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Gardening54 Episodes
1 Volume From formal garden parties to bbq's to WWII Victory Gardens, Gardens in Old Time Radio is sure to delight! |
54 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Walk Softly Peter Troy50 Episodes
1 Volume Meet London's hard-boiled, fast, lady-killer detective Peter Troy. Update: sound improvements |
50 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Boo Broadcasts (Ghost Stories)119 Episodes
2 Volume Ghost Stories are some of the best fun in OTR, but not all the stories are for the faint-hearted. Let's get spOoooOoooooky with old time radio shows featuring Ghosts! Update: 15 additional recordings |
119 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Parades24 Episodes
1 Volume Relive the nostalgia of parades yesteryear - both real and fictional. These are great celebrations! |
24 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Christmas with Duffy6 Episodes
1 Volume Radio's favorite lug, Archie leads the Christmas fun Duffy's Tavern with an annual holiday party. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cavalcade of America Christmas9 Episodes
1 Volume Produced by DuPont to improve its public image, Cavalcade of America Christmas features drama shows. |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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ABC News (Orson Welles Commentary)8 Episodes
1 Volume This program was initially sponsored by Lear Radio Laboratories. Commentaries reached a high-water mark on July 28 when Welles reads and comments on an affidavit in the case of Isaac Woodard. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Human Adventure12 Episodes
1 Volume An education radio program that was a collaboration between the Columbia Broadcasting System and the University of Chicago. Update: 1 additional recording |
12 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Guess Who20 Episodes
1 Volume A fun and entertaining quiz show, when the contestants answer questions correctly, host Happy Feldman drops a Sheffied Dairy "silver coins" in empty milk bottles - clank! When the guests get the answer wrong, Happy sounds the cow bell. Update: 1 additional recording |
20 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Behind the Scenes21 Episodes
1 Volume Audiences have always loved learning the little known facts about famous people they think they know. Behind The Scenes explores the lives of famous personalities and adds a few facts that never made it into the history books. Update: 1 additional recording |
21 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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194656 Episodes
1 Volume Nuremberg Trials signaled the end of the Nazi regime, Operation Diana signaled the beginning of the space race, and the Baby Boom signaled a new generation of history makers. |
56 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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First 50 Years of Radio12 Episodes
1 Volume Produced for Westinghouse by KDKA on the station's 50th anniversary. |
12 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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194756 Episodes
1 Volume With the country on the cusp of the post-War economic boom, many elements of the past came to an end in 1947 while the future was bearing down like the beginning of the Cold War, partitioning of India and Pakistan, the development of the transistor at Bell Laboratories, breaking the sound barrier, and inventions like the Polaroid Land Camera. |
56 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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War of the Worlds8 Episodes
1 Volume Based on the HG Wells story about Martians invading Earth, War of the Worlds 1938 is one of the most infamous broadcasts in media history. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Polio10 Episodes
1 Volume Polio became one of the most worrisome of childhood diseases in the early 20th century until research by Jonas Salk resulted in a practical and effective polio vaccine. |
10 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cavemen and Dinosaurs17 Episodes
1 Volume A fun prehistoric collection from a wide variety of radio shows. An OTRCAT.com original collection. |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mad Scientists44 Episodes
1 Volume A common trope for a villain, the fear of mad scientists tends to come from the fear and distrust of scientific discovery. |
44 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Taxidermy and Morgues50 Episodes
1 Volume Whether hero or villain, victor or victim, butcher, baker, or candlestick maker, everyone dies. An OTRCAT.com original compilation. |
50 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Napoleon21 Episodes
1 Volume No individual until the rise of Adolph Hitler had as much impact on the political landscape of Europe than Napoleon Bonaparte. |
21 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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194865 Episodes
1 Volume 1948 Olympics were austere, Gandhi was shot and killed, Czechoslovakia communist coup, and Israel was declared as an independent state. |
65 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Double Crossed13 Episodes
1 Volume Crooks are crooked, and they do crooked things. It is part of their job descriptions, just like cheaters cheat. |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Best of Horror and Mystery Bundle Pack359 Episodes
9 Volume We've handpicked the best of shows in some of the most popular horror and mystery series. Make a pot of Lipton Tea, we've got two new surprises for you. Update: added Best of CBSRMT |
359 | 9 | Add To Cart: $45.00
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Best of CBSRMT50 Episodes
2 Volume There were 1,399 original episodes of CBSRMT recorded, and this collection is of fifty of the very best. |
50 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Columbus Day15 Episodes
1 Volume This horizon-busting collection contains great shows about when Columbus sailed the ocean blue with old time radios shows from genres such as comedy, historical, and suspense. Update: additional recordings |
15 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Frankenstein29 Episodes
1 Volume Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was written in response to a challenge laid down at a party and was later adopted by many radio renditions. Update: additional recordings |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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194958 Episodes
1 Volume B-50 Superfortress bomber became the first aircraft to fly around the globe non-stop, NATO Alliance established, Chinese Civil War continues, Soviet Union test detonated an atomic bomb, and CBS Talent Raids steal The Jack Benny Program. |
58 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Forward March18 Episodes
1 Volume A popular music recruiting program for the Army,Forward March enjoyed the service of draftee PFC Eddie Fisher. |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Nukes and Commies Bundle1343 Episodes
31 Volume Thirty-one Great Old Time Radio volumes from the Cold War and Atomic era! Don't duck and cover, order this compilation today! Update: additional recordings |
1343 | 31 | Add To Cart: $155.00
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Stars for Defense13 Episodes
1 Volume Created by Federal Civil Defense Administration as a public service program to be broadcast by participating radio stations throughout the country with music and practical advice for Americans fearful of an impending attack during the Cold War. Update: additional recordings |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Red Scare in Old Time Radio302 Episodes
7 Volume After the Second World War, American culture was shaped and driven largely by fears of Communist infiltration corrupting American institutions and values. |
302 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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Communists and Cold War155 Episodes
4 Volume This extensive collection includes radio shows, news broadcasts, psa's, and debates about The Red Scare, McCarthyism, and The Cold War which pervaded politics, cultures, life and more in second half the the 20th Century. Update: 30+ additional recordings |
155 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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Enola Gay Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima6 Episodes
1 Volume This collection includes news stories and radio shows The US Air Force Bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Maria Montez3 Episodes
1 Volume As a girl growing up in the Dominican Republic, Maria was obsessed with the movies and becoming a star. |
3 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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George Washington34 Episodes
1 Volume The first president of the United States and one of our country's founding fathers, George Washington was a popular character in radio. |
34 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Margaret OBrien35 Episodes
1 Volume The daughter of a circus performer and a flamenco dancer, Margaret O'Brien got into the movies at age three and was known as the "best crier" in the lot! |
35 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195049 Episodes
1 Volume The year 1950 was filled with boundless optimism as America came out of WWII as an economic and military powerhouse. |
49 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Our Cats22 Episodes
1 Volume Cats are very close companions to humanity, but are they truly domesticated? According to the "Our Cats" program, being allowed to love them is enough. |
22 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195150 Episodes
1 Volume The Post-War economic boom booms to a high point in 1951. |
50 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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KKK in Old Time Radio22 Episodes
1 Volume The KKK is a terrorist organization which began by resisting the Republican-driven Reformation after the Civil War. |
22 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Superman Fights the KKK63 Episodes
1 Volume "The Man of Steel" was more than a guy in a cape, Superman became a symbol of the fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. After the WWII and the defeat of the Axis Powers, Superman ran out of bad guys and look to fight bad guys on the home front like the KKK. Update: 1 additional recording |
63 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Airmail Mystery11 Episodes
1 Volume Stories of mystery and drama surrounding the Airmail of Great Britain's Royal Mail Service. |
11 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dance Time USA18 Episodes
1 Volume The program featured some of the biggest acts in hot and sweet Jazz dance music broadcast into Germany and other territories during WWII. |
18 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Trucking38 Episodes
1 Volume From comedies to dramas, these big rig stories on the road feature truck drivers of all types. |
38 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Harpo Marx19 Episodes
1 Volume Honk, honk, old time radio shows starring the silent member of the Marx Brother Troupe who had a bicycle horn, wore a red wig and prop filled trench coat. Update: 1 additional recording |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Spring76 Episodes
2 Volume Spring is a time of hopefulness and renewal, fresh breezes and new gardens. |
76 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Hartz Canaries4 Episodes
1 Volume Features future 60 Minutes alumnus Mike Wallace as an announcer who used music to teach radio listener's canary how to sing. |
4 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Concert in Miniature71 Episodes
2 Volume Stan Kenton's outfit was one of the most popular bands playing on the West Coast and this series feature band remotes performing on the road. |
71 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Janis Paige2 Episodes
1 Volume Although she was set up as a rival to Doris Day, Janis Paige has enjoyed a long and successful Hollywood career. |
2 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195256 Episodes
1 Volume The TV revolution gains strength in 1952, but the major advances are in International Relations. |
56 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Back To School17 Episodes
1 Volume The beginning of the school year is an excited time for the characters in old time radio comedies and dramas. |
17 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Candid Microphone14 Episodes
1 Volume Who knows what people will say in this hilarious hidden microphone show! Update: 7 additional recordings |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rhonda Fleming7 Episodes
1 Volume A Hollywood talent scout saw Rhonda walking on the street gave her a seven year contract without a screen test. She was once known as "the Queen of Technicolor." |
7 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195356 Episodes
1 Volume The Space Age is still a few years from beginning, but in many very real ways, the future begins in 1953. |
56 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dean Stockwell7 Episodes
1 Volume His showbiz career lasted 70 years; Dean Stockwell started his film career as a young boy. |
7 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Divorce81 Episodes
2 Volume Although divorce was rare during the golden age of radio, the topic still lends itself to juicy drama. |
81 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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195460 Episodes
1 Volume Americans in 1954 are beginning to turn away from the bluster and cruelty of McCarthyism and embracing Rock and Roll music. |
60 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Angela Lansbury8 Episodes
1 Volume Angela Lansbury has been working in show business for seven decades |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mother Teresa13 Episodes
1 Volume Born in 1910, Mother Teresa was recognized as a national hero in India for her work with the poorest of the poor. |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195551 Episodes
1 Volume The year Disneyland opens, the FDA approved the Polio Vaccine, The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, entered the seas, and many old time radio shows left the airwaves including The Jack Benny Program. |
51 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jack Carson33 Episodes
1 Volume Hilarious Parody of the Life of a Showbiz Star! Update: 21 additional recordings |
33 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Raleigh Kool Program (Jack Pearl Show)29 Episodes
1 Volume Revival of the old Jack Pearl Show, with Tommy Dorsey, and featured vocalists Jack Leonard and Edythe Wright, and the hilarious "Baron Munchhausen skit" by Jack Pearl and Cliff Hall. Update: 9 additional recordings |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Heartbeat of Broadway4 Episodes
1 Volume The program nearly captures the excitement and anticipation of an opening night along with a Heart Fund appeal pitch. |
4 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195646 Episodes
1 Volume By the mid-1950s the standard of living was increasing and rock n roll grew in popularity, UnAmerican Activities Committee searched the entertainment industry for Communist Sympathizers. |
46 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195736 Episodes
1 Volume The "Baby Boom" reached his highest point, the Soviets launch Sputnik 1, and the "Little Rock Nine" fought against segregation. |
36 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Club 9304 Episodes
1 Volume The show featured music from Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Duvall, Benny Strong, and others. |
4 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Coke Club8 Episodes
1 Volume The quarter-hour syndicated daily program was a "transcribed get together which has been arranged for us by your friendly neighbors who bottle Coca-Cola". |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Random Rarities 2438 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
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Wife Wanted20 Episodes
1 Volume The show uses recurring characters to present an ongoing expose' of the Lonely Heart's industry. |
20 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Doctor Paul39 Episodes
1 Volume Join Dr. Paul, a small town doctor, as he treats the residents and gets caught up in the schemes and secret loves that swirl around him. Update: 12 additional recordings |
39 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Medical Milestones10 Episodes
1 Volume The American Medical Association, along with local medical societies, presented a series of short syndicated broadcasts in 1961 titled Medical Milestones which described many of those advances. |
10 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Listeners Playhouse6 Episodes
1 Volume The "playhouse format" was one which NBC was very familiar, having used it for several different dramatic presentations, including their successful NBC University and Great Plays series. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Heroes of Civilization24 Episodes
1 Volume This collection of biographical sketches of pioneers in the medical field was produced syndication in 1936. |
24 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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195829 Episodes
1 Volume The year of the first American Satellite Explorer 1 launched, the Hula Hoop craze, the army inducts Elvis, 14 year old Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship, and 1958 also saw the debut of Have Gun Will Travel. |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dick and Jeanie24 Episodes
1 Volume Produced with just a boy, a girl, an organist and starring "canteen girl" Phyllis Creore as Jeannie was a small town girl who came to the big city to be a singer. |
24 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Random Rarities 2373 Episodes
1 Volume Out of the vaults of old time radio comes a cacophony of fun from every genre of the airwaves. |
73 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Prudential Family Hour3 Episodes
1 Volume Hosted by Frank Gallop, the show featured Al Goodman and His Orchestra whose sound was decidedly more symphonic than most big-band outfits on the radio. |
3 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Your Saturday Date with the Duke35 Episodes
2 Volume American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra for 50 years sponsored by the Treasury Department. |
35 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Edmond OBrien105 Episodes
3 Volume Orson Welles helped Edmund O'Brien get his start in show business. In no time, he became one of the screen's most popular heavies. From 1950 to 1952, he played the title role on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. |
105 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Bea Benaderet474 Episodes
11 Volume As a young woman, Bea Benaderet joined the company of Orson Welles Campbell Theatre and later had many roles in radio and television. |
474 | 11 | Add To Cart: $55.00
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Symphonies of the World8 Episodes
1 Volume A collection of concerts by the CBS, NBC, and ABC network orchestras provided to AFRS. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Graduation16 Episodes
1 Volume Celebrate moving from the world of school into the world of work is a big step with old time radio and historical recordings. |
16 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cass Daley37 Episodes
1 Volume Best known for her singing voice and slapstick comedy, Cass Daley got her start in Ziegfeld Follies. |
37 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Billy Wilder13 Episodes
1 Volume One of Hollywood's most award winning Directors and Writers, Billy Wilder took up the director's chair to protect his scripts from changes by incompetent directors. |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Best of Lux Radio25 Episodes
1 Volume Over the years, there were 900+ episodes of Lux Radio Theatre and we've handpicked the best for this original collection! |
25 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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196219 Episodes
1 Volume John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, the world on the brink of a nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and CBS broadcast the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar on September 30. |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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That Other Generation10 Episodes
1 Volume Using interviews and archival recordings, the program explored various elements of the Forties, such as the efforts to put the Great Depression behind, the great housing shortage, Movies and Hollywood, Music of the Big Band era, and other topics. |
10 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cancer and Tumors19 Episodes
1 Volume By the time of the Golden Age of Radio, cancer was still feared but there was growing hope that the disease could be treated, controlled, and eventually cured through the efforts of the American Cancer Society. |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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196123 Episodes
1 Volume John F Kennedy's inauguration in January brought in the year 1961, the Berlin Wall was built, the Bay of Pigs was an international disaster, America officially enters the Vietnam War, and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. |
23 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Faces of Love8 Episodes
1 Volume Soap Opera about The story of Kate Wakefield, venturing into today's world of confusing freedoms. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Tottering Van Teeters26 Episodes
1 Volume A tongue-in-cheek rare 1930's serial about Willoughby Shelly Van Teeter and his sister Pamela who are the heirs to a corset and bustle factory during the Great Depression. |
26 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Circus335 Episodes
5 Volume The drama of life under the Big Top has always made for great radio stories from all genres. Update: 2 additional recordings |
335 | 5 | Add To Cart: $25.00
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Random Rarities 2257 Episodes
1 Volume We just love finding these rare radio shows, some with only one known remaining episode. |
57 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Meditation in OTR5 Episodes
1 Volume Meditation and contemplation in old time radio shows and news stories. |
5 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Guilty Party12 Episodes
1 Volume This series was a rather successful attempt to combine mysteries and quiz shows. |
12 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mexico138 Episodes
3 Volume Romance, mystery, and comedians find plenty to poke fun at in the land of sunshine and tequila. |
138 | 3 | Add To Cart: $15.00
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Tex and Jinx Show5 Episodes
1 Volume The Tex and Jinx Show is a husband and wife morning program which includes interviews with famous people. Starring Jinx Falkenburg (raised in Brazil and was a top model in America) and John Reagan "Tex" McCrary. Update: additional recording of New York Closeup |
5 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Final Episodes of OTR54 Episodes
2 Volume Even the best OTR programs eventually came to an end, learn how it happened in our Last Episode Collection. |
54 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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196031 Episodes
1 Volume In the year 1960, it felt as though the future was about to begin as a new President would be elected, but it was also a year with many changes in Radio. |
31 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Camping and Cabins98 Episodes
2 Volume Escape the pressures of everyday life into the woods with this multi genre collection featuring camping. |
98 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra7 Episodes
1 Volume Lud Gluskin got his start in show business as a teen music group with his childhood pal, Jimmy Durante. |
7 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Pat Novak for Hire25 Episodes
1 Volume One of Jack Webb's earliest successful attempts at crime drama with enough hard-boiled metaphors to sink a ship! Update: 1 additional recording |
25 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Depressed and Moping13 Episodes
1 Volume The blues hits your favorite stars who turn to their friends and family to help. |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Live at Town Hall Party9 Episodes
1 Volume The Live Town Hall Party featured a different kind of country music than a barn dance, it was the music of the Honky Tonk. |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Clock109 Episodes
2 Volume The program had everything it needed to become a classic, thought-provoking and well written scripts, the directing talents of William Spier, and a wealth of Hollywood's "Radio Row" talent. Update: 56 additional recordings |
109 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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World Tomorrow91 Episodes
2 Volume The Biblical scholarship which is the basis of The World Tomorrow broadcasts is second to none. |
91 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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195944 Episodes
1 Volume From the Red Scare to the Space Race, Alaska and Hawaii entered the Union and music died when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a fatal airplane crash. |
44 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Frank Muir Goes Into16 Episodes
1 Volume One of the most successful radio wordsmiths was Frank Muir. |
16 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jack The Ripper8 Episodes
1 Volume Old time radio takes on one of the most famous crimes in history the case of Jack the Ripper. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Young Doctor Malone21 Episodes
1 Volume Advertised in Young Dr Malone Sponsored by General Food and Post Cereals, this cereal serial has it all – love, jealousy, hate, crippling diseases, rich philanthropists, treacherous characters, death and marriage. Update: 4 additional recordings |
21 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Henry Rowland3 Episodes
1 Volume One of the most ironic Hollywood beneficiaries of the War was B-list actor Henry Rowland. |
3 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Greatest Story Ever Told98 Episodes
2 Volume Just like the 1965 movie with the same name, The Greatest Story Ever Told featured events from the life of Jesus Christ as told in the Gospels. Update: 50 �additional recordings |
98 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Lawrence Welk23 Episodes
1 Volume Accordion player extraordinaire and bandleader who specialized in the Sweet Jazz music which was better to dance to when you were trying to hold your best girl a little closer. |
23 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Johnny Cash6 Episodes
1 Volume Johnny Cash had several hits with Sun Records, including "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line" (his first Number 1 hit) when the Army Recruiting service approached him to appear on Country Style USA. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mad and Insane in OTR346 Episodes
7 Volume Mad scientists, crazed killers, nutty old codgers, and more insanity in this new OTRCAT compilation. |
346 | 7 | Add To Cart: $35.00
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Harry Richman14 Episodes
1 Volume Best known for introducing Irving Berlin's hit "Puttin' On the Ritz" in the 1931 movie of the same title, Harry Richman was a musician that lived life to it's fullest. Update: 4 additional recordings |
14 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Edgar A Guest26 Episodes
1 Volume The only person to hold the title of Poet Laureate of Michigan, Eddie Guest was well known as the People's Poet. |
26 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Poetry in Old Time Radio616 Episodes
17 Volume A collection of Poetry radio programs that bring culture, thoughtfulness, and spoken word to your radio. Update: additional volume of Edgar Guest recordings |
616 | 17 | Add To Cart: $80.00
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Mind Readers8 Episodes
1 Volume The first thing to remember is that there is no such thing as telepathy, but that does not stop Mind Readers from giving thrilling shows on Old Time Radio. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Civil Rights Racism Discrimination and Prejudice in Old Time Radio19 Episodes
1 Volume Radio not only recorded the progress of equality as it was happening, but it was a tool for bringing progress about. |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Erich von Stroheim3 Episodes
1 Volume He began his career as a silent-era film star and later became an auteur director and author. |
3 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ruth Roman6 Episodes
1 Volume Although the most of the films she made are not remembered as classics, she easily made the transition to TV character actress through the later years. |
6 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Anniversaries in Old Time Radio184 Episodes
4 Volume Anniversaries, milestones, and more in this one-of-a-kind, genre-wide collection of Anniversaries in Old Time Radio. |
184 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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Winter Chills Horror Mystery and Intrigue37 Episodes
1 Volume When the winds of winter howl, just being outside can be enough to kill you, and that helps make winter the creepiest time of the year. |
37 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rare Aviation Old Time Radio Shows40 Episodes
1 Volume Rare, hard to find aviation themed old time radio shows including Sky Blazer, Smilin Jack, Howie Wing, Flying Hutchinsons, and many more. Update: additional recordings |
40 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lupe Velez3 Episodes
1 Volume Born in Mexico, Lupe Vélez began performing in Mexican revues in the early 1920s. |
3 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Random Rarities 2012 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
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Roy Rogers153 Episodes
4 Volume The original "King of the Cowboys" is packed with new recordings of The Roy Rogers old time radio show and many guest appearances. Join Roy, "Queen of the West" Dale Evans, Trigger, Bullet, and the gang in this fun western adventure-variety show. Update: 50 additional recordings and sound improvements |
153 | 4 | Add To Cart: $20.00
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DW Griffith4 Episodes
1 Volume Best known for his groundbreaking but controversial film, Birth of a Nation (1915). |
4 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Random Rarities 2167 Episodes
1 Volume Random and rare old time radio collection from from the great, dusty vaults of radio shows. |
67 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Hollywood Star Time49 Episodes
1 Volume Herbert Marshall hosts and Alfred Newman is the conductor. The musical reigns; Hollywood Star Time is worth listening to for the score alone. The show had a big budget, great musical score, and great stars. Hollywood Star Time started out as an extended ad for RKO pictures, broadcasting from the studio lunch room, later it aired movie adaptations with the stars reprising their roles on the radio. Update: additional recordings |
49 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ernie Kovacs19 Episodes
1 Volume Comedian and avid cigar smoker, Ernie Kovacs ad-libbed and uninhibited style changed the face of comedy. Update: 3 additional recordings |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Man From Homicide9 Episodes
1 Volume Ride along on shocking cases with the "Man from Homicide," a classic hard-boiled crime drama from the early 1950's. Update: 6 additional recordings |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lone Ranger and The Legion of the Black Arrow61 Episodes
2 Volume the President personally asked the Lone Ranger to help defeat a crime syndicate in the wild west. |
61 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Strange Wills28 Episodes
1 Volume A will gives the power of an often evil genius to act "from beyond the grave!" Update: sound quality improvements |
28 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lina Romay42 Episodes
1 Volume Daughter of a Mexican diplomat, Lina Romay got her start in show business with Latin music pioneer Xavier Cugat who offered her a job as one of his "beautiful ladies who could sing." |
42 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Math in OTR19 Episodes
1 Volume Math is the universal language, but it will never be able to express the wide range of emotion and fun we find in Old Time Radio. |
19 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ray Bolger9 Episodes
1 Volume The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger was a man with a wit sharp enough for adults and a soft side for children. Update: additional recordings |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Alfred Hitchcock29 Episodes
1 Volume Includes radio adaptations on Hitchcock's most memorable films, including Spellbound, The Birds, Rebecca, Sorry Wrong Number, and Shadow of a Doubt. Update: 6 additional recordings |
29 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Introductions and Theme Music1104 Episodes
1 Volume This collection includes theme music and announcer voice-overs from more than a thousand Old Time Radio programs. |
1104 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Depression Era Recordings37 Episodes
1 Volume Old Time Radio Looks at the Great Depression, the economic crisis which began with the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and how it affected Americans everywhere. |
37 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Stewart Granger2 Episodes
1 Volume A ruggedly handsome British import, Stewart Granger suffered from the stigma of his wife, Jean Simmons, having a more successful Hollywood career than he did. |
2 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Chase and Sanborn Hour 1937-193924 Episodes
1 Volume Chase and Sanborn tried an opera format for a while when ventriloquist named Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy took over the show. Update: additional recordings and sound improvements |
24 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Music for Moderns13 Episodes
1 Volume Featuring Chicago Jazz which was generally more sophisticated than New Orleans and the Dixieland sound but placed a stronger emphasis on individual improvisation. |
13 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Simone Simon3 Episodes
1 Volume the beautiful French film star debuted in Hollywood films as well as radio. |
3 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Psychics Mentalists and Fortune Tellers54 Episodes
1 Volume The ancient art of astrology is an example of sign reading, as are palmistry, tea leaf reading, tarot cards, and numerology. We predict you will enjoy these radio shows. |
54 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Television and TV90 Episodes
2 Volume Radio and television coexisted as TV sets entered American homes. |
90 | 2 | Add To Cart: $10.00
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Alaska Old Time Radio42 Episodes
1 Volume The Forty-ninth State is "the Last Frontier" and is legendary for its wealth, ruggedness, extreme weather, and most of all for its vastness. |
42 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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People Take the Lead4 Episodes
1 Volume Working with the American Jewish Committee, this series moves to fight for Civil Rights and overcome misguided attitudes and beliefs in regular folks. |
4 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Eddie Anderson564 Episodes
12 Volume Best known for his role as Rochester van Jones whose shenanigans as Jack Benny's valet made him a household name. |
564 | 12 | Add To Cart: $60.00
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Scams Conmen Cheats and Bunco Artists49 Episodes
1 Volume Cheaters and Swindlers in this collection of crime radio shows are true artists and con men of the highest caliber, but they all get caught in the end. |
49 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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George Sanders9 Episodes
1 Volume With his haughty upper-class British accent, sleek and suave mannerisms, and somehow superior and threatening presence, he was in constant demand for supporting roles in A-pictures. |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Catholic Hour51 Episodes
1 Volume Featured different guest speakers on different topics. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (best known as the host of televisions' "Life Is Worth Living" in the 1950s) often hosted the program and proclaimed: "We are at the end of a non-religious era." Update: additional recordings |
51 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Meet The Menjous20 Episodes
1 Volume This delightful married couple discusses everything from the proper way to throw a party to stories of luck. Update: additional recordings |
20 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Marie Windsor8 Episodes
1 Volume Before she was the bad-girl "queen of the B's", Marie Windsor appeared in radio dramas to attention of an MGM scout who gave her a contract and moved her back to Hollywood. |
8 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Abroad with the Lockharts9 Episodes
1 Volume This 1930s vacation travel serial takes listeners on a journey to the old world. Update: sound quality improvements |
9 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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Practical Jokers33 Episodes
1 Volume Everyone loves a practical joke...unless you are the victim. Practical jokes abound in all genres of radio history from comedy to mystery to variety to western. |
33 | 1 | Add To Cart: $5.00
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