Legacy Radio Theater – Old Time Radio Classics
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Legacy Radio Theater is your destination for the greatest stories ever broadcast. Relive the golden age of radio with thrilling mysteries, heartwarming dramas, hilarious comedies, and spine-tingling suspense from the 1930s, ’40s, and ‘50s. Each episode is curated from the original broadcasts to bring timeless entertainment to modern ears. Whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering vintage audio drama, Legacy Radio Theater invites you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the magic of classic radio.
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Episódios 181
Suspense: Easy Money (November 7, 1946)
A down-on-his-luck pianist sees a chance for a fresh start and easy money, but a visit to his estranged wife leads him into a deadly scheme. Jack Carson stars in “Easy Money,” originally broadcast November 7 …
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A down-on-his-luck pianist sees a chance for a fresh start and easy money, but a visit to his estranged wife leads him into a deadly scheme. Jack Carson stars in “Easy Money,” originally broadcast November 7, 1946.
Recording via The Suspense Project: https://archive.org/details/TSP461107
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The Mysterious Traveler: The Locomotive Ghost (July 6, 1947)
After a deadly train robbery, a thief finds himself haunted by the whistle of a train that should not exist. Climb aboard The Mysterious Traveler for “The Locomotive Ghost,” originally broadcast July 6 …
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After a deadly train robbery, a thief finds himself haunted by the whistle of a train that should not exist. Climb aboard The Mysterious Traveler for “The Locomotive Ghost,” originally broadcast July 6, 1947.
Recording via Old Time Radio: https://oldtime.radio/episode/the_mysterious_traveler-the_locomotive_ghost
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Dragnet: The Big Canaries (December 6, 1951)
Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday in “The Big Canaries.” Friday and his partner Ben Romero investigate the murder of a mother and find troubling contradictions in her teenage daughter’s account. Originally …
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Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday in “The Big Canaries.” Friday and his partner Ben Romero investigate the murder of a mother and find troubling contradictions in her teenage daughter’s account. Originally broadcast December 6, 1951.
Recording via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/Dragnet_OTR
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The Whistler: Murder on Rourke Island (December 30, 1946)
A bitter heir chafes under the conditions of his father’s will and hatches a deadly plan on a lonely island. The Whistler tells a tale of greed and consequences, originally broadcast December 30, 1946.Recording …
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A bitter heir chafes under the conditions of his father’s will and hatches a deadly plan on a lonely island. The Whistler tells a tale of greed and consequences, originally broadcast December 30, 1946.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Whistler_Singles
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The Six Shooter: The New Sheriff (June 10, 1954)
James Stewart stars as wandering cowboy Britt Ponset in “The New Sheriff.” Arriving in a frontier town on the eve of an election, Britt finds himself caught up in a struggle over who will wear the sheriff’s …
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James Stewart stars as wandering cowboy Britt Ponset in “The New Sheriff.” Arriving in a frontier town on the eve of an election, Britt finds himself caught up in a struggle over who will wear the sheriff’s badge. Originally broadcast June 10, 1954.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_The_Six_Shooter_Singles
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Night Beat: Zero (February 6, 1950)
Frank Lovejoy stars as Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone in “Zero,” the premiere episode of Night Beat. A late-night encounter sends Stone racing against the clock to find a man whose life has been upended …
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Frank Lovejoy stars as Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone in “Zero,” the premiere episode of Night Beat. A late-night encounter sends Stone racing against the clock to find a man whose life has been upended by a terrible mistake. Originally broadcast February 6, 1950.
Recording courtesy of Radio Days Museum: https://old.radiodaysmuseum.org/index.php/our-collection-1/2-old-time-radio-shows/4-detective/98-nightbeat
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Frontier Gentleman: Gambling Lady (June 29, 1958)
John Dehner stars as J. B. Kendall, an English reporter exploring the American West, in “Gambling Lady,” originally broadcast June 29, 1958. The CBS western Frontier Gentleman followed Kendall as his …
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John Dehner stars as J. B. Kendall, an English reporter exploring the American West, in “Gambling Lady,” originally broadcast June 29, 1958. The CBS western Frontier Gentleman followed Kendall as his assignments drew him into the lives and dangers of the frontier.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_FrontierGentleman_Singles
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Escape: Casting the Runes (November 19, 1947)
A scholar finds himself facing an occult threat in “Casting the Runes,” adapted from M. R. James’s supernatural tale and originally broadcast on November 19, 1947. CBS’s Escape presented stories of adventure …
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A scholar finds himself facing an occult threat in “Casting the Runes,” adapted from M. R. James’s supernatural tale and originally broadcast on November 19, 1947. CBS’s Escape presented stories of adventure, danger, and the uncanny from 1947 to 1954.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Escape_Singles
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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Orange Dog (January 22, 1949)
Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective in “The Orange Dog,” originally broadcast January 22, 1949. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe returned to radio on CBS in 1948, with Norman …
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Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective in “The Orange Dog,” originally broadcast January 22, 1949. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe returned to radio on CBS in 1948, with Norman Macdonnell producing and Mohr bringing the Los Angeles detective to life.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Philip_Marlowe_Singles
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Rasmussen Matter (December 16, 1956)
Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in “The Rasmussen Matter,” originally broadcast December 16, 1956. The CBS series followed Johnny’s investigations through the entries in his …
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Bob Bailey stars as freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar in “The Rasmussen Matter,” originally broadcast December 16, 1956. The CBS series followed Johnny’s investigations through the entries in his action-packed expense account.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar_Singles_Bob_Bailey_2
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Gunsmoke: The Boughten Bride (July 12, 1952)
Return to Dodge City with William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon in “The Boughten Bride,” originally broadcast July 12, 1952. Gunsmoke brought a gritty, character-driven Western to CBS radio, with Parley Baer as …
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Return to Dodge City with William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon in “The Boughten Bride,” originally broadcast July 12, 1952. Gunsmoke brought a gritty, character-driven Western to CBS radio, with Parley Baer as Chester, Georgia Ellis as Kitty, and Howard McNear as Doc.
Recording provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group via Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Gunsmoke_Singles
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Suspense: Banquo's Chair (June 1, 1943)
First broadcast on CBS’s Suspense on June 1, 1943, “Banquo’s Chair” stars Donald Crisp as Sir William Brent, a retired Scotland Yard detective who gathers suspects at the scene of an unsolved murder. A ghostly …
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First broadcast on CBS’s Suspense on June 1, 1943, “Banquo’s Chair” stars Donald Crisp as Sir William Brent, a retired Scotland Yard detective who gathers suspects at the scene of an unsolved murder. A ghostly illusion inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth becomes his way of drawing out a confession. John Loder also stars in this 1943 production, a story Suspense would revisit in later broadcasts.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
X Minus One: The Veldt (August 4, 1955)
First broadcast on NBC’s X Minus One on August 4, 1955, this adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt” follows a family whose automated house has a nursery that brings the children’s imaginings vividly to life …
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First broadcast on NBC’s X Minus One on August 4, 1955, this adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt” follows a family whose automated house has a nursery that brings the children’s imaginings vividly to life. When the nursery becomes an African landscape, the parents begin to fear what their technology has made possible. X Minus One carried science fiction drama forward from NBC’s earlier series Dimension X.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Suspense: Sorry, Wrong Number (May 25, 1943)
Originally broadcast on CBS’s Suspense on May 25, 1943, Lucille Fletcher’s “Sorry, Wrong Number” stars Agnes Moorehead as a bedridden woman who overhears a murder plot on a crossed telephone line. Her urgent …
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Originally broadcast on CBS’s Suspense on May 25, 1943, Lucille Fletcher’s “Sorry, Wrong Number” stars Agnes Moorehead as a bedridden woman who overhears a murder plot on a crossed telephone line. Her urgent calls for help drive one of radio’s best-known thrillers, a story Moorehead returned to in later Suspense broadcasts.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dark Fantasy: Dead Hands Reaching (May 22, 1942)
Dark Fantasy was a supernatural drama anthology produced at WKY in Oklahoma City and carried on NBC in 1941–42. Its eerie original stories were written by Scott Bishop. “Dead Hands Reaching,” first broadcast on …
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Dark Fantasy was a supernatural drama anthology produced at WKY in Oklahoma City and carried on NBC in 1941–42. Its eerie original stories were written by Scott Bishop. “Dead Hands Reaching,” first broadcast on May 22, 1942, follows a man who hears a voice from beyond the grave offering advice that leads him toward danger.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Mysterious Traveler: The Woman in Black (March 9, 1947)
The Mysterious Traveler was a mystery and supernatural anthology broadcast on the Mutual network from 1943 to 1952. Created and written by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, each tale was framed as a train …
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The Mysterious Traveler was a mystery and supernatural anthology broadcast on the Mutual network from 1943 to 1952. Created and written by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, each tale was framed as a train journey with the ominous Traveler, voiced by Maurice Tarplin. In “The Woman in Black,” first broadcast on March 9, 1947, a newspaper reporter follows a mysterious woman who seems to appear wherever death occurs.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 from 1949 to 1962. Bob Bailey stars in …
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar followed a freelance insurance investigator whose cases unfolded through his “action-packed expense account.” The CBS detective series aired from 1949 to 1962. Bob Bailey stars in “The Blooming Blossom Matter,” first broadcast January 20, 1957. Johnny investigates a missing emerald, a missing jeweler, and a puzzling room full of junk.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 investigated cases alongside reporter Ann …
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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 investigated cases alongside reporter Ann Williams. The radio series continued through 1955. This episode, “The Red Raincoat,” was broadcast on August 29, 1946.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Pendulum,” with Henry Hull in the lead …
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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 Pendulum,” with Henry Hull in the lead role.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Earth expedition lands on Mars and finds an …
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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 Earth expedition lands on Mars and finds an eerily familiar town. The episode adapts a story by Ray Bradbury.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 opens with Dillon preparing a wanted poster …
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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 opens with Dillon preparing a wanted poster for Clay Richards, a fugitive accused of murder.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 route and Gildy gets drawn into his …
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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 route and Gildy gets drawn into his delivery-day troubles. “Leroy’s Paper Route” originally aired on September 14, 1941.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. In “The Devil’s Bible,” an unusually …
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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. In “The Devil’s Bible,” an unusually valuable old book leads Stone back to an unsolved murder. Originally broadcast July 24, 1950.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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” is a surviving episode from the …
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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” is a surviving episode from the program’s first year.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 to radio, pairing its ominous stories …
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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 to radio, pairing its ominous stories with a sardonic host and the program’s unmistakable creaking-door sound.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 1947 to 1954. The series carried listeners …
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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 1947 to 1954. The series carried listeners into stories of peril in faraway places and unusual circumstances.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 report for “The Bluebeard Caper” is dated …
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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 report for “The Bluebeard Caper” is dated August 8, 1948 in the recording.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 David Kogan. Maurice Tarplin supplied the …
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Originally broadcast February 27, 1944. The Mysterious Traveler was a Mutual network anthology of mystery and supernatural stories created by writers Robert Arthur and David Kogan. Maurice Tarplin supplied the familiar voice of the Traveler who introduced its unsettling tales.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Program on May 2, 1932. His later …
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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 Program on May 2, 1932. His later broadcasts developed the comic persona and ensemble that made The Jack Benny Program one of radio’s best-known comedy series.
Originally broadcast May 2, 1932.
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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, launched in 1955. Its early episodes drew on …
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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, launched in 1955. Its early episodes drew on scripts first heard on the network’s earlier series Dimension X.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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