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This two-part Dragnet episode originally aired on January 12 and January 19, 1950.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on December 22, 1953.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on April 6, 1954.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on January 12, 1954.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on November 24, 1953.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on April 13, 1954.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on April 5, 1955.

This Christmas comedy collection contains seven classic radio programs from the '40s and '50s.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on May 11, 1954.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on February 2, 1954.

Orson Welles' dramatic anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air, infamous for its Halloween broadcast of War of the Worlds, found a sponsor and became Campbell Playhouse in December 1938. The program continued to feature the charismatic and fiery Welles as both a host and an actor. The great Lionel Barrymore portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in Campbell Playhouse's annual performance of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Jean Shepherd, author of A Christmas Story, again demonstrates his broad knowledge, unusual turn of mind, and humor, in this series of programs. From monologues of tragedy in the world of children, the seemingly minor disappointment of not being chosen for a game or a team, to commentary on tall tales and Midwest humor, these shows will captivate everyone fascinated by the style of Jean Shepherd - from subtle to bombastic - and the mind behind the style.

Confirmed bachelor Lum Edwards is an earnest entrepreneur - stable, yet stumbling. Forever jumping to conclusions, Abner Peabody tends to act first and ask questions later. Together, these silly silver-haired citizens of Pine Ridge, Arkansas, are the proprietors of the Jot 'Em Down Store. This good-hearted, if somewhat misguided, pair have such a slow and easy way about them that folks might assume their lives are uneventful - but, nothing could be farther from the truth!

This Dragnet episode originally aired on July 27, 1954.

As crass as he is charismatic, this dynamic detective attracts a curious clientele: gentlemen who tend to drop dead and ladies who are drop-dead gorgeous. In Spade's world, people aren't always who they say they are, and the possibility of peril lurks around every corner. Each digitally restored and remastered caper leads our wise-cracking detective to the danger of the dark alley - and leads you to discover the timeless appeal of this hard-boiled hero.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on March 16, 1954.

This dramatization of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield was a production of Theatre Guild on the Air, a renowned radio series sponsored by United States Steel. Starring Boris Karloff, Cyril Ritchard, and Flora Robeson, it originally aired on December 24, 1950.

This collection contains four Christmas radio classics from The Jack Benny Program.

Humorist Jean Shepherd 1921-1999, perhaps now best known as the creator/narrator of the perennial holiday movie favorite "A Christmas Story", had a long career on radio which culminated during the period of 1956-1977 when he was heard most days on WOR radio in New York, a clear-channel station heard along the Eastern seaboard and points west.

This Dragnet episode originally aired on October 20, 1953.