Classic Radio Theater

Classic Radio Theater

Hudson River Radio's own Big Jim Wheeler is thrilled to share his personal collection of classic radio shows from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s! Jim grew up on a farm in upstate New York, where TV shows were scarce, and where radio was king. It was a time where families would gather around the radio to hear the latest episode of their favorite shows.

Episodes

October 19, 2025 28 mins
Inner Sanctum, also known as Inner Sanctum Mystery, was a popular radio program that aired from 1941 to 1952. The stories had a good mix of horror and good humor. This is the show that established the creaking door as a scary sound effect. There were over 500 episodes broadcast, but only around 200 are known to still exist.
“The Vengeful Corpse,” aired on September 12, 1949.
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The Doctor prescribed Death aired on February 2, 1943. Boris Karloff plays psychiatrist Antonio Bacile, who believes that a suicidal person can, instead, be convinced to murder someone else.
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October 5, 2025 26 mins
*Extra Scary!*
“House in Cypress Canyon,” starring Robert Taylor, from the radio series SUSPENSE. This episode is widely considered one of the most terrifying shows broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio. A couple moves into a new rental house, and finds blood running from beneath a closet door… This episode aired on December 5, 1946.
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September 28, 2025 26 mins
“Fugue in C Minor,” starring the legendary Vincent Price and Ida Lupino, from the radio series SUSPENSE. It’s a great story about a pipe organ that was built throughout an entire house, and the reason it plays on its own. This episode aired on June 1, 1944.
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September 21, 2025 30 mins
Go get your pumpkins and start carving! It's time for SCARY CLASSIC SHOWS!
Lights Out was one of the earliest radio programs focusing on horror and the supernatural. It ran on several networks from 1934 to 1947 before making the transition to television. This episode, “Oxychloride X,” was broadcast on January 26, 1938.
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September 14, 2025 31 mins
Halloween is approaching, so we figure it's time for some SCARY CLASSIC SHOWS!
Lights Out was one of the earliest radio programs focusing on horror and the supernatural. It ran on several networks from 1934 to 1947 before making the transition to television. This episode, “Rocket From Manhattan,” was broadcast on September 20, 1945, and is set in the distant future year of… 2000!
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September 7, 2025 27 mins
This episode was during their highest rated season. It aired on January 6, 1948.
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Fibber and Molly were actually Jim and Marian Jordan, a married couple and comedy legends. This episode aired on October 14, 1947, on the NBC Radio Network.
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Orson Welles adapted this live February 3, 1939, performance from the 1925 novel “Arrowsmith,” by Sinclair Lewis. It was part of The Campbell’s Playhouse, a CBS Radio series sponsored by Campbell’s Soup.
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August 17, 2025 52 mins
This adaptation of the 1938 film “Algiers” was performed live on October 8, 1939, on The Campbell’s Playhouse, a CBS Radio series sponsored by Campbell’s Soup.
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August 10, 2025 43 mins
Orson Welles’s adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play from 1933. This performance was performed live on September 17, 1939, on The Campbell’s Playhouse, a CBS Radio series sponsored by Campbell’s Soup.
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August 3, 2025 26 mins
This radio dramatization of the film aired on January 9, 1949.
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July 27, 2025 23 mins
This radio dramatization of the film aired on August 5, 1949.
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This radio dramatization of the 1939 film aired on November 5, 1945.
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July 6, 2025 26 mins
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1927 publication of “The Adventure of Schoscombe Old Place” was dramatized by the BBC for radio broadcast.
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June 29, 2025 27 mins
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1926 publication of “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane” was dramatized by the BBC for radio broadcast.
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The film was released in 1949. This Lux Radio Theatre series version starred mostly the same cast, and first aired on March 12, 1951.
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June 8, 2025 26 mins
Dragnet, “Big Net,” aired on April 20, 1954.
Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun duuuunnnnnnn!
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June 1, 2025 26 mins
Dragnet, “Big Note,” aired on April 13, 1954.
All we need are the facts. But you already knew that.
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