Drama – Retro Radio Podcast

The Christmas season approaches, but the drama with Paul continues. Fannie tries to get her husband Henry out of the dumps. Will a discussion of what to buy for the…

A radio portrayal of Bing’s hit film about a nightclub with a holiday theme. Bing, Jim Hardy, wants to marry Lila and settle down on the farm. She doesn’t want…

A Navy flier was home for Christmas 1943. While travelling, he gets a telegram that calls him back to duty at Great Lakes. Time is tight, but a fellow traveler…

A cantankerous, skeptical, old man complains of the ulterior motives people have in their gift giving. He scoffs at the false good will, and predicting people will be back to their rat race, with the holiday and tinsel fading into a lost memory. The lonely old gents complain its all a wasted expense.

Do I really need to write show notes on this one? Maybe I should just let listeners of the podcast, and readers of the blog fill in the comments with…

still keeping their marriages secret, our young couple reunite after visiting families before the Fall Semester. Getting settled into her dorm, Jan meets the new roommate Molly Bell from Alabama.…

Features Maureen Ohara in a Christmas classic for the whole family that tries to prove there is a Santa Claus. The annual Macie’s parade is in full swing with the…

Exploring the family members in this complex family. Who are they, and how are they related to each other? This episode from 1949, som 18 years after the show has…

Step behind the scenes at a busy department store. Mr Featherstone the manager has his hands full as he has to orchestrate the show behind the merchandising. As a gimmick,…

in this undated episode, gene Lockhart stars in this unusual Christmas drama. It’s a story of a man who faces being ruined by his own greed. The storm at sea…

this undated episode is not from the radio series titled, “the Greatest Story Ever Told.” It aired on AFRS, and may have been in original production with the Armed Forces.…

The venerable Dr. Gillespie refuses to admit he has a cold, and shuns the attentions of the hospital staff. Besides the comic relief, there’s a more serious problem with Mr…

You find yourself terror stricken, and in a panic when the girl you were just with vanishes. A man narrates his unusual story, and sets the stage years ago, before…

For some background, after the British bought Manhattan Island from the Indians, they didn’t do much with it. It was after Hudson explored the bay that was later named for…

A guest appearance is made by Ray Noble, a longtime friend of Elliot and Cathy Lewis. He is the composer of their theme song, well known band leader, and apparently…

A man who is barely more than a common thug gets the attention of a crooked politician during a rigged election. Vote early, vote often, and vote for those who…

If your first question is like mine, and you want to know what in the world a pimpernel is, Cecil B Demill explains that it’s both a flower, and the…

The death sentence will undoubtedly be handed down, unless the king will agree to humble himself in the struggle between the monarchy and parliament. CBS reporters take you there to…

Audition show. A down-on-his-luck ventriloquist has a falling out with his dummy, whom he is convinced wants to dump him for bigger and better things. Based on a movie of…

Based on Walt Disney’s version of the classic fairy tale, and featuring his rendition of the characters. We find the queen who gets reassurance from her magic mirror that she…

Or Thugs and Slug…s Or A Bullet For Shannon. Mr Bullock is an anxious man who has hired Slate, but bullets stop him from reaching the boat. Thugs may have…

Retracing the footsteps that Bob Hope and his cast took, this special gives a brief glimpse into what it was like to travel and perform for the troops. Bob takes…

Doctors Gillispie and Kildare talk as Nurse Parker enters with a report on the stormy weather, and a problem at sea reaches Kildare on the telephone. A hookup over a…

You are racing through the night on the Orient Express with a murderer on the train with you, and in a hotbed of political contention. In 1932, a man takes…

Daniel and his mother discuss the ruthless nature of the Roman troops who occupy the land, it’s nothing for them to kill a local citizen. Will there be an uprising…