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| Dragnet, radio's landmark police series, pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sgt. Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department,... |
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| Orson Welles’ dramatic anthology series Mercury Theater on the Air, infamous for its Halloween broadcast of War of the Worlds, found a sponsor and became Campbell Playhouse in December 1938. The... |
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| “Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!” One of the best known characters in all of Old Time Radio is the wealthy Lamont Cranston who used the mystical powers he learned in... |
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| Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade burst out of the pages of The Maltese Falcon and into his own radio series on July 12, 1946. This hard-boiled private investigator attracted unusual clients who had a... |
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| Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade burst out of the pages of The Maltese Falcon and into his own radio series on July 12, 1946. This hard-boiled private investigator attracted unusual clients who had a... |
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| Alan Ladd stars as Dan Holiday, a retired journalist who becomes a mystery writer. Seeking ideas for his novels, he placed this advertisement in the Star-Times: "Adventure wanted: will go anywhere,... |
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| The Lux Radio Theatre was one of radio's most popular series attracting Hollywood's top stars and boasting a lavish budget. The Lux Radio Theatre began in 1934 featuring dramas from Broadway, but there... |
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| Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade burst out of the pages of The Maltese Falcon and into his own radio series on July 12, 1946. This hard-boiled private investigator attracted unusual clients who had a... |
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| Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve left Wistful Vista and his supporting role on Fibber McGee and Molly August 31, 1941 and moved to Summerfield and the starring role in radio’s most successful spin-off... |
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| Dragnet, radio's landmark police series, pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sgt. Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department,... |
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