Mixilo's BB Podcast

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Murder of Loyal B. Martin” Edmond O’Brien’s first show as Johnny Dollar, a ballistics mystery. (Original air date February 3, 1950. CBS network.) (Running time 29:29)

0:20:00 - We Interrupt This Broadcast, excerpt “V-J Day”

0:30:00 - X Minus One
“Child’s Play” A comedic sci-fi story about a man who receives a kit to “Build-A-Man”. (Original air date October 20, 1955. NBC network.) (Running time 23:08)

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Kitty’s Outlaw” An old friend of Kitty’s comes to town… and then the bank is robbed. (Original air date February 12, 1956. CBS network.) (Running time 21:10)

1:20:00 - Fourteen August: A Message For The Day Of Victory
Norman Corwin’s masterpiece, broadcast on August 14 1945 upon the surrender of Japan ending WWII. (Original air date August 14, 1945. CBS network.)(Running time 16:10)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Smart Guy” A man goes by a pseudonym to elude suspicion. (Original air date June 8, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:44)

2:00:00 - Arch Oboler’s Plays
“Mr. Miller” Eddie Cantor in a rare dramatic role, plays a prize fight manager in a high stakes story. (Original air date October 4, 1945. Mutual network.)(Running time 29:15)

2:30:00 - Fibber McGee and Molly
Fibber will combat inflation by indulging in an All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet. (Original air date April 15, 1952. NBC network.)(Running time 24:51)

3:00:00 - Cloak and Dagger
“The Trojan Horse” Shades of Casablanca, World War Two spy doings by civilians in North Africa. (Original air date May 28, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 29:30)

3:00:00 - Frontier Town
Jeff Chandler (called “Tex Chandler!) stars in this adult western with juvenile leanings; a story about an innocent man who breaks out of jail with a convict. (Original air date March 12, 1949.)(Running time 27:25)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Robert W. Perry Case” Charles Russell stars as Johnny Dollar, in an explosive story of love and infidelity. (Original air date March 4, 1949. CBS network.) (Running time 29:32)

0:30:00 - The Challenge Of The Yukon
“The Puppy” A lost puppy, robbers, and a race against time through the frigid north. (Original air date July 05, 1947.) (Running time 28:16) This is part of our exploration of children’s programming from the Golden Age of Radio.

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Legal Revenge” Marshal Dillon and Chester visit a married couple with a dark secret. (Original air date February 05, 1956. CBS network.) (Running time 21:10)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Fake” A drunk man accuses a police officer of abuse — but can he be trusted? (Original air date June 01, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:22)

2:00:00 - The Stan Freberg Show
Program #13 Comedian Stan Freberg’s sketch comedy show; parodying advertising agencies and talk shows. (Original air date October 06, 1957. CBS network.)(Running time 28:32)

2:30:00 - Suspense
“Alibi Me” Stan Freberg stars as a two-bit crook in search of an alibi. (Original air date April 20, 1958. CBS network.)(Running time 19:37)

3:00:00 - The CBS Radio Workshop
“Cops and Robbers” An interesting experiment: real police officers are challenged to solve a fake crime. (Original air date March 16, 1956. CBS network.)(Running time 29:11)

3:30:00 - The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show
Billie Burke stars with John Barrymore and Rudy Vallee; Rudy is employed by John Barrymore’s “Don Juan Escort Bureau.” (Original air date November 28, 1940. NBC network.)(Running time 30:21)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Parakoff Policy” The first official show of the series, starring Charles Russell in a noir take on our fabulous freelance insurance investigator. (Original air date February 18, 1949. CBS network.) (Running time 29:32)

0:30:00 - Fibber McGee and Molly
In an attempt to beat the heat, Fibber tries to make ice cream. (Original air date February 8, 1944.) (Running time 26:43)

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Bureaucrat” A government inspector comes to Dodge to lay down a deadline. (Original air date January 29, 1956 CBS network.) (Running time 20:30)

1:20:00 - Lest We Forget: The American Dream
Wendy Barrie stars as a dancer who comes to her hometown to perform, and is shocked by local prejudices. (Recorded 1947, Produced by Institute For Democratic Education syndication)(Running time 14:15)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Key” The few contents of a purse are the only clues in a murder. (Original air date May 25, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:45)

2:00:00 - Suspense
“The Lost Special” Orson Welles stars in a missing train story. (Original air date September 30, 1943. CBS network.)(Running time 28:50)

2:30:00 - The Fred Allen Show
Fred Allen and guest Orson Welles do a version of “Les Miserables”. (Original air date March 3, 1946. NBC network.)(Running time 28:45)

3:00:00 - The Campbell Playhouse
“Escape” Orson Welles again! This time starring as a man unjustly jailed for 5 years and his escape from prison. (Original air date October 15, 1939. CBS network.)(Running time 51:16)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“Mildford Brooks III” The audition program of the series! Johnny is hired to keep a client from committing suicide. (Original air date December 7, 1948. CBS network.) (Running time 29:18)

0:30:00 - Hopalong Cassidy
“Gunsmoke Rides The Stagecoach Trail”. An innocent nester is accused of robbing the stage coach of the mine payroll, and he’s on the run! Can Hopalong save him? (Original air date April 4, 1949.) (Running time 26:10) This is part of our exploration of children’s programming from the Golden Age of Radio.

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Romeo” Two families, both alike in dignity, in fair Dodge City where we lay our scene… (Original air date January 22, 1956 CBS network.) (Running time 20:25)

1:20:00 - Vic and Sade
Vic and Sade’s adopted son Rush is collecting scrap for the war effort. (Original air date April 6, 1942.)(Running time 10:30)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Pug” Two robbers hold up the owner of a cafe in the parking lot of a bank. (Original air date May 18, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 27:07)

2:00:00 - The Whistler
“The Avengers” A ghost story involving brothers, a mine claim and a deadly promise. (Original air date July 2, 1943. CBS network.)(Running time 29:32)

2:30:00 - Bright Star
The audition episode for this newsroom comedy series starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. (Original air date October 23, 1952. Ziv syndication.)(Running time 26:49)

3:00:00 - The Lux Radio Theater
“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” A truly excellent radio adaptation of the classic story of gold, gumption and greed, starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston, and radio’s Frank Lovejoy. (Original air date April 18, 1949. CBS network.)(Running time 53:51)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Tip-Off Matter” The last show of the series! Johnny investigates a convict’s dying wishes. (Original air date September 30, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:16)

0:20:00 - The Golden Age of Radio with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran, interviewing Mandel Kramer. (Original air date September 1974. Station WTIC.)

0:30:00 - My Friend Irma
Irma buys a semi-functioning air conditioner with roommates’ vacation money. (Original air date June 30, 1953. CBS network.) (Running time 24:20)

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“How To Cure A Friend” An old friend of Marshall Dillon’s has come to dodge and he’s up to no good. (Original air date January 15, 1956 CBS network.) (Running time 21:30)

1:20:00 - excerpt, Studs Terkel Show
Studs Terkel interviews Jean Shepherd about radio and storytelling. (Original air date August 2, 1962)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Knife” Someone has been knifing young girls at a high school. (Original air date May 11, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:56)

2:00:00 - Suspense
“Devilstone” The final episode of Suspense, originally broadcast on what is considered to be “the last broadcast day of the Golden Age of Radio” (Original air date September 30, 1962. CBS network.)(Running time 23:42)

2:30:00 - The Eternal Light
“One-Hundred Children” A Polish woman remembers her life before and after the Nazis arrived. The year this program was broadcast The Eternal Light won the Peabody Award, the first of three for the series. (Original air date March 25, 1962. NBC network.)(Running time 29:20)

3:00:00 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“The Case of The Speckled Band” A rare BBC production rebroadcast in the US, the tale of strange sounds in the night and a mysterious death. (Original air date July 17, 1962. BBC Light.)(Running time 27:02)

3:00:00 - The Cavalcade of America
“Direction Home” A man working as a civilian employee of the Navy helps in the development of the new technology radar. (Original air date December 3, 1945. NBC network.)(Running time 26:05)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Deadly Crystal Matter” The penultimate episode of Johnny Dollar, rich women and stolen jewels! (Original air date September 23, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:10)

0:30:00 - The Green Hornet
“Put It On Ice” A meat packing plant is being routinely sabotaged, and The Green Hornet must find the undercover saboteur. (Original air date July 04, 1939. Mutual network.) (Running time 29:02) This is part of our exploration of children’s programming from the Golden Age of Radio.

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Doc’s Revenge” First do no harm… Did Doc Adams shoot a man? (Original air date January 8, 1956 CBS network.) (Running time 21:22)

1:20:00 - excerpt, Monitor
Peter Hackes hosts NBC’s Monitor and explores the launch of Telstar

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Badge” Detectives are closing in on a bandit who is hiding out in the Laurel Canyon. (Original air date May 4, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:30)

2:00:00 - The Adventures of Sam Spade
“The Critical Author Case” Twists and turns in a murder investigation the likes of which Spade has only ever read about. (Original air date August 15, 1948. CBS network.)(Running time 26:48)

2:30:00 - Philco Radio Time
Howard Duff, Burl Ives and Clifton Webb guest star on Bing Crosby’s show, which includes a spoof of Sam Spade. (Original air date October 22, 1947. ABC network.)(Running time 28:16)

3:00:00 - Suspense
“Nightmare” A man has a nightmare that he is a murderer — and to his horror his dream becomes reality. (Original air date March 13, 1948. CBS network.)(Running time 58:00)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Four C’s Matter” A twisty turning confusing murder that Johnny must straighten out. (Original air date September 9, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 23:47)

0:20:00 - excerpt: Command Performance
James Cagney sings a medley from “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (Original air date September 30, 1944. AFRS origination.)

0:30:00 - On Stage
“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” Cathy and Elliot Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Radio, perform the story of Paul Revere. (Original air date July 2, 1953. CBS network.) (Running time 26:22)

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Scared Kid” Marshall Dillon must find a young man who is in over his head. (Original air date December 18, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 20:12)

1:20:00 - excerpt, Treasury Star Parade
“I Am an American” and “The Freedom Road” by Langston Hughes

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Job” An off-duty police officer is shot and killed. (Original air date April 27, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:11)

2:00:00 - Democracy in America
“The 4th of July in Albany, 1831” A dramatization of Alexis de Tocqueville’s travels through and observations of America in the 19th century. (Original air date January 31, 1962. NBC network.)(Running time 28:22)

2:30:00 - Family Theatre
“The Longest Hour” Franklin, Adams, Jefferson and the other founding fathers argue over the wording of the Declaration Of Independence. (Original air date July 1, 1953. Mutual network.)(Running time 24:52)

3:00:00 - You Are There
“The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independence” The CBS Radio News team is on the scene, July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia. (Original air date July 4, 1948. CBS network.)(Running time 28:13)

3:30:00 - The Columbia Workshop
“Free Speech” Great voices of the past speak about the right of “free speech.” (Original air date January 11, 1942. CBS network.)(Running time 29:37)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Doninger Doninger Matter” Johnny traces a traveling man by cracking his secret pattern, but there’s still a surprise waiting for him. (Original air date September 02, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 22:39)

0:30:00 - Jack Armstrong, The All American Boy
“Clear The Tracks” Spies are planning to sabotage America’s new super-thrust jet, but Armstrong is on the case! (Original air date March 11, 1948. ABC network.) (Running time 30:07)

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Land Deal” Someone is selling land that doesn’t belong to them. (Original air date December 11, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 21:23)

1:20:00 - excerpt, The Fred Allen Show
The Allen’s Alley question is: “What is your reaction to the re-opening of Coney Island?” (Original air date May 12, 1946. NBC network.)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Trial” Months of detective work investigating a hit-and-run culminates in a trial. (Original air date April 20, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:43)

2:00:00 - Our Miss Brooks
Miss Brooks can travel for free this summer, if only she can get three friends to take a tour to Europe with her through Hawkins Travel Agency. (Original air date July 17, 1955. CBS network.)(Running time 29:28)

2:30:00 - Broadway Is My Beat
A man is found dead on famous Coney Island’s roller coaster, and the jewels he was carrying have gone missing. (Original air date April 14, 1950. CBS network.)(Running time 30:21)

3:00:00 - Suspense
“Will You Make A Bet With Death?” A mystery takes place at Coney Island. (Original air date November 10, 1942. CBS network.)(Running time 29:46)

3:30:00 - NBC Presents: Short Story
“The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s classic horror story about a small rural town with a long-standing tradition. (Original air date March 14, 1951. NBC network.)(Running time 28:08)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The No Matter Matter” A cryptic phone call, a disappearing body, Johnny must unravel the mystery. (Original air date September 16, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 24:20)

0:25:00 - excerpt: The Nash Kelvinator Show featuring The Andrews Sisters, from December 5, 1945

0:30:00 - The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Broadcast from Camp Elliot Marine Base in New York; Gracie volunteers to babysit and George thinks he’s going to be a father. (Original air date November 10, 1942. CBS network.) (Running time 28:06)

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Daddy-O” Kitty’s long lost father comes to Dodge. (Original air date June 10, 1956. CBS network.) (Running time 21:08)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Book” Obscene graphic novels are circulating local high schools. (Original air date April 6, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:16)

2:00:00 - The Adventures of Father Brown
“The Three Tools Of Death” One of only a handful of surviving episodes of this wonderful series; Father Brown must figure out whodunnit in a murder with too many weapons and motives. (Original air date July 22, 1945. Mutual network.)(Running time 29:53)

2:30:00 - Destination Freedom
“The Saga of Blanche K. Bruce” The life story of Mississippi Senator Blanche K. Bruce, the first formerly enslaved person to be elected to the United States Senate. (Original air date September 4, 1949. Chicago station WMAQ.)(Running time 29:41)

3:00:00 - Father Knows Best
Will Jim Anderson be named “Father of the Year”? (Original air date November 8, 1951. NBC network.)(Running time 29:44)

3:30:00 - Suspense
“The Evil Adelaide Winters” Agnes Moorehead stars as a fake medium who preys upon grieving parents, claiming to be able to contact their deceased children. (Original air date September 1, 1951. CBS network.)(Running time 29:34)

0:00:00 - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Gold Rush Matter” A gold mine is the scene for a breach of trust. (Original air date August 26, 1962. CBS network.) (Running time 22:53)

0:25:00 - excerpt: Milton Berle Show from October 06, 1948

0:30:00 - Dick Tracy
“The Case Of The Firebug Murders” Dick Tracy, with pals Vitamin Flintheart and Snowflake, investigate a fire. (Original air date February 16, 1946. ABC network.) (Running time 28:05) This is part of our exploration of children’s programming from the Golden Age of Radio.

1:00:00 - Gunsmoke
“Sunny Afternoon” There is enough hay to go around Dodge this winter, but only if the town miser opens his stores. (Original air date December 4, 1955. CBS network.) (Running time 21:35)

1:20:00 - Lum and Abner
A mechanicals-esque play about “inflation”(Original air date May 6, 1943. NBC network.) (Running time 11:38)

1:30:00 - Dragnet
“The Big Actor” $10,000 worth of narcotics has been stolen from St. Christopher’s Hospital. (Original air date August 10, 1950. NBC network.)(Running time 26:32)

2:00:00 - The Shadow
“The Ghost Without A Face” A haunted theatre presents a performance. (Original air date March 10, 1946. Mutual network.)(Running time 28:40)

2:30:00 - The Big Show
Tony-winning people and shows, including Uta Hagen and The Country Wife; Paul Kelly, Judy Holiday, Meredith Willson and his The Music Man, and the one and only Tallulah Bankhead. (Original air date February 25, 1951. NBC network.)(Running time 29:51 Part 1, 58:13 Part 2)