Boxcars711 Old Time Radio
2,257 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 74 ratingsBoxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod Offers the best of Old Time Radio, Oldies, Easy Listening and Talk. Broadcasting from the heart of Germantown, on WPNM radio, and over the Shoutcast Network, host Bob Camardella mixes his vast collection of entertainment, with news and events from the ole neighborhood reunion groups of Germantown, Phila., Pa., Where The Oldies Are Still Young
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Family Theater "Verdict Guilty" (1-29-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 27, 2008 21:04 - 29 minutes - 6.66 MBTHIS EPISODE: FAMILY THEATER - January 29, 1948. Mutual network. "Verdict: Guilty". Sustaining. A father tells his two sons a story about a young man who was unjustly sent to jail, and how he planned his revenge on the judge who sentenced him. Dan Dailey (host), Alexander Knox, Stanley Clements, Jean Vander Pyl, Noreen Gammill, Tommy Bernard, Roland Morris, Ross Forrester, Lou Krugman, Griff Barnett, Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Maxwell, George Pirrone, Edward Colmans, Jack Price (writer), Max ...
The Clitheroe Kid "A Load Of Chinese Junk" (12-29-63) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 27, 2008 16:03 - 30 minutes - 6.87 MBThe Clitheroe Kid was James Robertson Clitheroe, Jimmy Clitheroe to most, who by some strange coincidence did come from the town of that name without having to change his family name! At his full height he was 4ft 3in, and played the naughty schoolboy from 1958 to 1972. Although plausable from a distance, he was not really able to pass himself off as a youngster close up, so a TV career did not really take off too well, but at the peak of his fame the radio show was raking in about 10 million...
The Creaking Door "Man In The Morgue" (1950) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 27, 2008 04:47 - 29 minutes - 6.69 MBIn 1964, South Africa began The Creaking Door, using original scripts which included stories with a heavy emphasis on the supernatural. The topics ranged from haunted houses to a woman who turns into a giant cat, and of course, the typical paranoid murderer so often presented on the original Inner Sanctum. The host for this series was Peter Bloomfield. There are at present anywhere from 34-37 extant episodes in MP3 circulation, yet no currently available program logs for the series indicate t...
Let George Do It - The Corpse That Took A Powder (8-23-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 27, 2008 00:26 - 29 minutes - 6.84 MBLet George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 1954). Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: "Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. George Valentine." Valentine's secretary was Claire Brooks, aka Brooksie (Frances Robin...
The CBS Radio Theater "The Star Killer" (2-15-77) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 26, 2008 20:36 - 44 minutes - 10.1 MBThe CBS Radio Mystery Theater (or CBSRMT) was an ambitious and sustained attempt to revive the great drama of old-time radio in the 1970s. Created by Himan Brown (who had by then become a radio legend due to his work on Inner Sanctum Mysteries and other shows dating back to the 1930s), and aired on affiliate stations across the CBS Radio network, the series began its long run on January 6, 1974. The final episode ran on December 31, 1982.The show was broadcast nightly and ran for one hour, in...
Lux Radio Theater "Criminal Code" (1-18-37) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 26, 2008 14:14 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBLux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1954); NBC (1954-1955)) adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years. The program always began with an announcer proclaiming, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lux presents Hollywood!" Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Mond...
Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure Of The Second Stain" (1-30-55) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 26, 2008 04:34 - 27 minutes - 6.25 MBSherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detectiv...
Tom Corbett Space Cadet "Double Cross In Space" (Part 2 of 2 Aired 4-03-52)
February 26, 2008 02:59 - 24 minutes - 5.57 MB"Double Cross In Space" (Part 2 of 2 Aired 4-03-52) Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett â Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, coloring books, punch-out books and View-Master reels in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the elite Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms an...
Tom Corbett Space Cadet "Double Cross In Space" (Part 1 of 2 Aired 4-01-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 26, 2008 01:06 - 24 minutes - 5.6 MB"Double Cross In Space" (Part 1 of 2 Aired 4-01-52) Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett â Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, coloring books, punch-out books and View-Master reels in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Tom Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the elite Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms an...
Burns & Allen Show "Aunt Clara Kangaroo" (5-08-40) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 25, 2008 20:10 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBBurns and Allen are one of the most beloved couple in old time radio. They got started, like many of the greats of old time radio, in vaudeville, which is really just the touring popular entertainment in America prior to movies. Gracie was the sparkplug of the act, always the center of attention. George played the foil, the guy vainly trying to make sense of the ditzy world of Gracie. By the early 30s, Gracie was probably the best known woman on radio. Gracie often sang in a voice that showed...
The Mysterious Traveler "The Case Of Charles Foster (3-10-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 25, 2008 14:55 - 30 minutes - 7.04 MBThe Mysterious Traveler Written and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, the series began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. Unlike many other shows of the era, The Mysterious Traveler was without a sponsor for its entire run. The lonely sound of a distant locomotive heralded the arrival of the malevolent narrator, portrayed by Maurice Tarplin, who introduced himself each week in the following manner. ...
Damon Runyon Theater "Old Ens Kentucky Home" (4-17-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 25, 2008 05:00 - 28 minutes - 6.59 MBThe Damon Runyon Theater dramatized 52 of Runyon's short stories for radio. Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 â December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. He spun tales of gamblers, petty thieves, actors and gangsters; few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead to be known as "Nathan Detroit", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charlie", "Dave th...
Candy Matson "San Juan Bautista" (12-18-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 25, 2008 01:01 - 30 minutes - 6.96 MBCANDY MATSON was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8208, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Parks, in the title role of this sassy, sexy PI. Her understated love interest, Lt. Ray Mallard, was played by Henry Leff while her assistant and best pal, aptly named Rembrandt Watson, was the voice of Jack Thomas. Every show opened with a ringing telephone and our lady PI answering it with "Candy Matson, YU 2-...
Box 13 "Last Will & Nursery Rhyme" (2-06-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 24, 2008 20:27 - 26 minutes - 6.14 MBBox 13 was a syndicated radio series about the escapades of mystery novelist Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd), a former newsman. Created by Mayfair Productions, the series premiered August 22, 1948, on New York's WOR and aired in syndication on the East Coast from August 22, 1948, to August 14. 1949. On the West Coast, Box 13 was heard from March 15, 1948 to March 7, 1949. To seek out new ideas for his fiction, Holiday ran a classified ad in the Star-Times newspaper. "Adventure wanted, will go anywher...
Dangerous Assignment "Sabotage In Paris" (5-03-50) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One
February 24, 2008 13:55 - 28 minutes - 6.49 MBDangerous Assignment â 1950-1954 This thirty-minute international spy adventure featured Steve Mitchell (Brian Donlevy), and investigator of crimes in exotic locations. 60 episodes. Herb Butterfield played the Commissioner and Betty Moran was the Commissioner's secretary. Other cast members were GeGe Pearson, Ken Peters, Betty Lou Gerson, Dan OâHerlihy. The director was Bill Cairn and the writer for the series was Robert Ryf. The opening was the same every week âYeah, danger is my assignment...
The Aldrich Family "Legal Trouble" (3-11-43) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
February 24, 2008 04:48 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MBThe Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy (1939-1953), is remembered first and foremost for its unforgettable introduction: awkward teen Henry's mother calling, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-ree Al-drich!" A top-ten ratings hit within two years of its birth (in 1941, the showm carried a 33.4 Crossley rating, landing it solidly alongside Jack Benny and Bob Hope), the show is considered a prototype for teen-oriented situation comedies to follow on radio and television and is a fav...
Cloak & Dagger "Seeds Of Doubt" (9-15-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 24, 2008 00:49 - 28 minutes - 6.56 MBCloak and Dagger "Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States, knowing in advance you may never return alive?" Cloak and Dagger first aired over the NBC network on May 7, 1950. It had a short run through the Summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after its Summer run. The last show aired Oct. 22, 1950. This is the story of the WWII special governmental agency, the OSS, or Office of Strategic Services. Its mission was to develop and maintain spy networks throughout E...
The Hallmark Playhouse "August Heat" (9-29-49) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
February 23, 2008 22:28 - 27 minutes - 6.39 MBTHE HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE was heard over CBS stations Thursday evenings. This drama anthology of 30-minute shows was sponsored by, of course, Hallmark Greeting Cards. It was preceded by the RADIO READER'S DIGEST, which ran from September 13, 1942 thorugh June 3, 1948. Hallmark sponsored the RADIO READER'S DIGEST from January 13, 1946 to it's end. On Feb. 8, 1953, the series name and format was changed. It was now called THE HALLMARK HALL OF FAME and presented biographal sketches of famous person...
Manhunt "Double Feature From 1946" - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
February 23, 2008 15:14 - 25 minutes - 5.77 MBEpisode13 "Magazine_Murder" and Episode14 "Movie Murder" (1946) 1945-1946 15 Minutes transcribed syndication (ZIV network), with crime stories complete in each episode. CAST: Larry Haines as Drew Stevens. New York players were in support. The shows were well written and, for the time period, quite well performed.
Space Patrol "The Immortal Brain" (5-30-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 23, 2008 02:55 - 28 minutes - 6.55 MBSpace Patrol - Space Adventure - Broadcast History : September 18th, 1950 - March 19th, 1955 ABC. 30m, Mondays and Fridays at 5:30pm - Cast : Ed Kemmer as Buzz Corry, Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy Virginia Hewitt as Carol Karlyle Ken Mayer as Maj. Robbie Robertson, Norman Jolley as Dr. Malingro, Nina Bara as Tonga, Bela Kovacs as Prince Baccarritti - Announcers : DIck Tufeld, Dick Wesson - Producer/Directors : Larry Robertson, Mike Moser - Writer : Lou Huston - Notes : Ran concurrently on TV an...
The Scarlet Pimpenel - Capture Tony Dewhurst (Ep28) 1952 - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 23, 2008 00:33 - 30 minutes - 7.01 MBThe Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the French Revolution. It was first produced as a record-breaking play in an adaptation by Julia Neilson and Fred Terry. The play first opened on 15 October 1903 at Nottinghamâs Theatre Royal; it was not a success. But Terry had confidence in the play and, with a re-written last act, he took it to London where at the New Theatre on 5 January 1905 it began a run of 122 performances and numerous re...
Murder At Midnight The Man Who Was Death (1946) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 22, 2008 21:07 - 26 minutes - 5.96 MBMurder At Midnight â 1946-1947 The Murder at Midnight series was a thirty-minute broadcast featuring tales of the supernatural. The actors included Mercedes McCambridge and Lawson Zerbe and the show was narrated using the spooky, creepy voice of Raymond Morgan and always opened using the same gripping signature; âthe witching hour, when night is darkest, our fears are the strongest, our strength at its lowest ebbâ Midnight! â when graves gape open and death strikes!â
The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "The Long Arm" (2-07-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 22, 2008 15:33 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBThe first portrayal of Phillip Marlowe on the radio was by Dick Powell, when he played Raymond Chandler's detective on the Lux Radio Theater on June 11, 1945. This was a radio adaptation of the 1944 movie, from RKO, in which Mr. Powell played the lead. Two years later, Van Heflin starred as Marlowe in a summer replacement series for the Bob Hope Show on NBC. This series ran for 13 shows. On September 26, 1948, Gerald Mohr became the third radio Marlowe, this time on CBS. It remained a CBS sh...
The Fat Man "Murder Seeks A Lost Penny" (1951) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 22, 2008 05:01 - 26 minutes - 6.16 MBThe Fat Man premiered on ABC on Monday, January 21, 1946, at 8:30pm, as part of a block of four new programs which also included "I Deal in Crime," "Forever Tops," and "Jimmy Gleason's Diner." "The Fat Man" originated in the studios of WJZ in New York and began as a modestly priced sustainer [no sponsor but the station] vaguely based upon character ideas in Dashiell Hammett's writings and fleshed out by producer, E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg. The announcer was Charles Irving. The directors for t...
The Weird Circle "The Werewolf" (1945) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 22, 2008 01:59 - 29 minutes - 6.72 MBTHE WEIRD CIRCLE was a syndicated series that was heard on Mutual stations November, 1943 through October, 1947 and very briefly in September/October of 1947 on ABC. The show presented 30 minute tales of horror, frequently inspired by classic horror or ghost stories, frequently done by French authors. It opened with the sound of the surf and the chant-like opening, "In this cave by the restless sea, we are met to call from out of past, stories strange and weird. Bell keeper, toll the bell, s...
The Adventures Of Frank Merriwelll "The Riddle Of The Wrong Answers" (10-05-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 21, 2008 20:31 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBFrank Merriwell, the much-loved fictional hero of Street and Smith's Tip Top Weekly, was first introduced to readers on April 18, 1896. Merriwell was the creation of writer Burt L. Standish (real name: Gilbert Patten), and embodied a new type of dime novel hero, one who relied as much upon mental as physical prowess. The Yale-educated Merriwell possessed "a body like Tarzan's and a head like Einstein's," wrote one admiring writer, and thus represented "the perfect union of brain and brawn." F...
Inspector Thorne Homicide Bureau "The Fabulous Divorce Payoff" (7-20-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 21, 2008 15:20 - 28 minutes - 6.62 MBINSPECTOR THORNE - Was another radio detective from the pen of Frank and Ann Hummert. The series was short-lived and also had two stars portraying the lead. The first was Karl Weber and the second was Staats Cotsworth. By the 1940's, Frank and Ann Hummert controlled four and a half hours of national weekday broadcast schedules. Their features reportedly spawned more that 5 million pieces of correspondence annually from steadfast fans. Simultaneously they brought in more than half of the nati...
The Blue Beetle "Finesse In Diamonds" (7-17-40) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 21, 2008 04:30 - 25 minutes - 5.78 MBThe Blue Beetle had a relatively short career on the radio, between May and September of 1940. Motion picture and radio actor Frank Lovejoy was the Blue Beetle for the first 13 episodes, while for the rest of the shows, the voice was provided by a different, uncredited actor. The Blue Beetle was a young police officer who saw the need for extra-ordinary crime fighting. He took the task on himself by secretly donning a superhero costume to create fear in the criminals who were to learn to fear...
The Life Of Riley "Traffic Court" (10-13-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 21, 2008 00:44 - 28 minutes - 6.6 MBThe Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s. The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in the ...
Hollywood Star Playhouse "A Question Of Time" (9-18-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 20, 2008 21:27 - 30 minutes - 6.99 MBThe Hollywod Star Playhouse was a CBS presentation sponsored by Bromo Seltzer and aired on Mondays 8:00PM to 8:30PM. The host/narrator was Herb Rawlinson, the announcer was Norman Brokenshire, director Jack Johnstone and the Orchestra Jeff Alexander. The show was well written and many greats appeared during itâs run. James Stewart, Deborah Kerr, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson and Harry Bartell, among others.
The Falcon "Lonely Hunter" (7-31-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 20, 2008 15:46 - 27 minutes - 6.35 MBThe Adventures of Falcon (espionage adventure, starring Charles McGraw) (Syndicated, 1954) This hard boiled spy drama began as an RKO Radio Pictures theatrical serial in the 1940s, went on radio in 1945, and then came to TV ten years later in this Syndicated series produced for distribution by NBC Films; Charles McGraw had been in many motion pictures before and after including "The Killers", "Spartacus" and "Cimarron"; in this series he played the title role of a man whose real name was supp...
Jeff Regan Investigator "Lady With The Golden Hair" (7-31-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 20, 2008 05:15 - 31 minutes - 7.13 MBJeff Regan, Investigator was one of the three detective shows Jack Webb did before Dragnet (see also Pat Novak For Hire and Johnny Modero: Pier 23). It debuted on CBS in July 1948. Webb played JEFF REGAN, a tough private eye working in a Los Angeles investigation firm run by Anthony J. Lyon. Regan introduced himself on each show "I get ten a day and expenses...they call me the Lyon's Eye." The show was fairly well-plotted, Webb's voice was great, and the supporting cast were skillful. Regan h...
Adventures Of The Scarlet Queen "Fat Trader & The Sword" (10-02-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 20, 2008 00:22 - 29 minutes - 6.74 MBVoyage of the Scarlet Queen was a radio adventure on the high seas, airing on Mutual from 3 July 1947 to 14 February 1948. James Burton produced the scripts by Gil Doud and Robert Tallman. Elliott Lewis starred as Philip Carney, master of the ketch Scarlet Queen, with Ed Max as Mr. Gallagher. With a gambit later used by Star Trek, the opening was an entry from the ship's log: "Log entry, the ketch Scarlet Queen, Philip Carney, master. Position -- three degrees, seven minutes north, 104 degre...
Dimension X "The Man In The Moon" (7-14-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 19, 2008 20:49 - 30 minutes - 6.91 MBDimension X was first heard on NBC April 8, 1950, and ran until September 29, 1951. Strange that so little good science fiction came out of radio; they seem ideally compatible, both relying heavily on imagination. Some fine isolated science fiction stories were developed on the great anthology shows, Suspense and Escape. But until the premiere of Dimension X -- a full two decades after network radio was established -- there were no major science fiction series of broad appeal to adults. This ...
The Casebook Of Gregory Hood "The Beeswax Candle" (6-24-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 19, 2008 14:28 - 29 minutes - 6.74 MBThe Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon in the title role, took over where Sherlock Holmes had left off. Sponsored by Petri wine, it used the same "weekly visit" format and the same team of Anthony Boucher and Dennis Green that had written The New Adventured of Sherlock Holmes. Gregory Hood was modelled after true-life San Francisco importer Richard Gump, and many of the stories revolve around a mystery surrounding some particular imported treasure. Hood's sidekick Sanderson "Sandy...
21st Precinct "The Murdered Twins" (7-28-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 19, 2008 04:58 - 28 minutes - 6.49 MB21ST PRECINCT was one of the realistic police drama series of the early- to mid-1950's that were aired in the wake of DRAGNET. Hard-boiled private detective series that often portrayed police as inept or incompetent were losing favor. NBC's DRAGNET had proven that a realistic police show could attract and hold an audience. NOTE: The official title of the series according to the series scripts and the CBS series promotional materials was 21ST PRECINCT and not Twenty First Precinct or Twent...
Richard Diamond Private Detective "Julia Bate's Haunted House" (12-10-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 19, 2008 00:49 - 29 minutes - 6.7 MBRichard Diamond, Private Detective was a radio show starring Dick Powell which aired from 1949 to 1953, first on NBC, then ABC and finally on CBS. The title character was a rather light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen. The television series was produced by Powell's company, Four Star Television, and that series ran for 3 years from 1957 to 1960. On TV, David Janssen played the hard boiled private eye and his secretary renamed âSamâ, was only eve...
The Man Called X "Silver Scarab" (6-19-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 18, 2008 20:17 - 26 minutes - 6 MBThe Man Called X was an espionage radio drama which aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944 to May 20, 1952. Sponsored by Frigidaire and later General Motors, this spy series starred Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, Intelligence Agent. Marshall, British by birth, starred in films with many of the greatest, especially Detreich in Blonde Venus, Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen, Vincent Price in The Fly, and a great cast in The Razor's Edge, where he portrayed W. Somerset Maugham.The Gordon Jenk...
Screen Guild Theater "High Sierra" (4-17-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 18, 2008 16:15 - 30 minutes - 7.01 MBThe Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio that was heard from 1939 until 1952 with adaptations from films in programs starring top Hollywood actors of the time. The show had a long run, lasting for 14 seasons and 527 episodes. It ran on CBS from January 8, 1939 until June 28, 1948, continuing on NBC from October 7, 1948 until June 29, 1950. It was broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1950 to May 31, 1951 and returned to CBS on March 13, 1952. I...
Mr & Mrs North "Picnic (12-30-42)" - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three
February 18, 2008 03:49 - 32 minutes - 7.33 MBMr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Publisher Jerry North and his wife Pam lived in Greenwich Village at 24 St. Anne's Flat. They were not professional detectives but simply an ordinary couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week for 12 years. The radio program eventually reached nearly 20 million listeners.
The Shadow "Power Of The Mind" (4-24-38) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two
February 18, 2008 00:19 - 29 minutes - 6.64 MBIn September of 1939, a new voice of the Shadow appeared in the form of radio actor Bill Johnstone. Later in 1939, Agnes Moorehead left the show and was replaced by Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane. The plot lines began to follow the standard formula of Margo Lane being in danger and the Shadow rescuing her from the clutches of evil. Bill Johnstone would be the voice of the Shadow for five seasons, until March 1943. Bret Morrison took over the Shadow role in 1943 for one season. John Archer an...
Black Museum "Straight Razor" (1952) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 17, 2008 22:08 - 27 minutes - 6.37 MBOpening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer, a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. The idea of a crime museum was conceived by Inspector Neame who had already collected together a number of items, with the intention of giving police officers practical instruction on how to detect and prevent burglary. It is th...
Adventures Of Superman "Mayan Treasure" (6 Parts) COMPLETE-1940 - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee
February 17, 2008 16:37 - 1 hour - 15.8 MBAdventures of Superman â 1938-1951 This juvenile adventure series was first broadcast on Mutual in 1940 with Clayton (Bud) Collyer starring as Superman/Clark Kent. It first began as a fifteen-minute show but later, in 1949, it moved to ABC as a thirty-minute Saturday show with Michael Fitzmaurice as Superman. At the end of its thirteen-year run it had totalled over 1600 episodes. The opening for the show was one of radioâs best, setting the stage for those flights into fantasy with a cascade...
Murder On The Homefront "Love At First Sight" (1950) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
February 17, 2008 04:37 - 59 minutes - 13.6 MBMURDER ON THE HOMEFRONT: There were three main BBC Radio stations broadcasting in Britain in the 1950s. The most widely listened-to service, the "Light Programme", brought us popular music as well as mainstream light entertainment in the form of variety shows, comedy, and drama. The "Home Service", general entertainment programmes, was the main channel for news, features, and drama. The "Third Programme" meanwhile was unashamedly highbrow in character , its output consisted of classical musi...
Theater Guild On The Air "Escape" (4-27-47) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
February 17, 2008 01:03 - 57 minutes - 13.2 MBThe theatrical society in U.S.A. is termed as Theatre Guild. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shawâs Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays. It also produced successful plays by Eugene OâNeill, Maxwell Anderson,...
Crime & Peter Chambers "Double Feature" (8-03-54) and (11-05-54) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 16, 2008 22:54 - 48 minutes - 11.1 MBThis program was born from a detective book series and inspired by author Henry Kane who became the director and producer for the radio show. The series only ran five months, 30 minutes each episode, from April 6, 1954 to September 7, 1954. Peter Chambers was played by Dane Clark who also appeared on the Suspense radio shows. Chambers acted the role of a playboy detective with an eye for solving crime and a taste for the women. Bill Zuckert, who went on to guest star in many 1970s shows incl...
The CBS Radio Workshop "Green Hills Of Earth" (7-21-57) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
February 16, 2008 16:11 - 23 minutes - 5.29 MBThe CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956 through September 22, 1957 and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. Creator William Froug launched the series with this powerhouse two-part adaptation of "Brave New World" and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. "Weâll never get a sponsor anyway," CBS vice president Howard Barnes explained to Time, "so we might as well try anything." The CBS Workshop regularly featured the works of ...
Bold Venture "Ghost Ship" (1951) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 16, 2008 04:47 - 27 minutes - 6.26 MBThe Hollywood husband and wife team of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall set sail for adventure in the Bold Venture radio series in early 1951. There were well over 400 stations that aired the program. Since thiswas syndicated * the starting date varied from station to station but Mar 26, 1951 was the official date of the first show. Humphrey Bogart portrayed Slate Shannon, owner of a rundown Havana hotel, Shannon's Place. The action took place on land as well aboard Slate's boat, The Bold Ve...
Dark Fantasy "The Thing From the Sea" (Episode3-1941) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 16, 2008 01:16 - 23 minutes - 5.46 MBDark Fantasy was an series dedicated to dealings with the unknown. Originating from radio station WKY, Oklahoma City, it was written by Scott Bishop (of Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book fame) and was heard Fridays over stations. Keith Paynton served as announcer. The shows covered horror, science fiction and murder mysteries. Although a short series, the shows are excellent with some stories way ahead of their time.
The Haunting Hour "If The Shoe Fits" (10-25-74) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 15, 2008 20:58 - 25 minutes - 5.84 MBTHE HAUNTING HOUR: The shows are classic chills from the old school, with creepy organ, overwrought women and over the top men. Perhaps not the highest of melodrama, but obsessively workmanlike. After all, they might have known they were a skeleton staff toiling relentlessly without a ghost of a chance of fame. Thanks to transcription, these unknowns are still with us. John Dunning, succinctly states in "On the Air, The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio," "There were no credits, so casts and pro...