Usa Classic Radio Theater

X Minus One, originally broadcast July 10, 1956, Bad Medicine. Elwood would love to kill his "friend" Magnuson. Seeking help from a home therapy unit, he's unfortunately given a Martian model which has an entirely different set of parameters. Also Part 2 of a 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story The Shady Lane Matter, originally broadcast July 10, 1956. Of two who are not even accused, one confesses and one denies...and both very strangely!

Encore Theater, originally broadcast July 9, 1946, 75 years ago, White Angel starring screen star Virginia Bruce. The story of Florence Nightingale and the start of the science of nursing.

I was a Communist for the FBI, originally broadcast July 9, 1953, The Dangerous Dollars. Cvetic visits the Skyline Rancho, a resort run by the Communists. He finds a mysterious airplane ready to leave the country with money owned by the Party. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast July 9, 1935, Lawyer Lum Resigns. Lum the lawyer might have to sue himself! Perhaps it's time to leave the practice of the law!

Boston Blackie starring Dick Kollmar, originally broadcast July 9, 1946, The Skating Rink Murders. A girl is found murdered at a skating rink with a $50,000 diamond ring on her finger. Also Part 1 of a 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story The Shady Lane Matter, originally broadcast July 9, 1956. A quiet little New England town, with elm shaded streets, picket fences, flower beds, and a killer on the loose!

I Was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast July 8, 1953, 68 years ago, Use Only as Directed. An unusual group of Communist Party victims: five white mice! The Party tries to sabotage an important medical experiment, using a very young and very pretty agent.

Broadway Is My Beat starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast July 8, 1951, The Joe Gruber Murder Case. An armed robber is a killer. He's holed up in a second floor apartment, but when the cops break in, he's gone. He's escaped inside a coffin! Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast July 8, 1943, How Mousey was wounded.

The FBI in Peace And War, originally broadcast July 8, 1956, Cross Country. Also The Grantland Rice Story, originally broadcast July 8, 1955, The Beginning. Jimmy Powers reads from Rice's book, "The Tumult and The Shouting."

Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast July 7, 1949, 72 years ago, The Helen Corday Murder. Fifth show of the series. A well-liked waitress named Helen Corday has been murdered with a steel pipe. The suspect's name is Larson.

Lum n Abner, originally broadcast July 7, 1948. The boys borrow $340 from Squire Skimp to pay a $72 tax bill. First half-hour episode.

X-Minus One, originally broadcast July 7, 1955. The Green Hills of Earth. The Robert Heinlein story of Reisling, the blind folksinger of the spaceways! Also an episode of Can You Imagine That? originally broadcast in 1940, Frightened out of Speech.

The Mysterious Traveler, originally broadcast July 6, 1948, 73 years ago, The Man who Vanished. An albino discovers the secret of invisibility, and promptly commits a murder.

The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast July 6, 1956, A Portrait of Paris. David Schoenbrun's sound portrait of the city, produced by William N. Robson. The show captures a Parisian flavor through fine radio journalism. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast July 8, 1943, Mousey Returns from the War.

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan, originally broadcast July 6, 1954, The Tough Guy. Barrie joins in the search for a missing $30,000 in stolen loot. Also part 5 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Midas Touch Matter, originally broadcast July 6, 1956. Sometimes justice is done by strange and devious means!

Father Knows Best starring Robert Young, originally broadcast July 5, 1951, 70 years ago, The Meaning of Freedom. The Anderson are back in the days of the American Revolution. The last show of the season.

2000 plus, originally broadcast July 5, 1950, A Veteran comes Home. A soldier returns to Earth after five years of fighting in the Martian wars, to find his wife and son waiting. Also Amos n Andy, originally broadcast July 5, 1929, Fur Robbery. A couple of gangsters are plotting to put Amos in prison for the fur robbery that they committed.

Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr, originally broadcast July 5, 1950, The Girl from Pitchfork Corners. Marlowe is hired by Donna Rawlings to make sure Arnold Lattimore gets where he's going. Donna turns up dead and a lovesick girl from Kansas complicates the case. Also part 4 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Midas Touch Matter, originally broadcast July 5, 1956. The case is closed and then it suddenly reopens with a bang...from a 30.06 rifle!

You Are There with John Charles Daly, originally broadcast July 4, 1948, 73 years ago. The Declaration of Independence. The events of July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia as it could have been heard if there was radio back then. Yes, you’re hearing CBS News staff along with actors

Life With Luigi starring J.Carrol Naish, originally broadcast July 4, 1950, 4th of July Parade. Luigi is going to his first fourth of July parade. Also Lum N Abner, originally broadcast July 4, 1945, Lum doesn’t go to the 4th of July picnic.

Rocky Jordan starring George Raft, originally broadcast July 4, 1951, The Lady from Tangiers. A Cairo tour guide found murdered with a rope, leads Rocky to a counterfeiter who has also been killed...or has he? Also part 3 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Midas Touch Matter, originally broadcast July 4, 1956. The so-called trackless desert yields a set of tracks that leads straight to...

Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden, originally broadcast July 3, 1949, 72 years ago, The 4th Of July At Eagle Spring. Plans for the July 4th weekend at Eagle Springs aren't as easy as they sound!