Mystery x Suspense

duane Old Time Radio

A collection of mystery and suspense radio programs including The Man Called X, Suspense, The Whistler, Escape, The Zero Hour by Rod Serling, and more.

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Yesterday · 1 hr 44 min
CBS Radio Mystery Theater | The Phantom Lullaby | Dressed to Kill | 1974
CBS Radio Mystery Theater | (098) The Phantom Lullaby | (099) Dressed to Kill | May 29, 1974; May 30, 1974 02:02 .. The Phantom Lullaby -- The caring parents of a young woman rent her a luxurious house to recuperate from a bitter affair and an abortion. But trouble seems to shadow her footsteps as a resident spirit in the apartment haunts her. 47:10 .. Dressed to Kill -- An unemployed actor plans a bizarre drama of enacting his own death and consequently impersonating his wife to claim the insurance money. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
July 1 · 1 hr 39 min
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || The Bleeding Statue | Mirror for Murder || 1974
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || (096) The Bleeding Statue | (097) Mirror for Murder || May 23, 1974; May 24, 1974 02:05 ... The Bleeding Statue -- A magician disappoints his heirs by leaving his properties with his daughter and also promises to safeguard her against all harm through a statue in his estate courtyard. On her arrival in the estate, she finds his promise true to his word. 54:53 ... Mirror for Murder -- A bored wife is tired of her menagerie chores and her husband's job priorities. She starts to believe her mirror reflection and plans to reclaim her self. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
June 24 · 29 min
Murder at Midnight || Death's Goblet || 1946
Murder at Midnight || (006) Death's Goblet || May 24, 1946 Everyone who drinks from the goblet... becomes a murderer! : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
June 17 · 34 min
Mollé Mystery Theatre || Fifty Candles || 1944
Mollé Mystery Theatre || Fifty Candles || July 25, 1944 A ruthless businessman has been stabbed, leaving five obvious suspects. You are invited to match wits with the author of the story, Earl Derr Biggers, creator of the Charlie Chan series, and see if you can solve his mystery before the solution is finally given. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
June 10 · 33 min
Let George Do It || Forty-Two on a Rope || 1947
Let George Do It || (055) Forty-Two on a Rope || October 3, 1947 A beautiful girl and her beautiful pearls gets George Valentine down into a sewer and up a tree + George’s curiosity following his strange encounter with a mysterious girl and a broken string of pearls lands him in a tight spot. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
June 3 · 1 hr 31 min
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || The Crack in the Wall | The Longest Knife | 1974
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || (094) The Crack in the Wall | (095) The Longest Knife | May 20, 1974; May 21, 1974 02:03 ... The Crack in the Wall -- A house fire claims the life of the young daughter of the house. Her bereft parents move to a new apartment but cannot seem to repair a hole in their basement wall. Gradually, cries of a voice that seems startlingly like their daughter's begins to flow through the hole. 44:21 ... The Longest Knife -- A mother makes a promise to avenge her son who has been murdered by a third world dictator. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
May 27 · 1 hr 2 min
Escape || An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Wild Oranges (William Conrad) || 1947
Escape || (018) An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | (019) Wild Oranges (William Conrad) || December 10, 1947; December 17, 1947 02:02 .. An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge 32:02 .. Wild Oranges -- About a beautiful girl and her father, trapped on an island by a homicidal maniac. The script was previously used on "The Orson Welles Theatre" on November 3, 1941 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
May 20 · 33 min
Crime Classics || The Final Day of General Ketchum, and How He Died || 1953
Crime Classics || (07) The Final Day of General Ketchum, and How He Died || July 27, 1953 Investigates the suspicious 1871 death of Union General William Scott Ketchum. Suspicion fell on his landlady, Ellen G. Wharton, who was tried for poisoning him. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
May 13 · 1 hr 16 min
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar || The Cronin Matter, Eps. 1-5 || 1955
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar || (276) The Cronin Matter, Eps. 1-5 || December 5-9, 1955 02:02 ep. 1 -- 17:04 ep. 2 -- 32:36 ep. 3 -- 46:09 ep. 4 -- 1:00:44 ep. 5 A white lie, a bullet from the darkness, and death comes out in the rain! A well-written episode, with a good deathbed scene. The system cue has been deleted. Joe Parker of Surety Mutual has contacted Johnny Dollar to attend a party to be given by Dolly McLean, Champagne dream girl dancing darling of the roaring twenties. She had married Barnaby Cronin and as a wedding present he bought her the circle of fire, one of the five most beautiful necklaces in the world made of diamonds and emeralds... : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
May 6 · 1 hr 47 min
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || The Forever Man | The Trouble with Ruth | 1974
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || (092) The Forever Man | (093) The Trouble with Ruth | May 15, 1974; May 16, 1974 || 02:03 ... The Forever Man - A luckless man is offered every material comfort in the world through free cars, houses and monetary wealth by a millionaire. The latter only wants to swap their souls in exchange so he can regain his youth. 1:00:20 ... The Trouble with Ruth - Despite her best attempts, a kleptomaniac falls back into her old ways and is found out by some thieves. They blackmail her to rob a diamond pin or they will reveal her true nature to her husband. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
April 29 · 1 hr 3 min
The Zero Hour (Rod Serling) || A Die in the Country, Ch. 4-5 || 1973
The Zero Hour (Rod Serling) || (039-40) A Die in the Country, Chapters 4-5 || November 19, 1973 to November 23, 1973 This week Tobias Wells' neo-gothic tale of small-town terror, starring Peter Marshall, Susan Strasberg, and Andrew Duggan. 02:03 .. Part4 -- 32:34 .. Part 5 #rodserling #zerohour : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
April 22 · 1 hr 33 min
The Zero Hour (Rod Serling) || A Die in the Country, Ch. 1-3 || 1973
The Zero Hour (Rod Serling) || (036-38) A Die in the Country, Chapters 1-3 || November 19, 1973 to November 23, 1973 This week Tobias Wells' neo-gothic tale of small-town terror, starring Peter Marshall, Susan Strasberg, and Andrew Duggan. 02:03 .. Part 1 -- 29:59 .. Part 2 -- 1:03:07 .. Part 3 #rodserling #zerohour : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
April 15 · 1 hr 2 min
The Whistler || Fog | Jealousy || 1942
The Whistler || (019) Fog | (020) Jealousy || September 20, 1942; September 27, 1942 02:03 .. Fog -- A young fisherman with a brief spell of amnesia has killed an enemy, but remembers nothing about it. 31:56 .. Jealousy -- A sick woman is sure that her husband is trying to kill her so he can be with another woman. She therefore decides to make the first move. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
April 8 · 1 hr 1 min
The Mysterious Traveler || Murder Goes Free | Death is the Visitor || 1945
The Mysterious Traveler || 1945-0331 (067) Murder Goes Free / 1946-0818 (073) Death is the Visitor || March 31, 1945; August 25, 1946 || 02:02 ... Murder Goes Free -- When a man fails in his attempt to buy off a gold-digger, he decides to commit the perfect murder. He actually does succeed, much to his sorrow! Announced as the last show of the series (which it was not). 31:35 ... Death is the Visitor -- The story begins at the Jordan home on a late summer night. Albert Jordan is asleep and is having a nightmare in which his mother-in-law torments and taunts him. Louise awakens him to ease his nightmare and warns him to please be quiet because his mother-in-law needs a good night's sleep for her trip tomorrow. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
April 1 · 1 hr 56 min
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || The Lodger | Voices of Death | 1974
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || (090) The Lodger | (091) Voices of Death | May 13, 1974; || May 14, 1974 || 02:03 ... The Lodger -- A boarding lodge matron lives in fear due to a series of cruel killings of women in the neighborhood and a new lodger who she thinks is responsible. 59:22 ... Voices of Death -- The apparition of a dead producer Peter Truro returns to haunt the actor Jason Phillips through his television set. The ghost repeatedly asks him to murder his wife Claire. The irate Jason is forced to consult a medium and a psychiatrist but soon gives way to believing the apparition. He must utilize all his resources to save Claire every time Truro aggressively frames the circumstances. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
March 25 · 57 min
The Man Called X || Stolen Lavalier’s In France | Turtle Island Vacation | 1946
The Man Called X || Stolen Lavalier’s In France | Turtle Island Vacation | July 23, 1946; July 30, 1946 || 02:03 ... Stolen Lavalier’s In France -- When a mysterious woman kisses him, the Man Called X has to France to find her and the jewelry she was wearing. 31:49 ... Turtle Island Vacation -- Ken takes a vacation on a small island off the coast of Maine but finds something suspicious is going on. Herbert Marshall played the role of intelligence agent Ken Thurston/"Mr. X." Leon Belasco played his sidekick, Pegon Zellschmidt. The Man Called X was broadcast on CBS Radio and NBC Radio from July 10, 1944, to May 20, 1952.
March 18 · 31 min
The Fat Man || Murder Plays the Horses | 1954
The Fat Man || Murder Plays the Horses | August 26, 1954 || : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
March 11 · 1 hr 2 min
Suspense || Wet Saturday | The Cave of Ali Baba | 1942
Suspense || Wet Saturday | The Cave of Ali Baba | June 24, 1942; August 19, 1942 01:40 ... Wet Saturday -- Based on John Collier's short story of the same name. A story of suspense that tickles your funny bone whilst tingling your spine. It would have been just another day in the Princey household had it not been for the rain. If they had all been out doing what they had planned the murder would never have happened and the cover-up would not have been necessary. 32:25 .. The Cave of Ali Baba -- An adventure of Lord Peter Whimsey, the gentleman crime buster. A secret voice-operated vault helps him to break up a masked society of crime. The story is based on, "The Adventurous Exploit of The Cave of Ali Baba (written in 1928). : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
March 4 · 1 hr 44 min
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || The Suicide Club | The Breaking Point | 1974
CBS Radio Mystery Theater || 0087 The Suicide Club | 0088 The Breaking Point | May 7, 1974; May 8, 1974 02:05 .. The Suicide Club -- Russian roulette, anyone? A high stake gambler finds the game getting the better of him as his new club demands him to murder someone, or choose suicide. 49:12 .. The Breaking Point -- A thought projection experiment takes a deadly turn as a scientist takes an extreme step and subjects his wife's subconscious to the process to persuade her to kill him! : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :
February 25 · 29 min
Murder at Midnight || Trigger Man | 1946
Murder at Midnight || (005) Trigger Man | May 12, 1946 "Chicken" Charlie Nix is a hold up thug who has never been able to fire his gun. The mob boss takes him to a doctor who tells him he only has 6 months to live. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 Enjoying my podcast? You can subscribe to receive new post notices. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr @duaneOldTimeRadio #duaneOldTimeRadio #mysteryclassics #oldtimeradio #otr #mysteryradio #radioclassics #rodserling #agathachristie #thewhistler #mystery #suspense #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #crimeclassics #duaneotr :: :