The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows | Old Time Radio
The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows | Old Time Radio brings together legendary comedy, mystery, crime, suspense, science fiction, Westerns, horror, adventure, and drama from the golden age of broadcasting. Discover iconic programs, unforgettable characters, celebrated performers, and timeless stories from radio’s greatest era. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. From famous favorites to essential classics, The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows is a curated showcase of the programs that helped define vintage radio entertainment. Rediscover the best in old time radio shows, classic radio, golden age radio, mystery, comedy, crime, suspense, Westerns, sci-fi, horror, and drama. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-50-greatest-old-time-radio-shows-old-time-radio--7218119/support.
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October 24, 2026 • 23 mins
Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “Terror by Night,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 29, 1952. Episode 513 stars Agnes Moorehead as Linda Dixon and was written by Emile C. Tepperman and directed by Himan Brown.
Driving alone toward Mount Mansfield and Smuggler’s Notch, Linda is delayed on a lonely mountain road as a radio bulletin warns of an armed prison escapee. Rain, darkness, and an all-night service...
Driving alone toward Mount Mansfield and Smuggler’s Notch, Linda is delayed on a lonely mountain road as a radio bulletin warns of an armed prison escapee. Rain, darkness, and an all-night service...
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October 22, 2026 • 30 mins
Escape’s “The Coward” originally aired on CBS Radio Network on August 14, 1954. Episode 222, written by E. Jack Neuman, stars Barney Phillips with Virginia Gregg and Lou Krugman.
Former pilot Frank Dorian arrives in a Mexican coastal town seeking a boat for a secret Caribbean voyage. The only man who knows where a wrecked plane—and its missing payroll—lies, Dorian joins Maria de Salva and the wa...
Former pilot Frank Dorian arrives in a Mexican coastal town seeking a boat for a secret Caribbean voyage. The only man who knows where a wrecked plane—and its missing payroll—lies, Dorian joins Maria de Salva and the wa...
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October 21, 2026 • 25 mins
X Minus One presents “And the Moon Be Still as Bright,” episode 19, originally broadcast on September 22, 1955. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles story for radio, with Ernest Kinoy’s adaptation and Norman Rose as narrator.
After three Earth expeditions fail to return, Captain Wilder leads a fourth mission to Mars and discovers a vast, silent Martian city. Among it...
After three Earth expeditions fail to return, Captain Wilder leads a fourth mission to Mars and discovers a vast, silent Martian city. Among it...
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October 20, 2026 • 25 mins
Gunsmoke presents “The Man Who Would Be Marshal,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 18, 1956. Episode 206 stars William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, with John Dehner as Emmett Egan. Written by John Meston and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, the drama is set in frontier Dodge City.
Former military man Emmett Egan arrives convinced that his money and command experience make him better suited than D...
Former military man Emmett Egan arrives convinced that his money and command experience make him better suited than D...
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October 19, 2026 • 59 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Curtain Rises,” episode 102, originally broadcast on CBS on October 12, 1936. Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille and sponsored by Lux Soap, this adaptation of Benjamin Mark Kaye’s romantic comedy stars Ginger Rogers and Warren William.
At a fashionable New York penthouse party, shy, bespectacled Elsa Carling finds herself drawn toward the theater. Acting lessons offer her a chance to...
At a fashionable New York penthouse party, shy, bespectacled Elsa Carling finds herself drawn toward the theater. Acting lessons offer her a chance to...
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October 18, 2026 • 25 mins
Suspense presents “Black Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 2, 1955. Episode 609 stars Edgar Barrier as Dr. Gebhardt and William Conrad as Police Chief Williams, in a script by Lawrence Goldman.
When a laboratory cat exposed to plague bacteria escapes into the city, Dr. Gebhardt and the police face a desperate race to find it before panic—or infection—spreads. The crisis becomes even more u...
When a laboratory cat exposed to plague bacteria escapes into the city, Dr. Gebhardt and the police face a desperate race to find it before panic—or infection—spreads. The crisis becomes even more u...
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October 17, 2026 • 30 mins
Dragnet, “The Big Sophomore” (episode 110), originally broadcast on NBC on July 19, 1951. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, joined by Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, in this Fatima Cigarettes-sponsored radio drama.
Working the LAPD Juvenile Bureau night watch, Friday and Romero investigate a series of small food thefts from grocery stores near a local high school. The reports seem routine at first...
Working the LAPD Juvenile Bureau night watch, Friday and Romero investigate a series of small food thefts from grocery stores near a local high school. The reports seem routine at first...
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October 16, 2026 • 30 mins
Escape presents “The Silent Horror,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 22, 1951. Episode 150 stars Harry Bartell as Tom Dawson, in a radio adaptation by Les Crutchfield of Hugh B. Cave’s story.
Following a broken love affair, painter Tom Dawson withdraws to a remote jungle valley in New Guinea, where the steady ticking of his pocket watch becomes increasingly important—and increasingly unsettling....
Following a broken love affair, painter Tom Dawson withdraws to a remote jungle valley in New Guinea, where the steady ticking of his pocket watch becomes increasingly important—and increasingly unsettling....
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October 14, 2026 • 30 mins
The Whistler presents “Escape to Skull Island,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 15, 1950. This is episode 398, written by R. Sprague Hall and sponsored by Signal Oil.
Escaped convict Steve Henshaw flees a nighttime waterfront pursuit and finds refuge aboard a barge near Skull Island, where George and Melody Gromick are involved in a dangerous deep-sea salvage operation. Ted de Corsia, Fay Baker, Tom Tully,...
Escaped convict Steve Henshaw flees a nighttime waterfront pursuit and finds refuge aboard a barge near Skull Island, where George and Melody Gromick are involved in a dangerous deep-sea salvage operation. Ted de Corsia, Fay Baker, Tom Tully,...
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October 13, 2026 • 25 mins
Gunsmoke, “Crowbait Bob,” originally broadcast November 10, 1956, is episode 239 of the classic CBS radio western. William Conrad stars as Marshal Matt Dillon, with Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, in a script by Les Crutchfield produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.
In Dodge City, the dying and penniless Crowbait Bob asks that a will be prepared leaving his few possessions to Kitty. His unexpected request dr...
In Dodge City, the dying and penniless Crowbait Bob asks that a will be prepared leaving his few possessions to Kitty. His unexpected request dr...
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October 12, 2026 • 29 mins
Inner Sanctum Mysteries presents “The Murder Prophet,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 4, 1945. Episode 235 stars Wendy Barrie as Claudia Dale, with Paul McGrath as host; Himan Brown produced and directed.
On a dark, stormy night beside a cemetery, Claudia Dale offers a ride to an unsettling hitchhiker who seems to know far too much about her life. As his ominous predictions follow her home, Claudia must...
On a dark, stormy night beside a cemetery, Claudia Dale offers a ride to an unsettling hitchhiker who seems to know far too much about her life. As his ominous predictions follow her home, Claudia must...
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October 11, 2026 • 24 mins
Suspense presents “Coffin for Mr Cash,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 27, 1960. Catalogued as episode 846, this Robert Arthur thriller stars Leon Janney as ex-convict Pete Wilson and Mandel Kramer as his former cellmate, Al Thomas.
Working nights at a municipal crematorium, Pete is drawn into a dangerous plan to move stolen payroll money under the seemingly respectable cover of a coffin. With police attent...
Working nights at a municipal crematorium, Pete is drawn into a dangerous plan to move stolen payroll money under the seemingly respectable cover of a coffin. With police attent...
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October 10, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Paradine Case,” originally broadcast on May 9, 1949. Episode 657 adapts Alfred Hitchcock’s 1947 courtroom drama, based on Robert Smythe Hichens’s novel. Joseph Cotten stars as barrister Anthony Keane, alongside Alida Valli and Louis Jourdan, who reprise their film roles.
In England, Keane undertakes the defense of Mrs. Maddalena Paradine, accused of poisoning her blind ...
In England, Keane undertakes the defense of Mrs. Maddalena Paradine, accused of poisoning her blind ...
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October 9, 2026 • 30 mins
Escape presents “Figure a Dame,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 20, 1949. Episode 90 stars Frank Lovejoy in a film-noir-tinged mystery adapted by Morton Fine and David Friedkin from Richard Sale’s short story; William N. Robson produced and directed.
An American insurance investigator is assigned to protect a wealthy woman and her extraordinarily valuable emerald as they travel by train toward Calc...
An American insurance investigator is assigned to protect a wealthy woman and her extraordinarily valuable emerald as they travel by train toward Calc...
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October 8, 2026 • 29 mins
X Minus One presents “The Man in the Moon,” episode 6, originally broadcast on May 29, 1955. This NBC science-fiction drama was written by George Lefferts and directed by Fred Weihe, and remade an earlier Dimension X story of the same title.
At the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons, a routine bulletin is interrupted by an SOS apparently coming from the Moon. Records custodian Henry Timpkin, played by Luis Van Roo...
At the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons, a routine bulletin is interrupted by an SOS apparently coming from the Moon. Records custodian Henry Timpkin, played by Luis Van Roo...
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October 7, 2026 • 30 mins
Dragnet presents “Max Tyler - Escaped Convict,” episode 32, originally broadcast on NBC on January 5, 1950. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as his regular partner, Sergeant Ben Romero. The episode is also cataloged under the alternate title “The Big Escape.”
Working the LAPD robbery detail in Los Angeles, Friday and Romero investigate a series of armed holdups targeting ...
Working the LAPD robbery detail in Los Angeles, Friday and Romero investigate a series of armed holdups targeting ...
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October 6, 2026 • 24 mins
Gunsmoke, “Another Man’s Poison,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 29, 1957. This is episode 286, written by Les Crutchfield and produced by Norman Macdonnell, with William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon.
In Dodge City, a woman’s settled life is thrown into turmoil when a husband believed lost at sea unexpectedly returns. As tensions rise between the people involved, Dillon is drawn into an emo...
In Dodge City, a woman’s settled life is thrown into turmoil when a husband believed lost at sea unexpectedly returns. As tensions rise between the people involved, Dillon is drawn into an emo...
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October 5, 2026 • 25 mins
Suspense presents “Golden Years,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 16, 1962. Often cataloged as episode 943 (with some logs listing it as #942), this late-series drama was written by William N. Robson and features Peter Fernandez, Rosemary Rice, and Ivor Francis.
Teenager Buddy Birdwell’s anger toward his adoptive stepfather escalates after he is denied use of the family car. His girlfriend Sue init...
Teenager Buddy Birdwell’s anger toward his adoptive stepfather escalates after he is denied use of the family car. His girlfriend Sue init...
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October 4, 2026 • 61 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Kiss of Death,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 12, 1948. Episode 598 adapts the 1947 20th Century-Fox film noir, based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky. Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, and Richard Widmark reprise their screen roles.
In New York City, ex-convict Nick Bianco faces an impossible choice after a jewelry-store robbery: accept the consequences himself or cooperate with au...
In New York City, ex-convict Nick Bianco faces an impossible choice after a jewelry-store robbery: accept the consequences himself or cooperate with au...
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October 3, 2026 • 30 mins
The Whistler presents “Stranger in the House,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 2, 1948. This is episode 314 of the suspense anthology series, sponsored by Signal Oil Company, and features Virginia Gregg and Gerald Mohr, with Marvin Miller as announcer.
Helen Van Norton has waited nearly seven years for news of her foster brother Ted, missing since a prewar government mission to the Far East. When a cablegram ...
Helen Van Norton has waited nearly seven years for news of her foster brother Ted, missing since a prewar government mission to the Far East. When a cablegram ...
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