Archie is in a cranky mood over Christmas and has just locked up when he notices a stranger in the bar who knows his name. The stranger takes Archie out for a walk and forces him to look into his heart for faith and human kindness. 

Duration: 28:55 

Starring: Ed Gardner 

Broadcast Date: 23rd December 1948

Granville Merryweather and Fennis Finny want to join the army claiming that they’re answering the call to the colors, but you could put it another way, they’re starving to death. But the kind of recruits that are coming to join the army these days are dregs, failures and fugitives. 

Duration: 27:44 

Starring: Raymond Burr, Harry Bartell, Parley Baer, John Dehner

 Broadcast Date: 8th July 1956

It is 48 hours before Christmas. Archie Goodwin receives a telephone call from Santa Claus! He is coming around to Nero’s office at 8pm. Two Santa’s have been murdered and this Santa is very worried. It seems that someone is trying to murder all the Santa Claus’s of Carlisle Avenue and they seem to be succeeding! 

Duration: 27:54 

Starring: Sydney Greenstreet

 Broadcast Date: 22nd December 1950

Francis Xavier Wick the columnist, the gossip, the collector of rounded anecdotes the man who this year was celebrating Christmas in January and why apparently because he likes to collect presents too. He wouldn’t miss Christmas for anything and nor would George Valentine. By now he’s learned enough about the man in the Santa Claus suit to know that his vast collection of friends and retainers are not exactly loyal to him in fact one of them has just murdered him. . .

 Duration: 30:59 

Starring: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Patrick, Shirley Mitchell, Ted de Corsia, John Dehner

 Broadcast Date: 29th January 1951

Well the holiday season is practically with us. To our Miss Brooks who teaches English Madison High School it means more than just a respite from a difficult school term. . .

 Duration: 27:42 

Starring: Eve Arden 

Broadcast Date: 18th December 1949

It’s Saturday afternoon as we look in on the Andrews home and at the moment we find Mr. Andrews alone in the living room sitting in his favorite armchair reading the newspaper when the telephone rings. It’s Veronica and she mentions to Mr. Andrews that she’s going to do her Christmas shopping at Stacy’s, which reminds him he needs to do his Christmas shopping. It seems that everyone has decided to do their Christmas shopping today, and all at Stacy’s Department store!

 Duration: 26:19

 Starring: Bob Hastings

 Broadcast Date: 13th December 1947

Dr. Frank C. Baxter who was a professor of English at the University of Southern California interviews the distinguished author William Shakespeare as if he were alive in 1956 to ascertain who wrote the works of Shakespeare.

 Duration: 30:10 

Starring: Ben Wright, Hans Conried, Ramsey Hill, Jay Novello, William Conrad 

Broadcast Date: 24th February 1956

Let's spend Christmas with George Burns and Gracie Allen.

Madame Ottilie Tibault, owner of a prosperous little cafe in the French quarter of New Orleans, gives the $25,000 she has been keeping under her mattress to Gaspard Morin, one of her customers, for "investment".   But, before he can tell her what he ahs invested in, Morin dies.   O. Henry agress to help Madame Tibault find out what happened to the money.   His most promising clue is the name of a woman Morin uttered just before he died: "Miss Liberty."

Host: Himan Brown

Duration: 43m 52s

Cast:  Bob Dryden, .n Martin, Bill Griffis, Bryna Raseburn, 

Broadcast Date: January 15th, 1977

It was just twenty four hours before the commencement of The Battle of the Marne In the first winter of World War 1. Holmes and Watson found themselves in the front seat of an army staff car. They were taken to General Morris’s Headquarters four miles from the front line. The General’s brother Maitland and his wife, both famous Shakespearian actors, accompanied them. They were to give a performance for the troops that evening. But shortly before the performance it is discovered that the General’s brother has mysteriously disappeared.

 Duration: 30:00

 Starring: Basil Rathbone 

Broadcast Date: 14th May 1945