Legacy Radio Theater - Old Time Radio Classics

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Blooming Blossom Matter (January 20, 1957)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed a freelance insurance investigator whose cases unfolded through his “action-packed expense account.” The CBS detective series aired fr

Casey, Crime Photographer: The Red Raincoat (August 29, 1946)

Jack “Flashgun” Casey began in George Harmon Coxe’s crime stories before coming to CBS radio in 1943. A newspaper photographer with a detective’s instincts, Casey investi

Suspense: The Pit and the Pendulum (January 12, 1943)

Suspense was a CBS radio anthology of mystery and thriller dramas that ran from 1942 to 1962. This January 12, 1943 broadcast adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pe

X Minus One: Mars Is Heaven (May 8, 1955)

X Minus One was NBC’s science fiction radio anthology, broadcast from 1955 to 1958 as a successor to Dimension X. In “Mars Is Heaven,” first broadcast May 8, 1955, an Ear

Gunsmoke: Billy the Kid (April 26, 1952)

Gunsmoke brought a more adult Western to CBS radio, with William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon. “Billy the Kid” was the series’ first broadcast on April 26, 1952. It open

The Great Gildersleeve: Leroy’s Paper Route (September 14, 1941)

The Great Gildersleeve spun off from Fibber McGee and Molly in 1941, with Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. In this early episode, Leroy takes on a paper rout

Night Beat: The Devil’s Bible (July 24, 1950)

Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, the Chicago Star’s night-shift reporter, in Night Beat, an NBC drama following the human stories and dangers Stone finds after dark. I

The Whistler: Malice (October 11, 1942)

Originally broadcast October 11, 1942. The Whistler was a CBS mystery anthology built around an unseen narrator and stories of crime, suspense, and ironic turns. “Malice”

Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Corridor of Doom (October 23, 1945)

Step through the creaking door for “The Corridor of Doom,” originally broadcast October 23, 1945. Inner Sanctum Mysteries brought tales of mystery, suspense, and horror t

Escape: The Sire de Maletroit’s Door (August 4, 1947)

Originally broadcast August 4, 1947, “The Sire de Maletroit’s Door” adapts a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Escape was CBS’s anthology of high adventure, heard from 194

The Adventures of Sam Spade: The Bluebeard Caper (August 8, 1948)

Howard Duff plays Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco private detective in The Adventures of Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as his secretary, Effie Perrine. Spade’s case repo

The Mysterious Traveler: The Good Die Young (February 27, 1944)

Originally broadcast February 27, 1944. The Mysterious Traveler was a Mutual network anthology of mystery and supernatural stories created by writers Robert Arthur and Da

The Jack Benny Program: First Show (May 2, 1932)

The quality on this one is not great, but there's a reason we're including it anyway. This is considered the beginning of Jack Benny’s radio career, with The Canada Dry P

X Minus One: Knock (May 22, 1955)

Originally broadcast May 22, 1955. “Knock” adapts a story by Fredric Brown for radio, with a script by Ernest Kinoy. X Minus One was NBC’s science-fiction anthology, laun

The Great Gildersleeve - Gildy Arrives at Summerfield - 1941

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve began as a blustery neighbor on Fibber McGee and Molly before his popularity led to his own series. The Great Gildersleeve premiered on NBC o

Casey, Crime Photographer: The Handkerchief (September 5, 1946)

Originally broadcast September 5, 1946. Casey, Crime Photographer followed Jack “Flashgun” Casey, a newspaper photographer drawn into criminal investigations. The charact

Escape: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (July 21, 1947)

Escape, the CBS radio anthology of adventure and suspense, adapted F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” for this July 21, 1947 broadcast. A visit to a f

Night Beat: The Slasher (November 10, 1950)

Originally broadcast November 10, 1950. Night Beat was an NBC radio drama starring Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a reporter for the Chicago Star. In “The Slasher,” Stone

The Halls of Ivy: The Gangster’s Son (January 20, 1950)

Ronald Colman and Benita Hume star as Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College, and his wife Victoria in The Halls of Ivy. The series mixed campus comedy with

Suspense: In Fear and Trembling (February 16, 1943)

Originally broadcast February 16, 1943. Suspense was CBS’s long-running dramatic anthology of thrillers and mysteries. Beginning as a weekly series in 1942, it continued