Radio Retropolis

Lamont Cranston and Commissioner Weston witness a condemned man being hanged at the prison, but they later learn he's somehow still alive and killing off the jury members who sent him to the death house. Plus, commentary to follow.

A young man needs money soon to pay a debt or he's a dead man who devises a plan to get the insurance money off his mother's boarder who doesn't have long to live. JR speaks about stars Fay Bainter and Tony Barrett. Plus, the reason why they aired a 30 minute episode instead of their hour long program.

The trap Kent had planned using Robin as bait backfired when the Spider and Jonesy intercepted those plans and kidnapped both Robin and Jimmy Olsen. JR comments on the tribute paid to Superman by the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the problems they faced throughout the years.

Liz is concerned when George wants to check her will which turns to fear once she's convinced George wants to do her in when she finds a one way airline ticket and a receipt for some arsenic and some rope. Commentary on the behind scenes story about the I Love Lucy episode called Lucy thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her from this script as well as the rarely heard audio clip from the never aired pilot episode of I Love Lucy about Ricky's will upsetting Liz.

A pair of hold-up men known as "The Kid Bandits" are robbing and beating their victims. They're young and brutal with no pattern to their operation. But a pack of matches may be Friday and Romero's best lead. Commentary on the first scene which shows a much more informal, off duty friendship between Friday and Romero.

Clark Kent gets Henderson to agree to release Robin for 48 hours in his custody to bait a trap for the real Monkey Burglar. But someone else is wise to Kent's plan. JR comemnts on an Adventures of Superman television episode similar to this story.

Saladine and Erlich are two warlocks in the eternal battle between good and evil with Erlich using his black magic to control zombies in destroying the world. Saladine is the only one who can stop him. Commentary on the real origins of the zombie and how they were represented here as compared to those in Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, and, of course, the television phenomenon The Walking Dead.

Two spies are gaining War Department secrets with the help of a spiritualist who reads people's minds.

In Act 2, Eric Strange is investigating the murder of his researcher friend Leland Rogers, when a speeding car tries to run him over. Who was driving? Who wants him dead? And why? JR comments on the real "blind spot. Plus, actor Edmond O'Brien.

In Act 1, Eric Strange, an author-turned-bodyguard, vows to protect his employer, a famous pollster, from someone who is trying to kill him. When the man winds up dead, the police think it's suicide. Strange believes it was murder and sets out to prove it putting himself in mortal danger. JR reviews the Act.