Classic Streams: Old Time Retro Radio

A murder victim, a glass donkey, and a private eye who knows a fake clue when he sees one - Philip Marlowe is pulled into a case where every answer only opens a bigger lie. If you love hardboiled noir with razor-sharp dialogue, this one turns a tiny souvenir into a deadly breadcrumb trail. A friend of the dead woman, Helen Lofton, sends Marlowe after the truth, but the trail quickly splits into tw...

When Boston Blackie’s car is linked to a fatal hit-and-run, he’s suddenly caught in a deadly mystery that points straight at murder. As Blackie and Mary dig deeper, suspicion spreads through a wealthy family torn apart by greed, secrets, and betrayal, and every clue seems to reveal another motive. With Inspector Faraday closing in and the real killer still hiding in plain sight, Blackie must untan...

A chance reunion, a shattered marriage, and a deadly choice collide in this gripping episode of Suspense, as Dr. Philip Martin’s life unravels after an old friend returns and long-buried secrets come to light. What begins as a quiet evening among old college friends soon turns into a tense domestic drama of betrayal, blackmail, and desperation. When Philip finds himself trapped between a domineeri...

In this eerie Shadow adventure, Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane are drawn to Roundville, where a wealthy family is being terrorized by a ghostly rider and a series of deadly “accidents.” As fear spreads and suspicion turns inward, Cranston uncovers a sinister plot built on sedatives, staged apparitions, and a ruthless bid for control. But when the truth finally surfaces, the real danger proves far...

A dead man comes home, and the nightmare only gets worse. When Eric Keating boards a train, his wife vanishes, his face changes, and everyone insists he boarded alone - even though he knows he did not. By the time he starts digging for the truth, he is trapped in a web of amnesia, murder, mistaken identity, and a past that may have buried him alive. This classic Inner Sanctum Mystery episode turns...

What if a civilization forgot how to commit a crime? Robert Sheckley’s Skulking Permit turns that absurd premise into a razor-sharp satire about law, order, and the terrifying bureaucratic urge to make people fit a system. A colony on New Delaware has spent 200 years growing into a peaceful, practical little town - and now Earth is sending an inspector who expects something far less civilized. To...

A $200,000 life insurance application turns into a poisoned woman, a vanished husband, and a desert manhunt that ends in death. If you like hard-boiled mystery with a slow-burn twist, this Johnny Dollar case keeps tightening the noose until the final, brutal reveal. Johnny Dollar is sent to Los Angeles to size up Nora Faulkner, a woman whose sudden bid for a huge policy raises immediate red flags...

The Last Wish A dying father. A missing son. And a slick Hollywood setup that turns a simple search into a deadly blackmail scheme. Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe gets pulled into a case where every clue points to love letters, a nightclub singer, and a man with too much to hide. Marlowe is hired by Dr. Sam Talman to find Jack Schiller, the son of an old friend whose final wish is to see him on...

The Worthington pearls vanish, a murder turns the case upside down, and Boston Blackie has to outwit Inspector Faraday before the entire city comes crashing down on him. If you like fast-talking noir, double-crosses, and a hero who can think his way out of a police dragnet, this one is built for you. Blackie starts the story already under suspicion, with Faraday searching his coat for the stolen j...

In this chilling episode of Suspense, a humble boarding house for aspiring actresses becomes the center of an unsettling mystery. At the heart of it all is Lady Susie, a cat believed to bring luck to the women who live there—pushing one struggling performer after another toward sudden success and fame. But when that success begins to end in tragedy, suspicion falls on George, the house handyman, w...

A death predicted by a curse. A family with too much to lose. And The Shadow is pulled into a case where superstition may be hiding something far more dangerous than magic. When a wealthy Jamaican family begins falling apart under the pressure of an Obi death curse, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane find themselves inside a nightmare of drums, warnings, and fear. But the deeper they dig, the stranger...

A cursed portrait keeps changing, bodies keep piling up, and one desperate art dealer may be the real monster behind it all. Portrait of Death is a deliciously twisted Inner Sanctum mystery where every clue raises the stakes and every new owner seems to pay with blood. When a man buys a sinister painting with a grim legend, he is warned that the artist and model both died on the day it was finishe...

The most chilling invasion story here is not on a distant planet - it is inside the thing you think you know best. X Minus One: "Shock Troop" turns a routine conquest into a nightmare of heat, noise, and discovery as Commander Zarium Lassen and his team fight to take control of a living macro-organism from the inside out. As the shock troops burrow through tunnels, tap nerves, and try to...

A priceless pair of 18th-century pistols kicks off a blackmail scheme, a fake dealer, and a murder cover-up that stretches from Hartford to Boston and straight into the hands of Johnny Dollar. If you like fast-moving mysteries where every clue hides another lie, this one is built to keep you guessing. When a $15,000 insurance policy is written on antique Queen Anne pistols, Johnny is sent to make...

A dying man's last wish sends Philip Marlowe into a decaying Spanish castle where a young scholar has become obsessed with a 16th-century tyrant, an iron coffin, and a battle that may not be imaginary at all. If you like hardboiled mystery with gothic chills, this one starts with a missing couple and ends with Marlowe staring down the line between superstition and something far more dangerous....

Mary Wesley shows up expecting answers and walks straight into a trap - and Boston Blackie is already framed, jailed, and racing the clock to save her before a bank robbery goes off above her head. If you like hard-boiled crime, smart reversals, and a hero who can outthink both crooks and cops, this one turns the screws fast. Blackie’s odd breakup with Mary is only the beginning. When she follows...

A perfect murder plot collapses in the cruelest possible way - just as the bait is set, the victim turns the tables. Too Little to Live On is a taut suspense drama about greed, guilt, and the horrifying cost of waiting for an inheritance. George Murphy and Nancy Coleman star as a desperate husband and wife trapped in a house with Uncle Ed, a wealthy invalid who seems helpless, petty, and impossibl...

A dead wife. A fake ghost. A sanitarium hiding a killer. The Shadow twists all three into one of its most devious mysteries, where a murder case becomes a trap built on paranoia, stolen bonds, and a corpse that may not be as dead as everyone thinks. When Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane start tracing Claire Bentley’s terrified claims about a ghost from the grave, they uncover a chain of lies stretch...

A chess game turns deadly when every move on the board has a human body attached to it. If you like mystery stories with a sharp concept, real tension, and a twisty logic puzzle at the center, Death Across the Board is built to keep you guessing. What begins as a strange invitation to inspect a rare chess set quickly becomes something much darker: a hidden criminal pattern, a missing master strate...

A wedding day turns into a 15-year prison sentence when Jeff Coffin wakes up stowed away on a deep-space ship bound for Centaurus. What starts as a simple prank becomes a desperate fight against kidnapping, mutiny, and the brutal logic of space law - and the only thing standing between Jeff and survival is a crewman who knows how the ship really works. Dwight6 brings "Shanghaied" to life...

A suicide ruling hides a cleaner, darker crime, and Johnny Dollar knows it almost immediately. What begins as a routine insurance investigation into Joan Sebastian’s death turns into a tight, clue-driven mystery about jealousy, secrecy, and a body that does not tell the whole story. Johnny starts with the basics - a police lieutenant who’s not convinced by suicide, a roommate who hints Joan had to...

A blackmail scheme, a fake identity, and a girl from Pitchfork Corners pull Philip Marlowe into one of his most dangerous trails yet. What starts as a simple missing-person lead quickly turns into a murder case, a train-club cover story, and a final showdown where every lie in the room starts to collapse. Gerald Moore returns as Philip Marlowe, the hard-boiled detective who follows a trail from a...

Boston Blackie and the Larry Brown Case A dead man, a missing envelope, and a killer who keeps missing his target - this case turns into a clever trap before Blackie ever gets the chance to breathe. If you like fast-moving mystery stories with sharp banter, double crosses, and a hero who thinks three steps ahead, this one is built for you. Blackie gets pulled into the trouble when Larry Brown sudd...

A robbery built on a perfect identity swap turns into a murder mystery with a cruel twist. Raymond thinks he has found the easiest long shot of his life - a fake Englishman, a hidden fortune, and a chance to slip away with everything - but the real danger is the man riding beside him. Kelly Raymond is a desperate gambler who spots an ad that seems almost too convenient: a gentleman needs a driver...

A seaside house, a jealous husband, and a blackmail scheme that seems airtight until The Shadow starts pulling on the loose threads. Evil in the House turns a quiet family visit into a murder mystery where one false story can destroy everyone inside the Whitford home. Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane arrive just as tension is peaking between Joan Whitford and her old flame, Dickie Warren. What look...