Old Time Radio - Suspense

"Suspense" represents some of the best OTR from the Golden age of radio.

Here are three favorites, the first stars Vincent Price, the second stars Orson Welles and the last is adapted from a 1938 short story by Cornell Woolrich.

Suspense - 1956-11-11 - Three Skeleton Key
Suspense - 1945-09-02 - The Hitchiker - Orson Welles
Suspense - 1949-03-10 - Three O'Clock

The first one is better known as "Rats", and after listening you will understand why...

Old Time Radio - Sherlock Holmes

Another favorite is Sherlock Holmes, the best ones staring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce, who are most widely recognized for starring roles in fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies between 1939 and 1946. Rathbone and Bruce also reprised their film roles in a radio series, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939–1946).

Here from 1945 are three excellent episodes, complete with "Petri Wine" commercials.

Sherlock Holmes - 1945-11-05 - The Gunpowder Plot
Sherlock Holmes - 1945-05-21 - The Paradol Chamber
Sherlock Holmes - 1945-10-08 - The Vanishing Elephant

Old Time Radio - The Shadow

Before Television, there was Radio... And some great shows were created.

I'm going to share a few Radio Shows on this blog as time permits...
All in mp3 format...

Starting with "The Shadow"... "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows... ha ha ha ha ha", from 1938 complete with original "Blue Coal" commercials...

The Shadow - 1938-02-20 - Hounds in the Hills
The Shadow - 1938-01-30 - The Poison Death
The Shadow - 1938-01-23 - Society Of The Living Dead

A little research found the following:

STARS: Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead
ANNOUNCER: Ken Roberts
Aired Sundays 5:30 - 6:00 pm