Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

Classic Radio 05-23-25 - Leinengen Vs. The Ants, The Housing Racket, and is the dead man dead


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Drama on a Friday

First,  a look at this day in History.

Then Escape, originally broadcast May 23, 1948, 77 years ago, Leinengen vs. The Ants starring William Conrad. A determined man battles even more determined insects in the tropical jungles.

Followed by the news from 77 years ago, then Counterspy starring Don Maclaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast May 23, 1948, 77 years ago, The Case of the Housing Racket.  A group of veterans have been sold substandard houses.  There appears to be fraud and the counterspies are investigating.  But the complaining veterans are being threatened with violence. 

Then Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Edmond O'Brien, originally broadcast May 23, 1950, 75 years ago, The Earl Chadwick Matter.   Johnny flies to Bermuda to find out if a dead man really is.

Followed by Five After the Hour, originally broadcast May 23, 1945,  80 years ago, The Man Without a Face.   A delightful evening with friends, broadcast 2 weeks after VE Day. Cards, beer and the man of Germany's destiny...Adolf Hitler! A story told in flashback, by a baker in Munich, 11 years after his death. 

Finally. The Couple Next Door starring Peg Lynch and Alan Bunch, originally broadcast May 23, 1960, 65 years ago, Mr. Piper and Housework. 

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