Episodi

  • Theater Five - "Just Call Me Lucky" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "Just Call Me Lucky" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 18 2026
    Theater Five presents “Just Call Me Lucky,” episode 99 of ABC’s weekday radio anthology, originally broadcast December 17, 1964. Written by Max Berton, this compact drama features Wayne Tippit, David Kerman, Ben Yaffee, Sam Nudell, and Stan Watt.

    Lucky, an Alaskan with a memorable name, is at the center of a story that asks just how fortunate he really is.

    Theater Five 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
    22:13 Closing

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    22 min
  • Theater Five - "All the Bright Young Ones" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "All the Bright Young Ones" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 16 2026
    Theater Five presents “All the Bright Young Ones,” episode 51 of ABC Radio Network’s weekday anthology, originally broadcast October 12, 1964. This compact speculative drama was adapted from an original story by Virginia Radcliffe and features Rosemary Rice, Peter Fernandez, Ralph Camargo, William Redfield, and Larry Robinson.

    In a future civic society governed by youth, the older father of a mayor resists a system that expects older citizens to step aside. Generational conflict, public authority, and family loyalty converge in this thoughtful vision of a world that prizes the young above all else.

    Theater Five 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
    21:45 Closing

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    22 min
  • Theater Five - "Lake Toplitz" (Old Time Radio, 1965)

    Theater Five - "Lake Toplitz" (Old Time Radio, 1965)
    Oct 13 2026
    Theater Five presents “Lake Toplitz,” episode 216 of the ABC suspense anthology series, originally broadcast May 31, 1965.

    At Austria’s remote Lake Toplitz, a search for rumored Nazi gold beneath the deep water fuels this compact tale of suspense. The premise draws on real postwar legends surrounding the lake, where divers later recovered Nazi-era material—including counterfeit British pound notes connected with Operation Bernhard—though no Nazi gold was verified.

    Theater Five 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
    21:04 Closing

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    21 min
  • Theater Five - "The Talkers" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "The Talkers" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 11 2026
    Theater Five presents “The Talkers,” episode 82 of the ABC Radio Network anthology series, originally broadcast on November 24, 1964. Written by Burr McCloskey, it features Donald Buka and Robert Dryden.

    In a post-nuclear world, two survivors emerge from their underground refuge for a wary encounter on the dangerous surface, where radiation and strange giant insects have remade the world. This compact science-fiction drama finds tension in isolation, survival, and the need for human contact.

    Theater Five 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
    00:38 Original Broadcast
    21:46 Closing

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    22 min
  • Theater Five - "The Wish Fulfillment Machine" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "The Wish Fulfillment Machine" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 9 2026
    Theater Five presents “The Wish Fulfillment Machine,” episode 104 of ABC’s weekday radio anthology, originally broadcast December 24, 1964. Written by George Bamber, the drama features Ivor Francis, George Petrie, Bryna Raeburn, Bill Mason, and Jeff Davis.

    In a future where aging and death are forbidden, one man challenges a society built on enforced immortality. This compact science-fiction drama considers the cost of a world determined to defeat mortality.

    Theater Five 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
    00:37 Original Broadcast
    20:40 Closing

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    21 min
  • Theater Five - "The Big Freeze" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "The Big Freeze" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 6 2026
    Theater Five presents “The Big Freeze,” episode 33 of ABC’s Theater Five, originally broadcast September 16, 1964. This compact science-fiction suspense drama was adapted from an original story by Sol Panitz and features Jack Grimes and Jackson Beck.

    A terminally ill business partner stakes everything on cryonic suspension, hoping to escape death through a leap into the future. But when he awakens two years later, unresolved tensions and the consequences of the past are still waiting.

    Theater Five 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
    00:42 Original Broadcast
    18:35 Closing

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    19 min
  • Theater Five - "The Evil That Men Do" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "The Evil That Men Do" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 4 2026
    Theater Five presents “The Evil That Men Do,” episode 39 of the ABC radio drama anthology, originally broadcast September 24, 1964.

    In an unnamed city struggling with the cost of crime, Dr. Alexander Curan proposes adding Benefactril—a drug intended to suppress antisocial impulses—to the municipal water supply. This compact speculative drama considers the civic and social consequences of a scientific cure-all. The cast includes Ian Martin, George Petrie, Jan Miner, and Jackson Beck.

    Theater Five 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
    21:06 Closing

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    21 min
  • Theater Five - "Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison" (Old Time Radio, 1964)

    Theater Five - "Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison" (Old Time Radio, 1964)
    Oct 2 2026
    Theater Five presents “Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison,” episode 69 of the ABC dramatic anthology, originally broadcast November 5, 1964. Written by Rafael David Blau and Ian Martin and directed by Warren Somerville, it features a cast including Donald Buka, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel, and Vicki Vola.

    After two years without a film role, actress Melinda Madison is offered a sensational publicity scheme designed to put her name back in the papers. But as the staged-suicide premise takes shape amid the hard-edged world of film publicity and newspapers, the price of a comeback begins to feel increasingly ominous.

    Theater Five 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
    22:18 Closing

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    22 min