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Theater Five | Old Time Radio
by Old Time Retro Radio
Theater Five | Old Time Radio brings you classic drama, mystery, crime, suspense, science fiction, and psychological thrillers from radio’s later golden era. Each episode delivers a complete story filled with danger, intrigue, unusual situations, and memorable characters. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Theater Five became a distinctive dramatic anthology, presenting fast-paced original stories across mystery, suspense, crime, science fiction, and human drama. Rediscover classic old time radio drama, mystery, suspense, crime stories, science fiction, anthology radio, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/theater-five-old-time-radio--7222649/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign
Episodes
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Theater Five - "Country Boy" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Country Boy,” episode 229, originally broadcast on June 17, 1965, over the ABC Radio Network. Written by Romeo Muller, the drama features Joan Loring and Bob Hastings. A college student returning to school is stranded and accepts help from a country boy, setting in motion a...
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Theater Five - "Just Call Me Lucky" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Just Call Me Lucky,” episode 99 of ABC’s weekday radio anthology, originally broadcast December 17, 1964. Written by Max Berton, this compact drama features Wayne Tippit, David Kerman, Ben Yaffee, Sam Nudell, and Stan Watt. Lucky, an Alaskan with a memorable name, is at the...
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Theater Five - "All the Bright Young Ones" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “All the Bright Young Ones,” episode 51 of ABC Radio Network’s weekday anthology, originally broadcast October 12, 1964. This compact speculative drama was adapted from an original story by Virginia Radcliffe and features Rosemary Rice, Peter Fernandez, Ralph Camargo…
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Theater Five - "Lake Toplitz" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Lake Toplitz,” episode 216 of the ABC suspense anthology series, originally broadcast May 31, 1965. At Austria’s remote Lake Toplitz, a search for rumored Nazi gold beneath the deep water fuels this compact tale of suspense. The premise draws on real postwar legends...
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Theater Five - "The Talkers" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “The Talkers,” episode 82 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast on November 24, 1964. Written by Burr McCloskey, it features Donald Buka and Robert Dryden. In a post-nuclear world, two survivors emerge from their underground refuge for a wary...
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Theater Five - "The Wish Fulfillment Machine" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “The Wish Fulfillment Machine,” episode 104 of ABC’s weekday radio anthology, originally broadcast December 24, 1964. Written by George Bamber, the drama features Ivor Francis, George Petrie, Bryna Raeburn, Bill Mason, and Jeff Davis. In a future where aging and death are...
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Theater Five - "The Big Freeze" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “The Big Freeze,” episode 33 of ABC’s Theater Five, originally broadcast September 16, 1964. This compact science-fiction suspense drama was adapted from an original story by Sol Panitz and features Jack Grimes and Jackson Beck. A terminally ill business partner stakes...
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Theater Five - "The Evil That Men Do" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “The Evil That Men Do,” episode 39 of the ABC radio drama anthology, originally broadcast September 24, 1964. In an unnamed city struggling with the cost of crime, Dr. Alexander Curan proposes adding Benefactril—a drug intended to suppress antisocial impulses—to the…
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Theater Five - "Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison,” episode 69 of the ABC dramatic anthology, originally broadcast November 5, 1964. Written by Rafael David Blau and Ian Martin and directed by Warren Somerville, it features a cast including Donald Buka, Mary Jane Croft, Mary…
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Theater Five - "Bug Off" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Bug Off,” episode 91 of the ABC dramatic anthology series, originally broadcast on December 7, 1964. Written and produced by Warren Somerville? Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:42 Original Broadcast 21:52 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Theater Five - "The Hunters" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “The Hunters,” episode 133 of ABC’s 1964–65 radio-drama anthology, originally broadcast on February 3, 1965. In this compact drama, an alcoholic father takes his son on a hunting trip into the woods, bringing along both their hunting gear and his ever-present bottle. Peter...
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Theater Five - "The Gandy Walker" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “The Gandy Walker,” episode 206 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast on May 17, 1965. Written by Ian Martin, this compact radio drama offers a dramatized portrait of folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, tracing facets of his life and public…
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Theater Five - "Look Whos Talking" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Look Whos Talking,” episode 41 of the ABC anthology series, originally broadcast September 28, 1964. In this drama by Richard McCracken, a scientist achieves communication with dolphins, opening an extraordinary exchange between humans and another intelligent species. The...
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Theater Five - "A Tale for the Nursery" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “A Tale for the Nursery,” episode 146, originally broadcast on ABC Radio Network on February 22, 1965. Written by Mort Golding and directed by Warren Somerville, this compact radio drama features Fran Allison and Elliott Reid. Mrs. Baxter, a slight, gray-haired…
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Theater Five - "A Bad Days Work" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “A Bad Days Work,” episode 227 of the ABC Radio Network drama series, originally broadcast June 15, 1965. In this serious contemporary drama, the fatal shooting of a Black boy by a white police officer brings police and community members into a tense confrontation. Alan Alda...
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Theater Five - "The Neighbor" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “The Neighbor,” episode 84 of ABC Radio Network’s weekday anthology series, originally broadcast November 26, 1964. This compact suspense drama was written by Sol Panitz and directed by Warren Somerville, with Bryna Raeburn, Ralph Camargo, Lon Clark, and Luis Van Rooten. In…
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Theater Five - "Across the River to Grandfathers House" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Across the River to Grandfathers House,” episode 163 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast March 17, 1965. Written by Robert Cenedella and directed by Warren Somerville, the drama features Alan Bunce, Alice Ghostley, James Monks, and Court Benson....
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Theater Five - "Finders Can Be Losers" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Finders Can Be Losers,” episode 87 of the ABC weekday drama anthology, originally broadcast December 1, 1964. Written by Robert Cenedella and directed by Ted Bell, the episode features Jack Grimes, Jimsey Sommers, Harry Bellaver, and Gar Wood. Twenty-year-old Jane Melton is...
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Theater Five - "Dream of Death" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Dream of Death,” episode 17 of ABC’s weekday radio-drama anthology, originally broadcast August 25, 1964. This compact 1964 psychological mystery stars William Redfield, Gertrude Warner, Guy Sorel, and William Griffis. After a man is injected with a powerful hallucinogenic...
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Theater Five - "Terror from Beyond" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Terror from Beyond,” episode 3 of the ABC radio drama series, originally broadcast August 5, 1964. Written by Robert Newman and directed by Warren Somerville, this early science-fiction entry features Robert Dryden, Ralph Camargo, and Gilbert Mack. Scientists trying to...
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Theater Five - "Justice Is an Uncertain Thing" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “Justice Is an Uncertain Thing,” episode 49 of ABC Radio’s dramatic anthology series, originally broadcast October 8, 1964. Written by Max Berton, it features George Petrie, Ralph Camargo, and Frances Spanier. An American gangster has remained safely beyond U.S. extradition…
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Theater Five - "Ive Got Your Number" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “I’ve Got Your Number,” episode 130 of the ABC weekday anthology series, originally broadcast January 29, 1965. Written by Addy Richton, this compact suspense drama features Rosemary Rice, Donald Buka, Nat Polen, Lesley Woods, and Guy Sorel. At 2:00 a.m., Sheila receives a...
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Theater Five - "The Pigeon" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “The Pigeon,” episode 232 of the ABC Radio Network drama anthology, originally broadcast June 22, 1965. Written by Frank Thomas and directed by Ted Bell, this comedy melodrama features Ed Begley alongside George Petrie, Robert Dryden, Jack Grimes, and Carol Martin. A…
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Theater Five - "Whatever Happened to the 5 - 25" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Whatever Happened to the 5 - 25,” episode 255 of ABC’s weekday radio anthology, originally broadcast July 23, 1965. Written by Jim McGinn, it features Stan Watt, Carol Ann Daniels, Jerry Hausner, and Gilbert Mack. After commuter Clifton misses his usual train to Scarsdale…
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Theater Five - "A Little Game on Saturday Mornings" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “A Little Game on Saturday Mornings,” episode 142, originally broadcast on February 16, 1965. Source information identifies this as a Theater Five drama; surviving episode details are limited, so this presentation preserves the title and original broadcast context without...
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Theater Five - "My Other Self" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “My Other Self,” episode 19 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast on August 27, 1964. The cast includes William Redfield, Walter Kinsella, and Sam Ruskin. After a three-week vacation, scrupulously proper Alvin Jones returns home to unsettling signs...
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Theater Five - "Listen Mother" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Listen Mother,” episode 145 of ABC’s weekday radio-drama anthology, originally broadcast February 19, 1965. The production was directed by Ted Bell, with Barbara Baxley, Arthur Anderson, and Connie Brigham among the cast. During a long drive home from a country visit,...
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Theater Five - "Point of Impact" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Point of Impact,” episode 168 of ABC Radio’s anthology series, originally broadcast March 24, 1965. This science-fiction drama was written by Michael A. Hanu and directed by Warren Somerville. At a remote military radar installation, officers receive an alarming warning: an...
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Theater Five - "They Call Me Howie" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “They Call Me Howie,” episode 165, originally broadcast on March 19, 1965. This ABC weekday anthology drama features Elliott Reid, Evie Juster, Stan Watts, and Susan Melvin, from an original story by Hal Hackady. After eight-year-old Howie and his parents move into a...
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Theater Five - "All the Bright Young Ones" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “All the Bright Young Ones,” episode 51 of ABC Radio Network’s weekday anthology series, originally broadcast October 12, 1964. Written by Virginia Radcliffe, this speculative drama features Ralph Camargo, Peter Fernandez, William Redfield, Rosemary Rice, and Larry Robinson....
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Theater Five - "First Encounter" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
Theater Five presents “First Encounter,” episode 29 of the ABC radio series, originally broadcast September 10, 1964. This original science-fiction story was written by Leonard Stadd and directed by Warren Somerville, with William Mason, Toni Darnay, Robert Dryden, Jackson Beck, and Bret…
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Theater Five - "Untrue Confession" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “Untrue Confession,” episode 220, originally broadcast on ABC on June 4, 1965. This compact weekday radio drama was written by Ian Martin and directed by Ted Bell, with Ivor Francis, Peter Fernandez, Fran Carlon, Robert Dryden, and David Kerman. On a fog-shrouded…
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Theater Five - "The Big Waves" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “The Big Waves,” episode 249 of ABC Radio’s weekday anthology series, originally broadcast July 15, 1965. After a jewelry-shop holdup appears to bear the signature of criminal Luke Morton, conflicting eyewitness accounts leave police without a reliable identification. Police...
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Theater Five - "The Beneficiary" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
Theater Five presents “The Beneficiary,” episode 193 of the ABC Radio anthology series, originally broadcast April 28, 1965. Walter “Walt” Dawson is astonished to discover that a woman he never knew has named him sole beneficiary of her $3.5 million estate. But the lengthy will comes with an...
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Theater Five - The Sacrifice 64Kb [episode 60] Broadcast 10/23/1964
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Theater Five - My Brothers Keeper 64Kb [episode 32] Broadcast 9/15/1964
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Theater Five - Big Deal On Sutton East [episode 259] Broadcast 7/29/1965
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Theater Five - Just For Kicks 64Kb [episode 157] Broadcast 3/9/1965
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Theater Five - My Other Self [episode 19] Broadcast 8/27/1964
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Theater Five - The Blank Check 64Kb [episode 111] Broadcast 1/4/1965
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Theater Five - Dont Hesitate To Call [episode 243] Broadcast 7/7/1965
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Theater Five - Bang Bang Youre Dead [episode 95] Broadcast 12/11/1964
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Theater Five - A Matter Of Appearances 64Kb [episode 244] Broadcast 7/8/1965
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Theater Five - We Are All Alone 64Kb [episode 38] Broadcast 9/23/1964
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Theater Five - Tobys Wonderful Egg [episode 149] Broadcast 2/25/1965
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Theater Five - Barefoot In Athens [episode 214] Broadcast 5/27/1965
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Theater Five - Tobys Wonderful Egg 64Kb [episode 149] Broadcast 2/25/1965
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Theater Five - Echo Of Madness 64Kb [episode 48] Broadcast 10/7/1964
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Theater Five - Incident At Simbarundi [episode 228] Broadcast 6/16/1965
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Theater Five - Poor Little Greek Girl [episode 190] Broadcast 4/23/1965
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Theater Five | Old Time Radio brings you classic drama, mystery, crime, suspense, science fiction, and psychological thrillers from radio’s later golden era. Each episode delivers a complete story filled with danger, intrigue, unusual situations, and memorable characters. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Theater Five became a distinctive dramatic anthology, presenting fast-paced original stories across mystery, suspense, crime, science fiction, and human drama. Rediscover classic old time radio drama, mystery, suspense, crime stories, science fiction, anthology radio, and vintage radio.
Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/theater-five-old-time-radio--7222649/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign
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