Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio

Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio

By: Adam Graham|Adventure Old Time Radio Podcaster

Language: en

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Arts, Performing

The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio invites you on a thrilling journey through the Golden Age of audio storytelling. Hosted by Adam Graham—creator of the award-nominated Great Detectives of Old Time Radio—this twice-weekly series brings you the most daring, pulse-pounding tales from the golden microphones of the 1930s to the 1960s.From rocket-fueled space operas to wartime espionage, jungle heroics to crime tales soaked in noir and intrigue, each episode delivers high-stakes excitement and vintage charm. Whether you’re a seasoned fan of old-time radio or discovering these timeless audio adventures for the first time, there’s somethin...

Episodes

Tarzan and the Diamonds of Asher: Mistaken Identity, the Map, A Wolf Among the Sheep (A0053)
Jan 11, 2026

Today's Adventure:Tarzan is mistaken for a missing American archeologist by dangerous criminals who demand he tell them the location of the land of Asher and "the Father of Diamonds".

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May 14, 16, and 18, 1934

Originating from New York

Starring: Carlton Kadell as Tarzan

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Duration: 00:45:52
Escape: Operation Fleur De Lys (A0052) (Encore)
Jan 10, 2026

Two OSS Agents (Jack Webb and Elliot Lewis) parachute into occupied France to organize resistance to the Nazis to support the Allied invasion. However, their efforts are threatened by a leak.

Original Air Date: July 14, 1947

Originating from Hollywood

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Duration: 00:37:30
Superman: The Mystery of the $10,000 Ghost (Encore) (A0051)
Jan 07, 2026

Recent immigrant bachelors are all disappearing after withdrawing $10,000 from their bank accounts. Clark Kent is on the case, but so are Lois and Horatio Horn.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1949 

Originating from New York  Starring: Bud Collyer as Superman

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Duration: 00:33:29
Lux Radio Theater: Suspicion (A0050)
Jan 03, 2026

A woman (Olivia De Haviland) comes to suspect that her husband (William Powell) is a murderer.

Original Air Date: September 18, 1944

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Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Duration: 01:06:28

Superman: The Origin of Superman (Audition) (Encore) (A0049)
Dec 30, 2025

The original Superman audition recording from 1939, where Krypton is destroyed and a rocket carries the last son of Krypton to Earth, where he emerges as a full-grown man and flies to Indiana. How will this differ from the broadcast version?

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Duration: 00:39:14
Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Encore) (A0048)
Dec 28, 2025

A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is suspicious.

Original Air Date: April 17, 1939

Originating from Hollywood

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Duration: 01:06:17

Suspense: The Cave (Encore) (A0047)
Dec 23, 2025

Two young boys encounter a world of pirates, danger, and adventure in a cave on Christmas.

Original Air Date: December 20, 1955 

Originating in Hollwyood

Staring RIchard Beals

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The Whistler: Christmas Bonus (Encore) (A0046)
Dec 21, 2025

An ex-con is fired from his job at a department store where a string of burglaries totaling $10,000 have occurred, and decides to return to a life of crime.

Original Air Date: December 25, 1944

Originating in Hollywood

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Duration: 00:34:23
Adventure Ahead: The Biscuit Eater (A0045)
Dec 16, 2025

Today's Adventure: Two boys undertake to train a runt dog.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 30, 1944 

Originating from New York

Starring: Georgie Ward, Jim Bowles, Jackie Ayers, James Van Dyke, Kermit Murdoch, Martin Begley, Louis John, Brad Barker 

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Duration: 00:34:41
Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044) |WW2 Spy Adventure
Dec 13, 2025

Today's Adventure: An ex-pat gambler in Switzerland gets a top secret film both sides want and tries to sell to the highest bidder.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 22, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne; Bill Quinn; Jan Miner; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Charles Irving; Stefan Snobble; Boris Aplon; Paul Arnold; Jerry Jarrett

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Duration: 00:33:34
Adventure Ahead: Talking Drums (A0043)
Dec 09, 2025

Today’s Adventure: A young man returns to where he was raised on the African Gold Coast, where mysterious trouble is engulfing his father’s railroad.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 23, 1944Originating from New York

Starring: Jack Manning; Juano Hernandez; Ken Reynard; Jim Tansey; Nicholas Joy; Bernard Lenrow,

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Duration: 00:34:20
Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042)|WW2 Spy Adventure
Dec 06, 2025

Today's Adventure:An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country's anti-Hitler elements into an effective resistance.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Mel Ferrer; Herbert Berghoff; Frances Robinson; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Will McCure; Ian Martin; Karl Weber

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Duration: 00:33:39
Adventure Ahead: Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks in the Circus (A0041)
Dec 02, 2025

Today's Adventure: The classic story of the boy who ran away to join the circus.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 16. 1944

Originating from New York

Featuring Maurice Tarplin, Craig McDonnnell, Julian Noa

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Duration: 00:33:52
Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Nov 29, 2025

Today's Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies and finds himself having to overcome his partisan comrades to do so.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Grant Richards; Arnold Moss; Luis Van Rooten

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Duration: 00:38:49
Adventure Ahead: A Tooth for Paul Revere (A0039)
Nov 25, 2025

Today's Adventure: A young New England farmer with a toothache finds himself in the middle of the start of the American Revolution.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 9, 1944

Originating from New York

Starring Roger De Koven, Kermit Murdock,  John Thomas, Joseph Wiseman, Jackie Ayers, Eleanor Audley, Jean Gillespie, Fred Baron, Paul Ford.

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Duration: 00:35:59
Cloak and Dagger: The Last Mission (A0038)|World War 2 Spy Adventures
Nov 22, 2025

Today's Adventure: A woman in Canton, whose family was murdered by the Japanese military, makes an unusual connection with the OSS.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber

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Duration: 00:38:58
Adventure Ahead: Robinson Crusoe (A0037)
Nov 18, 2025

Today's Adventure: The classic story of an adventure-seeking young man who becomes a lone castaway on a remote island.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 2, 1944

Originating from New York

Starring: John Thomas; Juano Hernandez; Neil Fitzgerald; Rod Hendrickson; Paul Conrad; Kermit Murdoch; Ed Collins; Brad Barker 

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Duration: 00:34:16
Cloak and Dagger: Operation Sellout (A0036) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Nov 15, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent leads a mission with a British officer and a former German officer.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Carl Eastman; Louise Erickson; Ian Martin; Luis Van Rooten; Arnold Moss; Karl Weber; Raymond Edward Johnson

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Duration: 00:35:34
Adventure Ahead: Inside the FBI (A0035) |Crime Drama
Nov 09, 2025

Today's Adventure: An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944

Originating from New York

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Duration: 00:33:22
Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt (A0034) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Nov 08, 2025

Today's Adventure: In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to undermine Allied morale.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Charles Webster; Alice Frost; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Evie Juster; Jerry Jarrett; Louis Sorin; Horace Braham; Anna Karen

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Duration: 00:34:16
Adventure Ahead: The Story of a Bad Boy (A0033) |Coming of Age Story
Nov 04, 2025

Today's Adventure: The classic story of a mischevious boy growing up in New England in the 19th Century.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 19, 1944 

Originating from New York

Staring: Alastair Kyle; Craig McDonnell

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Duration: 00:32:53
Cloak and Dagger: Over Ground Railroad (A0032) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Nov 01, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes into France to team up with a formidable wealthy French woman to set up an escape route for downed Allied flyers.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne; Bryna Raeburn; Lily Valenti; Jack Gordon; Ralph Bell

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Duration: 00:34:31
Adventure Ahead: Two Years Before The Mast (A0031)|Sea Adventure
Oct 28, 2025

Today's Adventure: The classic story of a young man in the 1830s who is hired on a merchant ship that travels from Boston to South America and has to deal with a cruel first mate running the ship.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 5, 1944

Originating from New York

Starring: John Thomas; Larry Haines

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Duration: 00:37:16
Cloak and Dagger: War of Words (A0030) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Oct 25, 2025

Today's Adventure: Two OSS agents have to carry forged orders for a Japanese camp commander through a Burman jungle.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Chuck Webster; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eric Dressler; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Joan Alison; Maurice Tarplin; Guy Repp

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Duration: 00:33:02
Buck Rogers: The Mechanical Mole: The Conclusion (A0029) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Oct 21, 2025

We're joined by Allan Liska of Green Archer Comics, co-author of the comic Buck Rogers v. the Cyberlords.

Green Archer is giving away two copies of the comic with metal covers and our listeners in the US and Canada can enter to win at their website.

Today's Adventure: The surviving chapters of Buck, Wilma, and Dr. Huer's journey to the center of the Earth, with Black Barney in the mix.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May or June 1939

Originating from New York

Starring: Carl Frank as Buck Rogers; Adela Ronson as...

Duration: 00:50:12
Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio (A0028) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Oct 18, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Larry Haines, Lily Darvas, Berry Kroeger, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Bob Wile, Jerry Jarrett,

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Duration: 00:36:24
Buck Rogers: The Mechanical Mole, Episodes 1-4 (A0027) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Oct 14, 2025

We're joined by Allan Liska of Green Archer Comics, co-author of the comic Buck Rogers v. the Cyberlords.

Green Archer is giving away two copies of the comic with metal covers and our listeners in the US and Canada can enter to win at their website

Today's Adventure: Dr. Huer has plans to take the Mechanical Mole on an exciting expedition but it begins to move towards menacingly towards a crowd of people.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May 1935

Originating from New York

Starring: Carl Frank as Buck Rogers, Adela Ronson...

Duration: 00:51:04
Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Oct 11, 2025

Today's Adventure: Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Berry Kroeger, Raymond Edward Johnson, Jerry Jarrett, Frank Barrens, Karl Weber, Joseph Julian, Ralph Bell.

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Duration: 00:35:35

Flash Gordon: Chapter 25 and 26 (A0025) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Oct 07, 2025

Today's Adventure: The out-of-control rocket Dr. Zarkov built on the planet Mongo is headed on a collison course with the Malaysian jungle and Jungle Jim.

Originating Radio Broadcast Dates: October 19 and 26, 1935

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Duration: 00:31:28
Cloak and Dagger: Roof of the World (A0024) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Oct 04, 2025

Today's Adventure: A husband and wife team of geologists are recruited by the IRS to journey into Tibet to seek the favor of the Dalai Lama. They find themselves in competition with two Nazi officers.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 13, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Louise Barclay; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Stefan Schnabel; Berry Kroeger; Janice Gilbert; Karl Weber; Ralph Bell; Jerry Jarrett

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Duration: 00:33:47
Flash Gordon: Chapters 23 and 24 (A0023) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Sep 30, 2025

Today's Adventure: Flash has to put his differences with Dale behind him, while, with Azura his prisoner, he plans to take the land of the Blue Magic Men.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: October 5 and 12, 1935

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Duration: 00:29:38

Cloak and Dagger: A Recommendation from Rommel (A0022) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Sep 27, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent in Italy finds himself in a compartment on the train has been double-booked, and his travel companion is General Rommel.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 6, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Ralph Bell; Barry Kroeger; Jan Miner; Boris Aplon; Arnold Moss; Jerry Jarrett; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber

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Duration: 00:35:36
Flash Gordon: Chapter 21 and 22 (A0021) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Sep 23, 2025

Today's Adventure: In the Pit of Peril, Flash tries to save Azura from a hoard of vengeful dwarves, Tahl has proclaimed himself King, and Zarkov loses the last of his invisibility power to try and find Flash.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 21 and 28, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Duration: 00:32:07
Cloak and Dagger: Swastika on the Windmill (A0020) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Sep 20, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes behind enemy lines into occupied Holland to stay at his uncle's house.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 30, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne; Lester Fletcher; Harvey Hayes; Jared Burke; Gordon Stern; Francois Grimar; Basil Langton; Patricia Courtleigh; Beulah Garrick; Victor Chapin

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Duration: 00:35:57
Flash Gordon: Chapter 19 and 20 (A0019) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Sep 16, 2025

Today's Adventure: With the Witch Queen Azura as his prisoner, but with the Blue Magic Men in pursuit, Flash presses Azura behind the Iron Gate in the

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 7 and 14, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Duration: 00:31:38
Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Box (A0018) |World War 2 Spy Adventures
Sep 12, 2025

Today's Adventure: Two OSS agents are on a mission to bring in a captured Japanese colonel, but the mission goes awry, leaving the two men in a battle for survival.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 23, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jerry Lester; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko; Irene Hubbard; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Arnold Robertson

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Duration: 00:39:22
Flash Gordon: Chapter 17 and 18 (A0017) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Sep 08, 2025

Today's Adventure: With the power of invisbililty, Flash terrorizes Azura, Thal, and the Blue Magic Men. 

Originating Radio Broadcast Date:August 24 and 31, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Duration: 00:29:20
Cloak and Dagger: The Trap (A0016) |WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Sep 05, 2025

Today's Adventure: A cartoonist in the OSS goes undercover in a German-occupied French village ahead of an American advance.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 9, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Stefan Schnabel; Jerry Jarrett; Ralph Bell; Lotte Stavisky; Everett Sloan

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Duration: 00:35:15
Flash Gordon: Chapters 15 and 16 (A0015) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Sep 01, 2025

Today's Adventure: Flash Dale, and Zarkoff undertake perilous climb out the palace window to escape the destructo rays.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 10 and 17, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood  Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Duration: 00:31:19
Cloak and Dagger: The Eyes of Buddha (A0014)|WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Aug 29, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes to Siam.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 2, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Everett Sloane; Ralph Bell; Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eileen Heckart; Martin Balsam; Grant Richards; Jerry Jarrett; Karl Webber

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Duration: 00:35:50
Flash Gordon: Chapter 13 and 14 (A0013) |Sci Fi Audiodrama
Aug 25, 2025

Today's Adventure: Having brought Queen Azura under his control, Flash takes possession of the Blue Magic Men, but General Tal plots to overthrow him.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: July 27 and August 3, 1935.

Originating from Hollywood  
 
Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Duration: 00:31:36
Cloak and Dagger: Direct Line to Bombers (A0012)|WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Aug 22, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent and an escaped political prisoner go behind enemy lines in Berlin to help support an Allied bombing raid.

Original Radio Broadcast:June 25, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Bill Zuckert; Everett Sloane; Lily Darvas; Berry Kroeger; Michael Artist; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Bobby Weil; Brad Barker

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Duration: 00:34:16
Flash Gordon: Chapter 11 and 12 (A0011)|Sci Fi Audiodrama
Aug 19, 2025

Today's Adventure: Dr. Zarkov catches the guards by surprise and takes control of the kitchen. Can he and Dale restore Flash's memory?

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: July 13 and 20, 1935

Originating from Hollywood  Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Flash Gordon: Classic Collection, Volume 1: On the Planet Mongo (Affiliate link)

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Duration: 00:34:30
Cloak and Dagger: The Kachin Story (A0010)|WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Aug 16, 2025

Today's Adventure: An American OSS agent parachutes into Japanese-occupied Burma to organizea local native tribe to aide the allied invasion effort.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 18, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring Raymond Edward Johnson, Carl Weber, Bill Quinn, Joe Julian, Everett Sloan, Inga Adams, Jackson Beck, and Jerry Jarrett

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Duration: 00:35:12
Flash Gordon: Chapter 9 and 10 (A0009)|Sci Fi Audiodrama
Aug 12, 2025

Today's Adventure: Zarkoff is determined to rescue Flash Gordon. But Flash, under the control of the Witch Queen Azura, sets out to capture Zarkoff and his army of Hawkmen while dealing with treachery from Azura's high priest and general, Tal.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: June 22 and July 6, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Duration: 00:33:16
Cloak and Dagger: People of the Forest (A0008) |WW2 Spy Adventure Audiodrama
Aug 09, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into occupied France to steal plans from the enemy and is aided by a local French resistance group.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 11, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Larry Haines; Boris Aplon; Berry Kroeger; Jerry Jarrett; Lily Darvas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Joseph Buloff; Nancy Franklin

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Duration: 00:32:08
Flash Gordon: Chapter 7 and 8 (A0007)|Sci Fi Audioframa
Aug 05, 2025

Today's Adventure: Leading the Hawmen, Zarkoff plans an expedition to find and resuce Flash and Dale. Meanwhile, Flash, under the witch queen Azura, leads the army of the Blue Magic Men against the Hawkmen.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: June 8 and June 15, 1936 

Originating from Hollywood 

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Duration: 00:34:12
Cloak and Dagger: The Brenner Pass Story (A0006)|WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Aug 02, 2025

Today's Adventure: An OSS agent undertakes a secret mission to blow up a highway in Italy to block the escape of the Germans.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Boris Aplon; Hester Sondergaard; Berry Kroeger; Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Everett Sloan

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Duration: 00:34:31
Flash Gordon: Chapters 5 and 6 (A0005)|Sci Fi Audiodrama
Jul 29, 2025

Today's Adventure: Flash begins his conquest of the Kingdom of Caves, but runs into a major complication when he's captured by Queen Azusa, witch and leader of the blue magic men.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May 25 and June 1, 1935 

Originating from Hollywood  Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Duration: 00:31:18
Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse (A0004)|WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Jul 26, 2025

Today's Adventure:A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

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Duration: 00:34:36
Flash Gordon: Chapter 3 and 4 (A0003)|Sci Fi Audiodrama
Jul 22, 2025

Today's Adventure: Flash and his friends are sent to imprisonment in the city of the Hawkmen.

 Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11 and 18, 1935

  Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick 

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Duration: 00:31:35
Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker's Story (A0002)|WW2 Spy Audiodrama
Jul 19, 2025

Today's Adventure: An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

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Duration: 00:35:50

Flash Gordon: Chapter 1 and 2 (A0001)|Sci Fi Audio Drama
Jul 13, 2025

All-world athlete Flash Gordon is mistaken for a spy and taken at a gunpoint onto a rocket to the Planet Mongo, where he begins a war against Ming the Merciless.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27 and May 4, 1935

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

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Duration: 00:38:11
The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio Podcast Trailer
Jul 02, 2025

Get ready for Old Time Radio. In this trailer, host Adam Graham introduces you to the concept for The Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio, a new twice twice-weekly podcast series featuring the greatest adventure stories from the Golden Age of Radio. 

This series will begin with a special  podcast on Sunday July 13 and will follow two adventure series from their first available episode to their final circulating adventure.

Duration: 00:01:03