The World War 2 Radio Podcast

Today we have “Overnight to Freedom,” the August 9, 1976,episode of the Radio Mystery Theater. This episode follows George McAlester, an American soldier who has just escaped a German POW camp during World War II.

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Today we have the BBC coverage of the October 1, 1946, coverage of the verdicts at Nuremberg, against the surviving Nazi leaders.

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Today we have “I Was Married on Bataan,” an episode of Cavalcade of America written by Arthur Miller. It first aired on October 5, 1942, and tells the story of female nurses during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.   

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Today we have “Paris Underground,” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on October 12, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by Etta Shiber. The book and radio play detail Shiber’s efforts helping British pilots behind enemy lines in the early days of the war in Europe.

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Today we have an episode of Lights Out, They Met at Dorset.It’s a World War 2 ghost story, written by Arch Oboler, one of old time radio’s most accomplished entertainers. This episode first aired on February 23, 1943, over CBS.

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Today we have a 1948 episode of I Can Hear it Now with Edward R. Murrow. He recaps his time on the radio from 1933 to 1945, with special emphasis on the World War II years and his overseas reporting.

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Today we have “Menace in Wax.” It’s an episode of Suspense,one of the most popular radio shows of the World War 2 era and the post-war years.

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Today we have two programs. First, we have the August 18, 1946, episode of The Story Behind the Headlines. That is followed by “Bombing of Navarino Bay,” an episode ofSoldiers of the Press, which first aired on November 9, 1942.

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Today we go back to the early days of America’s participation in the war, with “The Yanks Are Here,” an episode of “An American in England.” This short-run series aired in the summer and fall of 1942. It was written by the legendary Norman Corwin, and produced in England by Edward R. Murrow.

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Today we have “Cover-Up,” the February 5, 1947, episode of Dark Venture. It tells the story of a Nazi war criminal in post war Germany. Dark Venture aired over ABC from 1945 to 1947.

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