Episodes 232
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.0 (4)
Since Jan 2000
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Daily
Consistency
96%
Hosting
www.vintageradioshows.com

About This Podcast

Vintage Radio Shows brings you the golden age of entertainment with classic comedies, mysteries, dramas, westerns, and serials from the 1930s–1950s. Enjoy restored recordings from over 40,000 episodes of old time radio, plus historic newsreels, film serials, and vintage cartoons.

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Journey Into Space -- Red Planet part 01

May 08, 2026 25m

The BBC's landmark science-fiction serial Journey Into Space returns with the opening chapter of "The Red Planet," first broadcast 6 September 1954. Captain Jet Morgan faces a press corps of eager…

Jack Benny -- The Don Wilson Story

May 07, 2026 25m

The Jack Benny Program turns the spotlight on its longtime announcer in "The Don Wilson Story," a January 10, 1954 CBS broadcast that plays as part affectionate roast and part tribute. The Benny…

Planet Man -- Three D Dantro

May 06, 2026 11m

From the syndicated 1950s juvenile space serial Planet Man comes 'Three D Dantro,' the eleventh chapter in the adventures of Dantro, lawman of the League of Planets. When the Planet Man's identity is…

Dangerous Assignment -- The Nazi and the Physicist

May 05, 2026 28m

From April 24, 1950: NBC's globe-trotting thriller sends Brian Donlevy's Steve Mitchell into the Alaskan cold on the trail of two missing American scientists -- one of them a former Nazi whose…

Burns and Allen -- George Is on Trial

May 04, 2026 28m

George Burns lands in the dock and Gracie Allen takes the stand -- on the same week her made-up 'Surprise Party' presidential campaign was tearing up the headlines. From September 2, 1940 over NBC, a…

Sam Spade -- The Sure Thing Caper

May 03, 2026 29m

Five Dollar Frankie barges into Sam Spade's office swearing he's been swindled out of a guaranteed winner by Gentle Joe Higgins, a notorious horse-doper with a "sure thing" up his sleeve. Spade…

Boston Blackie -- Burning His House Behind Him

May 02, 2026 25m

From the postwar heyday of radio crime drama, a reformed jewel thief turned amateur detective takes on a chilling murder. Joe Lang has killed his wife Sally and buried her in the basement under fresh…

Superman -- The Mystery Of The Letter-Part 3

May 01, 2026 14m

The Man of Steel takes flight in this 1948 serial chapter of The Adventures of Superman. Lois Lane's sister Diana is back from Europe with a mysterious letter -- and a masked villain will kill to get…

The Lone Ranger -- Guns Across the Border

Apr 30, 2026 28m

The masked man rides south of the Rio Grande when stolen rifles start fueling raids on both sides of the line. Posing as a horse trader, the Lone Ranger infiltrates a smuggler's camp while Tonto…

The Avengers -- From Venus With Love Part 3

Apr 29, 2026 13m

Springbok Radio's swinging-sixties spy-fi adaptation rolls on as Steed and Emma Peel hunt the killer of the British Venusian Society. Members keep dropping under a blinding flash of white light while…

Barrie Craig -- Microfilm in the Fishtank

Apr 28, 2026 29m

From October 24, 1951, one of the very first episodes of NBC's Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator. William Gargan stars as the smooth Madison Avenue private eye called in when a protection…

Jack Benny -- Jack Listens to mean Old Man on Radio

Apr 27, 2026 25m

From March 21, 1954 — Jack tunes in his living-room radio and gets hooked on a soapy serial about a cantankerous, miserly old codger who terrorizes everyone around him. The trouble is, that mean old…

The Six Shooter -- When The Shoe Doesn't Fit

Apr 26, 2026 29m

James Stewart stars as drifting cowboy Britt Ponset in NBC's beloved 1953-54 Western. In this next-to-last episode of the series, Britt and a traveling peddler named Azel Dorsey ride into a frontier…

The Aldrich Family -- Grouse For Dinner

Apr 25, 2026 24m

The original American teenage sitcom — and the one that gave the world Henry Aldrich's famous voice-cracking "Coming, Mother!" In "Grouse For Dinner," Sam Aldrich is preparing a special wild grouse…

Dragnet -- The Big Chet

Apr 24, 2026 28m

Two armed robbers are working the streets of Los Angeles, and Sergeant Joe Friday is on their trail. A reformed ex-con steps forward with a tip, and one small detail — a stutter — becomes the thread…

Sam Spade -- The Hail And Farewell Caper

Apr 23, 2026 29m

A condemned man sits in San Quentin, hours from execution — and a desperate visitor walks into Sam Spade's office convinced the verdict is wrong. Spade takes the case and races against the clock to…

Shadow -- The Poison Death

Apr 22, 2026 28m

Someone has declared war on the city's water supply — poisoning it in the name of The Shadow himself. But the real Shadow has other plans. Lamont Cranston traces the terror to a bitter city chemist…

Father Knows Best -- Time For a New Car

Apr 21, 2026 29m

Father Knows Best is one of old-time radio's warmest domestic comedies — and in "Time For a New Car," Jim Anderson proves once again that stubbornness has its limits. Jim is absolutely convinced the…

The Six Shooter -- The New Sheriff

Apr 20, 2026 29m

James Stewart is Britt Ponset, the soft-spoken drifter who always seems to ride into trouble at exactly the right moment. In "The New Sheriff," Ponset arrives in Virtue City as a heated election for…

Fort Laramie -- Still Waters

Apr 19, 2026 23m

Captain Lee Quince has bigger problems than a brawling regimental band — a Washington delegation hellbent on banning beer from every Army post in the West is coming to Fort Laramie. When Trooper…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does VintageRadioShows.com have?

VintageRadioShows.com has published 232 episodes since January 2000, covering topics in Arts, Comedy.

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VintageRadioShows.com is currently highly active with new episodes daily. Average episode length is 27m.

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