American Radio Theater

By popular demand, we present a new production of a show that has become an American Radio Theater Christmas classic.  Veteran newspaperman, Perry Brown, and his photographer, Al Vogel, are in for an unforgettable Christmas Eve adventure  when their editor gives them a very special and important assignment. This program includes Bob Hutchison's last recorded performance with ART.  He plays Mr. Bar...

ART presents a fanciful  tale of horror, based on a short story by David Templeton.  Who could possibly dread Christmas Eve... and why?

Sam finds himself as  juror number eleven in a murder trial but the State's main witness is missing.    Undeterred by the fact that he is supposed to be sequestered,  Sam goes looking for the witness. 

Beverly Washburn was our special guest for Radio Studio 2014.  From radio to tv and movies, with a few cult classics along the way, Beverly has had an extraordinary career.,  She took a few minutes to reminisce  with us in this interview recorded at the conclusion of our Saturday evening show.

Jean Rouverol Butler stars in this Suspense episode originally made famous by Agnes Moorehead.  Cliff Carpenter and Kevin O'Morrison are featured in the supporting cast.  This recording was made at one of ART's first radio workshops.

George and Louise Adams are about to lose their home.  Can an act of desperation save them from ruin?

American Radio Theater re-creates a lost show from the original oldtime radio series.  In this episode, Broadway rescues an old lady from trying to kill herself.  Why?  Her daughter is coming to visit and she is embarrassed by her circumstances.  Broadway and his pals make plans to help.

A young couple are about to be married but as the wedding approaches they experience cold feet.

Inspector Peter Black is escorting a prisoner to Scotland Yard when the prisoner is shot.  With the help of Sgt. Moffett, Black tracks down the rest of the gang but the situation is complicated when they discover that the getaway car belongs to the Chief of Police.

Ivan Cury, radio's Bobby Benson has been a long time friend and supporter of American Radio Theater so we were pleased to have him as a featured celebrity guest at the first annual American Radio Theater Nostalgia Expo.  We recorded this conversatoin with Ivan at the Expo.

Bob Hastings, radio's Archie Andrews and television's Lt. Carpenter (McHales's Navy), joins us for a conversation recorded at the first annual American Radio Theater Nostalgia Expo held in Cincinnati in 2013.  For many years Bob was a beloved celebrity guest of the Cincinnati Oldtime Radio and Nostalgia Convention. He helped us get off to a great start in our first endeavor at carrying on that tra...

Lamont Johnson, on his way to the Mutual Broadcasting studios, is mugged and left with amnesia. Wandering from studio to studio, he searches for his show. Can he find it before broadcast time?

Simon Templar, the Saint, sticks his nose into the protection racket when his suit comes back from the cleaners with acid marks.

A legendary sword is discovered and the Shogun orders it tested against the body of a living prisoner but things go terribly wrong.  How was the invaluable samurai sword chipped?  Can the truth be discovered before Toramon Saburo has to pay with his life?  This podcast features the 73 minute version of the program.

A legendary sword is discovered and the Shogun orders it tested against the body of a living prisoner but things go terribly wrong.  How was the invaluable samurai sword chipped?  Can the truth be discovered before Toramon Saburo has to pay with his life?  This podcast features the sixty minute broadcast version of the program.

Alex and Lynn Mathews have a spare bedroom in their home and a friend who has been locked out of his own by a crazy wife.  It's only natural to offer refuge to a friend in need.  But what if he won't leave?

ART Playhouse presents an original production. "The Night Witches" recounts the little known tale of the bravery of Russian aviators and their struggle to drive back the Nazi advance in the winter of 1941.  Little known because these aviators were all women.

Cow-pokes Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens plan to spend Christmas with a couple of friends.  Taking shelter from the rain, a mystery falls into their laps when they discover an abandoned baby.

Sam Spade in a lonely hearts club?  It's all in a day's work as he investigates the death of a young reporter.  But will Sam, too, find the silver key to happiness?

Have you ever been trapped in a situation that isn't your fault?  It seems to be one of those days for George in "Let Me Tell You About My Operation".

At 49, is Chester Riley getting old?

Pat is hired to follow Lola Madden.  When she ends up dead he is duty bound to find the killer.

From the series Arch Oboler's Plays.  How would you react if people called you, "the ugliest man in the world"?

A man stands accused of murder.  The only thing that stands between him and a death sentence is the strange woman he claims to have met in the park.  But is she even real?

In this first show of a lost radio series written by Milton Geiger, the Croupier spins the wheel of fate and it's The Roman who wins.  What will it take for him to be redeemed?