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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 #359: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: Seven Hours To Freedom
Today's adventure is "Seven Hours to Freedom," another production from the 1950s adventure series Escape. This is a story of fishermen and escaped convicts who…
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Episode #358: It Pays To Be Ignorant
Today we are featuring a 1944 radio episode from, "It Pays To Be Ignorant," showcasing a vaudeville-style comedy act. The show consists of a series of absurd…
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Episode #357: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: Seeds Of Greed
Today we continue 10 More Great Adventure Stories, and we are pulling back from adventure realism to a fanciful pulp adventure from 1949, "Seeds of Greed,"…
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Episode #356: Freshup with 7Up
Today we’re featuring a rare, unrestored recording of a 1945 radio show, "The FreshUp Show," starring Bert Wheeler of the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey. This is…
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Episode #355: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: Hell On Ice
Today we’re featuring a 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air adaptation of Commander Edward Ellsberg's “Hell on Ice.” The play, a dramatic retelling of the…
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Episode #354: The Jack Kirkwood Show
John has made veiled promises in the New Year that from time to time we will bring you something new and (hopefully) interesting direct from his vast…
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Episode #353: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: A Letter To Jason
Today’s adventure pick is from radio’s greatest adventure series, “Escape.” The story is about a man, Jason (played by Frank Lovejoy), who is hired by his…
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Episode #352: The Red Skelton Show Rehearsal
Today in keeping with a theme we began last week, we have for you a rare 1947 rehearsal for a Red Skelton radio show sponsored by Raleigh cigarettes…
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Episode #351: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: A Rough Shoot
“10 More Great Adventure Stories,” continues today, as we have selected some great adventure stories of daring that were dramatized from the Golden Age of…
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Episode #350: The Jack Benny Show Rehearsal
Join us today as we’re featuring an interview with Simon Singer, a child actor known as "Stuffy Singer" who played one of the Beverly Hills Beavers on the Jack…
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Episode #349: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: The Prisoner of Zenda
For the first episode of the New Year, we are presenting number two in our “More Great Adventure Stories.” This is a classic tale of mistaken identity…
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Episode #348: New Year's: Our Miss Brooks
2025 is on the brink, and sometimes you just need to pause the crazy of modern day to get some perspective. We’re jumping back to a New Year’s back in 1949 to…
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Episode #347: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: The Boiling Sea
We’re beginning another tribute to today, with “10 More Great Adventure Stories.” These are stories of imagination and escapism, and thus are perfect for radio…
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Episode #346: Christmas 1945: Elgin Christmas Special
This is the finale of our annual time-traveling expedition to Christmas Past. And we are closing it out with a huge radio extravaganza. The 1945 Christmas Day…
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Episode #345: Christmas 1945: Names on the Land
We are time traveling again, and it’s back to Christmas Eve of 1945 today, to listen to a lesser known A-tier radio program. "Names on the Land," features…
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Episode #344: Christmas 1946: The Mel Blanc Show
Most remember Mel Blanc as “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” most notably the beloved cartoon character Bugs Bunny. But of course he played almost all of the…
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Episode #343: Christmas 1949: Double Entry
We're jumping into our little time-sleigh today to zip back to a couple of days before Christmas 1949, when the series "Suspense" presented comedian Eddie…
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Episode #342: Christmas 1943: Burns and Allen
We are back to Christmas comedy today with one of radio's most popular couples, George Burns and Gracie Allen. Their special guests in this Christmas episode…
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Episode #341: Pearl Harbor: Shortcut To Tokyo
Today we are pausing briefly to observe Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. There were a whole lot of shows with great WWII themes, and a few times a year we have a…
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Episode #340: Christmas 1948: The Jack Benny Show
It's December, and that means we are officially plunging into our Christmas bag of goodies. This year we will be featuring popular shows of the era, including…
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Episode #339: Thanksgiving 1945: The Charlie McCarthy Show
Happy Thanksgiving! We are celebrating with a program that is a little lighter than last year's offering. It's a Thanksgiving program from Edgar Bergen, 1945…
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Episode #338: Vincent Price Month: Champagne For Caesar
We are ending our month-long tribute to Vincent Price with a zany comedy. It was a successful movie from 1950, adapted for radio here in 1951, about an…
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Episode #337: Vincent Price Month: The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
Our month-long tribute to the classic horror villain Vincent Price continues today. And this is your more traditional Vincent Price story, and a great role…
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Episode #336: Vincent Price Month: Duffy's Tavern
We are featuring actor Vincent Price all through the month of November. Of course, he is well-remembered today for being a spooky character in film, but that…
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Episode #335: Vincent Price Month: The Undecided Molecule
We've featured some Norman Corwin dramas here in the past (links in the description). Corwin was particularly noted as one of radio's most literary figures. He…
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Episode #334: Vincent Price Month: The Ghosts Who Came For Dinner
Author Leslie Charteris had a popular and long-running book series about a suave character named Simon Templar, nicknamed "The Saint." During a time when…
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Episode #333: Vincent Price Month: Hunting Trip
November is Vincent Price month, featuring the astounding body of radio work from this beloved actor. This is Thursday, and as is our inclination, we feature…
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Episode #332: Vincent Price Month: Mr. Shakespeare
All this month we are celebrating actor Vincent Price, featuring in particular his work on radio. As usual, we have done our best to select programs that show…
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Episode #331: Halloween 1938: The War of the Worlds
This is a broadcast we've been avoiding on this podcast, since it's been overdone by just about every old time radio program in history. But there is still so…
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Episode #330: Creepy Comedies: Our Miss Brooks
This is the last Halloween-themed comedy show for now. Our Miss Brooks was a late-40s through 1950s classic sitcom that leaned heavily into character comedy…
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Episode #329: Pre-Halloween Show: My Son John
Well, our Carlton E. Morse series is wrapped up, and we are still one week away from our official Halloween show, so instead of starting something new, we are…
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Episode #328: Creepy Comedies: Life With Luigi
J. Carrol Naish was one of the great dialect performers from vintage film and radio. For a brief period he became known for a well-written radio show from Si…
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Episode #327: City of the Dead: Part 10
OK, we're here. Somehow we've survived our 10 week excursion through creepy, ghoulish happenings, disappearances, buried pearls, wandering phantoms, and lots…
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Episode #326: Creepy Comedies: Ozzie and Harriet
Our "Creepy Comedies" series continues all through the month of October with "America's Favorite Young Couple" Ozzie and Harriet. This is their 1948 Halloween…
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Episode #325: City of the Dead: Part 9
We continue with the Carlton E. Morse classic today, The City of the Dead, in Episode 9 titled "The Trail of the Phantom Churchbell." As tensions rise, Captain…
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Episode #324: Creepy Comedies: Abbott and Costello
In this second installment of our October comedy-horror series, we're bringing you a classic Abbott and Costello episode from January 13, 1944. Though not…
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Episode #323: City of the Dead: Part 8
We're so close to the end of The City of the Dead, we can smell it. Literally. It's episode 8 of Adventures by Morse, with more weird twists and turns in the…
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Episode #322: Creepy Comedies: Jack Benny
In this special October series, we are going to be presenting comedy programs with a spooky twist. We start by featuring the Jack Benny Program from October…
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Episode #321: City of the Dead: Part 7
Step back into the atmospheric world of bony creeps and cobwebs as we continue our trek through City of the Dead, episode 7. In this production from 1944…
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Episode #320: The Morgan Vacation Service
Welcome back to The Good Old Days of Radio Show! This week, we're diving into a classic comedy episode featuring Henry Morgan and his sidekick Arnold Stang…
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Episode #319: City of the Dead: Part 6
Join us for episode six of our trek through Carlton E. Morse's classic radio series, The City of the Dead (1944). In this episode, titled "The Ghoul in the…
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Episode #318: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
In this episode of The Good Old Days of Radio Show, host John Tefteller takes you back to November 4, 1945, with a twist on a classic pairing. Featuring an…
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Episode #317: City of the Dead: Part 5
In this episode, we're back into the creepy world of Carlton E. Morse, one of the great writers of Mystery Radio. We feature Adventures by Morse from 1944, a…
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Episode #316: Radio Preservation - A Modern Crisis
In this episode of "The Good Old Days of Radio Show," host John Tefteller takes a break from our usual programming to delve into the oft overlooked world of…
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Episode #315: City of the Dead: Part 4
In this thrilling episode of The Good Old Days of Radio Show, we continue our journey through Carlton E. Morse's gripping horror series, Adventures by Morse…
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Episode #314: The Burns and Allen Show
Today grab your cup of Joe, we're feet first into a classic period of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, originally broadcast on January 3, 1946. This…
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Episode #313: City of the Dead: Part 3
Today we dive into another chilling installment of our special action-packed radio serial from 1944, featuring the suspenseful third episode of "Adventures by…
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Episode #312: W.C. Fields: Temperance Lecture
This week, we shine the spotlight on the legendary W.C. Fields, a comedic genius whose biting wit and unique persona left an indelible mark on the…
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Episode #311: City of the Dead: Part 2
We bring you chapter two in Carlton E. Morse's "City of the Dead" radio serial. This week's chapter, "I've Dug Up Something Ghastly" continues the atmospheric…
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Episode #310: The Red Skelton Show
It's been awhile since we've brought Red Skelton to the show. Skelton's humor is energetic and fun to listen to, revolving around his wild and eccentric…
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Episode #309: City of the Dead: Part 1
Ghosts cry, a phantom bell tolls, and a claw-footed monster roams around at night in "The City of the Dead." Today we begin a 10-Part Carlton E. Morse…
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Episode #308: The Stan Freberg Show
It's episode number 12 of a series. And now we are counting down to the last few episodes in this late radio comedy, "The Stan Freberg Show." In this episode…
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Episode #307: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: The Earth Abides
It's the last in our series of "10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories" as presented on vintage radio. Today, we depart from Dimension X and X Minus One to present a…
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Episode #306: Mail Call
Today the feature is once again Groucho Marx. This is Groucho from 1946 on a funny "Mail Call" program. "Mail Call" was Armed Forces-only popular entertainment…
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Episode #305: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: Tunnel Under the World
Today we are nearing the conclusion of "10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories." This story is just too weird and wildly imaginative to not include in this list. A man…
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Episode #304: The Jack Benny Show
We continue through some of the best Jack Benny shows from the year 1947. Today's episode is the Jack Benny Show at his best. It features two interesting…
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Episode #303: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: The Roads Must Roll
Today we imagine a future where the entire transit system is made up of gigantic conveyer belts, where you can have breakfast and a cup of coffee in a café on…
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Episode #302: Bob & Ray
In this episode, we dive into the world of Bob and Ray, the legendary comedy duo that revolutionized radio and television. Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding's weird…
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Episode #301: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: Hallucination Orbit
Today we selected a story that doesn't deal with the unusual aliens and fantastic elements so much, but delves into the psychology of complete human isolation…
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Episode #300: Tribute To Vaudeville
It's our 300th episode! That's important to us, anyway, so we are celebrating with an extra whiz-bang extravaganza. It's a 90-minute episode of "The Big Show,"…