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Podcasting to share family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.

Keith Heltsley

Illinois

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    • Sep 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Life of Riley – Cooperation Picnic (Riley And Gillis Buy A Car Together). ep203, 480529

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 29:29


    Riley and Gillis have been lifelong pals. His wife Peg, isn't so sure how long that will last at the go and together on buying a car. He seems blinded…

    Lum and Abner- Who Will Keep the Baby. 420720

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 14:43


    the mysterious ghost at Abner's house is turned out to be his wife and daughter returning home. As we visit the Jot ‘Em Down store we find a very happy…

    Jack Benny – Television Wrestling. ep912, 550227

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 29:14


    It's flashback time to just after the last rehearsal. Jack is fed up with the cast's performance and gets onto Don about it. A few insults fly, and the band…

    Mother's Best Flour – First Song, My Sweet Love Ain't Around. ep13, 510124

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025


    Wake up with Hank Williams and this short musical program. Playlist: My Sweet Love Ain't Around. Hank introduces a song that Audry wrote, and sings for us, Model T Love.…

    Escape – The Orient Express. ep56, 490219

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025


    You are racing through the night on the Orient Express with a murderer on the train with you, and in a hotbed of political contention. In 1932, a man takes…

    Archie Andrews – Going On A Picnic. 480821

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 29:32


    On a sunny Saturday morning in Riverdale, Mary Andrews works in the kitchen. She has a picnic all planned, but Fred Andrews is starving right now. Archie is just a…

    Casey, Crime Photographer – The Camera Bug. ep207, 471016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025


    Casey has a fan, an amateur camera bug named Alan Forrester. In the Blue Note, Casey, Ann, and Ethelbert argue over who has it worse as they live their own…

    Lum and Abner – Lizabeth And Pearl Are Home. 420716

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 12:00


    Abner takes Lum to investigate the ghost in his house. As they lurk outside, reviewing the eerie incidents that made Abner believe his house was haunted, Cedric also lurks in…

    Stan Freeburg – College Football Report. ep11, 570922

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 29:18


    College football opened this weekend, and Stan is the roving sports reporter who interviews the players. Get the vivid story first hand. Peggy Taylor gets help with her music talents…

    Danger Doctor Danfield – Murder of Cora Rogers. ep3, 460901

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 24:45


    Oliver is a Broadway producer, and Cora had hopes of getting an important part. She has been jilted, and a new girlfriend is in line to get the big part.…

    Lum and Abner A Ghost in Abner's House. 420715

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 14:42


    The old fellows are happily engaged in playing nursemaid to their new baby. With the baby napping, the gents keep their voice low as they discuss what they should name…

    Burns and Allen – George Owes Money For Phone Calls. 400909

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 29:35


    Those crazy people are back. George Burns and Gracie Allen are joined by the Smoothies, Artie Shaw and his orchestra, and announcer Bud Easton. Previously George had been on trial,…

    Dragnet – The Big Informant. 560327

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 30:08


    Crime runs rampant on the streets, and the cops feel as though the criminals are winning lately. A lead comes in that might turn the tables a little bit as…

    Life of Riley – Riley, Man Of Distinction. ep201, 480515

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 29:28


    Riley and Pegg complained over the lack of attention in a recent school newsletter. After doing the hard work of helping install swimming pool, his boss gets all the credit.…

    Lum and Abner – The Masked Muskrats Report. 420714

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 14:45


    Joy reigns again in Pine Ridge, once secrets of the missing baby have been revealed. Lum mixes up the baby formula, as Abner is amazed and confused over the scientific…

    Jack Benny – The Beavers Do The Show. ep911, 550220

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 26:34


    Don flashes back to the previous night as Rochester presses Jack's tuxedo. He is getting ready for a special event on the town. The Beavers are putting on a school…

    Jubilee (AFRS) Guest – Billy Eckstine, Coleman Hawkins. ep122, 450212

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025


    Hosted by everybody's favorite oversized jive talking personality. Ernie Whitman. Playlist: Billy Ebstien, Opus X. Hoosier Hotshots, Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia. Coleman Hawkins, Here Comes the Stuff. Eddie Green talks…

    Greatest Story Ever Told – The Second Mile. ep7, 470309

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 29:02


    Daniel and his mother discuss the ruthless nature of the Roman troops who occupy the land, it's nothing for them to kill a local citizen. Will there be an uprising…

    Let George Do It – One Against the City. ep120, 490207

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 30:40


    Another adventure of George Valentine. A man writes to George with an intriguing challenge. He lives in a town where he runs a small newspaper, and is the single voice…

    Lum and Abner – The Black Pelican. 420713

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 12:00


    There seems to be an epidemic of disappearing people in Pine Ridge. First Lizabeth, then a visiting woman who left her baby with the gents. Now the baby has gone…

    Stan Freeburg – Build It Yourself Piano. ep10, 570915

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 29:28


    Stan interviews a disgruntled man, and a confused woman. Why do they hate freeways so much? Will it help to get their problems out in the open with a freeway…

    Molle Mystery Theater (AFRS) Ladies In Retirement. 460118

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025


    An installment of the Mystery Playhouse. An aging woman in a flaming red wig sings on the stage, a ghost of a time gone by. Albert butters Ellie up to…

    Burns and Allen – George is on Trial. 400902

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 29:20


    George has been having legal troubles over promising Elsie Tralfaz a spot on the radio, but is being sued when he couldn't follow through. Today George tries to get Gracie…

    Mr. Keen – The Case Of The Boy Who Used Big Words. 440210

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 29:08


    A boy with an unusual manner, and one with quite a vocabulary, stops in Mr. Keen's office. Jimmy doesn't have a case of a missing person, but a person who…

    Lum and Abner – Name For The Baby. 420709

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 12:00


    Mysteries abound in the swirl of troubles that Lum and Abner have found themselves in, while caring for the abandoned baby. Lizabeth is still missing, the Black Pelican who wrote…

    Jack Benny – Surprise Party For Jack. ep910, 550213

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 26:14


    Don flashes back to last year on Jack's birthday where the Beaver club is planning a birthday party. The Beavers talk about Jacks accomplishments as a highly rated football player,…

    Command Performance – ep160, 45-02-01

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025


    Today's host is a newcomer to the Hollywood scene, Gloria DeHavilland. She's looking for a trustworthy man to guide her around town. She sings; the Man I Love. Jack Carson…

    Lux Radio Theater – Mary Burns Fugitive(Mary Aster, Paul Deerborne). 380411

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025


    Features Henry Fonda. A story of a woman who was kidnapped by a gangster, and found love while a fugitive. Cecil Be DeMill is still recovering from illness, so Edward…

    Let's Pretend – King Thrushbeard. ep47

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025


    Today's story is said to be the basis for Shakespeare's play, the Taming of the Shrew. Now let's take an express subway ride to storyland, and get started. A king…

    Lum and Abner – Keep The Baby Happy. 420708

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 12:00


    Whether they want it or not, a threatening note left on their door means they'll be keeping the baby a little longer. Babies and women aren't the strong suits of…

    Nero Wolfe – The Hasty Will. ep19, 510302

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 29:07


    An urgent phone call from the wealthy John Blake, isn't enough to interest the bulky genius of a detective. Archie learns of a will, and a letter that is to be delivered. Isn't this a job for a lawyer? Blake has his reasons for the confidential services of a detective. Though Archie thinks its going to be an easy job, Nero has his doubts.

    Stan Freeburg – Abominable Snowman Revisited. ep9, 570908

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025


    Stan talks about his friend the abominable snowman for another visit in the Himalayas. Learn the real name of the snowman and meet his wife. Stan exposes how he gets…

    Nick Carter – Records Of Death. ep41, 440122

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 29:22


    Note: [also aired as episode 229]. A small trunk was bought at auction that contained a few articles of clothing, and a stack of recordings. Nick learns all he can…

    Adventures of Philip Marlowe – The Cloak of Kamehameha. ep30, 490423

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025


    A dutchman and the trail of money has Marlowe seeking after a Cloak of golden feathers. the cloak is over 100 square feet, and worth a fortune. A suspicious character…

    Lum and Abner – Receiving Threats. 420707

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 14:45


    Another day passes without word from the woman who left her baby in the care of Lum and Abner. They have decided to take the child to the county seat,…

    Fibber McGee and Molly – Before a Western Camp Fire. ep393, 440229

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 25:07


    Audio is a little muffled, but OK. Molly gets confused as Fibber reads to her from a Western novel about cowboys and gunslingers. The old West is in Fibber's blood…

    Richard Diamond – Brown Envelope Case. ep112, 511207

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025


    It was a dark and stormy night, with a sultry dame and a hardboiled detective. The resulting fender vender sets Dick Diamond off to a repair shop, and a mystery.…

    Lum and Abner – Mousey Takes Care Of The Baby. 420706

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 12:00


    When a baby has been left in the care of Lum and Abner, the gents are worn to a frazzle. We learn how Lum has been dealing with the fussy…

    Jack Benny – At The Race Track. ep907, 550123

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 29:15


    Flashback to the previous Thursday to Jack's home in Beverly Hills. Jack learns that Rochester wants to have his own phone line installed. He needs it for emergencies, and to…

    Command Performance – Frank Morgan, Frank Sinatra, Andrew Sisters. ep159, 450125

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025


    Hosted by Frank Morgan. He talks to announcer Ken Carpenter about girls, then brings out the Andrews Sisters to join in with the cutting up. The sisters dedicate their song,…

    Lux Radio Theater – The Road To Morocco (Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ginny Simms). 430405

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 54:07


    After a ship wreck, Bing and Bob talk about their ordeal on a life raft, before coming aground, and finding a camel. They ride and sing, the Road to Morocco.…

    Lum and Abner – A Baby At The Jot Em Down Store. 420703

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 12:00


    After much worrying, searching, and fretting, no clue has been turned up as to Lizabeth's whereabouts. Lum brings in a letter. Will it bring word of where Abner's wife went…

    Stan Freeburg – Good Humor Man. ep8, 570901

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025


    Stan opens with color commentary of a circus act. He then goes into a bit about the secret lives of those who serve as Good Humor Men. After a song,…

    The Saint, – Greed Causes Murder, Mr Ritchie's Loss. ep43, 471029

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 24:18


    An old car crosses paths with Simon Templar, and it causes him to cross path with gun toting gangsters. Intimidation doesn't work well when used on the Saint. Always on…

    Lum and Abner – Search The Mountains For Lizabeth. 420702

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 14:47


    Cedric enters the Jot ‘Em Down store to cheer up Abner since Lizabeth and little Pearl have come up missing. Abner makes plans to lay out the dragnet to cover…

    Tales of the Texas Rangers – Fool's Gold. ep7, 500819

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025


    Featuring Joel McCray, and real stories from the files of the Texas Rangers. . The scene is West Texas, and a couple of ex-cons who return to their ways of…

    Fibber McGee and Molly – Fibber is Convalescent. ep398, 440404

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 30:21


    Recovering, and feeling spry, Fibber is talkative and eager to tell people about his health. Interruptions begin when Alice Darling enters to check on her calls and mail. She hears…

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