Amazing World of Radio

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Jackie Cooper. Cooper stars as a young soldier whose life hangs in the balance after a dangerous heart infection resists every available treatment, while researchers at Rutgers University race to perfect a promising new antibiotic…

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Richard Basehart. Basehart stars as a successful attorney whose ties to organized crime leave him caught between a determined district attorney and the dangerous clients who suspect he knows too much. As he tries to…

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Anne Baxter. Baxter stars opposite Don Ameche in a whimsical fantasy set in 1896 about a young newspaper reporter who mysteriously gains access to tomorrow’s newspaper today. As he uses his knowledge of the future…

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Ray Milland. Milland stars as Lieutenant Commander James Harland in a dramatization of the true story of a British gunboat trapped deep in Communist-controlled territory along China’s Yangtze River. Cut off from help, low on…

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Roddy McDowall. McDowall stars as young Ronnie Cavanaugh in a radio adaptation of “The Pied Piper”, the story of an elderly Englishman who reluctantly becomes the protector of a growing band of refugee children as…

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Ross Martin. Martin delivers a memorable performance as Al Smith in this 1950 episode of The Eternal Light, a dramatization of the controversy surrounding Smith’s response to questions about whether his Catholic faith disqualified him…

  Welcome to another summer miniseries on The Amazing World of Radio! This time around, we’re featuring actors who played memorable killers on Columbo and revisiting their work from the Golden Age of Radio. Our first featured performer is Eddie Albert, who appeared in the Season One Columbo episode “Dead Weight” as Major General Martin…

Today’s story: The angel death comes for a little girl lying in a hospital bed. Original Radio Broadcast date: April 17, 1949 Originating in New York Starring Cecille Roy, William Marshall, Bess Thompson Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show monthly&#8230...

Today’s Story: For a change, Gracie decides to get George a new outfit for the Easter parade. Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support...

Today’s Episode: The classic story of the March sisters coming of age. Original Air Date: December 23, 1945 Starring Katherine Hepburn as Jo Marsh, Elliott Reid, Frances Reid, George Hicks,Oskar Homolka, Susan Douglas Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show...

  Today: A broadcast of the most beloved Hawaiian songs of 1949 as the popular series bids aloha to 1949. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1949 Originating from Honolulu Hosted by Webley Edwards Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show…

Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer’s life-changing encounter with three spirits on Christmas Eve. Original Air Date: December 24, 1939 Narrated by Orson Welles Starring: George Coulouris; Bea Benaderet; Ray Collins; Everett Sloane; Frank Readick Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://pat...

The Comic Weekly Man comes for a weekly visit right before Christmas and reads strips from Puck: The Comic Weekly, including Flash Gordon, Dick’s Adventures, Rusty Riley, Donald Duck, Uncle Remus, Roy Rogers, Blondie, and Prince Valiant. Original Air Date: December 24, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Lon Clark as the Comic Weekly Man…

Today’s Story: A writer who has cast herself as America’s favorite homemaker in her columns faces ruin when her publisher and a war-hero sailor are set to visit her non-existent farm. She agrees to marry a long-time suitor and use his farm for a Christmas celebration. Complications ensue when she falls for the sailor. Original…

Theatre Guild on the Air’s 1950 production of State Fair offers a gentle, nostalgic journey into the heart of Midwestern life, carried by the warmth of its performances and the shimmer of remembered summers. The Frake family—father Abel, mother Melissa (Gene and Kathleen Lockhart), and their nearly grown children Margie (June Lockhart) and Wayne (Dick…

Today’s story: Henry Aldrich gets his classmates to agree to a turkey run after a school dance in hopes of finding a use for an unwanted live turkey from a country uncle. However, complications ensue. Original AIr Date: November 25, 1948 Starring: Ezra Stone as Henry Aldrich Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast.…

Today’s story: A lawyer wonders why his friend Dr. Jeckyll has formed an association with the wicked, Edward Hyde. Original Radio Braodcast: January 30, 1954 Originating in London Starring Sir Laurence Oliver as Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hydge, William Mervin, Russell Napier, Campbell Signer, John Frasier Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast.…

Today’s Story: During the War between the Yorks and Lancasters in 15h Century England, a young man witnesses the murder of a friend with a black arrow and finds a note claiming his friend murdered his father. Original Radio Broadcast: February 1, 1950 Starring: John Howard as Richard Shelton; Betty Lynn; Junius Matthews; William Conrad;…

Today’s Story: A gambler murders a pawn broker on Christmas Eve and is haunted by it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1947 Originating in Salt Lake City Starring: , Carl Grayson, Richard Harcourt, Beth Caulder, Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support…

Today’s Story: The eldest of two brothers is presumed dead in war and the youngest marries his sweetheart and iherits the estate. Conflict comes when the older brother returns determined to reclaim what had been his. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1945 Starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Napier Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net…

A bored crown prince, looking for excitement, joins a club of men who want to end their lives. Original Air Date: Sometime between 1947 and 1949 Originating in New York Starring: Dwight Reese and Walter Vaughn Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support…

Today’s story: In fifteenth-century Paris, a roguish poet finds himself on the run, wanted for a murder he didn’t commit Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1950 Starring: Robert Alda as Francois Villon; Ona Munson; Tyler McVey; Charles Russell; Robert Griffin; Edward Holden; Robert Bruce; Jeffrey Silver; Raymond Burr Hosted by Dan Duryea Go to…

Today’s Story: Jim Hawkins acquires a treasure map and is named cabin boy on The Hispanola where he encounters adventures, pirates, and mutiny. Original Air Date: July 18, 1938 Originating in New York Starring: Orson Welles as Long John Silver Agnes Moorehead, Arthur Anderson, Dan Seymour, George Coulouris Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought…

In 1429, a man, fleeing for his life, goes through a door that will let him in but not out, and finds himself in the hands of a host who makes most unusual demands. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 10, 1946 Stars: Howard Duff as Dennis; Janet Waldo as Blanche Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe…

David Balfour escapes the sea only to find himself a victim of circumstance who is running for his life and wanted for murdering a King’s Agent. Original Broadcast Date: May 14, 1948 Originating in Chicago Starring: Phil Fine as David Balfour, Larry Alexander as Alan Brechk Stewart, Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast.…