1939 – Page 9 – Retro Radio Podcast

A festive image of a vintage Santa Claus holding a large sack of toys over his shoulder, with a snowy background and the words "Spread the Christmas Spirit" written in bold white letters above.

Bergen and McCarthy (Chase and Sanborn Hour NBCR) Christmas with Geraldine Fitzgerald. 391217

By Keith November 20, 2022Bergen and McCarthy

Don Ameche and Charlie McCarthy introduces the show. Donald Nixon sings, One Girl That I Love. He follows it with, O That it Were So. Charlie tells Don about his…

Jack Benny (MBC) Goodbye 1938, Hello 1939. ep317, 390101

By Keith November 18, 2022Comedy, Jack Benny1 Comment

Don greets Jack, with a big build up to start a new show in a new year. The gang review their new years celebrations. Jack and Mary were at Phil's…

The Shadow (MBS) Man Who Murdered Time. ep153, 390101

By Keith November 17, 2022Shadow, Suspense and Horror

Lamonte Cranston celebrates the New Year, and a new hope for everyone. Things aren't so happy though when a death threat from a man claiming to have a time machine…

Jim Jordan in a Fedora and Marian Jordan wearing a hat in 1937. Standing in front of a microphone, dressed in vintage clothing from the 1930s, likely performing a radio show - the popular duo Fibber McGee and Molly.

Fibber McGee and Molly – The Budget. ep201, 390418

By Keith November 1, 2022Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

Molly returns after her long, unexplained absence. Molly is amazed at the condition of Fibber's recordkeeping of the household finances while she was gone. Feeling the wrath of Molly, even…

Fibber McGee and Molly – Fibber Delivers The Mail. ep200, 390411

By Keith October 25, 2022Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

Audio is clear, but fades and grows. It's worse near the beginning, but gets better. Today we find Fibber working as a mailman. He makes the rounds to visit his…

Fibber McGee and Molly – Rotarian Banquet. ep193, 390221

By Keith September 13, 2022Comedy, Fibber McGee and Molly

It's the night of the annual steak dinner for members of the Rotary, and their wives. Fibber sits at home alone, stewing over not being invited. Trying to crash the…

Blair of the Mounties – The Cedar Lake Mystery. ep7, 380314

By Keith July 29, 2022Blair of the Mounties, Detective and Mystery

A city couple and a friend vacation in the woods. Through a conversation with MacGregor, an innkeeper, they are warned about common courtesies of the woods, and not crossing paths…

A black and white illustration of "The Shadow" character from the 1930s pulp fiction and radio series, featuring a dark-cloaked figure with a fedora and scarf covering most of his face, except for his piercing eyes and prominent nose. He stands with his hands at his sides, looking off to the side with a serious expression. The background is a textured, cloudy sky.

The Shadow – laughing corpse. ep190, 400310

By tom June 25, 2022Shadow, Suspense and Horror

A scientist is killed by a poison that induces laughter before death. But it is a mystery to the Shadow on how it was administered.

The Shadow – can the dead talk. 390319

By tom June 18, 2022Shadow, Suspense and Horror

An anarchist with genuine psychic powers who has been using them as a stage magician learns the identity of the Shadow during a performance Lamont and Margot are attending.

The Shadow – dead men talk. 390924

By tom April 30, 2022Shadow, Suspense and Horror

When Lamont decides to look into the disappearance of a gangster associated with a political boss, the boss dies rather suddenly of allegedly pneumonia.