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A fan of Frank Lovejoy’s voice! And this podcast.
Episode 429 – Let’s Be Frank (Here Comes McBride, Escape, & Night Beat)
Before his big screen turns in The Hitchhiker and In a Lonely Place, Frank Lovejoy made a name for himself on radio. His best known role was reporter and amateur sleuth Randy Stone in Night Beat, but before that he could be heard on everything from The Shadow to Suspense in supporting and starring roles. We’ll hear him as a tough insurance investigator in Here Comes McBride (originally aired on NBC on May 19, 1949). Then, Lovejoy is a private eye guarding a fabulous emerald in “Figure a Dame” from Escape (originally aired on CBS on December 20, 1949). Finally, he stars in “The Girl from Kansas” from Night Beat (originally aired on NBC on June 5, 1950).
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BONUS - Five Favorites: The Saint
For this bonus show, I’m sharing my five favorite old time radio adventures of Simon Templar - “the Robin Hood of modern crime” best known as The Saint. We’ll hear Vincent Price as the Saint in “The Sinister Sneeze” (originally aired on NBC on June 11, 1950); “Baseball Murder” (originally aired on NBC on September 3, 1950); “No Hiding Place” (originally aired on NBC on November 19, 1950); and “The Big Swindle” (originally aired on NBC on February 25, 1951). We’ll also hear substitute Saint Barry Sullivan in “The Ghost that Giggled” (originally aired on NBC oN September 17, 1950).
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Episode 493 - Working Vacation (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)
Even on vacation, Johnny Dollar isn’t far from mystery and murder. We’ll hear Bob Bailey as “the man with the action-packed expense account” in “The LaMarr Matter,” a five-part adventure that originally aired on CBS between March 26 and March 30, 1956. Plus, we’ll hear him as Johnny Dollar in “The Ideal Vacation Matter” (an AFRS rebroadcast of a show from September 22, 1957).
Click here to listen to “The Jolly Roger Fraud,” the five-part Johnny Dollar story that leads into “The LaMarr Matter.”
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Episode 494 - Let’s Get Away From It All (Let George Do It, Philip Marlowe, & Barrie Craig)
It’s summertime, but the living isn’t easy for these radio detectives. All they want is a little vacation, but murder and mayhem pop up as uninvited guests and turn their getaways into cases. First, George Valentine hooks a corpse instead of a fish in “The Empress of Fish Falls” from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on August 22, 1949). Then, Philip Marlowe is roped into solving a murder at a ranch in “The Dude from Manhattan” (originally aired on CBS on July 2, 1949). Finally, Barrie Craig is on a train to the mountains when he meets a beautiful woman and finds a dead body in “Death Buys a Bedroom” (originally aired on NBC on July 27, 1954).
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Some of my favourite radio detectives :)
Episode 507 - Throw the Book at Them (Boston Blackie, Philip Marlowe, & Let George Do It)
Read along with our heroes this week in three old time radio mysteries where books play a key role in the crimes and their solutions. First, Boston Blackie tries to figure out why readers of a best-selling novel keep winding up dead. Richard Kollmar stars in this syndicated episode known as “Three Wind Blows West Murders.” Then, Philip Marlowe believes a murder victim’s scrapbook contains the motive for her death and the identity of her killer in “The Big Book” (originally aired on CBS on September 29, 1950). Finally, George Valentine helps a bookstore owner whose shop keeps getting robbed in “The Bookworm Turns” from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on December 11, 1950).
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Old-timey Radio
My love for radio from the 30s to 50s was reawakened recently and I need to share some programs with you! Hazbin Hotel is to blame, one hyperfixation wasn't enough I guess!
"The Shadow" > ( The one I referenced in my fanfic "Denial of closeness")
Radio program that ran from 1937 to 1954. The title character, a caped vigilante, was one of the most enduring and influential creations of the pulp era.
"Inner Sanctum Mysteries" is a horror show from the 40s! You can find it easily on You-Tube!
https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLvu2oOrWFl_P_cytYyuhfOwK8iELqaKXa
1941 to 1952 It features horror and suspense stories with creaking doors and eerie music.
"Fibber McGee and Molly" radio comedy show! Features an old married couple!
“Lights Out” Another US horror!
terrifying and suspenseful stories, often with gruesome and unexpected twists.
You can listen to it on Internet Archive!
“Suspense” Crime and Mistery
It featured famous actors from the time!
You can find it on YouTube!
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”
Do I even have to write a description?
You can listen to them on the Internet Archive!
Radio dramas may have fallen out of style but podcasts and audiobooks still have the same feeling to them! People really love to hear stories!
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