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Classic Radio Theater for June 13, 2021 Hour 2 - Gildy plans the wedding...will it work? Jun 12, 2021

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The Great Gildersleeve, originally broadcast June 13, 1943, Gildy plans his Honeymoon. Who will be Gildersleeve's best man? Will Gildy get Leila to stick to a budget? Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 13, 1935, Squire spreads rumors about the Matinee. Squire Skimp tells the head of the Pine Ridge Ladies Uplift League that the western that Lum and Abner are planning to show is bad for the kiddies.

Classic Radio Theater for June 13, 2021 Hour 3 - Murder in the Summer Heat by Experts Jun 12, 2021

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Murder By Experts, originally broadcast June 13, 1949, Summer Heat. A newly graduated lawyer awakes with a dead body in bed and has a very difficult time getting rid of that body! Also part 3 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Laughing Matter, originally broadcast June 13, 1956. A thickening web, clinging and sticky, but one of the flies pulls free, by using a gun!

Classic Radio Theater for June 12, 2021 Hour 1 - The Perfect Alibi Jun 11, 2021

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The Whistler, originally broadcast June 12, 1949, 72 years ago. The Perfect Alibi. An ex-private eye tries his hand at murder-and-marriage for profit.

Classic Radio Theater for June 12, 2021 Hour 2 - Death is a Knockout at the Crime Club Jun 11, 2021

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Crime Club, originally broadcast June 12, 1947, Death is a Knockout. A crime story with an unusual twist. The crook who tries to fix the prizefight is found murdered! Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 12, 1953, the opening of the Pine Ridge Planitarium movie house.

Classic Radio Theater for June 12, 2021 Hour 3 - Paladin and the Search for Wylie Dawson Jun 11, 2021

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Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast June 12, 1960, Search for Wylie Dawson. Paladin tries to return Willie Dawson to El Paso...to tell him that he's no longer a wanted man. Also part 2 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Laughing Matter, originally broadcast June 12, 1956. The great man condescends and shivers too, a young girl's hate is blacker than the rocks on the beach.

Classic Radio Theater for June 11, 2021 Hour 1 - The Green Hornet Does it Again! Jun 11, 2021

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The Green Hornet starring Robert Hall, originally broadcast June 11, 1946, 75 years ago, The Hornet Does it Again. A gang is posing as policemen while they hijacking shipments of equipment.

Classic Radio Theater for June 11, 2021 Hour 2 - Bad Checks and Drunkenness in Culver City Jun 11, 2021

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Night Watch with reporter Donn Reed , originally broadcast June 11, 1954, Bad Checks and Drunkenness. The first call is to a gas station, where a suspect has been detained for passing bad checks. Next, an investigation of an attempted suicide, but it's just drunken driving. A man has been attacked with a razor blade. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 11, 1948, Lum is infatuated with the horseback rider.

Classic Radio Theater for June 11, 2021 Hour 3 - Matt Cvetic and the American Kremlin Jun 11, 2021

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I was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast June 11, 1952, American Kremlin. After seeing a dead body at Party headquarters, Cvetic is sent to New York to subvert a labor union. Cvetic is accused of being an FBI spy by a clever fat man. Also part 1 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Laughing Matter, originally broadcast June 11, 1956. The heady romance of moonlight on a lonely beach in Mexico...a killer's moon!

Classic Radio Theater for June 10, 2021 Hour 1 - The Second episode of Dragnet - The Nickle Plated Gun Jun 09, 2021

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Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast June 10, 1949, 72 years ago, Nickle Plated Gun. A nickel plated .44 caliber Smith and Wesson is used to shoot two cops and a lot more people. The police make extensive use of "I.B.M. machines" and a tape recorder to solve the case.

Classic Radio Theater for June 10, 2021 Hour 2 - Liz has hair to dye for...again and again Jun 09, 2021

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My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, originally broadcast June 10, 1949, Hair Dyed. Liz's gossiping leads to head full of dyed black hair. The evils of gossip come home to roost. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 10, 1948, is Lum falling for the bareback rider?

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