Tuned to Yesterday

Western: Lux Radio Theater “Ticket to Tomahawk” 6/4/51 CBS.

Horror: Weird Circle “The Spectre of Tappington” 3/24/44 Syndicated, Mystery House “Laugh? I Thought I'd Die!” 4/14/46 MBS.

Science Fiction: X Minus One “The Defenders” 5/22/56 NBC, Suspense “Black Death” 7/1/62 CBS.

True History: Destination Freedom “The Saga of Blanche K. Bruce” 9/4/49 WMAQ, News with Edward R. Murrow 3/6/50 CBS, Behind the Mike (Excerpt) “Cooks” 1/19/41 NBC.

Horror: Weird Circle “The Returned” 11/12/44 Syndicated, Murder at Midnight “The Man Who Died Yesterday” 7/5/46 Syndicated.

Drama: Damon Runyon Theater “The Bloodhounds of Broadway” 2/20/51 Syndicated, Dr. Christian “The Other One” 2/21/51 CBS.

Mystery: Adventures of Philip Marlowe “Where There's a Will” 10/17/48 CBS, Rogue's Gallery “Little Drops of Rain” 11/8/45 MBS.

Comedy: Jack Carson Show 2/21/45 CBS, Bob Hope Show “Guest: Terry Moore” 1/14/53 NBC.

Science Fiction: Quiet, Please “The Pathetic Fallacy” 2/2/48 MBS, Dimension X “The Last Objective” 6/3/51 NBC.

Western: Have Gun Will Travel “The Gunsmith” 4/26/59 CBS, Fort Laramie “Never the Twain” 5/6/56 CBS.

Broadway: Lux Radio Theater “To the Ladies” 7/8/40 CBS.

Crime, Official Detective “The Currency Exchange” 2/17/50 MBS, Crime Club “Cupid Can Be Deadly” 10/16/47 MBS.

Adventure: Lux Radio Theater “Intrigue” 5/10/48 CBS.

Sitcom: Aldrich Family 12/9/48 NBC, Our Miss Brooks 12/3/50 CBS.

Romance: Campbell Playhouse “Algiers” 10/8/39 CBS.

Comedy: Screen Directors' Playhouse “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” 1/30/49 NBC, Fibber McGee and Molly 3/11/54 NBC.

Drama: Radio Guild “The Towers of Hate” 6/4/39 NBC Blue, Suspense “Night of the Storm” 7/2/61 CBS.

Mystery: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes “The Uneasy Easy Chair” 5/13/46 MBS, Box 13 “The Clay Pidgeon” 8/7/49 Syndicated.

Horror: Dark Fantasy “The Demon Tree” 12/5/41 NBC, Mysterious Traveler “Death is the Judge” 6/15/47 MBS.

Drama: Stars Over Hollywood “Fantasy Impromptu” 4/12/52 CBS, Story of Dr. Kildare “$5,000 Stolen” 5/31/50 NBC.

Mystery: Suspense “Sixty-Grand Missing” 6/19/60 CBS, Ellery Queen's Minute Mysteries “Wrong Word” 1950's Syndicated, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons “Mr. Trevor's Secret” 2/17/44 CBS.

Comedy: New Edgar Bergen Hour “Guest: Jack benny” 11/25/55 CBS.

Science Fiction: Suspense “Stranger with My Face” 7/23/61 CBS, Mysterious Traveler “The Last Survivor” 10/11/49 MBS.

Western: Hopalong Cassidy “An Old Spanish Custom” 3/21/49 Syndicated, Gunsmoke “Obie Tater” 8/30/54 CBS.

Broadway: Campbell Playhouse “Liliom” 10/22/39 CBS.

Crime: Big Town “The Final Payment” 9/21/48 NBC. Suspense “Twelfth Rose” 6/5/56 CBS.

Adventure: Academy Award Theater “Foreign Correspondent” 7/24/46 CBS, Man Called X 2/12/52 NBC.

Sitcom: Smiths of Hollywood 2/28/47 Syndicated, Burns and Allen 1/15/45 CBS.

Horror: Hermit's Cave “Fever” post war 1940's Syndicated, Suspense “Run Faster” 8/5/62 CBS.

Western: Hawk Larabee 5/17/47 CBS, Gunsmoke “Snakebite” 8/12/56 CBS.

Adventure: Top Secret “Disaster in London” 8/6/50 NBC, Rocky Fortune “The Shipboard Jewel Robbery” 10/20/53 NBC / AFRS.

Science Fiction: X Minus One “Protective Mimicry” 10/3/56 NBC, Quiet, Please “It is Later than You Think” 8/2/48 MBS.

Horror: Witch's Tale “The Devil's Number” 12/12/35 MBS, Macabre “The Man in the Mirror” 11/27/61 AFRS.

Drama: NBC Star Playhouse “Farewell to Arms” 12/13/53 NBC.

Mystery: Amazing Nero Wolfe “Shakespeare Folio” 11/30/45 MBS, Suspense “The Vanishing Lady” 4/7/57 CBS.

Comedy: Lux Radio Theater “The Awful Truth” 3/10/41 CBS.

Science Fiction: Tales of Tomorrow “Morrow on Mars” 4/2/53 ABC, X Minus One “End as a World” 8/1/57 NBC.

Western: Frontier Gentleman “The Actress” 3/23/58 CBS, Gunsmoke “Moon” 8/15/53 CBS.

Broadway: Studio One “Thunder Rock” 9/2/47 CBS.

Crime: The Whistler “A Woman's Privilege” 2/12/47 CBS, Camel Screen Guild Theater “So Evil, My Love” 1/13/49 NBC / AFRS.

Adventure: Strange Wills “Treasure to Starboard” 1/10/47 Syndicated, Suspense “The Star of Thessaly” 11/24/57 CBS.

Sitcom: Great Gildersleeve 10/11/42 NBC, Meet Millie “New Landlord” 1951 CBS.

True History: You Are There “Philadelphia, July 4, 1776” 7/4/48 CBS, That Was the Year “1930” 1935 Syndicated, Adventures in Research “The Blizzard of ‘88” mid 1940's Syndicated.

Broadway: Best Plays “There's Always Juliet” 8/2/53 NBC.

Romance: Lux Radio Theater “Wuthering Heights” 9/18/39 CBS.

Adventure: NBC University Theater “Victory” 2/16/50 NBC.

Horror: Inner Sanctum “Only the Dead Die Twice” 3/23/49 CBS, Lights Out “Knock at the Door” 12/15/42 CBS.

Drama: Campbell Playhouse “Rebecca” 1/10/39 CBS.

Mystery: Suspense “The Search For Isabell” 11/3/49 CBS, Sherlock Holmes “The Unfortunate Tobacconist” 4/30/45 MBS.

Comedy: Jimmy Durante show “Guest: Dorothy Lamour” 11/12/47 NBC, Bob Burns Show 5/20/43 NBC.

Science Fiction: Lights Out “The Immortal Gentleman” 8/31/43 CBS, Dimension X “Time and Time Again” 7/12/51 NBC.