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  • DRAGNET "Eric Kelby"

    This episode aired September 3, 1949 on NBC Radio. A woman disappears and her husband is behaving suspiciously. On the surface it appears only as a routine missing persons case. Detective Sergeant Friday has been assigned to Homicide Detail. He starts to investigate and suspicion grows. There is evidence of possible foul play. It's Friday's job to find the woman or find her murderer.

    30 min
  • STAN FREBERG "The Yellow Rose of Texas"

     Stan Freberg had problems with a Yankee snare drummer Alvin Stoller in the hit parody. The Yellow Rose Of Texas featured Stan Freberg, with Billy May’s Orchestra, Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and drumming by Alvin Stoller.  Freberg’s top-20 radio hit was modelled after the arrangement of Johnny Desmond’s version of the civil war song initially popularized by Mitch Miller in 1955. 

    4 min
  • BOGART: "Bullets or Ballots"

    A Lux Radio Theater REHEARSAL PRE-BROADCAST presentation on April 16, 1939. A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top Lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is suspicious.

    58 min
  • ESCAPE "Ring of Thoth"

    Episode 6 of the series aired August 11, 1947 on CBS Radio. Starring Jack Webb as the sorcerer, a person who claims or is believed to have magic powers; a wizard. Based on the short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Escape 's adaptation is an interesting one with an unexpected ending. "The Ring of Thoth" was first published in 1890. Mr. John Vansittart Smith, a British student of Egyptology, has come to the Egyptian Room of the Louvre to study.

     

    30 min
  • SIX SHOOTER "Silver Annie"

    Sheriff Bill Riddle is the law in Dawson. He faces down an escaped killer without a gunfight...and with good reason. It's midday and Britt Ponset has just rode into Virtue City. Everything looks pretty much the same as the last time Britt had come to town, maybe a little bigger, but there are people who want to change things. One of the railway companies wants to run a line through town, but some people do not want it. Annie Huxley refuses to let the route run through her land. She sits at her homestead day and night with her shotgun in her hand and shoots at anyone who dares to trespass. Britt decides to pay Silver Annie a visit. Episode 4 aired October 11, 1953 on the NBC Radio Network. The Six Shooter was a United States western radio series created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and ran for only one season of 39 episodes with some repeated.

    29 min
  • SUSPENSE "Devil In The Summer House"

    This episode aired on CBS Radio on September 2, 1942 and stars Martin Gable as Mr. Parker. It was originally written by John Dickson Carr and adapted for this episode of Suspense.  The half hour is filled with many thrills typically presented to keep you in... suspense.

    30 min
  • ESCAPE "Dead of Night"


    Escape's premier episode was based on one of the stories from the classic British horror film Dead of Night (1945). The movie is a collection of supernatural tales, including the urban legend of "The Phantom Coachman." Its most famous segment is about a ventriloquist named Maxwell Frere, played by Michael Redgrave, and Hugo, his dummy. Dead of Night was also one of the inspirations for the famous Twilight Zone episode "The Dummy" in 1962. Richard Attenborough's 1978 film Magic also borrowed a little from this story. Escape's "Dead of Night" stars Barry Kroeger as the ventriloquist and Art Carney (pictured left) as the dummy.

    25 min
  • SIX SHOOTER "The Stampede"

    Episode 3 aired on NBC Radio October 4, 1953. James Stewart, Lou Merrill, James McCallion.

    Britt Ponset finds himself on a cattle drive with two feuding brothers. The rain is thundering down, lightning is flashing, and the wind is howling through the canyon. The expertise of all the riders is necessary to prevent a stampede. However not everyone can be depended upon and the results could prove disastrous, especially when sibling rivalry ensues.

    29 min
  • TALES TEXAS RANGERS 'Broken Spur"

    This episode aired August 12, 1950 on NBC Radio. Based on the events of June 5, 1948. A dead man is found in a burned out house. Also found is a broken spur and a fat man with small feet around 10pm. These events occurred on a small ranch ten miles south of Cranston in Irwin County, Texas. Milton Thomas was counting a large sum of money before locking up for the night. As he was counting his dog Rags appeared to be nervous. Thomas tried to quiet him...let's listen to the episode called BROKEN SPUR.

    30 min
  • SIX SHOOTER "The Coward"

    This is episode 2 which aired on NBC Radio September 27, 1953. Jimmy Stewart stars as Britt Ponset, legendary Texas  plainsman who wandered the western territories righting wrongs along the way. The Coward features Will Fedder, a man considered a coward as he won't wear a gun, finally reaching his breaking point. Cast members include Howard McNear, Michael Ann Barrett, Will Wright and Herb Ellis. Jack Johnstone: producer; Frank Burt: creator/writer; Hal Gibney: announcer; Basil Adam: music director.

    30 min

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