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Sunday
9/23/2012
8:00 PM
 120923A

Have Gun Will Travel and Burns & Allen
Paladin finds that a once mild-mannered friend has undergone a dangerous transformation in Have Gun Will Travel from 1960, and Ray Milland drops in on George Burns and Gracie Allen for comedy from 1943.
 
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Sunday
9/23/2012
9:00 PM
 120923B

Academy Award Theater and Michael Shayne
A femme fatale threatens a family when Academy Award Theater presents "A Guest in the House," starring Kirk Douglas in a broadcast from 1946, and Jeff Chandler is New Orleans detective Michael Shayne in "The Crooked Wheel" from 1948.
 
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Sunday
9/23/2012
10:00 PM
 120923C

Inner Sanctum and Dimension X
A department store mannequin prompts a macabre story from the Inner Sanctum, and Dimension X from 1950 brings you a story from Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles in "And the Moon Be Still as Bright."
 
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Saturday
9/22/2012
8:00 PM
 120922A

Gunsmoke and Jimmy Durante
There's western action in Dodge City with Gunsmoke from 1953, and Jimmy Durante and Eddie Canter talk about the Old Days in a broadcast from 1947.
 
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Saturday
9/22/2012
9:00 PM
 120922B

I Love Adventure and Escape
I Love Adventure brings you "The Finishing School Kidnapping" from 1948, and Escape from 1949 follows the fortunes of a Confidential Agent in a story from 1949.
 
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Saturday
9/22/2012
10:00 PM
 120922C

Sherlock Holmes and X-Minus One
Sherlock Holmes uses modern crime-solving techniques, but will they be enough in the case of "The Incurable Skeptic?" And X-Minus One brings you "Castaways"-- science fiction from 1955.
 
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Sunday
9/16/2012
8:00 PM
 120916A

The Six Shooter and the Aldrich Family
James Stewart stars as the Six Shooter in a story about Jenny, a woman mocked by men, in a broadcast from 1953, and a party leads to chaos for the Aldrich Family in an outing from 1948.
 
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Sunday
9/16/2012
9:00 PM
 120916B

Chase and Sanborn Hour and Bergen & McCarthy
Bergen & McCarthy star in the Chase and Sanborn Hour from 1939. Charlie trades barbs with actress Helen Broderick, and Fred MacMurray does a sketch with Don Ameche.
 
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Sunday
9/16/2012
10:00 PM
 120916C

Boston Blackie and Suspense
In times of tight housing, Boston Blackie takes on an apartment swindler in a case from 1946, and a widower goes to macabre lengths to recreate his former life in Suspense from 1945.
 
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Saturday
9/15/2012
8:00 PM
 120915A

Lone Ranger and Great Gildersleeve
The Lone Ranger encounters western legend Bat Masterson in a story from 1944 and from the same year--the Great Gildersleeve gets an unexpected visit from a high school chum.
 
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Saturday
9/15/2012
9:00 PM
 120915B

Rogue's Gallery and Dimension X
Dick Powell is Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery in a case from 1946, and Dimension X will take you " Beyond Infinity" via a broadcast from 1950.
 
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Saturday
9/15/2012
10:00 PM
 120915C

Weird Circle and Murder at Midnight
Enter the Weird Circle with the 1944 story "The Wooden Ghost," and stay for Murder at Midnight and the story of "The Dead Hand."
 
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Sunday
9/9/2012
8:00 PM
 120909A

Gunsmoke and The Great Gildersleeve
It's Gunsmoke from 1953. Then, The Great Gildersleeve tries to do his part for the War Bond Drive in an outing from 1953.
 
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Sunday
9/9/2012
9:00 PM
 120909B

Counterspy and Philip Marlowe
A scam involving the handicapped brings Counterspy into action in a story from 1949. Then, Philip Marlowe gets pulled into a case he's rejected in "The Fifth Mask" from 1950.
 
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Sunday
9/9/2012
10:00 PM
 120909C

Haunting Hour and Journey Into Space
A mentalist warns a woman about a plan to murder her in The Haunting Hour. Then, Journey Into Space from 1953 delves more deeply into the strange occurrences surrounding Operation Luna.
 
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Saturday
9/8/2012
8:00 PM
 120908A

Gunsmoke and Burns and Allen
We begin-with-the-beginning for Gunsmoke, in the pilot episode from 1949. Then, Phil Harris hosts Jack Benny.
 
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Saturday
9/8/2012
9:00 PM
 120908B

Tarzan and The Great Gildersleeve
Take to the trees with Tarzan in a story from 1932. Then, stop by Summerfield for a visit with The Great Gildersleeve.
 
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Saturday
9/8/2012
10:00 PM
 120908C

Boston Blackie and Quiet Please
Boston Blackie takes on the case of The Poetic Assassin. And, Quiet Please from 1948 tells the noir (n'WAHR) story of a Very Unimportant Person.
 
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Sunday
9/2/2012
8:00 PM
 120902A

Hopalong Cassidy and Life with Luigi
Hopalong Cassidy with "The Secret of Martin Doon" from 1950. And the trials of becoming an American continue for Luigi Basco, in "Life with Luigi" from 1949.
 
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Sunday
9/2/2012
9:00 PM
 120902B

This Is Your FBI and The Magnificent Montague
Real-life crime drama comes from This Is Your FBI. And a voice from the past makes life difficult for the Magnificent Montague (MONT-ah-gue) in a story from 1951.
 
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Sunday
9/2/2012
10:00 PM
 120902C

CBS Radio Workshop and The Weird Circle
It's a story for a late-night drive from the CBS Radio Workshop. Then, The Weird Circle from 1943 tells of "The House and the Brain."
 
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Saturday
9/1/2012
8:00 PM
 120901A

Lone Ranger and Fibber McGee and Molly
Ride with The Lone Ranger. Then, stop in on Fibber McGee and Molly for good times in the house at 79 Wistful Vista.
 
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Saturday
9/1/2012
9:00 PM
 120901B

Boston Blackie and Escape
Boston Blackie takes on a case from 1947. And Escape from 1949 tells the story of "The Great Impersonation."
 
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Saturday
9/1/2012
10:00 PM
 120901C

Mercury Theater
Orson Welles stars in an adventure for Sherlock Holmes in a broadcast from 1938.
 
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Sunday
8/26/2012
8:00 PM
 120826A

Fort Laramie and Fibber McGee and Molly
Fort Laramie a medical mystery threatens life at Fort Laramie in a story from 1956. And Fibber McGee and Molly win a house in a broadcast from 1935.
 
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Sunday
8/26/2012
9:00 PM
 120826B

Rogers of the Gazette and Philo Vance
Will Rogers, Jr., stars in Rogers of the Gazette, from 1953. And a piece of sheet music sets Philo Vance on The Blue Penny Murder Case from 1949.
 
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Sunday
8/26/2012
10:00 PM
 120826C

Inner Sanctum and Journey into Space
A poker game takes a ghostly turn in The Inner Sanctum. Then, Journey Into Space leads a lunar expedition deeper into the human psyche in "Operation Luna" from 1953.
 
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Saturday
8/25/2012
8:00 PM
 120825A

Gene Autry and Hop Harrigan
Enjoy Gene Autry with songs and a story. Then Hop Harrigan pursues "The Ghostly Avenger." And Our Miss Brooks begins an outing from 1949.
 
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Saturday
8/25/2012
9:00 PM
 120825B

Our Miss Brooks, You Bet Your Life, Harry Lime
Even Arden is Our Miss Brooks in a broadcast from 1949. And Groucho Marx stars in the comedy quiz show You Bet Your Life.
 
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Saturday
8/25/2012
10:00 PM
 120825C

Lives of Harry Lime, Suspense and X-Minus One
Orson Welles is Harry Lime and Suspense from 1944 takes you on a Voyage Through Darkness. Then, X-Minus One brings you science fiction from 1956 with The Map Makers.
 
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Sunday
8/19/2012
8:00 PM
 120819A

Lone Ranger and Command Performance
It's The Lone Ranger in an adventure from 1948. Then Cary Grant hosts Command Performance from 1942.
 
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Sunday
8/19/2012
9:00 PM
 120819B

NBC Theater
Is it a children's story or something more terrifying? NBC Theater from 1950 presents "A High Wind in Jamaica."
 
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Sunday
8/19/2012
10:00 PM
 120819C

Let George Do It and Journey Into Space
A missing husband leads to an investiagion for George Valentine in Let George Do It from 1952. Then, Journey Into Space from 1953 takes one step closer to the mystery behind Operation Luna.
 
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Saturday
8/18/2012
8:00 PM
 120818A

Frontier Twon and Batman
Ride into Frontier Town for adventure from 1953. Then, check in with The Batman Mystery Club. And, Gary Cooper stars in the 1942 Lux Radio Theater production of "Northwest Mounted Police."
 
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Saturday
8/18/2012
9:00 PM
 120818B

Lux Radio Theater, Duffy's Tavern,
After Lux Radio Theater, stop by Duffy's Tavern for comedy from the First Show with Archie and his fellow minions of the dubious watering hole.
 
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Saturday
8/18/2012
10:00 PM
 120818C

Green Hornet and The Whistler
The Green Hornet takes on big-city crime in "Exposed" from 1947. And Jeff Chandler stars as a man with a plan, and a fortune at stake, in The Whistler from 1946.
 
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Sunday
8/12/2012
8:00 PM
 120812A

Have Gun Will Travel and Meet Corliss Archer
Paladin finishes last week's story from 1960 in "Visa Extended". And a babysitting job goes wrong in a 1946 outing with Corliss Archer.
 
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Sunday
8/12/2012
9:00 PM
 120812B

Night Must Fall and Dragnet
Kirk Douglas stars as a strange and suspicious character in "Night Must Fall". And Jack Webb is Joe Friday in "Dragnet" from 1950.
 
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Sunday
8/12/2012
10:00 PM
 120812C

The Whisperer and Dimension X
The Whisperer takes on the Syndicate in "The Fight Game" from 1950. And children's entertainment takes on a dangerous dimension in Ray Bradbury's story, "The Veldt" on Dimension X from 1951.
 
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Saturday
8/11/2012
8:00 PM
 120811A

Lone Ranger and Bergen & McCarthy
The Lone Ranger meets Robert E. Lee in a story from 1953. And Dick Powell joins Bergen and McCarthy for comedy in a broadcast from 1949.
 
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Saturday
8/11/2012
9:00 PM
 120811B

Suspense, Inner Sanctum
It's Suspense from 1944 with "The Black Path of Fear". Then, The Inner Sanctum from 1945 ventures into "The Dark Chamber."
 
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Saturday
8/11/2012
10:00 PM
 120811C

Hall of Fantasy, Sam Spade
The Hall of Fantasy presents supernatural suspense with "Out of the Sky" from 1953. And Howard Duff is Sam Spade in "The Dry Martini Caper" from 1948.
 
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Sunday
8/5/2012
8:00 PM
 120805A

Have Gun Will Travel and My Favorite Husband
Old-Time Radio Drama rides west with Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel from 1960. Then, Lucille Ball and Richard Denning provide domestic comedy from 1948 with My Favorite Husband.
 
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Sunday
8/5/2012
9:00 PM
 120805B

Mercury Summer Theater and Crime Club
Orson Welles stars in Mercury Summer Theater. Followed by Crime Club with a light story mixing crime and baseball in "A Pitch in Time" from 1947.
 
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Sunday
8/5/2012
10:00 PM
 120805C

X-Minus One and Haunting Hour
He claims to be a Martian . . . why is everyone so skeptical? We'll find out during the X-Minus One production of "The Last Martian." Then, The Haunting Hour has an off-beat story about the circus.
 
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Saturday
8/4/2012
8:00 PM
 120804A

Jack Benny and The Six Shooter
Groucho Marx is guest on The Jack Benny show in a broadcast from 1944. And, James Stewart is The Six Shooter.
 
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Saturday
8/4/2012
9:00 PM
 120804B

Lux Radio Theater
Lux Radio Theater from 1938 brings you swashbuckling adventure with The Scarlet Pimpernel.
 
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Saturday
8/4/2012
10:00 PM
 120804C

The Whistler and Richard Diamond
A hot spell and a man with enemies add up to a tale from The Whistler. And, Dick Powell is Richard Diamond on a case from 1951.
 
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Sunday
7/29/2012
8:00 PM
 120729A

Lightning Jim and Our Miss Brooks
Lightning Jim stirs up western action, then comedy follows when resignation looms for Our Miss Brooks.
 
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Sunday
7/29/2012
9:00 PM
 120729B

Radio City Playhouse and Nightbeat
Radio City Playhouse from 1948 presents "Whistle, Daughter, Whistle," and a stray phone call leads to some tough decisions for Frank Stone in Nightbeat from 1950.
 
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Sunday
7/29/2012
10:00 PM
 120729C

Murder By Expterts and Journey Into Space
Murder By Experts from 1949 tells the story of "The Big Money" and Journey Into Space ventures one step closer to oblivion in "Operation Luna" from 1953.
 
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Saturday
7/28/2012
8:00 PM
 120728A

Father Knows Best and The Six Shooter
Robert Young stars in Father Knows Best from 1951. And, James Stewart is The Six Shooter in a story from 1954.
 
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Saturday
7/28/2012
9:00 PM
 120728B

Lux Radio Theater
Lux Radio Theater from 1945 stars Margaret O'Brien and Charles Laughteon in the Oscar Wilde Story "The Canterville Ghost."
 
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Saturday
7/28/2012
10:00 PM
 120728C

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense
The disappearance of a glass magnate becomes a case for Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. And, Suspense from 1943 brings four strangers together for a reason they have to discover in "After Dinner Story."
 
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Sunday
7/22/2012
8:00 PM
 120722A

Gunsmoke and Life wtih Luigi
A visit from Doc Holiday brings danger to Dodge in a story from 1952. And Luigi (loo-EE-gee) holds a fundraiser for a visit to the old country in "Life with Luigi" from 1949.
 
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Sunday
7/22/2012
9:00 PM
 120722B

Box 13 and Dr. Kildare
Alan Ladd stars in Box 13. And Dr. Kildare encounters love and ghosts in a story from 1950.
 
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Sunday
7/22/2012
10:00 PM
 120722C

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
Howard Duff is Sam Spade. And, on Journey Into Space from 1953, Operation Luna creates strange psychological effects on crew members during a voyage to the moon.
 
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Saturday
7/21/2012
8:00 PM
 120721A

Baby Snooks and Nero Wolfe
Old-Time Radio Drama begins with Baby Snooks and guest Eddie Cantor. Then, Nero Wolfe opens The Case of the Hasty Will.
 
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Saturday
7/21/2012
9:00 PM
 120721B

You Bet Your Life and The Whistler
Groucho Marx holds forth as the quiz master in You Bet Your Life from 1958. Then, The Whistler offers a twisted tale from 1945.
 
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Saturday
7/21/2012
10:00 PM
 120721C

Philip Marlow and Richard Diamond
A man seeking reconciliation with his wayward son asks Philip Marlowe to intervene in "The Last Wish" from 1950. And Dick Powell is Richard Diamond in "The Esther Blodgett Case" from 1949.
 
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Sunday
7/15/2012
8:00 PM
 120715A

Gene Autry and Command Performance
Gene Autry begins the evening with a song . . . and a story. Then, Bergen & McCarthy hold forth in a star-studded broadcast of Command Performance.
 
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Sunday
7/15/2012
9:00 PM
 120715B

Scarlet Pimpernel and Richard Diamond
There's swashbuckling adventure with The Scarlet Pimpernel. And America's favorite wise-cracking detective, Richard Diamond, opens a case from 1949.
 
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Sunday
7/15/2012
10:00 PM
 120715C

Bold Venture and The Sealed Book
Bogart and Bacall star in steamy tropical intrigue in Bold Venture. Then, "The Man with the Stolen Face" steps out of the pages of The Sealed Book, in a story from 1945.
 
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Saturday
7/14/2012
8:00 PM
 120714A

The Lone Ranger and Blondie.
It's The Lone Ranger from 1939. Then, Abbott and Costello drop-in on Dagwood and Blondie in a broadcast from 1944.
 
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Saturday
7/14/2012
9:00 PM
 120714B

Boston Blackie and Dragnet.
Boston Blackie opens a case from 1947. And when a watch salesman is robbed, it's time for Dragnet in a broadcast from 1955.
 
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Saturday
7/14/2012
10:00 PM
 120714C

Mysterious Traveler and Inner Sanctum
Ride the rails with The Mysterious Traveler as he tells you the story of "The Man Who Knew Everything." Then, enter the Inner Sanctum for the story "Mark My Grave" from 1949.
 
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Sunday
7/8/2012
8:00 PM
 120708A

Lone Ranger and Fibber McGee and Molly
The Lone Ranger rides again in an adventure from 1943. And, Fibber McGee goes the distance to get his newspaper delivered.
 
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Sunday
7/8/2012
9:00 PM
 120708B

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
NBC Theater brings you a story of life after death from the works of Jean-Paul Sartre in "The Chips Are Down."
 
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Sunday
7/8/2012
10:00 PM
 120708C

The T-Man and Starr of Space
It's the T-Man with a case from 1950. Then, Starr of Space comes to grips with a kidnapping on Mars.
 
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Saturday
7/7/2012
8:00 PM
 120707A

Have Gun Will Travel and Fibber McGee and Molly
Have Gun Will Travel from 1959. And, from 1950, a picnic with Fibber McGee and Molly.
 
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Saturday
7/7/2012
9:00 PM
 120707B

Captain Midnight and Harry Lime
It's Captain Midnight from 1948; Buck Rogers; and Orson Welles in The Lives of Harry Lime.
 
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Saturday
7/7/2012
10:00 PM
 120707C

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are Holmes and Watson in "The Gunpowder Plot". Then, Quiet Please brings you a chiller called "Calling All Souls."
 
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Sunday
7/1/2012
8:00 PM
 120701A

Have Gun Will Travel, My Favorite Husband
Paladin goes into Indian country looking for an army deserter, when Old-Time Radio Drama brings you Have Gun Will Travel from 1959. And Lucille ball and Richard Denning star in My Favorite Husband from 1949.
 
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Sunday
7/1/2012
9:00 PM
 120701B

This Is Your FBI, Horatio Hornblower
A family fortune leads to blackmail and treachery with This Is Your FBI from 1946. And, a confrontation with the Spanish fleet leads to danger greater than guns for Horatio Hornblower.
 
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Sunday
7/1/2012
10:00 PM
 120701C

Nick Carter, X-Minus One
It's Nick Carter with the case of "The Man Who Lived Too Long" from 1945. And X-Minus One brings you science fiction from 1956 with the Theodore Sturgeon story "Mr. Costello, Hero."
 
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Saturday
6/30/2012
8:00 PM
 120630A

Aldrich Family and Challenge of the Yukon
Old-Time Radio Drama begins with comedy from the Aldrich Family, then takes up the Challenge of the Yukon in an adventure from 1952.
 
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Saturday
6/30/2012
9:00 PM
 120630B

Groucho Marx and Nero Wolfe
Groucho Marx in The Birds Eye Open House from 1945. And, Nero Wolfe with "The Case of the Malevolent Medic" from 1951.
 
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Saturday
6/30/2012
10:00 PM
 120630C

Escape and Suspense
Escape from 1948 brings you "The Brute". And, Suspense from 1947 tells a tale in which a fortune hangs on a teen's identity.
 
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Sunday
6/24/2012
8:00 PM
 120624A

Hopalong Cassidy and Burns & Allen
Tonight at eight, Hopalong Cassidy gets caught up in a struggle between sheep ranchers and cattlemen in an adventure from 1951, and George Burns takes some hard knocks when he and Gracie Allen encounter a new neighbor in an outing from 1945.
 
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Sunday
6/24/2012
9:00 PM
 120624B

Second Chance and Lum & Abner and Crime Classics
It's a reality show from 1953--Second Chance, giving contestants a shot at setting their lives back on track--during tonight's nine o'clock hour of OTRD, and then Lum & Abner preside over a rather difficult art sale. And Crime Classics rounds out the hour with a true story of exotic intrigue and murder.
 
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Sunday
6/24/2012
10:00 PM
 120624C

Suspense and Mercury Theater
During tonight's ten o'clock hour of OTRD, Suspense from 1945 brings you the noir tale of The Dealings of Mr. Markham and Mercury Summer Theater follows with one of the greatest of all radio dramas--Orson Welles in The Hitchhiker.
 
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Saturday
6/23/2012
8:00 PM
 120623A

Sky King and It Happened One Night
Tonight at eight--out of the clear blue of the western sky--it's Sky King from 1951, followed by the Lux Radio Theater with the 1939 version of It Happened One Night.
 
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Saturday
6/23/2012
9:00 PM
 120623B

Gangbusters and Dark Pattern
During tonight's nine o'clock hour of OTRD, after "It Happened One Night," it's Gangbusters from 1945, and the Whistler with "Dark Pattern" from 1954.
 
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Saturday
6/23/2012
10:00 PM
 120623C

The Shadow in "The Black Fedora" and X-Minus One
During tonight's ten o'clock hour of OTRD--science fiction from 1956 with X-Minus One, and the Shadow in "The Black Fedora" from 1948.
 
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Sunday
6/17/2012
8:00 PM
 120617A

"The Fabulous Wind Wagon" and Father Knows Best
It's Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles In"The Fabulous Wind Wagon" from 1953. Then, on Father Knows Best, making hard choices for a Father's Day Trip in an outing from 1950.
 
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Sunday
6/17/2012
9:00 PM
 120617B

Dr. Kildare followed by a Case for Philip Marlow...
Dr. Kildare from 1951. And a case for Philip Marlowe from 1949.
 
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Sunday
6/17/2012
10:00 PM
 120617C

The Mysterious Traveler and tales from Dimension...
The Mysterious Traveler tells of a bell with dangerous magical powers. And, Dimension X from 1950 tells two dark stories from the writings of Ray Bradbury.
 
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Saturday
6/16/2012
8:00 PM
 120616A

The Lone Ranger, followed by Jimmy Durante
Hear one of the last adventures of The Lone Ranger, an episode from 1955. Then, Jimmy Durante (du-RANT-ee) with guest Lucille Ball in a broadcast from 1947.
 
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Saturday
6/16/2012
9:00 PM
 120616B

Lum and Abner and Boston Blackie
Lum and Abner share some down-home humor from Pine Ridge. Plus, Boston Blackie with a case from 1947.
 
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Saturday
6/16/2012
10:00 PM
 120616C

Sherlock Holmes followed by Dragnet
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in a new adventure of Sherlock Holmes. After which it's Dragnet from 1952.
 
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Sunday
6/10/2012
8:00 PM
 120610A

The Lone Ranger, and Great Gildersleeve
Ride with The Lone Ranger in adventure from 1944. Then, drop in on The Great Gildersleeve for a show from 1952.
 
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Sunday
6/10/2012
9:00 PM
 120610B

Rocky Jordan, and People are Funny
Fly to Cairo for intrigue with Rocky Jordan and the Man from Damascus. And, Art Linkletter finds comedy in everyday life in People Are Funny.
 
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Sunday
6/10/2012
10:00 PM
 120610C

"Benchillina & the Fisherman" and "The Uninvited...
Escape to Ireland for a story of a desolate moor and gypsy in "Benchillina & the Fisherman," a story by John Dehner. Then, Ray Milland stars in the classic ghost story "The Uninvited" in Theater of Romance from 1946.
 
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Saturday
6/9/2012
8:00 PM
 120609A

Have Gun Will Travel, and Father Knows Best
It's another dangerous job for Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel from 1959. Then, the travails of the Anderson family in Father Knows Best from 1951.
 
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Saturday
6/9/2012
9:00 PM
 120609B

Young Dr. Malone, and X-Minus One
Hear about small-town goings-on in Gasoline Alley and medical melodrama with Young Dr. Malone from 1949. And X-Minus One brings you a story of entertaining . . . with cyanide . . . in science fiction from 1956.
 
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Saturday
6/9/2012
10:00 PM
 120609C

Sam Spade, and the Inner Sanctum
Howard Duff is Sam Spade. Then, Raymond ushers you into The Inner Sanctum from 1941.
 
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Sunday
6/3/2012
8:00 PM
 120603A

Six Shooter, Ozzie and Harriet
James Stewart Stars in The Six Shooter. Then, the Nelson house goes topsy-turvy when Ozzie takes up cigar-smoking . . . against his will.
 
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Sunday
6/3/2012
9:00 PM
 120603B

Let George Do It, and Columbia Workshop
The clock has been running for 300 years, and it's George Valentine's mission to keep it that way in Let George Do It from 1951. Then, the Columbia Workshop from 1946 tells a surprising story of summer romance.
 
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Sunday
6/3/2012
10:00 PM
 120603C

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland
Jack Webb throws out the tough one-liners in Pat Novak for Hire from 1949. And the mysterious Jean King spins an intimate nocturnal blend of talk and music in "Lonesome Gal" from 1951.
 
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Saturday
6/2/2012
8:00 PM
 120602A

Fibber McGee, and Gunsmoke
Fibber McGee takes a memory course. Then, it's Gunsmoke, with action in Dodge City.
 
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Saturday
6/2/2012
9:00 PM
 120602B

The Black Curtain
It's an hour of Suspense with "The Black Curtain" from 1948.
 
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Saturday
6/2/2012
10:00 PM
 120602C

The Plantation Mystery and The Lives of Harry Li...
Venture into The Hermit's Cave and "The Plantation Mystery" from 1942. Then, follow the shadowy Harry Lime through a case of blackmail from 1952.
 
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Sunday
5/27/2012
8:00 PM
 120527A

Have Gun Will Travel, and Fibber McGee
At eight, on Old-Time Radio Drama, Have Gun Will Travel from 1960. Then, Fibber McGee tries his hand at cooking shrimp, in an outing from 1947.
 
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Sunday
5/27/2012
9:00 PM
 120527B

Information Please, and I Was a Communist for FB...
After nine, on OTRD, Boris Karloff faces some tough questions in a round of Information Please from 1943. And, from 1952, Matt Cvetic walks the line as a double agent in "I Was a Communist for the FBI".
 
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Sunday
5/27/2012
10:00 PM
 120527C

The Chase, and Richard Diamond: Private Detectiv...
Richard Diamond goes international with a trip to Bolivia, after ten, on OTRD. And a potion changes a man from timid . . . to tiger, in a 1953 story from The Chase.
 
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Saturday
5/26/2012
8:00 PM
 120526A

Have Gun Will Travel, Charlie Chan, The Bickerso...
At eight, it's Old-Time Radio Drama, with Have Gun Will Travel from 1959. Plus, Charlie Chan, and The Bickersons.
 
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Saturday
5/26/2012
9:00 PM
 120526B

This Is Your FBI, and The Whistler
After nine, on OTRD, Spike Jones makes merry with the Metropolitan Opera quiz. Plus, The Whistler in a broadcast from 1949, and This Is Your FBI with a true-to-life crime story from 1946.
 
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