Retro Radio Podcast

Costello has learned he just inherited a fortune. As mayor of Sherman Oaks, Abbott plans to help him invest it. Costello shows off what he knows about the newspaper industry.…

After learning about the tall, thin man in a frayed gray suit who placed an ad with the coat of arms in it, the gents need to decide the right…

For a change, Don takes the audience to the home of Bob Crosby where he talks with his wife about an upcoming appearance. Bob has been away so much lately…

The 19-year-old Jean Crane hosts the show, and has all the gents on the show going crazy. Harry james and his orchestra play, while Kitty Callan sings, I'm Beginning to…

Stories based on fact, only the names, dates and places have been changed. On the range, a rancher and his son find signs that rustlers could be at work. How…

After finding an ad in the want ads with the coat of arms found with the baby, Lum and Abner discuss what to do next. Lum is worried that they'll…

Billy May kicks off with a rousing rendition of, Cocktails for Two. Vocals provided by the Rhythmaires. A panel of circus people talk with Stan. What might be done to…

Chief Superintendent John Davidson relates a crime, direct from Scotland Yard's Black Museum. A dark gray shirt with blood stains is the key to the missing Francesca, girl who had…

Johnny gets called on a case to protect a little old lady. The spry, flirtatious wheelchair bound lady tells of her worries that after her husbands' death years ago where…

Investigating the coat of arms the baby had in a locket, Abner gets confused as Lum tells what the possibilities mean. Is the baby a little young to have joined…

The opening joking around covers bases about performing ability, hotels, and publicity. George has decided to write a newspaper column and after getting nowhere with Gracie and Senor Lee, he…

Charlie and his #1 son tackle a mystery involving a man who had a superstitious fear of ants and black birds. Such a silly thing, but when he ends up…

Costello tells about being followed by a police officer on the way to the studio. As he discovered a use for beer instead of gasoline? Ken Niles wife it appears,…

The insurance business has been slow, so Squire Skimp pops into the Jot Em Down store to try to sell an insurance policy to Lum and Abner for the baby.…

After a rough start with the audio, Jack enters to talk with Don about going to a boxing match, and talk about milestone fights through the previous few decades. What…

Listen in for some classic Country tunes with Hank Williams. Playlist: Pins and Needles in My Heart. Hank helps to pitch the sponsor. Audry comes to the mike to sing,…

Doctors Gillispie and Kildare talk as Nurse Parker enters with a report on the stormy weather, and a problem at sea reaches Kildare on the telephone. A hookup over a…

Captain Frank Canelli takes time to hit the streets in the warmth of the night. By the time he arrives at the scene of the crime, his patrolmen already have…

Plans to have the baby draw his own name from a hat have failed, so the friendly battle over naming rights continue. Abner gets wind of a government man who…

Preparation for a death-defying journey in a rocket sled is in its final stages, and Stan is the onsite reporter to get the story as it breaks. Billy May plays,…

It's the kind of a handkerchief that a soldier might use, but you can bet it didn't belong to any hero. Orson Wells shows an exhibit or two in the…

Also called the Manletter Bank Case, or Hunter Street. A secretary is worried that her boss is in trouble, and she goes to get help from Boston Blackie. Is her…

Lizabeth and Pearl have returned, but there's still the matter of the baby who was left in the store. Lum and Abner decide to draw names from a hat, and…

A new radio season begins, and it appears that Burns and Allen have transitioned from summer replacement status, to regular season. As a new problem is addressed, the need for…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…