Relic Radio Thrillers (Old Time Radio)

This week, by request, we’ll hear an episode based on a story by Algernon Blackwood titled Confession.  This episode of Escape first aired December 31, 1947. Download Thriller218

The Man Called X aired from 1944 to 1952, first over CBS radio, then over NBC (and doing that back and forth once again).  Starring Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, we’ll hear Passport To Danger.  This episode first aired March 7, 1948. Download Thriller217

The Adventures Of Frank Race presents our thriller this week.  We’ll hear The Talking Bullet, an episode from August 14, 1949. Download Thriller216

On this weeks show, we’ll hear from Escape.  This episode, titled Port Royal, first aired March 10, 1950. Download Thriller215

This week we join Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell for another Dangerous Assignment.  This one, titled Raiders On The Rubber Plantation, first aired February 3, 1951. Download Thriller214

By request, we’ll hear an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1947 film The Paradine Case.  Produced by the Lux Radio Theater, this one aired May 9, 1949. Download Thriller213

We join The Chase this week for their episode titled Murderer’s Row.  This one aired March 29, 1953. Download Thriller212

We hear from Cloak And Dagger this week.  This was a short lived series that aired on NBC for 22 episodes, beginning with this one titled File 2218.  It first aired May 7, 1950. Download Thriller211

Our thriller this week features Jack Webb in Night In Havana.  This episode of Escape first aired October 22, 1949. Download Thriller210

We’ll hear one of the early episodes of Counterspy this week with The Case Of The Industrial Spy Ring, which first aired December 14, 1942. Download Thriller209

Herbert Marshall is The Man Called X for today’s thriller.  We’ll hear The Himmler Plates, an episode from January 6, 1951. Download Thriller208

As suggested by Rick, we’ll hear from Lux Radio Theater today with an episode titled The Cruel Sea.  This is from the South African production on the series, and aired sometime in 1962. Download Thriller207

This week we join Steve Mitchell on another Dangerous Assignment.  This episode, titled International Blackmail, first aired March 20, 1950. Download Thriller206

This week our thriller comes from Escape.  Here’s Funeral Fires, which first aired November 26, 1950. Download Thriller205

We’ve got a World War II adventure this week via the Lux Radio Theater.  The film, Action In The North Atlantic was released in 1943, while this adaptation by Lux was aired May 15, 1944. Download Thriller204