Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Blooming Blossom Matter (January 20, 1957)

Jack “Flashgun” Casey began in George Harmon Coxe’s crime stories before coming to CBS radio in 1943. A newspaper photographer with a detective’s instincts, Casey investigated cases alongside reporter Ann Williams. The radio series continued through 1955. This episode, “The Red Raincoat,” was broadcast on August 29, 1946. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suspense was a CBS radio anthology of mystery and thriller dramas that ran from 1942 to 1962. This January 12, 1943 broadcast adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum,” with Henry Hull in the lead role. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

X Minus One was NBC’s science fiction radio anthology, broadcast from 1955 to 1958 as a successor to Dimension X. In “Mars Is Heaven,” first broadcast May 8, 1955, an Earth expedition lands on Mars and finds an eerily familiar town. The episode adapts a story by Ray Bradbury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gunsmoke brought a more adult Western to CBS radio, with William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon. “Billy the Kid” was the series’ first broadcast on April 26, 1952. It opens with Dillon preparing a wanted poster for Clay Richards, a fugitive accused of murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Great Gildersleeve spun off from Fibber McGee and Molly in 1941, with Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. In this early episode, Leroy takes on a paper route and Gildy gets drawn into his delivery-day troubles. “Leroy’s Paper Route” originally aired on September 14, 1941. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.