Another true case, straight from official police files. Only the names have been change to protect the innocent. Joe Friday is on detail to work in the police office, handling what ever emergencies that come through the door. Besides Friday’s amazing customer service skills, he gets to deal with administration procedures, routing crime details to [...]

If you frighten easily, be warned. Turn off your radio now. Don’t even think about downloading this episode. A man discusses his lifelong fear of death with a woman. He recounts how he has been set free of his fears. While attending a lecture, strange things happen. The speaker seems to have change, as does [...]

The Blue Beetle. July 3, 1940. Program #27 & #28. Fox Features syndication. “Crime Incorporated” Part one. Commercials added locally. The “Overlords Of Crime” are planning to form a syndicate. The Blue Beetle infiltrates the gang and is hired by them to imitate…the Blue Beetle! 15 minutes. Part two. The Blue Beetle is unmasked and [...]

When the West was young, adventure and danger awaited at the end of every trail. Justice is always done when the Lone Ranger rides. A gang of bandits plans to rob the stage coach line, disguised as the masked rider they had recently seen with his indian companion. They plan on having the Lone Ranger [...]

Fibber and Molly eagerly await their magazine subscriptions, and get the surprise of their lives when Fibber gets a draft notice instead. This has to be a joke, and Gildersleeves is just the guy who would pull a prank. Fibber tries to call, but talks to Mirt instead. Avigail Uppington visits and it’s all she [...]

A couple of riders come up on old Obie Tater, a settler who is alone on his farm. They know a secret about his past. The harrassed man finally recovers enough to head to town and report the incident to Matt. Will the two hardcases come back? If they do, they will have to worry [...]

Superman. September 2, 1940. Program #88. Mutual net. Commercials added locally. Clark Kent joins the professor for the first dive in the bathysphere. Suddenly, the air supply fails! Bud Collyer. 11:55. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete. J. David Golden

Through much of the first decades of the 20th century, the Marx Brothers were a rising act in vaudeville theaters. In the early days of talking movies, they made the transition, and became film stars. In the early 1930′s the brothers broke into radio. Their radio show featured Groucho and Chico as they tried to [...]

Two months have passed since the season closed, and Gildersleeves was left at the altar by Leila Ransom. For this first show of the season, we find him trying to relax at a resort. With wartime rationing and shortages, he is a rare, single male who gets the attention of all the old biddies in [...]

Playlist: 1. Francis sings, Long Ago and Far Away. 2. After dedicating it to the troops she entertained on USO tours, she follows it with, I’ll Walk Alone. 3. Tony Romano sings, and later joined by Francis, You’re the One I Love. 4. Francis sings, Tangerine. 5. Tony, and Francis, accompanied by Spike sing a [...]