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	Beyond Tomorrow 3 Episodes 1 Volume The art of Science Fiction goes back to the time when a young person stepped away from the campfire, looked towards the stars and wondered "What's out there?" The Sci Fi genre gained respectability as it moved from the pages of pulp magazines to network radio programs, Beyond Tomorrow features stories from the masters of Sci Fi, including Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Crime Doctor 4 Episodes 1 Volume The Crime Dr of Suspense and Intrigue is IN; Take Two Radio Shows and Call Me in the Morning!	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Black Castle and Black Chapel 4 Episodes 1 Volume Enjoy these rare and scary horror series recordings.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 03 49 Episodes 1 Volume The Randomest and Rarest collection of them all-an OTRCAT.com original!	49	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 04 50 Episodes 1 Volume A Compilation of Rare Old Time Radio Series!	50	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Black Book (The Man in Black) 7 Episodes 1 Volume Hosted by Paul Frees, this talent filled old time radio show features the stories of almost perfect crimes asking audiences to listen for the criminal's mistake.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lonesome Gal 14 Episodes 1 Volume For a non-visual medium, radio had its share of sex symbols, but few were as blatantly seductive as the Lonesome Gal.	14	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Pat ODaniel and his Hillbilly Boys 40 Episodes 1 Volume Home-baked goodness, politics and hillbilly music all come together on Texas radio in Pat O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys.	40	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 24 38 Episodes 1 Volume Variety of rare radio shows from a random genre collections from weird to wonderful from informative to intriguing.	38	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Answer Man 9 Episodes 1 Volume With a staff of over 40 of brainiest facts finder he could locate, The Answer Man solved thousands of questions written in by listeners.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rare Soap Operas 447 Episodes 4 Volume Packed with more sudsey value for your dollar, OTRCat is proud to present this compilation of rare soaps series and including some programs that are the last surviving recordings of their shows.	447	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Rare Children 70 Episodes 1 Volume Children's' programming took many forms; the most obvious examples are after school serials, stories which might not appeal to parents, but filled the airtime before Dad came home.	70	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Captain Starr 6 Episodes 1 Volume Following in the footsteps of Tom Corbett and Space Patrol, Captain Starr shoots around in his rocket, "Shooting Star," on exciting galactic adventures!	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Amos and Andy Music Hall 7 Episodes 1 Volume Using the premise that the Kingfish had set up a radio station in the Lodge Hall of the Mystic Knights of the Sea, Amos & Andy playing records between comic sketches and were often joined by a guest celebrity.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Morton Downey 31 Episodes 1 Volume Nicknamed the "The Irish Nightingale", Morton Downey's was a popular recording artist and songwriter in the 1930s and 1940s penning tunes like" Sweeten Up Your Smile."	31	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Appointment with Fear 6 Episodes 1 Volume penned by John Dickson Carr and often dubbed the British version of "Suspense," this collection contains all known existing episodes of the mystery program.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hearthstone of the Death Squad 3 Episodes 1 Volume Fans of detective stories can rest assured that the "implacable man hunter of The Metropolitan Police" always got his man, and sent the evil doer to "the chair."	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Dr John Brinkley (Medical Quack) 7 Episodes 1 Volume Doctor John Brinkley began experimenting with goat glands, surgically implanting them for every ailment from fertility, to dementia, to impotency. Called a quack, charlatan, and mega-medical radio star, Dr John Brinkley is a character from the 20th century that could not have existed without the power of radio.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mae West 8 Episodes 1 Volume Enjoy this collection of sultry and witty guest appearances including the controversial skit that banned her from the airwaves.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Voice of Firestone 2 Episodes 1 Volume A pioneer in early old time radio shows, The Voice of Firestone was the first commercially sponsored music radio program.The show was a high-culture offering featured classical, operatic, and semi-classical music.In it's zenith, The Voice of Firestone featured a forty-six piece orchestra.	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Against the Storm 18 Episodes 1 Volume Winning the Peabody Award in 1942, this highly-acclaimed old time radio soap opera was written by Sandra Michael.	18	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Vox Pop 140 Episodes 3 Volume You won't want to miss this charming program featuring often spontaneous and playful interviews with citizens across the US and abroad. This extensive collection contains rare recordings previously not in circulation.	140	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Betty Crocker 3 Episodes 1 Volume contains rare episodes of the Betty Crocker cooking program.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Stop the Music 5 Episodes 1 Volume Bert Parks hosted Stop the Music with Don Hancock as announcer. A quiz show, the producers would play part of a well know song and the contestant would try to guess the title.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Blue Ribbon Town 9 Episodes 1 Volume Hosted by Groucho Marx and sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, this old time radio variety show featured big name guests like Jack Benny, Barbara Stanwyck, and Gene Tierney.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Biggest Heart 15 Episodes 1 Volume Weekly Contest by the Colorado Heart Association to Find the Biggest Pumping Heart in the World (figuratively)!	15	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hollywood is On the Air 41 Episodes 1 Volume All Star Variety, Comedy, and Music Program!	41	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Swingtime 5 Episodes 1 Volume This musical program showcases the talent of many of the top tunesters of its era including such greats as Duke Ellington, Mel Torme, Jack Teagarden, Art Tatum and Bob Crosby.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Warner Brothers Academy 7 Episodes 1 Volume Dramatic Sensation Presenting Upcoming Stars	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Green Lama 5 Episodes 1 Volume After spending ten years in Tibet and becoming a mystic, Jethro Dumont returns to America to fight crime as The Green Lama.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Leonidas Witherall 7 Episodes 1 Volume Who would make a better soft-boiled detective than a New England Boy's School instructor and part time mystery writer? That is exactly what you get in The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Meet Corliss Archer 5 Episodes 1 Volume Sometimes a teenage daughter can seem like nature's way of getting revenge on a successful man. Discover how Harry Archer deals with the world when you Meet Corliss Archer.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Stoopnagle and Budd 3 Episodes 1 Volume Likable Funny Comedian in his Early Work!	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Nick Harris Detective 13 Episodes 1 Volume Super Sleuth Solves Los Angeles Crimes	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 14 39 Episodes 1 Volume The best loved shows from the Golden Age were more likely to be preserved, but we keep finding treasures in some of the "orphaned recordings".	39	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 13 41 Episodes 1 Volume Lucky 13 Random Rarities Collections features shows long thought lost in the vault of time.	41	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Raffles (The Adventures of Raffles) 4 Episodes 1 Volume Listen as E. W. Hornung's gentleman thief, A. J. Raffles-London's many of mystery-solves murders and works to defeat the Nazis.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Strange As It Seems 63 Episodes 1 Volume Similar to a Ripley's Believe It Or Not and originally sponsored by Exlax in the 1930's, this series featured bizarre stories based cartoons created by John Hix who was a staff artist at the Washington Herald.	63	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Official Detective 8 Episodes 1 Volume This classic old time radio police drama features a crime from the start to finish: from a drunk accused of murder to bride that murders her groom after discovering that he married her for her money. Even spinsters are unsafe at the hands of madmen and murderers!	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Call the Police 7 Episodes 1 Volume Sponsored by Lever Brother's Rinso and Lifebuoy Soap, Call the Police was billed as "a new series of realistic radio dramas inspired by the courageous work of police departments all over America." This collection contains all known episodes to be in existence of this rare series.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 08 40 Episodes 1 Volume features shows that have been hidden is someone's closet for decades, a few audition shows that never took off, and more than a few "orphans" that defy classification.	40	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Man From Homicide 9 Episodes 1 Volume Ride along on shocking cases with the "Man from Homicide," a classic hard-boiled crime drama from the early 1950's.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	We The People 17 Episodes 1 Volume "Anybody's and everybody's soap box" - We The People is an entertaining old time radio show featuring human interest stories from the 1930's and 1940's.	17	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lorenzo Jones 25 Episodes 1 Volume Smile awhile, and enjoy this fine soap sud! Lorenzo Jones was a popular soap throughout its near two decade run. Each show began, "We all know couples like lovable, impractical Lorenzo Jones and his devoted wife, Belle.	25	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	US Navy Shows 48 Episodes 1 Volume If great music was all it took to get young men to the recruiting office, these U.S. Navy Shows would have found more sailors than we have ships. As it was, these great programs from the USN Recruiting Command gave us hours of toe-tapping goodness and dreams of the high seas.	48	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Beat the Band 30 Episodes 1 Volume This fun, original music quiz show was a war-time radio musical-quiz program. The first season of Beat the Band was sponsored by that ready-to-eat corn cereal, Kix.	30	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Brighter Day 13 Episodes 1 Volume This series is a long running post-war soap opera that had its beginnings in Joyce Jordan, MD.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	House of Mystery 5 Episodes 1 Volume This radio series is a light mystery and suspense show that would be acceptable for some younger listeners sponsored by Post Toasties.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Intrigue 5 Episodes 1 Volume Are you ready for "tales of espionage, manhunts and high adventure" as Academy Award winner Joseph Schildkraut guides you through stories of Intrigue.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rare Drama 123 Episodes 2 Volume Because the intimacy between player and listeners can be so intense, the Radio may be considered the best medium of all for Drama.	123	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Dunninger The Mentalist 9 Episodes 1 Volume On the old time radio show, he would read the minds of the audience members guessing social security numbers, birthdates, and even serial numbers on dollar bills.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 10 49 Episodes 1 Volume Rambling, random radio shows radically reaped from the rabbit hole of radio.	49	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 16 62 Episodes 1 Volume Our sixteenth edition of Random Rarities if filled with as much variety as the first fifteen. What sets this edition apart is that most of the episodes were broadcast in the last years of WWII and the post war years.	62	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Ambassadors of Melodyland 5 Episodes 1 Volume prepare for the arrival of the monarchy from this land of tunes and tone with this melodic old time radio show.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 12 46 Episodes 1 Volume Randomer and Rarer than before, enjoy these old time radio rarities from the lost vaults of time.	46	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 15 59 Episodes 1 Volume A collection of rare, hard to find shows from all genres including Heart Throbs, Heritage Radio Theater, The Man Behind The Masterpiece, Nightcap Yarns, Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands, Mr. Pickwick's Christmas.	59	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Music Depreciation 23 Episodes 1 Volume Take some pop hits, some classical themes, and take them "on a flyer".	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	NBC Star Playhouse 6 Episodes 1 Volume This fantastic old time radio drama program used star power like Jane Wyman, Don Ameche, James Cagney and Helen Hayes to narrate famous plays.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 06 59 Episodes 1 Volume an OTRCAT.com original collection of rare never released shows from the golden age of radio including A & P Gypsies!	59	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show 5 Episodes 1 Volume Hear the other dummy on the radio in this terrific Ventriloquist series.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Abe Burrows Show 12 Episodes 1 Volume After a long career in radio writing and directing, Burrows took a break to perform songs he wrote at nightclubs. These songs became so popular that he was invited to start his own old time radio show.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Bride and Groom 6 Episodes 1 Volume features the wedding ceremony of a real bride and groom.The couple shares with radio audiences their love story minutes before they are married privately off the air in the chapel at the Chapman Park Hotel in Los Angeles.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Dorothy Kilgallen Diary 5 Episodes 1 Volume Sit in on fascinating stories from the Golden Age of Broadway with Dorothy Kilgallen's Diary.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Cowboy Church of the Air 2 Episodes 1 Volume Stuart Hamblen was the son of a Methodist Preacher and began his career as a gospel singer.In 1926, he began his career as a radio performer and was a member of the orginal Beverly Hillbillies.After seeing Billy Graham in 1949, Stuart Hamblen devoted his life to Christ and changed the tone of his career.He began his radio show "The Cowboy Church in the Air" and it was syndicated across the country.	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Doctor Fights 4 Episodes 1 Volume Live through the adventures of doctors on the front lines of World War II in the battlefield anthology series	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hobby Lobby 4 Episodes 1 Volume This radio show allowed listeners everywhere to write in about their unusual hobbies so they could come on the radio and "lobby for their hobby." Many of the hobbies were actually people's professions like a female gorilla trainer, a scientist that makes robots, and a beekeeper (whose bees escaped during the show).	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Freedoms People 2 Episodes 1 Volume A deeply patriotic radio show which celebrates democracy and freedom. Made by and for African-Americans, the show featured some of the greatest leaders in 1940s black culture	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Portia Faces Life 2 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio soap opera follows Portia Blake, a widowed attorney raising her ten year old son while fighting crime and corruption.	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Charlton Heston 5 Episodes 1 Volume A no-nonsense action film star, NRA president, and civil rights supporter, Charlton Heston also appeared on old time radio to re-perform some of his favorite film roles.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	I Deal In Crime 3 Episodes 1 Volume has all the right stuff for a perfect detective show including gangs, dames, and descriptive narrative. William Gargan is best known for his character roles as a detective or private investigator.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Big Guy 3 Episodes 1 Volume Follows the adventures of single dad detective, Joshua Sharp who wears size 902 in a triple D shoe.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Queen for a Day 6 Episodes 1 Volume Quiz Shows let listeners hear people just like themselves hit it big, sometimes through sheer luck. Queen for a Day helped to usher in the era of really big prize giveaways.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Murder Clinic 7 Episodes 1 Volume Famous Fictional and Mysterious Murders and the Detectives that Solved Them	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lou Holtz Laugh Club 68 Episodes 1 Volume Keeping the shows short worked in Syndication, and few fillers were as funny as The Lou Holtz Laugh Club. The shows were just a couple of minutes long, but they could keep you chuckling for hours.	68	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Don Winslow Navy 2 Episodes 1 Volume Kids serials were often built around super heroes like Superman, Blue Beetle or The Green Hornet. Don Winslow's superpowers were the fact that he was in the US Navy, which is enough power to defeat all sorts of enemies!	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Its that Man Again 6 Episodes 1 Volume Lampooning Comedy Extravaganza	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Breakfast with Binnie and Mike 6 Episodes 1 Volume Eat breakfast with the stars in this half hour daily morning show that invites you to share a chat in the Beverly Hills home of glamorous movie star Binnie Barnes and her husband, the movie producer and sports announcer, Mike Frankovitch.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Topper 4 Episodes 1 Volume What do you do if you think you’re at the top of your game, but the ghosts who live in your house keep making life “interesting”? Find out in The Adventures of Topper.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Paul Robeson 59 Episodes 1 Volume one of the first celebrated dramatic African-American actors in theater and film. This collection contains his apperance on Magic Key in 1936, an excerpt of his 1959 Othello Performance and a collection of his musical recordings from the 1930-40's.	59	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	VE Day Clips 14 Episodes 1 Volume For the peoples living in the victorious nations it seemed as though it should be a time of celebration, Nazi Germany had declared their unconditional surrender to the forces of the Allied Powers.	14	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hello Sucker 17 Episodes 1 Volume HELLO SUCKER was created to help protect Chicago consumers and home owners from crooks, cheats, schemes, scams, swindles, rip-offs, and rackets, but also protecting racial minorities from real estate discrimination.	17	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rare Holiday 42 Episodes 1 Volume There are several holidays on a year’s calendar, and they all deserve to be celebrated.	42	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rare Show Biz 100 Episodes 2 Volume Radio and the Film Industry supported each other, and the studios loved anything which would help sell more movie tickets.	100	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Strange Wills 28 Episodes 1 Volume A will gives the power of an often evil genius to act "from beyond the grave!"	28	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 20 12 Episodes 1 Volume More random collections from deep in the vaults of old time radio with mysteries, game shows, comedies and more rare gems.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Skippy Hollywood Theater 34 Episodes 1 Volume Popular and Fun Broadcast-one of the First to Use Prerecorded Programs!	34	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 18 48 Episodes 1 Volume Now in our eighteenth edition, our Random Rarities are getting more rare and much, much more random!	48	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Road of Life 75 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio soap opera centered on handsome doctor Jim Brent and his wife Jocelyn in the small town of Merrimac. As the heroine of a medical drama, Jocelyn would suffer from almost every dread disease known to medicine.	75	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Eddy Arnold 4 Episodes 1 Volume Eddy Arnold, "The Tennessee Plowboy, was a cowboy singer with a powerful set of lungs. Slip on your boots and start your toes tappin' because Eddy's in town and he's belting them out with gusto!	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Love Story 17 Episodes 1 Volume From the pages of Love Story magazine, this show is filled with tales of couples meeting, falling in love, and living happily ever after.	17	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Life O Riley in Hollywood 13 Episodes 1 Volume Although this program from the early '30s has nothing to do with the popular sitcom starring William Bendix, it is great fun!	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Scattergood Baines 3 Episodes 1 Volume is the "shrewd and jovial hardware merchant who finds himself draw into just about everything that happens around him.Scattergood Baines is the best loved, most cussed at, and by all odds the fattest man in the modern, bustling town of Coldriver."	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Family Hour of Stars 7 Episodes 1 Volume Billed the Prudential "Family" this old time radio series featured a rotating cast with Gregory Peck, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck and many more.	7	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Ziegfeld Follies of the Air 6 Episodes 1 Volume Experience the music and laughs of the famous Ziegfeld Follies entertainers like Helen Morgan, and Will Rogers.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Doorway to Life 4 Episodes 1 Volume this old time radio show focused on common issues of parenthood that people faced in the late 1940s.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Joe DiMaggio 8 Episodes 1 Volume center fielder baseball player for the New York Yankees, is a a very rare sports old time radio show featuring Joe DiMaggio himself answering questions from listeners.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Religious Recordings 21 Episodes 1 Volume Uplifting and Inspirational Sermons from Reverend Beale and Reverend Charles Fuller	21	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Waltz Time 4 Episodes 1 Volume "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time to dance on the air!" This orchestra and classical music standards radio show was produced by radio's power couple, Frank and Ann Hummert.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Martha Meade Society Program 4 Episodes 1 Volume sponsored by Sperry Flour was a charming 1930s radio program for homemakers with great cooking tips you won't want to miss!	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Band of the AAF Training Command 3 Episodes 1 Volume Presented by Uncle Sam and directed by Captain Glenn Miller.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
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