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This is the story of how one average family even as yours and mine spent a quiet night at their rented country house a night of terror. The Cummings were just an average family Harry was just 29 and worked as a sound engineer for a broadcasting studio in the city. Ethel was 27 and had been a schoolteacher before she was married. Now she was kept pretty busy between writing the great American novel...

A bunch of wild kids have broken in to a warehouse and stolen 80 fur coats, silver blue mink. A night watchman has been slugged and lays dying in the hospital and he seems the only hope of a witness in a poor neighbourhood where the residents have closed ranks from fear Starring: Bob Dailey Duration: 1h 14m  Broadcast Dates: 7th May - 11th, 1956

Walter and Stretch were the best of friends until one night when Walter found out that his best friend had been to the movies with his girlfriend Harriet Conklin.  Duration: 29:08  Starring: Eve Arden  Broadcast Date: 1st May 1949

Casey and Anne Williams had an assignment at the circus to take some pictures for the Morning Press covering the feature act “King of the Apes” which was six wild orang-utans from Borneo trained by Charles King. When they arrived to interview King after the matinee performance they overheard him arguing with his wife.  Duration: 29:15  Starring: Staats Cotsworth  Broadcast Date: 1st...

Post Cereals brings you The Roy Rogers Show starring the King of the Cowboys himself, Roy Rogers. The Double R Ranch, transcribed stories and songs of the real West with The Whipporwills, the wisest trail scout of the west Jonah Wilde played by Forrest Lewis and the Queen of the West Dale Evans.  Duration: 27:43  Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans  Broadcast Date: 14th March 1952

t’s no wonder mothers get weary, after getting them up, getting them dressed, getting them fed Harriet gets her little family started on the daily routine. First 10- year-old David slides down the banister followed by 6- year-old Ricky and then Mother her self! When Ricky got third prize in a contest Ozzie and Harriet made quite a fuss of him and didn’t even ask David how he’d made out and now Dav...

Maybe the costume was the decisive factor or maybe it would have happened anyway. In any event the occasion was the tenth reunion and the class of 29 as such occasions demand were all dressed identically in cowboy suits. There was Ted Wolf whom he hadn’t seen in ten years although in college he’d been by far his closest friend and so of course he brought him home to dinner. Gwen managed to be quit...

One of the most popular stories ever broadcast on The Mercury Theatre on The Air. A wonderful tale of a little boy and how he and his father deals with the trials of life. First it is the death of John, his treasured dog. Then it is the value of money. Next comes his first romance and his first fight. Along the way the story touches on everything from religion and the ten commandments through to r...

ncludes a public notice by Bulldog Drummond on inflation and war bonds. Out of the fog. . . out of the night. . . and into his American adventures. . . comes. . . Bulldog Drummond! Champion of lost causes, amateur detective, the most celebrated soldier of fortune of the screen and radio Bulldog Drummond comes to you with more of his baffling and intriguing mysteries. The story began when two men k...

Day in and day out Matilda Prindle sat in the rear of her husband’s general store rocking and knitting as Abe waited on their customers. One morning Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s faithful Indian companion entered the little shop. Abe greeted him and Tonto learned that Abe’s wife was blind but could tell what a customer was like just by the sound of his voice. Abe went to get Tonto some sugar when an un...

Tonight, we escape to the old West and the story of a boy who had never owned anything, but a gun. . .  Duration: 28:17  Starring: William Conrad, Paul Frees  Broadcast Date: 23rd June 1950

Floyd Spencer Junior is due home from Portugal to inherit $40 million. His parents had separated when he was 6 years old and his mother had gone to live in Portugal taking her son who was raised and educated there. Now with both parents dead Floyd was to return from Portugal but Mr. Talbot who had been the families attorney for a very long time wanted to hire Barrie Craig to escort the young Spenc...

cting for Mr X Jim Kendall is in Hong Kong attempting to break up the illegal traffic in American medicinal supplies being smuggled in to Red China. A Chinese pharmaceutical firm, The House of Lee is apparently involved but then the owner Sammy Lee turns up murdered.  Duration: 20:31  Starring: Van Heflin  Broadcast Date: 25th May 1951

Death Swims At Midnight is the very exciting story of a singular beach where the tide goes out and murder comes in. . .  Duration: 29:12  Starring: Arthur Vinton, Elspeth Eric, Murray Forbes  Broadcast Date: 28th August 1947

Come And Ge t It stars Edward Arnold in the lead role as Barney Glasgow the same role he played in Samuel Goldwyn’s 1936 screen production. Other stars include Miss Anne Shirley as Lotta and Lew Ayres as Bernie. Also from the original 1936 movie are, Walter Brennan as Swan, Mary Nash as Emmie and Mady Christians as Swan’s sister, Karie. It is 1880 lumberman Barney Glasgow leaves his true love, sal...

Vernon Wallis was missing and was last seen on a night out with his friend Mr Burnett. He and Burnett had ended up in a run down gambling house run by a one legged soldier called Bill. Burnett told Nick Carter that Vernon had got into a card game with Bill and no matter what Bill did Vernon won. Burnett was afraid for him in a dive like that but Vernon told him to leave, which he did, but Vernon n...

They say one picture is worth 10 thousand words well here as narrated by William Conrad CBS bring you 1489 words which are worth innumerable pictures. Exactly how many only you can tell for it is the magic of your imagination that will paint them.  Duration: 26:55  Music by: Jerry Goldsmith Starring: William Conrad  Broadcast Date: 10th February 1957

“Two days ago I saw your ad in the Star Times. I want you to do something for me, find someone who I know is in this city. You see I think the man I want you to help me locate will be killed unless I find him first.” Dan Holliday took on the job from Dorothy Simmons but when the case was over he wished the mail carrier had taken a detour somewhere on his appointed rounds.  Duration: 26:17&nbs...

In the apartment of Joan Winslow an attractive young thing just out of bobby socks Plunger Belson a husky young boozer just out of football socks is talking to someone on the telephone. When he puts the phone down he tells Joni that he is going out to kill the man he has just been talking to. . .  Duration: 21:23  Starring: Claudia Morgan, David Gothard  Broadcast Date: 1st December...

Bradley Lane had stolen $4000 from his employers and let someone else take the blame but John Dunn found out and for the past few years had been blackmailing him. When the stakes became higher Lane had the idea to kill Dunn but something stopped him at the last minute. . .  Duration: 28:47  Starring: David Gothard  Broadcast Date: 8th August 1949

Soon after striking it rich, Sundown knocks Cisco down. Sundown is as Irish as Paddy's pig, and a bullet will never keep Sundown Kelly from a fight! Duration: 26:20

Dr Albany’s discovery of Kalare temple would at last prove his theory that the Mayan people came from the Orient through what we now know as Alaska down the Pacific coast into Mexico and Yucatan. He was planning on an expedition to the Kalare temple to recover the golden treasure. Who knocked on the door, was there a struggle, where was the map?  Duration: 29:50  Starring: Carlton KaDell...

In the fall of the year most drawing things shed their foliage and settle down to rest for the winter but an impulsive teenage boy never rests. In the case of Henry Aldrich the fall air merely increases his normal speed. The scene opens in the Centreville butchers shop on Main Street. It is early afternoon. . .  Duration: 25:31  Starring: Ezra Stone  Broadcast Date: 14th October 194...

A rich duke makes a wager with a rival to split his fortune if the man can remain locked in isolation within a prison house for ten years straight. Duration: 26:12 Broadcast Airdate: December 4, 1961

It was a long ride from Dodge up to Ponka Creek in the Dakota Territory and Matt Dillon killed a good horse getting there but he caught Lee Trombow. He was asleep in a lump of willow and he took him without a fight. Trumbow was wanted for murdering a man but his brother Dolph was determined to get him free without a trial and hires a gunman to kill Dillon.  Duration: 29:25  Starring: Wil...