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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Suspense "The Black Shawl" (7-27-44) Jun 16, 2007

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Suspense was one of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio (aka old-time radio), and advertised itself as "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It was heard in one form or another from 1942 through 1962. There were approximately 945 episodes broadcast during its long run, over 900 of which are extant in mostly high-quality recordings. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors and director/producers. There were a few rules which were followed for all but a handful of episodes: Protagonists were usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation. Evildoers must be punished in the end.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Suspense "Fear Paints A Picture" (4-13-43) Jun 16, 2007

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Mr Keen Tracer Of Lost Persons "The Telephone Book Murder" (1-26-50) Jun 16, 2007

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Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of network radio's longest running detectives, although listening to it now would hardly explain why. This kind, elderly, boring sleuth, in company with his bumbling assistant, Mike Clancy, was on the airwaves from 1937 to 1955, logging nearly 20 years of fighting crime. The series came out of the soap opera fiction factory of Frank and Anne Hummert and encompassed most of the trite dialogue and snail plotting of daytime serials.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Lights Out "Devils Due" (4-26-39) Jun 15, 2007

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Lights Out was an American old-time radio program featuring "tales of the supernatural and the supernormal." It was immensely popular, and was one of the first horror programs, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. In its heydey, Lights Out rivalled the popularity of those shows. Lights Out ran through several series and networks, from January 1, 1934 to August 6, 1947. The principal sponsor was Ironized Yeast. Most episodes were broadcast at midnight. Lights Out then made the transition to television in 1949, where it was broadcast until 1952. Created in Chicago by writer Wyllis Cooper in 1934.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dimension X "Almost Human" (5-13-50) Jun 15, 2007

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Dimension X. May 13, 1950. NBC net. "Almost Human". Sustaining. A large, powerful robot trained for killing, develops a sense of good and evil. The script was subsequently used on "X Minus One" on August 11, 1955 (see cat.#43257) The program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during August, 1974. Santos Ortega, Rita Lynn, Jack Grimes, Robert Block (author), George Lefferts (adaptor), Van Woodward (producer), Norman Rose (host), Edward King (director), Bob Warren (announcer). 1/2 hour.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dragnet "The Big Donation" (6-12-52) Jun 14, 2007

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Dragnet was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as the terse Sgt. Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, but Dragnet would make him one of the major media personalities of his era.Webb was a stickler for accurate details, and Dragnet used many authentic touches, such as the LAPD's actual radio call sign (KMA-367), and the names of many real department officials, such as Ray Pinker and Lee Jones of the crime lab or Chief of Detectives Thad Brown.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventures By Morse "Land Of The Living Dead" (11-11-44) Jun 14, 2007

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1944-45 Transcribed syndication intended for weekly play in 30 minute time slots. The cast was Elliott Lewis, David Ellis and Russell Thorson, all serving stints as Captain Bart Friday, a San Francisco detective who roamed the world looking for dangerous adventure. Jack Edwards as Skip Turner, Fridayâs Texas talking sidekick. Writer/producer is Carlton E. Morse.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Radio City Playhouse "Murder Is The Easiest Way" (7-04-49) Jun 13, 2007

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Although overshadowed by the earlier classics of anthology such as the Lux Radio Theater and The Family Theater, the Radio City Playhouse is fondly remembered for its solid dramatic content, and quality radio acting. One of the dramas, "Long Distance," starred Jan Minor as a distraught wife trying to reach a judge on the West Coast to sign an immediate stay of execution that will take her innocent husband's life in a matter of hours. That show is considered as a classic that ranks with Agnes Moorehead's "Sorry, Wrong Number," of Suspense fame.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Clock "The Hunter & The Hunted" (12-22-46) Jun 13, 2007

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The Clock was a dramatic thirty-minute suspense and mystery series. It was written by Lawrence Klee and was first broadcast in November 1946. The story always began the same; âSunrise and sunset, promise and fulfilment, birth and death â the whole drama of life is written in the sands of timeâ. First Broadcast November 3rd 1946 Last Broadcast May 23rd 1948

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - My Friend Irma "The Eyes Have It" (12-08-47) Jun 12, 2007

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In 1947 Marie Wilson starred in the radio sitcom "," throughout its radio run, in a 1952-54 television series and in two films that introduced the new comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Her open, grinning face belying her age, Wilson continued doing her dumb-blonde act into the 1960s, starring in summer stock and dinner-theater productions of Born Yesterday and appearing in commercials. Marie Wilson's last TV assignment was a voice-over role in the 1970 animated cartoon series Where's Huddles?; two years later, she died of cancer at the age of 56. Marie Wilson is, of course, Irma Peterson. The "friend" narrator Jane is played by Cathy Lewis (wife of Elliot Lewis, "Remley" on Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show). John Brown is Irma's boyfriend Al. Professor Kropotkin is played by the hilarious Hans Conreid. Irma's boss, Mr. Clyde, is played by Alan Reed.

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