Virtual Vinny presents classic old-time radio programs from crime fighters to comedians. We travel to the Golden Age of Radio and present many well-known, and lesser-known classic radio programs. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iloveoldtimeradio/support
"Dear Old Donegal" - Bing Crosby; "Saturday Date" - Bing Crosby & Gloria Wood; "That Tubledown Shack in Athlone" - Bing Crosby; "Galway Bay" - Bing Crosby;
A good story with a surprise ending about the proverbial little old lady being held hostage by a murderer.
A letter from a soldier leads George into trying to break up a wedding.
Ozzie meets a pretty lady on the bus who thinks he has very broad shoulders.
The plane carrying an important-but-unnamed civilian crashes shortly after take-off. The Nazis are behind the sabotage.
"160 Acres" - Bing Crosby; "Love Me or Leave Me" - Bing Crosby; "Wolf From Wolf Creek Pass" - Jimmy Stewart; "But Beautiful" - Bing Crosby
A man kills his twin brother and chops up the body, but has a problem disposing of the head!
A $20,000 necklace is slipped into Brooksie's package from a department store. Soon thereafter, she disappears! The gambler who planted the gems is killed.
Who is more curious...Ozzie or Harriet? And who is that beautiful girl that complimented Ozzie?
A scientist's blind assistant has been operated on secretly by the Nazis and has been forced to steal vital secrets for the Germans.
"The Big Brass Band From Brazil" - Bing Crosby; "At the Flying "W" - Bing Crosby
A cop shoots a burglar and then falls in love with the burglar's widow.
An ex-convict, trying to go straight, has his room ransacked. Murder in the rain follows.
Ricky and David have gone away for the night, leaving the Nelsons romantically alone together.
Miss Case is struck by a car while crossing the street. The helpful driver is actually a spy (besides, he has a German accent).
"You Don't Have to Know the Language" - Bing Crosby; "Golden Earrings" - Peggy Lee; "Mississippi Moon" - Bing Crosby; "It's About Time That I Wrote to the Folks in Terre Haute" - Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee; "Was Last Night the Last Night With You" - Peggy Lee; "Tortured" - Bing Crosby; "Boise, Idaho" - Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee; "These Lush Moments" - Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby; "Now is the Hour" - Bing Crosby
A super-intelligent murderer decides that his wife and her lover will be his next victims.
George Valentine meddles in an affair of no concern to him. A college student asks George to investigate an attempted suicide by an aging matinee idol. The task is made more difficult by the "accidental" death of the girl's mother. A "silly suicide" turns into a "perfect murder."
Ozzie is determined to break the daily routine and get out of his rut.
State Senator Robert Bruce is a well-known for his integrity...until he's implicated in a bribery scheme
"Pretty Baby" - Bing Crosby; "Ballerina" - Bing Crosby; "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) (Parody)" - Robert Taylor & Bing Crosby; "I Still Get Jealous" - Bing Crosby; "Golden Earrings" - Bing Crosby;
A meek and quiet lady decides to poison her rich aunt.
George Valentine and Brooksie take the Clipper to Panama on a mysterious mission. Just what exactly aren't they supposed to do?
It's Halloween, and Ozzie and Harriet are exploring a haunted house.
Ed Lowry's going to propose to his new girlfriend when the First National Bank is robbed. Was Estelle Ritter part of the gang.
"Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" - Bing Crosby; "Somebody Loves Me" - Bing Crosby; "Lady Be Good" - Joe Venuti; "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Bing Crosby, Oscar Levant, & Joe Venuti; "S'Wonderful" - Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby & Joe Venuti; "I've Gotta a Crush on You" - Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby; "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee; "Shall We Dance" - Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby; "Prelude by Gershwin" - Oscar Levant: "Biding My Time" - Oscar Levant; "I Got Rhythm" - Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Oscar Levant, & Joe Venuti; "Summertime and the Living is Easy" - Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby
A comedy about a bookkeeper's bookie, and that 100 to 1 shot.
"Life is like a spinning top...a temple overgrown with weeds!" "Gregory The Enigma" has returned to his temple after twenty years of obscurity. What's he up to?
While Harriet plays matchmaker, Ozzie tries to undo the damage.
When a fire breaks out in the apartment building in which Britt Reid lives, he rescues a neighbor from her apartment. With the apartment in flames, why didn't she want to leave without her handkerchief?
A woman has a horrible dream of the future.
A stolen payroll, a murder and a nervous watchman. Even George Valentine can't figure out this plot!
Ozzie is a little jealous of Thorney's new multipurpose tool.
A Nazi spy pretends to be an American pilot named John Moore and goes on a mission of sabotage to America. This is the idea of Himmler himself!
"The Freedom Train" - Bing Crosby; "I Still Get Jealous" - Bing Crosby; "Betsy" - Evelyn Knight; "It Might as Well Be Spring" - George Burns, The Rhythmaires, & Bing Crosby; "But Beautiful" - Bing Crosby
A brash tie salesman arrives in Chicago and comes upon an old theatrical murder.
George is hired by Sam Ferris to recover a piece of antique china...any way he can. Josh Higby has the plate and a dead secretary!
Ozzie makes a promise to the boys to take them hiking. He also finds out there is a big football game. Will he keep his promise?
A gang of jewel thieves plan to crash the ball at the Vandergraf estate. They're after a fabulous pink diamond.
"With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho Ho Ho!" - Bing Crosby; "The Best Things in Life are Free" - Bing Crosby; "Al Jolson Tango" - Walter O'Keefe & Bing Crosby; "Kate" - Bing Crosby; "How Soon" - Bing Crosby
A man can't stand the horrible singing of the obnoxious lady next door, nor her yipping poodle. The dog soon disappears...and the woman is soon strangled!
George and Brooksie and relaxing in the small town of Sandy Spit...or trying to. They're not made very welcome, a buried treasure is discovered and murder follows.
Ozzie wants to surprise Harriet with a new dress. But the store mistakes him for another husband and gives him a more outlandish dress.
A truck driver is highjacked by a gang of Nazi saboteurs and then killed. What steal a truck-full of trash?
"You Don't Have to Know the Language" - Bing Crosby; "Let's Start the New Year Right" - Bing Crosby; "Metro Goldwyn Thomas" - Danny Thomas; "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" - Bing Corsby; "But Beautiful" - Bing Crosby
An artist do productive work for two years? It's worth $50,000 to one to find out!
Ambrose Acropolis hires George Valentine to find a friend. However, Acropolis is really the bad guy who's not-so-friendly to his friend.
Ozzie is convinced that his family is disintergrating "before his very eyes." Ozzie "puts his foot down."
A Nazi submarine lands a saboteur who delays a housing project meant for war workers.
"Pass That Peace Pipe" - Bing Crosby; "Dance Ballerina Dance" - Bing Crosby; "That Old Feeling" - Ilene Woods; "I Still Get Jealous" - Bing Crosby; "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby;
A confusing story about a monster loose in the countryside.