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George Lexington was in fear of his life and requested that Richard Diamond call to his house to see him at six o’clock on the dot. When Diamond arrives he finds a girl standing in the middle of Lexington’s room holding a shotgun and Lexington slumped over his desk. The girl does not deny shooting Lexington but who also took the trouble of stabbing him with a carving knife in his back?  Durat...

Escape to the prairie west of the Platt River and to the Indian fighting US cavalry of the old west as James Warner-Bella describes it in this exciting tale.  Duration: 28.51  Starring: William Conrad, Paul Frees  Broadcast Date: 6th December 1949

It seems Morten’s experiments for the master mechanical brain are succeeding. He has been working to produce electronic men that can produce other electronic men and the master electronic brain could control the electronic men absolutely.  Duration: 21:46  Broadcast Date: 26th April 1950

Before the beginning of World War I there was started a mass migration within the United States that was destined to involve 2 million souls. It was a shift of 2 million Negro citizens from southern regions to northern cities and it radically altered the social and economic course of the country. In a chapter entitled The Birth of a League Destination Freedom tells the story of the greatest intern...

Hannah Tolman is concerned that her father is going to get himself killed and wants Marshall Dillon to save his skin by placing him in jail. Jed won’t tell Dillon who is trying to kill him but he has an idea it could have something to do with Vic Tolman, his own son who is wanted for robbery and murder who just got out of jail last week.  Duration: 29:18  Starring: William Conrad  B...

t happened during a routine skirmish in the great war. Patrols advanced from the defense perimeter under jet cover and preceded by napalm throwers. The enemy defended in depth, and mopped up with guided 98’s, fired from 40 miles to the rear. The blast area was 10 miles in circumference, and the medics didn’t find much to pick up over 500 yards in. . .  Duration: 29:13  Starring: Norman R...

imon Templar arrives home a night out to find a removal van outside his house and the furniture they’re loading looks familiar. When he entered his office he discovered the reason why, it was his desk. So why did someone want to steal his furniture?   Duration: 28:24  Starring: Vincent Price  Broadcast Date: 4th March 1951

Several thousand people are gathered for the opening of the new Riverford tunnel, which cuts through South Mountain. It had eventually cost twice as much money as was planned for it as the engineers ran in to all kinds of trouble and advised the council more than once to abandon the idea. But now the tunnel is finished it will be well worth it relieving traffic congestion and making it easier to g...

Henry has decided that he needs a course in physical development and after filling out the rather intimate questions on the application blank he discovers that he has left the blank in a book belonging to Nancy Adams. . .  Duration: 29:01  Starring: Ezra Stone  Broadcast Date: 28th September 1952

Matt Cvetic was assigned to the communist finance committee in charge of collections for the district and he watched the figures mount up on comrade Nora’s adding machine. It was big money from reds and just plain suckers; dues paid monthly or as often as could be sucked out of so called voluntary donors. It was Cvetic’s job to make sure the FBI knew where the money came from and where it went. ....

Captain Joe and his crew on board his ship in the Caribbean Sea are planning an ambush. When the right boat comes along Enricho must light oil on the bow and in the hold so they think the boat is on fire and send up a distress signal then when the ship comes to help they will take the ship. However the ship they intend to take has Lamont Cranston – The Shadow - and his friend Margo Lane on board....

Written by Anthony Wain Something In The Air is a farce which promises a half hour of hilarious entertainment. Olan Soule and Barbara Luddy head the all-star cast. Mr Soule plays Ted Brisedale a man who’s sure of his girl but not sure of his mother’s blessing and Miss Luddy takes the part of Anne Brown Ted’s fiancee the ´ girl in question. Also in the cast Parley Baer as Homer and Luis Van Rooten...

An iron skull was their trademark, their business was climbing walls and it was all done on wheels at 70 miles an hour but that was a cinch for the death cheaters until they felt murder and a feminine touch. . .  Duration: 29:10  Starring: Gerald Mohr  Broadcast Date: 7th May 1949

This true story concerns the heart of a great city. It took fifty-eight minutes to resolve the question of its safety or its total destruction. This is the story of those fiftyeight minutes; only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.  Duration: 25:27  Starring: Jack Webb  Broadcast Date: 13th July 1950

Frank Bowers has a half interest in a gym and invites Richard Diamond to a fight tonight to watch his boy Max Farmer box against Lou Scott a bum from upstate. Max Farmer is favorite to win so it is a surprise to Frank when Farmer loses and he is convinced it was a fix and asks Richard Diamond to investigate. It is more of a surprise to Diamond when Frank Bowers seemingly commits suicide.  Dur...

While playing chess during a blinding blizzard, Anchorage's police chief, George Teller,  and his friend Dr. William Bertram hear a cry for help.   They find a man in a snowdrift who doesn't know who he is or how he got there.   They name him George Williams, and Teller gives him a job.  He soon becomes an excellent policeman, but still cannot remember his real name -...

A skinner was brought in to town with fatal injuries from apparently spilling hot lead on himself. Marshall Matt Dillon was suspicious of the skinner’s boss Gatliff following his couldn’t care less attitude.  Duration: 21:115  Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Tom Tully, Richard Beals, John Dehner  Broadcast Date: 19th June 1954

Amy Goodridge was a nightclub singer and needed to hire Jeff Regan to protect her. Two years ago she worked as a singer for Tim Connover at the Diamond Club and he was interested in her but she turned him down. Now he was casing the cub that she currently worked at and Amy was worried that he intended to hurt her.  Duration: 29:34  Starring: Frank Graham, Frank Nelson  Broadcast Dat...

Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession . . . a confession to the crime of murder.  Duration: 28:25  Starring: Frank Lovejoy  Broadcast Date: 29th May 1950

The Saint meets up with Barbara, a famous movie actress. She’s very nervous and is thinking of giving up acting. Something has scared her, but she won’t say what. The Saint walks over to get her shawl from one of the deck benches, as he turns, he is horrified to see somebody pushing Barbara over the railings, into the icy water below. . .  Duration: 24:01  Starring: Vincent Price  B...

Matt called early to the saloon to see Kitty. There was a party the following night a dance to benefit the new school and Matt plucked up courage to ask Kitty to go with him but she turned him down. Kitty was concerned at what the “ladies” would think him taking a hostess from the saloon but Matt was not going to take no for an answer.  Duration: 28:17  Starring: William Conrad  Bro...

Arthur Stevens was prepared to pay Richard Diamond $500 for a quick trip to Florida. That was easy enough but Loucious Timken was going to make it tough. Stevens wanted Diamond to deliver a very rare European art object worth a considerable fortune and Loucious Timpken would try to stop him by killing him if necessary.  Duration: 29:42  Starring: Dick Powell, Virginia Gregg, Sidney Mille...

The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, was a comedy radio program which ran on NBC from 1948 to 1954 starring Alice Faye and Phil Harris. Harris had previously become known to radio audiences as the band-leader-turned-cast-member of the same name on The Jack Benny Program while Faye had been a frequent guest on programs such as Rudy Vallée's variety shows. After becoming the breakout stars of the music...

Happy Easter.

Well, many of us like to share Easter breakfast with our friends. Our Miss Brooks who teaches English at Madison High School looked forward all week to sharing hers with several of the students and some of the faculty, some of the faculty being Biology teacher Mr Boynton. . .  Duration: 30:08  Starring: Eve Arden  Broadcast Date: 9th April 1950