The Good Old Days of Radio Show

On today's episode, it's John Huston's early noir classic, The Maltese Falcon, Sweetheart. This radio version gathered together (almost) the complete original cast of the film about five years later in a streamlined version of this story about "the stuff dreams are made of."

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On today's creepy-cast, we descend into ancient Egyptian tombs with a strange archeological expedition in Wyllis Cooper's radio version of The Mummy. And John talks about his favorite radio performers.

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Today on the podcast, John talks about a largely forgotten personality, who during his time was considered one of the great wits in American comedy, Fred Allen. A lot of Fred Allen's jokes and jabs were ripped out of the headlines of the day, and John plays the last episode from his famous radio show.

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On today’s “scary” podcast, John presents a story many people consider one of the best ever done in any medium; “Three Skeleton Key,” with a famous star of many 1950-’60s horror films, Vincent Price. If you have a phobia of rats, you may want to stay away from this one!

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Today’s special extended podcast will present two programs specially chosen for families. First, a beautifully produced audio version of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio with the full original cast, followed by an imaginative Ray Bradbury story called “The Rocket.”

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Today we feature Arch Oboler’s famous series, Light’s Out! John was friends with Arch Oboler, and in today’s podcast he’s going to talk about that. And don’t let the innocuous title fool you, this story about a locked chest and what is inside is one of the most horrific radio shows ever done.

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Today on the podcast, Wildroot Cream Oil “makes your hair stand on end” with a terrific thriller, featuring the detective originally made famous in The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade. If you like fast-paced, action-packed pulp stories from the 1940s with great performances, this is one of the best.

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This week, an excellent, subtle ghost story, Lucille Fletcher’s The Hitchhiker. In addition to being one of the most mysterious stories of all time, the cast and crew could not be better. Orson Welles gives an amazing tour-de-force performance, Bernard Herrmann provides an ominous score.

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On today’s podcast, we start the holidays early with It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Donna Reed, and of course Jimmy Stewart. We decided we can play this in September, since it was never really a Christmas movie until TV re-runs came along. Anyway, settle back and enjoy this great hour-long show for the whole family.

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Before the airwaves were shaken by an Invasion from Mars, and films were forever changed by John Foster Kane, a comparatively obscure 23-year-old Orson Welles brought the dark classic Dracula to listeners across the country. Today John features this gothic story, brilliantly produced by the Mercury Theatre.

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