Golden Age of Radio Sampler

		W4NEQ - Christopher Scott's old radio shows My "Golden Age", or "Old Time" radio show collection has grown to more than nine-thousand hours of mostly half-hour episodes. Most of these were produced with large budgets and staffs, much like television today. Unlike television, I find these very engaging to enjoy while occupied with something else - driving, doing chores or working on a project. Because of their high degree of MP3 compression (most are at 32 kbps), many shows can be stored on a portable MP3 player. These recordings are good quality and are in the public domain. Enjoy.

40 hours of high quality programs for your computer, Ipod, or mp3 player Each of these is a half-hour and about 7 Megabytes
	I was a Communist for the FBI. Throughout most of the 1940's, Matt Cvetic worked as a volunteer undercover agent for the FBI, infiltrating the Communist Party in Pittsburgh. The show was produced without assistance from the FBI, which refused to cooperate. An interesting visit to the days of McCarthyism.	53-03-04 One Way Ticket 53-03-25 Trial by Fear 53-04-15 Forged Faces 53-05-27 The Elspeth Club 53-07-01 15 Minutes to Murder 53-08-19 Rhapsody in Red
	Who knows...what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.	48-03-07 Beast of Darrow House 48-03-21 Death Coils to Strike 48-05-02 Legend of the Living Swamp 48-10-10 Mask For Murder 49-02-20 Trail of the Knifer 49-04-17 Death and the Easter Bonnet
	NIGHTBEAT was "a superior series that focused as much on people as predicament". The stories were varied, covering crimes and human interest, but were always dramatic. Good stuff.	50-05-29 Harlan Matthews, Stamp Dealer 50-06-05 The Girl from Kansas 50-07-03 Lorraine Adams Execution 50-07-24 The Devil's Bible 50-08-14 Gunner's Last Fight 50-09-18 Wanna Buy a Story 50-11-10 Slasher 50-12-20 Christmas Story 51-06-01 Will of Mrs Orloff 51-06-15 Otto the Music Man 51-12-21 5 Days Off For Christmas 52-05-01 Pay Up, Or Die 52-05-22 Target for a Week 52-06-05 Marvelous Machine 52-06-19 Railroaded 52-07-31 Flight from Fear 52-09-04 Bomb on a Denver Plane
	THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER first rode the rails on Mutual in 1943 and was heard for the next nine years. The shows opened with a shrieking locomotive roaring down the tracks. You, the listener, are a passenger along with another passenger, who insists on telling you a weird tale. The tale ends as the time the train reaches the next stop, with Maurice Tarplin's promise of another tale, next time you're on the train.	44-07-02 The Queen of the Cats 45-03-31 Murder Goes Free 47-01-12 No Grave Can Hold Me 47-07-06 Locomotive Ghost 48-04-20 Murder in Jazz Time 48-07-06 The Man Who Vanished 49-01-06 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
	DRAGNET, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well- remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From 1949 through 1957, DRAGNET's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style.	54-10-26 Big Key 54-11-09 Big Coins 54-12-14 Big Lens 55-02-01 Big Bird 55-03-08 Big Father 55-05-10 Big Revision
	The War of the worlds, although presented as a fictional radio play, created panic in the streets of New York in 1938 when many listeners were convinced earth was being invaded from Mars.	38-10-30 War of the Worlds.mp3
	TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS broadcast coast-to-coast every Sunday on NBC. Not a Western, but a modern (1950's) police drama featuring the oldest and most respected law enforcement body in the USA.	51-12-30 Killer's Crop 52-03-02 The Iceman 52-04-06 Troop Train 52-05-11 Unleashed Fury 52-06-15 Travestry 52-08-17 Cover-Up
CLOAK and DAGGER	"Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States, knowing in advance you may never return alive?" This is the story of the WWII special governmental agency, the OSS, or Office of Strategic Services. Its mission was to develop and maintain spy networks throughout Europe and into Asia, while giving aid to underground partisan groups and developing espionage activities for Allied forces overseas.	50-06-04 Brenner Pass Story 50-06-25 Direct Line to Bombers 50-07-30 Swastika on the Windmill 50-08-13 Roof of the World 50-08-20 Norwegian Incident 50-08-27 Black Radio 50-09-08 Overground Railroad 50-10-06 Delay Enroute
SUSPENSE!	SUSPENSE started as a Summer series in 1942, running until 1962. SUSPENSE was the last of the great radio drama series. The show has strong production values. Good listening.	51-10-01 Case Study Of A Murderer 51-10-08 Betrayal In Vienna 51-10-22 Log Of The Marne 51-12-17 Case History Of A Gambler 52-02-11 Odd Man Out 52-03-10 A Watery Grave 52-03-17 Wreck Of The Old 97 52-04-21 Diary Of Captain Scott 52-09-22 Jack Ketch 52-10-13 How Long Is The Night 52-12-22 Artic Rescue
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