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**Those Old Radio Shows**

Those Old Radio Shows bring you back to a much simpler time when the early days of radio were filled with comedy, drama and mystery programs. Unwind with a light-hearted program or become engrossed in a whodunnit. Those Old Radio Shows has something for everyone.

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Suspense - Ghost Hunt Dec 21, 2022

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Suspense - Ghost Hunt

From-1949

Announcer-Harlow Wilcox

Stars-Ralph Edwards, Bill Johnstone, Antony Leader

A disc jockey spends the night in a haunted house...with surprising results. Smiley I Must Be Crazy Smith was a DJ and for his Friday Night Stunt Night he was going to spend the night on a spook hunt in a haunted house in which four people were known to have committed suicide.

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The Silver Theatre - One Day After Another Dec 20, 2022

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The Silver Theatre - One Day After Another

From-1945

Director-Conrad Nagle

Stars-Mary Astor

The play is a series of chapters of the typical American Mother.

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Inspector Thorne - The Vacant Lot Murder Case Dec 19, 2022

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Inspector Thorne - The Vacant Lot Murder Case

From-1951

Announcer-Fred Collins

Stars-Karl Weber

"This is a funny thing, he said to come to 1220.

Must have been a mistake. This is a vacant lot!

I wonder if this is a trap, just what I thought,

You, you lured me here to murder me, help, police"

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Top Secret - The Story Of The Unknown Mission Dec 16, 2022

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Top Secret - The Story Of The Unknown Mission

From-1950

Stars-Llona Massey, Bernard Grant, Fred Collins & Ralph Camargo

Spy vs. spy in Italy, and a strange double-failure to murder.

"Gorgeous" Ilona sings, "Perhaps." The beautiful Hungarian actress Ilona Massey stars as Baroness Karen Gaza, a top secret agent spy who fought for liberty and justice and freedom as bravely as any soldier anywhere.

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Stars Over Hollywood - Fantasy Impromptu Dec 14, 2022

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Stars Over Hollywood - Fantasy Impromptu

From-1952

Announcer-Art Ballinger

Stars-David Niven, Lurene Tuttle & Larry Dobkins

"Mary Blake," the commercial spokesman on many of these shows,

was possibly played by Rosemary De Camp.

A pianist with an injured hand stifles the creativity of his author-wife.

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The Key - Dear John Letter Dec 13, 2022

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The Key - Dear John Letter

From-1956

James Workman

A Corporal receives a "Dear John" letter.

The Key was a mystery series from Australia that aired in the mid 1950's.

James Workman educated in England & trained as a naval cadet.

He spent time in the London Metropolitan Police.

Moving to South Africa, Workman later joined a touring theatre company.

Instrumental in South African Broadcasting Commission

as an announcer, scriptwriter & producer,

continuing these positions when in Australia.

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Jeff Regan, Investigator - The Lady From Brazil Dec 12, 2022

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Jeff Regan, Investigator - The Lady From Brazil

From-1949

Announcer-Bob Stevenson

Stars-Frank Graham & Frank Nelson

Writer-E. Jack Neuman

Music-Richard Aurandt

Jeff Regan works for Anthony J Lion head of the International detective bureau.

Irene Santino from Brazil hires "The Lyon's Eye" to find her missing sister.

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The Weird Circle - The Trial For Murder Dec 09, 2022

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The Weird Circle - The Trial For Murder

From-1944

Various Stars such as-Lawson Zerbe,

Gladys Thornton, Walter Vaughn & Arnold Moss

Written by Charles Dickens

Author: Charles Elster Collins.

An excellent ghost story about murder and trial and the strange role of the foreman of the jury.

This popular series started life in 1931 as a 15 minute comedy drama written by Goodman Ace and produced by Frank and Anne Hummert. The program portrayed the lives of Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane. Jane was a dizzy woman along the lines of Gracie Allen. She was responsible for some of the most famous malapropisms in radio history.

The Trial For Murder is the strange story as related by Hugh Trilani a juror on the trial of Peter Cook for the murder of John Talbot, to the prosecutor of the trial. Trilani has found that of all those involved in the trial he alone can see and hear the ghost of the murdered man. As foreman of the jury his questions have revealed important evidence against the defendant, Peter Cook.

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Hall Of Fantasy - The Judges House Dec 07, 2022

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The Hall Of Fantasy - The Judges House

Writer-James Workman,

Announcer-Harry Elders, Cast & Crew N/A

KALL, Salt Lake City origination. "The Judge's House".

A man rents the house of a hanging judge and finds himself a victim of a giant rat with the judge's eyes.

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The Sealed Book - Murderer Unknown Dec 06, 2022

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The Sealed Book - Murderer Unknown

From-1945

Host-Philip Clarke

A successful businessman gets black-bordered letters that threaten his life.

The Sealed Book was a horror and mystery series aired on Mutual from June to September 1945. Produced by Jock MacGregor, aired for 30 minutes Sunday evenings. Philip Clarke was the show’s host, while David Kogan and Robert Arthur Jr. were the scriptwriters. Kogan and Arthur were also the writers behind the radio anthology, The Mysterious Traveller.

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