Theater Five | Old Time Radio

Theater Five | Old Time Radio

Theater Five | Old Time Radio brings you classic drama, mystery, crime, suspense, science fiction, and psychological thrillers from radio’s later golden era. Each episode delivers a complete story filled with danger, intrigue, unusual situations, and memorable characters. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Theater Five became a distinctive dramatic anthology, presenting fast-paced original stories across mystery, suspense, crime, science fiction, and human drama. Rediscover classic old time radio drama, mystery, suspense, crime stories, science fiction, anthology radio, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/theater-five-old-time-radio--7222649/support.

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October 2, 2026 • 22 mins
Theater Five presents “Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison,” episode 69 of the ABC dramatic anthology, originally broadcast November 5, 1964. Written by Rafael David Blau and Ian Martin and directed by Warren Somerville, it features a cast including Donald Buka, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel, and Vicki Vola.

After two years without a film role, actress Melinda Madison is offered a sensatio...
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Theater Five presents “Bug Off,” episode 91 of the ABC dramatic anthology series, originally broadcast on December 7, 1964.

Written and produced by Warren Somerville?

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
21:52 Closing

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Theater Five presents “The Hunters,” episode 133 of ABC’s 1964–65 radio-drama anthology, originally broadcast on February 3, 1965.

In this compact drama, an alcoholic father takes his son on a hunting trip into the woods, bringing along both their hunting gear and his ever-present bottle. Peter Fernandez is among the featured performers.

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Theater Five presents “The Gandy Walker,” episode 206 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast on May 17, 1965.

Written by Ian Martin, this compact radio drama offers a dramatized portrait of folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, tracing facets of his life and public persona. The cast includes Bernie Grant, Teri Keane, Mary Jane Higby, and Peter Fernandez.

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Theater Five presents “Look Whos Talking,” episode 41 of the ABC anthology series, originally broadcast September 28, 1964.

In this drama by Richard McCracken, a scientist achieves communication with dolphins, opening an extraordinary exchange between humans and another intelligent species. The cast includes William Redfield, Evelyn Juster, and Edward Bryce.

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Theater Five presents “A Tale for the Nursery,” episode 146, originally broadcast on ABC Radio Network on February 22, 1965. Written by Mort Golding and directed by Warren Somerville, this compact radio drama features Fran Allison and Elliott Reid.

Mrs. Baxter, a slight, gray-haired nursery-school teacher, faces an unsettling challenge when Hydra National Bank declines to renew the lease on her school’s spa...
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Theater Five presents “A Bad Days Work,” episode 227 of the ABC Radio Network drama series, originally broadcast June 15, 1965.

In this serious contemporary drama, the fatal shooting of a Black boy by a white police officer brings police and community members into a tense confrontation. Alan Alda and Frederick O’Neal star in this topical 1965 story of racial justice and human consequences.

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Theater Five presents “The Neighbor,” episode 84 of ABC Radio Network’s weekday anthology series, originally broadcast November 26, 1964. This compact suspense drama was written by Sol Panitz and directed by Warren Somerville, with Bryna Raeburn, Ralph Camargo, Lon Clark, and Luis Van Rooten.

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, a couple grows uneasy after the reclusive Mr. Noman moves into the large house nex...
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Theater Five presents “Across the River to Grandfathers House,” episode 163 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast March 17, 1965. Written by Robert Cenedella and directed by Warren Somerville, the drama features Alan Bunce, Alice Ghostley, James Monks, and Court Benson.

Five years after their grandfather’s death, three cousins remain in his old house, caught in a cycle of suspicion...
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Theater Five presents “Finders Can Be Losers,” episode 87 of the ABC weekday drama anthology, originally broadcast December 1, 1964. Written by Robert Cenedella and directed by Ted Bell, the episode features Jack Grimes, Jimsey Sommers, Harry Bellaver, and Gar Wood.

Twenty-year-old Jane Melton is trying to reach attorney Mr. Grainger, who has gone away indefinitely. Leaving an urgent message at his office, Jane h...
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Theater Five presents “Dream of Death,” episode 17 of ABC’s weekday radio-drama anthology, originally broadcast August 25, 1964. This compact 1964 psychological mystery stars William Redfield, Gertrude Warner, Guy Sorel, and William Griffis.

After a man is injected with a powerful hallucinogenic drug, he becomes convinced he has committed murder. Written by Robert Newman and directed by Warren Somerville, t...
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Theater Five presents “Terror from Beyond,” episode 3 of the ABC radio drama series, originally broadcast August 5, 1964. Written by Robert Newman and directed by Warren Somerville, this early science-fiction entry features Robert Dryden, Ralph Camargo, and Gilbert Mack.

Scientists trying to communicate beyond Earth encounter a hostile extraterrestrial intelligence, transforming a laboratory experiment into a mou...
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Theater Five presents “Justice Is an Uncertain Thing,” episode 49 of ABC Radio’s dramatic anthology series, originally broadcast October 8, 1964. Written by Max Berton, it features George Petrie, Ralph Camargo, and Frances Spanier.

An American gangster has remained safely beyond U.S. extradition in a foreign country—until a possible change in the law turns his uneasy refuge into a contest of legal tec...
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Theater Five presents “I’ve Got Your Number,” episode 130 of the ABC weekday anthology series, originally broadcast January 29, 1965. Written by Addy Richton, this compact suspense drama features Rosemary Rice, Donald Buka, Nat Polen, Lesley Woods, and Guy Sorel.

At 2:00 a.m., Sheila receives a call from an anonymous woman who cannot sleep—and insists Sheila will not sleep either. As the calls continu...
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Theater Five presents “The Pigeon,” episode 232 of the ABC Radio Network drama anthology, originally broadcast June 22, 1965. Written by Frank Thomas and directed by Ted Bell, this comedy melodrama features Ed Begley alongside George Petrie, Robert Dryden, Jack Grimes, and Carol Martin.

A confident con man convinces a meek city clerk that he is descended from royalty—an unlikely claim that begins to reshape...
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Theater Five presents “Whatever Happened to the 5 - 25,” episode 255 of ABC’s weekday radio anthology, originally broadcast July 23, 1965. Written by Jim McGinn, it features Stan Watt, Carol Ann Daniels, Jerry Hausner, and Gilbert Mack.

After commuter Clifton misses his usual train to Scarsdale for the first time in fifteen years, an unexpected meeting offers him a chance to reflect on the routines—an...
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Theater Five presents “A Little Game on Saturday Mornings,” episode 142, originally broadcast on February 16, 1965.

Source information identifies this as a Theater Five drama; surviving episode details are limited, so this presentation preserves the title and original broadcast context without adding unsupported plot or credit claims.

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Theater Five presents “My Other Self,” episode 19 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast on August 27, 1964. The cast includes William Redfield, Walter Kinsella, and Sam Ruskin.

After a three-week vacation, scrupulously proper Alvin Jones returns home to unsettling signs that he may not have been away after all. Reports of behavior utterly at odds with his reserved life—including dr...
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Theater Five presents “Listen Mother,” episode 145 of ABC’s weekday radio-drama anthology, originally broadcast February 19, 1965. The production was directed by Ted Bell, with Barbara Baxley, Arthur Anderson, and Connie Brigham among the cast.

During a long drive home from a country visit, Leonard’s mother fixates on Grace, Sam’s girlfriend, and on the people and events around them. What begins...
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Theater Five presents “Point of Impact,” episode 168 of ABC Radio’s anthology series, originally broadcast March 24, 1965. This science-fiction drama was written by Michael A. Hanu and directed by Warren Somerville.

At a remote military radar installation, officers receive an alarming warning: an apparent missile from another planet is headed toward the area. With little time and even less certainty about t...
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