Usa Classic Radio Theater

The Great Gildersleeve, originally broadcast June 13, 1943, Gildy plans his Honeymoon. Who will be Gildersleeve's best man? Will Gildy get Leila to stick to a budget? Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 13, 1935, Squire spreads rumors about the Matinee. Squire Skimp tells the head of the Pine Ridge Ladies Uplift League that the western that Lum and Abner are planning to show is bad for the kiddies.

Murder By Experts, originally broadcast June 13, 1949, Summer Heat. A newly graduated lawyer awakes with a dead body in bed and has a very difficult time getting rid of that body! Also part 3 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Laughing Matter, originally broadcast June 13, 1956. A thickening web, clinging and sticky, but one of the flies pulls free, by using a gun!

The Whistler, originally broadcast June 12, 1949, 72 years ago. The Perfect Alibi. An ex-private eye tries his hand at murder-and-marriage for profit.

Crime Club, originally broadcast June 12, 1947, Death is a Knockout. A crime story with an unusual twist. The crook who tries to fix the prizefight is found murdered! Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 12, 1953, the opening of the Pine Ridge Planitarium movie house.

Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast June 12, 1960, Search for Wylie Dawson. Paladin tries to return Willie Dawson to El Paso...to tell him that he's no longer a wanted man. Also part 2 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Laughing Matter, originally broadcast June 12, 1956. The great man condescends and shivers too, a young girl's hate is blacker than the rocks on the beach.

The Green Hornet starring Robert Hall, originally broadcast June 11, 1946, 75 years ago, The Hornet Does it Again. A gang is posing as policemen while they hijacking shipments of equipment.

Night Watch with reporter Donn Reed , originally broadcast June 11, 1954, Bad Checks and Drunkenness. The first call is to a gas station, where a suspect has been detained for passing bad checks. Next, an investigation of an attempted suicide, but it's just drunken driving. A man has been attacked with a razor blade. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 11, 1948, Lum is infatuated with the horseback rider.

I was a Communist for the FBI starring Dana Andrews, originally broadcast June 11, 1952, American Kremlin. After seeing a dead body at Party headquarters, Cvetic is sent to New York to subvert a labor union. Cvetic is accused of being an FBI spy by a clever fat man. Also part 1 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Laughing Matter, originally broadcast June 11, 1956. The heady romance of moonlight on a lonely beach in Mexico...a killer's moon!

Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast June 10, 1949, 72 years ago, Nickle Plated Gun. A nickel plated .44 caliber Smith and Wesson is used to shoot two cops and a lot more people. The police make extensive use of "I.B.M. machines" and a tape recorder to solve the case.

My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, originally broadcast June 10, 1949, Hair Dyed. Liz's gossiping leads to head full of dyed black hair. The evils of gossip come home to roost. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 10, 1948, is Lum falling for the bareback rider?

The Whistler, originally broadcast June 10, 1946, Quiet Sunday. Henry is caught between his wife and his mistress, which leads to a dead body in the trunk. Also The Couple Next Door, originally broadcast June 10, 1959, Luggage Rules.

My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast June 9, 1953, 68 years ago. The Martins have a fight. Irma and Jane try to intercede.

Mr Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons starring Bennett Kilpack, starring originally broadcast June 9, 1949, The Case of Murder and the Star of Death. A magnificent jewel is stolen; a killer strikes in the dark. Bennett Kilpack stars. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 9, 1948

Broadway is My Beat starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast June 9, 1951, The Earl Lawson Murder Case. A wealthy man named Earl Lawson has been murdered in Times Square by a man with only one month to live. Also The Couple Next Door, originally broadcast June 9, 1959, Assembling Dinosaur Model.

The Mysterious Traveler, originally broadcast June 8, 1948, 73 years ago, Murder is my Business. A radio writer is offered $600 a week to work for Basil King, "the most hated man in radio." Unable to stand it anymore, the writer decides to kill the bastard...using the sponsor's new product!

Suspense originally broadcast June 8, 1944, Case History Of Edgar Lowndes starring Donald Crisp and Thomas Mitchell. A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams...and with good reason! Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 8, 1948, Grand Opening of the Circus.

Luke Slaughter of Tombstone starring Sam Buffington, originally broadcast June 8, 1958, Big Business. Also part 5 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Indestructible Mike Matter, originally broadcast June 8, 1956. Old Mike may be indestructible, but Johnny Dollar certainly isn't!

Jason and the Golden Fleece starring Macdonald Carey, originally broadcast June 7, 1953, 68 years ago, Honeymoon. Jason runs a sixty-foot charter boat out of New Orleans. Kent Sherwood charters "The Golden Fleece" to honeymoon with his new bride Felicia. The ghost of Kent's previous wife Linda Gale seems to be on board as well.

My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast June 7, 1948, Irma and Jane visit Coney Island. Irma and Jane visit Coney Island during a heat wave. Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast June 7, 1948, Lum worries about working with an elephant.

Richard Diamond Private Detective starring Dick Powell, originally broadcast June 7, 1953, The Cover Up Murders. A story about a madman who calmly keeps calling the police to announce his next murder. Also part 4 of the 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Indestructible Mike Matter, originally broadcast June 7, 1956. Somebody's going to have to pay for what's happening here, and that's a promise from Johnny Dollar.