Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

2 hours of Crime  First a look at the events of the day Then X Minus One, originally broadcast September 8, 1955, 69 years ago, The Martian Death March. The story of man's inhumanity to Martians. An allegory of the westward expansion and the mistreatment of the native Americans. We follow that with Wanted, originally broadcast September 8, 1950, 74 years ago, FBI #15098 (Henry Clay Tolettr). The r...

7+ Hours of  Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then The Life of Riley starring William Bendix, originally broadcast September 7, 1946, 78 years ago, Riley Gets Promoted. Riley has been promoted to be the new assistant manager...he thinks.  Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast September 7, 1936, 88 years ago, Judge Of Court Of Domestic Relations.  Meet the judge at the...

2 hours of Crime  First a look at the events of the day Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast September 6, 1951, 73 years ago, The Big Seventeen.  A teen-age riot in a movie theatre leads to the discovery of a marijuana and goof-ball ring. The seventeen-year-old "pusher" is about to start distributing much stronger narcotics. We follow that with the news from 73 years ago, then Ins...

2+ Hours of Variety and Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast September 5, 1937, 87 years ago with guest Ida Lupino.  Nelson Eddy starts the program with, "I'm Falling In Love With Someone." Edgar tells Charlie about his new romance with Dorothy Lamour. Ida Lupino appears in, "Salute The Baroness." Charlie presents his own spy drama calle...

2 hours of Crime and Sci-Fi First a look at the events of the day Then Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast September 4, 1947, 77 years ago, The Mask of Medussa.   Forty seven murderers frozen solid. They still possess active and seething minds, even though they remain in kept in a "wax" museum. The revenge of the walking dead!   We follow that with the news from 77 years...

2+ Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast September 3, 1949, 75 years ago.  Agnes Kelby has disappeared from her house. Mr. Kelby is acting suspiciously. Something smells fishy! Followed by the news from 75 years ago, then The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr, originally broadcast September 3, 1949, 75 years ago, T...

2 hours of Comedy and Westerns First a look at the events of the day Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast September 2, 1956, 68 years ago, Return Of Hattie Pelfrey.   Hattie Pelfrey, a most unusual old lady, is feeling poorly, so she visits Fort Laramie to visit her son...Captain Quince! We follow that with the news from 68 years ago, then Gunsmoke starring William Conrad,...

2+ Hours of Variety First a look at this day in History. Then The Stan Freberg Show, originally broadcast September 1, 1957, 67 years ago,, Uninterrupted Melody. Acrobats on Radio, "Uninterrupted Melody": a movie about men in uniform (Good Humor men!), another panel discussion about the funnies, "St. George and The Dragonette." Followed by The Jack Kirkwood Show, originally broadcast September 1,...

2 hours of Crime and Claudia First a look at what happened on this date in history..  Then Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan, originally broadcast August 31, 1954, 70 years ago, Hay is for Homicide.   While on vacation in Maine, Barrie comes upon a corpse in a mound of hay.  Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast August 31, 1954, 70 years ago, The Big O...

2 hours of Comedy and Sci-Fi First a look at the events of the day Then Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast August 30, 1937, 77 years ago, Fibber the Sports Reporter. There's going to be a big fight tonight in Wistful Vista. The Picadilly Panther is going to fight The Harlem Hammer; and Fibber is going to report on the event for the Wistful Vista Gazette.  We follow that with The Martin a...

2+ Hours of Variety First a look at this day in History. Then The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary, originally broadcast August 27, 1943, 81 years ago, The End of Vacation.   The first show of the new season. Gildersleeve's on vacation at Grass Lake, trying to heal his broken heart and dodging amorous women. Is Leila Ransom coming back to Summerfield a new widow? Followed by George Burns a...

2 hours of Westerns and Crime First a look at the events of the day Then The Shadow starring Orson Welles and Margot Stevenson, originally broadcast August 28, 1938, 86 years ago, The Tomb of Terror.  A mad college professor plans to set off a bomb during graduation to seek his revenge.  We follow that with Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast August 28, 1947, 77 years ago...

2+ Hours of Crime  First a look at this day in History. Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast August 27, 1961, 63 years ago, The Shifty Looker Matter.  Johnny suspects a rat in a $100,000 kidnapping plot. Followed by the news from 63 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast August 27, 1961, 63 years ago, Sold to Satan starring Kermit Murdock.  Two partne...

2 hours of Comedy and Crime First a look at the events of the day Then The Milton Berle Show, originally broadcast August 26, 1947, 77 years ago, A Salute to the Railroads.  Milton goes down to the railroad station to meet his Uncle Julius.  We follow that with George Burns and Gracie Allen, originally broadcast August 26, 1940, 84 years ago, Elsie Trellafas Is Suing George.  George and Garcie do...

2+ Hours of Crime  First a look at this day in History. Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast August 25, 1957, 67 years ago, The Smoky Sleeper Matter.  A mattress warehouse owned by a shady operator has burned down. Arson? Followed by the news from 67 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast August 25, 1957, 67 years ago, Leiningen Versus The Ants starring...

2 hours of Crime  First a look at the events of the day Then The Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles, originally broadcast August 24, 1951, 73 years ago, A Ticket to Tangiers. Down on his luck in Paris, Harry finds an opportunity in Morocco from a classified ad in a newspaper.  We follow that with The FBI in Peace And War, originally broadcast August 24, 1955, 69 years ago, Double Play.   A...

2+ Hours of Crime and Westerns First a look at this day in History. Then Counterspy starring Don Maclaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast August 22, 1949, 75 years ago, The Case of the Desert Explosion.  Peters and another agent are in Mexico in a plot to trap an international arms smuggler. Followed by Confession, originally broadcast August 23, 1953, 71 years ago, The James V Madsen C...

2 hours of Variety  First a look at the events of the day Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast August 22, 1937, 87 years ago.  The first tune by Nelson Eddy is, "Drums In My Heart." Charlie McCarthy is operating a lemonade stand. Don Ameche and guest Glenda Farrell appear in a skit titled, "Lucky Day." W. C. Fields has returned from Hawaii. He tells tales about his Uncle Larceny,...

2+ Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Night Watch starring Donn Reed, originally broadcast August 21, 1954, 70 years ago.  The first call is about an escaped woman, referred to as a "mental case," who may become violent.  Followed by Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast August 21, 1947, 77 years ago, The Horla.  The famous Guy de Maupassant tale of th...

2 hours of Drama  First a look at the events of the day Then Suspense, originally broadcast August 20, 1961, 63 years ago, Murder is a Matter of Opinion starring Phil Meader and Bill Lipton. Two brothers at college plan to fake a murder, but the blanks in the gun turn out to be very real bullets. Can an innocent man be convicted of murder...and executed? We follow that with Boston Blackie starring...

2+ Hours of Variety First a look at this day in History. Then God and Uranium Were On Our Side starring Orson Welles and Olivia De Havilland, originally broadcast August 19, 1945, 79 years ago. An expanded broadcast of "Fourteen August". A lyrical, beautiful hymn of praise to victory.  Followed by Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast August 19, 1956, 68 years ago, Goodbye Willa...

2 hours of Drama  First a look at the events of the day Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast August 18, 1949, 75 years ago, The Case Of The Desert Explosion.   A Bank robbery takes the counterspies through the river and to a circus. We follow that with Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast August 18, 1949, 75 years ago.    There have been sixt...

2+ Hours of Variety First a look at this day in History. Then The Fleishman’s Yeast Hour starring Rudy Vallee, originally broadcast August 17, 1933, 91 years ago.  One of the oldest shows I’ve ever used.  The first tune is, "I'm Just A Vagabond Lover." Bobby Gilbert plays an amazing "talking" violin (it even recites, "Mary Had A Little Lamb")! Nora Lehman does a radio version of her "national best...

2 hours of Drama and Claudia First a look at the events of the day Then Gang Busters, originally broadcast August 16, 1952, 72 years ago, The Case of John Economos.  A Los Angeles cop follows murderer Nicky Small to Chicago, where a diamond ring and a jar of onions are his undoing.  We follow that with Confession, originally broadcast August 16, 1953, 71 years ago, The George S. Decker Case. A man...

2+ Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Rocky Jordan starring George Raft, originally broadcast August 15, 1951, 73 years ago,, Man in the Nile.  The price of wisdom is above gold. Sometimes you can know too much, then the price is lead...out of a .38. Followed by Suspense, originally broadcast August 15, 1956, 68 years ago, A Friend to Alexander starring John Dehner. An adapti...