Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

2+ Hours of  Drama  First a look at this day in History. Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 21. 1957, 67 years ago, America’s Boyfriend starring Mercedes McCambridge.  A murder is solved by a two-year-old baby! Followed by the news from 67 years ago, then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast July 21. 1957, 67 years ago, The Yours Truly Matter. Johnny is held up...

2+ Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Crime and Peter Chambers starring Dane Clark, originally broadcast July 20, 1954, 70 years ago, Donald Sloane, Embezzler.   A bank teller steals money from his accounts, but leaves $28,000 behind! Followed by Call The Police, originally broadcast July 20, 1948, 76 years ago, The Case of the Unknown Strangler.  An insane strangler is on th...

2+ Hours of  Drama  First a look at this day in History. Then Suspense, originally broadcast July 19. 1955, 69 years ago, Backseat Driver.  A killer commandeers the car of a couple leaving the movies. Parley Baer and Vivi Janis star.  The show was originally done by Jim and Marian Jordan back in 1949.  Followed by the news from 69 years ago, then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast Ju...

2+ Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Presenting Charles Boyer, originally broadcast July 18, 1950, 74 years ago, The Mink Coat. Mishel (Boyer) is given a mink coat in the lobby of a theatre. The beautiful lady disappears...and the coat is alas, stolen.  Followed by Escape, originally broadcast July 18, 1948, 76 years ago, Habit starring John Dehner.  A tale of the sea. An ol...

2+ Hours of  Comedy  First a look at this day in History. Then Columbia Presents Corwin, originally broadcast July 17, 1945, 79 years ago, The Undecided Molecule starring Groucho Marx.  A re-broadcast of the verse story by Norman Corwin. A single molecule almost upsets the universe by refusing to combine with other elements. Groucho's ad lib during the closing credits cracks up Keenan Wynn who sta...

2+ Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Dangerous Assignment starring Brian Donlevy, originally broadcast July 16, 1949, 75 years ago, Sunken Ships.   Steve is sent to Saigon ("Inscrutable city of intrigue") to investigate three sunken ships.  Followed by Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast July 16, 1946, 78 years ago, The Murdered Truck Driver. A truck c...

2+ Hours of  Comedy and Western. First a look at this day in History. Then Kiss and Make up starring Milton Berle, originally broadcast July 15, 1946, 78 years ago. The first married couple is Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer. Mr. Schaeffer complains that his wife moves the furniture around too much. Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast July 15, 1935, 89 years ago, Spring Swim in the Oce...

2+ Hours of Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then The Stan Freberg Show, originally broadcast July 14, 1957, 67 years ago, The Tuned Sheep. First show of the series.  "Incident At Los Varoces" (The El Sodom vs. The Rancho Gomorrah), an extreme satire on Las Vegas. Followed by The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast July 14, 1953, 71 years ago.  The last show of the season, the l...

2+ Hours of  Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan, originally broadcast July 13, 1954, 70 years ago, Murder By Error. The husband of a beautiful woman is being blackmailed for $10,000 by a strange looking midget. The case soon leads to diamond smuggling and murder!  Followed by Nick Carter Master Detective starring Lon Clar...

2+ Hours of Crime and a new baby First a look at this day in History. Then This is Your FBI, originally broadcast July 12, 1946, 78 years ago, Death in the Tropics.  A hijacker’s partner double-crosses him and leaves him for dead in a burning truck. A Puerto Rican banana plantation becomes the scene of a murder.  Followed by The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr, originally broadca...

2+ Hours of  variety First a look at this day in History. Then The Chase and Sanborn Hour, originally broadcast July 11, 1937, 87 years ago. Charlie McCarthy tells Edgar Bergen about his music lessons. Don Ameche and guest Gladys George appear in a sketch entitled Personal Appearance. W. C. Fields announces that he's leaving on vacation. The verbal battle with Charlie McCarthy continues.  Followed...

2+ Hours of Comedy with a side of Westerns  First a look at this day in History. Then Granbys Green Acres starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benederet, originally broadcast July 10, 1950, 74 years ago, Granby Plants a Crop.  What to plant? Corn? Wheat? Followed by the news from 74 years ago, then Too Many Cooks starring Hal March, originally broadcast July 10, 1950, 74 years ago, Summer Camp. The Cook c...

2+ Hours of  Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast July 9, 1961, 63 years ago, The Fiddle Faddle Matter.  A businessman has an expensive violin insured for $10,000 stolen.  The businessman is then killed!  Followed by the news from 63 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast July 9, 1961, 63 years ago, Epitaph s...

A Western Monday First a look at this day in History. Then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast July 8, 1956, 68 years ago, The Talented Recruits.  Feeney and Merriweather, a medicine hawker and a Shakespearean actor, join the army and find out about soldiering the hard way.  Parley Baer and John Dehner portray Feeney and Merriweather. Followed by the news from 68 years ago, th...

A special episode of the podcast dealing with illegal immigration in the 50's  First, an episode of Stand By for Crime from 1953 entitled The Wetback Murders.   A visit to Tijuana ends with a roadblock and a dead body in the trunk. Glenn Langan stars as Chuck and Adele Jergens as his girl Friday. Then from 1954,  The Wetbacks.  In 1954 CBS Radio, as part of its Unit 1 Documentary series, devoted a...

2+ Hours of  Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast July 7, 1953, 71 years ago, Guest Marlene Dietrich. Dietrich and the boys do a gangster sketch.   Followed by My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast July 7, 1947, 77 years ago, Too Much Publicity.   Irma finds herself in a beauty contest. She wins the cup, but now wants...

2+ Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Call the Police, originally broadcast July 6, 1948, 76 years ago,  Suntower Mystery Mansion.  Mrs. Potter is found strangled to death. Since she was a believer in occultism, was her killer from the beyond? After the second murder, the evidence points to the world of the living! Followed by Freedom USA starring Tyrone Power, originally bro...

2+ Hours of  Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then Father Knows Best starring Robert Young, originally broadcast July 5, 1951, 73 years ago, The Meaning of Freedoms.  The Andersons are back in the days of the American Revolution. Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast July 5, 1937, 87 years ago, Getting Out of Hollywood Lease.   The program originates from Hollywood.  ...

Independence Day Celebration First a look at this day in History. Then Life with Luigi starring J. Carrol Naish, originally broadcast July 4, 1950, 74 years ago, 4th of July Parade.  Luigi is going to his first fourth of July parade.  Followed by the news from 74 years ago, then The Penny Singleton Show, originally broadcast July 4, 1950, 74 years ago, Safe and Sane Fourth. Penny wants the family...

2+ Hours of Westerns and Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then Too Many Cooks starring Hal March, originally broadcast July 3, 1950, 74 years ago, Ghosts.  A summer situation comedy about a happily married family...with ten children!  The kids steal apples from Mr. Fowler’s tree.  Mr Cook and his pals try to scare the kids by playing as ghosts.  But he drops his wallet.  Followed by Our...

2 + Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast July 2, 1951,  73 years ago, Is Everybody Happy?  A wealthy man named "Lorenzo The Great" supports many people, but is shot and killed. Followed by I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast July 2, 1952, 72 years ago, Where the Red Men Roam.  "The...

2+ Hours of Westerns and a side of SciFi First a look at this day in History. Then Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast July 1, 1956, 68 years ago, A Gun for Chester. Asa Ledbetter is in town, and Chester thinks he's out to kill him! Followed by the news from 68 years ago, then Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast July 1, 1956, 68 years ago, The Troopers Widow...

2 + Hours of a mixed bag of Summer fun.  First a look at this day in History. Then Boston Blackie starring Chester Morris, originally broadcast June 30, 1944, 80 years ago, $100,000 business note.  Mr. Manleder's business note for $100,000 is due tomorrow. Only Boston Blackie can prevent his business failure. The frame around Blackie is for murder.  Followed by The Whistler, originally broadcast J...

2+ Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Crime Classics, originally broadcast June 29, 1953, 71 years ago, The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of James Fisk Jr.  The story about the rivalry between two wealthy New Yorkers in 1872 and the beautiful widow, beloved of both.   Followed by Suspense, originally broadcast June 29, 1954, 70 years ago, Too Hot to Live starring Sam Edward...

2 + Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast June 28, 1951, 73 years ago, The Big Cliff.  An old woman named Gertrude Turner, has been found dead. The autopsy reveals "death by suffocation." Sixty-seven-year-old Mr. Turner is the main suspect. Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast June 28, 1959,...