Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Price Of Fear "Speciality Of The House" (4-13-74)

Speciality Of The House (Aired April 13, 1974)


For the 1970’s late-night horror show, The Price of Fear, the BBC dramatized the most chilling stories they could find, drawing on talented new writers as well as the established master of terror who narrated tale, re-written as though Price actually experienced each chilling adventure himself. The show was enormously successful in the UK and abroad, and a number of series were made during 1973, 1975 and 1982.



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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Jack Benny Show "Charlie's Aunt" (4-25-48)

Charlie's Aunt (Aired April 25, 1948)


Benny was remarkable in many ways, but in none more than this: he built a character of every sour ingredient in life, but somehow his real personality trickled through and made it wonderful. Would a real miser act that way before 30 million people each week? The Benny of the air was a fraud, a myth, a creation. It should have surprised no one to learn — after years of toupee jokes that played so well into the vanity theme — that Benny never wore one. He overtipped in restaurants, gave away his time in countless benefit performances, and was lavish in his praise of almost everyone else.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Amos & Andy "Andy The Fugitive" (5-26-44)

Andy The Fugitive (Aired May 26, 1944)


Amos '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).



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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Space Patrol "The Space Shark" (12-06-52) Ep.0010

The Space Shark (Aired December 6, 1952) Episode-0010


Space 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 and Radio, with most of the same performers.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - ABC Mystery Time - [Masters Of Mystery] "Four Time Loser" (1957)

Four Time Loser (1957) *Exact Date Unknown


ABC 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 excite and mystify.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "Trans-Pacific Matter"(8-29-55)

Audition #1 and Audition #2 - (Trans-Pacific Matter) Aired August 29, 1955


Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a freelance insurance investigator that aired from February 11, 1949 to September 30, 1962 on CBS. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and over 720 still exist today. Charles Russell was the first to star as Johnny Dollar, the smart and tough detective who tossed silver dollar tips to bellhops. With the first three actors to play Johnny Dollar there was little to distinguish it from other detective series at the time (Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade).While always a friend of the police,Johnny wasn't necessarily a stickler for the strictest interpretation of the law. He was willing to let some things slide to satisfy his own sense of justice, as long as the interests of his employer were protected.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Easy Aces "3 Episodes 097-098-099"

Episode# 097 "Jane Hides A Movie Star" Episode# 098 "Jane Wants Joyce To Make Marge Jealous" and Episode# 099 "Joyce Tells Janes Plan To Marge And Neal" (1935 * Dates Are Unknown)


Easy Aces, a long-running American serial radio comedy (1930-1945), was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. A 15-minute program, airing as often as three times a week, Easy Aces wasn't quite the ratings smash that such concurrent 15-minute serial comedies as Amos 'n' Andy, The Goldbergs or Vic and Sade were. But its unobtrusive, conversational, and clever style, and the cheerful absurdism of its storylines, built a loyal enough audience of listeners and critics alike to keep it on the air for 15 years.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Diary Of Fate "Lloyd Mawson" (5-18-48)

Lloyd Mawson (Aired May 18, 1948)


The Diary of Fate is a mystery and horror program where Fate tells the tale and always wins by the end of the story. The show was syndicated, produced by Larry Finley and was similar to "The Whistler". Good scripting and presentation, Diary of Fate rates as Excellent.





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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - BigBand Serenade "Cab Calloway & Orchestra 1933-1953" (7-28-07) Ep110

Cab Calloway & Orchestra 1933-1953 (Aired July 28, 2007) Ep110


The music in this program is listed in order of play;


1) "Minnie The Moocher"
2) "Chinese Rhythm" 1934
3) "Father's Got His Glasses Off" Cab Calloway & His Orchestra w/ Edwin Swayze 1933
4) "Jes' Natch'ully Lazy" 1936
5) "Harlem Camp Meeting" Cab Calloway & His Orchestra w/ Harold White 1933
6) "Dawn Time" 1945
7) "Ogeechee River Lullaby" 1942
8) "Deep In A Dream" 1938
9) "Queen Isabel" 1937
10) "I'll Get By" Cab Calloway & 4 Belles 1953
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Inner Sanctum Mysteries "The Man from Yesterday" (12-21-41)

The Man from Yesterday (Aired December 21, 1941)


Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952. Created by Himan Brown, the anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense. The tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler. A total of 526 episodes are known to have been produced. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice. A spooky melodramatic organ score punctuated Raymond's many morbid jokes and playful puns. Raymond's closing was an elongated "Pleasant dreeeammsss?!" His tongue-in-cheek style and ghoulish relish of his own tales became the standard for many such horror narrators to follow, from fellow radio hosts like Ernest Chappell (on Cooper's later series, Quiet, Please) and Maurice Tarplin (on The Mysterious Traveler) to EC Comics' Crypt-Keeper in various incarnations of Tales from the Crypt. In interviews, EC publisher Bill Gaines stated that he based EC's three horror hosts not on Raymond but on Old Nancy, host of radio's earlier The Witch's Tale (1931-38).When Johnson left the series in 1946, he was replaced by Paul McGrath, who did not keep the "Raymond" name and was known only as "your host" or "Mr. Host." Beginning in 1945, Lipton Tea sponsored the series, pairing first Raymond and then McGrath with cheery commercial spokeswoman Mary Bennett, whose blithesome pitches for Lipton tea contrasted sharply with the macabre themes of the stories, and who primly chided the host for his trademark dark humor and creepy manner.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Let George Do It "Needle In A Haystack" (1-02-50)

Needle In A Haystack (January 2, 1950)


Let George Do It. January 2, 1950. Mutual-Don Lee net. "Needle In The Haystack". Sponsored by: Standard Oil, Chevron. Mr. Ferdinand Vase has had his most valuable possessions stolen...twelves roses! The roses were stolen in Pasadena, just before the Rose Bowl! George Valentine tries to nip a murder in the bud...a thorny problem! Ben Wright, Bob Bailey, Robert Griffin, Bud Hiestand (announcer), Clayton Post, David Victor (writer), Don Clark (director), Eddie Dunstedter (music), Jackson Gillis (writer), Stanley Farrar, Virginia Gregg, Wally Maher, William Conrad. 29:44.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Have Gun Will Travel "Landfall" (11-15-59)

Landfall (Aired November 15, 1959)


The show followed the adventures of Paladin, a gentleman turned gunfighter (played by Richard Boone on television, and by John Dehner on radio), who preferred to settle problems without violence, yet, when forced to fight, excelled. Paladin lived in the Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dressed in semi-formal wear, ate gourmet food, and attended opera. In fact, many who initially met him mistook him for a dandy from the East. When working, he dressed in black, used calling cards and wore a holster which carried characteristic chess knight emblems, and carried a derringer under his belt. The knight symbol is in reference to his name — possibly a nickname or working name — and his occupation as a champion-for-hire (see paladin). The theme song of the series refers to him as "a knight without armor." In addition, Paladin drew a parallel between his methods and the chess piece's movement: "It's a chess piece, the most versatile on the board. It can move in eight different directions, over obstacles, and it's always unexpected." Paladin was a former Army officer and a graduate of West Point. He was a polyglot, capable of speaking any foreign tongue required by the plot. He also had a thorough knowledge of ancient history and classical literature, and he exhibited a strong passion for legal principles and the rule of law.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Whitehall 1212 "The Murder Of Phillip Avery" (1-27-52)

The Murder Of Phillip Avery (Aired January 27, 1952)


WHITEHALL 1 2, 1 2 Tweaked Jan. 12, 2006 This series was very similar to the Black Museum that was hosted by Orson Welles. Both the Black Museum and Whitehall 1212 drew their material from the files of Scotland Yard. The stories were true in every respect except that the names were changed to protect the innocent, as they say. The Whitehall 1212 series boasted that for the first time Scotland Yard opened its files and the producers promised to bring to the public authentic true stories of some of the most celebrated cases. Permission for these records came from Sir Harold Scott, Commissioner of the yard at that time. There is actually a Black Museum. This area is located on the lower ground floor of Scotland Yard and it does indeed contain articles that are closely associated with the solving of a crime. And "Whitehall 1212" was the actual emergency phone number for the yard at the time. The research for the shows was done by Percy Hoskins, chief crime reporter for the London Daily Express. For the benefit of American audiences, Wyllis Cooper of Quiet Please fame was hired as script writer. Interestingly enough both the Black Museum and Whitehall 1212 had all-British casts; both ran concurrently. Whereby Mutual Broadcasting System aired the Orson Welles version, NBC offered the Wyllis Cooper one. There were 44 episodes in the series and all but one are in circulation. None of the prorgrams were titled and as they appeared on the scene, were given names by those who collected them. For that reason there are variations of titles, some with incorrect spellings; an attempt has been made to correct this. Some of the shows had "case numbers" and when they were announced, are noted below.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Cisco Kid "The Cayote Pup" (12-15-53)

The Cayote Pup (Aired December 15, 1953)


Broadcast constantly sometimes once a week sometimes 3 times a week By Mutual, between 1942 and 1956. Western Drama mainly for the young ones or maybe just the young at heart. I say the young at heart, because The Cisco Kid and his likeable but simple partner Pancho were a couple of lovable rogues and because there was usually a lovely senorita around in every episode who fell madly in love with Sisco, there may well have been an element of lady listeners included in the audience rating figures. Here they were, these two Mexican bandits, travelling from sunset to sunset (because that's where they always road off to at the end of each episode) robbing the rich, but I wouldn't say giving it to the poor. At least they did it in a kind and humorous way. It was more a question of the victim being relieved of the heavy burden of his or her riches, rather than having some of their prized possessions taken away from them. Half the fun in the series was listening to Pancho try to explain in his simple Mexican way that the sheriff's posse was hard on their heels and to quote him, "Ceesco, eef they catch up with us, perhaps they weel keel us."
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Screen Guild Theater "The Birth Of The Blues" (1-18-51)

The Birth Of The Blues (Aired January 18, 1951)


The Screen Guild Theater boasted some of the greatest all-star casts ever assembled for radio. Nearly every major film star lined up to perform in Screen Guild's half-hour movie adaptations because they knew it was for a good cause: All talent fees went to the Motion Picture Country House for aging and indigent film actors.




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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Campbell Playhouse "Dodsworth" (11-26-39)

Dodsworth (Aired November 26, 1939)


Samuel Dodsworth (Walter Huston) is an ambitious automobile designer, who builds his fortunes in Zenith. In addition to his success in the business world, he succeeds in winning the hand of Fran Voelker (Ruth Chatterton), a beautiful socialite. At the age of fifty, he sets out to do what he had always wanted - take a leisurely trip to Europe with his wife. His forty-one year old wife, however, is dissatisfied with married life and wants to live in Europe, not just visit. Passing up advancement in his company, Dodsworth leaves for Europe with Fran. Soon, both Sam and Fran are caught up in vastly different lifestyles. Fran falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites. Sam meets Edith Cortright (Mary Astor), a woman who is everything his wife is not: self-assured, self-confident, and able to take care of herself. As they follow their own pursuits, their marriage is strained to the breaking point. Both Sam and Fran are forced to choose between marriage and the new lifestyles they have pursued.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Creaking Door "Day Of Truce" (1949)

Day Of Truce (1949) *(Airing Date Is Unknown)


In 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 the year of the series' broadcast (though it was likely sometime in the 1950s, given the generally high audio quality of the available shows), or the total number of episodes, and only a handful of them are known by their broadcast order. The stories are thrillers in the Inner Sanctum vein, and generally thought of favorably by most fans of OTR.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Untouchables "The Empty Chair" (10-15-59)

The Empty Chair (Aired October 15, 1959)


This show was based on the life of real treasury dept. gangbuster Eliot Ness, who had in fact played an important part in stopping the power of the notorious Al Capone in 1931 Chicago. The Ness autobiography served as the basis of a two-part semidocumentary dramatization of the Capone affair, presented on a 1959 Desilu Playhouse. It was a huge hit that turned into a regular series the next fall. It followed Ness and his small band of incorruptible agents (called the "Untouchables" by a Chicago newspaper) as they battled the worst people in organized crime. (Ness had in real life disbanded the Untouchables after cracking the Capone case, and had nothing to do with most of the cases dramatized on TV.) The Untouchables went after hoods like Bugs Moran, in whose garage the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dad's Army "A Man Of Action" (3-16-76) Ep42

A Man Of Action (Aired March 16, 1976) Ep42


The unmistakable voice of Bud Flanagan singing 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?', a cod-Second World War propaganda singalong written especially for the show (by Jimmy Perry), introduced Dad's Army, the zenith of the British broad-comedy ensemble sitcom. Consistently good writing and a wonderful cast of old timers and newer talents combined to produce a whimsical period-piece that continues, justifiably, to be savoured and has now assumed a place in the 'hall of greats' pantheon, adored by new generations of the British public.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Theater Five "A Matter Of Pride" (4-12-65)

A Matter Of Pride (Aired April 12, 1965


Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The General Electric Theater "Cyrano De Bergerac" (9-17-53)

Cyrano De Bergerac (Aired September 17, 1953)


The first two seasons of General Electric Theater established the half-hour anthology format of adaptations of popular plays, short stories, novels, magazine fiction and motion pictures. "The Eye of the Beholder," for example, a Hitchcock-like telefilm thriller starring Richard Conte and Martha Vickers, dramatized an artist's relationship with his model from differing, sometimes disturbing psychological perspectives. The addition of Ronald Reagan as program host commencing the third season 26 September 1954 reflected GE's decision to pursue a campaign of continuous, consistent company voice advertising.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Mysterious Traveler "Vacation From Life" (9-7-47)

Vacation From Life (Aired September 7, 1947)


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: “This is the Mysterious Traveler, inviting you to join me on another journey into the strange and terrifying. I hope you will enjoy the trip, that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little. So settle back, get a good grip on your nerves and be comfortable -- if you can”!
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lux Radio Theatre "British Agent" (6-07-37)

British Agent (Aired June 7, 1937)


In 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 enjoyed a prosperous run until the curtain fell in 1956.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Green Valley Line "Episodes10 and 12" (1947)

The Green Valley Line - Episodes10 and 12 (1947) * Exact Date Unknown

The Green Valley Line is "the story of a back-country railroad in the early years of the 20th Century". Not much is known about the people or history of the Green Valley Line radio show. It was probably a single radio station production, since it doesn't even have credits. There's a real live quality to the show, since there's mis-reading of dialogue, and skewed inflections, but that's a great deal of the charm with this rarely-heard local show. It has simple, direct dialogue and almost no sound effects except for the great sounds of the trains and some random railroad office sounds such as typewriters and such.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - It's Higgins Sir "Mrs Roberts Has A Car Accident" (7-17-51)

Mrs Roberts Has A Car Accident (Aired July 17, 1951)

First Show: July 3, 1951
Last Show: September 25, 1951
Shows in our Library: 13(complete )
NBC Sustained

Starring: Harry McNaughton (as Higgins), Vinton Hayworth, Peggy Allenby, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley and Denise Alexander.Creator/Director: Paul Harrison Writers: Paul Harrison and Rick Vollick.

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.
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