Legacy Radio Theater - Old Time Radio Classics

Amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the activities of a clandestine criminal society whose members maintain their secrecy by identifying each other by number rather than name. In a grim and narrow house in Lambeth, a man sits eating kippers and reading the daily paper. When he finds an envelope containing an invitation and a password to a general meeting that evening, he begins meticulous preparations for his evening o...

With Dodge City overflowing with buffalo hide traders bringing their usual chaos of drinking, fighting, and shooting, Dillon must navigate deadly gunplay and deliberate misdirection to uncover the truth behind the missing albino buffalo skin and identify the real murderers. This early Gunsmoke adventure showcases the series' trademark adult themes and realistic portrayal of frontier justice

Main Characters:

Marshal Matt Dillon:&n...

Episode centers around the brother of a policeman who's an ex-convict and is suspected of a robbery. The story takes place on Christmas Eve in New York City, where outside the snow falls in huge floating flakes. Inside an apartment, Joe Blake sits on the floor in front of a small Christmas tree with his four-year-old nephew. This episode appears to be one of the earlier episodes from The Whistler's first year, when the show was sti...

Jeff Regan is called to investigate a murder connected with a local streetcar operator named Schultz. The case features a tangled web of suspects—including disgruntled coworkers, a clandestine romance, and a mysterious streetcar accident.

As Regan presses into Schultz’s past and the crew’s dynamics, he uncovers secrets that turn this routine inquiry into a high-stakes pursuit with danger around every curve. The episode captures...

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A poet named Charles Snell escapes from the harsh reality of the world by going to live in a department store. On his first night, he finds a society of creatures lives there as well. The only other human with them is a servant girl named Ella. Based on John Collier's haunting short story, this is the original story about people who dwell in department stores at night. In this eerie tale, the disenchanted poet discovers a secret no...

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John Prentice has had a terrifying dream that he will be killed in exactly forty-eight hours. There's nothing to such premonitions... are there? When a tough-sounding voice phones, claiming to be a hit man, John turns down what he believes to be a cruel prank. But as the hours tick by, the nightmare begins to feel all too real.

Main Character

The Whistler (Narrator): Bill Forman

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Jaliscoe Pete and three companions murder the Thompson family and attempt to make it look like the attack was carried out by Native Americans. Marshal Matt Dillon investigates and unravels the truth behind the brutal slayings and the cover-up.

Starring Cast:

William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon

Parley Baer as Chester

Georgia Ellis as Kitty

Howard McNear as Doc Adams

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Clover confronts the dark underbelly of the Great White Way, where he bears witness to regret and redemption, to desperation and debauchery, to wealth and want. As always, the unhappy endings of hard luck stories drive Danny to search for justice - pounding the pavement to track down an eye witness, find that one scrap of evidence, or just to walk until it all makes sense.

Main Characters

Detective Danny Clover: Larry Thor

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An heiress named Marie arrives at her eccentric and dying uncle's old manse to wait for the reading of the will upon his imminent death. While there, she discovers his extensive collection of shrunken heads from early adventurous expeditions in his youth. One particular head frightens her so much she is thrust into a full blown nightmare and swears the next morning that the head came after her in her sleep. Like all episodes of The...

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