Old Time Radio Classics
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August 30, 2026 • 30 mins
The Whistler presents “Sing a Song of Murder,” episode 173, originally broadcast on September 17, 1945. This CBS Pacific Network mystery was sponsored by Signal Oil, written by Robert Ryf, and produced by George W. Allen.
Fast-rising pop singer Bill Randall wants to escape a greedy manager and a restrictive contract, but the pressures of fame and the music business soon take a sinister turn. Marvin Miller stars a...
Fast-rising pop singer Bill Randall wants to escape a greedy manager and a restrictive contract, but the pressures of fame and the music business soon take a sinister turn. Marvin Miller stars a...
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August 27, 2026 • 24 mins
Suspense presents “Stranger with My Face,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on July 23, 1961. This late-run episode, commonly listed as episode 886, stars Bernard Grant and was written by Allan Sloane and directed by Bruno Zirato Jr.
A man abruptly finds himself four years in the future, lost in an unfamiliar city—and wearing another man’s face. As he struggles to understand his impossible situation,...
A man abruptly finds himself four years in the future, lost in an unfamiliar city—and wearing another man’s face. As he struggles to understand his impossible situation,...
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August 26, 2026 • 29 mins
Escape, “Carnival in Vienna,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on September 11, 1954. This is episode 226 of the suspense anthology’s final 1954 run, written and directed by David Friedkin and Morton Fine.
In postwar Vienna, carnival worker Johnny Allison spots a possible way out of his hand-to-mouth existence when an American visitor’s letter of credit puts a fortune within reach. Amid a mud...
In postwar Vienna, carnival worker Johnny Allison spots a possible way out of his hand-to-mouth existence when an American visitor’s letter of credit puts a fortune within reach. Amid a mud...
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August 25, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Awful Truth,” episode 228, originally broadcast on CBS on September 11, 1939. This adaptation of the 1937 film stars Cary Grant, reprising his role as Jerry Warriner, alongside Claudette Colbert as Lucy Warriner.
A sophisticated couple on the verge of divorce finds their separate romantic prospects complicated by jealousy, suspicion, and a sharp comic rivalry. Adapted from Arthur R...
A sophisticated couple on the verge of divorce finds their separate romantic prospects complicated by jealousy, suspicion, and a sharp comic rivalry. Adapted from Arthur R...
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August 24, 2026 • 29 mins
Academy Award Theater presents “Suspicion,” episode 32, originally broadcast on CBS on October 30, 1946. This half-hour adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 film stars Cary Grant, reprising his role as Johnnie Aysgarth, with Ann Todd as Lina McLaidlaw.
After marrying the charming but unreliable Johnnie, Lina begins to question the secrets behind his gambling, debts, and shifting stories. Adapted from the f...
After marrying the charming but unreliable Johnnie, Lina begins to question the secrets behind his gambling, debts, and shifting stories. Adapted from the f...
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August 23, 2026 • 61 mins
Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Take a Letter Darling,” episode 88, originally broadcast February 1, 1951. This NBC adaptation of the 1942 Paramount romantic comedy stars Rosalind Russell and Fred MacMurray, reprising their film roles as advertising executive A. M. “Mac” MacGregor and Tom Verney.
When the formidable Mac hires struggling painter Tom as her personal secretary, he is swept into the ...
When the formidable Mac hires struggling painter Tom as her personal secretary, he is swept into the ...
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August 22, 2026 • 30 mins
The Whistler presents “Brief Pause for Murder,” originally broadcast September 11, 1949. This is episode 380 of the CBS Pacific Network suspense series, sponsored by Signal Oil.
Radio announcer Roger Wickson finds himself caught in an unhappy marriage and drawn into a dangerous arrangement with station engineer Vern Cummings, an ex-convict. As a late-night broadcast and a prerecorded station break become central ...
Radio announcer Roger Wickson finds himself caught in an unhappy marriage and drawn into a dangerous arrangement with station engineer Vern Cummings, an ex-convict. As a late-night broadcast and a prerecorded station break become central ...
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August 21, 2026 • 25 mins
Suspense presents “Sleep Is for Children,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 6, 1960. Commonly listed as episode 843, this tense suburban drama was written by Ralph Bell and Eugene Francis and stars Elspeth Eric as Ellen Gordon.
In the growing community of Woodlake, a series of killings has made the neighborhood especially frightening for women left home alone. As Ellen faces an uneasy evening while her husban...
In the growing community of Woodlake, a series of killings has made the neighborhood especially frightening for women left home alone. As Ellen faces an uneasy evening while her husban...
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August 20, 2026 • 25 mins
Escape presents “The Scarlet Plague,” episode 209, originally broadcast on CBS on April 8, 1954. Adapted by Les Crutchfield from Jack London’s 1912 plague novel, this late-run drama stars Vic Perrin and was directed by Norman Macdonnell.
At a San Francisco university, English professor James Smith sees an ordinary Monday disrupted by alarming reports of a fast-spreading, mysterious illness. As the crisis re...
At a San Francisco university, English professor James Smith sees an ordinary Monday disrupted by alarming reports of a fast-spreading, mysterious illness. As the crisis re...
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August 19, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Cavalcade,” episode 113, originally broadcast on CBS on December 28, 1936. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille and sponsored by Lux Soap, this adaptation draws on Noël Coward’s celebrated play and the 1933 film version.
Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll star as Robert and Jane Marryot, an affluent English couple whose household reflects the changing character of Britain from the tu...
Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll star as Robert and Jane Marryot, an affluent English couple whose household reflects the changing character of Britain from the tu...
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August 18, 2026 • 30 mins
Academy Award Theater presents “White Cliffs of Dover,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 18, 1946. Commonly listed as episode 26, this adaptation stars Irene Dunne and Sir C. Aubrey Smith, reprising their roles from MGM’s 1944 film.
Adapted by Frank Wilson from the film inspired by Alice Duer Miller’s poem, the story follows an American woman who falls in love with an English peer on the eve o...
Adapted by Frank Wilson from the film inspired by Alice Duer Miller’s poem, the story follows an American woman who falls in love with an English peer on the eve o...
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August 17, 2026 • 30 mins
Screen Directors Playhouse presents “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” episode 74, originally broadcast on June 23, 1950. Barbara Stanwyck reprises her acclaimed film role as Martha Ivers in this adaptation of the 1946 Paramount drama, based on John Patrick’s story “Love Lies Bleeding.”
When Sam Masterson returns to the industrial town of Iverstown, he is drawn back into the life of Martha Iver...
When Sam Masterson returns to the industrial town of Iverstown, he is drawn back into the life of Martha Iver...
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August 16, 2026 • 30 mins
The Whistler presents “Death Pays a Visit,” episode 159, originally broadcast June 11, 1945. This CBS Pacific-network thriller was sponsored by Signal Oil and features Elliott Lewis and Marvin Miller.
A bank employee faces a desperate shortage in his accounts when a visiting cousin arrives for the weekend carrying exactly $10,000 in cash. As financial pressure closes in on the Crowley household, an ordinary famil...
A bank employee faces a desperate shortage in his accounts when a visiting cousin arrives for the weekend carrying exactly $10,000 in cash. As financial pressure closes in on the Crowley household, an ordinary famil...
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August 15, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 14, 1953. Commonly listed as episode 530, this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation stars Cornel Wilde as detective C. Auguste Dupin and was dramatized by E. Jack Neuman.
When the body of young Marie Roget is recovered from the Seine, the Paris Prefecture of Police asks Dupin to untangle conflicting reports, uncertain witnesses, and puz...
When the body of young Marie Roget is recovered from the Seine, the Paris Prefecture of Police asks Dupin to untangle conflicting reports, uncertain witnesses, and puz...
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August 14, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Stand - In,” episode 302, originally broadcast on CBS on April 7, 1941. This Lux-sponsored adaptation of the 1937 film stars Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter, with Hans Conried.
A mathematically minded banker is sent to Hollywood to assess a troubled motion-picture studio, only to find himself caught up in the unpredictable world of filmmaking. Amid soundstage chaos and studio glamour, h...
A mathematically minded banker is sent to Hollywood to assess a troubled motion-picture studio, only to find himself caught up in the unpredictable world of filmmaking. Amid soundstage chaos and studio glamour, h...
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August 14, 2026 • 30 mins
Escape, episode 23, “Leiningen Vs the Ants - National,” originally broadcast January 17, 1948. This CBS production is the documented West Coast/different-production version of the adaptation first heard earlier that month.
On an isolated Amazon plantation, the determined Leiningen refuses to leave when a vast, deadly army of ants advances through the jungle. William Conrad stars as Leiningen in William N. Robson&...
On an isolated Amazon plantation, the determined Leiningen refuses to leave when a vast, deadly army of ants advances through the jungle. William Conrad stars as Leiningen in William N. Robson&...
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August 14, 2026 • 30 mins
Academy Award Theater presents “Stagecoach,” episode 6, originally broadcast on May 4, 1946. This 30-minute CBS adaptation of the acclaimed 1939 Western stars Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor, reprising the story’s frontier drama for radio.
A diverse group of passengers travels by stagecoach across Arizona toward Lordsburg in the early post–Civil War West. With an outlaw under guard and a dance-hall w...
A diverse group of passengers travels by stagecoach across Arizona toward Lordsburg in the early post–Civil War West. With an outlaw under guard and a dance-hall w...
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August 13, 2026 • 44 mins
Cbs Radio Mystery Theater - Queen Of P
A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.
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A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.
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August 12, 2026 • 43 mins
A Death Of Kings
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A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.
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August 11, 2026 • 28 mins
X Minus One - Pail Of Air
A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.
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A classic broadcast from the golden age of radio.
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