Originally broadcast on NBC, 29 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1944–1952
- Surviving broadcasts
- 70
- Genre
- horror
The Mysterious Traveler ran on Mutual from December 1943 until about September of 1952. This tremendously popular radio show was truly an all around favorite for any mystery lover of the time. It was the brainchild and magnum opus of golden age writing greats Robert Arthur and David Kogan.
1952 · 81951 · 81950 · 111949 · 51948 · 8
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 36 of 40Rough but complete · 4 of 40
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Mysterious_Traveler_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
28 dated broadcasts across 9 years on the air, with 4 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1944
1945
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1948
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1950
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1952
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.
- 1. Murder Is My Business · 8 Jun 1948
- 2. Queen of the Cats · 15 Jun 1948
- 3. Zero Hour · 22 Jun 1948
Green Plague
17 Jun 1952 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 17 June 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Haunted Trailer
2 Jun 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 2 June 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Murder in 2952
29 Apr 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 29 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Strange New World
19 Feb 1952 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 19 February 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Stranger in the House
29 Jan 1952 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 29 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Change of Address
22 Jan 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 22 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Key Witness
15 Jan 1952 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 15 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
It's Only Money
8 Jan 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 8 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
29 Apr 1952
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 29 Apr 1952.
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 29 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 29 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 29 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Mutual
Mutual in 1944–1952
Other series the network carried while The Mysterious Traveler was on the air.
Same seasons
horror 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 Mysterious Traveler
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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