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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday June 16, 2021 - OTR Mysteries Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Dead of Live" In April, 1947 a French freighter carrying a cargo of ammonium nitrate blew up in the harbor at Texas City. The blast set off a chain of explosions at refineries, chemical plants and tin smelters. The entire harbor disappeared in billowing black smoke and flames. Knowing that his girlfriend's brother worked in the refinery, and was likely killed in the blast, a wanted criminal being pursued by the law comes up with a plan to halt his manhunt. He convinces his girlfriend to switch his identity with that of her brother. Featuring: Joel McCrea, Gerald Mohr, Hal Gibney Original Air Date: September 9, 1950 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - OTR Dramas Suspense - "Will You Make A Bet With Death?" While visiting Coney Island Betty Andrews unsuspectingly purchases a ticket for the Haunted Mill Ride. In her boat a stranger suddenly appears -- a man who tells her he is being hunted by a killer. The two climb out of the boat onto one of the displays and the mystery man explains he has made a bet with his uncle: His life against $25,000. If he can escape being murdered his uncle will pay him; if he cannot, he dies. There are now only five hours left before he wins the bet. Featuring: Michael Fitzmaurice, Leslie Woods, Nicholas Joy, Ted de Corsia, Charles Slattery Original Air Date: November 10, 1942 To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 14, 2021 - OTR Comedies Fibber McGee & Molly - "Fibber Controls His Temper" Did you ever have a day when nothing seemed to go right? When each new catastrophe would just infuriate you? That's the kind of day McGee is having. When Fibber believes his bad temper has caused Molly to cry, he vows to bring it under control. With this oath newly made, one unfortunate event after another provides us with hilarious scenes of him slowly steaming while trying oh so hard to prevent another outbreak. Funny episode. Pay close attention at the beginning of the show when he enumerates all the things that had gone wrong for him just that morning. Featuring: Jim & Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Arthur Q. Bryan, Marlin Hurt, Shirley Mitchell Original Air Date: December 26, 1944 on NBC

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, June 12, 2021 - OTR Grab Bag #10 Here is the line-up from this week's grab-bag: 1. Stars of the Air.... 4-3-52 .... Hail the Conquering Hero 2. Doris Day Show ....5-2-52 .... Guests: Donald O'Connor & Liberace 3. The Sad Sack .... 8/15/46 .... Sad Sack Runs For Mayor 4. X Minus One .... 1-11-56 .... Time & Time Again To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, June 10, 2021 - OTR Westerns Frontier Gentleman - "The Cannibal" Kendall is in Wyoming Territory on the stage to Deadwood -- a destination suggested by the editor of the Cheyenne Daily Press. He wants to interview Hyenna Bob, the manager of the Chugwater Stage Station, a man described as full of stories of the territory. When the stage is delayed due to a snow storm, one of the passengers becomes extremely volatile and challenging. We soon learn he is hiding a deep, dark secret. Featuring: John Dehner, Joseph Kerns, Stacy Harris, Vivi Janiss, Lawrence Dobkin, William Lally Original Air Date: May 11, 1958 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - OTR Mysteries Adventures of Sam Spade - "The Dry Martini Caper" Gordon Martini, a rich San Francisco businessman, has been accosted in his office one evening. The next morning he calls Spade and requests Sam immediately come to the Martini home. Shortly after Sam arrives Martini is gunned down by an unknown assailant hiding in his limousine. Spade is the only witness. Mrs. Martini, widow of the deceased, has her own ideas about her husband's death. Her theory involves her husband's out of control drinking and Mary Calahan, a female attorney who had attended a meeting with the businessman the night before. Featuring: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, Virginia Gregg, Joseph Kearns Original Air Date: August 1, 1948 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - OTR Dramas Escape! -- "Two and Two Make Four" David Parker, an American merchant marine, is in Calais, France, where he is beaten and robbed. He wakes up all alone with no memory of the last several hours. He meets young woman on the road, an American tourist, who tells him he is in England. David finds it hard to believe her -- how could he have crossed the English Channel without remembering? Parker next meets an eccentric local who explains that he perhaps came through the secret tunnel -- a tunnel under the channel that no one knows about. (Exciting story told 40 years before its time.) Featuring: Shep Menken, Joyce McClusky, Tudor Owen, Richard Peel Original Air Date: August 21, 1954 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 7, 2021 - OTR Comedies The Halls of Ivy - "Victoria's New Review" Victoria is on campus working with the students on a stage production when Artie Pinero, her old comedy partner from the British theatre, stops unannounced at the Hall's home. Artie has just come from Australia where his latest stage production is a smash hit -- just as it is in England. Now Artie is about to launch the New York production and he wants Victoria to star in it. Will the allure of the stage pull her back? Is it fair for professor Hall not to understand if it does? Wonderful script that will have you laughing, crying and feeling warm all over. Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Joseph Kearns, Janet Waldo, Gloria Gordon Original Air Date: March 10, 1950 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, June 5, 2021 - OTR Grab Bag #9 Here is the line-up of OTR Shows from this week's Grab-Bag: 1. Rogers of the Gazette...11-5-53...Gretchen March: Toast of Vienna" 2. You Bet Your Life....12-7-49....Secret Word: Dust 3. Quiz Kids....11-12-50....Special Sports Show 4. Inner Sanctum....3-23-49...."Only the Dead Die Twice" To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, June 3, 2021 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke -- "Lochinvar" Artis Nash is planning to marry Ben Martin, a rich and somewhat ruthless rancher, but not if Frank Craig has anything to say about it. Artis was Frank's girl before he left town a year earlier and he plans to have her back. Frank claims to have left his wildness behind and is ready to settle down. Frank explains to Matt he has no interest in causing trouble -- but he will kill any man who tries to come between he and Artis. With just three days left before the wedding, Matt decides he must intercede before the two men have a serious showdown and attempt to kill one another. Featuring: William Conrad, Herb Ellis, Vivi Janus, Tom Tully, Barney Phillips, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear Original Air Date: October 17, 1952 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - OTR Mysteries The Line Up -- The Molly About Seven Case A notorious mobster making a move to take over the syndicate has contracts put out on anyone who stands in his way. When one witness to a gang murder identifies a contract killer in a line up, Guthrie and Grebbs go to work. When the witness is killed and two police officers are shot down trying to protect him, the detectives know the rules they play by must change. Very taut and highly entertaining written by Blake Edwards. Featuring: Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, Ed Begley, Jay Novello, Lou Krugman, William Conrad, Sam Edwards, Stacy Harris, Jean Bates, Jeffrey Silver, Hy Averback Original Air Date: February 27, 1951 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - OTr Dramas Suspense -- "Smiley" A friendly but somewhat dim-witted guy is wrongly accused and sent to prison. When he is released, he finds himself a woman hater. Smiley makes up his mind that his way to receive justice is to commit the very crime for which he has already spent time in prison. “For 22 years I get along with people and, they like me. They even started calling me Smiley. I was always laughing and smiling inside. Then I met this woman and the smiles left me. I learned a a few things about women. Like some of them don't deserve to live." Featuring: Donald O'Connor, Lurene Tuttle, Sidney Miller Original Air Date: August 14, 1947 on CBS

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro May 31, 2021 - OTR Comedies The Burns & Allen Show - "Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney" When Gracie reads about Mickey Rooney in a movie magazine she is shocked at all of the things the young boy is allowed to do -- like drive a car. Convinced he needs parental guidance, she explains to George why they should adopt Mickey -- even though George tries to explain Rooney is a full-grown man. Meanwhile, the studio wants Rooney to do yet another juvenile picture. Fed up with playing teens, Mickey wants a serious role so decides to hide out someplace the studio can't find him. When Gracie comes calling with her offer to adopt him, he sees a perfect opportunity to remain undercover. Hilarious episode! Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mickey Rooney, Wally Maher, Toby Reed, Harry Lubin, Bill Baldwin Original Air Date: May 19, 1949 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.co

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, May 27, 2021 - OTR Westerns The Six Shooter -- "Aunt Emma" Britt Ponset is a man who lives alone and likes it that way. He enjoys wandering about the west from job to job -- it suits him just fine. When Britt wanders into Powder Creek after several weeks of working a round-up at the Bar Y Ranch, he stops into Ethan Greenriver's General Store where he discovers he has mail waiting for him -- a letter from his Aunt Emma in Topeka, Kansas. Emma explains she is relocating to Powder Creek and is going to get a house where she and Britt can live together. She says he needs someone to be his housekeeper and take care of him. As it turns out, that really means she wants to completely change his life. Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Eleanor Audley, Bill Johnstone Original Broadcast Date: April 1, 1954 on NBC To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, May 26, 2021 -- OTR Mysteries The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - The Fox's Tail When Orin Metcalf requests a private meeting with Marlowe it is to ask for his help. Metcalf is representing a chemist who is suing his former employer because he stole the scientist's secret formula for a revolutionary nail polish. According to Metcalf, the product will be worth millions. The problem is, Metcalf's scheme involves Phil assuming the identity of a dead man. Howard McNear shines as Metcalf. Pretty good story. Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Howard McNear, Lou Krugman, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Hugh Thomas Original Air Date: May 23, 1950 on CBS To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, May 25, 2021 -- OTR Dramas Night Beat -- "Old Home Week" Randy is on vacation and as he is driving to the lake he meets a young woman in distress. When he stops to help her he finds himself involved in the middle of a dilemma. Was she the victim of an attempted murder? And was she actually the victim or the suspect? Frank Lovejoy is always good as the night beat reporter for the Chicago Star. In this episode he heads an otherwise all female cast. Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Barbara Fuller, Rose Hobart, Shirley Mitchell, Martha Wentworth Original Air Date: September 4, 1950 on NBC To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, May 24, 2021 - OTR Comedies Jack is ticketed for an expired meter. Rather than pay the $2 fine, he decides to go to the Beverly Hills Traffic Court and declare the parking meter was broken. Funny episode that starts off in a coffee shop with Jack, Dennis and Bob Crosby and ends up at the courthouse with lots of typical Benny gags along the way that are laugh out-loud funny. Listen for Mel Blanc and Frank Nelson -- both bits are really good. Also the waitress in the drug store coffee shop (Sara Berner?) is very funny. Featuring: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc. Original Air Date: January 17, 1954 on CBS To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, May 22, 2021 Old Time Radio Grab-Bag #8 Here is the line-up of shows from this week's grab-bag: 1. Dimension X....4-22-50...."The Barnhouse Effect" 2. The Abbott & Costello Show....5-5-48...."The New Sheriff" 3. Information Please....4-24-44....Guest: Irene Dunne 4. Mysterious Traveler....7-27-47....The Man the Insects Hated" To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, May 20, 2021 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - "Post Martin" When Kathryn Blair gets off the train in Dodge City, she immediately looks out of place. She is beautiful, refined and obviously from a wealthy family. She has just arrived from Boston on a quest to find her brother, Martin Blair, who left Boston two years earlier. Matt acknowledges he knows Martin, but tells her he does not know his present whereabouts -- it seems Martin travels a great deal. Little wonder this is confusing to Chester, because he knows Martin is back in a jail cell and next week he will be tried for cattle rustling, horse stealing -- and murder. Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Jeanne Bates, Sam Edwards, Ralph Moody Original Air Date: December 13, 1952 on CBS

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - OTR Mysteries Dragnet - "The Big Layout" When an old friend of Joe Friday tells Joe he needs to talk to him, Friday knows it's an indication he is in some kind of trouble. He is -- he has just discovered his eighteen-year old son is using heroin. Joe and Frank try to work with the teen but are met by a brick wall pf resistance. That's when they decide the young man needs some tough love. Realistic story line. Interesting to see how things have changed and yet how they also remain the same. Eddie Firestone is tremendous as the young man. Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Harry Bartell, Virginia Gregg, Eddie Firestone Original Air Date: January 25, 1953 on NBC To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com