Keith Heltsley

Black Museum – Retro Radio Podcast

Kids EN ↓ 46 episodes

Sharing family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.

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Keith Heltsley

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Black Museum – A Ladys Shoe. ep22, 520529 24.10.2025

Orson Wells takes us on a tour through the Black Museum, then presents a featured item, a lady’s fashionable shoe. It was a dark and stormy night as the middle-aged…

Black Museum – The Khaki Handkerchief. ep21, 1952 18.09.2025 24:18

It’s the kind of a handkerchief that a soldier might use, but you can bet it didn’t belong to any hero. Orson Wells shows an exhibit or two in the…

Black Museum – The Black Gladstone Bag. ep4, 520122 06.08.2025

Taking a tour through the Black Museum, Orson Wells introduces today’s instrument of death. A regular piece of luggage belonging to Jim, a travelling salesman, but now is tainted with…

Black Museum – A Jar Of Acid. ep20, 520515 05.06.2025

The story of crime begins in the echoing halls of the Black Museum. Then we have Orson Wells transition us to a scene of two women who wait for a…

Black Museum – The Jack Handle. ep19, 1952 22.04.2025

Dramatic story’s from the Gallery of Death, presented by Orson Wells. We are taken to a time during the war, when American troops found out of the way cafes to…

Black Museum – The Hammerhead Matter. ep18, 520501 04.03.2025

A practical tool becomes a deadly weapon, and Orson Wells tells us how it all went down. From the echoing halls of the Black Museum, we go to a train…

Black Museum – Glass Shards. ep17, 520424 17.01.2025 29:42

Orson Wells presents how a few glass shards found their way into the gallery of death. After a hard day at work and school, Charles, and Charles Jr arrive home.…

Black Museum – The Gas Receipt. ep16, 520417 12.08.2024

Every week a look at a different item in the Black Museum of Scotland Yard is presented by Orson Wells. Sometimes a typical weapon of murder, and sometimes a mundane…

Black Museum – A French English Dictionary. ep15, 520410 13.06.2024

Many different articles can be used for murder, or at least connected in a key way to murder. The featured item today is a French English dictionary. How in the…

Black Museum- The 22 Caliber Pistol. ep1, 520101 06.01.2024 29:16

Orson Welles presents a display from Scotland Yard’s Museum of murder. Each item is a crucial part in solving a case, as well as carrying the disposition of the case.…

Black Museum – Four Small Bottles. ep14, 520403 20.09.2023 26:08

Sometimes the smallest of common items can be the link to murder. Today, Orson Wells portrays how four small bottles were archived in the Black Museum. Oscar has a friend…

Black Museum – The Door Key. 12, 1952. 20.07.2023 29:06

As he often does, Orson Wells takes us on a tour of the items in the Black Museum. He points out the door key that he features in today’s story…

Black Museum – The Champagne Glass. ep10, 1952 26.11.2022 23:42

The Colonel is a high powered businessman. On returning home, he calls on a doctor to take care of his wife, who is having pains. A couple of months go…

Black Museum – The Car Tire. ep9, 520226 27.03.2021 24:49

Orson wells tells how a regular car tire ended up in Scotland Yard’s museum of murder. A car theft goes off without a hitch until the two speeding car thieves…

Black Museum – – The Canvas Bag . ep8, 520219 19.09.2019 24:34

A canvass shopping bag, used for merchants to transport goods from one store to another is the centerpiece of today’s murder. Mary Wilson packs her suitcase to run off and…

Black Museum – A Can Of Weedkiller. ep7, 520212. 12.02.2019 26:49

John and Helen live in a Norman castle with their daughter, Joy. A household accident finds Helen being hurt, and the family is overly worried. The doctor isn’t so alarmed,…

Black Museum – The Brass Button. ep6, 520205 05.02.2019 29:20

A simple brass button, common to any military parade ground, is the focus on solving the latest featured crime in the Black Museum. A young woman with artistic inclinations is…

Black Museum – The Bloodstained Brick Bat. ep5, 520129. 29.01.2019 24:59

A young man responds to a help wanted ad. He does good work for the family, and all seems well, and quite normal in the household. Cousin Alma, a house…

Black Museum – The Bath Tub. ep3, 520115. 15.01.2019 27:14

The instrument of death is introduced as Orson Wells takes us through the Black Museum. The mystery rolls the clock back to the year of 1910, and a peaceful afternoon…

Black Museum – A 32 Caliber Bullet. ep2, 520108. 08.01.2019 23:42

Orson Wells takes us on a brief tour of Scotlandyard’s Black Museum of items that have been tainted with murder. After a few displays he settles on a .32 calibre…

Black Museum – The 22 Caliber Pistol. ep1, 520101. 01.01.2019 29:20

Events at a party seem typical, until a gunshot is heard. The prime suspect is Mrs Davis who claims she had nothing to do with it, and is distraught over…

Black Museum – The Wool Jacket. ep51, 1952 02.01.2015 29:48

Death, dressed in it’s Sunday best. Amid all the artifacts in the Black Museum, Orson Wells takes us back to the 1920’s, and how a young man and woman met.…

Black Museum – A Shilling. ep40, 1952 20.06.2014 25:10

Scotland Yard’s museum of murder is filled with commonplace items, all linked with death. Orson Wells shares how a shilling coin played a part in murder. A murder has taken…

Black Museum – The Sash Cord 1952 (retro437) 12.01.2014 50:13

It’s a harmless bit of rope, but it’s just the right length to wrap around a man’s throat and strangle him. Orson Wells provides the voiceover narration as Scotland Yard…

Black Museum – A Womans Pigskin Glove. ep50, 1952 09.07.2013 27:01

Join Orson Wells as he introduces us to a simple woman’s glove, but it has a history of murder. Three women are found murdered while enkjoying tea together, and the…