Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio

Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio

The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio invites you on a thrilling journey through the Golden Age of audio storytelling. Hosted by Adam Graham—creator of the award-nominated Great Detectives of Old Time Radio—this twice-weekly series brings you the most daring, pulse-pounding tales from the golden microphones of the 1930s to the 1960s. From rocket-fueled space operas to wartime espionage, jungle heroics to crime tales soaked in noir and intrigue, each episode delivers high-stakes excitement and vintage charm. Whether you’re a seasoned fan of old-time radio or discovering these timeless audio adventures for the first time, there’s something here to quicken your pulse and spark your imagination. ' We don’t just dip into shows—we go on the full journey. Just like on Great Detectives, we present complete runs of classic adventure series from their first surviving episode to final broadcast. We’re launching with the interplanetary escapades of Flash Gordon and the shadowy WWII missions of Cloak and Dagger, with upcoming features including Buck Rogers, Tarzan, David Harding, Counterspy, and many more legends of vintage radio. Perfect for fans of pulp fiction, classic spy stories, retro science fiction, and old-school audio drama, The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio is your passport to exotic worlds, dark alleys, secret missions, and boundless imagination. So tune in, buckle up, and prepare for adventure—because the Golden Age is calling.

Episodes

November 29, 2025 38 mins
Today's Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies and finds himself having to overcome his partisan comrades to do so.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Grant Richards; Arnold Moss; Luis Van Rooten

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Today's Adventure: A young New England farmer with a toothache finds himself in the middle of the start of the American Revolution.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 9, 1944

Originating from New York

Starring Roger De Koven, Kermit Murdock,  John Thomas, Joseph Wiseman, Jackie Ayers, Eleanor Audley, Jean Gillespie, Fred Baron, Paul Ford.

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Today's Adventure: A woman in Canton, whose family was murdered by the Japanese military, makes an unusual connection with the OSS.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber

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November 18, 2025 34 mins
Today's Adventure: The classic story of an adventure-seeking young man who becomes a lone castaway on a remote island.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 2, 1944

Originating from New York

Starring: John Thomas; Juano Hernandez; Neil Fitzgerald; Rod Hendrickson; Paul Conrad; Kermit Murdoch; Ed Collins; Brad Barker 

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Today's Adventure: An OSS agent leads a mission with a British officer and a former German officer.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Carl Eastman; Louise Erickson; Ian Martin; Luis Van Rooten; Arnold Moss; Karl Weber; Raymond Edward Johnson

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Today's Adventure: An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944

Originating from New York

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Today's Adventure: In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to undermine Allied morale.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Charles Webster; Alice Frost; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Evie Juster; Jerry Jarrett; Louis Sorin; Horace Braham; Anna Karen

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Today's Adventure: The classic story of a mischevious boy growing up in New England in the 19th Century.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 19, 1944 

Originating from New York

Staring: Alastair Kyle; Craig McDonnell

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Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes into France to team up with a formidable wealthy French woman to set up an escape route for downed Allied flyers.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne; Bryna Raeburn; Lily Valenti; Jack Gordon; Ralph Bell

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Today's Adventure: The classic story of a young man in the 1830s who is hired on a merchant ship that travels from Boston to South America and has to deal with a cruel first mate running the ship.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 5, 1944

Originating from New York

Starring: John Thomas; Larry Haines

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Today's Adventure: Two OSS agents have to carry forged orders for a Japanese camp commander through a Burman jungle.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Chuck Webster; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eric Dressler; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Joan Alison; Maurice Tarplin; Guy Repp

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We're joined by Allan Liska of Green Archer Comics, co-author of the comic Buck Rogers v. the Cyberlords.

Green Archer is giving away two copies of the comic with metal covers and our listeners in the US and Canada can enter to win at their website.

Today's Adventure: The surviving chapters of Buck, Wilma, and Dr. Huer's journey to the center of the Earth, with Black Barney in the mix.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May or June 193...
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Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Larry Haines, Lily Darvas, Berry Kroeger, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Bob Wile, Jerry Jarrett,

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We're joined by Allan Liska of Green Archer Comics, co-author of the comic Buck Rogers v. the Cyberlords.

Green Archer is giving away two copies of the comic with metal covers and our listeners in the US and Canada can enter to win at their website

Today's Adventure: Dr. Huer has plans to take the Mechanical Mole on an exciting expedition but it begins to move towards menacingly towards a crowd of people.

Originating Radio Broadcast ...
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Today's Adventure: Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Berry Kroeger, Raymond Edward Johnson, Jerry Jarrett, Frank Barrens, Karl Weber, Joseph Julian, Ralph Bell.

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Today's Adventure: The out-of-control rocket Dr. Zarkov built on the planet Mongo is headed on a collison course with the Malaysian jungle and Jungle Jim.

Originating Radio Broadcast Dates: October 19 and 26, 1935

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Today's Adventure: A husband and wife team of geologists are recruited by the IRS to journey into Tibet to seek the favor of the Dalai Lama. They find themselves in competition with two Nazi officers.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 13, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Louise Barclay; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Stefan Schnabel; Berry Kroeger; Janice Gilbert; Karl Weber; Ralph Bell; Jerry Jarrett

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Today's Adventure: Flash has to put his differences with Dale behind him, while, with Azura his prisoner, he plans to take the land of the Blue Magic Men.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: October 5 and 12, 1935

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Today's Adventure: An OSS agent in Italy finds himself in a compartment on the train has been double-booked, and his travel companion is General Rommel.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 6, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Ralph Bell; Barry Kroeger; Jan Miner; Boris Aplon; Arnold Moss; Jerry Jarrett; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber

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Today's Adventure: In the Pit of Peril, Flash tries to save Azura from a hoard of vengeful dwarves, Tahl has proclaimed himself King, and Zarkov loses the last of his invisibility power to try and find Flash.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 21 and 28, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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