Ep9 | "The Red Raincoat" (Casey, Crime Photographer)
Casey, Crime Photographer, known by a variety of titles on radio including Crime Photographer, Flashgun Casey, and Casey, Press Photographer was a med...
Behind the Mic | Old Time Radio
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Welcome to the Behind the Mic from otrpodcasts.com. On this podcast, we explore the history behind many of Old Time Radio's greatest performances! We jump around from series to series, picking one episode each week and together we learn about the actors, producers, sponsors, and more before listening to that full episode as it was originally broadcast. Thanks for tuning in! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otr-behind-the-mic/support
Ep8 | "Shadow of a Doubt" (Academy Award)
In 1946, CBS radio debuted a new anthology series called Academy Award which presented 30-minute adaptations of plays, novels and films. Rather than a...
Ep7 | "The Voice on the Wire" (Inner Sanctum)
In 1930, Simon & Schuster published the first book in their "Inner Sanctum" anthology series. The series featured serious drama and romance, but becam...
Ep6 | "Typhoon" (Escape)
On July 7, 1947, CBS radio aired the very first episode of Escape, a high-adventure anthology series featuring a new story and a different set of char...
Ep5 | "The Brothers" (Gunsmoke)
In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old W...
Ep4 | "Where There's a Will" (Philip Marlowe)
On June 17, 1947, (the same day Pan American World Airways began their first regularly scheduled around-the-world passenger service), NBC radio debute...
Ep3 | "Quick Trigger Gunmen" (Dragnet)
One of the most iconic theme songs to come from the Golden Age of Radio has to be the "ominous, four-note introduction" composed by Walter Schumann fo...
Ep2 | "The Hollywood Story" (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)
Just a few weeks ago, I was listening to an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective when I heard a line that jumped out at me. The episode I was...
Ep1 | "The House in Cypress Canyon" (Suspense)
My introduction to Old Time Radio began at a young age after my parents got a few cassette tapes featuring popular radio programs like Dragnet, Lights...