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Crime: Lux Radio Theater “The Woman in the Window” 6/25/45 CBS / AFRS.

Adventure: I Was a Communist for the FBI “I Walk Alone” 3/30/52 Syndicated, Cloak and Dagger “Operation Sell-Out” 9/22/50 NBC.

Drama: Stars Over Hollywood “Jury of My Peers” 3/27/54 CBS, Escape “From Autumn” 9/18/44 NBC.

Sitcom: Aldrich Family “Making a Jealous Girlfriend” 1944 NBC, Our Miss Brooks 10/31/48 CBS.

Mystery: Richard Diamond, Private Detective “Leon Jacoby” 11/19/49 NBC, Ellery Queen “Dead Man's Cavern” 4/13/44 CBS.

Broadway: Theater Guild “Call it a Day” 6/2/46 ABC.

Horror: Murder at Midnight “The Thirteenth Floor” 8/30/46 Syndicated, Quiet, Please “Camera Obscura” 10/13/47 MBS.

Broadway: Campbell Playhouse “Show Boat” 3/31/39 CBS.

Science Fiction: X Minus One “The Seventh Order” 5/8/56 CBS, Suspense “The Thirty-Second of December” 12/28/58 CBS.

True History: Skyblazers 6/26/40 CBS, Cavalcade of America “The Story of Nancy Hanks” 5/7/40 NBC Blue.

Western: Gunsmoke “Hound Dog” 12/30/56 CBS, Tales of the Texas Rangers “Death Shaft” 9/30/51 NBC.

Comedy: Edgar Bergen Hour “Guest: Jack Benny” 11/27/55 CBS.

Horror: Sealed Book “Devil Island” 4/8/45 MBS, Weird Circle “The Rope of Hair” 1944 Syndicated.

Science Fiction: X Minus One “Volpla” 8/29/57 NBC, Hallmark Playhouse “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” 11/8/51 CBS.

Crime: Suspense “Rave Notice” 6/1/58 CBS, 21st Precinct 7/7/54 CBS / AFRS.

Adventure: Hollywood Star Playhouse “Of Night and the River” 10/9/50 CBS, John Steele, Adventurer “The Honorable Ones” 1950 MBS.

Drama: On Stage “Eddie” 3/19/53 CBS, Suspense “Celebration” 5/5/57 CBS.

Sitcom: Smiths of Hollywood 1/31/47 Syndicated, My Friend Irma “Irma's Accident” 1950's CBS.

Mystery: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death” 3/21/50 CBS, Adventures of Michael Shayne “Case of the Model Murder” 1948 AFRS.

Broadway: Theater Guild “Wings Over Europe” 9/9/45 ABC.

Crime: Jeff Regan, Investigator “The Lost Lady” 10/16/48 CBS, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “The Case of the Rushville Murder” 1/5/50 CBS.

Romance: Studio One “Wine of the Country” 5/11/48 CBS.

Drama: Suspense “A Case of Nerves” 6/1/50 CBS, Columbia Workshop “The Fall of the City” 4/11/37 CBS.

Crime: The Whistler “Man in the Storm” 2/18/51 CBS, Dragnet “The Big Steal” 12/29/53 NBC.

Western: Frontier Town 3/12/49 Syndicated, Have Gun, Will Travel “Apache Concerto” 6/5/60 CBS.

Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “Standing Room Only” 10/30/44 CBS.

Horror: Inner Sanctum “Murder off the Record” 8/3/52 CBS / AFRS, The Whistler “The Avengers” 7/2/43 CBS.

Science Fiction: X Minus One “The Haunted Corpse” 12/5/57 NBC, Dimension X “The Vital Factor” 8/1/51 NBC.

Crime: Big Story “Rolf K. Mills Story” 5/19/48 NBC, The Whistler “Quiet Suicide” 2/18/48 CBS.

Adventure: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen “The Jewel Thieves and the Straw-Filled Dummy” 9/11/47 MBS, Dangerous Assignment “Smash Eastern European Protection Racket” 12/3/52 NBC.

Drama: Academy Award Theater “Pride of the Marines” 6/15/46 CBS, Lady Esther Screen Guild Players “The Lost Weekend” 1/7/46 CBS.

Sitcom: The Bickersons “The New Television Set” 7/17/51 CBS, My Little Margie 5/22/55 CBS.

Mystery: Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “Case of the Girl Who Flirted” 2/3/44 CBS, Suspense “The Trap” 6/16/49 CBS.

Broadway: Studio One “Uncle Harry” 3/2/48 CBS.

Western: Hollywood Star Time “Riders of the Purple Sage” 5/12/46 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “Advice to the Lovelorn” 5/18/58 CBS.

Comedy: Fibber McGee and Molly 1/12/43 NBC, It Pays to Be Ignorant 10/4/43 MBS.

Horror: Hermit's Cave “Hanson's Ghost” 1944 Syndicated, Lights Out “Visitor from Hades” 7/13/43 CBS.

Sitcom: Meet Millie 3/23/52 CBS, Great Gildersleeve 6/9/46 NBC.

Western: Gunsmoke “Quarter Horse” 6/1/58 CBS, Dr. Sixgun “No Guns Law” 10/31/54 NBC.

Comedy: Front Line Theater “Someone Suitable” 3/12/44 AFRS, Lum and Abner “Cedric the Hermit” 6/12/42 NBC Blue, Vic and Sade 2/17/42 NBC Blue.

Horror: Dark Fantasy “Spawn of the Sandman” 2/27/42 NBC, Suspense “The Dead Alive” 3/9/53 CBS.

Science Fiction: Quiet, Please “One for the Book” 11/21/48 ABC, X Minus One “Shock Troop” 11/28/57 NBC.

Crime: True Detective Mysteries “The Black Legion: Secrets Never Told Before” 4/1/47 Syndicated, Candy Matson “The Donna Dunham Case” 4/4/49 NBC.

Western: Gunsmoke “Buffalo Hunter” 6/30/57 CBS, Wild Bill Hickok “The Mysterious Fist” 10/21/51 MBS.

Western: Fort Laramie “Woman at Horse Creek” 2/12/56 CBS, Frontier Gentleman “Gentle Virtue” 3/30/58 CBS.

Comedy: Joe Penner Show 10/5/39 NBC Blue, Judy Canova Show 8/24/43 CBS.

Horror: Hermit's Cave “Search for Life” 1944 Syndicated, Escape “The Power of Hammer” 10/15/50 CBS.

Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “Murder in 2952” 4/29/52 MBS, Exploring Tomorrow “Vincent Deem, 1997” 6/11/58 MBS.

Crime: Line-Up 6/21/51 CBS, The Saint “Gangster District Attorney” 10/15/47 CBS.

Adventure: Deadline for Danger 1950's Syndicated. John Steele, Adventurer “High Test” 12/21/54 AFRS.

Drama: Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players “Golden Boy” 10/8/46 CBS, Grand Central Station “If the Shoe Doesn't Fit” 8/15/51 CBS.