You Bet Your Life - "The Secret Word Ink" (11-09-49)

The Secret Word Ink (Aired November 9, 1949)

Groucho Marx matches wits with the American public in four episodes of this classic game show. Starting on the radio in 1947, You Bet Your Life made its television debut in 1950 and aired for 11 years with Groucho as host and emcee. Sponsored rather conspicuously by the Dodge DeSoto car manufacturers, the show featured two contestants working as a team to answer questions for cash prizes. Another mainstay of these question and answer segments was the paper mache duck that would descend from the ceiling with one hundred dollars in tow whenever a player uttered the "secret word." The quiz show aspect of "You Bet Your Life" was always secondary, to the clever back-and-forth between host and contestant, which found Groucho at his funniest. It's in these interview segments that "You Bet Your Life" truly makes its mark as one of early television's greatest programs. Directed by: Robert Dwan.

THIS EPISODE:

November 9, 1949. NBC network. "The Secret Word is 'Ink" - Sponsored by: Elgin American. The first contestant is "Mary Cool." The system cue is added live. Groucho Marx, George Fenneman (announcer), Mary Cool, Robert Dwan (director), Bernie Smith (director), John Guedel (producer). 24:07. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Rocky Fortune (Starring Frank Sinatra) - "Rodeo Murder" (01-12-54)

Rodeo Murder (Aired January 12, 1954)

 INTRO: Bob Plays Aretha Franklin "I Say A Little Prayer" (1967)

Rocky's a tough guy who stays just inside of the law but we get an occasional glimpse of a soft heart beneath the hard exterior. It's a character that Mr. Sinatra plays nicely. Employed or not, Rocky possesed a variety of skills. During the course of the series, he worked as a process server, museum tour guide, cabbie, bodyguard, chauffeur, truck driver, social director for a Catskills resort and a carny. He could also fake enough bass to play at weddings and bar-mitzvahs. For most of the series, Rocky received his job assignments from the Gridley Employment Agency, usually referred to as just "the agency". The only recurring character, throughout the series, besides Rocky himself, is the long-suffering Sergeant Hamilton J. Finger - a solid, although not-too-bright cop who works out of what is frequently referred to as "the Irish clubhouse," who seemed to be constantly running into Rocky, whether he wanted to or not.

THIS EPISODE:

January 12, 1954. "Rodeo Murder" - NBC network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. Rocky is framed for murder at the rodeo. Tony Barrett, Ernest Kinoy (writer), Dan Riss, Marion Richman, Andrew C. Love (director), Frank Sinatra, Don Diamond. 23:15. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

The Adventures Of The Falcon - "The Case Of The Careless Client" (10-15-50)

The Case Of The Careless Client (Aired October 15, 1950)

 INTRO: Bob Plays John Denver "I'm Sorry" (1975)

The success of the Falcon films led to a radio series that premiered on the American Blue Network in April 1943, and aired for the next ten years on various networks. It was here that his transition into a private eye was finalized, with The Falcon, now called MICHAEL WARING working as a hardboiled insurance investigator, with an office and a secretary, Nancy. Barry Kroeger was the first radio voice of the Falcon, followed by James Meighan, Les Tremayne, George Petrie, and Les Damon. Nearly all the shows were broadcast from New York.

THIS EPISODE:

October 15, 1950. NBC network. "The Case Of The Careless Client". Sponsored by: Kraft. A private eye locates a man for a tough guy with a Greek accent (despite his very Italian name). The tough guy is soon shot in Brooklyn, in a furnished room. "The Falcon" is accused of the murder! The story has a surprise ending (for a change)! Les Damon, Ed Herlihy (announcer), Drexel Drake (creator), Mandel Kramer, Jackson Beck. 29:02. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Mayor Of The Town "War Orphan" (10-07-42)

War Orphan (Aired October 7, 1942)

 

 

An NBC offering. Aired on Sundays from 7:00PM to 7:30PM, starring Lional Barrymore and Agnes Moorehead. The creator and writer was Jean Holloway, the announcer Harlow Wilcox, music by Gordon Jenkins and sponsored by Rinso detergent. The show was a perfect vehicle for Lionel Barrymore: rich with warmhearted humor, and good-natured grumbling, its "mayor" had a fierce bark but a mushy heart when confronted with the plight of an orphan or a stray dog. The mayor cared little about political advantage: he even found time, once a year, to turn the town of Springdale into a special theater, to give his traditional performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. THE CAST: Lionel Barrymore as the mayor of the town of Springdale. Agnes Moorehead as Marilly, his housekeeper. Conrad Binyon as the mayor's ward, Butch. Gloria McMillan as Sharlee Bronson, Butch's best girl. Priscilla Lyon as Holly-Ann, the mayor's granddaughter. Also: Will Wright, Sharon Douglas, Irvin Lee, Marjorie Davies, and other Hollywood actors. Producer: Murray Bolen; later Knowles Entrikin. Director: Jack Van Nostrand. Writers: Jean Holloway, Leonard St. Clair, Howard Blake, Erna Lazarus, etc.; Howard Breslin and Charles Tazewell wrote alternate weeks, ca. 1945. Orchestra:. Gordon Jenkins (ca. 1943); Bernard Katz (1945); Frank Worth. Sound Effects: David Light, Mary Ann Gideon.

THIS EPISODE:

March 21. 1943. CBS network. Sponsored by: Rinso."War Orphan". The first show of the series on CBS. The mayor is asked to take care of an eleven-year-old war orphan. A heartwarming, tearful script. The system cue has been deleted. Lionel Barrymore, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Bob Bailey, Jerry Hausner, Billy Roy, Agnes Moorehead, Jean Holloway (writer). 29:28, Episode Notes From The Radio Gokd Index. .

Bold Venture - "The Key To Death" (09-15-52)

Bold Venture is a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana. Aboard his boat, the Bold Venture, Slate and Sailor experience "adventure, intrigue, mystery and romance in the sultry settings of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean." Calypso singer King Moses (Jester Hairston) provided musical bridges by threading plot situations into the lyrics of his songs. Music by David Rose. Beginning March 26, 1951, the Frederic W. Ziv Company syndicated 78 episodes. Heard on 423 stations, the 30-minute series earned $4000 weekly for Bogart and Bacall.

Bob Camardella Presents Frankie Valli and The Jersey Boys "4th Of July"

 

 Bob Camardella Presents Frankie Valli and The Jersey Boys "4th Of July"

Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and eventual break-up of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own perspective on its history and music. Songs include "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Sherry", "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", "My Eyes Adored You", "Stay", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Walk Like A Man", "Who Loves You", "Working My Way Back to You" and "Rag Doll", among others'

The musical premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2004 and ran on Broadway from 2005 to 2017, and since its debut it has been on two North American national tours and two national tours of the UK and Ireland. There have been productions of the show in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne and other Australian cities, Singapore, South Africa, the Netherlands, Japan, Dubai, and China. Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

This Is Your FBI - "Extortion" (08-03-45)

Extortion aka: The Seagull Shakedown (Aired August 3, 1945)

Stacy Harris had the lead role of Special Agent Jim Taylor. Others in the cast were William Conrad, Bea Benaderet and Jay C. Flippen. This Is Your FBI was sponsored during its entire run by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company). This is Your FBI had counterparts on the other networks. The FBI in Peace and War also told stories of the FBI, although some were not authentic. Earlier on, Gangbusters, and the previously mentioned Mr. District Attorney gave the authentic crime treatment to their stories. And Dragnet, and Tales of the Texas Rangers, took the idea on as well. Crime, especially true crime, was a genre in the magazines early on, with the Police Gazette and its predecessors in England printing lurid true crime stories prior to radio. This is Your FBI took the idea, and made it realistic, exciting and even informational.

THIS EPISODE:

August 3, 1945. Program #387. ABC network. "Extortion" aka: The Seagull Shakedown". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assurance Society. A typewriter is the clue that enables the FBI to solve a case of extortion and nab a blackmailer who dabbles in murder. Frederick Steiner (composer, conductor), Stacy Harris, Victor Rodman, Larry Keating (announcer), William Woodson (narrator), Dick Beals, Georgia Ellis, Betty Lou Gerson, Lou Merrill, Vernon Rich. 30:26. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Sleep No More - "Conquerer's Isle" (11-21-56)

Conquerer's Isle (Aired November 21, 1956)

Sleep No More was Nelson's Olmsted's contribution to The Golden Age of Radio's rich tradition of broadcasting compelling and stirring supernatural and suspense dramas, predominantly from the finest supernatural literature throughout modern history. Sleep No More arrived during the waning years of the Golden Age of Radio--understandably risky Radio programming for the mid-1950s. On the plus side of the equation were Nelson Olmsted's extremely loyal following throughout the U.S. combined with the classic nature of the stories which comprised the series. These stories were many of the most popular and compelling supernatural stories and adventures in literary history.

THIS EPISODE:
 
November 21, 1956. NBC network. "Conqueror's Isle". Sustaining. A flyer is forced down on a strange island and discovers a race of superior humans preparing to take over the world. The story was previously used on "Escape" on March 15, 1949 (see cat. #3035 and #11350). The nsystem cue has been deleted. Nelson Olmsted, Ben Grauer (announcer), Nelson Bond (author), Kenneth MacGregor (director). 28:18.  Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell - "The April Shower Adventure" (04-09-49)

The April Shower Adventure (Aired April 9, 1949)

The model for all later American juvenile sports fiction, Merriwell excelled at football, baseball, basketball, crew and track at Yale while solving mysteries and righting wrongs. He played with great strength and received traumatic blows without injury. A biographical entry on Patten noted dryly that Frank Merriwell "had little in common with his creator or his readers." Patten offered some background on his character: "The name was symbolic of the chief characteristics I desired my hero to have. Frank for frankness, merry for a happy disposition, well for health and abounding vitality." Merriwell's classmates observed, "He never drinks. That's how he keeps himself in such fine condition all the time. He will not smoke, either, and he takes his exercise regularly. He is really a remarkable freshie."

THIS EPISODE:
 
April 9, 1949. NBC network. "The April Shower Adventure". Sustaining. Frank and Bart become locked in a half-finished swimming pool in the middle of a baseball game. Lawson Zerbe, Hal Studer, Elaine Rost, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Burt L. Standish (creator). 29:40. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

 

 

Rocky Jordan - "The Big Heist" (11-20-49)

The Big Heist (Aired November 20, 1949)

Rocky Jordan (Jack Moyles/George Raft) is the proprietor of the Café Tambourine located, according to the announcer, "not far from the Mosque Sultan Hassan," though he is originally from St. Louis. As an American restaurateur in a North African country, Jordan is somewhat similar to the Rick Blaine character in the film Casablanca, though the Café Tambourine is apparently a much less salubrious venue than Rick's Bar. The announcer describes it as being "Crowded with forgotten men, and alive with the babble of many languages". Each episode sees Jordan confronted with a "crime, a mystery, a beautiful woman, or a combination of the three".

THIS EPISODE:

November 20, 1949. CBS Pacific network. "The Big Heist". Sponsored by: Del Monte. Jack Moyles, Gomer Cool (writer), Larry Roman (writer), Jay Novello, Cliff Howell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Larry Thor (announcer). 29:43. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Screen Director's Playhouse - "Waterloo Bridge" (02-15-51)

Dark Victory (Aired February 15, 1951)

INTRO: Bob Plays Dionne Warwick "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (1979)

Screen Director's Playhouse is a popular radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved in the productions, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief "curtain call" with the cast and host at the end of the program. The series later had a brief run on television, focusing on original teleplays and several adaptations of famous short stories (such as Robert Louis Stevenson's "Markheim"). The radio version ran for 122 episodes and aired on NBC from January 9, 1949 to September 28, 1951 under several different titles: NBC Theater, Screen Director's Guild Assignment, Screen Director's Assignment and, as of July 1, 1949, Screen Director's Playhouse. Actors on the radio series included Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Kirk Douglas, Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, James Mason, Ray Milland, Gregory Peck, William Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Norma Shearer, Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, John Wayne, and Loretta Young.

THIS EPISODE:

February 15, 1951. NBC network. "Dark Victory". Sponsored by: Anacin, RCA, Chesterfield. A melodrama of a love in the face of approaching death. Tallulah Bankhead, David Brian, Lynn Allen, Jack Rubin (adaptor), Norma Varden, Stan Waxman, Ralph Moody, Edmund Goulding (guest screen director), Bob Hope (Chesterfield commercial), Bing Crosby (Chesterfield commercial), Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Howard Wiley (producer), Bill Cairn (director). 59:57. Episode Notes Frtom The Radio Gold Index.

Blondie - "Dagwood Forgets Himself" (09-17-44)

Dagwood Forgets Himself (Aired September 17, 1944)

INTRO: Bob Remembers The Intruders "Cowboys To Girls" (1968)

Blondie and Dagwood live next door to Herb and Tootsie Woodley. The Bumstead family has grown, with the addition of a son named Alexander (originally "Baby Dumpling") on April 15, 1934, a daughter named Cookie on April 11,1941, and a dog, Daisy, and her litter of five unnamed pups. In the 1960s, Cookie and Alexander grew into teenagers (who uncannily resemble their parents), but they stopped growing during the 1960s when Young realized that they had to remain teenagers to maintain the family situation structured into the strip for so many decades. Other regular characters include a never-ending parade of door-to-door salesmen, the long-suffering mailman, Mr. Beasley, and Elmo Tuttle, a pesky neighborhood kid who often asks Dagwood to play. Cora Dithers is the domineering wife of Julius Dithers. Lou is the owner of Lou's Diner where Dagwood frequently eats during his lunch break.

THIS EPISODE:

September 17, 1944. Program #22. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Dagwood Forgets Himself". Dagwood has a football accident and loses his memory. Arthur Lake, Don Wilson, Lenny Conn and His Orchestra (music fill), Penny Singleton, Hanley Stafford, Chic Young (creator). 36:45. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Box 13 - "The Dead Man Walks" (06-12-49)

The Dead Man Walks (Aired June 12, 1949)

Dan Holiday was purportedly a successful fiction writer for the Star-Times news magazine who becomes disenchanted with the utter, mind-numbing routine of it. Dan Holiday opts out. He posts an ad reading "Go anywhere, Do anything, Write Box 13". This had become a pretty well-worked theme by 1948. Perhaps a bit too reminiscent of George Valentine's "Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. George Valentine," from 1946's Let George Do It. The gimmick certainly made for an open-ended range of potential adventures for Box 13's protagonist. And it resulted in some pretty outrageous assignments in the course of Holiday's fifty-two adventures. But adventures they are, which perhaps sets this erstwhile detective genre program as more of an adventure genre. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group and The Digital Deli.

THIS EPISODE:

June 12, 1949. Program #43. Mayfair syndication. "The Dead Man Walks". Commercials added locally. A man Dan sees dead at 2:15 is alive at 4:20! Who is S. Thomas? Alan Ladd, Edmond MacDonald, Richard Sanville (director), Rudy Schrager (composer, conductor), Russell Hughes (writer), Sylvia Picker, Vern Carstensen (production supervisor), William Conrad. 26:46. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Rogue's Gallery - "The Triangle Murder Case" (02-21-46)

Rogue's Gallery - Triangle Murder Case (Aired February 21, 1946)

INTRO: Bob Plays Peabo Bryson "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" (1984)

Rogue's Gallery came to the Mutual network on September 27, 1945 with Dick Powell portraying Richard Rogue, a private detective who invariably ended up getting knocked out each week and spending his dream time in acerbic conversation with his subconscious self, Eugor. Rogue's Gallery was, in a sense, Dick Powell's rehearsal for Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Powell played private detective Richard Rogue, who trailed luscious blondes, protected witness, and did whatever else detectives do to make a living. It was a good series, though not destined to make much of a mark. Under the capable direction of Dee Englebach and accompanied by the music of Leith Stevens, Powell floated through his lines with the help of such competents as Lou Merrill, Gerald Mohr, Gloria Blondell, Tony Barrett, and Lurene Tuttle. Peter Leeds played Rogue's friend Eugor, an obscure play on names with Eugor spelling Rogue backwards. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group.

THIS EPISODE:

February 21, 1946. Mutual network. "The Triangle Murder Case". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. The managing editor of "The Chronicle" has been murdered after tangling with "The Alibi Master," an unethical attorney. Dee Englebach (producer, director), Dick Powell, Gerald Mohr, Jim Doyle (announcer), Leith Stevens (composer, conductor), Peter Leeds. 29:21. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

Boston Blackie - "The Murdered Truck Driver" (07-16-46)

The Murdered Truck Driver (Aired July 16, 1946)

 

INTRO: Bob Plays Bobby Caldwell "Stay With Me" (1987)

On April 11, 1945, Richard Kollmar took over the title role in a radio series syndicated by Frederic W. Ziv to Mutual and other network outlets. Over 200 episodes of this series were produced between 1944 and October 25, 1950. Other sponsors included Lifebuoy Soap, Champagne Velvet beer, and R&H beer. While investigating mysteries, Blackie invaribly encountered harebrained Police Inspector Farraday (Maurice Tarplin) and always solved the mystery to Farraday's amazement. Initially, friction surfaced in the relationship between Blackie and Farraday, but as the series continued, Farraday recognized Blackie's talents and requested assistance. Blackie dated Mary Wesley (Jan Miner), and for the first half of the series, his best pal Shorty was always on hand. The humorless Farraday was on the receiving end of Blackie's bad puns and word play. Kent Taylor starred in the half-hour TV series, The Adventures of Boston Blackie. Syndicated in 1951, it ran for 58 episodes, continuing in repeats over the following decade.

THIS EPISODE:
 
July 16, 1946. Program #66. "The Murdered Truck Driver" - ABC network origination, Ziv syndication. Sponsored by: Champagne Velvet Beer (of Indiana). A truck carrying no cargo load is mysteriously hijacked. One of the drivers has been killed and the other has vanished! Richard Kollmar, Lesley Woods, Maurice Tarplin. 30:15. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

The Man From Homicide - "The Ice Pick Murder" (09-16-50)

The Ice Pick Murder (Aired September 16, 1950)

 INTRO: Bob Plays The Jive Five "Never Never" (1961)

A 30-minute crime drama starring Dan Duryea as Lou Dana, a tough police lieutenant with a tendency to beat information out of suspects. Dana's catch phrase was, "I don't like killers." Bill Bouchey was Inspector Sherman and music was by Basic Adams. His sniveling, deliberately taunting demeanor and snarling flat, nasal tones set Dan Duryea apart from other slimeball villains of the 1940s and 1950s. From his very first picture--the highly acclaimed The Little Foxes (1941) in which he played the snotty, avaricious nephew Leo who would easily sell his own mother down the river for spare change--lean and mean Duryea had film audiences admitting his vile characters were guilty pleasures, particularly in film noir, melodramas and westerns.

THIS EPISODE:

September 16, 1950. "The Ice Pick Murder"- ABC network. Sustaining. 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. Lieutenant Dana is one tough cop! Good radio. The system cue has been deleted. Charles McGraw, Louis Vittes (writer), Robert Armbruster (composer, conductor), Jim Backus, Joan Banks, Lawrence Dobkin, Lamont Johnson, Tom Tully, Helen Mack (producer, director), Arthur Q. Bryan, Maggie Morely. 28:38. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

The Blue Beetle - "Crime Incorporated" (07-03-40 and 07-05-40)

Crime Incorporated (07-03-40 and 07-05-40) COMPLETE

After his father was killed by a gangster's bullet, young Dan Garrett joined the New York Police Department, but soon tired of the slow pace and red tape of police work. With the help of his friend and mentor, pharmacist and drug-store proprietor Dr. Franz, Dan acquired a costume of bullet-proof chain-mail-like cellulose material, and began a second life, fighting crime as The Blue Beetle. His calling card was a small beetle-shaped marker that he left in conspicuous places to alert criminals to his presence, using their fear of his crime fighting reputation as a weapon against them. For this purpose he also used a "Beetle Signal" flashlight. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group.

 
THIS EPISODE:

July 3, 1940. Program #28. Fox Features syndication. "Crime Incorporated" Two Parts Complete". Commercials added locally. The Blue Beetle is unmasked and shot, but it's only a flesh wound. The "Magic Ray" helps the Blue Beetle break up the gang. 12:20. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

The Bob & Ray Show - "Saint Patty's Day" (03-13-73)

Saint Patty's Day  (Aired March 13, 1973)

Bob Elliott (born 1923) and Ray Goulding (1922–1990) were an American comedy team whose career spanned five decades. Their format was typically to satirize the medium in which they were performing, such as conducting radio or television interviews, with off-the-wall dialogue presented in a generally deadpan style as though it were a serious interview. Elliott and Goulding began as disc jockeys in Boston with their own separate programmes on station WHDH-AM, and each would visit with the other while on the air. Their informal banter was so appealing that WHDH would call on them, as a team, to fill in when Red Sox baseball broadcasts were rained out. Elliott and Goulding (not yet known as Bob and Ray) would improvise comedy routines all afternoon, and joke around with studio musicians. Some of their radio episodes were released on recordings, and others were adapted into graphic story form for publication in Mad magazine. Their earlier shows were mostly ad-libbed, but later programs relied more heavily on scripts. While Bob and Ray wrote much of their material, their writers included Tom Koch, who scripted many of their best-known routines, and the pioneering radio humorist Raymond Knight.

Dark Fantasy - "A Delicate Case Of Murder" (02-20-42)

A Delicate Case Of Murder (Aired February 20, 1942)

Dark Fantasy was a short series with tales of the weird, adventures of the supernatural, created for you by Scott Bishop. The series aired as a horror drama on NBC between 1941 and 1942. Dark Fantasy was a series dedicated to dealings with the unknown. Originating from radio station WKY, Oklahoma City, it was written by Scott Bishop (of Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book fame) and was heard Fridays over stations. Tom Paxton served as announcer. The shows covered horror, science fiction and murder mysteries. Although a short series, the shows are excellent with some stories way ahead of their time. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group.

THIS EPISODE:

February 20, 1942. Program #14. NBC network, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "A Delicate Case Of Murder". Sustaining. A medium that can make the dead disappear has a husband who reveals her secrets and who wants a divorce. "Not while I'm alive," says the wife! The program may be dated February 13, 1942. Scott Bishop (writer), Fred Wayne, Tom Paxton (announcer), Georgiana Cook, Ben Morris, Eleanor Naylor Corin, Muir Hite. 27:11. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
 

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Frontier Gentleman" - The Rainmaker (10-26-58)

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Frontier Gentleman"
The Rainmaker (Aired October 26, 1958) 

 Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Frontier Gentleman"
The Rainmaker (Aired October 26, 1958)

Written and directed by Antony Ellis, it followed the adventures of journalist Kendall as he roamed the Western United States in search of stories for the Times. Along the way, he encountered various fictional drifters and outlaws in addition to well-known historical figures, such as Jesse James, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. Music for the series was by Wilbur Hatch and Jerry Goldsmith, who also supplied the opening trumpet theme. The announcers were Dan Cubberly, Johnny Jacobs, Bud Sewell and John Wald. Supporting cast: Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Gregg, Stacy Harris, Johnny Jacobs, Joseph Kearns, Jack Kruschen, Jack Moyles, Jeanette Nolan, Vic Perrin and Barney Phillips. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group.

THIS EPISODE:

October 26, 1958. CBS network. "The Rainmaker". Sustaining. The story of a Kansas rainmaker who could do just that...make rain! The public service announcements have been partially deleted. John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, Jack Kruschen, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg, Jack Moyles, Charles Seel, Antony Ellis (writer, producer, director), Bud Sewell (announcer). 25:36. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.