Keith Heltsley

Black Museum – Retro Radio Podcast

Kids EN ↓ 46 episodes

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

Author

Keith Heltsley

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Kids

Podcast website

retro-otr.com

Latest episode

Oct 24, 2025

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Episodes

Black Museum – The Walking Stick. ep49, 1952 02.07.2013

In the Black Museum, Orson Wells points out an exhibit that tells the story of a walking stick. It comes from Alaska, and belongd to a man who has friends…

Black Museum – Two Bullets. ep48, 1952 14.06.2013

In the Black Museum, Orson Wells points out two bullets, and how they were connected to the same weapon in committing murder, although the crimes were years apart. Though it’s…

Black Museum – A Trunk. ep47, 1952 07.06.2013

Take a tour through the Black Museum of Scotland Yard, and let Orson Wells tell about a few of the displays. Today he settles on an ordinary, heavy steamer trunk.…

Black Museum – The Tan Shoe. ep45, 1952 28.05.2013

The tan shoe of the left foot has what appears to be a blood stain on the heel. It’s just the thing to link it to murder, and win it’s…

Black Museum – The Straight Razor. ep44, 1952 21.05.2013

Walk through the exhibits as Orson Wells shares something about them, before arriving at the straight razor that is key to today’s case. The Wilson’s own a pub, but when…

Black Museum – The Spotted Bedsheet. ep43, 1952 14.05.2013

It isn’t always weapons or poison that find a place in the Black Museum. Today Orson Wells shares the tale of a common household item that won a place there.…

Black Museum – The Small White Boxes. ep42, 1952 07.05.2013

What do innocent little white boxes have to do with murder? Orson Wells tells all about how they won their place in the Black Museum. The case dates back to…

Black Museum – A Silencer. ep41, 1952 30.04.2013

In reviewing the various instruments of death in the Black Museum, Orson Wells presents how a silencer found it’s way in its display. Before turning in for the evening, Herbert…

Black Museum – A Shilling. ep40, 1952. 23.04.2013

Orson Wells presents a story of how a Shilling coin became the key evidence in a case of murder. Two brothers, Joey and David, have sworn to kill each other.…

Black Museum – The Shopping Bag. ep39, 1952. 19.04.2013

The Black Museum is a warehouse of regular items that somehow became involved in murder. Orson Wells tells us how a simple canvass shopping bag won it’s place there, as…

Black Museum – The Sheath Knife. ep38, 1952. 09.04.2013

Examine a few of the artifacts, as Orson Wells points out how a simple sheath knife became involved in murder. Scotland Yard investigators are looking for a man with a…

Black Museum – A Service Card. ep37, 1952. 03.04.2013

Take another tour through the Black Museum, with Orson Wells as your guide through the instruments of death. Roll the clock back to 1947 where parents worry about their son…

Black Museum – The Raincoat. ep35, 1952 29.12.2012

A typical raincoat is presented by Orson Wells as the object of focus in the Black Museum. How is it connected to murder? When friends get worried, they go to…

Black Museum – A Prescription. ep34, 1952 07.11.2012

As we look at a few exhibits from the Black Museum, we learn the drama behind the featured item. Orson Wells presents a story of a woman with a terminal…

Black Museum – The Telegram. ep46, 1952 21.09.2012

A common telegram holds the invitation to die. Orson Wells is on hand to trace how it became a fixture in Scotland Yard’s black museum of death. The forces of…

Black Museum – The Pair Of Spectacles. ep30, 1952. 01.06.2012

Reporting in from London, Orson Wells takes us on another tour through the Black Museum. Today’s featured exhibit is an ordinary pair of women’s eyeglasses. How did this typical household…

Black Museum – The Open Ended Wrench. ep29, 1952. 25.05.2012

From the annals of the cases of crime at Scotland Yard, Orson Wells brings us another display of murder. This time it’s about how a common tool of mechanics has…

Black Museum – The Old Wooden Mallet. ep28, 1952. 18.05.2012

Orson Wells walks us through a few of the exhibits in the Black Museum before stopping to feature today’s display. In England it’s customary to have bon fires through the…

Black Museum – The Notes. ep27, 1952. 11.05.2012

A slogan that was popular through the war, Kilroy was here, is the connection to a murder. Orson wells introduces us to a few exhibits, but lands on the scribble…

Black Museum – Meat Juice. ep26, 1952. 04.05.2012

Orson Wells examines another display in the Black Museum. At a wedding anniversary, it becomes known that Robert is a hypochondriac. Orson takes part in portraying the crime through the…

Black Museum – The Mandolin String. ep25, 1952. 27.04.2012

Take a tour of the Black Museum with Orson Wells, and learn how a common object has become entwined with murder. In the days of polished carriages, and King Edward,…

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