The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, Vol. 2

Jeff Regan, Investigator, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Jack Webb, Frank Graham & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No

Jeff Regan, Investigator came to CBS Radio on July 10, 1948, with Jeff Regan as a tough private eye working for a detective agency run by Anthony J. Lyon. Regan introduced himself on each show with “I get ten a day and expenses. They call me the Lyon’s Eye.”Lyon, portrayed by Wilms Herbert, ran the International Detective Bureau, a small private... Read more »

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Raymond Edward Johnson & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio & William Spier
Narrated by: Howard Duff & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

The Adventures of Rocky Jordan, Vol. 1

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

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 »

The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

The Hall of Fantasy, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No

Here are twelve episodes of the horror and mystery series written and produced by radio announcers beginning in 1946.There were several series under the Hall of Fantasy banner, all produced by Richard Thorne. The first originated from radio station KALL in Salt Lake City. Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson were announcers for the station and... Read more »

Classic Radio’s Greatest Western Shows, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No

This collection contains twelve of the greatest Westernshows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, including many firstepisodes from their series. You’ll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, John Dehner as the man calledPaladin on Have Gun—Will Travel, RoyRogers and Dale Evans on The Roy RogersShow, Gene Autry on Gene... Read more »

Dimension X, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360, Ernest Kinoy & George Lefferts
Narrated by: various performers & Norman Rose
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No

"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 »

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Tom Conway & Nigel Bruce
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

My Friend Irma, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Marie Wilson & Cathy Lewis
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Orson Welles

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Orson Welles
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Dick Powell & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

Classic Radio’s Greatest Shows, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

Gunsmoke, Vol. 2

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

“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 aUS 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 audiences... Read more »

Classic Radio’s Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

Classic Radio’s Greatest Mystery Shows, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Richard Widmark, Orson Welles, Peter Lorre, William Conrad & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

Classic Radio’s Greatest Detective Shows, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No

This collection contains twelve of the greatest detectiveshows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You’ll hear SydneyGreenstreet as Nero Wolfe, Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Tom Conway and Nigel Bruceas Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, EdmondO’Brien as Johnny Dollar, and Les Tremayne as Nick Charles,... Read more »

The Life of Riley, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: William Bendix & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Lucille Ball

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Lucille Ball
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Dragnet, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: Jack Webb & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

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

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 3

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Bob Bailey & various performers
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No

From the show called "the best of the best of radio's golden age" come these six suspenseful episodes of Johnny Dollar's far-flung private investigations, starring Bob Bailey in thirty quarter-hour episodes.First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny... Read more »

Broadway Is My Beat, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Larry Thor & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 3

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Paul McGrath, Boris Karloff & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No

Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told a story of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC radio’s Blue Network in January 1941 and featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history as an organist hit a dissonant chord, a... Read more »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Jack Benny

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Jack Benny
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Frontier Gentleman, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

Here are twelve episodes of the adventures of an English journalist in the American West of the 1870s in this show from the golden age of radio.Frontier Gentleman was a radio western series aimed at adults that aired on CBS radio for one season in 1958. It starred radio veteran John Dehner as J. B. Kendall, a reporter for the London Times. The... Read more »

Mr. District Attorney, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Suspense, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

Dimension X, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No

Dimension X wasone of old-time radio’s first adult science fiction shows. Though it only ranfor a short time, the show made its mark by adapting short stories written by someof 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 stories,... Read more »

Crime Classics, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Lou Merrill & others
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No

Crime Classics was a true-crime radio docudrama that aired on CBS from June 1953 to June 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 personages of... Read more »

Dangerous Assignment, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Brian Donlevy & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No

In 1949 NBC brought handsome Irish American actor Brian Donlevy to the radio microphones as international troubleshooter Steve Mitchell in the spy series Dangerous Assignment. Mitchell worked for an unnamed US government intelligence agency, whose boss, “the Commissioner,” dispatched him to world trouble spots. Mitchell’s assignment was to solve... Read more »

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Paul McGrath & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No

Taking its name from a popular series of mysterynovels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC’s BlueNetwork in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmosphericopenings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknobturned, and the famous “creaking door” slowly began to open. Every week, InnerSanctum... Read more »

Suspense, Vol. 2

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

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for AlfredHitchcock to direct, Suspense was aradio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and isconsidered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Oftenreferred to as “Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills,” it focused onsuspenseful thrillers starring the... Read more »

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio & Jack Johnstone
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... Read more »

Have Gun-Will Travel, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

The Damon Runyon Theatre, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Box 13, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & Mutual Radio Network
Narrated by: Alan Ladd
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Night Beat, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

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 CBS Radio Workshop, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & various authors
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

The CBS Radio Workshop regularly featured the works of the world’s greatest writers, including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany, and Ambrose Bierce, among others. The radio series aired from January 27, 1956, through September 22, 1957, and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and... Read more »

Classic Radio's Greatest Shows, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No

This collection contains twelve of the greatest radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos 'n' Andy; Bob Bailey in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee and Molly; William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley; Eve Arden as Connie Brooks... Read more »

Mr. & Mrs. North, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No

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

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: various performers
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

Our Miss Brooks, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

This Is Your FBI, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

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 »

The Black Museum, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Orson Welles & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No

Here are twelve episodes of the classic mystery radio show, The Black Museum.The Black Museum was a weekly radio crime drama produced for the BBC in 1951 and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard. Orson Welles, who was living in London at the time, was both host and narrator for these dramatized stories based on Scotland... Read more »

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360 & William Spier
Narrated by: Howard Duff, Steven Dunne & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

Sam Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character of Sam Spade was created by writer Dashiell Hammett in 1930 for his crime story The Maltese Falcon, and for most people, the character is closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who... Read more »

Night Beat, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio
Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

This radio drama stars Frank Lovejoy in twelve half-hour episodes that aired in 1950, during the golden age of radio.Among several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age, Night Beat was a cut above the others. It was the story of Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the... Read more »

The Lux Radio Theatre, Vol. 2

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Cecil B. DeMille & a full cast
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No

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 Weird Circle, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No

The Weird Circle radio show was an anthology of classic thrillers from the pens of the world's best-known and respected fiction authors of the nineteenth century. The focus was on stories of horror, suspense, and the supernatural by such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mary Shelley, with an occasional drama by the likes... Read more »

Fort Laramie, Vol. 1

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

Fort Laramie was an adult-oriented Western radio series that aired Sunday afternoons on the CBS radio network in 1956. Produced and directed by Gunsmoke’s Norman Macdonnell, this realistic Western drama depicted life at Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails, as well as a staging point for various military... Read more »

Classic Radio Spotlights: Frank Sinatra

By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: Frank Sinatra & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No

One of the top entertainers of the twentieth century, Frank Sinatra, stars in fourteen broadcasts from the golden age of radio.Although “Ol’ Blue Eyes” would conquer records, film, and television, it was radio that first made Frank Sinatra a star. Spanning the years 1943 to 1954, this collection showcases Sinatra from such shows as Suspense, The... Read more »