1950 "Red Sees A Flying Saucer" 
The Couple Next Door, 1/17/1958 "Just Call and Say Hello"

Friday 4-17
Suspense, 9/21/1950 "The Crowd" 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 12/14/55 "Lansing Fraud Matter" Pt 3 

Saturday 4-18
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, 12/10/1947 "Bank Loan" 
My Friend Irma, 1/19/1948 "The Book Crook" Part 1 

Sunday 4-19
My Friend Irma, 1/19/1948 "The Book Crook" Part 2 
Adv. of Nero Wolfe, 1/12/1951 "Case of the Killer Cards"

Monday 4-20
Jack Benny Gives Money To Panhandler, 4/9/1950 
Phil Harris & Alice Faye: Frankie Borrows Alice, Pt 1, 12/5/48  

Tuesday 4-21
Phil Harris & Alice Faye: Frankie Borrows Alice - Part 2 
Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Watson Meets Holmes, 1/2/1955  

Wednesday 4-22
Big Story "Murder and a Frustrated Father" 1/4/1950 
The Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Pt 7, 11/14/46

Thursday 4-23
Casey, Crime Photographer "Tobacco Pouch" 9/18/1947 
Mr. District Attorney "The Milano Brothers" 4/3/1939  

Friday 4-24
Philo Vance Detective "Eagle Murder Case" 7/13/1948 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Lansing Fraud Matter" Part 4, 12/15/55

Saturday 4-25
The Great Gildersleeve: Making Honeymoon Preparations, 6/13/1943 
Life of Riley: Fish Story, 6/4/1944  

Sunday 4-26
Inner Sanctum "Make Ready My Grave" 4/23/1946 
The Unexpected "Revenge" 5/23/1948  

Monday 4-27
Jack Carson Show: The Baby Sitter, 4/30/1947 
Duffy's Tavern: guest Peggy Lee, Part 1, 2/1/1946  

Tuesday 4-28
Duffy's Tavern: guest Peggy Lee, Part 2, 2/1/1946 
Witch's Tale "The Flying Dutchman" 4/26/1934  

Wednesday 4-29
I Was A Communist For The FBI "Card Game In The Clouds" 6/4/1952 
Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Part 8, 11/15/46

Thursday 4-30
Dimension X "The Last Objective" 6/3/1951 
Night Editor "Thirty Days to Live"

Friday 5-1
Mr. & Mrs. North "Masquerade" 10/20/1953 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Lansing Fraud Matter" Pt 5, 12/16/55

Saturday 5-2
It's Higgins, Sir "Mr. Roberts' Birthday" 8/28/1951 
Charlie McCarthy Show, guest Gertrude Niesen - Part 1, 10/15/1944  

Sunday 5-3
Charlie McCarthy Show, guest Gertrude Niesen - Part 2
The Hermit's Cave "The Vampire's Desire"

Monday 5-4
Our Miss Brooks: Mother's Day / Boynton's Parents, 5/14/1950 
Burns & Allen Show, guest Gregory Peck - Part 1, 1/6/1949  

Tuesday 5-5
Burns & Allen Show, guest Gregory Peck - Part 2
The Weird Circle "Falkland" 4/23/1944  

Wednesday 5-6
Fort Laramie "Indian Scout" 10/21/1956 
Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Pt 9, 11/18/46

Thursday 5-7
Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show: Mother's Day, 5/14/1950 
Frontier Fighters: Captain G.E. Pickett

Friday 5-8
The Falcon "Case of the Substitute Target" 1/21/1951 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Midas Touch Matter" Pt 1, 7/2/56  

Saturday 5-9
Bright Star: Hillsdale Becomes Mumdad, 11/6/1952 
The Life of Riley: Finding The Perfect Mate - Part 1, 10/8/1948  

Sunday 5-10
The Life of Riley: Finding The Perfect Mate - Part 2
Adventures of Frank Race "The Sobbing Bodyguard" 10/9/1949  

Monday 5-11
Aldrich Family: Henry As First-String Shortstop, 4/14/49
Jack Benny Program, 3/26/39, guest Ed Sullivan, Part 1

Tuesday 5-12
Jack Benny Program, 3/26/39, guest Ed Sullivan, Part 2
Bold Venture "The Runaway Wife" 3/17/52

Wednesday 5-13
Screen Director's Playhouse "Chicago Deadline" 3/24/50
Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Pt 10, 11/19/46

Thursday 5-14
Meet Mr. McNutley "Anniversary Present" 4/8/54
The Couple Next Door: Who Borrowed Our Books? 1/21/58

Friday 5-15
The Saint "Case Of The Blonde Who Lost Her Head" 11/13/49
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Midas Touch Matter" Pt 2, 7/3/56  

Saturday 5-16
Lights Out "Poltergeist" 10/20/42
Manhunt "The Crystal Clue"

Sunday 5-17
Mysterious Traveler "Beware Of Tomorrow" 4/9/44
The Passing Parade "The American Black Chamber" 4/23/49

Monday 5-18
CBS Radio Workshop: Analysis of Satire, 8/31/56
Fibber McGee & Molly, 4/3/1945 "Fibber The Poet" Part 1 

Tuesday 5-19
Fibber McGee & Molly, 4/3/1945 "Fibber The Poet" Part 2 
Let George Do It, 3/14/1949 "The Motif Is Murder" 

Wednesday 5-20
Hopalong Cassidy, 11/3/1951 "Cleanup Of Caribou Mesa" 
The Adv. of Superman, 11/20/46 "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Pt 11

Thursday 5-21
Suspense, 5/10/1951 "Death on My Hands" 
Vic and Sade, 3/3/1938 "Rush Plans A Bang Up Party" 

Friday 5-22
Sam Spade Detective, 11/28/1948 "Quarter Eagle Caper" 
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, 7/4/56 "The Midas Touch Matter" Pt 3

Saturday 5-23
Wonder Show, 10/14/1938 "Story of Pepe Secola"
The Great Gildersleeve, 9/19/1951 "Falling for Bullard's Sister" Pt 1

Sunday 5-24
The Great Gildersleeve "Falling for Bullard's Sister" Part 2 
Calling All Cars, 8/18/1937 "True Confessions"

Monday 5-25
Kraft Music Hall, 5/5/1949, guest Dennis Day 
The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show, 12/12/1948 "Babysitter" Part 1

Tuesday 5-26
The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show "Babysitter" Part 2
Academy Award Theatre "The Maltese Falcon" 7/3/1946

Wednesday 5-27
Wild Bill Hickok "The Red Wagon Jinx" 6/24/1951 
The Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Pt 12, 11/21/46

Thursday 5-28
The Story of Dr. Kildare "Dick Brennan Steals 5,000 or 50,000" 5/31/50
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter #2399 - The Baby is Sick

Friday 5-29
Nick Carter, Master Detective "The Case Of The Absent Clue" 3/7/1948 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Midas Touch Matter" Part 4, 7/5/1956

Saturday 5-30
Duffy's Tavern "Archie The Hypnotist" 2/16/1951 
Marine Story "The U.S.S. Constitution" 3/12/1948

Sunday 5-31
The Adv. of Frank Race "Vanishing President" 6/5/1949 
D-Day News Broadcast Bulletin, 6/6/1944

Monday 6-1
Judy Canova: Judy And The Saxophone, 11/3/1945 
The Red Skelton Show "Mr. Lump-Lump Surveys The Opera" Pt 1, 1/21/49

Tuesday 6-2
The Red Skelton Show "Mr. Lump-Lump Surveys The Opera" Part 2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Lynn Kights Wants Protection" 8/6/49

Wednesday 6-3
The Green Hornet "Lady Of Intrigue" 4/18/1944 
The Adv. of Superman "The Disappearance of Clark Kent" Part 13, 11/22/46

Thursday 6-4
The Whistler "Return To Riondo" 1/8/1950 
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter #2400 - The Doctor Arrives

Friday 6-5
Gangbusters "The Case of the Inside Track" 6/10/1950 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Midas Touch Matter" Part 5, 7/6/1956

Saturday 6-6
Quiet, Please "Pathetic Fallacy" 2/2/48
Vic and Sade: Russell Interrupting Vic

Sunday 6-7
Mystery Is My Hobby "Short Distance To Murder"
Night Editor "Adrian Sets a Trap"

Monday 6-8
Archie Andrews "Wallpaper" 7/17/1948 
Burns & Allen: Can't Get Rid of Meredith Wilson, Pt 1, 1/24/46

Tuesday 6-9
Burns & Allen: Can't Get Rid of Meredith Wilson - Part 2
Philip Marlowe "Man on the Roof" 4/4/1950

Wednesday 6-10
The Shadow "The Destroyer" 3/25/1945 
The Adv. of Superman "The Secret Letter" Part 1, 11/25/1946

Thursday 6-11
Frontier Gentleman "Mighty Mouse" 7/20/1958 
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter# 2401 - Jimmy is Worried

Friday 6-12
Molle Mystery Theater "Beautiful Silence" 2/15/1946 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kranesburg Matter" Pt 1, 8/24/56

Saturday 6-13
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show, guest Jane Wyman, 2/2/1947
Great Gildersleeve: Fibber McGee & Molly Visit, Pt 1, 1/10/1943

Sunday 6-14
The Great Gildersleeve: Fibber McGee & Molly Visit - Part 2
Inner Sanctum "The Creeping Wall" 1/8/1946

Monday 6-15
The Life of Riley "Father's Day" 6/19/1948 
The Jack Benny Program: Going to San Francisco, Part 1, 5/13/1945

Tuesday 6-16
The Jack Benny Program: Going to San Francisco, Part 2, 5/13/1945
Pursuit, 8/14/1951 "Pursuit Of The Knife Boys"

Wednesday 6-17
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons 8/10/1951 "Abandoned Well Murder Case"
The Adv. of Superman, 11/26/1946 "The Secret Letter" Part 2

Thursday 6-18
Family Theater "Medicine Man" 7/8/1953 
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter# 2402 - Reassuring Jimmy

Friday 6-19
Philip Marlowe "The Glass Donkey" 7/28/1950 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Kranesburg Matter, Part 2, 8/27/56

Saturday 6-20
Suspense "Flight of the Bumblebee" 5/19/1952 
Blackstone the Magic Detective "The Curse of Kali" 5/1/1949

Sunday 6-21
Fibber McGee & Molly "Picnic At Dugan's Lake" 6/10/1947 
Life With Luigi: Papa's Coat Pocket, 6/12/1949

Monday 6-22
Mayor of the Town "Papa Dear Contest" 9/27/1942 
Lum & Abner: Abner, The Advice Giver - Part 1, 11/14/1948

Tuesday 6-23
Lum & Abner: Abner, The Advice Giver - Part 2
Defense Attorney "Grady Daniels" 8/24/1951

Wednesday 6-24
Dunninger, Master Mentalist: Dorothy Kilgallen, 6/14/1944 
The Adv. of Superman "The Secret Letter" Part 3, 11/27/1946

Thursday 6-25
Gunsmoke "Greater Love" 4/10/1954 
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter# 2403, Amelia Asks For an Opinion

Friday 6-26
The Hall of Fantasy "The Shadow People" 9/21/1953 
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kranesburg Matter" Part 3, 8/28/1956

Saturday 6-27
It's Higgins, Sir: Nancy Elopes with Pudgy, 8/21/1951 
My Favorite Husband: Liz has the Flim Jabs - Part 1, 12/30/1950

Sunday 6-28
My Favorite Husband: Liz has the Flim Jabs - Part 2
The Shadow "They Kill with a Silver Hatchet" 5/26/1949  

Monday 6-29
Our Miss Brooks: Conklin's Blood Pressure, 7/3/1949 
The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show: Phil is Drafted, Part 1, 1/2/49

Tuesday 6-30
The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show: Phil is Drafted - Part 2
Murder at Midnight "The Thirteenth Floor" 1/27/1947
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Lux Radio Theater version of Casablanca with original cast members
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Note: Turner Classic Movies had a marathon showing of all of "The Whistler" movies followed by Red Skelton's "Whistling In" movie trilogy and even a Lum & Abner movie

32 page American Flyer Trains by A.C. Gilbert for 1948 presented by Superman!

Fred Foy 1-hour interview (Lone Ranger, Sgt. Preston, Green Hornet)
Note: radio episodes of Chandu The Magician had no relation to the Boris Karloff movie of the same name, in which Karloff plays Chandu as a villain

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Paul Harvey delved into the forgotten or little-known facts behind stories of famous people and events. Harvey's widely known The Rest of the Story has been broadcast since 1946, similar to the weekly story segment of Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel. Substitutes when Paul was away or ill included Mort Crim (1980-84), Gil Gross, Doug Limerick and Paul Harvey, Jr. Paul Harvey 1966 broadcast (more audio on Paul Harvey page). KEX radio Morning Update archive (2007-2009, including Paul Harvey) ABC Radio Networks has notified affiliates that ABC News Radio's Gil Gross and Doug Limerick will fill the three daily slots of Paul Harvey News & Rest Of The Story. Gil Gross also has a 2-hour interview program. Paul Harvey reads a letter from God

Robert L. Ripley's radio series ran from 1930 to his death in 1949. Music was provided by 1930s band leader Ozzie Nelson and vocalist Harriet Hilliard--who later became sitcom stars, believe it or not!

Peg Riley on "The Life of Riley" (ABC Radio: 1944-1945; NBC Radio: 1945-1951) was played by Paula Winslowe (1910-1996), who had previously been the voice of Bambi's mother in the Disney animated movie, and later played Mrs. Conklin in the TV version of Our Miss Brooks (1953-58) as well as reprising her (uncredited) role as Bambi's mother in Disney cartoon short No Hunting (1955)

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Turner Classic Movies is doing movies based on radio series this year including Fibber McGee, Gildersleeve, I Love A Mystery, The Whistler, Crime Doctor, etc.
Blake Edwards created Richard Diamond for radio, then later the hard-boiled private eye tv-series "Peter Gunn"

Jack Benny Show broadcasting live

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Jack sneaks onto Groucho's quiz show as a contestant

Beverly Sills died 7-2-07 from cancer complications. Beverly Sills spoofing opera on the Danny Kaye Show

Gracie Allen vs. the Tax Auditor

(he leaves in confusion) Gracie Allen was born in 1895 but her birth certificate was lost in the 1906 San Francisco Fire/Earthquake so she always gave 1906 as her birthdate

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This is Wally Ballou reminding you to Hang by your thumbs.
I love a mystery so welcome again through the squeaking door

Note: Stan Freberg hosted "When Radio Was" for 10 years, after previous host Art Fleming passed away suddenly. His final broadcast as host was 10/6/06. The new host from then until June, 2007 was Chuck Schaden. Greg Bell, program director and host of XM Radio’s very popular old-time radio channel, "Radio Classics", has been named as the new host. Chuck Schaden has interviewed some of the radio stars (recorded in the 1970s, see broadcast archive).

Superman 1950s TV intro, now a major motion picture

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The Shadow: Greatest Radio Adventures is available (40 episodes, 20 hours), episode list on Shadow page 2

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Fun fact:
Jimmy Stewart's The Six Shooter only lasted one season (he wouldn't accept a tobacco company as sponsor), and he made the Hitchcock movie "Rear Window" the same year.

Walter B. Gibson co-created and wrote the Shadow novels. When he left The Shadow magazine after asking for more money, he became head script writer for radio's Nick Carter, Master Detective for awhile.

X Minus One/Dimension X had no big-name guest stars because most of the weekly budgets were used to purchase broadcast rights to the latest sci-fi stories

Morton Downey "The Irish Nightingale" was a popular singer on 1930s radio (and TV host of 1950s Star Of The Family), heard alternate nights on a 5-day a week radio broadcast from his New York nightclub. His son Morton Downey, Jr., went instead into talk radio with a spoof of bombastic Wally George on a California radio station - when he left radio in 1988 to do a TV-version of his show, the Sacramento station replaced him with someone named Rush Limbaugh.

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Jack Benny vs. the Floor Walker (Frank Nelson)
Note: in 1943, NBC sold its Blue network, creating the American Broadcasting System (the name was changed to American Broadcasting Company the following year). The Columbia Broadcasting System promptly dropped the call letters of its New York radio station WABC (which ABC snatched up)

For those interested in more trivia facts about radio drama, we suggest the book, "On The Air: An Encyclopedia Of Old Time Radio," by John Dunning. The publisher is Oxford Press. It is one of the many books used in radio drama research.

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Gracie Allen's Roast Beef Recipe

1 large roast beef
1 small roast beef
Take the 2 roasts and put them in the oven. Turn oven on. When the little one burns, the big one is done.

In addition to starring in both the radio & TV versions of "Life With Luigi" J. Carrol Naish portrayed Dr. Daka, the first villain to go up against Batman on the silver screen, in "The Batman" (1943 serial). He also appeared in two episodes of Lux Theater after it moved to TV
Life Of Riley was originally co-created by Gummo Marx for his brother Groucho as The Flotsam Family. But the sponsor saw William Bendix in a 1942 movie and cast him instead.

Marcus Brace Beemer (born in 1903) and John Todd (born as Fred McCarthy in 1877) played The Lone Ranger & Tonto on radio. They also both had to lie about their age to serve (separately) in WW1. Beemer was too young (15) to enlist and Todd too old (30). The War Department says Beemer was the youngest U.S. serviceman in WW1; he was wounded while serving in France. By the way, Arthur Godfrey was almost killed in an auto accident in the 1930s, yet learned to walk and fly his own plane. When he was turned down for WW2 enlistment as a Navy flier due to the old injury, he asked friend FDR for help. The President told an Admiral to accept Godfrey since he couldn't walk at all yet was serving as Commander in Chief!

The greeting "How" may not be a Hollywood invention. There is an actual Indian greeting "A-Hau," which means Peace be with you or All is well. The first Texas Rangers used muzzle-loading single-shot rifles. But their first hand guns were actually a 5-shot revolver, not a 6-gun!

Jack Benny was born on Valentine's Day, and Robert L. Ripley was born on Christmas Day, believe it or not! In 1974, Jack Benny & George Burns were cast in The Sunshine Boys but George became ill and was replaced by Walter Matthau, then George got better and Jack suddenly died.

In the 1930s, comic strip Terry & the Pirates had many storylines in which Japan (changed to "the invaders" by nervous newspaper editors) attacked China and then Pearl Harbor. This storyline was also adapted for the radio series Captain Midnight, also before the real attack on Pearl Harbor! Fran Stryker wrote the life output of Shakespeare every 15 weeks: How he did it

NBC/GE chimes (G-E-C musical notes, for General Electric Co.) NBC's special alert 4 chimes (used for Hindenberg crash, Pearl Harbor, and WW2 bulletins)

Fun facts:
When a pitcher, catcher & umpire get into an arguement, it's called a "rhubarb." This term dates back to live radio drama when angry crowds would be represented by 5 or 6 actors saying "rhubarb" over and over. Nick Carter, Master Detective predated Sherlock Holmes by a couple of months--the American detective appeared in his own Street & Smith magazine just before the first Holmes appearance in Strand Magazine. Walter B. Gibson, co-creator of The Shadow in print, wrote for radio's Nick Carter during WW2.

Countdown to blast-off X-5,4,3,2,X-1...Fire
It's Sunday night and time for Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
Who is it? The Fatman...The Falcon...The Green Hornet strikes again
The Shadow knows in 1939, in 1941 and 1948...the end
The Jack Benny Program presented by Lucky Strike. There's always room for Jello...Sold: American!
Welcome to the Hermit's Cave...Duffy ain't here
Welcome to the Black Museum (Orson Welles) That was the end of Harry Lime
I'm the first person they look for and the last they want to meet
Henry? Henry Aldrich...Hi ya, Baldy!
I carry a badge. Hi-Ho Silver. I am The Whistler. Yes King, this case is closed. A tale calculated to keep you in Suspense!
Join the new 1940 Flight Patrol with Captain Midnight. Flash! Ethiopia surrenders to Mussolini
Turn your lights out, everybody. If you are easily frightened, turn your radio off now.
It is I, Digby Odell, the friendly undertaker By golly, I believe that's our ring. Don't open that closet. Heavenly days!
Mr. Keen, tracer of lost persons. How do you do? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar

This is your FBI

Suspense radio series history on Wikipedia
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Who're you gonna vote for?
I wonder what The Lone Ranger would sound like in Jamaica

There was even a radio version of Doc Savage By Lester Dent
Lester Dent bio on YouTube

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(guests include Groucho Marx, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone & Boris Karloff)

CBS Radio Theater (these are big MP3 audio links so save it to your computer or ipod if you are on a slow dialup) series by Hyman Brown, creator of the original Inner Snctum radio series

Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (broadcast date unknown)


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