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The Good Old Days of Radio Show
Legendary radio collector John Tefteller presents the best of mystery, comedy, horror, and adventure stories, produced by the greatest writers, directors, composers, and stars.
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Episode 479: Crime Classics: The Crime Of Bathsheba Spooner
This week, we’re back with another fascinating entry from Crime Classics. Host John Tefteller is joined by Karl Schadow and Steven C. Smith to take a closer…
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Episode 478: Advance Release: Report From the Future
Want to hear what 1950 thought “the future” would sound like? We have an unusual program for you today, an NBC pilot from 1950 called Report from the Future…
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Episode 477: Crime Classics: The Triangle On The Round Table
This week, we’re back in the world of Crime Classics with another offbeat entry, “The Triangle on the Round Table.” Host John Tefteller is joined by Karl…
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Episode 476: The Shadow & Blondie
Today, John Tefteller sits down with Jerry Haendiges, one of the true pioneers of vintage radio collecting and preservation. Jerry takes you back to the very…
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Episode 475: Crime Classics: Your Loving Son, Nero
This week, we continue our look at the brilliant and often overlooked series Crime Classics. Host John Tefteller is joined again by experts Karl Schadow and…
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Episode 474: The Leprechaun That Didn't Listen
Ready for a little St. Patrick’s Day time travel? Today we are bringing you a 1949 broadcast made for St. Patrick’s Day, hosted by Ray Milland and starring…
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Episode #473: Crime Classics: Twenty Three Knives Against Caesar
We’re kicking off a brand-new ten-week series, this time diving into the 1953 program Crime Classics. Host John Tefteller is joined by two guests, researcher…
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Episode 472: Bob and Ray
It’s time for some classic deadpan radio comedy served extra dry. Today we're bringing you two original Bob and Ray Show recordings from August 1951, played…
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Episode 471: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 10
This is the final episode of Carlton E. Morse's Adventures By Morse syndicated radio serial, The Cobra King Strikes Back. And after 10 weeks of scary…
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Episode #470: The Case of the Concerto of Death
Today, host John Tefteller and radio historian Dr. Joe Webb uncover another rare find; a long-lost episode of the hit 1940s crime drama “Mr. District…
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Episode 469: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 9
We're nearing the end of our 10-part adventure Carlton E. Morse 1944 serial in the jungles of Cambodia today. In this chapter, Captain Friday and the crew make…
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Episode 468: The Henry Morgan Show
It’s time to hang out with one of radio’s original troublemakers. In this episode, we’re spinning The Henry Morgan Show from May 16, 1950, hosted by the “bad…
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Episode 467: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 8
We've made it to chapter 8 of Carlton E. Morse's Adventures By Morse serial. Things get a lot darker as Captain Friday and the rest of the expedition are holed…
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Episode 466: It Pays To Be Ignorant
It’s Tuesday, so it's back to zany comedy 1940s radio style. This time it's an October 1944 episode of It Pays to Be Ignorant, the “quiz show” where a panel of…
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Episode 465: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 7
The pulp radio adventures of Captain Friday and Skip Turner continue today. The crew finally learn the truth behind their so-called kidnapping, and Patricia…
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Episode 464: The Jack Benny Show
Happy Valentine's! It's been awhile, but today we're back... marching through another great 1947 episode of The Jack Benny Program. But of course because it's…
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Episode 463: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 6
The wild goings-on continue in today's chapter of Carlton E. Morse's Adventures By Morse radio serial. Captain Friday and the rest of the expedition are still…
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Episode #462: The Girl Called Echs Caper
John Tefteller and radio historian Dr. Joe Webb are back with another “lost and found” classic: a 1948 episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade. This one was…
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Episode 461: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 5
Our pulp escapade into the imagination of Carlton E. Morse continues today with chapter five of Adventures by Morse. Captain Friday and the rest of the…
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Episode 460: The Stan Freberg Show
Today we're following up on our commitment to finish the 15-episode run of The Stan Freberg Show. This episode is basically roasting its own cancellation. In…
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Episode 459: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 4
On this episode of The Good Old Days of Radio Show, we plunge deeper into The Cobra King Strikes Back as our jungle adventure continues. After being ambushed…
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Episode 458: Don't Touch That Dial, Part 2
We’re back with part two of John Tefteller’s conversation with Bob Lynes and Barbara Sunday, the dynamic duo behind the long-running Los Angeles radio show…
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Episode 457: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 3
It's part 3 of our 10-part adventure expedition today. Last time, the jungle made it clear that nowhere was safe, not even a locked hotel room. A deadly…
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Episode 456: Don't Touch That Dial, Part 1
Today John Tefteller sits down with Bobb Lynes and Barbara Sunday, the hosts of the classic Los Angeles radio show Don’t Touch That Dial. They share stories…
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Episode 455: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 2
Our 10-part Carlton E. Morse adventure radio serial continues. Last time, we left our heroes with an escaped prisoner, a vanished girl, and a death chant…
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Episode #454: The Yule Log Caper
Today’s episode digs into one of the most exciting parts of vintage radio: finding lost recordings. Host John Tefteller is joined by Dr. Joe Webb to talk about…
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Episode 453: The Cobra King Strikes Back! Part 1
Happy 2026 from The Good Old Days of Radio Show! Today we are launching a 10-week 1944 pure pulp adventure serial The Cobra King Strikes Back, created by…
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Episode 452: New Years 2026: Who Wants To Be Born These Days
This week we bring in the New Year, and appropriate with the theme we have a New Year's fantasy from The Columbia Workshop originally broadcast back in 1941. A…
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Episode 451: Christmas 1942: The Plot To Overthrow Christmas
Merry Christmas Day, everyone! Today we're presenting one of the most unusual Christmas broadcasts ever aired: Norman Corwin’s 1942 CBS play, The Plot to…
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Episode 450: Christmas 1949: The Jack Benny Show
1949 Christmas Cheers everyone! No, this is not the same Jack Benny Show we brought you a couple of weeks ago. It's still 1949, though, and Jack Benny did a…
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Episode 449: Christmas 1948: Duffy’s Tavern
Christmas is still coming, and this episode brings us a 1948 episode from Duffy’s Tavern. Anyone familiar with this series will know its sharp wit, wordplay…
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Episode 448: Christmas 1944: Abbott and Costello
In this episode, we’re heading back to 1944 for a frantic, festive, and very Abbott-and-Costello-style take on Christmas shopping. Sponsored at the time by…
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Episode #447: The Pied Piper
Today we're bringing you the first in a series of interviews John did with personalities who were instrumental in the great old time radio revival of the 1970s…
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Episode 446: Christmas 1948: Fibber McGee and Molly
In today’s episode, we’re unwrapping a classic from Fibber McGee and Molly, originally aired December 21st, 1948. The fun kicks off when Fibber finds a…
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Episode 445: Christmas 1947: Substitute Santa
Today’s show takes us to Christmas 1947 for a warm-hearted episode of Family Theater called “Substitute Santa.” We’re back to packed department stores, a…
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Episode 444: Christmas 1949: The Jack Benny Show
On today’s episode, we’re rolling back to December 18, 1949, for the traditional The Jack Benny Christmas Show. It’s Christmas week on CBS, the stores are…
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Episode #443: Thanksgiving: 10th Anniversary of Mickey Mouse
Today we’re celebrating Thanksgiving with something special, particularly if you're any kind of a "Disney-phile." It's a rare 1938 NBC radio broadcast marking…
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Episode #442: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Today as we're nearing Thanksgiving, we’re taking a trip into radio fantasy, a 1945 broadcast of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We've presented…
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Episode #441: Stranger in the House
Today we have another tale from The Whistler. A woman named Helen waiting for her missing brother to be declared dead… when suddenly, a man shows up claiming…
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Episode 440: Wonder Man
Today we have an unusual episode for you. We’re taking a swing back into Hollywood’s golden age with the biggest radio show adapting popular movies at that…
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Episode 439: Affair At Stoney Ridge
Today we’re dropping into another moody mystery from The Whistler. This one’s called The Affair at Stoney Ridge, originally broadcast on June 17, 1946. It’s a…
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Episode 438: In the Best Tradition
Today we’re going back to 1942 for a wartime drama from The Cavalcade of America, one of radio’s most unsung A-list anthology series. This episode, In The Best…
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Episode 437: Perfect Alibi
Today we’re dipping into a popular post-war genre, suspense and noir. The series is The Whistler, one of the leading crime-thriller shows of the era. The story…
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Episode 436: The Jack Kirkwood Show
Today we’re heading back to July 1946 for a zany half hour with The Jack Kirkwood Show, a fast-talking, anything-goes comedy that’s as unpredictable as its…
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Episode 435: The Devil’s Saint
Today for our Halloween episode, we’re going back to 1943 for a chilling mystery from the golden age of radio suspense. It’s Suspense with “The Devil’s Saint,”…
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Episode 434: It Pays To Be Ignorant
Today we’re going back to October 4, 1943, for one of the wildest and weirdest comedy programs ever to hit the airwaves, It Pays to Be Ignorant. Hosted by Tom…
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Episode 433: The Face
Welcome to the fourth installment in our lead-up to Halloween on The Good Old Days of Radio Show. In this episode, we have an episode of The Shadow, titled…
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Episode 432: The Long Name None Could Spell
On this episode of The Good Old Days of Radio Show, we are bringing you a powerful World War II–era broadcast from March 14, 1944: “The Long Name None Could…
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Episode 431: Wear the Dead Man’s Coat
This week, we continue our countdown to Halloween with the third spooky installment in the series. Today’s episode is Quiet, Please classic “Wear the Dead…
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Episode 430: The Henry Morgan Show
Today we shine a spotlight on one of the great but often forgotten comedians of the 1940s and ’50s: Henry Morgan. We’ll be hearing his April 4, 1950 NBC…
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Episode 429: Coffin In Studio B
Today we have another quietly spooky one. This is the classic "Coffin In Studio B," a script written by the highly original Wyllis Cooper, back in the '30s…
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Episode 428: Stars in the Afternoon
We have an extended episode of the podcast for you today. It’s a rare, full 90-minute CBS broadcast from October 1945 called Stars in the Afternoon. This…
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Episode 427: The Mask Of Medusa
On this first Thursday of October we are featuring a chilling installment from the classic series Mystery in the Air, starring the famous Peter Lorre…
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Episode 426: Nothing Behind the Door
On this episode, in addition to listening to a newly restored version of “Nothing Behind the Door” by Wyllis Cooper, John and Joel Tefteller dive into the…
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Episode 425: 10 More Monsters: The Loup-Garou
This episode wraps up our 10 More Monsters series with a once-lost recording of Escape. It’s a tense story set in the Louisiana bayou, where villagers suspect…
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Episode 424: The Birds
This time on The Good Old Days of Radio Show, we’re looking at another rare take on Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds. This is an hour-long version from 1953, a…
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Episode 423: 10 More Monsters: The Birds
On this episode we bring you “More Monsters” with an early radio adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic short story The Birds. Long before Alfred Hitchcock…
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Episode 422: Famous Radio "Brats"
Today we’re featuring two skits with Fanny Brice as “Baby Snooks,” where Snooks drives “Daddy” (played brilliantly by radio veteran Hanley Stafford) up the…
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Episode 421: 10 More Monsters: If You Believe
What if a monster could come to life just because enough people believed in it? That’s the unique premise behind today’s episode of The Mysterious Traveler…
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Episode 420: The Jack Kirkwood Show
Today’s show takes us to September 24, 1950, for an episode of The Jack Kirkwood Show, a fast-paced satirical comedy that aired on the Mutual Radio Network…