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Classic Radio Theater for September 17, 2021 Hour 1 - Is Walter eloping with Harriet? Sep 16, 2021

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Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden, originally broadcast September 17, 1950, 71 years ago, an elopement with Walter. Mr. Boynton has joined a volunteer fire department, which leads Mr. Conklin to conclude that Walter and Harriet are eloping.

Classic Radio Theater for September 17, 2021 Hour 2 - Are the Andersons getting a big inheritance? Sep 16, 2021

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Father Knows Best starring Robert Young, originally broadcast September 17, 1953, The Big Inheritance. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast September 17, 1948, Abner tries to buy a bus ticket to get Ben back to Pine Ridge.

Classic Radio Theater for September 17, 2021 Hour 3 - Boston Blackie and the Apartment Swindler Sep 16, 2021

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Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast September 17, 1946, The Apartment Swindler. The leader of a gang that is swindling people who are desperate to get an apartment, is found murdered. Don't believe the photograph on the desk! Also Part 1 of a 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Imperfect Alibi Matter, originally broadcast September 17, 1956. An attempt on Harvey Stone's life and an attack on Johnny!

Classic Radio Theater for September 16, 2021 Hour 1 - George needs Clark Gable - or a reasonable facsimile Sep 15, 2021

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George Burns and Gracie Allen, originally broadcast September 16, 1940, 81 years ago, George Needs a Guest Star. The sponsor has suggested that George get Clark Gable as a guest star. How about hiring a Gable imitator?

Classic Radio Theater for September 16, 2021 Hour 2 - Uncle Miltie salutes the Radio Sep 15, 2021

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The Milton Berle Show, originally broadcast September 16, 1947, A Salute to Radio. Milton takes Junior to a child psychiatrist. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast September 16, 1948, Abner tries to find Elizabeth in Las Vegas.

Classic Radio Theater for September 16, 2021 Hour 3 - The Whisperer and a Kidnapping Sep 15, 2021

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The Whisperer starring Carleton G. Young, originally broadcast September 16, 1951, Patricia Folsom. "The Syndicate" orders the kidnapping of Patricia Folsom. Also Calling All Detectives, originally broadcast September 16, 1948, A Man’s Soul as Security

Classic Radio Theater for September 15, 2021 Hour 1 - Sgt Friday and the Big Cab Sep 14, 2021

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Dragnet, originally broadcast September 15, 1953, 68 years ago, The Big Cab. Raymond Bailey has been beaten by a man with a shotgun, while his grocery store was being robbed by a man who must have taken a taxi to the scene of the crime.

Classic Radio Theater for September 15, 2021 Hour 2 - The Castaways and a Nuclear Bomb! Sep 14, 2021

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X Minus One, originally broadcast September 15, 1955, The Castaways. The natives on a Pacific atoll place an unusual curse on the soldiers who are about the destroy their island with a nuclear bomb. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast September 15, 1948, the boys make it to the Grand Canyon.

Classic Radio Theater for September 15, 2021 Hour 3 - Child Labor in Dodge City Sep 14, 2021

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Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast September 15, 1957, Child Labor. Oris Sybert hires two orphans to break his wild horses. Everyone knows that Sybert's up to no good Also Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, originally broadcast September 15, 1957, The JPD Matter. A brewery is facing steep competition...from a new factory planning to dynamite it out of existence!

Classic Radio Theater for September 14, 2021 Hour 1 - The Crackup Sep 13, 2021

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The FBI in Peace and War, originally broadcast September 14, 1950, 71 years ago, The Crackup. Three bank robbers are in hiding after a job. One of them has a bad case of the jitters.

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