Radio Retropolis

Jimmy and Jack Wilson pretending to agree with the hate agitators, relayed to Kent that they were told to meet at a lunch wagon to get further instructions by telephone. But when they got there, they were carted away by the agents themselves who showed up in person. JR comments on the three reasons why dramas of the Golden Age are still far superior to those today.

Liz tells George's mother that she's ill so the older Mrs. Cooper won't come to Liz' bridge game. But George's Mother, as well as all of Liz' friends, thinks she is really pregnant. Commentary on why the word pregnant was an issue shortly after this episode. Also, we talk about the behind the scenes real life emotion that went in to the Lucy is Enceinte episode of I Love Lucy.

A twenty-two-year-old girl has been abducted and her family receives an anonymous message demanding $30,000 for her safe return. This is Barton Yarborough's very last episode of Dragnet. Commentary revisiting the history of how Dragnet came to be. Plus guest star Whit Connor who usually would have been an unlikely casting choice of Jack Webb's.

Jimmy and Jack disregard Clark's advice and decide to follow the man responsible for inciting the student riot not knowing they are being led right to the inner sanctum of the Knights of the White Carnation. JR comments on recent listener reviews of the Superman radio series.

John and Muriel encounter car trouble and resort to stay at a spooky Haitian plantation in which they are told stories about the local voodoo which predicts an unhappy future for the couple.

While visiting Egypt, Lamont Cranston investigates why patients keep disappearing from the Cairo General Hospital. Listen for a bone chilling performance from Margot Stevenson!

A middle-aged sandwich clerk borrows money from the store cash register to bet on a long-shot horse race guaranteed to win. When the horse loses, the psychological trauma of being "honest" haunts him and adds a psychological twist to the story. JR comments on what desperation leads to. Plus, Charles Laughton.

Jimmy is being threatened by an angry mob of students as he protects the boys who were accused of throwing the game. JR comments on Superman's speech to the rioting students about bullying and mob rule.

Mr. Curry, George and Liz's landlord, is raising the rent, supposedly on instructions from his late wife, Bernice. Liz figures that she can fix things with a crooked Ouija Board. Commentary on how the Ouija Board came to be as well as the special connection Lucille Ball had with numerology.

Friday and Romero discover a woman and two dead canaries killed in the same manner in the same house. Commentary on the brilliant performance of guest actress Joyce McCluskey and why this is one of Dragnet's top episodes.