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  • The Mysterious Traveler - "No Grave Can Hold Me" (Old Time Radio, 1949)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "No Grave Can Hold Me" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
    Oct 23 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “No Grave Can Hold Me,” originally broadcast on June 14, 1949. Cataloged as episode 208, this chilling Mutual Broadcasting System drama is a repeat of the series’ January 12, 1947 broadcast. Maurice Tarplin hosts, with featured players Santos Ortega and Richard Coogan.

    Condemned stage magician Maximilian “the Great Randolph” leaves behind unusual burial instructions—and a vow of revenge against the men who convicted him. As full-moon nights bring mounting fear, Randolph’s daughter Nora and her husband Harry are drawn toward a sinister mystery surrounding the magician’s sealed cemetery vault. Written and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:50 Original Broadcast
    29:43 Closing

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    30 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "It's Only Money" (Old Time Radio, 1952)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "It's Only Money" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
    Oct 22 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “It’s Only Money,” episode 338, originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on January 8, 1952. Maurice Tarplin stars as the enigmatic host-narrator in this late-run tale written and produced by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan.

    After losing half a million dollars on a horse-race wager, two grifters make for Paris, where an aristocratic count offers an extraordinary path to easy money—if his remarkable claim about genuine currency can be believed.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:43 Original Broadcast
    30:00 Closing

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    30 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "Murder Goes Free" (Old Time Radio, 1945)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "Murder Goes Free" (Old Time Radio, 1945)
    Oct 21 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “Murder Goes Free,” episode 67, originally broadcast on Mutual on March 31, 1945. Written by David Kogan and Robert A. Arthur and directed by Jock MacGregor, this surviving 28-minute mystery is narrated by Maurice Tarplin.

    A worried father fears his son Martin is falling under the influence of Diana Winters, a woman he suspects is interested in the family inheritance. As accusations and domestic tensions mount, the story becomes a suspenseful crime drama about apparent security and a killer who believes the perfect crime has succeeded.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:44 Original Broadcast
    29:03 Closing

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    29 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "Key Witness" (Old Time Radio, 1952)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "Key Witness" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
    Oct 20 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “Key Witness,” episode 339, originally broadcast on January 15, 1952, over the Mutual Broadcasting System. This late-run crime-suspense installment features Ralph Bell and Chuck Webster, with Maurice Tarplin as the series’ familiar host and narrator.

    Crime boss Mike Bruno depends on mild-mannered accountant Oliver Smith to protect the syndicate’s real financial records—records Smith carries in his remarkable photographic memory. As federal Treasury investigators close in, the accountant becomes a key figure in a tightening web of pressure, danger, and hidden accounts. Written, produced, and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Colvin.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:47 Original Broadcast
    31:35 Closing

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    32 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "Killer Come Home" (Old Time Radio, 1950)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "Killer Come Home" (Old Time Radio, 1950)
    Oct 19 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “Killer Come Home,” episode 264, originally broadcast on July 18, 1950. This Mutual Broadcasting System suspense anthology installment was written by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan.

    After escaping Stone Mountain penitentiary, Harry and fellow convict Missouri make for Harry’s childhood home in Deep Valley. With Harry’s brother Tom, their ailing mother, and the local sheriff drawn into the danger, a desperate homecoming unfolds under the pressure of a tightening manhunt.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:46 Original Broadcast
    29:49 Closing

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    30 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "They Who Sleep" (Old Time Radio, 1945)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "They Who Sleep" (Old Time Radio, 1945)
    Oct 18 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “They Who Sleep,” originally broadcast on January 6, 1945. This is episode 55 of the Mutual Broadcasting System mystery and suspense series, hosted by Maurice Tarplin as the train-riding Mysterious Traveler.

    Jealousy drives one woman to seek an uncanny advantage over her sister through a hypnotist’s strictly temporary offer—an exchange of identities with terrifying consequences. Written by series creators Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, this original supernatural melodrama stars Phillip Clarke, Gertrude Warner, and Helen Claire.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:49 Original Broadcast
    28:58 Closing

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    29 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "Dark, Dark Destiny" (Old Time Radio, 1947)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "Dark, Dark Destiny" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
    Oct 17 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “Dark, Dark Destiny,” episode 99, originally broadcast on April 13, 1947. Hosted by Maurice Tarplin, this Mutual Broadcasting System suspense drama is a revised version of the earlier Mysterious Traveler story “Death Laughs Last.”

    Joe Harrison is running out of options when his wife Mary needs an expensive experimental operation. With his business failing, his savings gone, and debt closing in, Joe faces a desperate financial deadline in this tense domestic crime-and-suspense tale.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:52 Original Broadcast
    29:38 Closing

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    30 min
  • The Mysterious Traveler - "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Old Time Radio, 1949)

    The Mysterious Traveler - "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
    Oct 16 2026
    The Mysterious Traveler presents “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” originally broadcast January 6, 1949. Episode 185 finds the series venturing into Caribbean waters for a tale of treasure, danger, and the unknown.

    After a British destroyer discovers the battered schooner Golden Queen adrift on the Great Bahama Bank, the account of survivor Bill Storm leads back to an expedition from Key West to Flamingo Cay. Searching for a long-lost pirate wreck, Bill and his former Navy companions descend into a crystal-clear lagoon—and encounter something far more unsettling than buried treasure. Featuring Mason Adams and Santos Ortega, this Mutual Broadcasting System production was written, produced, and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Cogan.

    Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

    Chapters:
    00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
    00:51 Original Broadcast
    25:37 Closing

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    26 min