Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Weird Circle "A Terrible Night" (1945)

A Terrible Night (1945) *Exact Date Unknown


THE 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, so that all may know that we are gathered again in the Weird Circle".

THIS EPISODE:
The Weird Circle. 1945. Program #22. NBC syndication. "A Terrible Night". Commercials added locally. Two friends lost in the north woods seek shelter in the house of the strange "Joel." The date is approximate. Fitzjames O'Brien (author). 24:40.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Haunting Hour "If The Shoe Fits" (10-25-74)

If The Shoe Fits (Rebroadcast Date Is October 25, 1974



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 production crews are unknown."

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Frank Race "The Talking Bullet" (8-14-49)

The Talking Bullet (Aired August 14, 1949)


The Adventures of Frank Race was a syndicated show, out of Bruce Ells Productions in Hollywood, and began airing on radio in the spring of 1949. A total of 43 episodes were produced, broadcast first on the East coast 1949-50, and then on the West coast 1951-52. The title hero was described in the introduction by announcer Art Gilmore with these words: "Before the war, FRANK RACE worked as an attorney, but he traded his law books for the cloak-and-dagger of the OSS. When the war was over, his former life was over too....adventure became his business!" Starring "Chandu The Magician" Star Tom Collins.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Beyond Midnight "The Visits" (1950)

The Visits (1950) *Exact Date Is Unknown





Let us journey “into the land that lies beyond midnight,” into a world of ghost hunters, men going mad, and DEATH DEATH DEATH! Written by the masterful Michael McCabe, these well-done South African radio shows will capture your attention and keep you up listening to them well beyond midnight.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - This Is Your FBI "Shotgun Hadley" (4-20-45)

Shotgun Hadley (Aired April 20, 1945)


This Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired in the United States on ABC from April 6, 1945 to January 30, 1953. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover gave it his endorsement, calling it "the finest dramatic program on the air." Producer-director Jerry Devine was given access to FBI files by Hoover, and the resulting dramatizations of FBI cases were narrated by Frank Lovejoy (1945), Dean Carleton (1946-47) and William Woodson (1948-53). Stacy Harris had the lead role of Special Agent Jim Taylor. Others in the cast were William Conrad, Bea Benaderet and Jay C. Flippen.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio - The Screen Director's Playhouse "Shadow Of A Doubt" (11-09-50)

Shadow Of A Doubt (Aired 7-10-47)


From 01/09/49 to 09/28/51 this series was greatly enjoyed by the radio listening audience. It opened as NBC Theater and was also known as The Screen Director’s Guild and The Screen Director’s Assignment. But most people remember it simply as Screen Director’s Playhouse. Many of the Hollywood elite were heard recreating their screen roles over the radio. John Wayne in his rare radio appearances, Cary Grant, Edward G. Robinson, Lucille Ball, Claire Trevor, Tallulah Bankhead and many others were on the air week after week during these broadcasts. Many of Hollywood’s directors were also heard in the recreation of their movies. The President of the Screen Director’s Guild appeared on 02/13/49, and Violinist Isaac Stern supplied the music for the 04/19/51 broadcast.

THIS EPISODE:
Shadow Of A Doubt (An Alfred Hitchcock Thriller) (Stars: Carey Grant) - Uncle Charlie relies heavily on his relationship with his niece and name sake Charlie to make him appear like butter wouldn't melt. However, as soon as Niece Charlie puts two and two together and comes to realise the truth about her Uncle the close relationship between them deteriorates at a rapid pace. But, it is less the fact that niece Charlie realises what her uncle really is, but it is because she is growing into a woman that Charlie doesn't like. In becoming a woman niece Charlie now represents all that her uncle can't abide. And it is this misogynistic streak in Uncle Charlie that compels him to attempt to murder his niece, as opposed to what she knows of him.

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xcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lux Radio Theater "It's A Wonderful Life" (3-10-47)

Its A Wonderful Life (Aired Marfh 19, 1947)


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.

THIS EPISODE:
March 10, 1947. CBS net. "It's A Wonderful Life". Sponsored by: Lux Soap, Spry. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born. Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Johnstone, John McIntire, Leo Cleary, Edwin Maxwell, Janet Scott, Noreen Gammill, Cliff Clark, Norma Jean Nilsson, Edward Marr, Norman Field, Franklyn Parker, Ann Carter, Charles Seel, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Susan Blanchard (intermission guest), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Frank Capra (screenwriter), Philip Van Doren (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 1 hour.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Arch Oboler's Plays "African Story" (11-28-64)

African Story (Aired November 28, 1964)


Arch 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, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Nightfall "The Body Snatchers" (8-29-80)

The Body Snatchers (Aired August 29, 1980)


Nightfall 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. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories.

THIS EPISODE:
Nightfall. August 29, 1980. Program #9. CBC origination, NPR net, WPBH-FM, Middlefield, Conn. aircheck. "The Body Snatchers". Sustaining. A story of the acquisition of fresh cadavers for medical school. The WPBH-FM rebroadcast date is October 10, 1981. Neil Munro (narrator), Graham Haley, Robert Christie, Richard Donat, Sean Mulcahy (doubles), Wendy Thatcher, Michael Wincott, Bill Robinson (sound effects), Eric House, John Jessop (recording engineer), John Douglas (senior story editor), Nina Callaghan (production assistant), Bill Howell (producer, director), Robert Louis Stevenson (author), Frank W. McEnaney (adaptor), Henry Ramer (host). 29:54

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Wayside Theater "A Friend Of Gertrude" (5-14-39)

A Friend Of Gertrude (Aired May 14, 1939)


"WAYSIDE THEATRE" WBBM-LOCAL CHICAGO MOTOR CLUB Staff Stars: Olan Soule, Patricia Dunlap.

THIS EPISODE
"A FRIEND OF GERTRUDE'S" (05-14-39) 30:00 Minutes and staring Gail Henshaw, Bret Morrison, Leslie Woods, Herb Butterfield, Bill Bouchey. Gail Henshaw.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The CBS Radio Mystery Theater "In The Dark" (1-08-81)

In The Dark (Aired January 8, 1981)


The 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, including commercials. Typically, a week consisted of three to four new episodes, with the remainder of the week filled out with reruns. There were a total of 1399 original episodes broadcast. The total number of broadcasts, including reruns, was 2969. The late E.G. Marshall hosted the program every year but the final one, when actress Tammy Grimes took over. Each episode began with the ominous sound of a creaking door, slowly opening to invite listeners in for the evening's adventure. At the end of each show, the door would swing shut, with Marshall signing off, "Until next time, pleasant...dreams?"
THIS EPISODE: IN THE DARK - 1/8/1981
In a totalitarian state, a woman's husband fails to return home. Her best friend has mysteriously "divorced" her husband, and her friends refuse to talk to her. Despite evidence, she cannot believe the secret police have kidnapped her husband. Teri Keane, Carol Teitel, Ray Owens, Ralph Bell.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Recollections At 30 "Town Hall Tonight" (11-21-56)

Town Hall Tonight "Benny - Allen Feud" (Aired November 21, 1956)

NBC - Recollections At 30 Special Series Celebrating NBC's 30th year of broadcasting. Excellent programs chronicling the history of radio through NBC's vast library of shows dating back to 1926.

THIS EPISODE
"TOWN HALL TONIGHT" 22 11-21-56 :24:50 Jack Benny - Fred Allen feud. Fred Allen, Jack Benny and Portland Hoffa on "Town Hall Tonight" 1937. Helen Kane sings. Rudy Vallee, Gloria Grafton and Richard Rodgers sing songs from "Jumbo," on "The Fleischmann Variety Hour" 1935. Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Lamour sing 1938.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Blue Beetle "Whale Of Pirates Folly" (1944)

Whale Of Pirates Folly (1944) *Exact Date Is Unknown


The Blue Beetle is Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman. Who, after being shot, was given a mysterious vitamin 2X that gave him the strength of 10 men. With the help of his friend, confidant and apothecary proprietor Dr. Franz. Dan dawns a strange mask and suit of impenetrable blue chain armour which is flexible as silk but stronger than steel. He begans a second life, fighting crime as a daring crudaser for law, the mysterious Blue Beetle. His calling card is a small beetle-shaped marker that he leaves in conspicuous places to alert criminals to his presence, using their fear of his crime fighting reputation as a weapon against them. The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas. The character made his first appearance in August of 1939 in the comic book Mystery Men #1, published by Fox Features Syndicate. The Blue Beetle Radio Serial aired from 05-15-40 to 09-13-40 as a CBS. 30 minutes, syndicated series. Actor Frank Lovejoy provided the voice of the Blue Beetle for the first thirteen episodes. Later episodes were uncredited.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Real McCoys "It's A Woman's World" (12-05-57)

It's A Woman's World (Aired December 5, 1957)


The 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 Nolan, teenage sister Hassie played be Lydia Reed, and 11-year-old brother Little Luke played by Michael Winkelman. The Real McCoys paved the way for such rural hits as The Beverly Hillbillies and The Andy Griffith Show.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Avenger "2 Episodes" (8-17-45) and (09-19-45)

The Ghost Murder (8-17-45) and Department Of Death (9-14-45)

The Avengers burst in the door of spy and super-hero adventure drama on South African radio in 1971, starring Donald Monat as John Steed, and Diane Appleby as the wonderful Emma Peel. It was based on the fine British TV series, which was very popular from the start in the UK, and is an excellent example of radio's adaptation of the television medium...as it had done with movies all along.

by:Charles Michelson WRITTER: Walter Gibson STARS: James Monks, Dick Janiver as the invisible Jim Brandon WITH: James LaCurto.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Abbott & Costello Show "Christmas Program" (12-24-47)

Christmas Program (12-24-47)


The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (usually, by singers such as Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Regulars and semi-regulars on the show included Artie Auerbrook, Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Mel Blanc, Wally Brown, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton, Sidney Fields, Frank Nelson, Martha Wentworth, and Benay Venuta. Ken Niles was the show's longtime announcer, doubling as an exasperated foil to Abbott & Costello's mishaps (and often fuming in character as Costello insulted his on-air wife routinely); he was succeeded by Michael Roy, with annoncing chores also handled over the years by Frank Bingman and Jim Doyle. The show went through several orchestras during its radio life, including those of Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Jack Meaking, Will Osborne, Freddie Rich, Leith Stevens, and Peter van Steeden. The show's writers included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Ed Cherokee, Len Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, and Ed Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch. Sound effects were handled mostly by Floyd Caton. Abbott and Costello moved the show to ABC (the former NBC Blue Network) five years after they premiered on NBC. During their ABC period they also hosted a 30-minute children's radio program(The Abbott and Costello Children's Show), which aired Saturday mornings with vocalist Anna Mae Slaughter and announcer Johnny McGovern.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Mr & Mrs North "Picnic" (12-30-42)

Picnic (Aired December 30, 1942)


Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple were featured in a series of twenty-six Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture, and several different radio and television series. Mr. 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 characters originated in 1930s vignettes written by Richard Lockridge for the New York Sun, and he brought them back for short stories in The New Yorker. These stories were collected in Mr. and Mrs. North (1936). Lockridge increased the readership after he teamed with his wife Frances on a novel, The Norths Meet Murder (1940), launching a series of 26 novels, including Death takes a Bow, Death on the Aisle and The Dishonest Murderer. Their long-run series continued for over two decades and came to an end in 1963 with the death of Frances Lockridge.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hallmark Playhouse - Frank Sinatra In "Room For A Stranger" (12-19-46)

CHRISTMAS STORY: Frank Sinatra In "Room For A Strange" (Aired 12-19-46)


THE 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 persons, past and present. The new format was used until the end of the 1955 season. The exception to the new format was the broadcast each Christmas season of "A Christmas Carol". Like other dramatic series of this time, this one made use of major screen actors in the productions. James Hilton, author of "Random Harvest", "Lost Horizon" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" plus others, served as host and Narrator. Dee Engelbach produced and directed the shows. Jean Holloway was the writer. Sound Effects were by Harry Essman and Gene Twombly. Musical conductor was Lyn Murray. The show's theme was "Dream of Olwne" by Charles Williams.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Murder At Midnight "Nightmare" (8-03-46)

Nightmare (Aired August 3, 1946)


Murder At Midnight – 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; “the witching hour, when night is darkest, our fears are the strongest, our strength at its lowest ebb… Midnight! … when graves gape open and death strikes!”



THIS EPISODE
August 3, 1946. Program #8. Syndicated. "Nightmare". Commercials added locally. A woman has a very vivid dream that her husband is going to kill her! Anton M. Leader (director), Charles Paul (organ), Elspeth Eric, Joseph Ruscoll (writer), Walter Vaughn, Louis G. Cowan (producer). 27:15.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - ABC Mystery Time "No One Will Ever Know" (1947)

No One Will Ever Know (1947) *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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