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Gunsmoke presents “The Lamb,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 5, 1953. Commonly listed as episode 85, this radio Western stars William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon and was written by John Meston and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

Dodge City grows uneasy when renowned Colorado Territory gunfighter Lew Madellon arrives, followed by another gunman, Ab Fisher. As reputations and threats fill the town, Dillon must hold the peace before a dangerous rivalry erupts into violence.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
26:47 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Tom Dick and Harry,” episode 316, originally broadcast September 8, 1941. This CBS, Lux-sponsored season opener adapts the 1941 RKO Radio Pictures romantic comedy and is hosted by Cecil B. DeMille.

Ginger Rogers stars as Janie, a telephone operator weighing the attentions of three sharply different suitors: an ambitious automobile salesman, a wealthy young man, and an unconventional garage mechanic. George Murphy, Alan Marshal, and Burgess Meredith reprise their film roles in this lighthearted comedy of romance, security, and ambition.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
01:01:27 Closing

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X Minus One presents “Honeymoon in Hell,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 26, 1956. This is episode 81 of the acclaimed science-fiction anthology series.

Adapted by George Lefferts from Fredric Brown’s 1950 Galaxy Science Fiction novelette, the story imagines a near future threatened by Cold War tensions and a disturbing collapse in male births. Government officials and a powerful electronic brain place their hopes in an unusual lunar mission involving a former space pilot and a Soviet scientist. The cast includes William Redfield, Vilma Cure, and Wendell Holmes; Daniel Sutter directed.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
29:48 Closing

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Dragnet presents “The Big Saw,” episode 242, originally broadcast on April 6, 1954. Jack Webb stars as LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith, in a story written by John Robinson and directed by Webb.

Assigned to Robbery Detail in Los Angeles after a bank holdup by two masked gunmen, Friday and Smith work from scant early evidence. A customer’s identification and a lead involving a car-rental agency set the detectives on the trail in this methodical, evidence-driven case. The surviving recording is an AFRS rebroadcast of the original NBC program.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
01:04 Original Broadcast
27:12 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Kettler Method,” episode 12, originally broadcast on CBS on September 16, 1942. This early installment was written by Peter Barry, directed by John Dietz, and features Roger DeKoven as Dr. Kettler, with Gloria Stuart and John Gibson as Claire and Leslie Winton.

Days of heavy rain have cut off Dr. Morrissey’s remote sanitarium near Culsten/Culston, where a once-renowned brain surgeon has become a patient. When the Wintons arrive amid the storm, Dr. Kettler’s consuming attachment to a past operation and the technique that bears his name turns the isolated institution into a place of mounting danger.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
31:03 Closing

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Escape, episode 102, “Three Skeleton Key,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 17, 1950. Vincent Price stars as Jean in this James Poe adaptation of George G. Toudouze’s suspenseful short story, directed by William N. Robson.

On a remote lighthouse key off the coast of French Guiana, three isolated keepers spot a drifting, abandoned sailing ship approaching their reef. What arrives from the sea turns their lonely outpost into a desperate refuge, in one of Escape’s most celebrated survival dramas. Harry Bartell and Jeff Corey co-star.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:55 Original Broadcast
30:25 Closing

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Cause of Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 6, 1948. Program #399 stars Berry Kroeger as Redmond County coroner Ken Griswold and Santos Ortega as Inspector Al Hendricks. The drama was written by Bob Sloane and Edward Adamson and directed by Himan Brown.

Called home from a lakeside vacation after his wife’s inexplicable death, Griswold faces a case that defies his professional knowledge. With Inspector Hendricks at his side, the coroner follows disturbing evidence through a macabre mystery of grief, guilt, and the seemingly impossible.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
25:02 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “National Velvet,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 3, 1947. This is episode 557, adapted for radio by Sanford Barnett from MGM’s 1944 film, itself based on Enid Bagnold’s novel.

In small-town England, determined young Velvet Brown dreams of entering her remarkable horse in the Grand National. Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and Donald Crisp reprise their film roles in this warm drama of ambition, courage, and a former jockey’s renewed sense of purpose.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
59:50 Closing

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Gunsmoke presents “Robin Hood,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 8, 1955. Cataloged as episode 143, this John Meston script stars William Conrad as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, with Parley Baer as Chester and Georgia Ellis as Kitty.

When a delayed stagecoach reaches Dodge after a selective robbery at Rocky Ford, the masked thief’s unusually courtly methods earn him comparisons to Robin Hood. Matt Dillon suspects that a notorious outlaw’s polished reputation may be making him harder to catch. Norman Macdonnell directed and produced.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:07 Closing

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Escape presents “Country of the Blind” originally broadcast on CBS on June 27, 1948. Supplied as episode 44, this sustaining-program drama adapts H. G. Wells’s “The Country of the Blind,” with Paul Frees as mountain guide Juan Nunez and William Conrad providing Escape’s signature voice.

Lost among the Andes, Nunez discovers a secluded valley inhabited by a self-contained community whose people have never known sight. John Dunkel’s adaptation follows his unsettling encounter with a society that understands the world in profoundly different terms.

The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:13 Closing

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