HOT COPY RADIO THEATER

HOT COPY RADIO THEATER

We re-create lost episodes of the 1940s radio show, "HOT COPY" -- all adapted from the original scripts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

August 10, 2025 47 mins

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole, with Lt. Mike Flannigan, have a night of fun and song, at Anne’s apartment, until a nearby gunshot transforms it into a murder investigation.  

 

Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, May 14th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kok...

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Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers' exposure of a stock swindle is blamed for the murder of the company's president. Anne is determined to find the killer.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, October 29th, 1944



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Patrick Brancato, … Jeff Warren.


Karim Kronfli, … Blaine Godfrey.


Dan Ware, … Albert...

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June 10, 2025 41 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and police Lieutenant Mike Flannigan investigate the perplexing murder of Dr, Warren King, a retired physician and former international chess champion.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, March 12th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Jerry Kokich …Lt. Mike Flannigan.


Gregory Dwyer ... Dr. War...

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May 10, 2025 38 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers convinces her pretty assistant, Spritely Poole, to act as bait, to help catch a “Lonely Hearts” murderer.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, November 5, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole.


Christian Neuhaus ... Inspector Collins.


Jerry Kokich …Lt. Mike Flannigan.

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April 10, 2025 48 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers, reporter Jerry Donlin, and Lt. Mike Flannigan investigate a mysterious murder, robbery, and other unusual occurrences, on the countryside estate of a wealthy eccentric family.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, July 23rd, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole.


Jerry Ko...

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March 10, 2025 42 mins


Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole try to prove the innocence of a British friend's son, accused of murder.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, January 16th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole.


Christian Neuhaus … Inspector Collins.


Jerry Kokich Editor Graham, and Russi...

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February 10, 2025 46 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers unexpectedly travels to war-torn Yugoslavia, after learning that her long-lost fiancé could be there, afflicted with amnesia.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, January 9th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Scott R. McKinley  … Captain Preston.


Kenny Hertling  … Lt. Wade McCall, th...

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January 10, 2025 44 mins



Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers is kidnapped in Tunisia, for ransom, by a greedy merchant, who mistakenly believes she is a European princess.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, January 2nd, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.


Dan Ware … Faisal.


Jerry Kokich … Sheik Mohammed Ali Bey.


S...

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December 26, 2024 46 mins



Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers is trapped in a burning building in London, with a little girl and an English aristocrat, while Nazi planes drop bombs over the city.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, December 26th,1943.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kokich … Lord Henry Barston.


Sal...

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December 10, 2024 39 mins

Nazi agents secretly plant a time bomb on a military plane that is taking newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole to Europe, to report on the major battlefronts of World War II.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, December 19th,1943.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kokich … Agent K...

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November 10, 2024 47 mins

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole are being sent on a special assignment to report on the battle zones of World War II, but Nazi agents try to interfere.  


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, December 12th,1943.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kokich Agent Steinha...

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October 10, 2024 42 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and private detective Jeff Warren investigate the suspicious death of a man's long-lost brother.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, October 1, 1944.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan, and also, Leo.


Patrick Brancato … Jeff Warren.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.

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September 10, 2024 41 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and police Lt. Mike Flannigan investigate a baffling series of arson fires, to find the firebug behind them.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, June 11th, 1944.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan.


Samantha Thompson … Miss Blakely.


Dan Ware … Private Investigator Hogan...

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August 10, 2024 40 mins

Did an old man die from repeatedly hearing the sound of black magic Voodoo drums?

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole investigate, to find the truth.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, November 15th, 1944.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan.


Patrick B...

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July 10, 2024 45 mins

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole investigate a chemical factory explosion that occurs as a result of Nazi sabotage, in the seaside town where they are on vacation.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, July 16th, 1944.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kokich … Hans Schultz.


S...

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June 10, 2024 42 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers unexpectedly becomes the captive of an escaped Nazi prisoner of war, who desperately wants to get out of the U.S., and to return to the German military.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, February 20th, 1944.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson Spritely Poole.


Ludwig Puchmayer, ... Rein...

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May 12, 2024 42 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and private detective Jeff Warren are at a party where a man is murdered. They try to uncover which of five suspects is the killer.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, September 10th,1944



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … as Ann Rogers.


Patrick Brancato … as Jeff Warren.


Jerry Kokich as John S...

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May 10, 2024 20 secs

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April 10, 2024 42 mins


Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole inadvertently discover a Nazi plot to secretly sell stolen art masterpieces in the U.S.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, June 18th,1944.



OUR CAST:



Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Anne Rogers.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan.


Dan Ware ... August Schlegel.

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March 10, 2024 38 mins

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole uncover a plot by some crooked businessmen, who are getting rich by helping Nazi leaders to hide their wealth in the U.S.


Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”.


Original broadcast on Sunday, September 24th,1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Anne Rogers.


Samantha Thompson … Spritely Poole.


Patrick Brancato … Jeff Warren.


Glenn ...

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