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Classic Radio Theater for August 29, 2021 Hour 3 - Hold Up starring Joseph Kearnes Aug 28, 2021

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Suspense, originally broadcast August 29, 1956, Hold Up starring Joseph Kearnes. A quick-on-the-trigger grocer has killed three hold-up men, and is determined never to be robbed. Also Part 4 of a 6 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Kranesburg Matter, originally broadcast August 29, 1956. A murdered pearl thief and that gun again.

Classic Radio Theater for August 28, 2021 Hour 1 - Deadman's Deal Aug 27, 2021

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast August 28, 1945, 76 years ago, Deadman’s Deal. A poker game with murder as the stakes.

Classic Radio Theater for August 28, 2021 Hour 2 - A Drunken Holiday Evening Aug 27, 2021

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Night Watch with reporter Donn Reid, originally broadcast August 28, 1954, a Drunken Holiday Evening. The first call: two women are fighting in a bar. They might be mother and daughter. An elderly movie actress has been hit by a car. A prowler has been caught in a backyard. In the studio, Evelyn Bigsby, the Managing Editor of TV Radio Life Magazine, gives the program an award as "Outstanding New Radio Program." Also Blackstone the Magic Detective, originally broadcast August 28, 1949, the Criminal who caught himself.

Classic Radio Theater for August 28, 2021 Hour 3- Does George Valentine draw the High Card? Aug 27, 2021

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Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey and Virginia Gregg, originally broadcast August 28, 1950, High Card. A lawyer's wife needs Valentine's help for her husband. Who murdered Dorothy Fullman? High card is the killer and must commit murder! Also Part 3 of a 6 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Kranesburg Matter, originally broadcast August 28, 1956. A .32 calibre gun on its way to the incinerator.

Classic Radio Theater for August 27, 2021 Hour 1 - Sometime Every Summertime starring Dorothy McGuire Aug 26, 2021

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The General Electric Theater, originally broadcast August 27, 1953, 68 years ago, Sometime Every Summertime starring Dorothy McGuire. The story of a vacation romance and the separate ways in which three people remembered it. It's a quiet story, a summertime memory, and we hope you can relax and enjoy it.

Classic Radio Theater for August 27, 2021 Hour 2 - The Whistler will trade you murder... Aug 26, 2021

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The Whistler, originally broadcast August 27, 1945, I’ll Trade You Murder. A meek book salesman is mistaken for a crook marked for death by his accomplices. To save his own life, the salesman agrees to kill the original victim. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast August 27, 1948.

Classic Radio Theater for August 27, 2021 Hour 3- Did Blackie take the Rockwell Diamond? Aug 26, 2021

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Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast August 27, 1946, The Rockwell Diamond. Blackie is arrested in Chicago. He's accused of taking $10,000 from a woman's grandfather. The woman has a secret plan to recover the, "Rockwell Diamond." Also Part 2 of a 6 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Kranesburg Matter, originally broadcast August 27, 1956. Would he actually murder to protect the family name?

Classic Radio Theater for August 26, 2021 Hour 1 - Van Heflin in Song of the Heart Aug 25, 2021

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Suspense, originally broadcast August 26, 1948, 73 years ago, Song of the Heart starring Van Heflin. Boy meets girl and plans the murder of "Tante Alice."

Classic Radio Theater for August 26, 2021 Hour 2 - Uncle Miltie salutes the Railroads Aug 25, 2021

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The Milton Berle Show, originally broadcast August 26, 1947, A Salute to the Railroads. Milton goes down to the railroad station to meet his Uncle Julius. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast August 26, 1941, Lum buys the bank.

Classic Radio Theater for August 26, 2021 Hour 3- Will Kitty be forced to sell the Long Branch? Aug 25, 2021

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Gunsmoke, originally broadcast August 26, 1956, No Sale. The last show of the season. Two toughs come to town and demand that Kitty sell them the Long Branch Saloon, and it looks as if they're going to get their way! Also The Grantland Rice Story, originally broadcast August 26, 1955, Golf.

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