A labor relations executive tells a war story to try to get a factory foreman to see that their might a reason a man showed up late for work. Cast: James Edwards, Nestor Paiva, Ivan Dixon, Richard Reinauer. Hosted by Robert Young Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1965 Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Subscribe to the Podcast at http://www.snackwagon.net or wherever you...

Today, we take a look at the first radio appearance of a 1940s Pop culture, Henry Aldrich. We talk about the history of the character and then present the sketch where Ezra Stone makes his radio debut as Henry. Henry's in trouble at school and has been accused of cheating. From Rudy Vallee's Royal Desserts Hour Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1938 Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at...

Today we're serving up an episode of a Maine historical drama about a New England Witch Trial but not the one you're thinking of. Original Radio Broadcast: October 10, 1948 The program was sponsored by the Bates Manufacturing Company and starred Norman Card, Dorothy Eichorn, Eleanor Ledbetter, Elsie McCalhoun, Floyd Smiley, and Lee Whiscup Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at...

While on the road in Chicago, Babe tries to help a young boy who was pressured to steal from him by an older boy and finds himself in plenty of trouble. Originally Aired in 1949 Sponsored by US Navy Recruiting and the Announcer is Jackson Beck Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Subscribe to the Podcast at http://www.snackwagon.net or wherever you download your podcasts...

In these October 28, 1951 excerpts from the Big Show, James and Pamela Mason perform an adaption of the Samuel Blass short story, "Revenge" Then Jimmy Durante, Tallulah Bankhead, and Jack Carson star in a comedic version of the same story, "Avenge: The Son of Revenge" Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Subscribe to the Podcast at http://www.snackwagon.net or wherever...

Today, we feature a segment from The Big Show on November 12, 1950. Groucho Marx hosts a version of his classic game show You Bet Your Life with some unusual couples. First up is Baby Snooks (Fanny Brice) and Daddy (Hanley Stafford), then Tallulah Bankhead and Meredith Willson. Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Subscribe to the Podcast at http://www.snackwagon.net or...

This episode we feature a story from he greatest radio storyteller of the 20th Century. John Nesbitt tells the story of La Libre Belgique, a Belgian underground newspaper that published the truth about the German occupation during World War I at a stunningly high cost and how the paper is printing again in opposition to Nazi Germany. The story was told on the July 21, 1942 episode of the Johnson Wax Summer program. Support the show on a One-Time basis at...

This week,, we're featuring an episode of Yarns for Yanks, a World War II radio series for the Armed Forces Radio Service. This week, the series has a guest storyteller in Kay Kyser (aka: The Old Professor) host of radio's classic music quiz program The Kollege of Musical Knowledge. He reads the story, "Hot Piano" introduces us to a respectable professor of music appreciation who just engaged to an equally respectable psychology professor. However, he has a secret past as a great...

Two Hollywood legends share a stage in this listener-inspired Snack Wagon. The year is 1937. A young filmmaker is about to release a groundbreaking new work, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Walt Disney was invited on the Lux Radio Theater to be interviewed Hollywood director Cecil B Demille and what future projects he was working on. The interview took place on December 20, 1937 in Hollywood, the day before Snow White's premiere. Support the show on a One-Time basis at...

On this first syndicated episode of the 1930s series Unsolved Mysteries, we take a look at the mysterious slaying of Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby in 1892 and how suspicion fell on Andrew's daughter, Lizzie. Unsolved Mysteries not only explains the case in a nutshell but also offers a solution to the crime. While Unsolved Mysteries was a syndicated True Crime series in the 1930s. It didn't start out that way. We take a look at the series' origin and the original program's...

What would you do if a stranger showed up at your house saying some friends of yours had told her to look you up for a place to stay? And if you were inclined to show her a bit of hospitality, what would you do when she called her giant husband to come inside. This was the basis of a stunt on a post-war episode of People Are Funny. And we'll find out in today's excerpt from that program hosted by Art Linkletter. This comes from an Armed Forces Radio Services rebroadcast and I'm unable to...

Are you ready for some football? Whether you're a Sports fan or not, this episode will be of interest as we take a look at America's most legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice and his friendship with legendary Notre Dama Football Coach Knute Rockne. We also take a look at how he turned one particular Notre Dama backfield into "The Four Horsemen." This is an episode of The Grantland Rice Story. It aired originally in the fall of 1955 into 1956. The series is hosted by Jimmy Powers who reads...

"Hello there, this is the Family Doctor...." Join us as we travel back in time to a small town where Doctor Grant Adams dispenses medicinee for the body and common sense advice for the soul in this little-known family drama series from the 1930s. In this first episode, a teenage girl becomes the subject of gossip after some church money turns up missing. Can Doc Adams prevent a tragedy? Potential series air dates for the series vary from 1932-38. The earliest I can find a record of the...

A look at the early days of the comedy feud between legendary comedian, actor, and juggler W.C. Fields and the up-and-coming young ventriloquist's dummy, Charlie McCarthy (attached to Edgar Bergen.) We start out with the first verbal barbs between Fields and McCarthy on May 1, 1937 and then on June 27, 1937, Fields has to talk his way out of a $12 million defamation lawsuit by Charlie McCarthy in response to Fields' barbs in the previous seven weeks. Don Ameche also appears. Support the...

In this episode of Voice of the Army, Jimmy Stewart narrates the story of an ill-fated plane in the Pacific Theater during World War II...and a legend that goes along with it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1949 Originated from Hollywood Also featured: Jeff Chandler and Sam Edwards Support the show on a One-Time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Subscribe to the Podcast at...

Get ready for the first-ever snackable Old Time Radio podcast. Each week listen for a bite-sized sample of the Golden Age of Radio and journey back to the twentieth century. Gain keen insights into life in the 1930s, 1940s , and 1950s through short-form old-time radio programs including comedic moments, full-cast short dramas, stories from the greatest storytellers of the past age. Unearth legends and rediscover those who have long been forgotten, all while gaining keen insights into life...