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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Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "Grave Diggers Spade" (2-17-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 18, 2008 15:30 - 30 minutes - 6.89 MBYours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a freelance insurance investigator "with the action-packed expense account." The show aired on CBS Radio from February 11, 1949 to September 30, 1962. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and over 720 still exist today. As originally conceived, Johnny Dollar was a smart, tough, wisecracking detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters and bellhops. Dick Powell starred in the audition show, recorded in 1948, but withdrew from the ...
David Harding Counterspy "Crystalline Double Cross" (5-04-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 18, 2008 05:33 - 28 minutes - 6.53 MBCounterspy was an espionage drama radio series that aired on ABC and Mutual from May 18, 1942 to November 29, 1957. David Harding (Don MacLaughlin) was the chief of the United States Counterspies, a unit engaged during World War II in counterespionage against Japan's Black Dragon and Germany's Gestapo. With spies still lurking in the post-war years, the adventures continued apace well after World War II ended.
2000 Plus "The Robot Killer" (1952) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 17, 2008 23:02 - 27 minutes - 6.27 MB2000 AD (2000 Plus) is known as the first of the network science fiction shows, although it ran on Mutual just a month prior to the introduction of the landmark series, Dimension X. It was a half hour of science fiction wonder in an exciting package. The stories have a charm that is always present in science fiction of the future that is written in the past. "When The Worlds Met" takes place "at the giant space port in Washington, temporary capitol of the federated world government as in Apr...
The Clitheroe Kid "Clitheroe & The Hound Dog" (2-09-59) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 17, 2008 13:30 - 30 minutes - 7.04 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...
Casey Crime Photographer "Mysterious Lodger" (3-07-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 17, 2008 04:34 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBThe adventures of Casey, crack photographer for The Morning Express, were told in this series, which moved to television after a highly successful run on radio in the 1940âs. Casey hung out at the Blue Note CafÃ, where the music was provided by the Tony Mottola Trio, and was friendly with Ethelbert, the bartender, to whom he recounted his various exploits. Richard Carlyle and John Gibson portrayed the roles when the series premiered in April, 1951, but by June they were replaced by Darren McG...
The Burns & Allen Show "Taking In A Veteran" (1-03-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 17, 2008 00:27 - 30 minutes - 6.91 MBThe shows had names after the sponsors, such as Maxwell House Coffee Time, or The Ammident Show - it was the Burns and Allen show to the public. Other fine radio actors were a part of the fun. Mel Blanc did the happy postman, and was also famous for his zany characters on The Jack Benny Show, and his own Mel Blanc Show. Elliott Lewis, a veteran of many radio dramas, played many of the bit parts on the Burns and Allen shows of the 40s. Burns & Allen were touring England in 1929 when they made ...
Buck Rogers - "The Mechanical Mole" (Parts 4-5-6-7) 1939 - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 16, 2008 13:32 - 41 minutes - 9.4 MBBuck Rogers In The 25th Century - The Mechanical Mole (Parts 4-5-6-7) 1939 In 1987 NASA launches a manned probe on a 5 month trip around the solar system. The probe's pilot is Captain William "Buck" Rogers. Something goes awry causing the ships life support systems to freeze Buck in a cryogenic suspension. The malfunction sends Ranger 3 in a deep space orbit that will return the disable spacecraft to Earth in the year 2491. Buck awakens from his deep cryogenic sleep to find himself 500 years...
Lights Out "The Word" (9-14-43) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 16, 2008 05:18 - 26 minutes - 6.02 MBLights Out was an American old-time radio program featuring "tales of the supernatural and the supernormal." It was immensely popular, and was one of the first horror programs, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. In its heydey, Lights Out rivalled the popularity of those shows. Lights Out ran through several series and networks, from January 1, 1934 to August 6, 1947. The principal sponsor was Ironized Yeast. Most episodes were broadcast at midnight. Lights Out then made the transition to t...
The Man From Homicide "Ice Pick Murder" (9-16-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 15, 2008 23:39 - 29 minutes - 6.65 MBTHE MAN FROM HOMICIDE THIS EPISODE: Ice Pick Murder from The Man From Homicide aired September 16, 1950 starring Charles McGraw as Lieutenant Dana, one tough cop! A dead man has been found in a ditch, killed by an ice pick. Then, Harold Winthrop is killed by a gun. The corpse wore silk socks. What happens Next?
Diary Of Fate "Craig Norton" (4-20-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 15, 2008 14:43 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBDiary of Fate is a mystery and horror program where âFateâ narrates and always wins by the end of the story. These are great suspense filled stories about average people who are subject to the mysteries of their âFateâ. In This episode, March 16, 1948. Program #14. Finley syndication. "Joe Mattock". Commercials added locally. Book 63, page 397. A truck driver and his beautiful hitch-hiker commit murder to get their hands on $100,000, kept in a little black bag. The date is subject to correcti...
Buck Rogers "The Mechanical Mole" (Parts 1-2-3) 1939 - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 15, 2008 07:16 - 31 minutes - 7.23 MBSHOW ONE OF TWO In 1987 NASA launches a manned probe on a 5 month trip around the solar system. The probe's pilot is Captain William "Buck" Rogers. Something goes awry causing the ships life support systems to freeze Buck in a cryogenic suspension. The malfunction sends Ranger 3 in a deep space orbit that will return the disable spacecraft to Earth in the year 2491. Buck awakens from his deep cryogenic sleep to find himself 500 years in the future. Earth is still recovering from the aftermat...
Mr. District Attorney "Motorcycle Club Killer" (1949) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 15, 2008 05:08 - 27 minutes - 6.26 MBMr. District Attorney was a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 (and in transcribed syndication through 1953). The series focused on a crusading D.A., known throughout the series only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. Created, written, and directed by former law student Ed Byron, the series was inspired by the early years of New York governor Thomas E. Dewey. It was Dewey's public war against...
The Milton Berle Show "SaluteTo Politics" (3-16-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 14, 2008 22:37 - 28 minutes - 6.58 MBThese shows were pitched at an aggressive level, anything-for-a-laugh, which perfectly suited Berle's comic style and profile. This also tended to make his programs very visual. Slapstick routines, outrageous costumes (Berle often appeared in drag), and various ludicrous skits became trademarks of his television humor. Audiences across the country wanted to see what Berle would do next, and he quite obviously thrived on this anticipation. From his malaprop greetings (e.g., "Hello, ladies and ...
Your Are There "The Alamo" (1-25-48) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three
January 14, 2008 09:43 - 28 minutes - 6.59 MBYOU ARE THERE November 1939 to May 1940, CBS Blue Network Dramatic historical recreation Imagine if CBS radio news existed when the Bastille was stormed in 1789, or if radio reporters were stationed in Ford Theater as Lincoln was assassinated, or again at the Battle of Gettysburg? Indeed, such was the premise behind the CBS series, You Are There. Audiences witnessed history through the present-tense accounts of newsmen allegedly witnessing historical events transpiring before their eyes. D...
The Lux Radio Theater "Secret Of The Incas" (12-14-54) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two
January 14, 2008 05:29 - 49 minutes - 11.4 MBIn October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enj...
The Mysterious Traveler "The Big Brain" (3-14-50) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One
January 13, 2008 15:14 - 30 minutes - 6.93 MBWritten 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. This is the Mysterious T...
Let George Do It "Tunnel Under The River" (5-03-48) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
January 13, 2008 05:27 - 30 minutes - 7 MBLET GEORGE DO IT Detective Drama (1946 - 54) Bob Bailey played George Valentine as a detective handy man, who got his jobs from responses to a newspaper ad. Part-time detective and writer Dan Holiday in Box 13 also used the premise. It pays to advertise! The shows follow the usual formats of crime caper shows, with toughs, mysterious rendezvous and people who aren't who they say they are. Network was Mutual, Sponsor was Standard Oil. STARS: Bob Bailey, Eddie Firestone Jr., Francis Robinson,...
Hollywood Radio Theater (Lux) "Appointment With Danger" (10-19-53) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
January 13, 2008 00:11 - 56 minutes - 12.8 MBHollywood Radio Theater (Lux), one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network, 1934-1935; CBS 1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage and then (and especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations and became the standard by which future radio and early television anthologies would be judged. Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Monday evening from June 1, 1936 until January 22, 1945. Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of ...
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Tenth Life" (2-02-77) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
January 12, 2008 16:10 - 46 minutes - 10.7 MBThe CBS Radio Mystery Theater was an ambitious effort by veteran radio producer Himan Brown to revive interest in American radio drama. Every night from 1974 to 1982, host E. G. Marshall (later Tammy Grimes) ushered listeners through a creaking door -- similar to the one Brown used on Inner Sanctum decades earlier -- for an hour of âthe fear you can hear.â Brown produced nearly 200 new episodes of Mystery Theater every year, using both original scripts and adaptations of classic stories by Ed...
Inner Sanctum "Deaths Little Brother" (8-29-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 12, 2008 03:52 - 24 minutes - 5.68 MBTaking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBCâs Blue Network in January 1941. Inner Sanctum Mysteries featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned and the famous âcreaking doorâ slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted of veteran radio actors, w...
21st Precinct "The Bartender" (7-21-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 11, 2008 23:07 - 29 minutes - 6.65 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 TWENTY...
The Falcon - "Case Of The King Of Clubs" (7-17-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 11, 2008 17:07 - 29 minutes - 6.74 MBTHE FALCON was the nom de guerre of a true man of mystery. He was either MICHAEL WARING, a shadowy figure who took on the underworld with the aid of his friend Sarge, avoiding the police because they tended to blame him for their unsolved crimes, created by Drexel Drake in 1936 and originally appearing in a series of novels and at least one short story. Or he was GAY STANHOPE FALCON, a sort of freelance adventurer and troubleshooter, definitely on the hardboiled side,.created by Michael Arlen...
Exploring Tomorrow "How Big Is A Man" (2-12-58) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 11, 2008 05:53 - 18 minutes - 4.29 MBEXPLORING TOMORROW Starting as a replacement show for Gangbusters and Counterspy, the series premiered December 11, 1957 and it ran until June 13, 1958. Quoting from Astounding Magazine, "Exploring Tomorrow is the first science fiction radio show of science-fictioneers, by science- fictioneers, and for science-fictioneers" The shows were narrated by the editor of Astounding Magazine, John W. Campbell, Jr., with scripts written by Gordon Dickson, Robert Silverberg and many other notable scienc...
The Damon Runyon Theater "The Brain Goes Home" (4-03-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 11, 2008 00:18 - 27 minutes - 6.25 MBHe was born Alfred Damon Runyan in Manhattan, Kansas, and grew up in Pueblo, Colorado, where Runyon Field and Runyon Lake are named after him. He was a third-generation newspaperman, and started in the trade under his father in Pueblo. He worked for various newspapers in the Rocky Mountain area; at one of those, the spelling of his last name was changed from "Runyan" to "Runyon", a change he let stand. After a notable failure in trying to organize a Colorado minor baseball league, Runyon move...
Matinee Theater "Till We Meet Again" (3-25-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 10, 2008 15:58 - 28 minutes - 6.57 MBThis show represented a serious attempt by CBS to provide quality dramatic programming for its Sunday afternoon listeners. A continuation of the series "Dangerously Yours," it was renamed "Matinee Theater" with a view towards presenting "a greater range of stories." That broader scope was able to accommodate such episodes as "Beautiful Dreamer" (the Stephen Foster story) and "The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning." Victor Jory and several different female stars paired to bri...
It's Higgins Sir "Mrs Roberts Has A Car Accident" (7-17-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 10, 2008 05:03 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBIT'S HIGGINS SIR First Show: July 3, 1951 Last Show: September 25, 1951 The Roberts, a normal, middle income American family inherit a silver tea set from distant relative in England. The tea set is accompanied by it's caretaker, Higgins, their new butler. Normal family situations are punctuated by Higgin's smart aleck comments and his general disdain for otrt things American and all things common. The show was a Summer Replacement Series for The Bob Hope Show. CAST: Starring: Harry McNaugh...
The Amos & Andy Show "Andy The Fugitive" (5-26-44)- Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 09, 2008 23:21 - 26 minutes - 6.03 MBAmos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown).
The Hall Of Fantasy "Crawling Thing" (5-18-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 09, 2008 15:37 - 23 minutes - 5.47 MBThere were four series under the HALL OF FANTASY banner, all produced by Richard Thorne. The first HALL OF FANTASY originated from radio station KALL in Salt Lake City, Utah. Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson were announcers for the station and produced the rather barebones shows, possibly late in 1946 and into 1947. The series consisted of 26 shows. Broadcast dates for the shows are not known. The shows were written or adapted by Robert Olson and directed by Mr. Thorne. Most were classic murd...
Mr. Moto "Project 77 (7-01-51)" Episode7 - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 09, 2008 05:44 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBMr. Moto is small in stature but strong and an expert in judo. He was the title character of a series of books, beginning with No Hero (1935; British title: Mr Moto Takes a Hand, reprint title: Your Turn, Mr. Moto), and of eight films between 1937 and 1939, in which he was portrayed by Peter Lorre. With the beginning of World War II, Mr. Moto fell out of favor with Americans, and no new books or movies about him appeared between 1942 and 1957. A dedicated and cold-blooded spy for Imperial Jap...
Arch Oboler's Plays "African Story" (11-28-64) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 09, 2008 00:33 - 23 minutes - 5.28 MBArch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Ka...
Ellery Queen "Message In Red" (11-04-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 08, 2008 15:51 - 30 minutes - 6.95 MBTuska cited Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) and Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) as the best of the Bellamy-Lindsay pairings. "The influence of The Thin Man series was apparent in reverse", Tuska noted about Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery. "Ellery and Nikki are unmarried but obviously in love with each other. Probably the biggest mystery... is how Ellery ever gets a book written. Not only is Nikki attractive and perfectly willing to show off her figure", Tuska wrote, "but she a...
The Fred Allen Show "Guest Frank Sinatra" (10-21-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 08, 2008 05:59 - 49 minutes - 11.4 MBFred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan on May 31, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died March 17, 1956 in New York City) was an American comedian whose absurdist, pointed radio show (1934â1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the so-called classic era of American radio. His best-remembered gag may be his long-running mock feud with friend and fellow comedian Jack Benny, but Allen didn't need it to make or secure his own reputation. He was one of the most ac...
Space Patrol "The Electronic Burglar" (11-19-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 08, 2008 01:18 - 28 minutes - 6.52 MBSpace Patrol debuted on March 9, 1950 as a fifteen minute show on KECA-TV in Los Angeles, a little over 6 months before the Tom Corbett series began. The first half hour Saturday show began on December 30, 1950 and lasted until February 26, 1955. The fifteen minute shows were kinescoped for broadcast outside of the Los Angles area within a week or two of the California broadcast. In June of 1952 the Saturday shows were broadcast live from coast to coast and the daily 15 minute shows continued...
Nightfall -The Body Snatchers (8-29-80) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 07, 2008 17:09 - 26 minutes - 6.07 MBNightfall is the title of a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio ( Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. D...
The Haunting Hour "The Old Old Men" (Ep.03 - 1944) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three
January 07, 2008 06:00 - 25 minutes - 5.81 MBThe 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 production crews are u...
The Ford Theater "Arrowsmith" (6-27-48) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two
January 07, 2008 02:04 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBThe FORD THEATER, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, presented hour long dramas first on NBC for one only season. The series moved to CBS for its second and last season. There were 39 NBC and 39 CBS hour- long shows (not verified). The show initially received an unfavorable review from the New York Times for poor script adaptation but was still highly rated for the actors' performance and overall production. The show was supposed to feature only original scripts but had to forgo that plan d...
The Lux Radio Theater "Blood & Sand" (10-20-41) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One
January 06, 2008 15:41 - 59 minutes - 13.6 MBIn October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enj...
Murder At Midnight "Nightmare" (8-03-46) - Boxcars711 Safurday Matinee Three
January 06, 2008 06:04 - 26 minutes - 6.09 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 THIS EPISODE: August 3,...
CBS Radio Mystery Theater "In The Dark" (1-08-81) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
January 06, 2008 00:42 - 45 minutes - 10.5 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, i...
Academy Award Theater "The White Cliffs Of Dover" (9-18-46) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
January 05, 2008 18:18 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBTHIS EPISODE: The White Cliffs of Dover is one of those overlong MGM wartime films that everyone seems to have seen a part of, but no one can remember the film as a sum total. Based on a poem by Alice Duer Miller, the story chronicles the trials and tribulations of one courageous woman through two world wars. Irene Dunne plays an American girl who, in 1914, falls in love with titled Englishman Alan Marshal. At the end of World War 1 in 1918, it is painfully clear that Marshal will not be re...
Candy Matson "Egyptian Amulet" (10-23-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 05, 2008 06:00 - 29 minutes - 6.85 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-...
The Real McCoys "It's A Womans World" (12-05-57) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 05, 2008 00:18 - 21 minutes - 4.98 MBThe Real McCoys was a situation comedy that aired on the ABC network from 1957 through 1962. It aired for one more season on CBS before its end in 1963. The series revolved around the lives of a mountain family who originally hailed from West Virginia. The McCoys moved to California where they became dirt farmers. The family consisted of Grampa Amos McCoy, the head of the family played by Walter Brennan, his grandson Luke played by Richard Crenna, Luke's new bride Kate played by Kathleen Nola...
Leonidas Witherall "Square Nazi Jack Boot" (6-04-44) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 04, 2008 15:26 - 29 minutes - 6.8 MBAdventures of Leonidas Witherall was a radio mystery series broadcast on Mutual in the mid-1940s. Based on the novels of Phoebe Atwood Taylor (writing as Alice Tilton), the 30-minute dramas were produced by Roger Bower and starred Walter Hampden as Leonidas Witherall, a New England boys' school instructor in Dalton, Massachusetts, a fictional Boston suburb. Witherall, who resembled William Shakespeare, is an amateur detective and the accomplished author of the "popular Lieutenant Hazeltine st...
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes "Paradol Chamber" (5-21-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 04, 2008 04:25 - 26 minutes - 5.96 MB-Sherlock 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 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 so called â see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional de...
The Abbott & Costello Show "The Lawyer" (12-30-43) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 04, 2008 00:42 - 30 minutes - 7.04 MBAbbott and Costello William (Bud) Abbott and Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo) were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film and television made them one of the most popular teams in the history of comedy. Thanks to the endurance of their most popular and influential routine, "Who's on First?"---whose rapid-fire word play and comprehension confusion set the preponderant framework for most of their best-known routines---the team are also the only comedians known to have been ...
Box 13 "Better Man" (1-02-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 03, 2008 14:53 - 27 minutes - 6.33 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...
Suspense "The Lost Ship" (8-26-62) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 03, 2008 05:07 - 24 minutes - 5.63 MBSuspense was one of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio (aka old-time radio), and advertised itself as "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It was heard in one form or another from 1942 through 1962. There were approximately 945 episodes broadcast during its long run, over 900 of which are extant in mostly high-quality recordings. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors and director/producers. There were a few rules which were fo...
Bold Venture "A Bullet For Shannon" (1958) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 03, 2008 00:10 - 26 minutes - 6.05 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...
ABC Mystery Time "No One Will Ever Know" (1947) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 02, 2008 15:49 - 22 minutes - 5.08 MBABC Mystery Time was hosted by Don Dowd and starred Sir Laurence Olivier. Great special effects will grab your attention, accented by creepy organ rips. Stories are offered such as death gathered round a card table at a local chapter of The Suicide Club, or a man who desperately tries to hire a 24 hour bodyguard all the while trying to make himself the victim of a murder, and other baffling peculiar tales of yore. Also known as Mystery Time and Mystery Time Classics, this one is sure to excit...
Mystery In The Air "Queen Of Spades" (9-11-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 02, 2008 05:14 - 30 minutes - 6.91 MBMystery in the Air was a Summer series consisting of mystery / horror shows. The series was hosted by Peter Lorre who also played the title role in a few of the shows. The shows were well done and all entertaining! This collection is also included in the Peter Lorre Collection.