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Those Old Radio Shows

Corus Radio Network

Those Old Radio Shows bring you back to a much simpler time when the early days of radio were filled with comedy, drama and mystery programs. Unwind with a light-hearted program or become engrossed in a whodunnit. Those Old Radio Shows has something for everyone.

Location:

Calgary, AB

Genres:

Nostalgia

Description:

Those Old Radio Shows bring you back to a much simpler time when the early days of radio were filled with comedy, drama and mystery programs. Unwind with a light-hearted program or become engrossed in a whodunnit. Those Old Radio Shows has something for everyone.

Language:

English


Episodes

The Amazing Mr. Malone - Mr. Morgan the Cheat

9/26/2023
The Amazing Mr. Malone - Mr. Morgan the Cheat From-1948 Stars-Frank Lovejoy John J. Malone is "murders" most famous criminal lawyer. Morgan was a big-time gambler in Chicago whose practical jokes Malone found a little too strong for his tastes…

Duration:00:27:31

Dick Tracy, Detective - Tess Disappears

9/25/2023
Serial Mondays Dick Tracy, Detective - Tess Disappears Starring-Bob Burlen, Barry Thomson, Ned Wever, Matt Crowley, Walter Kinsella, Helen Lewis & Andy Donnelly The series aired over a period of 14 years, from 1934 - 1948, and was based on a newspaper comic strip. What set Dick Tracy apart was his use of high-tech and ultra-modern gadgets to fight the forces of evil. He was never without his faithful sidekick Pat Patton and his band of merry followers, Junior Tracy and Tess Trueheart. Although in this premiere episode Tess disappears.

Duration:00:11:58

The FBI In Peace & War - The Scheemers

9/22/2023
The FBI In Peace & War - The Scheemers From-1955 Stars-Martin Blaine & Donald Briggs, Jackson Beck, Elspeth Eric & Grant Richards On the morning of May 1st, 1952 - the body of Sydney Wicker, a teller of a suburban bank was found washed up on a local bathing beach...

Duration:00:20:54

Adventures Of the Saint - Baseball Murder

9/21/2023
Adventures Of The Saint - Baseball Murder From-1950 Stars Vincent Price, Gloria Blundell, Jack Moyles, Hal March & Larry Dobkin Rumors and a woman - Diane Courtney, I think they're after my son Saint, the crowd with the dirty money.

Duration:00:28:56

Johnny Modero, Pier 23 - Pete Sutro

9/20/2023
Johnny Modero, Pier 23 - Pete Sutro From-1947 Stars-Jack Webb, Gale Gordon, William Conrad, John Garfield, Jean Rogers & Joan Banks I want you to find someone for me, lately a name's been ringing in my ears Pete Sutro, Pete Sutro

Duration:00:29:42

Mr. And Mrs. North - Too Late To Die

9/19/2023
Mr. And Ms. North - Too Little Too Late Stars-Barbra Britton, Richard Denning A New York radio commentator named Clint Conroy keeps urging Wally Clark to give himself up. Dave Largo is in from Chicago to kill Wally.

Duration:00:26:35

Tales Of the Texas Rangers - Play for Keeps

9/18/2023
Tales Of the Texas Rangers - Play for Keeps From-1950 Announcer-Hal Gibney Stars-Joel McCrea Jace Pearson tracks down the crooked constable who killed Sheriff Smithers.

Duration:00:30:21

Lux Radio Theatre - After The Thin Man

9/15/2023
Lux Radio Theatre - After the Thin Man Host-Cecil B. DeMille Lead Stars-William Powell & Myrna Loy Nick and Nora Charles happen to be very much in love, but love can't keep Nora from interfering with her husband's business when she has an idea. And Nora has many ideas.

Duration:01:00:24

The Silent Men - Visas for Sale

9/14/2023
The Silent Men - Visas for Sale From-1952 Announcer-Don Stanley Stars-Douglas Fairbanks Jr The international boundaries dividing the United States and Canada and Mexico are eternal monuments to the truth that nations can live side by side in peace & brotherhood.

Duration:00:30:29

Mystery Is My Hobby - Stephanie Brett Murdered

9/13/2023
Mystery Is My Hobby - Stephanie Brett Murdered 1947 episode-43 Stars-Glenn Langan & Norman Field Stephanie Brett calls Barton Drake, and drops dead while on the phone. The 1945-1946 network version is known as, "Murder Is My Hobby."

Duration:00:23:59

Nick Carter Master Detective - The Case of the Old Ladies

9/12/2023
Nick Carter Master Detective - The Case Of The Old Ladies From-1946 Stars-Lon Clark, Charlotte Manson, Humphrey Davis, John Kane and Ed Latimer A senior citizen payroll robbery...solved with the help of the army!

Duration:00:30:16

Screen Director's Playhouse - A Portrait in Scarlet/Jezebel

9/8/2023
Screen Director's Playhouse - A Portrait In Scarlet/Jezebel From-1949 Announcer-Jimmy Wallington Bette Davis, Gerald Mohr, Paul Frees & Ralph Moody A costume drama of old New Orleans, and a Southern Belle's loves and hates during a Yellow Fever plague.

Duration:00:30:34

Murder By Experts - Summer Heat

9/7/2023
Murder By Experts - Summer Heat From-1949 Announcer-Phil Tonken Writer and Host-John Dickson Car, w-Cameron Andrews, Frank Behrens, Bryna Raeburn, Lawson Zerbe & William Zuckert A newly graduated lawyer awakes with a dead body in bed and has a very difficult time getting rid of it!

Duration:00:29:23

Gang Busters - Texas Killer

9/6/2023
Gang Busters - The Texas Killer From-1946 A Phillips H. Lord Production Narrator - Commissioner Valentine Rita is pacing the floor waiting for Louie who's back after 5 years. A brutal murder was committed.

Duration:00:30:48

Our Miss Brooks - Head of the Board

9/5/2023
Our Miss Brooks - Head Of The Board Hires A Psychologist From-1949 Stars-Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler, Richard Crenna, Jane Morgan & Frank Nelson Mr. Hewit visits Maddison Highschool

Duration:00:30:18

Recollections At 30 - Labor Day

9/4/2023
Recollections At 30 - Labor Day From-1956 Fred Collins, Gene Hamilton & Ed Herlihy Bing Crosby, Ed Wynn and Nelson Eddy, President Roosevelt, Walter Damrosch, Ed East and Ralph Dumke & Dinah Shore

Duration:00:24:27

Dragnet - Police Academy-Mario Koski

9/1/2023
Dragnet - Police Academy-Mario Koski From-1949 Announcer-George Fenneman & Hal Gibney Stars-Jack Webb, Jackson Beck & Raymond Burr A gang of "blitz bandits" are committing three and four burglaries a night, liquor stores and restaurants. SGT. Friday is assigned to robbery detail, It's Friday's job to get them.

Duration:00:30:03

The Mysterious Traveler - Dark Destiny

8/31/2023
The Mysterious Traveler - Dark Destiny From-1947 Announcer-Carl Caruso Stars-Maurice Tarplin, Palmer Ward, Bill Smith, Ken Lynch, Elaine Kemp, Joseph Julian A man needs $1500 for a surgeon to save his wife, but the money is not that easy to get!

Duration:00:30:14

David Harding's Counterspy - The Case of the Hoodlum's Hero

8/30/2023
David Harding's Counterspy - Hoodlums Hero From-1950 Stars-Don MacLaughlin & Mandel Kramer On the trail of "Slick" Laredo, who specializes in leading young boys into a life of crime.

Duration:00:27:28

The Adventures of the Falcon - The Case of the Curious Cousin

8/29/2023
The Adventures Of The Falcon - The Case Of The Curious Cousin From-1951 Announcer-Ed Herlihy Stars-Les Damon & Chuck Webster "When a family's fortune is in the balance, the scales can be tipped toward murder."

Duration:00:26:38