Radio Retropolis

While Superman looks to uncover the phony scheme, the racketeers are planning the murder of diner owner Dave Powers who knows too much.  Commentary on why Superman's legacy is about "saving a cat".

George's mother decides to move to Sheridan Falls to be close to George, and moves in with Liz and George, to Liz'dismay, while she is looking for an apartment. Commentary following the episode on Guest Star profiles of Peter Leeds and Eleanor Audley

Tonight’s case-Thieves are breaking into homes all over the city stealing furniture with no leads available.  Commentary on a casting misfire with this episode as well as a rare blooper. 

After Superman rushes the unconscious Jimmy to the hospital to save his life after being shot, Dave Powers must now come clean with all he knows.  JR speaks on the shift in America a year after the end of the war.

This is the classic 1938 and 1942 Arch Oboler tale that was re-adapted in 1962 for a Halloween audio collection called Drop Dead.   This may be the actual 1942 broadcast with a new intro from Oboler or it could be entirely new. This is an episode about a chicken heart that grows and grows as it consumes the planet and all mankind in an epic doomsday tale. Commentary on origin of this actual recording, why it was only 7 minutes and 42 seconds long, and why this was considered the most infamous Lights Out episode of all time.

An inmate who's about to go to the electric chair, convinces his brother to seek revenge on those who put him on death row.

Poe’s most psychologically frightening stories for radio in which a prisoner tells his story of torment as he describes his night of torture before his execution. JR speaks on Edgar Allan Poe's greatness of manipulating terrifying images for the listener. Plus, star Jose Ferrer.

Dave Powers, the man swindled by Professor Blessing to buy the diner for $2000, called Kent about being victimized in this diner scheme but soon recanted when Kent and Jimmy went to meet him in person.  JR speaks about the memorable Cotton Bowl game January 1, 1947.

For the series July 4th holiday episode and season finale, the cast and crew decided to do a best-of episode for fans.   The episode starts with Liz working on her scrapbook. She and George reminisce about when Liz learned to drive and got her license, when Liz signed an affidavit swearing never to interrupt George's stories again, and when the butcher thought that Liz had a crush on him.

Tonight is the case of a small bakery shop being held up and a man and his daughter who are shot dead.  Commentary from two different sources with two completely different assessments on Jack Webb and what he brought to Dragnet.

As Kent gets back to his routine at the planet, Professor Blessing and his henchman Froggy are plotting their next racketeering scheme. JR speaks compares diners from 1946 and 2024.

A critically acclaimed episode about a bickering married couple trapped in their apartment by a doppelgänger. Commentary on how this episode and a classic Twilight Zone episode share similarities.

Lamont Cranston and Margot arrive in a fishing village where a cult that engages in human sacrifice has set up shop in the home of a rich and slightly senile old woman suspected of being behind the death of the preacher who objected to their presence.

A psychological study with three men examining the theories of what makes a good detective story followed by an example of one which focuses on the crime itself and not the solution.  Commentary on the end of an era for Suspense.

Superman races against time to save Perry White from his executioner’s bullet.  Meanwhile, a familiar foe returns to Metropolis with a new scheme to get easy money.  JR speaks on what to expect for Superman as we begin 1947.

A chirping cricket in Liz and George's hearth is driving George crazy, but Liz is convinced that it means good luck.

An elderly couple have suddenly disappeared from a fashionable neighborhood in Los Angeles. There’s no trace of them not a clue to their whereabouts. The final five minutes are not to be missed. Commentary on the brilliant dramatic conclusion of this episode which is why Dragnet is a standout series.

Superman goes up against Brock Nielsen, the racketeer, with his own urgent sense of justice to get a confession since Perry White’s fate is only moments away.    JR comments on Superman's favorite method of interrogation.

A dictator who is looking to break the depth record in a newly designed bathysphere is about to be tested even more than he realized by the scientist who created the diving bell. Commentary comparing and contrasting this plot and that of a classic episode from Rod Serling's Twilight Zone!

A hypnotist sabotages a flying torpedo. Later, he tries to use it to destroy the headquarters where several officials of the war department are meeting.