Radio Retropolis

Lamont and Margo head for Panama to track down a spy ring that's laying mines to disrupt shipping through the canal.  Commentary to follow episode.

A great psychological mystery unfolds as an overwhelmed and stressed-out wife is sent to the country by her doctors for a rest cure but becomes fascinated by the yellow wallpaper in the bedroom believing a woman was trapped behind it.  JR comments on why Agnes Moorehead is one of the greatest radio stars of the Golden Era.  Plus the psychological impact of the original story

Although Clark Kent thwarted Kirby's attempts at getting the 4 foreign boys off the Metropolis basketball team, Kirby, who has been known to commit murder, decides to go to the next extreme to eliminate them from the team.  JR comments on the new 2025 Superman movie.

Liz sends George an anonymous love letter that she wrote to him during his bachelor days, and he thinks it's from his secretary, Gladys. Commentary on whether men actually keep love letters and, if they do, are they from their wives or past girlfriends.  Also Jim comments on what he found after listening to this episode.

Friday and Romero investigate carefully planned robberies in which the bandit commits brutal attacks on each of the victims.  Commentary on guest actors Virginia Gregg and Vic Perrin.  Plus, a popular phrase of the 1950's is explained.

Although the four players have been cleared, they are threatened by a new and violent danger.  Commentary on top song  and radio program of that week.

Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story of a man named Simon,a former musician that went tone deaf, who after treatment has exceptional hearing. He meets Oliver, another patient, who was previously blind but now can see. Whereas Simon is filled with love, Oliver wants to spread hate and misery  which leads Simon to make a drastic decision to save society.  Commentary on Boris Karloff's radio career....

A crime boss, with the help of a Hindu who possesses mind control power, plans to kill The Shadow by kidnapping Margot Lane and "commanding" her to shoot to kill.  Commentary to follow episode.

A wrongly convicted man who served time in prison is bent on revenge for a man he supposedly killed yet is very much alive.  JR comments on star Douglas Fairbanks, Jr and new announcer Paul Frees.

Kent quickly put two and two together with Canfield's murder and the suspension of the players that could be tied into a hate group not knowing that he himself will be on their next hit list.  JR speaks on the importance of Jimmy Olsen in the serial.

Liz and Iris make an appearance on a television show celebrating Friendship Week. Their friendship is tested, though, when they discover they've bought the same dress for the occasion. Commentary on the 1953 I Love Lucy episode that adapted this script plus how television nearly killed the movie business had it not been for two very big movements in the cinema that occurred in 1953-the same time a...

Friday and Romero investigate the murder of a woman strangled in a hotel room.  Commentary on the nature of the procedural drama and the brilliant every day obstacles Webb creates for his characters.

Superman looks to get to the truth in the murder of Charles Canfield while Knights of the White Carnation plot their next move.  Commentary on Metropolis' one high school team.

A Mrs. Putnam calls the police and tells them she is about to be murdered. Police Detectives Jeff Hanson and Ed "Porky" Lamb trace the call to the Putnam house and pay them a visit only to find that the Mrs. Putnam died two hours before the phone call was made.

As a young woman is about to inherit her father's estate, her guardian breeds large vampire bats in order to kill the girl and gain her fortune.  Commentary to follow episode.

A distraught woman, Anna, wants her friend Helen to stay with her with the news of a serial killer called The Lipstick Killer terrorizing the town. JR comments on return to the half hour format and the new sponsor-AutoLite.

Although Superman handily defeated the Clan of the Fiery Cross a while back, a new vigilante hate group emerges looking to follow in the Clan's footsteps.  JR comments on the controversial past serial Clan of the Fiery Cross and how this serial is connected.

Jealous of their husbands' hobbies, Liz and Iris decide to join the boys in their favorite hobby-golf!  Commentary on the LPGA which actually began shortly before this broadcast in 1950 and how the modern classic television series Everybody Loves Raymond borrowed this story line for a classic husband versus wife episode.

One of Friday's informants, desperate for money, claims to have information on several burglaries that he is eager to share at the risk of his own life. Commentary on the humor of Dragnet.