May-July
Sunday 5-1
Inner Sanctum 2/12/46 "The Man Who Couldn't Die" starring Richard Widmark
Blackstone the Magic Detective 8/14/49 "The Accusing Corpse"
Monday 5-2
My Favorite Husband: Liz Feels She's Getting Old, 5/20/49
Fibber McGee & Molly part 1 at the circus 5/28/40
Tuesday 5-3
Fibber McGee & Molly part 2, at the circus with Hal Peary & Gale Gordon
Bold Venture 2/18/52 "The One That Got Away" starring Bogart & Bacall
Wednesday 5-4
The Shadow (Orson Welles, Margot Stevenson) "The Creeper" 5/29/38
Chandu the Magician: Chandler Discovered 12/3/48
Thursday 5-5
Frontier Gentleman 3/16/58 "Big Sam For Governor"
Guest Star 10/9/49 guest Bill Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy
Friday 5-6
The Saint (Vincent Price) "Schizophrenic Psychiatrist" 9/18/49
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7/4/1956 "The Midas Touch Matter" Part 3
Saturday 5-7
Columbia (CBS) Presents Corwin 4/4/44 "Odyssey of Runyon Jones" do dogs go to Heaven?
Baby Snooks Show: At The Zoo 4/3/41
Sunday 5-8
Fort Laramie "Sergeant's Baby" 5/27/56
Forecast 8/19/40 "To Tim At 20" by Norman Corwin, starring Charles Laughton & Elsa Lanchester
Monday 5-9
Red Skelton "The Haunted House Next Door" 5/21/50
Charlie McCarthy Show 5/2/41 part 1, guest Barbara Stanwyck
Tuesday 5-10
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show 5/2/41, part 2 with Dale Evans
Escape "Three Skeleton Key" 3/17/50
Wednesday 5-11
The Whistler "Blue Alibi" 5/14/50, with Willard Waterman and William Conrad
Chandu the Magician reveals himself, 12/6/48
Thursday 5-12
Command Performance 6/17/41 host Jack Benny with Bing Crosby, Harpo Marx, Gary Cooper
Rexall presents Parade of Stars 4/14/42 host Ken Murray with Joe Conti and Judy Canova
Friday 5-13
The Green Hornet "Dr. Moylan's Patient" 5/21/46
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7/5/1956 "The Midas Touch Matter" Part 4
Saturday 5-14
Burns & Allen: Gracie for President boarding a train for Omaha, 5/8/40
The Answer Man 3/9/59, Why do birds sing?
Sunday 5-15
Sam Spade (Steve Dunn) 3/2/51 "The Crab Louie Caper"
Blackstone the Magician 8/7/49 "Ghost In The Crypt"
Monday 5-16
Phil Harris - Alice Faye 5/28/50 "Girlfriend Problems" with Gale Gordon as Mr. Scott
Abbott & Costello meet Dracula (Bela Lugosi) in Part 1, Lou is appointed Sheriff, 5/5/48
Tuesday 5-17
Abbott & Costello Meet Dracula, part 2, strange noises at night from Lugosi's house
Screen Director's Guild 1/30/49 "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
Wednesday 5-18
Mystery Playhouse 5/15/45, Peter Lorre in "Lady In A Morgue"
Chandu the Magician: Kingdom Regained, 12/7/48
Thursday 5-19
Milton Berle, 10/21/1947, Salute to Health
Guest Star, 10/16/1949, Eddy Arnold
Friday 5-20
The Saint, 9/14/1949, The Old Man's Car
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7/6/1956 "The Midas Touch Matter" Part 5
Saturday 5-21
The Fred Allen Show 5/23/1948, guest Bing Crosby
Baby Snooks Show 5/14/1942, Driving Home From A Wedding
Sunday 5-22
Rogue's Gallery 5/16/1946 "Judge Colin Baker Case"
Calling All Detectives 4/15/1949 "Diamond Theft"
Monday 5-23
Great Gildersleeve 5/19/1946, Leroy Goes To A Party
The Life of Riley 5/13/1945, Riley's Mother-In-Law Visits - Part 1
Tuesdav 5-24
The Life of Riley, Riley's Mother-In-Law Visits - Part 2
Columbia Workshop 3/2/46 "Slim" An old hobo (Robert Dryden) helps a newcomer ride the rails
home from California (then finds out he died 50 years ago)
Wednesday 5-25
Lights Out 5/18/1943 "Spider"
Chandu the Magician 12/8/1948, Phone Call From Robert
Thursday 5-26
Our Miss Brooks 10/8/1950 "Radio Bombay"
Parade of Stars 4/16/1942, host Ken Murray
Friday 5-27
The Falcon 5/14/1950 "The Case of the Amorous Bookkeeper"
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 8/24/1956 "The Kranesburg Matter" Part 1
Saturday 5-28
Jack Benny Program, 5/22/1955 "Trouble with SFX" (Last show on radio)
The Answer Man 3/6/1959, How Thick is the Earth's Crust
Sunday 5-29
Tales of the Texas Rangers 3/18/1951 "Death By Adoption"
Blackstone the Magic Detective 2/20/1949 "The Hand of Cagliostro"
Monday 5-30
Judy Canova 6/23/1945 "Masquerade Ball"
Charlie McCarthy Show 6/11/1953, Highlights of Bergen's Career-Pt 1
Tuesday 5-31
Charlie McCarthy Show: Highlights of Bergen's Career-Pt 2
Frontier Gentleman "The Well" 6/15/1958
Wednesday 6-1
Suspense "The Trap" 6/16/1949
Chandu the Magician: Lab Emptied, 12/9/1948
Thursday 6-2
Damon Runyon Theater "Blonde Mink" 4/24/1949
Young Widder Brown "Talk About Louise's Money" 5/17/1950
Friday 6-3
Philo Vance "The Alibi Murder Case" 6/6/1950
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kranesburg Matter" Part 2, 8/27/1956
Saturday 6-4
Screen Directors Playhouse "The Paleface" starring Bob Hope, 3/3/1950
Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, guest: Hoagy Carmichael, 2/4/1949
Sunday 6-5
The FBI in Peace & War "The Traveling Man" 6/10/1953
Calling All Detectives: Taxi Cab Protection Racket, 4/15/1947
Monday 6-6
Duffy's Tavern "Opera" guest: music critic Deems Taylor, 3/9/1951
My Favorite Husband: Young Matron's League Play - Pt. 1, 10/9/1948
Tuesday 6-7
My Favorite Husband: Young Matron's League Play - Pt. 2
Suspense "Little Piece of Rope" 10/14/1948
Wednesday 6-8
Inner Sanctum "Terrible Vengeance" 6/14/1942
Chandu the Magician: Gomez Spotted, 12/10/1948
Thursday 6-9
Family Theater "Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye" 6/5/1947
Young Widder Brown: Louise Talks to Ellen and Madelyn, 5/18/1950
Friday 6-10
Boston Blackie "Three Witnesses Killed" 6/4/1946
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kranesburg Matter - Part 3" 8/28/1956
Saturday 6-11
Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show: Planning A Trip To Europe, 6/4/1950
Baby Snooks "New Fishing Rod" 5/7/1942
Sunday 6-12
Escape "The Scarlet Plague" 4/8/1954
Unsolved Mysteries "Poltergeist"
Monday 6-13
Fred Allen "Quiz Program and Soap Opera" 6/6/1948
Burns & Allen Show "Swiss Family Robinson - Pt. 1" 6/13/1940
Tuesday 6-14
Burns & Allen Show "Swiss Family Robinson - Pt. 2"
Hopalong Cassidy "Hoppy Plays a Hunch" 6/2/1951
Wednesday 6-15
Suspense "Fugue In C Minor" 6/1/1944
Chandu the Magician: Robert Seen in Crystal, 12/13/1948
Thursday 6-16
Halls of Ivy "Studen Thief" 2/24/1950
Young Widder Brown: Ellen Picks Up Christopher, 5/19/1950
Friday 6-17
Crime and Peter Chambers "Stony Carter" 6/15/1954
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Kranesburg Matter - Part 4, 8/29/1956
Saturday 6-18
Father Knows Best "Father's Day Trip" 6/15/1950
Lum & Abner: Belated Report on Black Pelican, 7/14/1942
Sunday 6-19
Broadway Is My Beat "Earl Lawson" 6/9/1951
Blackstone the Magic Detective "Phantom Detective" 7/10/1949
Monday 6-20
The Great Gildersleeve: Three Roles in the Town Play, 6/14/1942
Fibber McGee & Molly "The Employment Agency - Pt. 1" 6/22/1936
Tuesday 6-21
Fibber McGee & Molly "The Employment Agency" Pt. 2
Suspense "Backseat Driver" 2/3/1949
Wednesday 6-22
The Shadow "The Old People" 6/26/1938
Chandu the Magician: Learns Roxor's Location, 12/14/1948
Thursday 6-23
Screen Director's Playhouse "It's in the Bag" 2/17/1950
Young Widder Brown: Madelyn and Christopher Argue, 5/22/1950
Friday 6-24
Sam Spade "The Apple Of Eve Caper" 6/19/1949
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kranesburg Matter - Part 5" 8/30/1956
Saturday 6-25
The Jack Benny Show: From Cleveland Palace, 6/20/1948
Life With Luigi: At the Race Track, 6/5/1949
Sunday 6-26
Tales of the Texas Rangers "Death Plant" 12/9/1951
Blair of the Mounties "Finger Smith" 2/7/1938
Monday 6-27
Honest Harold (Hal Peary) Runaway Boy, 10/18/1950
Abbott & Costello 7/14/48 - Part 1
Tuesday 6-28
Mysterious Traveler "Killer Come Home" 7/18/1950
Abbott & Costello 7/14/48 - Part 2
Wednesday 6-29
X Minus One "Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium" 7/14/1955
Chandu the Magician: Wants to Enter Village of Lost, 12/15/1948
Thursday 6-30
Hallmark Hall of Fame "The Prairie Years" 2/3/1949
Young Widder Brown: Ellen Receives Louise's Diary, 5/23/1950
Friday 7-1
Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Chapel Hill Case" 7/19/1953
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Kranesburg Matter - Part 6" 8/31/1956
Saturday 7-2
My Friend Irma "Assuming The Worst…" 2/2/1948
Lum & Abner: Ghost in Abner's House, 7/15/1942
Sunday 7-3
Adventures of Philip Marlowe "The Key Man" 6/25/1949
Blackstone the Magic Detective "Missing Palmist" 3/20/1949
Monday 7-4
Duffy's Tavern "Actor's Club At The Tavern" 1/26/1951
The Life of Riley: Rileys Leave For Vacation - Part 1, 6/29/1951
Tuesday 7-5
The Life of Riley: Rileys Leave For Vacation - Part 2
Green Hornet "Put It On Ice" 7/4/1939
Wednesday 7-6
Murder by Experts "Prescription for Murder" 7/11/1949
Chandu the Magician: Jeff is Worried, 12/16/1948
Thursday 7-7
Academy Award Theater "Hold Back the Dawn" 7/31/1946
Young Widder Brown: Madelyn Visits Anthony, 5/24/1950
Friday 7-8
Nick Carter, Master Detective "Sunken Dollar" 6/29/1947
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Caylin Matter - Part 1" 1/3/1956
Saturday 7-9
Judy Canova: Back To The Farm For Summer, 6/30/1945
Are You a Genius? Guest: Bugs Bunny
Sunday 7-10
The Shadow "The Voice of the Trumpet" 7/3/1938
Shadow Documentary, Part 1
Monday 7-11
The Red Skelton Show: Red Gets a Physical, 10/8/1950
Jack Benny Program: Going To Train Station - Part 1, 6/27/1954
Tuesday 7-12
Jack Benny Program: Going To Train Station - Part 2
Rogue's Gallery "Lady with a Gun Case" 6/30/1946
Wednesday 7-13
Whistler "Death In Sixteen Millimeter" 7/17/1949
Chandu the Magician: Warned About Jeff, 12/17/1948
Thursday 7-14
Everyman's Theater "I'll Tell My Husband" 11/8/1940
Young Widder Brown: Should Ellen Read the Diary? 5/25/1950
Friday 7-15
The Falcon "Broken Key" 7/24/1952
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Caylin Matter - Part 2" 5/25/1956
Saturday 7-16
Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show: Getting A Suit, guest star Fred Allen, 1/23/1949
Lum & Abner: Elizabeth and Pearl Return, 7/16/1942
Sunday 7-17
Pat Novak, For Hire "Agnes Bolton" 6/4/1949
Calling All Detectives "Locked Door Murder Case" 6/15/1948
Monday 7-18
It's Higgins, Sir: Higgins Arrives, 7/3/1951
Our Miss Brooks "Telegram for Mrs. Davis - Part 1" 7/10/1949
Tuesday 7-19
Our Miss Brooks: Telegram for Mrs. Davis - Part 2
I Was a Communist for the FBI "Red Men Roamed" 7/2/1952
Wednesday 7-20
The Shadow "The White God" 7/10/1938
Chandu the Magician: Jeff's New Mission, 12/20/1948
Thursday 7-21
Family Theater "The Short Career of Dexter Coles" 2/8/1950
Young Widder Brown: Anthony Tells Ellen to Read Diary, 5/26/1950
Friday 7-22
Philo Vance, Detective "White Murder Case" 7/5/1949
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Caylin Matter - Part 3" 5/26/1956
Saturday 7-23
The Aldrich Family: Mary's Marriage Mix-Up, 10/7/1948
Lum & Abner: Who Will Keep the Baby? 7/20/1942
Sunday 7-24
Night Beat "The Night Watchman" 5/15/1950
Blackstone the Magic Detective "The Devil's Cauldron" 7/31/1949
Monday 7-25
The Burns and Allen Show: Crime Wave / Getting a Dog for Protection, 3/20/1947
The Fred Allen Show, guest: Jack Benny - Part 1, 5/26/1946
Tuesday 7-26
The Fred Allen Show, guest: Jack Benny - Part 2
Casey, Crime Photographer "Death In Lover's Lane" 7/31/1947
Wednesday 7-27
Dimension X "The Potters of Firsk" 7/28/1950
Chandu the Magician: House in the Desert, 12/21/1948
Thursday 7-28
Damon Runyon Theater "Madame La Gimp" 3/20/1949
Young Widder Brown: Anthony Confronts Louise, 5/29/1950
Friday 7-29
The Humphrey Bogart Theatre (Audition Show) "Dead Man" 8/17/1949
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Caylin Matter - Part 4" 5/27/1956
Saturday 7-30
Abbott & Costello, guest Frank Sinatra, 3/1/1945
Lum & Abner: Baby Will Draw Name for Himself, 7/21/1942
Sunday 7-31
The Shadow "Mark of the Bat" 7/24/1938
Shadow Documentary, Part 2
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