Mr. & Mrs. North, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Tom Conway & Nigel Bruce
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 with Richard Gordon playing the legendary sleuth. By 1939 Basil Rathbone was heard as Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo was simultaneously starring in a popular series of Sherlock Holmes features for Twentieth Century Fox and later for...

The Adventures of Rocky Jordan, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Jack Moyles & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart's character Rick Blaine from the classic movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan relocated to Cairo after being ousted from St. Louis by his enemies. Now living in North Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates a gin joint, the Cafe Tambourine, and finds himself involved in an assortment of mystery and intrigue endeavors... Read more »

Gunsmoke, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: William Conrad & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes

“Around Dodge Cityand in the territory out West, there’s just one way to handle the killers andthe spoilers, and that’s with a US marshal and the smell of … Gunsmoke!”

Radio Westerns werestrictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmokehit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life onthe plains was harsh. Radio audiences had...

The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Freeman Gosdenand Charles Correll made their radio debut on January 12, 1926, as the comedic blackface characters Sam ’n’ Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos ’n’ Andy, which went on to becomeone of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. Duringthe height of its popularity, almost the entire country listened to...

Dragnet, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Jack Webb & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Set in Los Angeles, and starring Jack Webb as the stoic Sergeant Joe Friday, Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama of all time, having made extensive runs on both radio and television. Webb, also the producer of the show, took the series to new highs, insisting on realism in every facet of the program. The... Read more »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Orson Welles - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Orson Welles
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection spotlights the iconic Orson Welles in nine of his works from the golden age of radio. These radio dramas, airing from 1938 through 1951, are among his very best and can be enjoyed for years to come.Armed with the nickname the "Boy Genius," Orson Welles graduated from the New York stage to expand his creative talents in the radio... Read more »

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Howard Duff & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most...

Boston Blackie, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Richard Kollmar, Maurice Tarplin & Jan Miner
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a mastersafecracker and hardened criminal who served time in a California prison.Rehabilitated, he decided to use his knowledge of the underworld to fight crimeas an amateur detective. Known as “an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friendto those who have no friend,” Boston Blackie’s exploits...

Dimension X, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers & Norman Rose
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes

"Adventures in time and space ... told in future tense..." was famous narrator Norman Rose's opening to the radio show with some of radio's earliest science fiction, adapted from masters of the genre.Dimension X was one of radio's first adult science fiction series and made its mark by adapting short stories by acknowledged masters in the field,... Read more »

Classic Radio’s Greatest Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatestradio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You’ll hear FreemanGosden and Charles Correll as Amos and Andy, Howard Duff as Detective SamSpade, Tom Conway as the immortal Sherlock Holmes, Jim and Marian Jordan asFibber McGee and Molly, Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve, Eve...

Classic Radio’s Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatestcomedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You’ll hear Ozzie andHarriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos ’n’ Andy, Robert Young in FatherKnows Best, Jim and Marian Jordan as FibberMcGee and Molly, William Bendix as Chester...

Broadway Is My Beat, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Larry Thor & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Broadway Is My Beat was a dark, gritty radio crime drama that ran on CBS from 1949 until 1954. The series was originally broadcast from New York with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Police Detective Danny Clover. Produced by Lester Gottlieb, it was directed by John Dietz. But by the thirteenth episode, the series moved to Hollywood (still... Read more »

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Dick Powell & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Created by Blake Edwards, RichardDiamond, Private Detective came to NBC Radio in 1949, starring film actorand crooner Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in thepopular RKO film Murder, My Sweet andjumped at the chance to play a suave detective on the radio. Diamond was a lighthearted,New York–based private eye who enjoyed...

Mr. & Mrs. North, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, Mr. & Mrs. North were fictional amateur detectives appearing in novels, motion pictures, radio, and television. The Norths were not professional detectives, but simply a well-to-do New York couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week and felt compelled to solve the crimes. A 1942 MGM movie... Read more »

Classic Radio's Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Relive twelve of the best classic radio comedy shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them great in this incredible collection.Here are twelve of the greatest American comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles... Read more »

The Damon Runyon Theatre, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of New York City's Broadway that grew out of the Prohibition era. He created a little world of characters that live on even today in such classic movies as Little Miss Marker and Guys and Dolls, both based on Runyon's stories.Actor Alan... Read more »

Our Miss Brooks, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

OurMiss Brooks was a highly popular radio sitcom that waseventually adapted for both television and film. It starred Hollywood film andNew York stage veteran Eve Arden, who specialized in playing the wisecrackingfriend. She often did it better than anyone else, receiving an Oscar nominationfor the 1945 film Mildred Pierce. Since her skill with...

Suspense, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as "Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills," it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the... Read more »

This Is Your FBI, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This Is Your FBI, as the title suggests, was a crime drama that featured true cases from the FBI and was told from an agent's viewpoint. The show's producer and director, Jerry Devine, had once worked for the FBI, so having him for the show would allow each story to be told in the best way possible. J. Edgar Hoover, who was the chief of the FBI... Read more »

Crime Classics, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Lou Merrill & others
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve episodes from Crime Classics, a true-crime radio docudrama that aired on CBS from 1953 to 1954. Created, produced, and directed by Elliott Lewis, the program examined crimes and murders throughout history. Founded in Lewis' own personal interest in famous murder cases, the program meticulously recreated the facts, atmosphere, and... Read more »

Box 13, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Alan Ladd
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, retired newspaperman turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: "Adventure wanted-will go anywhere, do anything-Box 13." It wasn't long before his Box 13 became jammed with adventures galore.Holiday always had more... Read more »

The Life of Riley, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: William Bendix & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Created by Irving Brecher, The Life of Riley starred William Bendix as Brooklyn-born Chester A. Riley, a family man who worked as a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. The stories were usually set at home, where Riley would cheerfully disrupt life with his malapropisms and ill-timed intervention into minor... Read more »

Tales of the Texas Rangers, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: Joel McCrea & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes

“Texas, more than 260,000 square miles! And fiftymen who make up the oldest and most famous law enforcement body in NorthAmerica!”

Like its predecessor, Dragnet, Talesof the Texas Rangers adapted actual police cases for its broadcasts.Leading each week’s investigation was Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, portrayed bymovie star Joel McCrea. Because the...

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum... Read more »

Night Beat, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio's golden age, including Box 13, Let George Do It, and Casey, Crime Photographer, but Night Beat was a cut above. It was the story of Randy Stone, hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. It starred Frank Lovejoy as Stone, who came to... Read more »

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Gerald Mohr & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Raymond Chandler's celebrated hard-boiled private eye, Philip Marlowe, made his radio debut in 1945 on the Lux Radio Theatre with "Murder, My Sweet," starring Dick Powell. Two years later, NBC brought the character to the air in his own weekly series starring Van Heflin, The New Adventures of Philip Marlowe. A summer replacement for The Bob Hope...

Gunsmoke, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: author
Narrated by: William Conrad & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a US marshal and the smell of ... Gunsmoke!"Radio Westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio... Read more »

My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Lucille Ball & Richard Denning
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes

My Favorite Husbandhit the CBS Radio airwaves in 1948, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denningas Liz and George Cugat—who later became Liz and George Cooper when confusionwith bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change. Set in the fictitious townof Sheridan Falls, the show follows the happily married couple, residents of 321 Bundy Drive,...

Classic Radio’s Greatest Detective Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest detective shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Sydney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe, Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Edmond O'Brien as Johnny Dollar, and Les Tremayne as Nick Charles,...

Classic Radio’s Greatest Western Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest Western shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, including many first episodes from their series. You'll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, John Dehner as the man called Paladin on Have Gun—Will Travel, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on The Roy Rogers Show, Gene Autry on...

Casey, Crime Photographer, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Staats Cotsworth & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

In the March 1934 issue of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask, Jack “Flashgun” Casey, crimephotographer, made his debut. His creator was former newspaper and advertisingexecutive George Harmon Coxe Jr., who wrote more than sixty crime fictionnovels in his lifetime. Casey’s keen eye for detail served him well on the job,helping him to solve...

The Amos 'n' Andy Show, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut January 12, 1926, as the comedic, blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of the show's popularity, almost the entire country... Read more »

The Whistler, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Bill Forman & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

The Whistlerwas one of radio’s top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942 untilSeptember 22, 1955. The Whistler was an ominous narrator who opened eachepisode with, “I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk bynight. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men andwomen who have stepped into the shadows. I...

Classic Radio’s Greatest Mystery Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Richard Widmark, Orson Welles, Peter Lorre, William Conrad & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest mysteryshows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You’ll hear RichardWidmark starring in Inner SanctumMysteries, Orson Welles in The BlackMuseum, Peter Lorre in Mystery in theAir, William Conrad in The Whistler,Ernest Chappell in Quiet, Please,Everett Clarke in Lights Out, HarryBartell in...

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted overNBC’s Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable andatmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, adoorknob turned, and the famous “creaking door” slowly began to open. Everyweek, Inner Sanctum...

The Great Gildersleeve, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: Willard Waterman & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

A hilarious collection of episodes from the beloved radioshow The Great Gildersleeve

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character,appearing each week on the Fibber McGee& Molly radio show. On August 31, 1941, Gildersleeve landed his ownsituation comedy show, The GreatGildersleeve, which was radio’s first spin-off. Gildersleeve moved...

Suspense, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes

A thrilling collection of episodes from the classic radioshow Suspense

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcockto direct, Suspense was a radioseries of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is consideredby many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as “Radio’sOutstanding...

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story...

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story... Read more »

Dimension X, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Dimension X was one of old-time radio's first adult science fiction shows. Though it only ran for a short time, the show made its mark by adapting short stories written by some of the best known masters of the genre—Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and others. Writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted the...

My Friend Irma, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Marie Wilson & Cathy Lewis
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Some might remember MyFriend Irma as the movie that served as the launching pad for Dean Martinand Jerry Lewis. Others recall a television show of the same name. But My Friend Irma actually originated as aradio sitcom that aired on CBS from 1947 to 1954. The show chronicled the dailyhigh jinks of an extremely dim-witted blonde stenographer named...

The Falcon, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Les Damon, a full cast, Jackson Beck, Mason Adams, Ken Lynch, Joan Alexander & Mandel Kramer
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes

The Falcon radio series aired from 1943 until 1954. "The Falcon" was an alternate identity for detective Michael Waring. Like the Falcon movies, the radio plots mixed danger, romance, and comedy in equal parts. Each show began with a telephone ringing and Michael Waring, the Falcon, answering the phone. Speaking with a woman whose voice was... Read more »

Have Gun-Will Travel, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Have Gun-Will Travel follows the adventures of Paladin, a soldier of fortune turned hired gunfighter, played by John Dehner. Paladin prefers to settle problems without violence, yet when forced to fight, he excels.It's 1875, and Paladin lives at the swanky Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dresses in formal wear, eats gourmet food,... Read more »

Murder at Midnight, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Raymond Morgan & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Produced in New York, Murder at Midnight came to ABC Radio in September of 1946 and featured horror stories with supernatural twists. Raymond Morgan, a former Long Island minister who had left the cloth for the excitement of radio, was the foreboding host who each week uttered the lines: "Midnight, the witching hour when the night is darkest,... Read more »

The Lux Radio Theatre, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: Yes

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the longest running-and most extravagant-shows from radio's golden age. The show featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host for the lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of... Read more »

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes

The first volume of the perennial favorite sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie & HarrietOzzie Nelson was Red Skelton's bandleader on the populare radio series The Red Skelton Show. Ozzie's wife, Harriet Hilliard, was Skelton's singer. When Skelton was drafted in March of 1944, Ozzie was prompted to create his own family sitcom radio series. The... Read more »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Jack Benny - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Jack Benny
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve radio episodes featuring Jack Benny in different series from the golden age of radio. This collection includes episodes from The Jack Benny Program, Suspense, The Burns & Allen Show, The Bing Crosby Show, The Ford Theatre, and many more. Read more »

Fibber McGee & Molly, Vol. 2 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio from 1935 to 1959, featuring its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional midwestern city of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife, Molly, who tried... Read more »

Mr. District Attorney, Vol. 1 - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Mr. District Attorney came to radio in 1939 and focused on a crusading DA named Paul Garrett. Created, written, and directed by former law student Ed Byron, the series was inspired by the early years of New York governor Thomas E. Dewey. It was Dewey's public war against racketeering which led to his election as governor and enabled him to run... Read more »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Lucille Ball - Abridged - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Lucille Ball
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes

This collection showcases Lucille Ball's amazing spectrum of radio work, from comedy to mystery and everything in between. As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy's enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running television program I Love Lucy. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but exasperated husband... Read more »