Legacy Radio Theater - Old Time Radio Classics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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