Old Time Radio Classics

Escape presents “A Bullet for Mr. Smith,” episode 141, originally broadcast on CBS on January 14, 1951. John Dehner stars in this espionage drama, written by Antony Ellis and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

An American secret-service agent receives a deadly assignment: eliminate an enemy operative known only as Mr. Smith. But with the target’s identity uncertain, the mission becomes a dangerous and tense search for the right man.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:01 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Jezebel,” episode 29, originally broadcast on NBC on August 12, 1949. Bette Davis reprises her Academy Award-winning role as the proud and headstrong Julie Marsden; Gerald Mohr, Paul Frees, and Ralph Moody also star. William Wyler, director of the 1938 Warner Bros. film, introduces the program.

In antebellum New Orleans, Julie’s public defiance tests her engagement to Pres Dillard and forces her to reckon with pride, love, and reputation as a yellow-fever crisis grips the city. This radio adaptation draws from the 1938 film Jezebel, itself based on the play by Owen Davis Sr.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:36 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Blue Alibi,” originally broadcast May 14, 1950. Episode 415, this Signal Oil-sponsored CBS Pacific network crime drama features William Conrad and Willard Waterman.

City treasurer John Sheridan finds himself under mounting pressure when his connection to a racketeer profiting from municipal construction contracts threatens both his public office and his marriage. Set against a coastal city backdrop, the suspenseful story follows corruption, intimidation, and the dangers of trying to break free from a criminal arrangement.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:32 Original Broadcast
26:16 Closing

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Suspense presents “Alibi Me,” episode 747, originally broadcast on CBS on April 20, 1958. This late-series remake stars Stan Freberg in an uncommon dramatic role, with Cathy Lewis, Jack Kruschen, and Vic Perrin among the supporting cast.

A small-time hoodlum murders a longtime rival, then races to construct a convincing alibi before the police can connect the two men. Based on a story by Therd Jefre, this taut crime thriller follows an increasingly desperate search for someone—or something—that can account for a killer’s movements.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
25:45 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Lost Horizon,” originally broadcast November 27, 1946 (episode 36). Ronald Colman reprises his celebrated role as British Consul Conway in this adaptation ultimately drawn from James Hilton’s novel.

When Conway, Vice-Consul Mallinson, and other travelers are stranded in the treacherous Tibetan mountains, they are led to the hidden valley of Shangri-La. This atmospheric drama follows their encounter with an isolated lamasery whose peace and mysteries challenge everything they thought they knew.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:33 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Street with No Name,” originally broadcast January 31, 1949, as episode 643. This CBS production adapts the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox crime film and stars Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, and Lloyd Nolan.

FBI agent Gene Cordell goes undercover in fictional Center City to infiltrate the ruthless organization led by racketeer Alec Stiles. As Cordell builds a criminal identity within the gang’s suspicious world, Inspector Briggs and the FBI pursue the evidence needed to bring the operation down.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
01:02:28 Closing

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Escape, “The Abominable Snowman,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 13, 1953, is episode 200 of the classic radio adventure series. Written by Antony Ellis, the episode stars William Conrad.

In Darjeeling, Paul and fellow American climbers Allen Ferris and Frank Davis recruit the Sherpa guide Nahsong for an unusual Himalayan expedition: they intend to capture the elusive Yeti, known locally as Metocahmee. With monsoon season closing in and the high country offering ominous warnings, the small party ventures into the snowbound mountains in search of the legendary Wild Man.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
29:43 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Call Northside 777,” episode 46, originally broadcast on NBC on December 9, 1949. James Stewart reprises his screen role in this adaptation of the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox film, with film director Henry Hathaway serving as guest introducer.

In 1944 Chicago, a hard-bitten newspaper reporter investigates a classified ad offering a $5,000 reward for information about an old police murder. Placed by the mother of a man imprisoned for the crime, the ad leads the reporter back through an eleven-year-old conviction, its witnesses, and the system that put the case to rest. William Conrad, Stacy Harris, Peggy Webber, and Paul Frees are also featured.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:50 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Death of Mr Penny,” episode 354, originally broadcast March 20, 1949. This Signal Oil-sponsored CBS Pacific Network mystery was written by Adrian Gendot, directed by Gordon T. Hughes, and features Jeff Corey.

At the snowbound Clear Valley Ski Lodge, a wealthy woman and her ski-instructor husband appear to have the perfect life. But an observant outsider, hidden tensions, and the threat of blackmail turn their winter retreat into a suspenseful crime drama.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
26:02 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Hold Back the Dawn,” episode 19, originally broadcast on July 31, 1946. This CBS adaptation of the 1941 Paramount romantic drama stars Olivia de Havilland and Jean-Pierre Aumont.

Stranded in a Mexican border town by U.S. immigration quotas, a European émigré sees marriage to an American schoolteacher as a possible path across the border. Adapted for radio by Frank Wilson from Ketti Frings’s story, the drama explores waiting, uncertain motives, and unexpected emotional stakes.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:41 Closing

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Suspense presents “My Wife Geraldine,” episode 132, originally broadcast on CBS on March 1, 1945. Edward G. Robinson stars as quiet office worker George Graham in this tale adapted for radio by Robert Tallman from an original story by Larry Marcus, directed by William Spier.

George has invented an idealized wife to make life easier among his coworkers—but when no one has ever met Geraldine, casual questions become uneasy suspicions. Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire co-star in this tense 1940s mystery. This was Robinson’s first known appearance on Suspense.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:27 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “I Love You Again,” episode 609, originally broadcast on CBS Radio on March 29, 1948. Sponsored by Lux, this adaptation of the 1940 MGM comedy stars William Powell and Ann Sothern.

Powell reprises his film role as Larry Wilson, a respectable businessman whose vacation-cruise mishap unsettles his identity and sends him back to small-town Habersville, Pennsylvania, facing complications involving his marriage, reputation, and a more dangerous past. The story was adapted from the work of Octavus Roy Cohen.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
01:01:04 Closing

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Escape presents “This Side of Nowhere,” episode 135, originally broadcast on CBS on December 3, 1950. Written by Antony Ellis and directed by Norman Macdonnell, the drama stars William Conrad and Virginia Gregg.

Pilot Deke Gannett is offered an extraordinary fee to fly the mysterious Phyllis Naylor south—but her urgency soon turns into a dangerous forced journey. After their plane goes down in the northern Mexican desert, the stranded pair and a suitcase holding $250,000 find refuge in the remote village of El Cielo, where hospitality carries an unsettling edge.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
30:08 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Shadow of a Doubt,” episode 76, originally broadcast on November 9, 1950. This one-hour NBC adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller stars Cary Grant as the charming but unsettling Uncle Charlie and Betsy Drake as his admiring niece, young Charlie.

In quiet Santa Rosa, California, young Charlie Newton looks forward to a visit from her charismatic namesake. But as Uncle Charlie settles into the family home, affection gives way to growing unease and troubling questions about the man she thought she knew. The radio adaptation was written by Richard Alan Simmons and directed by Bill Cairn.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
01:00:44 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Arise, My Love,” episode 10, originally broadcast on CBS on June 1, 1946. Ray Milland reprises his film role in this adaptation of the 1940 Paramount Pictures romance.

During the Spanish Civil War, American aviator Tom Martin is saved from imprisonment when reporter Augusta “Gusto” Nash poses as his wife. Their unlikely alliance carries them into a romantic wartime adventure as Europe edges toward World War II. The radio adaptation was written by Frank Wilson and produced and directed by Dee Englebach.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:40 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Chain Reaction,” originally broadcast May 12, 1948, as episode 311. Written by Sidney Renthal, this CBS Pacific Network drama was sponsored by Signal Oil and features Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks, and Marvin Miller as the Whistler.

A pilot is offered $5,000 to join a Caribbean expedition recovering wartime gold. But aboard an aging salvage vessel, an encounter with a woman from his past and the uneasy behavior of the crew suggest that the job may be far more dangerous than it first appears.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Killer Cates,” episode 550, originally broadcast on CBS on December 16, 1946. Jack Benny takes a notable dramatic turn alongside Gail Patrick and Alan Reed in this Lux production, adapted from a Warner Bros. screenplay.

Benny plays Jeff Morley, a comedian who has spent years portraying the ruthless gangster Killer Cates in a successful stage melodrama. Longing to return to lighter work, Jeff finds the hard-boiled role beginning to blur the line between performance and real life, leading from the theater world into mounting gangster-style suspense. Sanford Barnett directed.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
59:41 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Man Within,” episode 510, originally broadcast on April 27, 1953. Herbert Marshall stars in this CBS Radio adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1929 novel.

In fogbound rural England, a terrified fugitive named Andrews seeks shelter at an isolated cottage, where Elizabeth offers him a precarious temporary refuge. As fear of the man he betrayed closes in, this tense drama explores loyalty, conscience, and the cost of informing. The radio adaptation was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
29:52 Closing

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Escape presents “Orient Express,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 19, 1949. This is episode 56, adapted by Sheldon Stark and Walter Newman from Graham Greene’s 1932 novel Stamboul Train, published in the United States as Orient Express.

Businessman Gregory Myatt boards the Orient Express in Belgium, bound for Istanbul in 1932. A fellow passenger, a chance encounter, and growing signs of danger draw him into a tense web of Balkan espionage aboard the speeding train. The cast includes William Conrad, Hans Conried, Edgar Barrier, Gloria Grant, and John Dehner; Norman Macdonnell directed and produced.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:24 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Spiral Staircase,” episode 44, originally broadcast on November 25, 1949. This NBC adaptation is introduced by guest screen director Robert Siodmak, who directed the 1946 film version.

Dorothy McGuire reprises her film role as Helen, a mute young woman caught in mounting danger after a murder unsettles a small New England village. As a storm gathers around the shadowy mansion where she works, tension rises in this suspenseful adaptation of The Spiral Staircase, drawn from Ethel Lina White’s novel Some Must Watch.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:44 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “The Pride of the Marines,” episode 12, originally broadcast June 15, 1946. John Garfield reprises his film role as Al Schmid, with Rosemary DeCamp.

Adapted by Frank Wilson from the 1945 Warner Bros. drama based on Roger Butterfield’s book Al Schmid, Marine, this World War II story follows a Marine shaped by combat at Guadalcanal as he faces the difficult transition back to civilian life. Produced and directed by Dee Englebach for CBS, the drama also centers on the steadfast woman waiting for him at home.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:45 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “All About Eve AFRS,” originally broadcast November 23, 1954, as episode 898. This adaptation of the acclaimed 1950 film draws on Mary Orr’s story “The Wisdom of Eve” and stars Ann Blyth as Eve Harrington and Claire Trevor as Broadway star Margo Channing.

In the high-pressure world of New York theater, Margo welcomes an apparently devoted young admirer into her professional and personal circle. As Eve’s ambitions become clearer, friendships, romances, and careers face the strain of rivalry and insecurity.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
56:50 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Sing a Song of Murder,” episode 173, originally broadcast on September 17, 1945. This CBS Pacific Network mystery was sponsored by Signal Oil, written by Robert Ryf, and produced by George W. Allen.

Fast-rising pop singer Bill Randall wants to escape a greedy manager and a restrictive contract, but the pressures of fame and the music business soon take a sinister turn. Marvin Miller stars as The Whistler, with Jack Edwards, Bill Johnstone, and Alan Hewitt featured in the cast.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:14 Closing

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Suspense presents “Stranger with My Face,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on July 23, 1961. This late-run episode, commonly listed as episode 886, stars Bernard Grant and was written by Allan Sloane and directed by Bruno Zirato Jr.

A man abruptly finds himself four years in the future, lost in an unfamiliar city—and wearing another man’s face. As he struggles to understand his impossible situation, the drama builds an eerie science-fiction mystery around identity, time, and a disturbing connection between two men.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
24:42 Closing

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Escape, “Carnival in Vienna,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on September 11, 1954. This is episode 226 of the suspense anthology’s final 1954 run, written and directed by David Friedkin and Morton Fine.

In postwar Vienna, carnival worker Johnny Allison spots a possible way out of his hand-to-mouth existence when an American visitor’s letter of credit puts a fortune within reach. Amid a muddy midway, a hall of mirrors, and a towering Ferris wheel, his risky plans are complicated by Lily, who knows his past, and the unwelcome return of an old acquaintance. The cast includes Jack Moyles, Lillian Buyeff, Jack Kruschen, and Hans Conried.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
29:44 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Awful Truth,” episode 228, originally broadcast on CBS on September 11, 1939. This adaptation of the 1937 film stars Cary Grant, reprising his role as Jerry Warriner, alongside Claudette Colbert as Lucy Warriner.

A sophisticated couple on the verge of divorce finds their separate romantic prospects complicated by jealousy, suspicion, and a sharp comic rivalry. Adapted from Arthur Richman’s story, with Vina Delmar credited as writer and Ted Bliss as director, this sparkling screwball comedy launched Lux Radio Theatre’s 1939–40 season.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
01:00:28 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Suspicion,” episode 32, originally broadcast on CBS on October 30, 1946. This half-hour adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 film stars Cary Grant, reprising his role as Johnnie Aysgarth, with Ann Todd as Lina McLaidlaw.

After marrying the charming but unreliable Johnnie, Lina begins to question the secrets behind his gambling, debts, and shifting stories. Adapted from the film based on Francis Iles’ novel Before the Fact, this tense domestic mystery builds on doubt, danger, and a wife’s growing fear of what her husband may be capable of.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
29:28 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Take a Letter Darling,” episode 88, originally broadcast February 1, 1951. This NBC adaptation of the 1942 Paramount romantic comedy stars Rosalind Russell and Fred MacMurray, reprising their film roles as advertising executive A. M. “Mac” MacGregor and Tom Verney.

When the formidable Mac hires struggling painter Tom as her personal secretary, he is swept into the fast-paced advertising world of business demands, social engagements, and unexpected romantic tension. Hosted by original film director Mitchell Leisen, this polished workplace comedy offers sharp dialogue and star-powered charm.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
01:00:48 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Brief Pause for Murder,” originally broadcast September 11, 1949. This is episode 380 of the CBS Pacific Network suspense series, sponsored by Signal Oil.

Radio announcer Roger Wickson finds himself caught in an unhappy marriage and drawn into a dangerous arrangement with station engineer Vern Cummings, an ex-convict. As a late-night broadcast and a prerecorded station break become central to the plan, the routines of KTUX radio turn into tools of mounting suspense. Frank Nelson, Mary Lansing, and William Conrad star in this ironic crime drama, written by Luke Houston and Bill Forman and produced by Sterling Tracy.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Suspense presents “Sleep Is for Children,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 6, 1960. Commonly listed as episode 843, this tense suburban drama was written by Ralph Bell and Eugene Francis and stars Elspeth Eric as Ellen Gordon.

In the growing community of Woodlake, a series of killings has made the neighborhood especially frightening for women left home alone. As Ellen faces an uneasy evening while her husband works late, an ordinary family telephone and the isolation of a new suburban development become sources of mounting dread.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
25:00 Closing

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Escape presents “The Scarlet Plague,” episode 209, originally broadcast on CBS on April 8, 1954. Adapted by Les Crutchfield from Jack London’s 1912 plague novel, this late-run drama stars Vic Perrin and was directed by Norman Macdonnell.

At a San Francisco university, English professor James Smith sees an ordinary Monday disrupted by alarming reports of a fast-spreading, mysterious illness. As the crisis reaches the campus and the city beyond, Smith, fellow professor Bill Dombey, and student Myra Blake face a world becoming frighteningly unfamiliar.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
24:58 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Cavalcade,” episode 113, originally broadcast on CBS on December 28, 1936. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille and sponsored by Lux Soap, this adaptation draws on Noël Coward’s celebrated play and the 1933 film version.

Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll star as Robert and Jane Marryot, an affluent English couple whose household reflects the changing character of Britain from the turn of the twentieth century into the 1930s. David Niven and Una O’Connor co-star in this sweeping drama of family, class, and time’s passage; Noël Coward also makes a brief appearance from New York’s National Theatre.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
01:00:32 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “White Cliffs of Dover,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 18, 1946. Commonly listed as episode 26, this adaptation stars Irene Dunne and Sir C. Aubrey Smith, reprising their roles from MGM’s 1944 film.

Adapted by Frank Wilson from the film inspired by Alice Duer Miller’s poem, the story follows an American woman who falls in love with an English peer on the eve of World War I. As war reshapes England and her new life, the drama explores romance, loyalty, and the enduring pull of home.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:35 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” episode 74, originally broadcast on June 23, 1950. Barbara Stanwyck reprises her acclaimed film role as Martha Ivers in this adaptation of the 1946 Paramount drama, based on John Patrick’s story “Love Lies Bleeding.”

When Sam Masterson returns to the industrial town of Iverstown, he is drawn back into the life of Martha Ivers and her politically powerful husband, District Attorney Walter O’Neil. Old loyalties, buried memories, and growing suspicion shape this tense noir drama, adapted for radio by Richard Allen Simmons. Guest screen director Lewis Milestone appears in connection with the broadcast.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
30:11 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Death Pays a Visit,” episode 159, originally broadcast June 11, 1945. This CBS Pacific-network thriller was sponsored by Signal Oil and features Elliott Lewis and Marvin Miller.

A bank employee faces a desperate shortage in his accounts when a visiting cousin arrives for the weekend carrying exactly $10,000 in cash. As financial pressure closes in on the Crowley household, an ordinary family visit becomes a tense moral dilemma. The script was written by Lewis Reed.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 14, 1953. Commonly listed as episode 530, this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation stars Cornel Wilde as detective C. Auguste Dupin and was dramatized by E. Jack Neuman.

When the body of young Marie Roget is recovered from the Seine, the Paris Prefecture of Police asks Dupin to untangle conflicting reports, uncertain witnesses, and puzzling clues. Based on Poe’s 1842 early detective tale, the drama also features John Dehner as the Police Prefect.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
30:57 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Stand - In,” episode 302, originally broadcast on CBS on April 7, 1941. This Lux-sponsored adaptation of the 1937 film stars Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter, with Hans Conried.

A mathematically minded banker is sent to Hollywood to assess a troubled motion-picture studio, only to find himself caught up in the unpredictable world of filmmaking. Amid soundstage chaos and studio glamour, he meets a capable stand-in whose practical instincts challenge his numbers-first approach. The story was adapted from Clarence Budington Kelland’s source material.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
01:00:29 Closing

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Escape, episode 23, “Leiningen Vs the Ants - National,” originally broadcast January 17, 1948. This CBS production is the documented West Coast/different-production version of the adaptation first heard earlier that month.

On an isolated Amazon plantation, the determined Leiningen refuses to leave when a vast, deadly army of ants advances through the jungle. William Conrad stars as Leiningen in William N. Robson’s production, adapted by Robert Ryf from Carl Stephenson’s short story “Leiningen Versus the Ants.”

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:35 Original Broadcast
30:05 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Stagecoach,” episode 6, originally broadcast on May 4, 1946. This 30-minute CBS adaptation of the acclaimed 1939 Western stars Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor, reprising the story’s frontier drama for radio.

A diverse group of passengers travels by stagecoach across Arizona toward Lordsburg in the early post–Civil War West. With an outlaw under guard and a dance-hall woman among the riders, tensions and unexpected connections emerge on the dangerous road ahead. Frank Wilson adapted the film, based on Ernest Haycox’s story “Stage to Lordsburg,” with Dee Englebach producing and directing.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:35 Closing

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Queen Of P

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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A Death Of Kings

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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X Minus One - Pail Of Air

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Suspense - Phobia

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Legend Of Phoenix Hill

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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X Minus One - Hello Tomorrow

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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X Minus One - Man In The Moon

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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X Minus One - Caretaker

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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X Minus One - Dwellers In Silence

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Suspense - Long Wait

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Crime Casts A Shadow

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Suspense - Kettler Method

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Dimension X - Knock

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Ghosts Always Get The Last Laugh - Inner Sanctum

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Insomnia [episode 0] Broadcast Unknown

A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.

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