The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1952–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 51
- Genre
- suspense
Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “The_Chase_OTR”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1952, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Chase (1952-05-18) · 18 May 1952
- 2. The Chase (1952-06-15) · 15 Jun 1952
- 3. The Chase Joey · 17 Jul 1952
- 01
The Chase (1952-05-18)
18 May 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
The Chase (1952-06-15)
15 Jun 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
The Chase Joey
17 Jul 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
The Chase The Promotion
21 Aug 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
The Chase The Cats Meow
12 Oct 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
The Chase Career Girl
9 Nov 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
The Chase Dangerous Journey
7 Dec 1952 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
The Chase Prof Calvin and the Voice
11 Jan 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1952–1953
Other series the network carried while The Chase was on the air.
Same seasons
suspense on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The anthology of dread
A voice, a creaking door, and a self-contained story designed to frighten you in half an hour. Suspense and Lights Out built the grammar every horror anthology still uses.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Chase
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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