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American Radio Theater's podcast of audio drama as it was done in the Golden Age of Radio. ART re-creates programs which do not exist in recorded form using the original scripts from that era. ART also produces new audio dramas using techniques developed and tested during that Golden Age.

American Radio Theater


    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 204 EPISODES


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    Frontier Gentleman - Belle Siddons Encore

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 26:28


    J. B. Kendall comes back to Deadwood and gets re-acquainted with gambler, Bell Siddons.

    The Magnificent Montague - Measles

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 30:31


    Who will fill in for Uncle Good Heart when Edwin gets the measles?

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Burning Carr Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 33:17


    Johnny mixes business with pleasure in Sarasota, Florida, when he agrees to investigate the arson in the Carr lumber yards.

    The Magnificent Montague - Summer Cottage

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 31:53


    To escape from the neighbors' incessant card games, Montague tries our his producer's cottage in the woods.

    Dragnet - Episode One: Slocum

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 34:04


    Introduction of Joe Friday and Ben Romero as they pursue the criminals, Slocum and Bantam Campbell.

    Mysterious Traveler - The Cat Died Twice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 32:33


    Old man Kedrick is dying.  His niece and nephew want to hurry him along but he is guarded by a large black cat that he got in Egypt.

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective - The Longest Shortcut In the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 36:19


    Rick takes a shortcut back to New York City only to encounter the Elkins family and their guns.

    The Magnificent Montague #9: South Pacific

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 27:50


    Montague auditions for the Planter role in South Pacific but then encounters his father, Cyril, in town.

    Mutual Radio Theater - The Food of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 51:42


    Stephanie Goulden gets a little more than she anticipated when she signs up for a cooking class.

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    The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy - The Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 31:40


    Dr. Tweedy is in charge of the dance at his school.  Sugar Kane of The Gum Drops is the bandleader but there are some complications in store.

    Sam Spade - The Main Event Caper

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 32:43


    Sam is involved with a boxer, Kid Bolan,  and his brotther-trainer, Lonie as The Kid goes up for the Main Event.

    Sam Spade - The Bay Psalm Caper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 35:59


    Sam is asked to locate Roy Rowland.  Surprise - It turns into a trail of murder regarding a rare book.

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective - The Gibson Murder Case

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 39:15


    Rick is called to a schoolteacher's apartment to do something about the body in her Hepplewhite chair.

    Nero Wolfe - The Case of the Calculated Risk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 31:22


    Three partners dissolve their partnership with murder.   One of the remaining partners returns to New York to Avenge and stops by Nero Wolfe's on the way for a little insurance.

    The Mysterious Traveler - Death Plays the Tune

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 33:05


    John's girlfriend has turned into a blackmailer and p;d Schultz has constructed a music box with a deadly punch.

    Forbidden Planet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 61:12


    United Planets cruiser is on a special mission to the gourth planet of the great main sequence star to check on a lost space rocket.  They find Mobius and his daughter Alta the only survivors, amidst the ancient Krell  civilization reliques.

    Hallmark Playhouse - Harrington's Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 23:22


    Arnold Harrington's publisher takes matters into his own hands err pen when he wants to correspond with one of Harrington's fans.

    Leave It to Joan - Wedding Proposal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 36:32


    Joan's father's proposal to Suzanne Fletcher gets accidentally mailed.  Suzanne is clearly a gold digger and everyone works at getting this annulled before the wedding.

    An Elaborate Garnish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 28:41


    This show is an extreme spoof of a certain form of British comedy.  It's campy, it's creepy and if done right it's hilarious.

    Candy Matson - Jack Frost

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 37:14


    Candy gets Rembrandt to substitute for Santa's helper, Jack Frost, as she searches for the murderer of the real one.

    Blondie - Scrooge

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 36:52


    Dagwood imagines Dithers as Scrooge.

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    Incident at Scarlyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 58:38


    Two chapters from Joy Jackson's Book of Tir.  Bayadire Donaire takes a troupe of actors on a caravan to Clan Scarlyn.  Lasrty gets involved in a duel with the clan heir.

    Broadway Is My Beat - Helen Shelby

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 34:29


    A young girl is found dead just before changing living quarters.  Danny Glover gets to the story behind the killing.

    Babylon Revisited - Porraits in Literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 23:22


    F. Scott Fitsgerald's story of an American ex-pat returning to his old haunts in Paris to retrieve his daughter.

    Sam Spade - The Gold Rush Caper

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 39:04


    Sam is called back by Elihu Person about disappearing  gold bricks from his mine.

    Rawhide Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 37:26


    Marshal Jones and his roly-poly deputy encounter a woman Sheriff while tracking two killers in the early west.

    Philip Marlowe - A Long Way Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 28:10


    Ennis Harper hires Marlowe to find his wife.  She went off to the laundromat and didn't come back.

    Magnificent Montague - Shakespeare Under the Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 24:51


    Montague is asked to perform at an event in Brooklyn at the Civic Club but Shakespeare has never been done that way before.

    Lux Radio Theater - Mother Is a Freshman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 67:58


    Abigail Fortitude finds herself in financial trouble and takes advantage of her grandmother's endowment to attend college but she didn't count on falling in love with her daughter's professor.

    The Cat's Meow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 33:58


    Ned Nifkins desperately wants to be able to talk to his cat, so he tries the spell of transformation.  But he finds there are a lot of disadvantages to becoming a cat.

    Luke Slaughter - Heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 27:04


    Luke, while helping the sheriff bring in four Indians  watches a friend of his gun down a man. How can he save his friend from the gallows?

    Magnificent Montague - Baby In the House

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 33:46


    Mrs. Zinzer is having her tenth child and Lily has plans to have it come home to the Montague house.

    My Favorite Husband - Knitting Baby Booties

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 30:35


    Liz is knitting baby booties for a friend but Cory and husband, George, think she is expecting.

    Mysterious Traveler - Meet Me at the Morgue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 35:44


    Harry Wilson works hard at appeasing his demanding wife so he has no clue that she's planning mischief when she sends him out for medicine on a wildly rainy night.

    Romance - I Am Not a Stranger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 33:54


    Larry is captivated by a small town in North Carolina, which doesn't seem to be the typical southern town, and a girl.

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Matter of the Medium Well Done

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 73:55


    Johnny investigates a bequest that seems fishy, involving mediums and death.

    Sam Spade - Sam and the Scythian Tiara

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 35:35


    Sam finds lots of trouble trying to return a curio called the Scythian Tiara.  Is no one as they seem?

    Blondie - Dinner With the the Dithers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 33:52


    Dagwood surprises Blondie by bringing his boss home for dinner.

    The Adventures of Michael Shayne - The Case of the Bayou Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 30:52


    The Forsythes have been haunted by a monster and Shayne is instructed to find out the true story.

    Blondie - Eggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 38:26


    Dagwood fires a gun in a department store.  Havoc ensues.

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Great Bannock Race Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 34:14


    Johnny is sent to Scotland to find a missing husband.

    December Bride - Car Thief

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 32:56


    Lily and Hilda need to get to their convention and keep having problems with the car.

    Destination Destiny - Captain Anne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 35:47


    A look at the life of Anne Bonney, lady pirate.

    Gunsmoke - Ball Nine, Take Your Base

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 25:54


    Early baseball in Dodge City with Doc as the umpire.

    Silver Theater - Murder Unlimited

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 37:20


    Dorothy Scott wants to scoop a murder but things get complicated.

    First Nighter - A Date with Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 34:05


    Melvin has been roped into babysitting on a Saturday night.  But what a baby!

    Quiet Please - Be a Good Dog, Darling

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 30:48


    A salesman discovers a spell to change his wife into a dog.

    Lady Esther - Christmas in July

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 30:45


    A boy submits a slogan to a quiz show contest and wins but the results aren't what he expected.

    Charter Flight - Destination: Norh Pole

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 41:33


    Last minute passengers to the Arctic North by Tony and Dietz.

    Mysterious Traveler - Design for Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 31:21


    Mrs. Drake is dying and has invited her grandchildren to stay with her during her last month.  They think they will inherit everything but she has other plans.

    Academy Award Theater - My Sister Eileen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 29:34


    The life of two sisters who move to New York.

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