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Top 19 OTR Podcasts

May 21, 2025

The Best OTR Podcasts from millions of podcasts available on the Goodpods platform and ranked by listens, ratings, comments, subscriptions and shares.

Old Time Radio Theater
Top 10 Best Old Time Radio Theater Episodes

154 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 8 months ago

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Enjoy the fun and excitement of listening to thrilling Old Time Radio mystery shows. Experience a professional cast of actors, great scripts and thrilling suspense. Please visit our website (MysteryShows.com) for more great shows like these. If you like this podcast, you'll love our Old Time Radio file sharing club. 50,000 shows in .mp3 format currently available for download. All genres available. If you enjoy this podcast, please rate it on iTunes. Thanks!
The Horror! (Old Time Radio)
Top 10 Best The Horror! (Old Time Radio) Episodes

379 Episodes

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Avg Length 10m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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19 Nocturne Boulevard

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19 Nocturne Boulevard
Top 10 Best 19 Nocturne Boulevard Episodes

813 Episodes

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Avg Length 26m

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Latest episode 6 months ago

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Award-winning anthology series of audio dramas, in the realm of the strange, speculative, and supernatural. Some episodes include more mature content, but have warning labels.
Case Closed! (old time radio)
Top 10 Best Case Closed! (old time radio) Episodes

363 Episodes

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Avg Length 43m

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Latest episode 7 days ago

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Crime stories from the golden age. Old Time Radio is filled with cops, robbers, and private investigators...Lets reopen the cases and hear these great stories again!

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Ron's Amazing Stories

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Ron's Amazing Stories
Top 10 Best Ron's Amazing Stories Episodes

202 Episodes

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Avg Length 59m

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Latest episode 6 days ago

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Ron's Amazing stories is a weekly podcast which presents truly amazing tales. These will range from dramatic readings to old time radio. We also have interviews with authors, radio personalities and even sports legends.
Seminar: An original audio drama anthology
Top 10 Best Seminar: An original audio drama anthology Episodes

211 Episodes

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Avg Length 2m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Pendant Productions
The Kingery sci-fi crime audio drama
Top 10 Best The Kingery sci-fi crime audio drama Episodes

318 Episodes

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Avg Length 15m

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Latest episode 14 days ago

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Pendant Productions
Radio Detective Story Hour
Top 10 Best Radio Detective Story Hour Episodes

744 Episodes

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Avg Length 38m

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Latest episode 6 days ago

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Listen to radio's famous gumshoes and well-remembered cops. From the fog-bound shores of San Francisco to the insurance investigations of radio's famous expense account investigator; from the riotous actions of famous gang busters to the reality based exploits of Los Angles detectives.

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Suspense OTR

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Suspense OTR
Top 10 Best Suspense OTR Episodes

242 Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Latest episode 6 days ago

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Old Time Radio Suspense will captivate you with spin tingling tales that will keep you guessing who did it. Enter the realm of mystery and suspense with the greatest story tellers on the radio.

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Radio America

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Radio America
Top 10 Best Radio America Episodes

374 Episodes

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Avg Length 25m

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Latest episode 8 years ago

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Remember the good old Days, when we could just sit down and listen to a good ole' story, the days of glory and honor, come join us at the living room and listen to some fun times. How we could let our hair down and relax.
The Relic Radio Show (old time radio)
Top 10 Best The Relic Radio Show (old time radio) Episodes

364 Episodes

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Avg Length 14m

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Latest episode 21 hours ago

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Thrillers Old Time Radio
Top 10 Best Thrillers Old Time Radio Episodes

206 Episodes

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Avg Length 33m

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Latest episode 6 days ago

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Old Time Radio Network Thrillers, thrilling mystery, espionage, and political intrigue. Step into the world of action and Psychological twist that will keep you on the edge of your chair.

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Scifi Friday

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Scifi Friday
Top 10 Best Scifi Friday Episodes

248 Episodes

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Avg Length 35m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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SciFi Friday takes you back to the early days of science fiction. Each week we explore the programs that layed the foundation for science fiction of today.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio
Top 10 Best Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Episodes

2288 Episodes

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Avg Length 32m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod Offers the best of Old Time Radio, Oldies, Easy Listening and Talk. Broadcasting from the heart of Germantown, on WPNM radio, and over the Shoutcast Network, host Bob Camardella mixes his vast collection of entertainment, with news and events from the ole neighborhood reunion groups of Germantown, Phila., Pa., Where The Oldies Are Still Young

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Horror Stories

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Horror Stories
Top 10 Best Horror Stories Episodes

127 Episodes

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Avg Length 35m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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Horror Old Time Radio goes into the world of the unknown which is sure to creep you out! Turn the lights off and enter the real of the supernatural world of Horror.

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Perry Mason

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Perry Mason
Top 10 Best Perry Mason Episodes

258 Episodes

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Avg Length 14m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. This long running radio drama had several actors who played the famous lawyer starting with Bartlett Robinson and then followed by Santos Ortega, Donald Briggs, and finally John Larkin who played the famous attorney after 1947. The radio portrayal of Perry Mason is a far more involved lawyer then the one who became famous on TV, the radio version would rather swap gunshots with evildoers than sit in a boring courtroom, waiting for the deliberation! The show was only 10 minutes and was more intense and favored action than courtroom drama. Perry Mason ran 12 seasons and moved to TV in the late 1950's with the now famous portrayal by Raymond Burr. Each show follows a continues story line similar to soap operas. Join us as we join Perry Mason in crime mysteries and court room drama.

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This Day in Jack Benny

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This Day in Jack Benny
Top 10 Best This Day in Jack Benny Episodes

570 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 11 hours ago

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The Jack Benny Show AKA The Jello Program AKA The Lucky Strike Program aired from the 1930's right through to the 1950's. Each week your host, John Henderson, brings an episode from that week 60-80 years ago. It's old, yet still as funny as ever. "The Jack Benny program, starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, and yours truly Don Wilson"
Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)
Top 10 Best Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Episodes

477 Episodes

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Avg Length 80m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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Presenting the biggest legends of Hollywood starring in "Suspense," radio's outstanding theater of thrills! Each week, we'll hear two chillers from this old time radio classic featuring one of the all-time great stars of stage and screen.

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Drama OTR

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Drama OTR
Top 10 Best Drama OTR Episodes

222 Episodes

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Avg Length 42m

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Latest episode 14 hours ago

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Experience great plays,performances, and compelling stories each week from the archives of Old Time Radio Drama. Each of the Drama shows include the best actors of the generation and will entertain you each night.

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Prometheus Radio Theatre
Top 10 Best Prometheus Radio Theatre Episodes

280 Episodes

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Avg Length 28m

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Latest episode 9 years ago

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Prometheus Radio Theatre, a group of experienced Baltimore-area Fan actors, writers and directors, is embarking on what we like to think is a bold, new path (then again, maybe we're just deranged!) We're bringing original, SF radio dramas to Fan audiences at area conventions, and we plan to offer said dramas via CD and streaming audio in the near future. Our current project is an episodic series, The Arbiter Chronicles, which author Steve Wilson describes as "a sort of Hornblower the Vampire Slayer in Space." "Arbiters" tells the tale of young midshipmen (and women) in a future Navy, when the human race has expanded off earth, and things ain't as bright and cheerful as some might expect.
Gunsmoke  Podcast
Top 10 Best Gunsmoke Podcast Episodes

224 Episodes

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Avg Length 27m

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Latest episode 7 days ago

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Gunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories took place in or about Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and is commonly regarded as one of the finest radio dramas of all time; the television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and still holds the record for the longest-running U.S. prime time fictional television program.
Words At War - Stories from WWII
Top 10 Best Words At War - Stories from WWII Episodes

32 Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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Words of War was an anthology of war stories, "told by the men and women who have seen them happen." It was produced in cooperation with the Council on Books in Wartime, promising "stories of the battlefronts, of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, of underground warfare, of the home front, of action on the seas." Each show was to be "a living record of this war and things for which we fought."
Dragnet
Top 10 Best Dragnet Episodes

137 Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Latest episode 7 days ago

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Dragnet was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as the terse Sgt. Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, but Dragnet would make him one of the major media personalities of his era.Webb was a stickler for accurate details, and Dragnet used many authentic touches, such as the LAPD's actual radio call sign (KMA-367), and the names of many real department officials, such as Ray Pinker and Lee Jones of the crime lab or Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in American media history. The series gave millions of Americans a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webbâs aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. The shows cultural impact is demonstrated by the fact that even after five decades, elements of Dragnet are known to those who've never seen or heard the program.
Radio Nostalgia Network Podcast
Top 10 Best Radio Nostalgia Network Podcast Episodes

100 Episodes

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Avg Length 32m

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Latest episode 7 years ago

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Everyday of the week listen to the great shows from Old Time Radio. Those great shows that made of laugh or gave us exciting journeys into the Dramatic, Suspense, Action, Westerns, SciFi,and Adventure.
Rollin' 18 Podcast
Top 10 Best Rollin' 18 Podcast Episodes

47 Episodes

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Avg Length 16m

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Latest episode 5 months ago

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Welcome to the "Rollin' 18 Podcast." With over 40 years of commercial driving experience, I can share some of my learning experiences. We can also go over the changes happening in the trucking world. Like any job, trucking is not all about work. Learning how to balance life with trucking can be daunting, but knowing how to do it can be rewarding and comforting. Let's roll on down the road driver, together. Text me anytime with news, suggestions, and stories at (641) 990-5641. God bless, be safe, and keep it between the lines drivers.

Tabula Rasa audio drama
Top 10 Best Tabula Rasa audio drama Episodes

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You Are There
Top 10 Best You Are There Episodes

76 Episodes

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Avg Length 30m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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You Are There is a great early radio program that not only entertained but educated the listener. Reported in first person the show places you the listener back into history to experience history as it unfolded. Reported live you will hear history take place in exciting recreations of histories greatest moments.
Adventures of Bulldog Drummond
Top 10 Best Adventures of Bulldog Drummond Episodes

39 Episodes

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Avg Length 27m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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The British Hero Bulldog Drummond is a fictional character created by H. C. McNeile, as the hard boiled no nonsense-style detective. The stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI officer of the Loamshire Regiment, who, after the war, spends his new-found leisure time as a private detective.Drummond is a proto-James Bond figure and was a muscular man with a group of followers who helped him in his adventures. They rounded up crooks and took them to a place only they knew and reformed them. Drummond and his men, the "Black Gang", beat the be jabbers out of the men till they learned their lesson and renounced crime. Join us as we listen to the adventures of this British Detective.
Old Time Radio DVD
Top 10 Best Old Time Radio DVD Episodes

3 Episodes

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Avg Length 31m

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Latest episode 8 years ago

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Old Time Radio DVD has the largest collections of Old Time Radio, Classic TV, Movies, Serials, and Cartoons on the internet. All delivered on external hard drives. Visit, http://oldtimeradiodvd.com
Enjoying Life OTR
Top 10 Best Enjoying Life OTR Episodes

66 Episodes

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Avg Length 42m

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Latest episode 2 months ago

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Enjoying Life OTR is a podcast for drivers who want to make the most of life on the road—without overcomplicating things. Hosted by Cindy, a fun and curious driver who’s always finding great guests to speak on topics that matter to drivers. Brian, an old hand with a new plan, brings irreverent humor, real talk, and plenty of life applications to the mix. Together, they keep the conversations engaging, relevant, and, most importantly, entertaining.

Some episodes feature drivers sharing their experiences—the good, the tough, and the downright hilarious. Other times, guests bring fresh insights, useful strategies, or just a great story to help make life on the road a little smoother. One thing’s for sure—this is a podcast made for drivers, by people who get it.

If you love a good story, want to pick up a few life hacks, or just need a reminder that you’re not out here alone—this is the show for you.

#EnjoyingLifeOTR #HealthierTruckers

Radio Detective Story Hour
Top 10 Best Radio Detective Story Hour Episodes

10 Episodes

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Avg Length 33m

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Latest episode 7 years ago

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Get this, and get it straight! Crime is a sucker's road...
The Tales of Deputy Guppy
Top 10 Best The Tales of Deputy Guppy Episodes

27 Episodes

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Avg Length 9m

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Latest episode 6 years ago

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From the creator of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd! Return with us now to the thrilling days of not too long ago when the west was wild and the rivers in the west were even wilder! Luckily there was one fish to maintain law and order, one fish to reel in those who dared disturb the peace and tranquility of Driftwood Gulch, one fish to stand for truth, justice and honor in the untamed rivers of the wild west...Deputy Guppy!
X Minus One Podcast
Top 10 Best X Minus One Podcast Episodes

180 Episodes

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Avg Length 26m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with a few original scripts. For baby boomer's that liked The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone and for all you Trekkies, X Minus One is the forefather of the science fiction you grew up with. You will find that it still is some of the best Science Fiction ever aired. Regardless of you age join us as we explore science fiction with the imagination of our minds and great story telling.
Afternoon Radio Theater Sundae
Top 10 Best Afternoon Radio Theater Sundae Episodes

60 Episodes

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Avg Length 163m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Hosted by Monica Jones, the Afternoon Radio Theater Sundae, or ARTS, airs on the YouTube channel, Whose Blind Life is it Anyway, and features a mishmash of old-time-radio shows from the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and '60s. With artists like Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Amos and Andy, Burns and Allen and Dr. Christian, and shows like Box 13, Lux Radio Theater, The Red Skelton Show, The Six-Shooter and The Saint, among others, Monica is able to entertain one's mind, taking it to far away lands, long ago times and many interesting heroes, giving you an experience that only a mind can conjure up.
Big Band Serenade
Top 10 Best Big Band Serenade Episodes

406 Episodes

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Avg Length 39m

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Latest episode 4 months ago

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Big Band Serenade is your source for memories of the best of the Big Band Era. Join us each week as we explore the world of Big Bands, Jazz, and the Blues.
Academy Award Theater
Top 10 Best Academy Award Theater Episodes

105 Episodes

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Avg Length 28m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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Academy Award Theater, Using Famous stars of the day,the show used Players who had either won or been nominated for an Academy Award for their scripts, including such Stars as Bette Davis, Randolph Scott, Cary Grant and the list goes on. Relive some of the greatest performances in Movie history on the Academy Award Theater.
Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon
Top 10 Best Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon Episodes

32 Episodes

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Avg Length 12m

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Latest episode 10 years ago

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Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon is a daily children’s series that ran between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 1938. The story begins with six year old Jonathan Thomas lying in bed on Christmas Eve with his teddy bear Guz. While he is lying in bed two elves slide down a moonbeam into his room. Guz, his teddy bear, chase the elves back up the moonbeam and Jonathan Thomas follows in order to get his Guz back. Upon reaching the moon Jonathan Thomas meets the Man in the Moon and his horse Gorgonzola. After being accused of kidnapping Santa Claus, the troop is commanded to bring back him in time for Christmas. On their adventure they confront evil witch, a dragon with thirteen tales and they meet several characters from the Lewis Carol classic: Alice in Wonderland. Will they be able to rescue Santa Claus from the Squeebubblians in time to save Christmas?
The Lone Ranger Podcast
Top 10 Best The Lone Ranger Podcast Episodes

40 Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Latest episode 18 years ago

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The Lone Ranger rides again! Originally broadcast on radio from January 30, 1933 until September 3, 1954, the Lone Ranger was one of the most popular and longest running radio dramas. Relive classic episodes - or experience them for the first time - right here. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-c71bc22a5bd9cd906bdc3fbdcaf5e77e}
Dreamnasium sci-fi audio drama anthology
Top 10 Best Dreamnasium sci-fi audio drama anthology Episodes

15 Episodes

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Avg Length 1m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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Burns And Allen Show
Top 10 Best Burns And Allen Show Episodes

199 Episodes

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Avg Length 31m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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Burns and Allen was an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen. They worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.
Red Sands Investigations audio drama
Top 10 Best Red Sands Investigations audio drama Episodes

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Western Movies
Top 10 Best Western Movies Episodes

28 Episodes

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Avg Length 76m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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Westerns Movies Channel will take you back to those great western movies from the 1930s-1950s. The wild west will come alive with those heroes that always fought evil and rescued the damsel in distress.
Fibber McGee and Molly Show
Top 10 Best Fibber McGee and Molly Show Episodes

153 Episodes

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Avg Length 21m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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Fibber McGee and Molly was a radio show that played a major role in determining the full form of what became classic, old-time radio. The series was a pinnacle of American popular culture from its 1935 premiere until its end in 1959. One of the longest-running comedies in the history of classic radio in the United States, Fibber McGee and Molly has stood the test of time in many ways, transcending the actual or alleged limitations of its medium, form and concurrent culture. Join us as we return to 79 Wistful Vista in a Midwestern city where the popular shows took place where we can once again laugh at the adventures of Fibber McGee and Molly.
Private Ear Audio Theatre
Top 10 Best Private Ear Audio Theatre Episodes

11 Episodes

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Avg Length 20m

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Latest episode 14 years ago

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Private Ear Audio Theatre (PEAT) presents live performances of classic and original works of audio drama in Brooklyn, New York. These productions are recorded so listeners may view them as intended in the Theatre of the Mind, bringing the sensibilities of the Golden Age of Radio to the modern era. PEAT champions the power of the audience’s imagination.
Adventures of Inspector Maigret
Top 10 Best Adventures of Inspector Maigret Episodes

166 Episodes

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Avg Length 40m

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Latest episode 7 days ago

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Paris police detective Inspector Maigret,Maigret is more of a "thinking detective". He uses his perception and psychological insight to solve the complex crimes that come his way. More often than not, he's more interested in the "why" of a crime than "who".