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Fill-In Show # 1
Strange - "Ghost Train"
Can You Top This?
The Hermit's Cave - "Hansen's Ghost", WJR / MUTUAL
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Fill-In Show # 2
My Favorite Husband - "Dramatics" 
CBS Radio Workshop - "Nightmare", CBS
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Fill-In Show # 3
WJR: Fifty Years Of Unique Radio, 1972, WJR, Detroit, MI
Unsolved Mysteries - "Lizzie Borden Case"
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Fill-In Show # 4
Ma Perkins  (selected episode)
The Bickersons 
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Fill-In Show # 5
Lights Out - "Oxychloride X"
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Fill-In Show # 6
Abbott & Costello Show - "War Bonds"
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Fill-In Show # 7
Abbott & Costello Show - "Peter Lorre's Sanitarium"
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Fill-In Show # 8
Abbott & Costello Show - "Andrews Brothers", 5-5-45
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Fill-In Show # 9
Bickersons Sketches - "Blanche Bets On The Horses", "Amos Borrows John's Tuxedo"
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Fill-In Show # 10
Hallmark Hall Of Fame - "True Life Story Of Tom Mix", 1-3-54 
Tom Mix - "Mystery Of The Vanishing Village" (part one of two isolated episodes)
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Fill-In Show # 11
Roy Rogers Show - "VE Day Show", 5-8-45
Tales From The Diamond K - "The Squaw Man's Fortune"
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Fill-In Show # 12
Lone Ranger - "Gunpowder"
Hoofbeats with Buck Jones
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Fill-In Show # 13 
Gunsmoke - "Rena Decker", CBS 
Tom Mix - "Mystery Of The Vanishing Village" (part two of two isolated episodes)
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Show # 1
Jack Benny Program - "Jack's First Show On Radio", 5-2-32, NBC
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 1  "The House Where Death Lived", 11-14-44, MUTUAL
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Show # 2
Lady Esther Screen Guild Players - "The Lost Weekend",  1-7-46
The Unexpected - "Find The Man",  1948
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Show # 3
Jack Benny Program - "Jack Buys Don A Gopher Trap", 12-14-52, CBS
Unsolved Mysteries - "The Zombie"
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Show # 4
Popeye - "Popeye In Sherwood Forest"
Sherlock Holmes - "The Case Of The Unfortunate Tobacconist", 4-30-45, MUTUAL
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Show # 5
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 1,  2-8-38
Archie Andrews - "The Flat Tire", 9-11-48
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Show # 6
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 2,  2-9-38
The Beulah Show - "Beulah May Get A Movie Role" 
Crisco Radio Newspaper
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Show # 7
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 3,  2-10-38
Quiet Please - "The Thing On The Fourble Board",  8-9-48, ABC
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Show # 8
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 4,  2-11-38
Mail Call - "Groucho Marx", AFRS
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Show # 9
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 5,  2-14-38
The Ben Bernie Show - "Sophie Tucker",  11-15-35
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Show # 10
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 6,  2-15-38
The Magnificent Montague - "Day After First Uncle Goodheart Program",  11-17-50, NBC
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Show # 11
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 7,  2-16-38
Space Patrol - "Prisoners Of Pluto",  4-25-53
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Show # 12
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 8,  2-17-38
Out Of The Night - "Dead End" (Audition Show),  11-25-47
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Show # 13
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 9,  2-18-38
Beat The Band,  9-29-40
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Show # 14
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 10,  2-21-38
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Parley Baer"
The Couple Next Door, "Betsy Wants A Dog", 1-3-58, CBS
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Show # 15
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris", part 11, 2-22-38
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Frank Bresee" part 1, 6-11-97
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Show # 16
Dick Tracy - "Black Pearl Of Osiris",  part 12,  2-23-38
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Frank Bresee" part 2,  6-11-97
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Show # 17
Quiet Please - "Northern Lights",  1-30-49, ABC
Perry Mason - "Mystery Of The Stopped Clocks",  5-2-50
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Show # 18
Don Winslow Of The Navy - "Submarine Attack"
The Amazing Mr. Smith - "The Hooting Owl"  (Audition Show),  11-5-46
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Show # 19
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "John Dunning"
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Show # 20
Ceiling Unlimited - "Orson Welles",  2-1-43
G.I. Journal - # 73  "Orson Welles", AFRS
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Show # 21
Wizard Of The Black Castle - "Escape To Death",  12-16-42
Fantasy - "Entity From The Void"  (Audition Show),  8-23-47
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Show # 22
Special show from the 22nd Annual Friends Of Old Time Radio Convention
in Newark, New Jersey,  10-24-97
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Show # 23
Our Miss Brooks - "Class On Saturday",  1-6-56, CBS
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Ray Erlenborn & Bob Mott",  FOTR '97
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Show # 24
Jack Benny Program - "Christmas Shopping" (East Coast),  12-17-39, NBC
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Arthur Anderson",  FOTR '97
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Show # 25
Daniel Boone, Indian Scout - "Audition Show",  8-16-48
Quiet Please - "Rain On New Year's Eve",  12-29-47, MUTUAL
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Show # 26
Drene Time featuring The Bickersons,  2-23-47
Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby - "I Laughed At The Wrong Time"
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Show # 27
The Witch's Tale - "Four Fingers And A Thumb"
Supernaturally Yours - "The Cyprian Cat"
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Show # 28
Jack Benny Program - "Phil Harris' First Show",  10-4-36, NBC
Couple Next Door - "Lost Keys",  12-30-57, CBS
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Show # 29
A Date With Judy - "Charles Boyer",  4-3-45
Stand By For Adventure - "A Fate Worse Than Death"
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Show # 30
The Shadow - "The Destroyer",  3-5-45, MUTUAL
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Show # 31
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Bob Hastings",  FOTR '97
Hearthstone Of The Death Squad - "The Terrifying Letter Murder Case"
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Show # 32
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Leonard Maltin"
Count Of Monte Cristo - "Log Of The Black Widow"
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Show # 33
Quiet Please - "Calling All Souls",  10-31-48, ABC
Fibber McGee & Molly - "Seeking Aunt Sarah's Home",  10-27-53
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Show # 34
Hal Roach presents Laurel & Hardy  (promotional record),  8-18-32
Sketch - Laurel & Hardy in "The Wedding Night"  from Mail Call  # 16  11-24-43
Bickersons Sketch - "John Makes Out His Will"
Strange - "Ghost Train",  1955
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Show # 35
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - "The Gyrocosmic Relativator" - Chapters 1,2,3
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Show # 36
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - "The Gyrocosmic Relativator" - Chapters 4,5,6
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Show # 37
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - "The Gyrocosmic Relativator" - Chapters 7,8,9
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Show # 38
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - "The Gyrocosmic Relativator" - Chapters 10,11,12
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Show # 39
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "David Berger & Milt Larsen"
Inner Sanctum - "The Wailing Wall",  11-6-45
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Show # 40
Command Performance - # 140  with Jack Benny, Deanna Durbin, Jimmy Cagney, Tommy Dorsey And The All Stars, AFRS
Blackstone Magic Detective - "Riddle Of The Other 8 Ball"
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Show # 41
Blackstone Magic Detective - "The Cellini Statuette", 4-24-49, MUTUAL
Quiet Please - "Nothing Behind The Door",  6-8-47, MUTUAL
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Show # 42
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Show # 43
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Show # 44
Jack Benny Program - "Jack Buys Oil Paints For Don",  12-5-54, CBS
Couple Next Door - "Betsy Pushed",  12-31-57, CBS
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Show # 45
Quiet Please - "Berlin, 1945", 12-26-48, ABC
Coronet Little Show - "Gift Of The Magi", 12-19-43, MUTUAL
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Show # 46
Our Miss Brooks - "$5 New Year's Eve Tickets", 1/1/50, CBS
Gasoline Alley - "The Adventure Of Jealous Jessica", 1948-49, WOR
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Show # 47
Suspense - "Donovan's Brain"  part 1,  5-18-44, CBS 
Perry Mason - "Raid On A Den Of Marijuana  6-13-50
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Show # 48
Suspense - "Donovan's Brain"  part 2,  5-25-44, CBS
Frontier Fighters - # 33  "Wells Fargo"
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Show # 49
Bickersons Sketches
"Blanche's Birthday Present"
"The Tax Refund"
"The Operation"
First Mets Game On Radio (excerpt),  4-11-62
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Show # 50
The Hall Of Fantasy - "The Shadow People"  6-18-53, MUTUAL
Phil Rizzuto's Sports Caravan - # 2 "Mel Allen",  1954
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Show # 51
The Harold Peary Show (Honest Harold) - "Harold Plays Santa Claus"  12-20-50 
The Dizzy Dean Show - # 1  "Lefty Gomez",  7-3-48, NBC
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Show # 52
Kraft Music Hall - "Friar's Club Roast - Jack Benny"
(audio from tv special)  1-21-70
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Show # 53
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "Betty Johnson"  FOTR '97 
Bickersons Sketch - "Happy Anniversary" 
Song - "The Little Blue Man" - Betty Johnson
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Show # 54
Mandrake The Magician - "Adventure # 2"
Gulf Screen Guild - "Parents By Proxy" with Jack Benny & Paulette Goddard,  3-29-42
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Show # 55
Captain Midnight - "First Episode",  9-30-40, WGN
Lady Esther Screen Guild - "Love Is News",  6-14-43
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Show # 56
Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy - "Arctic Adventure"  (selected episode),  1935 
Bob Hope Pepsodent Show - "Eddie Cantor Hosts" with Fibber McGee & Molly, Walter Winchell, Amos & Andy, NBC
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Show # 57
The Shadow - "Death From The Deep",  10-3-37, MUTUAL 
Bickersons Sketch - "Moving Day"
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Show # 58
Tales Of The Supernatural - "I Shall Rise Again" 
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "John Rayburn",  FOTR '97
excerpt from Friar's Club Roast for Jack Benny - Fred Allen's Speech, 11/9/1954, CBS
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Show # 59
Camel Comedy Caravan - "Jack Benny & Company",  6-11-43
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Show # 60
Jack Benny USO Show from Cairo, Egypt,  9-13-43, NBC
Jack Benny Salute To The American Red Cross - "Jack Showers With A Peeled Potato",  April, 1953
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Show # 61
Abie's Irish Rose - "Abie Buys Jersey City Store",  1-13-43 
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - "The Boogie Woogie Girls",  FOTR '97
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Show # 62
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 2  "The Summoning Of Chandor",  11-14-44, MUTUAL
Philco Radio Time - "Bing Crosby",  10-30-46  (from transcription)
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Show # 63
The Hermit's Cave - "Hansen's Ghost", WJR 
Mandrake The Magician - "Adventure # 1"
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Show # 64
That Brewster Boy - "A Visit From Dottie",  12-29-41, NBC RED 
Charlie Chan - "Case Of The Marching Ants" (selected episode),  1945, ABC
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Show # 65
Inner Sanctum - "The Vengeful Corpse",  9-12-49
Dick Tracy - "The Case Of The Broken Window",  9-13-46
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Show # 66
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 3  "Journey Into The Unknown",  11-21-44, MUTUAL 
The Lives Of Harry Lime (The Third Man) - # 21  "It's A Knock-out",  12-21-51
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Show # 67
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 4  "Murder Comes Home",  11-28-44, MUTUAL
Jack Benny Program - "Ronald Coleman Dreams He Is Jack",  1-16-49, CBS
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Show # 68
Laurel & Hardy Show - "Mr. Slater's Poultry Market",  3-6-44
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 5  "Death In The Everglades",  12-5-44, MUTUAL
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Show # 69
Life With Luigi - "Party Line Troubles",  6-6-50
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 6  "The Man Who Talked With Death",  12-12-44, MUTUAL
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Show # 70
The Hardy Family - # 1  "Junior Executive",  1-3-52
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 7  "The White Pearls Of Terror",  12-19-44, MUTUAL
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Show # 71
Comedy Caravan - # 124  "The Jimmy Durante/Garry Moore Show",  11-9-45
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 8  "Stand-In For Death",  12-26-44, MUTUAL
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Show # 72
Dragnet - # 234  "Couple Rob Liquor Stores",  2-9-54, NBC
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 9  "The Tiger Cat",  1-2-45, MUTUAL
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Show # 73
Darling & Dearie - "Audition Show",  5-12-38
Quiet Please - "It's Later Than You Think",  8-2-48
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Show # 74
The Smiths Of Hollywood - "Audition Show",  1947
With Book And Pipe - "The Tell-Tale Heart",  July, 1945
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Show # 75
The Abbott & Costello Show - "Costello Gets A Tattoo",  6-7-45
Rip Lawson, Adventurer - # 1  "The Search For Nazi Gold"
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Show # 76
Jack Benny Program - "Jack's Birthday",  2-13-49, CBS
The Schooner Conquest - # 2  "Emeralds On A Deserted Island"
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Show # 77
WRVA, Virginia  50th Anniversary Show
Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby - "Moving Day At Pun'kin Centre"
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Show # 78
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - Larry Stevens, FOTR '99
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Show # 79
Jack Benny Program - "Fletcher Markle and Jack Warner", 2-20-49, CBS
Blackstone Magic Detective - Four Keys To Crime, 5-22-49, MUTUAL
Jack Benny 78 - "America's Foremost Violinist"
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Show # 80
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - Gordon Gould, FOTR '99
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - Corinne Orr, FOTR '99
The Strange Dr. Weird - # 10 "Death Ship", 1-9-45, MUTUAL
Blackstone Magic Detective - "Curse Of Kali", 5-1-49, MUTUAL
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Show # 81
People Are Funny - "Dancing With Three Men", NBC
Blackstone Magic Detective - "Footsteps In The Dark", 5-8-49, MUTUAL
2 classics with Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby
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Show # 82
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - Dick Beals, FOTR '99
2 classics with Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby
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Show # 83
Jack Benny Program - "Don Won't Sign New Contract", 1-23-49, CBS
Blackstone Magic Detective - "Voo Doo Treasure", 5-15-49, MUTUAL
Jack Benny 78 - "Violin Lesson"
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Show # 84
Glowing Dial Celebrity Interview - Will Hutchins, FOTR '99
Conversation with Orson Welles and H.G. Wells, 11-7-40, KTSA, San Antonio
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Show # 85
Quiet Please - "Adam And The Darkest Day", 11-7-48, ABC
Captain Midnight - "Mysterious Radio Signals" 1st of 4 episodes in sequence, 1940, WGN
Cal Stewart As Uncle Josh Weathersby in "The Show Troupe At Pun'kin Centre"
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Show # 86
Hopalong Cassidy - "Memory Of Mace Merlot", 12-15-51
Captain Midnight - "It's An Airplane Wing" 2nd of 4 episodes in sequence, 1940, WGN
Abbott & Costello 78 - "At The Races: How To Bet The Horses"
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Show # 87
Cisco Kid - "Mistaken Identity", 7-26-50, MUTUAL
Captain Midnight - "An Impossible Take-off" 3rd of 4 episodes in sequence, 1940, WGN
Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "Uncle Josh And The Fire Department"
Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "Uncle Josh At The Dentist's"
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Show # 88
The Shadow - "Death To The Shadow", 3-12-44, MUTUAL
Captain Midnight - "Bud Connelly Will Probably Die" 4th of 4 episodes in sequence, 1940, WGN
Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "Uncle Josh Buys An Automobile"
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If you wish to contact us, please go to our Contact page for the most current information.
For updated information on our latest contest (well, we haven't had one in a while but anyway...) go to our Contest page.  Thanks!
Note: Clicking on the series title will take you to a log / episode guide for that series.
Also you can click on [Show Details] and get more information on each episode like stars, sponsors, pictures and more!

Show # NET01  (Premiered September 1, 2003) [Show Details]
Love Thy Neighbor Preview, 1940, Paramount Studios
Linit Bath Club Revue - "Judge Allen's Court Of Justice", 1-22-33, CBS
The Hall Of Fantasy - # 12  "The Night The Fog Came", 3-16-53, MUTUAL
Globe Theatre - # 140  "A Night To Remember", 1944, AFRS
Guest Star - # 10  "Fibber McGee and Molly", 1947, U.S. Treasury Dept.
Mystery In The Air - "The Lodger", 8-14-47, NBC
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Show # NET02  (Premiered September 22, 2003) [Show Details]
Quiet Please - "Other Side Of The Stars", 5/8/49, ABC
Quiet Please - "Pavanne", 6/18/49, ABC
Quiet Please - "Prest-O, Change-O, I'm Sure", 8/16/48, MUTUAL
Quiet Please - "The Time Of The Big Snow", 1/2/49, ABC
Quiet Please - "The Man Who Knew Everything", 3/6/49, ABC
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Show # NET03  (Premiered October 13, 2003) [Show Details]
Mercury Theatre On The Air - "The War Of The Worlds", 10/30/38, CBS
excerpt from press conference with Orson Welles, 10/31/38
excerpt from NBC interview with Orson Welles as he remembers WOTW 40 years later
excerpt from Theatre Of The Imagination: The Story Of The Mercury Theatre
H.G. Wells meets Orson Welles, 10/29/40, KTSA, San Antonio, TX
WKBW's adaptation of The War Of The Worlds, 10/30/71, WKBW, Buffalo, NY
The Glowing Dial's tongue-in-cheek homage to The War Of The Worlds
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Show # NET04  (Premiered November 3, 2003) [Show Details]
Strange Wills - # 27  "The Silver Buckles", date unknown, SYNDICATED
Dick Cole - # 7  "Laura Gets Jealous", 1942, Syndicated
Bunco Squad - [Audition]  "The Case Of The Bookworm", 4/20/1950
The Hunters - [Audition]  "You Take Balistics, 11/29/1948, CBS
Coca-Cola Top Notchers - "Ty Cobb Interviewed", 3/19/1930, NBC
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Show # NET05  (Premiered November 24, 2003) [Show Details]
The Burns and Allen Show – "Gracie Pretends To Be Bill Goodwin’s Wife", 11-1-45, AFRS
The Jack Benny Program - # 503  "Larry Adler", 2-13-44, AFRS
Duffy’s Tavern – "Eddie The Waiter Wants To Quit", 11-9-45, AFRS
Fibber McGee and Molly - # 521  "Football Game Anniversary", 10-7-47, NBC
The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show – "How To Repair A Living Room" (w/audience warm-up), 10-23-53, NBC  
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Show # NET06  (Premiered December 15, 2003) [Show Details]
The Jack Benny Program -  “Christmas Shopping In New York”, 12/11/38, NBC
The Jack Benny Program -  “Christmas Open House At Jack’s”, 12/24/39, NBC
The Jack Benny Program -  “Christmas Shopping – Rochester’s Missing”, 12/22/40, NBC
The Jack Benny Program -  “Addressing Christmas Cards”, 12/7/52, CBS
The Jack Benny Program -  “Cactus Christmas Tree”, 12/20/53, CBS
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Show # NET07 (Premiered January 4, 2004) [Show Details]
Nightbeat - # 29  "Stay Of Execution", 8/21/50, NBC
I Was A Communist For The F.B.I. - # 58  "The Crossed Heart", 6/3/53, SYNDICATED
The Lives Of Harry Lime (The Third Man) - # 43  "Murder On The Riviera", 5/23/52, MUTUAL
Sherlock Holmes - "The Adventure Of The Copper Beeches", 11/2/47, MUTUAL
The Whistler - # 398  "Letter From Cynthia", 12/25/49, CBS
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Show # NET08 (Premiered January 25, 2004) [Show Details]
Adventures Of Frank Race  - # 5  "The Enoch Arden Adventure", 5/29/49, SYNDICATED
Broadway Is My Beat - # 150  "Helen Selby", 1/31/53, SYNDICATED
Casey, Crime Photographer - "Photo Of The Dead", 7/24/47, CBS
The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - # 22  "The Final Page", 3/23/51, NBC
Boston Blackie - # 109  "Drowned After Robbery", 5/14/47, MUTUAL
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Show # NET09 - (Premiered February 15, 2004) [Show Details]
Gasoline Alley  - "The Adventure Of Jealous Jessica", 1948 or 1949, WOR and SYNDICATION
Moon Mullins - Audition Show "Suit Of Armor", 1947, CBS
The Sad Sack - "Sad Sack Comes Home", 6/12/46, CBS
That Brewster Boy - "Joey Runs Away From Home", December, 1941, NBC RED
Blondie - "The Acting Bug Bites Alexander", 2/6/50, ABC
The Spike Jones Show - "Opera", 6/25/49, CBS
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Show # NET10 - (Premiered March 7, 2004) [Show Details] 
Escape - "Blood Bath", 6/30/50, CBS
Gangbusters - "Case Of The Red Hot Readers", (date unknown), CBS
Mr. President - "Woodrow Wilson", 1/23/49, ABC
The Fat Man - "A Window For Murder", 10/3/47, ABC
Vic and Sade - "Vic Is Sleeping On The Couch", 1/24/44, NBC
Little Orphan Annie - # 1164  "Wright Brothers 33rd Anniversary of First Flight", 6/16/36, Blue Network
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Show # NET11 - (Premiered March 28, 2004) [Show Details]
Adventures Of Ellery Queen - "The Mystery Of The Scarecrow and the Snowman", 1/20/44, NBC
Jimmy Durante Show - "Boris Karloff", 12/10/47, NBC
Adventures of Leonidas Witherall - "The Reunion", 9/17/44, WOR/MUTUAL
NBC Theater (Screen Director's Guild Assignment) - "Let's Live A Little", 1/16/49, NBC
One Man's Family - "Book 40, Chapter 13, The Last Of 1941", 12/28/41, NBC Red
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Show # NET12 - (Premiered April 18, 2004) [Show Details]
Amos and Andy - "Aptitude Test", 10/7/51, CBS
Kay Kyser's Kollege Of Musical Knowledge - "from the U.S. Naval Station at Alameda, California", 10/11/44, NBC/AFRS
First Nighter Program - "Little Town Of Bethlehem", 12/22/45, CBS
Grand Central Station - "If The Show Doesn't Fit", 8/15/51, CBS
Guest Star - # 113  "Hopalong Cassidy", 10/9/49, U.S. Treasury Dept.
The Couple Next Door - # 3  "Phone Call", 1/1/58, CBS
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Show # NET13 - (Premiered May 9, 2004) [Show Details]
Gunsmoke - "Billy The Kid", 4/26/52, CBS
The Lone Ranger - "The Iron Horse", 5/12/50, WXYZ/ABC
The Roy Rogers Show - "The Tall Tale Of Pecos Bill", 5/8/45, MUTUAL
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch - "Uncle Billy Harlow", 9/19/48, CBS
Frontier Town - # 24  "Gun Trouble Valley", 3/6/53, SYNDICATED
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Show # NET14 - (Premiered May 30, 2004) [Show Details]
Mystery In The Air - "The Mask Of Medusa", 9/4/47, NBC
The Great Gildersleeve - "The Jolly Boys Band", 11/23/49, NBC
Quiet Please - "If I Should Wake Before I Die", 2/27/49, ABC
Mail Call - "The Wedding Night", 11/24/43, AFRS
The Shadow - "Death Rides A Broomstick", 3/2/41, MUTUAL
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Show # NET15 - (Premiered June 20, 2004) [Show Details]
The Adventures of the Falcon - "The Case of the Careless Client", 10/15/50, NBC
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective - "The Hot Hundred Grand Caper", 9/19/48, CBS
Nick Carter, Master Detective - "The Make-Believe Murder", 7/22/45, MUTUAL
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Black Halo", 1/15/49, CBS
Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Betty Moran Case", 5/29/49, NBC
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Show # NET16 - (Premiered July 11, 2004) [Show Details]
The Shadow - "The Hypnotized Audience", 3/27/38, MUTUAL
The Shadow - "Night Without End", 10/16/38, MUTUAL
The Shadow - "The Phantom Of The Lighthouse", 9/7/47, MUTUAL
The Shadow - "The Little Man Who Wasn't There", 4/8/45, MUTUAL
The Shadow - "The Brief Fame Of John Copper", aired in AUSTRALIA,  airdate unknown
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Show # NET17 - (Premiered August 1, 2004) [Show Details]
My Favorite Husband - "Liz Feels She's Getting Old", 5/20/49, CBS
Our Miss Brooks - "Miss Brooks Takes A Vacation", 9/4/55, CBS
My Little Margie - "Going Camping", 6/12/55, CBS
Father Knows Best - "Vacation Arrives", 7/6/50, NBC
The Halls Of Ivy - "Fighting Med Student", 5/24/50, NBC
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Show # NET18 - (Premiered August 22, 2004) [Show Details]
William Fox has the honor to present the world famous author and scientist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1930 or 1931, FOX
Sherlock Holmes - "The Case of the Limping Ghost", 9/3/45, MUTUAL
Sherlock Holmes - "The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes", 2/17/47, ABC
Sherlock Holmes - "The Case of the Cradle That Rocked Itself", 11/30/47, MUTUAL
Sherlock Holmes - "The Case of the Six Napoleons", 12/7/54, BBC, later aired on NBC and ABC in 1955 & 1956
Sherlock Holmes - "The Adventure of Silver Blaze", 7/24/62, BBC, later aired on WFMT, Chicago, IL
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Show # NET19 - (Premiered September 12, 2004) [Show Details]
The Fitch Bandwagon (aka The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show) - "Audition Show", recorded 7/10/46, NBC
The Private Life of Rochester Van Jones - "Audition Shows" (2 at 15 minutes each), recorded 5/12/50 for CBS
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The Mel Blanc Show (aka Mel Blanc's Fix-It Shop) - "The New Radio", 11/5/46, CBS
The Dennis Day Show (aka A Day in the Life of Dennis Day ) - "Dennis Is Mistaken For a Bank Robber", 3/5/47, NBC
The Kenny Baker Show (aka Glamor Manor) - "guest star Jack Benny", 10/3/46, Blue Network / ABC
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Show # NET20 - (Premiered October 3, 2004) [Show Details]
Suspense - "Sorry, Wrong Number", 5/25/43, CBS, (this is the Armed Forces Radio Service version)
Suspense - "Fugue In C Minor", 6/1/44, CBS
Suspense - "The House In Cyprus Canyon", 12/5/46, CBS
Suspense - "On A Country Road", 11/16/50, CBS
Suspense - "Zero Hour", 5/18/58, CBS, (this episode has the commercials excised)
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Show # NET21 - (Premiered October 24, 2004) [Show Details]

Macabre - "The Man in the Mirror", 11/27/61, The Far East Network
The Mysterious Traveler - "The Locomotive Ghost", 7/6/47, MUTUAL
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Death Demon", 7/5/48, CBS
Lights Out - "He Dug It Up", 2/9/43, CBS
Murder At Midnight - "The Heavy Death", 11/4/46, WJZ, NY and in Syndication
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Houdini's Final Séance, 1936

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Show # NET22 - (Premiered November 14, 2004) [Show Details]
The Abbott & Costello Show - "Who's On First?", 4/17/47, NBC
The Abbott & Costello Show - "Income Tax Troubles", 3/6/47, NBC
The Abbott & Costello Show - "Lucille Ball's Nylon Stockings", 11/18/43, NBC
The Abbott & Costello Show - "The Andrews Sisters Sue Bud and Lou", 4/26/45, NBC
The Abbott & Costello Kids Show - "Riding With Red Ryder", 9/11/48, ABC

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Show # NET23 - (Premiered December 5, 2004) [Show Details]
Duffy's Tavern - "Archie's Christmas Carol", 12/21/45, NBC
My Friend Irma - "Irma's Christmas Party", 12/20/48, CBS
The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "Hiring Santa Claus", 12/19/48, NBC
Life With Luigi - "Pasquale Pilfers Luigi's Christmas Fund", 12/20/49, CBS
Father Knows Best - "A Hans Christian Anderson Family Christmas", 12/21/50, NBC
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Show # NET24 - (Premiered December 26, 2004) [Show Details] 
Twenty Questions - "Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven", 3/24/46, MUTUAL
One For The Money - "only available show", 8/16/47, CBS
Double Or Nothing - "pays tribute to The United States Merchant Marines", 9/11/42, MUTUAL
Beat The Band - "St. Patrick's Day", 3/17/40, NBC
Break The Bank - "first show for NBC", 10/5/49, NBC
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Show # NET25 - (Premiered January 16, 2005) [Show Details] 
Quiet Please - "Beezer's Cellar"10/10/48, ABC
Quiet Please - "Shadow Of The Wings", 4/17/49, ABC
Quiet Please - "The Oldest Man In The World", 5/21/49, ABC
Quiet Please - "And Jeannie Dreams Of Me", 10/17/48, ABC
Quiet Please - "Good Ghost", 10/24/48, ABC
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Show # NET26 - (Premiered February 6, 2005) [Show Details] 
The Jack Benny Program - "from New York - Harry Von Zell Subs For Don Wilson", 3/27/38, NBC
The Jack Benny Program - "Jack Returns After Illness", 4/11/43, NBC
The Jack Benny Program - "I Stand Condemned", 3/24/46, NBC
The Jack Benny Program - "Bend Of The River", 4/27/52, CBS
The Jack Benny Program - "The Road To Bali", 1/11.53, CBS
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Show # NET27 - (Premiered February 27, 2005) [Show Details] 
 Jeff Regan, Investigator - "The Gambler and His Lady", 11/11/48, CBS West Coast
Mr. and Mrs. North - "The Wheel of Chance", 6/30/53, CBS
The Thin Man - "The Adventure of the Passionate Palooka", 7/6/48, NBC
The Saint - "The Schizophrenic Psychiatrist", 9/18/49, MUTUAL
Mr. District Attorney - "The Case of the Desert Killer", circa 1952, Frederick Ziv Syndication
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Show # NET28 - (Premiered March 27, 2005) [Show Details] 

The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "The Courtship Of Elliott Lewis", 9/25/53, NBC

The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "Little Alice's First Date", 10/9/53, NBC

The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "A Night With Phil Harris", 12/4/53, NBC

The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "A Trip To The Moon", 11/13/53, NBC

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Show # NET29 - (Premiered April 17, 2005) [Show Details]
Red Ryder - "The Range War", 2/26/42, Blue Network West
Gunsmoke - "The Buffalo Hunter", 10/24/53, CBS
The Six Shooter - "Red Lawson's Revenge", 10/25/53, NBC
Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man", 8/10/58, CBS
Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Monster Of Moon Ridge", 3/8/59, CBS
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Show # NET30 - (Premiered May 22, 2005) [Show Details] 

Dragnet - "The Big Jolt", 10/5/52, NBC

Dragnet - "The Big Eavesdrop", 12/14/52, NBC

Dragnet - "The Big Dream", 3/29/53, NBC

Dragnet - "The Big Joke", 5/10/53, NBC

Dragnet - "The Big Confession", 3/30/54, NBC

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Show # NET31 - (Premiered June 12, 2005) [Show Details] 

Bob Hope Show - "Chico Marx", 11/8/38, NBC

Bob Hope Show - "Basil Rathbone", 1/28/41, NBC

Bob Hope Show - "New Bandleader Desi Arnaz", 9/24/46, NBC

Bob Hope Show - "Jack Benny", 11/9/48, NBC

Bob Hope Show - "Jack Webb, Dragnet Parody", 2/4/53, NBC

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Show # NET32 - (Premiered July 3, 2005) [Show Details] 
Lady Esther Screen Guild Players - "Yankee Doodle Dandy", 10/19/42, CBS

Mr. President - "George Washington", 7/31/49, ABC

Fibber McGee and Molly - "Scrap Drive", 4/7/42, NBC

Gulf Screen Guild Theatre - "Between Americans", 12/7/41, CBS

The Cavalcade of America - "An American Is Born", 1/19/42, NBC Red

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Show # NET33 - (Premiered July 24, 2005) [Show Details] 

2000 Plus - "The Green Thing", 1950 - 1952, MUTUAL

Exploring Tomorrow - "The Happiness Effect", 1957 - 1958, MUTUAL

Beyond Tomorrow - "Incident At Switchpath", 4/11/50, CBS

Dimension X - "To The Future", 5/27/50, NBC

X Minus One - "Tunnel Under The World", 9/4/56, NBC

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Show # NET34 - (Premiered August 14, 2005) [Show Details] 

Silver Theater - "Danger Lights", 12/12/38, CBS

Theatre of Romance - "Casanova Brown", 11/13/45, CBS

Encore Theater - "Green Light", 6/25/46, CBS

Academy Award Theater - "Suspicion", 10/30/46, CBS

Camel Screen Guild Theatre - "Call Northside 777", 10/7/48, NBC

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Show # NET35 - (Premiered September 4, 2005) [Show Details] 

Challenge of the Yukon - # 303  "Return to the Crime", 10/1/43, WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan Radio Network, Transcription

The Lone Ranger - "Trouble on the Railroad" aka "Trestle of Death", 1/27/39, WXYZ, Detroit, MUTUAL

The Green Hornet - "Death in the Dark", 8/31/46, WXYZ, Detroit, ABC

The Hermit's Cave aka The Little Theatre of the Air- "Spirit Vengeance", 1935 - mid-40's, WJR, Detroit, Transcription

Show World - "Edward Everett Horton is interviewed", 1/8/40, WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan Radio Network

Challenge of the Yukon - # 304  "King Spots Murder", 10/8/43, WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan Radio Network, Transcription

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Show # NET36 - (Premiered September 25, 2005) [Show Details] 

 Suspense - "The Butcher's Wife", 2/9/50, CBS

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I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. - "The Red Octopus", 6/10/53, Frederick Ziv Syndication

My Friend Irma - "The Lonely Hearts Club", 1/26/48, CBS

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Our Miss Brooks- "The Wishing Well Dance", 6/12/49, CBS

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The Great Gildersleeve - "Studying For Advancement", 10/22/47, NBC

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Show # NET37 - (Premiered October 16, 2005) [Show Details] 

The Hall of Fantasy - "The Cask of Amontillado", 1/19/53, MUTUAL 

Mystery in the Air - "The Black Cat", 9/18/47, NBC 

Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Tell-Tale Heart", 8/3/41, NBC Blue 

Suspense - "The Pit and the Pendulum", 11/10/57, CBS 

The Columbia Workshop - "Metzengerstein", 12/16/37, CBS 

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Basil Rathbone performs dramatic readings of two Edgar Allen Poe classics:
"The Bells" & "The Raven"

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Show # NET38 - (Premiered January 15, 2006) [Show Details]
The Ruggles - Audition Show # 1 "The Driving Test", 12/18/57
The Ruggles - Audition Show # 2 "Strict Schedule", 12/19/57
The Smiths of San Fernando - Audition Show, 9/20/46 for NBC
Mulligan's Travels - Audition Show, 6/8/47
His and Hers - Audition Show "The New House At the Beach", 3/1/53 for NBC
June's My Girl - Audition Show, 10/4/48 for NBC
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Show # NET39 - (Premiered February 5, 2006) [Show Details] 
The Jack Benny Program - "Orson Welles guest hosts, Phil Returns After 3 Months", 3/14/43, NBC
The Jack Benny Program - "Orson Welles guest hosts, Mary Returns", 3/21/43, NBC
The Jack Benny Program  - "Orson Welles guest hosts, Too Much Mayonnaise", 3/28/43, NBC
The Jack Benny Program - "Orson Welles guest hosts, Little Red Riding Hood", 4/4/43, NBC
The Jack Benny Program - "Orson Welles, Jack Returns After a 5 Week Illness", 4/11/43, NBC
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Show # NET40 - (Premiered March 19, 2006) [Show Details] 

Screen Director's Playhouse - "It Happens Every Spring", 4/14/50, NBC

The Screen Guild Players - "The Babe Ruth Story", 10/21/48, NBC

The Cavalcade Of America  - "The Great McGraw", 4/15/46, NBC RED

Family Theater - "The Scout", 6/15/49, MUTUAL

Destination: Freedom - "The Ballad of Satchel Paige", 5/15/49, WMAQ, Chicago

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Show # NET41 - (Premiered April 9, 2006) [Show Details] 

The Burns and Allen Show - "Why Was George Late For the Show?", 8/19/40, NBC

The Abbott and Costello Show - "Income Tax Troubles", 3/6/47, NBC

The Martin and Lewis Show  - "Jane Wyman", 11/30/51, NBC

Amos 'n Andy - "Annual Lodge Hall Picnic", 5/6/51, CBS

The Edgar Bergen / Charlie McCarthy Show - "Walter Pidgeon", 5/30/43, NBC

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Show # NET42 - (Premiered April 30, 2006) [Show Details] 
The Great Gildersleeve - "The Great Music Lover", 4/30/47, NBC
The Great Gildersleeve - "Leroy Is Excluded From Craig's Birthday Party", 5/7/47, NBC
The Great Gildersleeve  - "Peavy Disappears", 5/14/47, NBC
The Great Gildersleeve - "Marjorie Is Pregnant", 9/6/50, NBC
The Great Gildersleeve - "Visiting the In-Laws", 9/13/50, NBC
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Show # NET43 - (Premiered May 21, 2006) [Show Details] 
The Jack Pearl Show (The Raleigh-Kool Program) - "World Wide Information Bureau", 11/23/36, NBC Blue
The Jack Paar Program - "Jack Benny", 8/17/47, NBC
The Jack Kirkwood Show  - "The Buried Electric Light Bulb", 6/6/45, CBS
The Jack Carson Show (The Campbell Soup Show) - "George Burns and Gracie Allen", 1/15/47, CBS
The Jack Haley Show (The Wonder Show) - "Pepe Sacola Haley", 10/14/38, CBS
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Show # NET44  -(Premiered June 11, 2006) [Show Details] 
Judy and Jane - [Audition Show] "The Marijuana Plot", Recorded in 1942 for possible Syndication
A Date With Judy - "Frank Sinatra", 3/20/45, NBC
The Judy Canova Show  - "Jailed For Breaking Into Cary Grant's House", 10/12/43, CBS
The Abbott & Costello Show - "Judy Canova", 1/6/44, NBC
The Bob Hope Show - "Judy Garland", 3/7/39, NBC
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Show # NET45 - (Premiered July 23, 2006) [Show Details] 
The Jack Webb Show - "Slim Slade: Western Bandleader", 4/17/46, ABC West Coast & KGO
Johnny Modero, Pier 23 - "Fatal Action", 6/26/47, MUTUAL
Pat Novak For Hire  - "Fleet Lady", 3/6/49, ABC West Coast & KGO
Jeff Regan, Investigator - "The Lawyer and The Lady", 12/4/48, CBS West Coast
Pete Kelly's Blues - "Gus Trudeaux", 8/15/51, NBC
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Show # NET46 - (Premiered August 13, 2006) [Show Details] 
The Mickey Mouse Theater Of The Air - episode 11 "The Pied Piper", 3/13/38, NBC
Little Orphan Annie - episode # 1027 "Light In The Mysterious House", 1936, The Blue Network / NBC
The Adventures Of Superman  - episode 45 "Avalanche Heads For Pioneer's Monument", 5/24/40, Transcribed Syndication
Blackstone The Magic Detective - episode 51 "The Magic Writing", 9/18/49, MUTUAL / Syndication
The Cruise Of The Poll Parrot - "The Treasure Hunt" part 5, 10/23/37, Syndication
Captain Midnight - "Signal From The Sky", 12/2/43, The Blue Network
Dantro: The Planet Man - episode 5 "Marston Planning Attack On Earth", 1953, Syndication
Jack Armstrong: The All American Boy - "The Luminous Dragon Eye Ring" part 6, 10/7/40, NBC
The Adventures Of Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim - episode 25 "Flash, Dale & Zarkoff Crash In Rocket", 10/19/35, MUTUAL 
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Show # NET47 - (Premiered September 3, 2006) [Show Details] 
Suspense - "To Find Help", 1/18/45, CBS (AFRS version presented here)
Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater - "The Gay Divorcee", 3/6/44, CBS
Radio Reader's Digest  - "Room For A Stranger", 12/19/46, CBS
Rocky Fortune - "Boarding House Double-Cross", 3/30/54, NBC
Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater - "Too Many Husbands", 4/21/47, CBS
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Show # NET48 - (Premiered September 24, 2006) [Show Details] 
Suspense - "A Little Piece Of Rope", 10/14/48, CBS
The Abbott & Costello Show - "Lucille Ball's Nylon Stockings", 11/18/43, NBC
Suspense  - "The Red-Headed Woman", 11/17/49, CBS
My Favorite Husband - "Liz In The Hospital", 5/27/49, CBS
I Love Lucy - "Breaking The Lease" aka "Too Much Noise", recorded February 7, 1952 for CBS (never aired)
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Show # NET49 - (Premiered October 15, 2006) [Show Details] 
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Black Sea Gull", 3/7/43, The Blue Network
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Melody Of Death", 4/22/44, CBS
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Creeping Wall", 1/8/46, CBS
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Ghost In The Garden", 2/4/47, CBS, AFRS "Mystery Playhouse" version presented here.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Till Death Do Us Part", 10/27/47, CBS
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Show # NET50 - (Premiered November 5, 2006) [Show Details] 

The Answer Man - "Thanksgiving Questions", 11/23/44, WOR / MUTUAL

Family Theater - "Home For Thanksgiving", 11/27/47, MUTUAL

Casey: Crime Photographer - "After Turkey, The Bill", 11/27/47, CBS

Anthology - "The Story Of Thanksgiving", 11/21/54, WRCA, NY

The Adventures Of Sam Spade - "The Terrified Turkey Caper", 11/24/50, NBC

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Show # NET51 - (Premiered November 26, 2006) [Show Details] 

Forecast presents an audition for a proposed new series ... Suspense - "The Lodger", 7/22/40, CBS

Information Please - "special guest Alfred Hitchcock", 1/22/43, NBC

The Screen Guild Players - "Rebecca", 11/18/48, NBC

Screen Director's Playhouse - "Spellbound", 1/25/51, NBC

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Show # NET52 - (Premiered December 17, 2006) [Show Details] 

Fibber McGee and Molly - "Ringing In The Holidays", 12/23/41, NBC

Amos 'n' Andy - "Andy Plays Santa Claus / The Lord's Prayer", 12/23/51, CBS

Author's Playhouse - "Christmas By Injunction", 12/21/41, NBC Red

Bob Hope Show - "Greetings From Bob 'Christmas Tree' Hope", 12/23/41, NBC

CBS Radio Workshop - "All Is Bright" (The story of the song "Silent Night"), 12/23/56, CBS

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Show # NET53 - (Premiered January 7, 2007) [Show Details] 

Fibber McGee and Molly - "Gildersleeve's Diary", 10/22/40, NBC

Fibber McGee and Molly - "Enter Beulah", 1/25/44, NBC

Fibber McGee and Molly - "Off To Hollywood", 6/24/41, NBC

Screen Guild Theater - "Heavenly Days", 2/10/47, NBC

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Show # NET54 - (Premiered January 28, 2007) [Show Details]  

Jack Benny Program - "Fred Allen", 5/19/46 from New York, NBC

The Quiz Kids - "Jack Benny", 5/26/46, NBC

Jack Benny Program - "Murder At Romanoff's", 1/8/50, CBS

Command Performance - "Jack Benny", 6/17/44, AFRS

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Show # NET55 - (Premiered February 18, 2007) [Show Details] 

Adventures Of Ellery Queen - "Adventure Of The Message In Red", 11/7/45, CBS
New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - "Case Of The Killer Cards", 1/12/51, NBC
Nick Carter, Master Detective - "Case Of The Unwritten Letter", 7/29/45, MUTUAL
Adventures Of The Falcon - "Case Of The Neighbor's Nightmare", 2/4/51, NBC

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Show # NET56 - (Premiered March 11, 2007) [Show Details] 

Meet The Meeks - "Bessie, The New Used Car", 11/1/47, NBC

That's My Pop - "Renting The Hotel", 7/29/45, CBS

Hogan's Daughter - "The Crystal Ball", 7/26/49, NBC

Judy Canova Show - "Getting Mineral Water For Pig, Lover Boy", 9/7/43, CBS

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Show # NET57 - (Premiered April 1, 2007) [Show Details] 

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - "The April Fool's Day Adventure", 4/1/46, MUTUAL

Bob Hope Show - "Eddie Cantor", from El Monte High School in El Monte, California, 4/1/47, NBC

Boston Blackie - "The Wayward Bus Driver", 4/1/47, SYNDICATION

My Favorite Husband - "April Fool's Day", 4/1/49, CBS

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Show # NET58 - (Premiered April 22, 2007) [Show Details] 

Meet Mr. McNutley - "Ray's Other Life", 3/18/54, CBS

Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons - "The Nightmare Murder Case", 12/14/44, CBS

Mr. Chameleon - "The Perfect Maid Murder Case", 12/29/48, CBS

Mr. District Attorney - "The Case Of The Money Machine", 4/11/51, NBC

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Show # NET59 - (Premiered May 13, 2007) [Show Details] 

Dragnet - # 175 "The Big Number", 10/26/52, NBC

Dragnet - # 187 "The Big String", 1/18/53, NBC

Dragnet - # 194 "The Big Laugh", 3/8/53, NBC

Dragnet - # 210 "The Big Ham", 6/28/53, NBC

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Dragnet (parody) by Spike Jones & His City Slickers [Streaming MP3] 
St. George and the Dragonet by Stan Freberg [Streaming MP3] 
The Copper Clapper Caper by Johnny Carson & Jack Webb [Streaming MP3]

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Show # NET60 - (Premiered July 1, 2007) [Show Details] 

Lux Radio Theatre - "So Proudly We Hail"11/1/43, CBS

Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "The Fourth Of July At Pun'kin Center"

originally released July, 1911 on Edison Amberol Cylinder 4M-734

Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh Weathersby in "Uncle Josh At The Statue Of Liberty"
originally released in 1898 probably on a Berliner 7" Disc

Lux Radio Theatre - "Salute To The Marines", 11/8/43, CBS

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