In this episode, we serve up four classic old-time radio snacks, featuring a special Family Theater presentation for Citizenship Day, an episode of Family Doctor, a New Year’s drama from Guest Star, and a classic performance by Orson Welles. Family Theater: Treasury of Homes In honor of Citizenship Day, this episode features an excerpt from…

Today’s Adventure: Counterspy David Harding and his agents are assigned to protect a foreign envoy visiting the United States, who is there to arrange the engraving of government bonds worth three million dollars. When the envoy’s secretary dies under suspicious circumstances and other details raise questions about the envoy’s identity, Harding begins investigating. The case…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar is asked to help recover a priceless Cellini medallion stolen from the Louvre, which is believed to be smuggled into the United States aboard a ship carrying French wine. After traveling from Paris to San Francisco, Johnny turns to his underworld contacts for information and learns that the medallion may be…

Today’s Mystery: Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are assigned to narcotics detail when a drug addict is arrested carrying a supply of high-grade heroin. The man refuses to reveal where he got the narcotics until the effects of withdrawal force him to talk. His information leads Friday and Smith to a…

Today’s Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates a dangerous situation surrounding dancer Sylvia Douglas after she claims that Peter Ciuro wants to kill her. Ciuro insists that he loves Sylvia and points Clover toward another man, longshoreman Johnny Moore, whom he believes could be a threat to her. As Clover investigates the three people connected to…

Today’s Mystery: Pittsburgh newspaper reporter Joseph P. Brown receives a call about a woman who has been shot at an address in nearby Jeanette, Pennsylvania. Arriving at the scene, Brown finds a strangely uncooperative group of witnesses who refuse to give him the woman’s name or explain what happened. As he begins investigating the shooting,…

Today’s Adventure: After newspaper reporter Tom Fisher and a small-time grifter are murdered while investigating a fraudulent Mexican sweepstakes racket, David Harding sends Harry Peters to Gulfport, Texas, to follow the trail. A distinctive gold poker chip points Peters toward the offshore gambling ship El Toro, where he discovers that the gambling operation may conceal…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar travels to Paris after his underworld contact Louis de Marsac claims to know the whereabouts of the Olney diamonds, a three-quarter-million-dollar necklace stolen during its owner’s recent visit to the United States. But Johnny’s arrival is greeted by a ransacked apartment and a sudden assault, suggesting that recovering the jewels will…

Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a group of confidence men posing as authorized solicitors for legitimate charities and pocketing the donations they collect. An early arrest appears promising until the suspect proves he merely copied the scheme, leaving Friday and Lockwood searching for the experienced bunco artists whose fraud…

Today’s Mystery: Pickpocket Georgie Beck has repeatedly insisted that someone is following him, but Danny Clover and his colleagues have found nothing to substantiate his fears. When Georgie suddenly calls headquarters saying he has been attacked and then disappears, Danny retraces his movements and discovers an unexpected connection between the small-time thief and a lavish…