Scott's Old Time Radio

Original Airdate: April 4, 1974 Episode 0069 "The Thing Inside" Story by Robert Newman, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall An artist and his wife acquire a glass paperweight at an antique shop. The artist is convinced there is something inside the ball and develops an obsession with it. After he breaks the ball there are suddenly two murders near by. His wife suspects that her husband ha...

Original Airdate: January 07, 1974 Episode 0002 "Return of the Moresbys" Original Story by Henry Slesar, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall The story you are about to hear concerns a question which has been asked since the first men on earth were born and died. Is there a life after death? Is there a way to return from the grave and if there is can we come back in the body of a living cr...

Original Airdate: February 13, 1974 Episode 0037 "Dig Me Deadly" Written by S.J. Rosen,Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall Following the unearthing of a oddly decomposed body by archaeology students in the Arizona desert. A vacationing LA detective named Claudia Trubshaw is brought in to unravel the mystery. It gives me a fiendish delight to invite you on a very unusual expedition. For...

Original Airdate: November 18, 1974 Episode 0175 "The Strange Voyage of The Lady Dee" Written by Mary Jane Higby, Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall A young couple and their daughter lose their way in the fog on their new boat and are lured to a mysterious island by the spirit of a long dead woman. There, they encounter the island's lone resident who may not have their best interest at...

Original Airdate: March 13, 1974 Episode 0056 "A Little Night Murder" Written by Sam Dann, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Peter Jackson seeks revenge on witnesses of his father's murder during a robbery at a grocery store when he was a child. Years later, he believes the witnesses are responsible for his father's death. After killing one of the four witnesses, a dictating machine cat...

Original Airdate May 20, 1974 Episode 0094 "The Crack in the Wall" Written by Sidney Sloan, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A couple grieves the loss of their daughter in a house fire. A crack in the basement wall of their new house can not be repaired despite several attempts. They begin to hear the cries of their deceased daughter through that crack and meet a strange creature in th...

Episode Date: April 5, 1945 Abbott and Costello prepare to visit the Andrews Sisters who they want to hire for a future show. Lou runs over Mr and Mrs Niles in a car and a big argument ensues with Mrs Niles. The boys then need to rent a car and perform the U-Drive routine. Along the way the boys car breaks down and an old man takes advantage of them over charging them so he and his horse pull them...

Original Airdate: February 10, 1977 Episode 0598 "The Recluse" Written by Roy Windsor, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A Chinese proverb holds that nobody's family can hang out the sign, nothing the matter here. There's wisdom in that, don't you agree? Think about your own family. Isn't there at least one skeleton lurking in your closet? At some time and for some reason, it will surel...

Original Airdate: October 16, 1975 Episode 0363 "Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods" Written by Fielden Farrington, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall I have the lunch all packed and I'm ready to take you on a picnic in the woods. There's a beautiful little glade deep in the forest. Birds singing. That wonderful clean aroma of fresh growth mixed with leaf mold and last year's pine needles. The...

Episode 0958 "Shadows from the Grave" Original Airdate: February 28, 1979 Original Story by Wilkie Collins, Adapted by James Agate, Jr., Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A photographers uncle leaves Him his house and entire estate on one condition, after he dies, the nephew must check the locks of the mausoleum everyday to make sure no one is attempting to get in. After the uncle dies,...

Don't Forget Scott's Old Time Radio podcast can also be heard on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, I-Heart Podcasts and Others. ***To help keep the Old Time Radio Shows coming, Please consider giving a donation. Thank You in Advance.*** "Program Censor" Episode Date: August 18, 1957 Routines include Elderly Man River(Program Censor); Researcher Robert E. Tainter-Great Moments in History-Battle of...

"The Old Die Rich" Episode Date: September 12, 1957 A series of old people are found starved to death. But there is an inconsistency, they have all had thousands of dollars stuffed in drawers and in the banks. What is the answer to this unusual mystery? Written by: H.L. Gold Adapted by: Ernest Kinoy Directed by Bob Mower Cast: Jim Bowles, Jan Minor, Bill Zuckert, Guy Repp, Wendell Holmes, Ralph Ca...

No Contact Episode Date: April 24, 1955 Premiere Show There is a barrier of some kind that the Earth ships keep crashing into trying to get to the planet Volta or so they think. Written by George Lefferts, Ernest Kinoy Cast: Luis Van Rooten, Donald Buka, Wendell Holmes and Bill Griffis.

Episode Date: December 07, 1947 Jack begins by taking a shower before taking a violin lesson with Professor LeBlanc. Once the lesson is over he begins to head towards the vault to get the money to pay the professor. But as usual distractions abound including a football game with the kids and Professor LeBlanc keeps begging for his money. Starring: Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Don Wilson...

Episode Date: March 16, 1952 Jack is Trying To Lose Weight in a Steam Cabinet, also The IRS pays Jack Another Visit. Starring: Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, The Sportsman Quartet Dennis Sings: "How are Things in Gloca Morra"

Episode 0369 "The Storm Breeder" Original Airdate: October 28, 1975 Written by William Austin, Adapted by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Many of you may not be familiar with the writings of William Austin since his main claim to fame is that he was the forerunner of the famous Nathaniel Hawthorne. But it is as sad in a way as this haunting tale I bring you that he should...

Episode 0371 "Triptych For a Witch" Original Airdate: October 30, 1975 Written by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall A triptych is defined in Webster's unabridged dictionary as a picture or carving in three parts, side by side, especially an altarpiece consisting of a central panel and two flanking panels that fold over it. Thus by definition it represents a sacred figure, an...

Original Airdate: January 31, 1978 Episode 0774 "The Ice Palace" Written by Percy Granger, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall What a fragile species mankind. really is. We're not nearly so swift or agile as many of our lesser cousins, and consider our vulnerability to shifts in the temperature. On a spectrum that ranges from 12,000 degrees, the temperature of the sun, to the bitter, chil...

Episode 0954 "The Missing Day Original Airdate: Feb 14, 1979 Written by Percy Granger, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall The manager of a nuclear reactor research facility goes missing for 24 hours, after he shows back up, two of his plants delivery trucks get hijacked. When the local Sherriff is murdered, He has to work with the sheriff's deputy to quickly solve the mystery of the miss...

Episode 0280 "The Witches Almanac" Original Airdate: May 26, 1975 Original Story by Ian Martin, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Most of us laugh off the existence of witches, today or ever, particularly today. Yet, even so casual a research source as the daily newspaper would provide us with knowledge that there are covens all over the country and the world, and that witchcraft is on...

Don't Forget Scott's Old Time Radio podcast can also be heard on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, I-Heart Podcasts, Pandora and Others. https://rss.com/podcasts/scott-s-old-time-radio/ Original Airdate: May 22, 1975 Episode 0278 "Return to Shadow Lake" Written by Fielden Farrington, Directed by Himan Brown, Host: E.G. Marshall Ken and Martha Harris make a winter trip to the couple's summer cabin...

Original Airdate: January 06, 1974, Episode 0001 "The Old Ones Are Hard To Kill" *Includes CBS News Clip about new radio drama series Original Story by Henry Slesar, Directed by Himan Brown, Hosted by EG Marshall In the story you are about to hear the heroine is a young woman of 77 who has reached her golden years with her sense of independence in tact, with a spryness to her limbs, very good visi...