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The Golden Age of Radio, restored and streaming: gunfights, ghost stories and detectives with cigarette voices. Every episode free and in the public domain.

112 series

On this week's date

Broadcast this week, decades ago

Episodes whose original transmission date matches today's week. Refreshed daily.

The Shadow of Fu Manchu

Grebble Under Ingamar's Spell

15 Aug 1939 · 14 min

Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 August 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Calling All Cars

Man with the Iron Pipes

17 Aug 1939 · 30 min

Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 August 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

The Blue Beetle

Underworld Goes Underground - Parts 1 And 2

14 Aug 1940 · 25 min

Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 14 August 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Winston Churchill: The BBC Broadcasts

The Atlantic Charter

14 Aug 1941 · 2 min

Broadcast by the BBC, 14 August 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Winston Churchill speeches collection (public domain).

Jubilee

Lucky Millinder - Jimmy Noone

16 Aug 1943 · 32 min

Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'JubileeOldTimeRadio' (public domain).

Words at War

Heaven Below - China Looks Forwardfirst Half

15 Aug 1944 · 15 min

Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).

Command Performance

Victory Extra

14 Aug 1945 · 1h 1m

Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'CommandPerformance' (public domain).

The Pacific Story

Ep161 Medicine Comes to China UN Series

18 Aug 1946 · 29 min

Originally broadcast on NBC, 18 August 1946. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Crime Club

The Gypsy Sings of Death

14 Aug 1947 · 29 min

Originally broadcast on Mutual, 14 August 1947. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Nick Carter, Master Detective

The Case of the Professional Beggar

15 Aug 1948 · 26 min

Originally broadcast on Mutual, 15 August 1948. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Philo Vance

Johnny a Murder Case

16 Aug 1949 · 27 min

Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 August 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Cloak and Dagger

The Roof of the World

13 Aug 1950 · 29 min

Originally broadcast on NBC, 13 August 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Counterspy

The Case of the Foolish Father

15 Aug 1950 · 30 min

Originally broadcast on ABC, 15 August 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

The Story of Dr. Kildare

Appendicitis Operation at Sea

17 Aug 1950 · 27 min

Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 August 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

The Whistler

Fateful Reminder

12 Aug 1951 · 29 min

Originally broadcast on CBS, 12 August 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

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Depression-era radio, when the medium was still inventing itself.

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The 1940s

The war years and the peak of network drama.

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The 1950s

The last golden decade, before television took the audience.

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The 1960s

Radio drama's long, stubborn afterlife.

Trench coats

Detectives & Radio Noir

Private eyes, cigarette voices and rain on the pavement.

Lights out

Suspense & Terror

The half hours that kept America awake.

The frontier

Westerns

Dodge City, the Rio Grande and the long ride home.

Beyond

Science Fiction

Bradbury, Asimov and the atomic-age imagination.

Laugh track

Golden Age Comedy

The shows families stayed in for on a Tuesday night.

Full cast

Radio Theatre

Live to air, orchestra in the room, no second takes.

Serials

Adventure & Espionage

Cliffhangers, secret agents and the far side of the world.

After school

Kids' Serials

Fifteen minutes a day, chapter by chapter.

On stage

Variety & Quiz

Big bands, bigger guests, one microphone.

As it happened

War & News Broadcasts

The century reported live, with the static left in.

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Hundreds of surviving broadcasts apiece.

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