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Episode 11 aired April 1, 1956 on CBS Radio. Major Barlow believes in treating Indians brutally. The story is also known as "Major Barlow's Survey." The program was recorded March 1, 1956 and originally scheduled for broadcast April 8, 1956. Our source indicates the April broadcast date. The writer is reported to be Les Crutchfield, not Gil Doud. The program may also be dated March 15, 1956. Fort...

John Woolfolk is sailing his yacht around the world wandering the seas to escape the memory of his young wife's untimely death.  "Wild Oranges" was adapted for radio by John Dunkel.  William N. Robson produced and Richard Sanville directed. Paul Frees played John Woolfolk and Jeannette Nolan (photo) as Millie Stope. Also appearing were William Conrad, Jack Kruschen, and Sherry Hall. This...

Episode 30 aired on NBC Radio December22, 1949. A child named Stanley Johnstone is missing, and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Christmas. The script would be used as a Christmas program four more times over the years. Well-written, dramatic story. Foul play is suspected and Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Homicide Detail to find him.

Episode 17 aired January 22, 1974 on CBS Radio Network... and WOR New York City by special arrangement with CBS. A wise old man has clairvoyance abilities and may even relieve physical suffering with a simple touch. Starring Santos Ortega.  Santos Edward Ortega (June 30, 1899 – April 10, 1976) was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for playing Will Hughes in As the World Turns,...

A radio manufacturer named the Radio Corporation of America, which we know as RCA, began to broadcast its own programs on stations it had either started or purchased. In late 1926, RCA created a division of the company known as the National Broadcasting Company, or NBC. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15, 1926. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the company, NBC created a series...

Slate and Sailor, Bogart and Bacall, are searching for Tommy Reed. Reed is a common man who is avoiding his wife for some reason. Is Reed dead? That always messes up a good plan. Episode 20 was released in Syndication by Bogart's Santana Productions and The Ziv Company. The series aired on 423 USA stations from 1951 - 1952. "Bogie and Betty" received $5K a week in 1950's money. $$$!!!...There were...

Episode 18 aired on CBS Radio January 23, 1974. The series was not carried by the CBS flagship station WCBS in New York City. This air check was recorded from WOR, New Your City. A young investigator guesses at the facts of a hit-and-run case and believes the convict to be a willing victim in lieu of his son. But he cannot prove it to his superior. Starring Arnold Moss who appeared in dozens of te...

Episode 11 aired on NBC Radio September 16, 1950. It is 4:00 p.m., April 14, 1947. A prisoner named Paul Abbott is in Pentland County, Texas jail. He is being returned to his cell as the visiting hour has ended. He is serving out a six-month sentence for petty larceny. His cellmate, John Sagood, has not had any visits. Sagood is being held without bail awaiting trial for murder. Joel McCrea (photo...

Episode 56 aired September 2, 1943 on CBS Radio. A man has committed murder, or has he? Dane Clark plays the part of Tom Cochran, a young man who awoke one morning to find him self in a very serious jam. Preston Foster plays the San Francisco homicide detective Danny Sullivan who is willing to help his friend, up to a point. 

Episode 9 aired on NBC Radio November 15, 1953.  The day of the box supper auction and square dance. Grace Proudley, the organizer, wants Britt to attend. Britt notices a clash of personalities between Spud Hooker and Tom Leveret when both men bid for the supper. A killer escapes from jail and shoots the sheriff. Two rivals both try to recapture him, with Britt Ponset riding with one of them.

Episode 19 aired on CBS Radio January 24, 1974. Starring Betsy Von Furstenberg (Photo). A honeymoon turns into a nightmare as a woman realizes her husband is culpable of the murders of his previous wives.

Episode 2555 May 31, 1954. The Lone Ranger first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, from original scripts by Fran Striker, the show's writer. (photo)

Episode 10 aired on the CBS Radio network January 25, 1959. A school teacher wants to teach the truth, and almost gets her school-house burned down.

Episode 26 aired October 17, 1952 on the CBS Radio network. Artis Nash plans to marry Ben Martin against the desire of Frank Craig. In three days Ben Martin is going to marry Artis Nash but Frank Craig comes to Dodge City after a year to claim her. Frank claims to have gotten over his wildness and is ready to settle down. He didn’t want to cause trouble but told Marshall Matt Dillon that if any ma...

A Strange Day In May is an interesting story about an astronaut who returns to a very puzzling Earth...or does he? Episode 942 aired September 9, 1962 on the CBS Radio network. Starring William Mason.

Episode 10 aired March 25, 1956 on CBS Radio.  Lieutenant Wendt has just been stationed at Fort Laramie after unjustly being accused of cowardice.

Episode 18 aired December 10, 1947 on CBS Radio. William Conrad narrates a story about Peyton Farquhar who stands on Owl Creek Bridge, which he was arrested for trying to burn down, and prepares for his execution.

Episode 28 aired on NBC Radiio December 8, 1949. A Chinese gentleman has been badly beaten and his valuable jade has been stolen. The needed clue is supplied by an observant six-year-old boy.. Eight thousand dollars worth of Chinese jade has been stolen. The criminal is vicious. His weapon is a handful of buckshot in a handkerchief. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Robbery Detail...

Episode 7 aired January 12, 1974 on CBS Radio. In the cast Joan Lorring and Mason Adams. A daring attempt to clear their car windows during a snowstorm leads to the mysterious disappearance of a woman's husband. The reasons turn out to be increasingly intriguing.

The African Queen was adapted as a one-hour radio play on the December 15, 1952 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Humphrey Bogart reprising his film role and joined by Greer Garson. Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of the First World War in August 1914. Their post and supplies are delivered by a sm...

Agnes Moorehead classic performance of August 21, 1943 on CBS Radio. "Sorry, Wrong Number" was the Suspense radio play that not only gave the series its biggest success, but it also became "radio's most famous play." This story was presented eight times between 1943 and 1960, and it created a phenomenon of its own by provoking tremendous listener response. An invalid woman battles the frustrations...

The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the United States. Over 30 million people and 80,000 square miles (207,000 km2) were left without electricity for up to 13 hours. WA...

A WCFL aircheck from October of 1972.  Kasem began hosting the original American Top 40 on the weekend of July 4, 1970 and remained there until 1988. He would then spend nine years hosting another countdown titled Casey's Top 40, beginning in January 1989 and ending in February 1998, before returning to revive American Top 40 in 1998. Along the way, spin-offs of the original countdown were co...

Her husband disappears after they return from their honeymoon. The young wife's sister insists that the nuptial was a fantasy. She attempts to persuade the police that her husband was actually killed. Episode 6 with Lois Nettleton aired on CBS Radio January 11, 1974.

Based on the events of April 16, 1947. The Texas City near Galveston disaster is the backdrop for a plan to have a wanted man switch identities with an unidentified corpse. At exactly 9:13 am on Wednesday April 16th 1947 a French freighter carrying a highly explosive cargo of ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up in the port of Texas City, Texas. It was the first in a chain of explosions as chemical...