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

April 10, 2026 44 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers investigates a fraud scheme in which a woman tricks naive soldiers into a quick marriage, so she can get a monthly payment from the government, during their wartime service.     


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


Originally broadcast on Sunday, November 12th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware, … Ann Rogers.


Jerry Kokich, …...

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Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and detective Jeff Warren investigate the mysterious murder of a jewel expert.


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


Originally broadcast on Sunday, August 27th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Patrick Brancato  … Jeff Warren.


Christian NeuhausJacques Lenoir.


Jerry Kokich Edward Pickett, and also, Ed...

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February 10, 2026 44 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and private detective Jeff Warren track down a pair of crooks selling counterfeit wartime automobile tax stamps.


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


Originally broadcast on Sunday, September 3rd, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Patrick Brancato, … Jeff Warren.


Jerry Kokich … Benny DiMarco, and also, Manager, Machinery fa...

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January 10, 2026 39 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and private investigator Jeff Warren are unexpectedly tangled in solving the mysterious deaths of a young man's fiancée and her father.


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


Originally broadcast on Sunday, September 17th, 1944..



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Patrick Brancato, … Jeff Warren.


Jerry Kokich … Gerald Gardner.


D...

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December 10, 2025 45 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and Lt. Mike Flannigan investigate a string of unsolved murders, with the help of private detective Jeff Warren, despite interference by an angry, obnoxious District Attorney.


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


Originally broadcast on Sunday, October 8th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan.


Patrick ...

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November 10, 2025 51 mins

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole investigate the suspicious murder of a Mexican-American man.


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


Originally broadcast on Sunday, November 19th, 1944..



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole.


Christian Neuhaus ... Inspector Collins.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan.


Rebecca Olivia H...

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October 10, 2025 45 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and Lt. Mike Flannigan investigate whether a butler murdered his boss, or is being framed for the crime.


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


Original broadcast on Sunday, August 20th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan


Karim Kronfli ... Billingham


Samantha Thompson ... Darcy Granville.


Dan War...

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September 10, 2025 43 mins

Newspaperwoman Anne Rogers and her boyfriend, private detective Jeff Warren, are on a date, when they suddenly discover, and investigate, the shocking murder of a famous actress.


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


Original broadcast on Sunday, October 25th, 1944.



OUR CAST:


Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers.


Patrick Brancato, … Jeff Warren.


Jerry Kokich … Payne Barlow.

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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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July 10, 2025 42 mins

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.


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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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