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Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 13th 2016

Basil Rathbone was born on this date in 1892—and I’ll come clean right from the get-go: I am a tremendous fan of the actor’

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 2nd 2016

In Leonard Maltin’s old-time radio memoir The Great American Broadcast, veteran announcer Jackson Beck recalled a most amus

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 22nd 2016

As a medical student at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 through 1881, Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle—born in Edinburgh o

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 8th 2016

A doorbell rings at a residence in the Midwest, and the all-too-trusting couple that resides inside welcomes their visitor

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 24th 2016

On this date in 1949, actor Dick Powell whistled his very first rendition of “Leave it to Love” on NBC’s Richard Diamond, Pr

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 2nd 2016

In his invaluable reference book The Great Radio Soap Operas, author Jim Cox opines that Gertrude “Trudy” Warner—born in Ha