Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

2 + Hours of Comedy on a Sunday First a look at this day in History. Then Martin and Lewis, originally broadcast June 2, 1953, 71 years ago with guest Jeff Chandler.  The boys and Jeff do a sketch that’s a take off on Dragnet on an Indian reservation.  Followed by the news from 71 years ago, then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast June 2, 1953, 71 years ago,  Laughing Boy....

2+ Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Mr Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons starring Bennet Kilpack, originally broadcast June 1, 1950, 74 years ago, The Quicksand Murder Case.  A real estate agent loses his new tenant...to a murderess.  Followed by Luke Slaughter of Tombstone starring Sam Buffington, originally broadcast June 1, 1958, 66 years ago, Cattle Drive. There's going to b...

2 + Hours of Drama on a Friday First a look at this day in History. Then This is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 31, 1946, 78 years ago, The Slaugherhouse Swindlers.  A couple of scammers con vulnerable ranchers out of their cattle and sell them to a black market slaughterhouse.  Followed by Suspense, originally broadcast May 31, 1959, 65 years ago, The Man Who Would Be King starring Dan o’Herl...

2+ Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer,  originally broadcast May 30, 1948, 76 years ago, The Case of the Photogenic Crook.  A movie company comes to a small town in Pennsylvania to re-enact a famous bank robbery. Even the mayor and the chief of police lend a hand.  Followed by the news of the day 76 years ago, then The New...

2 + Hours of Westerns and SciFi on a Wednesday First a look at this day in History. Then Frontier Town starring Reed Hadley, originally broadcast May 29, 1953, 71 years ago, Bullets for Boot Hill. The old judge in Dos Rios single-handledly stands up to a crowd of drunken cowboys and Blackjack Turner.  Followed by Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast May 29, 1954, 70 years ago, Fe...

2+ Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then The Green Hornet starring Robert Hall, originally broadcast May 28, 1946, 78 years ago, Polarized Glasses. The Hornet breaks up a spy ring using a polarized light code.  Followed by the news of the day 78 years ago, then Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast May 28, 1946, 78 years ago,  The Escaped Prisoner. Mike Harl...

2 + Hours of Laughs on a Monday First a look at this day in History. Then The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary, originally broadcast May 27, 1945, 79 years ago,  Bessie Quits. Gildy finally fires Bessie, and is very sorry he's done so!  Maybe he should have hired My Friend Irma Peterson! Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast May 27, 1947, 77 years ago, Shrimps McGee. No,...

2+ Hours of Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then Fred Allen, originally broadcast May 26, 1946, 78 years ago, King for a Day with Jack Benny. Fred and guest Jack Benny are heard on Fred's new quiz show, "King For A Day."  Followed by My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 26, 1953, 71 years ago, Free Trip to Europe.    Irma has won an all-expense-paid trip to En...

5 + Hours of Suspense and Johnny Dollar First a look at this day in History. Then Suspense, originally broadcast May 25, 1943, 81 years ago, Sorry Wrong Number starring Agnes Moorehead. The first broadcast of this thriller classic. Possibly the best-remembered program of the series. An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone!  The...

2+ Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast May 24, 1951, 73 years ago, The Big Mailman.  The search for Harvey Fletcher, a mail thief.  Followed by Night Watch with Donn Reed, originally broadcast May 24, 1954, 70 years ago, Abandoned Children and Potential Suicide. The first call is about two abandoned kids while their "parents" dr...

2 + Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then This is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 23, 1952, 72 years ago, Hot Ice.  The missing loot from a jewel robbery is in the building where a crooked game on an amusement pier is located.   Followed by Broadway Is My Beat starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast May 23, 1953, 71 years ago, The Robin Forrest Murder Case.  A meek obedient...

2+ Hours of Westerns First a look at this day in History. Then Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast May 22, 1954, 70 years ago, Monopoly.  A "businessman" from St. Louis named Ivy is planning to take over the freight business in Dodge, with a gunfighter to help him do it! Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast May 22, 1960, 64 years ago, Lucky...

2 + Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey and Virginia Gregg, originally broadcast May 21, 1951, 73 years ago, Big Brother.  A beautiful dancer named Dove. Lou Mendel was madly in love. Mendel was her big brother, who wanted no other...and you can let George finish the limerick.  Followed by Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast May 2...

2+ Hours of Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball with Richard Denning, originally broadcast May 20, 1949, 75 years ago, Feeling Old.   Liz is feeling old and decrepit, so George takes drastic steps to cheer her up. Followed by Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast May 20, 1941, 83 years ago, Fibber Bakes Molly’s Birthday Cake. It's Molly...

2 + Hours of Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary, originally broadcast May 19, 1946, 78 years ago, Leroy Learns to Dance.   Gildersleeve arranges a birthday party for Ethel Hammerschlag, much against Leroy's wishes. Gildy re-enacts an extended conversation he had with his father when he was a young boy.  Followed by the news from 78 years a...

2+ Hours of Westerns and Drama from this date 66 years ago First a look at this day in History. Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originally broadcast May 18, 1958, 66 years ago, The Ghost to Ghost Matter. Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted, it's not just a haunted house.  Followed by the news from 66 years ago, then Suspense, originally broadcast May 18,...

2 + Hours of Crime First a look at this day in History. Then Dangerous Assignment starring Brian Donlevy, originally broadcast May 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Lost City.   A whole lot of oil is missing, and Steve Mitchell is off to find out how? Followed by The news of the day 74 years ago, then Mr District Attorney star Jay Jostyn, originally broadcast May 17, 1950, 74 years ago, The Case of Dead...

2+ Hours of Crime on this Thursday First a look at this day in History. Then The Green Hornet, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, 80 years ago, Paroled for Revenge.   A gangster fresh from stir goes gunning for the guy who put him there, Britt Reid.  Donovan Faust stars as the Green Hornet.  Followed by the news from 80 years ago, then Columbia Presents Corwin, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, N...

2 + Hours of Drama and History  First a look at this day in History. Then Night Beat starring Frank Lovejoy, originally broadcast May 15, 1950, 74 years ago, The Night Watchman. Did a night watchman named Tony Graham, who walks with a cane, set a series of warehouse fires? His father seems to be a bad luck symbol too! Followed by Mr President starring Edward Arnold, originally broadcast May 15, 19...

2+ Hours of Crime on this Tuesday First a look at this day in History. Then The Whistler, originally broadcast May 14, 1950, 74 years ago, Blue Alibi. The wife of a city official tries to get him to break off with racketeers who have been paying him graft.  William Conrad and Willard Waterman are featured.  Followed by I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast May 1...

2 + Hours of Comedy  First a look at this day in History. Then My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, originally broadcast May 13, 1949, 75 years ago, Anniversary Presents.  With the Cooper’s 10th anniversary here, Liz is hoping for an expensive gift from George.  She thinks the mink that George’s boss bought for his wife is for her! Followed by The Jack Benny Show, origina...

2+ Hours of Comedy on this Sunday First a look at this day in History. Then My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 12, 1953, 71 years ago, The Picnic.  Jane, Irma and the gang go for a picnic, and Irma’s driving! They may rest in peace, but not because of the driving!   Followed by the news from 71 years ago, then Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, originally broadcast May 12, 19...

2 + Hours of Drama First a look at this day in History. Then Suspense, originally broadcast May 11, 1944, 80 years ago, The Visitor starring Eddie Bracken. A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he?  Followed by The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast May 11, 1956, 68 years ago, The Enormous Radio. A newly purchased radio picks up voices from neighboring apartments instead of...

2+ Hours of Drama on this Friday First a look at this day in History. Then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast May 10, 1953, 71 years ago, The Big Joke.  A bartender is paid $500 to kill a nice old man with no enemies. Who wants him dead?  Followed by This is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 10, 1946, 78 years ago, The Carnival Killer.  An ex-con finds a former colleague who is an A...

2 + Hours of Comedy First a look at this day in History. Then Lux Radio Theater, originally broadcast May 9, 1938, 86 years ago, My Man Godfrey starring William Powell and Carole Lombard.  An adaptation of the 1936 comedy about a scatterbrained socialite who hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. Followed by The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary...