Radio crime and mystery - Posts - Page 44

The Power of the Whistler (1945): “…I know many things, for I walk by night…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 5th 2012

The omnipresent narrator (Otto Forrest) known as The Whistler introduces us to a “strange man” (Richard Dix) identified as

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 29th 2012

It would be no small exaggeration to suggest that more old-time radio fans listen to The Whistler today than did audiences

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 31st 2012

My introduction to old-time radio came about in the 1970s, when the “nostalgia boom” was well underway. WOUB, Ohio Universit

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 7th 2012

Since the days of the nickelodeons, serials (or “chapter plays,” as they were also called) entertained motion picture audie

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 28th 2012

The recurring character of Caroline Appleby, rival/nemesis of housewife Lucy Ricardo on the classic television sitcom I Lov

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 18th 2012

One of the joys that results from an immersion into the world of old-time radio involves discovering little-known or forgotte