Mystery Theater Series

A collection of suspenseful radio dramas hosted by Christopher Lee that will take listeners through thrilling perplexities set in the era of the forties and fifties. 

Suspense, originally aired 02/06/1947
“End of the Road” with Glenn Ford
A fast-talking car salesman falls for a wealthy man’s wife and runs away with her…and finds out that she’s not what she seems.
 
The Screen Guild Players, originally aired 01/25/1943
“Across the Pacific” with Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet
An army officer is court-martialed in an attempt to infiltrate a Panamanian spy ring.
 
Let George Do It, originally aired 10/31/1952
“There Ain’t No Justice” with Bob Bailey
When the jail burns down in the town of Melody, goofy Abner accuses the chief of police of setting the fire! Then there’s Walter Smith, who seems to have died in the fire…with his $200,000 missing.
 
Rocky Jordan, originally 12/19/1948
“Up in Flames” with Jack Moyles
Rocky Jordan is a banished American detective who owns a lower-class establishment in Egypt: the Cafe Tambourine. Then his Cafe goes up in flames. Rocky smells a rat…
 
Strange Wills, originally aired 06/22/1946
“Black Interlude” with Warren William, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, and Marvin Miller
Blair showed his hatred for his son by driving him mad after his death. The boy saves himself with a unique therapy…writing radio scripts!
 
Dangerous Assignment, originally aired 07/26/1950
“Elusive Guerrillas” with Brian Donlevy
Steve Mitchell flies to the Orient to find a guerilla leader and prevent a civil war when a barge full of supplies is attacked by the evil Dr. Mao.
 
Box Thirteen, originally aired 08/29/1948
“Insurance Fraud Scheme” with Alan Ladd
A doctor who has been dead for almost seven years is suspected of still being alive…and with good reason!
 
Escape, originally aired 07/21/1947
“The Diamond As Big As the Ritz” with Jack Edwards, Jr.
The fascinating story about the homelife of the richest family in the world.
 
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, originally aired 06/20/1948
“The Caper With Two Death Beds” with Howard Duff
Dan Starbuck hires Spade to witness a deathbed statement by his brother Gordon. But his brother accuses him of murder!
 
Gang Busters, originally aired 09/10/1949
“The Case of the Red-Hot Readers” with Santos Ortega
Pops and his teenaged thieves forge and cash money orders.
 
Mystery Is My Hobby, originally aired 1947 
“Dude Ranch” with Glenn Langan
While staying at a dude ranch, Bart and Inspector Danton are hired to find a dangerous bank robber.
 
The Big Story, originally aired 01/07/1948
“Manhunt In Manhattan” with Ernest Chappell & Bob Sloane
The “big story” of Ted Prager of The New York Daily News.

A collection of suspenseful radio dramas hosted by Christopher Lee that will take listeners through thrilling perplexities set in the era of the forties and fifties. 

Gang Busters, originally aired 12/18/1948
“Appointment with Death” with Lesley Woods
A policeman traps a cop-killer.
 
The Weird Circle, originally aired 01/30/1944
“The Tell-Tale Heart” with with Erik Bauersfeld
A man tries to keep from going insane while admitting to killing an old man.
 
Dimension X, originally aired 04/15/1950
“With Folded Hands” with Phillip Bourneuf & Alexander Scourby
The perfect “mechanicals” from another planet make humans unnecessary, and they are always “at your service.”
 
Suspense, originally aired 12/05/1947
“The Clock and the Rope” with Jackie Cooper
A man is sentenced to be hanged for murder…because the only witness to his innocence has disappeared.
 
Sherlock Holmes, originally aired 10/26/1947
“The Laughing Lemur of Hightower Heath” with John Stanley & Alfred Shirley
A Halloween story of witchcraft and the supernatural.
 
The Mysterious Traveler, originally aired 02/27/1944
“The Good Die Young” with Maurice Tarplin and Betty Jane Tyler
Young Sondra detests her new stepmother and is determined to get rid of her as soon as possible.
 
Dangerous Assignment, originally aired 07/09/1949
“Relief Supplies” with Brian Donlevy
Steve Mitchell’s first assignment is to find out who is stealing the shipments of the Throp Foundation. This involves a trip to Sicily…and a tangle with Laranzo the Bandit.
 
Escape, originally aired 07/14/1947
“Operation Fleur de Lys” with Jack Webb
A wartime thriller about a resistance guerilla band behind the enemy lines in occupied France.
 
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, originally aired 05/22/1949
“Stolen Purse and Counterfeit Ring” with Dick Powell
A little old lady gives Diamond a seemingly valueless black purse. Everyone wants it very badly…bad enough to kill for it.
 
Boston Blackie, originally aired 07/02/1946
“Uncle Frank Murdered By Joe Parker” with Dick Kollmar
Joe Parker kills Uncle Frank Miller on Tuesday, but sets up a beautiful alibi. Farraday knows Parker did it, but can’t prove it. It’s up to Blackie to crack the alibi.
  
X Minus One, originally aired 07/14/1955
“Dr. Grimshaw’s Sanatorium” with Bill Lipton & Peter Capell
Take missing bodies in a mental hospital and add a mad scientist or two—stir well for horror!
 
This Is Your FBI, originally aired 04/27/1945
“Escaped Prisoners of War” with Stacy Harris and Frank Lovejoy
There are several million Nazis across the sea, and each of them is a threat to the security of this country.

A collection of suspenseful radio dramas hosted by Christopher Lee that will take listeners through thrilling perplexities set in the era of the forties and fifties. 

Suspense, originally aired 11/18/1948
“Sorry, Wrong Number” with Agnes Moorehead
An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone.
 
Boston Blackie, originally aired 06/23/1944
“The Jonathan Diamond” with Chester Morris
Blackie is arrested in Chicago. He’s accused of taking $10,000 from a woman’s grandfather. Then he learns it’s all part of the woman’s plan to help her recover “The Jonathan Diamond.”
 
The Humphrey Bogart Theatre, originally aired 09/17/1949
“Dead Man” with Humphrey Bogart
 A drama about a young runaway who commits murder, then catches a bad case of conscience.
 
The Whistler, originally aired 01/27/1947
“Night Melody” with Bill Forman and Joseph Kearns
A man kills his wife and stuffs her body in the elevator, from which she promptly disappears.
 
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, originally aired 05/15/1949
“The Ralph Chase Case” with Dick Powell
Ralph Chase hires Diamond about a problem with his stepdaughter, but gangster Murray Lang takes a shot at him first.
 
Murder By Experts, originally aired 06/13/1949
“Summer Heat” with John Dickson Carr
A newly graduated lawyer awakes with a dead body in his bed and has a very difficult time getting rid of it.
 
The Crime Club, originally aired 01/24/1947
“Mr. Smith’s Hat” with Raymond Edward Johnson
A man calls the police to say he’s going to be murdered. Ten seconds later, the man’s daughter calls to say she just found his body.
 
I Was A Communist For the FBI, originally aired 05/27/1953
“The Innocent Club” with Dana Andrews
“The Party” becomes interested in a government clerk framed for stealing secrets, and they form a committee to see that he gets justice.
 
Mystery Is My Hobby, originally aired 07/28/1946 [GB2] 
“Snowbound” with Glenn Langan
Mystery writer Barton Drake finds himself snowbound during a freak blizzard with a group of friendly strangers. They wake up in the morning to discover a suicide. But was it suicide?
 
Mystery In the Air, originally aired 08/07/1947
“The Marvelous Barastro” with Peter Lorre
The classic about the circus magician and his blind wife…and her ultimate horror.
 
Box Thirteen, originally aired 08/22/1948
“The First Letter” with Alan Ladd
Dan Holiday’s first client is Carla Williams—who has him framed for murder!
 
The Whistler, originally aired 02/03/1947
“Seven Steps to Murder” with Bill Forman and Howard Duff
What are the seven steps that could progress a cordial acquaintanceship toward murder? A drama critic and a playwright find out…