PlayA collection of suspenseful radio dramas hosted by Christopher Lee that will take listeners through thrilling perplexities set in the era of the forties and fifties.
A collection of suspenseful radio dramas hosted by Christopher Lee that will take listeners through thrilling perplexities set in the era of the forties and fifties.
Starring Christopher Lee. Created by Carl Amari.
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1. Suspense, Boston Blackie, The Humphrey Bogart Theatre
Suspense 11-18-48 “Sorry, Wrong Number” w/ Agnes Moorehead | Boston Blackie 6-23-44 “The Jonathan Diamond” w/ Chester Morris | The Humphrey Bogart Theatre 9-17-49 “Dead Man” w/ Humphrey Bogart
2. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, The Clock, Jeff Regan, Investigator
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 6-17-47 “Red Wind” w/ Van Heflin | The Clock 3-30-47 “Past or Present” w/ Gene Kirby | Jeff Regan, Investigator 12-4-48 “The Lawyer and the Lady” w/ Jack Webb
3. The Whistler, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Murder By Experts
The Whistler 1-27-47 “Night Melody” w/ Bill Forman | Richard Diamond, Private Detective 5-15-49 “The Ralph Chase Case” w/ Dick Powell | Murder By Experts 6-13-49 “Summer Heat” w/ John Dickson Carr
4. Dragnet, The Fat Man, Nightbeat
Dragnet 6-10-49 “Homicide” w/ Jack Webb | The Fat Man 1-17-51 “The Nightmare Murder” w/ Jack Scott Smart | Nightbeat 2-6-50 “Zero” w/ Frank Lovejoy
5. The Sears Radio Theater, Adventures By Morse
The Sears Radio Theater 2-7-79 “Hostages” w/ Vincent Price, Shepard Menken & Virginia Gress (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 1-8-44 “City of the Dead” Pt. 1 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
6. Pat Novak For Hire, The Shadow, Escape
Pat Novak For Hire 11-30-47 “Death in Herold Square” w/ Ben Morris | The Shadow 1-30-38 “Poison Death” w/ Orson Welles & Agnes Moorehead | Escape 7-7-47 “The Man Who Would Be King” w/ Raymond Lawrence
7. The Screen Guild Players, Suspense
The Screen Guild Players 9-20-43 “The Maltese Falcon” w/ Humphrey Bogart | Suspense 1-10-48 “The Kandy Tooth” w/ Howard Duff (1-hour)
8. The Adventures of Ellery Queen, The Clock, The Saint
The Adventures of Ellery Queen 11-7-45 “The Message in Red” w/ Sydney Smith & Santos Ortega with Victor Jory as the guest armchair detective | The Clock 4-13-47 “Star-Crossed Lovers” w/ Gene Kirby | The Saint 9-18-49 “The Schizophrenic Psychiatrist” w/ Vincent Price
9. Lights Out!, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar , Mystery House
Lights Out! 11-17-42 “Come To the Bank” w/ Arch Oboler | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 11-11-56 “The Big Scoop Matter” w/ Bob Bailey | Mystery House 1944 “The Thirsty Death” w/ Bela Lugosi and John Carradine
10. Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Adventures By Morse
Inner Sanctum Mysteries 5-1-45 “Girl and the Gallows” w/ Wendy Barrie | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 9-10-49 “The Rustin Hickory” w/ Gerald Mohr | Adventures By Morse 1-15-44 “City of the Dead – I’ve Dug Up Something Ghastly” Pt. 2 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
11. The Crime Club, I Was A Communist For the FBI , Mystery Is My Hobby
The Crime Club 1-24-47 “Mr. Smith’s Hat” w/ Raymond Edward Johnson | I Was A Communist For the FBI 5-27-53 “Innocent Club” w/ Dana Andrews | Mystery Is My Hobby 1940s “Snowbound” w/ Glenn Langen
12. Suspense, Dimension X, Rocky Fortune
Suspense 11-21-46 “Drive In” w/ Judy Garland | Dimension X 8-18-50 “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury w/ Ian Martin & Jan Miner | Rocky Fortune 10-6-53 “Oyster Shucker” w/ Frank Sinatra
13. Dragnet, The Hermit’s Cave, Broadway Is My Beat
Dragnet 6-17-49 “The Werewolf” w/ Jack Webb | The Hermit’s Cave 1940s “The Nameless Day” w/ Mel Johnson | Broadway Is My Beat 7-28-49 “The Paul Thomas Case” w/ Larry Thor
14. Nightbeat, Molle’ Mystery Theatre, X Minus One
Nightbeat 2-13-50 “The Night Is a Weapon” w/ Frank Lovejoy Molle’ | Mystery Theatre 4-19-46 “Follow That Cab” w/ Bernard Lenrow as “Geoffrey Barnes” | X Minus One 9-22-55 “And the Moon Be Still As Bright” by Ray Bradbury w/ John Larkin & Nelson Olmsted
15. The Lux Radio Theater, Adventures By Morse
The Lux Radio Theater 12-15-52 “The African Queen” w/ Humphrey Bogart & Greer Garson (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 1-22-44 “City of the Dead – The Body That Walked Off” Pt. 3 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
16. Mystery In the Air , Box Thirteen, The Whistler
Mystery In the Air 8-7-47 “The Marvelous Barastro” w/ Peter Lorre | Box Thirteen 1948 “The First Letter” w/ Alan Ladd | The Whistler 2-3-47 “Seven Steps to Murder” w/ Bill Forman
17. Gangbusters, The Weird Circle, Dimension X
Gangbusters 12-18-48 “Appointment with Death” | The Weird Circle 1-30-44 “The Tell Tale Heart” | Dimension X 4-15-50 “With Folded Hands” w/ Phillip Bourneuf & Alexander Scourby
18. Suspense, Sherlock Holmes , The Mysterious Traveler
Suspense 12-5-47 “The Clock and the Rope” w/ Jackie Cooper | Sherlock Holmes 10-26-47 “The Laughing Lemur of Hightower Heath” w/ John Stanley & Alfred Shirley | The Mysterious Traveler 2-27-44 “The Good Die Young” w/ Maurice Tarplin
19. The Black Museum, The Shadow, The Third Man
The Black Museum 5-5-50 “The Raincoat” w/ Orson Welles | The Shadow 1-16-38 “Sabotage” w/ Orson Welles & Agnes Moorehead | The Third Man 8-31-51 “Voodoo” w/ Orson Welles
20. The Screen Director’s Playhouse, Adventures By Morse
The Screen Director’s Playhouse 11-16-50 “Lifeboat” w/ Tallulah Bankhead, Jeff Chandler, Sheldon Leonard with Alfred Hitchcock as Director (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 1-29-44 “City of the Dead – Old Clawfoot Again” Pt. 4 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
21. Dangerous Assignment, Escape, Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Dangerous Assignment 7-9-49 “Relief Supplies” w/ Brian Donlevy | Escape 7-14-47 “Operation Fleur de Lys” w/ Jack Webb Richard Diamond, Private Detective 5-22-49 “Stolen Purse and Counterfeit Ring” w/ Dick Powell
22. Dragnet, Crime Classics , Nightbeat
Dragnet 6-24-49 “Homicide” w/ Jack Webb | Crime Classics 6-29-53 “The Checkered Past and Sudden Death of Col. James Fiske, Jr.” w/ Lou Merrill | Nightbeat 2-20-50 “A World All His Own” w/ Frank Lovejoy
23. Boston Blackie , X Minus One, This Is Your FBI
Boston Blackie 7-2-46 “Uncle Frank Murdered By Joe Parker” w/ Dick Kollmar | X Minus One 7-14-55 “Dr. Grimshaw’s Sanatorium” w/ Bill Lipton & Peter Cappel | This Is Your FBI 4-27-45 “Escaped Prisoners of War” w/ Stacy Harris
24. The Adventures of the Falcon, Suspense , Calling All Cars
The Adventures of the Falcon 11-27-45 “Murder is a Family Affair” w/ Les Damon | Suspense 12-12-47 “The Man Who Couldn’t Lose” w/ Dan Duryea | Calling All Cars 2-10-37 “The Laughing Killer” w/ Gale Gordon
25. The Sears Radio Theater, Adventures By Morse
The Sears Radio Theater 2-14-79 “The Thirteenth Governess” w/ Vincent Price, Howard Duff, Linda Kaye Henning & Marvin Miller (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 2-5-44 “City of the Dead – The Skeleton Walks In” Pt. 5 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
26. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe , Quiet Please, The Line Up
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe 10-1-49 “The Tale of the Mermaid” w/ Gerald Mohr | Quiet Please 10-17-48 “And Jeannie Dreams of Me” w/ Ernest Chappel | The Line Up 6-10-52 “A Hit & Run Accident” w/ Bill Johnstone
27. Rocky Fortune , The Clock, Pete Kelly’s Blues
Rocky Fortune 10-13-53 “Steven in a Rest Home” w/ Frank Sinatra | The Clock 12-22-46 “The Hunter and the Hunted” w/ Gene Kirby | Pete Kelly’s Blues 8-15-51 “Gus Trudeux” w/ Jack Webb
28. The Shadow , I Was a Communist For the FBI , The Crime Club
The Shadow 2-20-38 “Hounds in the Hills” w/ Orson Welles & Agnes Moorehead | I Was a Communist For the FBI 6-11-52 “American Kremlin” w/ Dana Andrews | The Crime Club 3-20-47 “Dead Men Control” w/ Raymond Edward Johnson
29. Suspense, The Screen Guild Players, Let George Do It
Suspense 2-6-47 “End of the Road” w/ Glenn Ford The Screen Guild Players 1-25-43 “Across the Pacific” w/ Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor & Sydney Greenstreet Let George Do It 10-31-52 “There Ain’t No Justice” w/ Bob Bailey
30. The Lux Radio Theater, Adventures By Morse
The Lux Radio Theater 12-2-51 “Strangers On a Train” w/ Ray Milland & Frank Lovejoy (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 2-12--44 “City of the Dead – The Ghoul in the Grave” Pt. 6 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
31. Lights Out!, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, The Whistler
Lights Out! 12-22-42 “Meteor Man” w/ Arch Oboler | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 11-18-56 “The Markham Matter” w/ Bob Bailey | The Whistler 2-17-47 “A Woman’s Privilege” w/ Bill Forman
32. Dragnet, Suspense, The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective
Dragnet 7-7-49 “Helen Corday” w/ Jack Webb | Suspense 7-13-44 “The Beast Must Die” w/ Herbert Marshall | The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective 11-9-47 “The Bow Window Caper” w/ Howard Duff
33. The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, The Black Museum, Sherlock Holmes
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 10-20-50 “Stamped For Murder” w/ Sydney Greenstreet | The Black Museum 1952 “The Open End Wrench” w/ Orson Welles | Sherlock Holmes 11-2-47 “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” w/ John Stanley & Alfred Shirley
34. Rocky Jordan, Strange Wills, Dangerous Assignment
Rocky Jordan 12-19-48 “Up in Flames” w/ Jack Moyles | Strange Wills 6-22-46 “Black Interlude” w/ Warren William, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad and Marvin Miller | Dangerous Assignment 7-26-50 “Elusive Guerrillas” w/ Brian Donlevy
35. The Mercury Theater On the Air , Adventures By Morse
The Mercury Theater On the Air 8-29-38 “The Count of Monte Cristo” w/ Orson Welles (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 2-19--44 “City of the Dead – Captain Friday Vanishes” Pt. 7 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
36. Let George Do It, X Minus One, The Adventures of the Falcon
Let George Do It 11-7-52 “Portrait of a Suicide” w/ Bob Bailey | X Minus One 8-4-55 “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury w/ Bill Quinn & Mary Patton |The Adventures of the Falcon 11-1-48 “Murder Is a Bad Bluff” w/ Les Damon
37. The Saint, Murder At Midnight, Suspense
The Saint 9-3-50 “The Baseball Murder” w/ Vincent Price | Murder At Midnight 5-5-47 “Island of the Dead” w/ Raymond Morgan | Suspense 6-29-43 “Uncle Henry’s Rosebush” w/ Agnes Moorehead
38. Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Shadow, Michael Shayne, Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 5-29-49 “The Betty Moran Case” w/ Dick Powell | The Shadow 2-23-41 “The Chess Club Murders” w/ Bill Johnstone & Marjorie Anderson | Michael Shayne, Detective 11-5-46 “The Campus Killer” w/ Wally Maher
39. Box Thirteen, Escape, The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective
Box Thirteen 1948 “Insurance Fraud Scheme” w/ Alan Ladd | Escape 7-21-47 “The Diamond As Big As the Ritz” w/ Jack Edwards, Jr. | The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective 6-20-48 “The Caper With Two Death Beds” w/ Howard Duff
40. Broadway Is My Beat, The Green Hornet, Adventures By Morse
Broadway Is My Beat 8-25-49 “Val Dane” w/ Larry Thor | The Green Hornet 6-15-41 “Man Wanted For What” w/ Al Hodge | Adventures By Morse 2-26-44 “City of the Dead – Kidnapping of Clawfoot” Pt. 8 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
41. Gangbusters, Mystery Is My Hobby, The Big Story
Gangbusters 9-10-49 “The Case of the Red Hot Readers” Mystery Is My Hobby 1940s “Dude Ranch” w/ Glenn Langen The Big Story 1-7-48 “Manhunt In Manhattan” w/ Ernest Chappell & Bob Sloan
42. Philo Vance, Detective, Dimension X, Dragnet
Philo Vance, Detective 7-20-48 “The Merry Murder Case” w/ Jackson Beck | Dimension X 4-22-50 “Report on the Barnhouse Effect” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. w/ Bill Quinn & Edward Jerome | Dragnet 7-14-49 “Red Light Bandit” w/ Jack Webb
43. The Fat Man, Suspense, Pat Novak, For Hire
The Fat Man 1-21-46 “The Nineteenth Pearl” w/ J. Scott Smart | Suspense 5-31-45 “August Heat” w/ Ronald Colman | Pat Novak, For Hire 8-3-49 “Johnny Brown Gambling Ring” w/ Jack Webb
44. Sherlock Holmes, The Mysterious Traveler, This Is Your FBI
Sherlock Holmes 11-9-47 “The Cadaver in the Roman Toga” w/ John Stanley & Alfred Shirley | The Mysterious Traveler 5-11-48 “I Won’t Die Alone” w/ Maurice Tarplin | This Is Your FBI 7-20-45 “Espionage” w/ Stacy Harris
45. The Screen Director’s Playhouse, Adventures By Morse
The Screen Director’s Playhouse 1-25-51 “Spellbound” w/ Joseph Cotton, Mercedes McCambridge and guest director, Alfred Hitchcock (1-hour) | Adventures By Morse 3-4--44 “City of the Dead – The Trail of the Phantom Church Bells” Pt. 9 of 10 w/ Elliott Lewis
46. Boston Blackie, White Hall 1212 , X Minus One
Boston Blackie 7-9-46 “The Skating Rink Murders” w/ Dick Kollmar | White Hall 1212 4-20-52 “Case of Mrs. Manerva Bannamon” by Wyllis Cooper | X Minus One 9-8-55 “Martian Death March” w/ Matt Crowley & David Pfeffer
47. Rocky Fortune, The Whistler, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
Rocky Fortune 2-9-54 “Social Director” w/ Frank Sinatra | The Whistler 3-17-47 “Mavis Cameron Disappears” w/ Bill Forman | Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons 10-13-49 “The Silver Dagger Murder Case” w/ Bennett Killpack
48. Suspense, Nick Carter, Master Detective, Murder By Experts
Suspense 7-20-44 “Of Maestro and Men” w/ Peter Lorre | Nick Carter, Master Detective 8-2-43 “Murder in the Crypt” w/ Lon Clark | Murder By Experts 8-29-49 “It’s Luck That Counts” w/ Larry Haines
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