"This trip ain't my first rodeo, a vagabond since I was a kid. Still listen to Old Time Radio, just like we always did." - Wheel of Fortune (Patience Pays 2008)
Ever since I was a girl, traveling with my father in the backwoods of some National Park or some lonely coastal road in Mexico, I have loved listening the old time radio shows. With so many miles under my travelin belt, they help me pass the time, following the mysteries, the dramas and the suspenseful thrillers with my imagination. I still love it today as I travel in my schoolbus Patience. Randy's Old Time Radio has an extensive collection of high quality Mp3's available to get your collection started or order Old Time Radio for someone you love.
Please feel free to download some of the OTR episodes I have posted and enjoy them for yourself. All it takes is an email address but if you care to make a small donation you can use the button below.
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Box 13
To seek out new ideas for his fiction, Holliday ran a classified ad in the Star-Times newspaper where he formerly worked: "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything -- write Box 13, Star-Times." Box 13 was a syndicated radio series about the escapades of newspaperman-turned-mystery novelist Dan Holliday, played by film star Alan Ladd.
The stories followed Holliday's adventures when he responded to the letters sent to him by such people as a psycho killer and various victims.
Box 13 premiered in 1947. In New York City, it first aired December 31, 1947
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Last Will and Nursery Rhyme 2/6/49
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Death is a Doll 3/13/49
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Tempest in a Casserole 4/03/49
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Sam Spade
Sam Spade combined several features of previous detectives, most notably his cold detachment, keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. He is the man who has seen the wretched, the corrupt, the tawdry side of life but still retains his "tarnished idealism".
The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951
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The Red Star Caper 1/12/51
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The Hot Hundred Grand Caper 9/19/48
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The Crab Louis Caper 5/02/51
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Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy rode the radio air waves from 1950 to 1952. His popularity grew and grew, every time his show was heard. These radio shows, together with his movies and television shows helped make him one of the all-time most popular heroes of western fiction and cinema. His popularity continues to grow each year, as generations new and old delight in the classic tales of this American hero.
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California or Bust 1/27/52
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Melody of Murder 11/04/50
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Death Comes Invited 2/02/52
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Dragnet
Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers.
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Big Small 1/11/53
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Big Strip 2/01/53
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Big Tooth 2/15/53
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
a radio drama of "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account — America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator." The show aired on CBS Radio from January 14, 1949 to September 30, 1962. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and more than 720 still exist today.
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Alanzo Chapman Matter 7/04/51
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Bayou Body Matter 11/15/59
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Empty Threat Matter 11/27/60
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Candy Matson
Candy Matson was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Parks, in the title role of this sassy, sexy PI. Her understated love interest, Lt. Ray Mallard, was played by Henry Leff while her assistant and best pal, aptly named Rembrandt Watson, was the voice of Jack Thomas.
Every show opened with a ringing telephone and our lady PI answering it with "Candy Matson, YU 2-8209" and then the organ swung into the theme song, "Candy". Each job took Candy from her apartment on Telegraph Hill into some actual location in San Francisco. The writers, overseen by Monty, worked plenty of real Bay Area locations into every plot.
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The Fort Ord Story 10/03/49
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Jack Frost 12/19/49
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The Movie Company 9/11/50
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater
CBS Radio Mystery Theater (aka Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) was a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS affiliates from 1974 to 1982.
The format was similar to that of classic old time radio shows such as The Mysterious Traveler and The Whistler, in that the episodes were introduced by a host (E. G. Marshall) who provided pithy wisdom and commentary throughout. Unlike the hosts of earlier programs, Marshall is fully mortal, merely someone whose heightened insight and erudition plunge the listener into the world of the macabre.
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The Hole in the Sky 5/09/79
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The Guiseppe Verdi Autobus 6/27/79
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The Enchanted Child 1/20/78
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Lost Dog 1/09/74
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The Glass Bubble 4/23/79
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The Black Museum
The Black Museum was a 1951 radio crime drama program independently produced by Harry Alan Towers and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard's Black Museum. Ira Marion was the scriptwriter, and music for the series was composed and conducted by Sidney Torch. Although often mistakenly cited as being produced for the BBC, the series was produced and syndicated commercially by Towers throughout the English speaking world.
Orson Welles was both host and narrator for stories of horror and mystery based on Scotland Yard's collection of murder weapons and various ordinary objects once associated with historical true crime cases.
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The Baby's Jacket
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The Champagne Glass
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The Silencer
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The Saint with Vincent Price
Simon Templar, AKA "The Saint" was not a Saint…in fact, the name was the underworld's sobriquet for this radio detective, who often did a little bad to get the "goods" on his criminal of choice. "The Saint" is a bon vivant who savors detection as an art form.
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Murder Plot in Prison
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The Carnival Murder 2/04/51
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The Schizophrenic Psychiatrist 9/18/49
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The Clock
The Clock was a radio anthology narrated by Father Time and broadcast 80 half-hour episodes from November 3, 1946 to May 9, 1948. Its stories were mostly mystery and crime with a tiny smattering of supernaturally-themed episodes. The Clock originated in Australia and was syndicated to the United States.
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Lively Ghost 1/12/47
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The Manicurist 7/14/47
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Dr. Carter's Experiment 2/23/47
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The Criminal Mind 4/27/47
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