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The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows brings you the most iconic, gripping, and unforgettable broadcasts from the golden age of radio. Each episode is fully restored and professionally remastered to deliver the same suspense, mystery, adventure, and charm that captivated audiences nearly a century ago. From chilling thrillers to classic sci-fi, detective dramas, comedies, and heart-pounding adventures, this series presents the very best of vintage broadcasting in pristine quality.🎧 Fully restored and professionally remastered with enhanced audio.Source: OTRR.org – Certified Public Domain Collection.Restoration and curation by Old Time Retro Radio.🎧 Listen to The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows and all our restored programs on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection.#OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadioDrama #V
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- Today26 min
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Murder Comes at Midnight" (Old Time Radio, 1946)
Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Murder Comes at Midnight,” originally broadcast on September 9, 1946. Episode 283 stars Mercedes McCambridge and was written by Emile C. Tepperman, with Himan Brown directing and producing.On a dark summer night in a rented country house, Ethel Canning waits alone while her young daughter sleeps upstairs. When a wounded stranger arrives claiming car trouble, a police bulletin raises chilling questions about the man at her door. This taut CBS mystery turns an isolated home and a nearby radio into instruments of mounting suspense.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 Introduction00:48 Original Broadcast26:01 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- Yesterday54 min
Lux Radio Theatre - "Mother Didnt Tell Me Afrs" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Mother Didn’t Tell Me AFRS,” originally broadcast November 16, 1954. This is episode 897, adapted from the 1950 Twentieth Century-Fox comedy-drama based on Mary Bard’s book The Doctor Wears Three Faces.Dorothy McGuire reprises her film role as advertising-jingle writer Jane Morgan, opposite Frank Lovejoy as Dr. Bill Wright. After a rainstorm brings Jane to Bill’s office with a cold, their fast-moving romance encounters the everyday pressures of a doctor’s demanding career and the adjustments of young married life. The surviving AFRTS/Hollywood Radio Theater presentation is introduced by producer Irving Cummings.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 Introduction00:54 Original Broadcast53:55 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 2 days ago30 min
Dragnet - "The Big Make" (Old Time Radio, 1950)
Dragnet presents “The Big Make,” episode 66, originally broadcast on NBC on September 14, 1950. Jack Webb stars as Los Angeles police sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as his partner, Sergeant Ben Romero.Friday and Romero investigate a violent holdup at Stendahl’s Bakery Shop, where the proprietor and his daughter have been wounded. With only limited information from the neighborhood bakery crime scene, the detectives begin assembling the facts in this early, tightly focused Dragnet robbery-detail procedural. The broadcast was sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.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 Introduction00:50 Original Broadcast30:12 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 3 days ago25 min
Escape - "A Shipment of Mute Fate - Jack Webb" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Escape presents “A Shipment of Mute Fate,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 15, 1947. Episode 10 stars Jack Webb and was written by Les Crutchfield, from Martin Storm’s short story of the same name.In the Venezuelan port of La Guaira, collector Chris Warner arranges to ship a crated bushmaster snake aboard the liner Chan Kay, bound for New York. With the captain wary of the cargo and a stewardess attempting to smuggle her cat aboard, the voyage begins under increasingly uneasy circumstances. William N. Robson 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 Introduction00:54 Original Broadcast25:25 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 4 days ago30 min
Suspense - "Circumstantial Terror" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
Suspense presents “Circumstantial Terror,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 8, 1954. Episode 542 stars Ronald Reagan as Frank Thompson and was written by Ross Murray, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.Months without work have left Frank desperate and on edge. After an angry confrontation with a liquor-store owner, he returns to make amends—only to find himself caught in a frightening chain of circumstances that makes him look like the police’s most obvious suspect.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 Introduction00:43 Original Broadcast30:33 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 5 days ago18 min
Gunsmoke - "Spring Freshet (better sound, Less complete)" (Old Time Radio, 1957)
Gunsmoke, “Spring Freshet” (episode 258), originally broadcast on CBS on March 17, 1957. William Conrad stars as Marshal Matt Dillon, with Parley Baer as Chester, Georgia Ellis as Kitty, and Howard McNear as Doc. Written by Les Crutchfield and produced by Norman Macdonnell, this circulating copy is identified as better sounding but less complete.When two wanted robbers bring danger to Dodge City’s Long Branch Saloon, Kitty is caught in a hostage crisis close to home. Matt Dillon, Chester, and Doc face a tense standoff in a drama of pressure, strategy, and the risks of confronting armed men in a crowded town.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 Introduction00:48 Original Broadcast18:39 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 6 days ago29 min
Dimension X - "Destination Moon" (Old Time Radio, 1950)
Dimension X presents “Destination Moon,” episode 12, originally broadcast on NBC on June 24, 1950. Adapted from George Pal’s 1950 film and credited to Robert A. Heinlein and George Pal, this unsponsored sustaining-program broadcast features Santos Ortega, Luis van Rooten, and Norman Rose as host/narrator.At a Texas rocket project, a determined team races to send the first crewed expedition to the Moon before official intervention can halt the launch. Treating spaceflight as an urgent engineering and logistical challenge, the drama is also notable for a real NBC news bulletin interrupting the surviving broadcast with reports of North Korea’s invasion of South Korea.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 Introduction00:58 Original Broadcast29:22 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
- 1 weeks ago22 min
X Minus One - "Death Wish" (Old Time Radio, 1957)
X Minus One presents “Death Wish,” episode 115, originally broadcast on NBC on October 10, 1957. This science-fiction drama was adapted for radio by William Welch from Robert Sheckley’s 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction story, published under the pseudonym Ned Lang.Bound for Mars, Captain Summers and his two crewmates discover troubling flaws in their ship’s newly installed computer equipment. When the spacecraft is forced far beyond the Solar System with limited fuel, the crew faces an urgent and increasingly desperate fight for survival. The cast includes Ralph Camargo, Maurice Tarplin, Walter Black, and Joseph Bell.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 Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast22:13 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
About The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows | Old Time Radio
The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows brings you the most iconic, gripping, and unforgettable broadcasts from the golden age of radio. Each episode is fully restored and professionally remastered to deliver the same suspense, mystery, adventure, and charm that captivated audiences nearly a century ago. From chilling thrillers to classic sci-fi, detective dramas, comedies, and heart-pounding adventures, this series presents the very best of vintage broadcasting in pristine quality.🎧 Fully restored and professionally remastered with enhanced audio.Source: OTRR.org – Certified Public Domain Collection.Restoration and curation by Old Time Retro Radio.🎧 Listen to The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows and all our restored programs on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection.#OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadioDrama #V
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