Golden Age of Radio for November-December 2008
Saturday 11-1-08
X Minus One "Requiem" 10/27/1955
Police Headquarters "Deadly Poker Game"
Sunday 11-2
Charlie McCarthy Show, guest: Fred Allen, 11/2/1947
Chandu the Magician "Abdullah's Affection" 8/11/1948
Monday 11-3
X Minus One "Surface Tension" 8/28/1956
Baby Snooks "Playing Hooky" 9/19/1940
Tuesday 11-4
Burns & Allen Show "George vs. Frank Sinatra" 8/31/1943
Police Headquarters "The Wagner Hotel Murder"
Wednesday 11-5
Inner Sanctum Mysteries "Strange Passenger" 8/31/1952
Blackstone the Magic Detective "The Emerald in the Fishbowl"
Thursday 11-6
Fibber McGee & Molly "McGee's Fish Fry" 9/5/1939
Unsolved Mysteries "The Writing on the Wall" 1/1/1936
Friday 11-7
Jack Benny Program "Debut of the Sportsmen Quartet" 9/29/1946
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kaliclese Matter" Part 1, 4/30/1956
Saturday 11-8
The Whistler "Smart Girl" 9/4/1949
Moon Over Africa "Jungle Trance" 3/30/1935
Sunday 11-9
Adv. of Sam Spade "The Insomnia Caper" 10/24/1948
Chandu the Magician "Douglas Dinner" 8/12/1948
Monday 11-10
Suspense "The Hitch-Hiker" 9/2/1942 (later redone on TV's The Twilight Zone
Lum & Abner "Citizens Leaving Pine Ridge" 12/10/1943
Tuesday 11-11
Let's Pretend The Little Mermaid 8/29/1942
Vic & Sade "Miss Neagle Breaks up Lee Street" 12/7/1943
Wednesday 11-12
Great Gildersleeve "Secretary Search" 9/20/1950
Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, guest: Kay Kyser, 1/25/1945
Thursday 11-13
The Shadow "Traffic In Death" 9/25/1938
Little Orphan Annie, 10/23/1945
Friday 11-14
Honest Harold "Plan to Rename Boomer Park" 9/24/1950
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kaliclese Matter" Part 2, 5/1/1956
Saturday 11-15
Mystery In The Air "The Black Cat" 9/18/1947
Unsolved Mysteries "Mystery of the Athletic Club Murders"
Sunday 11-16
Fibber McGee & Molly 15th Anniversary "Elopement" 9/12/1939
Chandu the Magician "Douglas is an Imposter" 8/13/1948
Monday 11-17
Ozzie and Harriet "Curiosity" 11/21/1948
Lum & Abner "Lum and Abner Mind the Jail" 8/19/1943
Tuesday 11-18
Adv. of Sam Spade "The Hot Hundred Grand Caper" 9/19/1948
Moon Over Africa "The Sacred Python" 4/6/1935
Wednesday 11-19
Suspense "Drive-In" 11/21/1946
Police Headquarters "Small Girl Found Chained"
Thursday 11-20
Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show "Brawling At The Grocery Store" 10/16/1949
Unsolved Mysteries "The Mystery of the Chinaman's Cell"
Friday 11-21
Mr. & Mrs. North "Shoot To Kill" 11/24/1953
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kaliclese Matter" Part 3, 5/2/1956
Saturday 11-22
Screen Director's Playhouse "The Spiral Staircase" 11/25/1949, he's somewhere in the house
Mary Foster, The Editor's Daughter "Mary Agrees to Marry Fred" #2213
Sunday 11-23
The Shadow "The Circle of Death" 11/28/1937
Chandu the Magician "Chandu Finds a Letter" 8/17/1948
Monday 11-24
Frontier Gentleman "Cat Man" 8/10/1958
Have Gun, Will Travel "Ella West" 12/7/1958
Tuesday 11-25
My Favorite Husband "Quiz Show" 11/25/1949
Fibber McGee & Molly "Autumn Leaves Drive" 11/25/1953
Wednesday 11-26
Philo Vance "Nightmare Murder Case" 11/22/1949
Police Headquarters "Man Stealing Food"
Thursday 11-27
Burns & Allen "French Singer" Part 1, 11/27/1947
Vic & Sade "Mr. Sludge's Moustache" 2/4/1944
Friday 11-28
The Falcon "Case of the Puzzling Pin-up" 11/19/1950
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kaliclese Matter" Part 4, 5/3/1956
Saturday 11-29
Jack Benny Program "New Maid" 11/28/1943
Unsolved Mysteries "Mt. Shasta Mystery"
Sunday 11-30
The Whistler "The Body Off Billingsgate" 11/26/1947
Chandu the Magician "Chandu's Disguise" 8/19/1948
Monday 12-1
Big Town "Lost and Found" 12/1/1948
Police Headquarters "Infiltrating the Mob"
Tuesday 12-2
Crime Classics "If a Body Needs a Body..." 12/2/1953
Moon Over Africa "Captured Cannibals" 4/20/1935
Wednesday 12-3
Father Knows Best "Too Many Rabbits" 12/3/1953
Lum and Abner "Uncle Henry" 8/23/1943
Thursday 12-4
X Minus One "Nightfall" 12/7/1955
Vic and Sade "Mysterious Skulkers" 3/20/1944
Friday 12-5
Jeff Regan, Detective "Lawyer and the Lady" 12/4/1948
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kaliclese Matter" Part 5 of 5, 5/4/1956
Saturday 12-6
Family Theatre "The Other Wise Man" 12/14/1949
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter "Mrs. Darby Talks With Mary" #2214
Sunday 12-7
The Shadow "The Voice of Death" 12/8/1940
Chandu the Magician "Manuscript Found" 8/20/1948
Monday 12-8
Author's Playhouse "The Inexperienced Ghost" 12/4/1944
Blackstone the Magic Detective "The Ghost That Trapped A Killer" 10/3/1948
Tuesday 12-9
Abbott & Costello Show "Two Gun Gertie" 12/9/1948
Bill Stern, guest Jack Benny, 12/28/1945
Wednesday 12-10
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT "TORI JONES" 12/10/1949
Police Headquarters "Silver Collection"
Thursday 12-11
Suspense "House on Cypress Canyon" 12/5/1946, where the werewolf lived
Unsolved Mysteries "The High Seas"
Friday 12-12
Crime Classics "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" 12/9/1953
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Cronin Matter" Part 1, 12/5/1955
Saturday 12-13
The Life of Riley "Babs Get Blackmailed" 12/13/1947
Bill Stern, guest story by Linda Darnell (on Carol Lombard) 3/1/1946
Sunday 12-14
Inner Sanctum "The Color Blind Formula" 12/6/1944
Chandu the Magician "Douglas Tells Roxor" 8/23/1948
Monday 12-15
Lights Out "Christmas Story" 12/22/1937
Blackstone the Magic Detective "The Criminal Who Caught Himself" 8/28/1949
Tuesday 12-16
Hallmark Playhouse "The Desert Shall Rejoice" 12/16/1948
Unsolved Mysteries "The Toll Bridge"
Wednesday 12-17
Tales of the Texas Ranger "Christmas Payoff" 12/23/1951
Police Headquarters "Rod Dugan Murder"
Thursday 12-18
Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show "Getting A Christmas Tree" 12/18/1949
Lum & Abner "Trouble" 8/24/1943
Friday 12-19
This is Your FBI "Case of the Innocent Santa Claus" 12/21/1951
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Cronin Matter" Part 2, 12/6/1955
Saturday 12-20
Author's Playhouse "Christmas By Injunction" (O. Henry) 12/21/1941
Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter "Mrs. Darby Talks With Fred" #2215 (soap opera)
Sunday 12-21
The Shadow "Murder on the Main Stem" 12/15/1946
Chandu the Magician "Inner Council Meeting" 8/24/1948
Monday 12-22
Jack Benny Program "Christmas Shopping" 12/17/1939
Fibber McGee & Molly "Christmas At Home" 12/25/1953
Tuesday 12-23
Adventures of Nero Wolfe "Case of the Slaughtered Santas" 12/22/1950
Treasury Star Parade "A Modern Scrooge" 12/25/1942
Wednesday 12-24
Suspense "Out for Christmas" 12/21/1958
Suspense "A Korean Christmas Carol" 12/20/1959
Thursday 12-25
Our Miss Brooks "The Magic Christmas Tree" Part 2, 12/25/1949
Fibber McGee & Molly "Exchanging Gifts at Bon-Tons" 12/26/1953
Friday 12-26
Nick Carter, Master Detective "Case of the Missing Street" 12/28/1947
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Cronin Matter" Part 3, 12/7/1955
Saturday 12-27
Honest Harold "New Year's Barn Dance" 12/27/1950
Baby Snooks & Daddy "Returning Christmas Presents" 12/26/1940
Sunday 12-28
X Minus One "Reluctant Heroes" 12/19/1956
Chandu the Magician "Nadji is Taken Prisoner by Roxor" 8/25/1948
Monday 12-29
Clock, The "A Helping Hand" 12/29/1946
Unsolved Mysteries "Buried Treasure"
Tuesday 12-30
Halls of Ivy "Reappointment" (Debut) 1/6/1950
Vic and Sade "Dottie's Dresses" 4/12/1943
Wednesday 12-31
Bold Venture "Deadly Merchandise" 1/1/1951
Police Headquarters "$40,000 Payroll Shipment"
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Fun fact:
Orson Welles refused to rehearse The Shadow's live broadcasts, saying he wanted to be surprised by the plot along with the audience The Shadow knows
Harry Shearer's LeShow
Turn your lights out now. The Shadow knows.
I'm the first person they look for and the last they want to meet.
I carry a badge. Hi-Ho Silver. Yes King, this case is closed
Inner Sanctum definition of Romeo & Juliet: "newlydeads"
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