American Radio Theater

Sam's past descends on his office with a thud when a boxing trainer from his past dies on the floor.  Join us as we discover how Sam used his fists before he began using them on behalf of  his clients.

Where do writers get their stories?  Kay Lutz offers one whimsical possibility, a unique marketplace of ideas, in this American Radio Theater original production of The Pawn Shop, recorded live at ART's Radio Studio 2012.

Victor Gook from the Little House halfway up the next street seems to be planning a trip to Hawaii... but to others in the household it's a lot less serious.

ART presents a lost episode of Suspense.   Embezzler Daniel Beemis is always on the lookout for a big score and his most recent caper has magic!  It may very well be the score of a lifetime.

An adventure story from 1951. There's lost treasure in the jungle and Doctor Becker leads an expedition to find it.  But first she needs a guide.

Adaptation from The Whistler's presentation of Damon Runyon's famous tale of three shady characters on a trip into the snowy Pennsylvania countryside to retrieve "a bag of dough".

Bryce Jackson made a terrible mistake in 1942, when he divorced his wife and re-married.  Back in Kansas City after the war, his heart won't let him alone.  Can Cupid's lightning strike again?  Based on a true story.

American Radio Theater's re-creation of the first program from Columbia Workshop, about the trials and tribulations of a ghost on Halloween night.  If he doesn't do his job, there's always a closet that needs a skeleton.  What's a self-respecting ghost to do?

What would it be like if the Lone Ranger's mother paid a visit to her famous son and his friend, Tonto?  With that Idea in mind,  Michael Leannah wrote a marvelous spoof which won the Friends of Old Time Radio script-writing contest in 2005.

ART presents a new adaptation written by Marge Lutton and starring Cliff Carpenter.  Based on Edmond Rostand's original stage play, Cyrano de Bergerac is a story about  the angst of a brilliant French swordsman and poet plagued by people's responses to his overly-large nose and his love for someone he deems unapproachable.

ART presents a lost episode from the old-time radio series, Escape.  A U. S. Marshall in the old west grapples between serving the law and serving justice when his kid brother is murdered.  Cliff Carpenter stars as the Marshall with Kevin O'Morrison as his adversary.

This is the third episode in ART's series about Chang Apana, the prototype for Charlie Chan.  In 1910, Chang fears the arrival of a Prince from China.  Why?  And then there's the little problem of a missing tourist from Waikiki.

London police are on the trail of a smuggling operation.  But there seems to be a leak in the department because every time a trap is set it is sprung without success.  The job of finding the leak and ending the smuggling falls to Inspector Peter Black, Scotland Yard.

Surely, one green Cadillac convertible is the same as another, but The Case of the Wrong Car finds Simon Templar in surprising circumstances concerning a piggy bank and an envelope... and it leads to murder.

Sam is hired by a mysterious woman receiving blackmail threats but his retainer, a diamond clip,  leads to a frame-up and murder.

Lee and Sandra have a ranch in the hill country of Arizona.  During one of the monsoon storms, Moe Sylvanis (bandit and murderer), Duke Orville (probable bank robber) and Barton Drake (noted criminologist) take shelter at their house.  Will anyone be alive when the storm breaks?

Rachel and her friend, Diane, are making their way by dog-sled to Nome, Alaska, because Rachel is dying of consumption. When the sea ice breaks, stranding them on an ice floe at forty degrees below zero, what will it take for them to survive?

Leroy is envious of his friend, Donald, who is getting everything he wants for Christmas until Uncle Mort arrives with an unexpected surprise - a dog!

The Tuckers, owners of a successful business, have everything including a butler and a world-class cook.  That life takes a huge downturn when Wilkins and Susan give their notice so they can go on their annual fling.  Can the Tuckers lure them back?  And if they can, how will they manage to keep them?  Find out as American Radio Theater re-enacts an oldtime radio script from Stars Over Hollywood,...

ART brings back to life Orson Welles' adaptation of Dracula.  Follow John Harker as he is first trapped in Dracula's castle and then as he rides to confront Count Dracula for the love and possession of his wife, Mina.  Dedicated to Les Westrum who left us too soon.

A criminal strikes and fades back into the shadows of his own dark world and then... the man from Scotland yard, the relentless, dangerous pursuit when man hunts man.  A smash and grab leads to an abduction in a church.  Inspector Black must find the young woman as well as the criminals behind the daring jewel heist.

Recorded live at ART's Radio Studio 2010, this newly written episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar stars Gregg Porter as Johnny Dollar.  The program also features special guests Esther Geddes McVey and Ivan Cury with ART regulars rounding out the cast.

What do you pack away when destructive friends invite themselves over to your house for a visit?  That's the problem facing the Gook family on this particular Sunday.

American Radio Theater presents another  H.G. Wells Professor Challenger story adapted for radio by Cole Hornaday.

American Radio Theater's adaptation of the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.