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"The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1976

January 09, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutes - 17.1 MB

"The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1976 A small town news man tells the story of how an enigmatic stranger seduced the town's incorruptible officials with the false glitter of easy cash. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"Sorry Wrong Number" Lux Radio Theatre - January 0, 1950

January 09, 2023 14:00 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MB

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"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1976

January 08, 2023 14:00 - 49 minutes - 20 MB

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1976 In an attempt to free himself, a Nineteenth Century factory owner exploits his knowledge of history when he wakes up from a fight in Camelot and finds himself placed under arrest by none other than the legendary King Arthur. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"Dark Victory" Lux Radio Theatre - January 8, 1940

January 08, 2023 14:00 - 57 minutes - 22.9 MB

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"The Russian Passport" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1976

January 07, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 18.3 MB

"The Russian Passport" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1976 While traveling through Europe a young man meets an eccentric American. Chaos ensues when a scam goes awry and earns them a conviction in a Russian court and a one-way ticket to Siberia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Suspense "One Way Ride To Nowhere" January 6, 1944

January 06, 2023 14:54 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

Suspense "One Way Ride To Nowhere" January 6, 1944 A story about a dead body on a roller coaster, and a wrecked hold-up getaway car...which is all grist for a private eye's mill. + "Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen and prepare yourselves for the thrill of a lifetime. Only a dime for the fastest and the fanciest ride in the city! It's not a rollercoaster ladies and gentlemen, it's an experience! We give you the breathtaking Tunnel Of Love! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...

"Is He Living or Is He Dead?" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1976

January 06, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MB

"Is He Living or Is He Dead?" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1976 To increase the worth of their works a trio of artists plan the perfect con-- the catch is, someone has to die. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Suspense "Nothing Up My Sleeve" January 5, 1943

January 05, 2023 14:56 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Suspense "Nothing Up My Sleeve"  January 5, 1943 A suspenseful tale of robbery and missing money in a locked room. + Dorothy Dale is determined to find the $88,000 stolen from a bank where her fiancé Jerry Winton works to free him from the suspicion upon him. She knows that it is her employees nephew, Mr Rolse, an intelligent lawyer who set up the whole bank robbery but without finding the hot money she cannot prove a thing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...

"Tom Sawyer, Detective" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 5, 1976

January 05, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 18.3 MB

"Tom Sawyer, Detective" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 5, 1976 All grown up and a successful lawyer, Tom Sawyer is now faced with his most difficult case. He must get an acquittal for his Uncle Silas who has been charged with homicide. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"Alice Adams" Lux Radio Theatre - January 3, 1938

January 03, 2023 14:00 - 59 minutes - 24 MB

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Rocky Fortune "Football Fix" (February 2, 1954)

January 02, 2023 14:09 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Rocky Fortune "Football Fix" (February 2, 1954) Rocky is hired to protect a football player who won't take a bribe, but who does appear in two places at the same time. This is a network version of cat. #24624. It started one night at Arty’s pool palace. As Rocky heads towards the cue rack he sees a monster type guy moving towards him with his eyes full of things to say. Rocky put the cue away and when the guy as close enough he introduces himself as “Jerry Brady, and I got trouble”. Rocky r...

"Insight Into Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 2, 1976

January 02, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MB

"Insight Into Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 2, 1976 Flashbacks to the Sixteenth Century convince a lawyer that he was once witness to a murder. When he finds the killer living in the present, he vows to do two things: prove his client's innocence, and seek justice against the guilty for both crimes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"One of the Missing" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 1, 1976

January 01, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 15.1 MB

"One of the Missing" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 1, 1976 On a reconnaissance mission, a Union soldier and his friend were sent to enemy territory. A freak explosion leaves him injured and assaulted with images of his own wake. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Richard Diamond Private Detective "Thomas Jason Case" (December 31, 1949)

December 31, 2022 14:39 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

Richard Diamond Private Detective "Thomas Jason Case" (December 31, 1949) Thomas Jason, a retired stockbroker, is concerned that his stepdaughter is trying to kill him. When Mr. Jason is taken to an insane asylum, Diamond follows. After the drama, Dick Powell sings, "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby." Retired stockbroker Thomas Jason is worried that his adopted daughter Carol is trying to kill him for his money. In his will she is his only heir and he wants Richard Diamond to investigate...

December 31, 2016 "Swing Years & Beyond" - New Year's Eve Special

December 31, 2022 14:30 - 4 hours - 238 MB

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"Sagamore Cottage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 31, 1975

December 31, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 18.1 MB

"Sagamore Cottage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 31, 1975 A young couple find themselves hiding inside the walls of a witch's house when they stumble across her terrifying secret. That all the charming china dolls the old woman owned were actually people she had shrunk as she did with them! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Rocky Fortune "Prize Fighter Setup" (December 29, 1953)

December 29, 2022 14:50 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Rocky Fortune "Prize Fighter Setup" (December 29, 1953) Rocky is mistaken for "The Great Gondolfo," a prize fighter. Finding himself in the ring, Rocky's surprised to find that he's the winner! There's a good reason...and it's filled with poison! Gambler's want him to take the long count..."from here to eternity!" This is a network version of cat. #61853. Rocky is having a cup of coffee and minding his own business when two heavies come up to his table and make him an offer he can't refuse....

"The Memory Killers" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 29, 1975

December 29, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 18.4 MB

"The Memory Killers" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 29, 1975 In order for the company to survive, an advertising executive works hard to land a major account. However, he is haunted by ghosts from the past who revealed a disturbing tale-- that the head of their corporation is the same Nazi prison guard that tortured them to death. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"Anchors Aweigh" Lux Radio Theatre - December 29, 1947

December 29, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 13.5 MB

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Candy Matson "Nc9-8012" (December 27, 1949)

December 27, 2022 14:15 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Candy Matson "Nc9-8012" (December 27, 1949) Candy is referred to an insurance investigator who wants her to confirm his findings that a a fatal airplance crash was accidental, but Candy quickly becomes suspicious that something far more sinister occurred. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Candy Matson "Valley Of The Moon" (December 26, 1949)

December 26, 2022 14:10 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Candy Matson "Valley Of The Moon" (December 26, 1949) Candy solves a murder committed on a dude ranch. The title is subject to correction. + Christmas had Candy completely tuckered out and when she thought she would hibernate over New Year her good friend Rembrandt Watson suggested the perfect place to do just that, a dude ranch in a remote spot on the other side of Sonoma in the Valley of the Moon. He had a commission up there to take some pictures for a brochure and suggested that she dri...

"License to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 26, 1975

December 26, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 21.1 MB

"License to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 26, 1975 With the successful liberation of her husband from a sanitarium for the criminally insane, a wife professes her intentions are true. However, it soon becomes apparent that behind her so-called good deed lies a sinister scheme. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Merry Christmas by Bing Crosby (1943)

December 25, 2022 17:18 - 11 minutes - 7.77 MB

Merry Christmas by Bing Crosby (1943) by Bing Crosby; John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra; Franz Gruber; Max Terr's Mixed Chorus; Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters; Vic Schoen and His Orchestra; J. Fred Coots; Haven Gillespie Publication date 1943-09-29 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Christmas Carols (1942)

December 25, 2022 16:51 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Christmas Carols (1942) by The Lyn Murray Singers; Oakeley; Lyn Murray; Gruber; Mendelssohn; I. Watts; Handel; Ruth Carhart; Sears; Willis; Brooks; Redner; Ruth Carhart and Floyd Sherman Publication date 1942-07-25 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"The Wizard of Oz" Lux Radio Theatre - December 25, 1950

December 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 24.4 MB

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "A Contemporary Christmas Carol" (December 24, 1949)

December 24, 2022 14:37 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

Richard Diamond Private Detective "A Contemporary Christmas Carol" (December 24, 1949) The famous story by Charles Dickens, but done by Richard Diamond, the private detective and his friends. See cat. #24615 for the same script, broadcast two years later. Dick sings, "Mele Kalikimaka," after the story. + As the show was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1949, Richard Diamond and his fellow partners decided that it would be a good idea to act out the story of Ebenezer Scrooge's Christmas Carol with...

"A Christmas Carol" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 24, 1975

December 24, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 17.7 MB

"A Christmas Carol" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 24, 1975 E.G. Marshall spotlights as Scrooge in this dramatic retelling of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas radio show tale. A tightfisted old man is haunted by a trio of ghosts that reveal the wretchedness of his heart-- and his possible future should he refuse to repent his wicked ways. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"The Murder Market" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 23, 1975

December 23, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MB

"The Murder Market" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 23, 1975 Being engaged to a penny-pinching fiancee is tiresome and dull. The young lady is eager to accept a new and exciting career which unexpectedly leads to homicide! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Rocky Fortune "The Plot To Murder Santa Claus" (December 22, 1953)

December 22, 2022 14:47 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Rocky Fortune "The Plot To Murder Santa Claus" (December 22, 1953) This is the story of how Fortune got mixed up in a plot to murder Santa Claus. It all began when Rocky answered a Christmas ad for a department store for a young man as an auxiliary store detective for 2 weeks employment. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"Miracle on 34th Street" Lux Radio Theatre - December 22, 1947

December 22, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MB

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"The Image" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 22, 1975

December 22, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MB

"The Image" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 22, 1975 A self-absorbed author forces his will upon his wife and compatriots in an attempt to bolster his image. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

December 21, 2014 "The Swing Years & Beyond" - Holiday Edition

December 21, 2022 14:49 - 4 hours - 248 MB

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December 20, 2003 "The Swing Years & Beyond" – Holiday Edition

December 20, 2022 14:29 - 2 hours - 162 MB

December 20, 2003 "The Swing Years & Beyond" – Holiday Edition https://anchor.fm/waldina/subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

December 19, 2015 "Swing Years & Beyond"

December 19, 2022 14:16 - 5 hours - 176 MB

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Candy Matson "Jack Frost" (December 19, 1949)

December 19, 2022 14:07 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

Candy Matson "Jack Frost" (December 19, 1949) A "Santa's Helper" named Jack Frost has disappeared. This leads Candy to a Christmas murder. + Candy Matson ran in to a deal where she had a missing Santa Claus helper, Jack Frost. The Jack with the icicles was supposed to talk to the tiny tots at the Brownstone one of San Francisco’s larger and classier department stores. She’d gone down there that afternoon shopping and bumped in to an old friend Myra Fisher who was currently working at the st...

"The Corpse Wrote Shorthand" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 19, 1975

December 19, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MB

"The Corpse Wrote Shorthand" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 19, 1975 After serving a 5-year sentence for fraud, a bank accountant begins his own investigation to discover the real perpetrator of the crime for which he was convicted. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Marlene Dietrich (1939)

December 19, 2022 05:08 - 11 minutes - 12.9 MB

Marlene Dietrich (1939) by Marlene Dietrich; Cole Porter; Frank Loesser; Victor Young; Frederick Hollander --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

December 18, 2010 "The Swing Years & Beyond" - Holiday Edition

December 18, 2022 14:46 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

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Candy Matson "San Juan Batista" (December 18, 1950)

December 18, 2022 14:45 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Candy Matson "San Juan Batista" (December 18, 1950) Candy and Lieutenant Mallard visit the old Mission at San Juan Bautista. They find the friendly Father Paulino and a dead body too! + Tragedy in the sleepy little California mission town of San Juan Batista, but it wasn’t the first time, if you look around the sides of the mission you’ll see the place marked with the mass grave of 12,000 Indians who died in a smallpox epidemic years ago. San Juan has seen knifings too and other shootings. ...

"Fireball" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 18, 1975

December 18, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MB

"Fireball" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 18, 1975 When strange things start happening around the newly hired blacksmith, a military contractor's wife begins to suspect that he is the incarnation of the fire god, Vulcan. Her husband is inclined to believe her when he is suddenly crippled by a freak accident. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Richard Diamond Private Detective "The John Blackwell Case" (December 17, 1949)

December 17, 2022 14:35 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

Richard Diamond Private Detective "The John Blackwell Case" (December 17, 1949) A man tells Diamond that he's going to commit a murder. A little guy with a big gun is put out of commission by Diamond's yo-yo! Dick sings, "I Only Have Eyes For You" after the story. A man with initials on his briefcase that read JB but who says his name is not important wants to employ Richard Diamond as he has come highly recommended. JB tells Diamond that he is going to commit a murder and that he has the v...

"The Eleventh Hour" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 17, 1975

December 17, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MB

"The Eleventh Hour" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 17, 1975 After reading an interesting personal ad in the local paper, a businessman tries to connect with the advertiser. When they finally meet, the woman reveals she is a creature from another galaxy that can solve his problems for the sum of one million dollars. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Rocky Fortune "Companion To A Chimp" (December 15, 1953)

December 15, 2022 14:08 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Rocky Fortune "Companion To A Chimp" (December 15, 1953) Rocky is hired to babysit for a chimp! "Ever had somebody try to make a monkey out of you? I did. Not that I really minded so much, until I found out that it was a dead monkey..." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"Burn, Witch, Burn" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 15, 1975

December 15, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MB

"Burn, Witch, Burn" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 15, 1975 A woman is sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft. However, Judge Cotton Mather, a notorious Puritan attempts to save the woman's soul by inviting an Episcopalian minister perform an exorcism on her. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

December 12, 2015 "Swing Years & Beyond" – Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday Special

December 12, 2022 14:12 - 5 hours - 283 MB

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"Marry for Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 12, 1975

December 12, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MB

"Marry for Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 12, 1975 Despite having different agendas, a pair of sisters engage the services of the same private detective to look into the affairs of the same man. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Continental Tango (1942)

December 11, 2022 17:03 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

Continental Tango (1942) by Marek Weber and his Orchestra; Shreler; Bottero; Yradier; DiLazzaro; Marek Weber and his Orchestra; Filiberto; Donato; Bloom; Gade; Malderen; Rodriguez Publication date 1942-01-30 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

"You Can Change Your Life" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 11, 1975

December 11, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MB

"You Can Change Your Life" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 11, 1975 A former game show contestant obsessively stalks the three women who served as judges during his stint as a participant in a media program. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message

Richard Diamond Private Detective "The House Of Mystery Case" (December 10, 1949)

December 10, 2022 14:32 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

Richard Diamond Private Detective "The House Of Mystery Case" (December 10, 1949) A dead man with a lousy sense of humor is haunting Mrs. Julia Bates, a new widow. Dick Powell sings, "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" after this well-done comic ghost story. Julia Bates wants Richard diamond to stay at her house tonight as she is afraid of the house she lives in. Her husband died three months ago and is buried in a crypt in the house. He was a strange man who believed in mysticism ...

"Stitch in Time" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 9, 1975

December 09, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MB

"Stitch in Time" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 9, 1975 Despite being estranged for over nine years, a billionaire welcomes his 19-year old niece into his home. His secretary is wary of the girl and her suspicions are soon proven right. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message