If you’d like to get a real insight into how life was over half a century ago there are few better ways than immersing yourself into the wonderful world of Old Time Radio.

Old Time Radio is like an audio-only time machine into times gone by, in a way that no other medium can compete with.

The difference between Old Time Radio and television or film, and one of its major strengths, is that it is audio-only. Once you close your eyes the only input you have is audio, which means that, with a little imagination, you can easily transport yourself back to a comfortable chair positioned next to the fire, in a 1940s’ home. What you are experiencing is exactly the same as what someone in the 1940s experienced if they sat by the fire with their eyes closed.

Once you’ve set the scene you need to choose what aspect of history you’d like to focus in on. Luckily, almost every Old Time Radio show offers you a glimpse into these bygone days.

Obvious choices for those interested in a historical perspective would be news broadcasts of the time. This could be anything from the famous presidential broadcasts of the time through to news of the war and other major events of the time.

But there’s so much more than straightforward news broadcasts and each of these will give you a different insight into everyday life for people living in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

Old Time Radio Stereotypes

If you put on an old time radio thriller such as Suspense or The Whistler you’ll be exposed to a world that reflects the society of the time. You’ll quickly pick up on the differences in the sexes between now and then. Old Time Radio is full of stereotypes that will seem alien to people who were born in the latter half of the twentieth century.

You’ll discover a world where men were tougher and rarely showed their true feelings, a world where the role of the woman was rarely more than the supportive housewife or downtrodden victim of crime and a world in which it was down to the man to protect the woman and very rarely the other way round.

The Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll and the 1928-1943 Radio Serial

If you choose to listen to a comedy you’ll quickly realize that racial stereotypes are prevalent. Black people are rarely the star of the show and if they are they tend to be played by white actors, which is something that would be completely unacceptable, and rightly so, in today’s world.

You’ll also come across some amazing stereotypes of people from all over the globe. The British always sound upper-class, people from India always sound like snake charmers, French people always sound romantic, and Latin-American people always seem to be manual laborers or villains.

This stereotypical characterization would be laughable in today’s world, but in the old-time radio of the 1930s, 40s and 50s it reflected a society that often (but not always) held rather narrow stereotypical views of anyone who was not a white American.

Old Time Advertising

Another aspect of Old Time Radio that provides an amazing insight into this period is the advertisements. It’s funny that these days we try to avoid the advertisements and focus on the program, but with Old Time Radio shows the advertisements are often as entertaining as the shows themselves. You’ll find yourself exposed to everything from war-bonds through to a great many advertisements focusing on car parts and gasoline.

Signal Gasoline was a popular sponsor of many Old Time Radio shows

These days, there’s little to distinguish between one gasoline provider and another, but in the 1940s, particularly when the war was in full flight, gasoline suppliers were working hard to explain to people why their gasoline was preferable to the gasoline of other suppliers.

You’ll quickly realize that there was a great deal of sexism in the world of advertising back in the golden years of radio. Advertisements for household cleaning products were unashamedly aimed at women whereas advertisements relating to financial issues or cars were all aimed at the man of the house.

These trends have continued to a greater or lesser degree into today’s advertisements, but the directness of this sexual profiling was far more prevalent in those days than it is now.

Cultural Impact on Society

One final thing that is worth listening out for is the social conditioning that went on in radio. Depending on which show you listen to this could include anything from promoting Christian values of what is good and bad (e.g. Family Theatre and its philosophy of “The family that prays together, stays together), through to justifications of current affairs.

It must be remembered that this was a time when many Americans were giving a lot up to fight a war several thousand miles away, and so this constant drip-feed of justification helped to keep the public supportive of the war effort over a protracted period of time.

At a time when Hitler was using the radio as a powerful propaganda machine in Germany, and when the British Government was using the BBC to keep-up moral in the United Kingdom, the big radio stations of the time took it upon themselves to keep up the spirits of their listeners in America and wherever else American radio could be heard.

Hopefully, this short article will have given you a small glimpse into the wonderful world of Old Time Radio and how it can help you to better understand the period between the early 1930s and the late 1940s.

There is much more to learn from it than the observations I have made above, but if this starts you off on a journey of discovery using old-time radio as your time-travelling machine of choice, then my time writing it has been well spent.

Enjoy your travels in time!

About the Author: Ned Norris is the webmaster of RUSC Old Time Radio (www.rusc.com) one of the best loved Old Time Radio sites on the Internet. It’s a place where you can travel back in time and relive the golden days of radio whenever you like, download or listen online to thousands of classic shows, and enjoy regularly updated editorial and reviews on old time radio and related subjects.

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By Rick Brady

The term “Old Time Radio” refers to the entertainment programs that were broadcast to the public from the early 1920s to the early 1960s. In the beginning, most radio programs emulated the vaudeville acts that were the mainstay of public amusement before radio. Comics and singers ruled the airwaves! Best of all, you no longer had to leave your home to enjoy their talents! Eventually, however, audiences matured and other types of programs were added to the radio schedule.

Drama series became extremely popular including shows about doctors, soap operas, and even movie scripts that were adapted for radio. Action series brought cops, robbers, private detectives, and westerns into the home! Fantasy series thrilled audiences with well known characters including Superman and the Green Hornet! Horror fans got their share of ghosts, vampires, and werewolves. Those who craved science fiction got their weekly craving for tales of the future, space travel, and exploration of the unknown. Game shows like “You Bet Your Life” gave the average person an escape from everyday life!

The first commercial radio station in the U.S. (KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) began occasional broadcasting in 1920. By 1922, the first regularly broadcast old time radio shows had begun. Up until the late 1920s, musical programs were most popular with shows highlighting opera, big bands, jazz, classical, and popular music.

In the 1930s, the first daytime series appeared featuring romance and other subject matter that appealed to the typical American housewife. Most of those programs were sponsored by soap products and that’s where the term “Soap Opera” originated.

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Radio shows like “The Cisco Kid” and “Captain Midnight” were broadcast in the afternoons for the entertainment of young people as they returned home from school. Comedy series began to appear including the “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” and the “Jack Benny Show” which both began in 1932. “Amos ‘N Andy” actually hit the airwaves in 1928! Then in the early 1940s, a nearly never-ending list of comedy programs joined those pioneers and comedy shows became the most prolific genre through the end of Old Time Radio.

By 1947, 82% of people in the U.S. listened to the radio on a regular basis. The Old Time Radio shows were not like most audio books of today where someone with a pleasant voice reads you a book. Old Time Radio shows were productions just like the television programs of today. There were sound effects, multiple actors in multiple roles, and first rate scripts! Many people today are shocked at how entertaining they can be when they hear their first Old Time Radio program. The lack of video can actually be a plus! Your mind often imagines the characters and scenery much better than seeing those things on a television screen.

Most Old Time Radio Shows were aired live up until the late 1940s. Therefore, the most popular shows had to be performed twice due to the time difference between the east coast and the west coast. Most of those programs are lost to us today as they were generally not recorded. There are exceptions where and advertiser wanted copies of their programs or for some programs that aired in syndication. Thankfully, by the early 1950s, many programs were broadcast live on the east coast and recorded for later broadcast on the west coast. A surprisingly large number of those recordings are still in existence today thanks, mostly, to collector/hobbyists who acquired them through the years. Due to their age, most of those are available free of charge on the web or at very low cost on CD (in mp3 format) from numerous vendors.

In the mid 1950s TV was becoming the king of entertainment and radio was transforming into a mostly musical format. There were shows, however, that continued for a few more years and some of them even aired at the same time as a TV version of the same program.

About the author: Learn more about the history of Old Time Radio on a show by show basis and listen to shows free at www.megaloradio.com.

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Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, and Kirk Douglas star in this 1946 film noir about a husband and wife who share a dark secret from the past.

Stanwyck is Martha Ivers, a cold-hearted woman who killed her overbearing aunt years earlier on the night Martha was to run away with her impoverished boyfriend, Sam Masterson.

The aunt’s killing was witnessed by the son of a family employee. The father joins Martha in a lie about what actually transpired. He then uses the knowledge against her, forcing her to allow him to move into the family home. Years later, he coerces her into marrying his son, Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas in his motion picture debut), now a district attorney.

Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) reappears in the town setting the stage for doublecross, duplicity and death.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is available for full screen viewing on Google Video and can be purchased in DVD format in our OTR Shop.

A woman (Eve Miller) meets an older man while traveling on a train. The stranger, who introduces himself as Dr. Velonius, seems to be able to see into the future, and relates a forboding tale of a man who kills a woman at a railroad station.

Inner Sanctum is a  little-known film noir  directed by Lew Landers (The Return of the Vampire, Crime, Inc., Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land, Terry and the Pirates, Tales of the Texas Rangers), and stars Charles Russell stars as Harold Dunlap, the brooding killer. Russell should be familiar to Old Time Radio fans as radio’s original star of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (excluding the Dick Powell audition).

The storytelling clairvoyant, Dr. Velonius, is played by Fritz Leiber, Sr. Leiber worked in dozens of films from 1916 to 1950 including A Tale of Two Cities, Samson and Delilah, The Song of Bernadette, Phantom of the Opera, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His son Fritz Leiber, Jr. is a popular science-fiction author.

Released in 1948, Inner Sanctum is loosely based on Inner Sanctum Mysteries magazine, a long-running radio show and a Lon Chaney, Jr. movie series of the same name. Beyond the macabre tale told in the film, it bears little resemblance to any of them. Some OTR aficionados may be reminded of The Mysterious Traveler, an old-time radio series featuring an unnamed man on a train unnerving his fellow travelers with gruesome tales of death.

Charles Russell as Harold Dunlap
Mary Beth Hughes as Jean Maxwell
Dale Belding as Mike Bennett
Billy House as McFee
Fritz Leiber as Doctor Valonius, the Seer
Nana Bryant as Thelma Mitchell
Lee Patrick as Ruth Bennett
Roscoe Ates as Willy
Eddie Parks as Barney
Eve Miller as Marie Kembar, Dunlap’s Fiancée

An 18th-century Massachusetts judge with a peculiar objection to death, and a water-powered railway in England highlight this entry of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.

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“If you like the stealth of intrigue, come with me.

“If you like blood and thunder, come with me.”

Adventures by Morse was an action & adventure series produced, written and directed by Carlton E. Morse, who created the eponymous series after NBC canceled his popular series I Love a Mystery.

The 30-minute series aired 1944 to 1945, and told the adventures of Captain Bart Friday, San Francisco private investigator, and his able-bodied, Southern sidekick, Skip Turner.

Friday and Turner travel across the world solving crimes and mysteries, and occasionally freelancing for U.S. intelligence services. Their adventures touch upon the paranormal, horror, intrigue, espionage, abductions, murder, and outwitting Nazis.

Captain Friday was played on various shows by Elliott Lewis (Jack Benny Show, The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen), David Ellis (Road of Life, Suspense, Escape) and Russell Thorson (I Love A Mystery, One Man’s Family, The Detectives). Jack Edwards (Escape) played Texan Skip Turner.

Adventures by Morse Series’ Log

44/01/08 1 The City of the Dead 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/01/15 2 The City of the Dead 2 (I’ve Dug Up Something Ghastly)
44/01/22 3 The City of the Dead 3 (The Body That Walked Off)
44/01/29 4 The City of the Dead 4 (Old Clawfoot Again)
44/02/05 5 The City of the Dead 5 (The Skeleton Walks In)
44/02/12 6 The City of the Dead 6 (The Ghoul in the Grave)
44/02/19 7 The City of the Dead 7 (Captain Friday Vanishes)
44/02/26 8 The City of the Dead 8 (The Kidnapping of Clawfoot)
44/03/04 9 The City of the Dead 9 (Trail of the Phantom Church Bell)
44/03/11 10 The City of the Dead 10 (Where the Pearls Were Hidden)
44/03/18 11 A Coffin for the Lady 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/03/25 12 A Coffin for the Lady 2 (Conversation in the Casket)
44/04/01 13 A Coffin for the Lady 3 (Deepest Grave in the World)
44/04/08 14 Cobra King Strikes Back 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/04/15 15 Cobra King Strikes Back 2 (The Adventure Continues)
44/04/22 16 Cobra King Strikes Back 3 (The Mad King of Ankar)
44/04/29 17 Cobra King Strikes Back 4 (Temple of the Gorillas)
44/05/06 18 Cobra King Strikes Back 5 (The Living Image of Cambodia)
44/05/13 19 Cobra King Strikes Back 6 (Terrors Of The Hollow Mountain)
44/05/20 20 Cobra King Strikes Back 7 (The Face of the Beast)
44/05/27 21 Cobra King Strikes Back 8 (It Was Not Cannibalism)
44/06/03 22 Cobra King Strikes Back 9 (Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy)
44/06/10 23 Cobra King Strikes Back 10 (Amazing End of an Expedition)
44/06/17 24 Girl on Shipwreck Island 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/06/24 25 Girl on Shipwreck Island 2 (The Pirate Is a Fighting Man)
44/07/01 26 Girl on Shipwreck Island 3 (More About Gracie Than Meets the Eye)
44/07/08 27 Dead Men Prowl 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/07/15 28 Dead Men Prowl 2 (The Prowler at Work)
44/07/22 29 Dead Men Prowl 3 (The Dead Do Walk at Night)
44/07/29 30 Dead Men Prowl 4 (Conversation with the Walking Dead)
44/08/05 31 Dead Men Prowl 5 (The Walking Dead Captured)
44/08/12 32 Dead Men Prowl 6 (Life History of Prowlers)
44/08/19 33 Dead Men Prowl 7 (Four Go to Join the Prowling Dead)
44/08/26 34 Dead Men Prowl 8 (Prowler with the Rope Around His Neck)
44/09/02 35 Dead Men Prowl 9 (Prowling Dead Walk Again)
44/09/09 36 Dead Men Prowl 10 (The Prowling Dead Introduces Himself)
44/09/16 37 You’ll Be Dead in a Week 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/09/23 38 You’ll Be Dead in a Week 2 (Twenty Thousand Dollars to Lose)
44/09/30 39 You’ll Be Dead in a Week 3 (The Conclusion)
44/10/07 40 Land of the Living Dead 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/10/14 41 Land of the Living Dead 2 (The Adventure Continues)
44/10/21 42 Land of the Living Dead 3 (The Green-Eyed Murderess Again)
44/10/28 43 Land of the Living Dead 4 (The Tree That Eats Flesh)
44/11/04 44 Land of the Living Dead 5 (The Adventure Continues)
44/11/11 45 Land of the Living Dead 6 (The Adventure Continues)
44/11/18 46 Land of the Living Dead 7 (The Adventure Continues)
44/11/25 47 Land of the Living Dead 8 (The Adventure Continues)
44/12/02 48 Land of the Living Dead 9 (The Adventure Continues)
44/12/09 49 Land of the Living Dead 10 (The Conclusion)
44/12/16 50 It’s Dismal to Die 1 (The Adventure Begins)
44/12/23 51 It’s Dismal to Die 2 (The Adventure Continues)
44/12/30 52 It’s Dismal to Die 3 (Bad Medicine for the Doctor)

Death by Proxy is based on a story by Jerry McGill, and stars Mr. Sloan (Citizen Kane, The Mer­cury The­ater, The Mys­te­ri­ous Trav­el­er, In­ner Sanc­tum Mys­ter­ies), Cathleen Cordell (Gaslight), George O. Petrie (The Hon­ey­moon­ers, Rawhide, 77 Sun­set Strip, The Twi­light Zone), and Lyle Kudrow.

According to New York Times archives, this episode was originally broadcast May 1st, 1957

The show is noteworthy not only for its storylines, but also for the eerie — and slightly camp — pipe organ, which adds to the series’ atmosphere of suspense.

Several episodes featured distinguished actors such as Sir Ralph Richardson ( OTR’s Dr. Watson to Sir John Geilgud’s Sherlock Holmes), Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Michael Redgrave.

Other familiar radio, television and film personalities starring on the show included Everett Sloane (The Mercury Theater, The Mysterious Traveler, Inner Sanctum Mysteries), Cathleen Cordell (Gaslight) and George O. Petrie (The Honeymooners, Rawhide, 77 Sunset Strip, The Twilight Zone).

Mystery Time was hosted by announcer Don Dowd, who apparently couldn’t decide which “announcer voice” to use throughout the course of the series.

The shows ran from 1957 to 1958. Exact broadcast dates of the 13 existing episodes is uncertain.

xx/xx/xx Death by Proxy
xx/xx/xx Death Walked In
xx/xx/xx Four Fatal Jugglers
xx/xx/xx Four Time Loser
xx/xx/xx Half an Hour
xx/xx/xx Murder in Haste
xx/xx/xx My Adventure in Norfork
xx/xx/xx No One Will Ever Know
xx/xx/xx Picture of Dorian Gray
xx/xx/xx Success Story
xx/xx/xx Suicide Club
xx/xx/xx The Overcoat
xx/xx/xx The Tale

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And in the second segment, you’ll hear all about Billy Marshall, a long-lived, ne’er-do-well Scotsman who sired dozens of children with his 17 wives all while he was A.W.O.L. Believe it or not!

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Ripley began his popular Believe It or Not franchise as a comic strip in 1918. Over time, it grew to include this series, and a half-hour radio program which ran from 1935-2004. Ripley also hosted two dozen short Believe It or Not films in 1930-1931.

A Believe It or Not television series premiered March 1, 1949 with Ripley as host. He appeared in approximately 12 episodes before succumbing to a heart attack on May 27, 1949. He was 58 years old.

Series Episode Log

Note: Although 415 episodes were made, the series is numbered from 1 to 416. There doesn’t seem to be an episode numbered 273.

xx/xx/xx 1 Egyptian Shoe
xx/xx/xx 2 Cliff Railway
xx/xx/xx 3 Grave Robber
xx/xx/xx 4 Death’s Head Moth
xx/xx/xx 5 Church Steeple
xx/xx/xx 6 Witch Doctor
xx/xx/xx 7 King’s Reward
xx/xx/xx 8 Iron Man
xx/xx/xx 9 Engaged Only Once
xx/xx/xx 10 Bono the Dwarf
xx/xx/xx 11 Inhuman Monarch
xx/xx/xx 12 Lord Brooks
xx/xx/xx 13 Considerate Uncle
xx/xx/xx 14 Killed by Bashfulness
xx/xx/xx 15 Remarkable Woman
xx/xx/xx 16 Weaponless Duel
xx/xx/xx 17 Billy Dixon
xx/xx/xx 18 King Olaf
xx/xx/xx 19 Unusual Pony
xx/xx/xx 20 Never Bitten
xx/xx/xx 21 Empty Grave
xx/xx/xx 22 Thrifty Nephew
xx/xx/xx 23 Preston Hall
xx/xx/xx 24 Dunder Rock
xx/xx/xx 25 Exploding Casket
xx/xx/xx 26 Church Inspired by a Footstool
xx/xx/xx 27 Dancing Corpses
xx/xx/xx 28 Strange Vigil
xx/xx/xx 29 Man of Letters
xx/xx/xx 30 When Will He Die
xx/xx/xx 31 World’s Richest Heiress
xx/xx/xx 32 Greatest Lover
xx/xx/xx 33 Moon Gate
xx/xx/xx 34 King of Punishment
xx/xx/xx 35 Town Clock
xx/xx/xx 36 19th Century Superman
xx/xx/xx 37 Ye Old Sun Inn
xx/xx/xx 38 Odd Place to Live
xx/xx/xx 39 Singing Sailors
xx/xx/xx 40 Fateful Phone Call
xx/xx/xx 41 Funny Election
xx/xx/xx 42 Actof Courage
xx/xx/xx 43 Floating Christmas Present
xx/xx/xx 44 Fish Story
xx/xx/xx 45 Choosy Thief
xx/xx/xx 46 Strange President
xx/xx/xx 47 Strange Death
xx/xx/xx 48 Unusual Temple
xx/xx/xx 49 Unusual Purchase
xx/xx/xx 50 Odd Way to Live
xx/xx/xx 51 Strange Death Wish
xx/xx/xx 52 Largest Clan in Scotland
xx/xx/xx 53 The Nervous Bulls
xx/xx/xx 54 The Oath That Came True
xx/xx/xx 55 Private Property
xx/xx/xx 56 Life in Chains
xx/xx/xx 57 Strange Sport
xx/xx/xx 58 Don’t Turn Your Back on a Fight
xx/xx/xx 59 Odd Lady
xx/xx/xx 60 Prophesy
xx/xx/xx 61 To Catch a Thief
xx/xx/xx 62 No Robes
xx/xx/xx 63 Odd Sack of Mail
xx/xx/xx 64 Mountain That’s a City
xx/xx/xx 65 Prophesy of Love
xx/xx/xx 66 Scotish Wife Killer
xx/xx/xx 67 About Face
xx/xx/xx 68 Smooth Operator
xx/xx/xx 69 Carry a Tune
xx/xx/xx 70 Man of His Word
xx/xx/xx 71 The Vow
xx/xx/xx 72 Young Sailor
xx/xx/xx 73 Insane Schoolteacher
xx/xx/xx 74 Tell-Tale House
xx/xx/xx 75 Comedy of Errors
xx/xx/xx 76 No Time to Write Books
xx/xx/xx 77 To Kill a Turtle
xx/xx/xx 78 Nut on Numbers
xx/xx/xx 79 Argument Led to War
xx/xx/xx 80 Sad Day for a Railroad
xx/xx/xx 81 Knight from Tennessee
xx/xx/xx 82 Fish That Disappeared
xx/xx/xx 83 Strange Marriage Ceremony
xx/xx/xx 84 Pink Lady
xx/xx/xx 85 Human Computer
xx/xx/xx 86 Strange Will
xx/xx/xx 87 Man of God-Western Style
xx/xx/xx 88 Mama’s Boy
xx/xx/xx 89 Cargo of Bad Luck
xx/xx/xx 90 Boredom Costs a Fortune
xx/xx/xx 91 First Ice Man
xx/xx/xx 92 Longest Love Letter
xx/xx/xx 93 Fought Nature
xx/xx/xx 94 Blind Sightseer
xx/xx/xx 95 Poetic Justice
xx/xx/xx 96 Longest and Shortest Wedding in History
xx/xx/xx 97 Theory of Child Education
xx/xx/xx 98 Perfumed House
xx/xx/xx 99 Hidden Treasure
xx/xx/xx 100 Work of Art
xx/xx/xx 101 Self-Centered Man
xx/xx/xx 102 Fatal Family
xx/xx/xx 103 Strange Defense
xx/xx/xx 104 Machine of Death
xx/xx/xx 105 Church Disaster
xx/xx/xx 106 Builder of Roads
xx/xx/xx 107 Physical Handicap
xx/xx/xx 108 Cruel Trick of Nature
xx/xx/xx 109 Baby Commander
xx/xx/xx 110 Two Lives
xx/xx/xx 111 Killjoy
xx/xx/xx 112 Misplaced Building
xx/xx/xx 113 Great Talent (2)
xx/xx/xx 114 Dream Came True
xx/xx/xx 115 Wedding Ceremony (2)
xx/xx/xx 116 Free Criminal
xx/xx/xx 117 Hidden Treasure (2)
xx/xx/xx 118 One Track Mind
xx/xx/xx 119 Woman’s Hats
xx/xx/xx 120 Ink Blot Test
xx/xx/xx 121 Strange Omen
xx/xx/xx 122 Dog Betrays King
xx/xx/xx 123 Unlikely Death
xx/xx/xx 124 Sleepy Head
xx/xx/xx 125 Fainting Pastor
xx/xx/xx 126 Church Beginnings
xx/xx/xx 127 Canadian Joan of Arc
xx/xx/xx 128 Trick on Nappy
xx/xx/xx 129 Literary Award
xx/xx/xx 130 Prophesy (2)
xx/xx/xx 131 True Romance
xx/xx/xx 132 Castle of Warning
xx/xx/xx 133 Dress a Harem
xx/xx/xx 134 Modern Warfare
xx/xx/xx 135 Cheated Death
xx/xx/xx 136 Patriot in Exile
xx/xx/xx 137 Never Grew Up
xx/xx/xx 138 Moonlighting Doctors
xx/xx/xx 139 Soldier Works Magic
xx/xx/xx 140 Greatest One Man Job
xx/xx/xx 141 Loyal Soldier
xx/xx/xx 142 Sight of Terror
xx/xx/xx 143 Never Never Gate
xx/xx/xx 144 Unfacts
xx/xx/xx 145 Grateful Soldiers
xx/xx/xx 146 Courages Queen
xx/xx/xx 147 Shyest Women in the World
xx/xx/xx 148 Horrible Past
xx/xx/xx 149 Marriage Test
xx/xx/xx 150 Cow’s Gold Teeth
xx/xx/xx 151 Makes a Point
xx/xx/xx 152 Home Sweet Home
xx/xx/xx 153 Water Drill
xx/xx/xx 154 Good Manners
xx/xx/xx 155 Hates Money
xx/xx/xx 156 Possessed by His Name ( Missing Ending)
xx/xx/xx 157 Toothache
xx/xx/xx 158 Up to Date Church
xx/xx/xx 159 Last Reward
xx/xx/xx 160 Grearest Clothes Horse
xx/xx/xx 161 Strange Way to Die
xx/xx/xx 162 Living Library
xx/xx/xx 163 Useless Guard
xx/xx/xx 164 Costliest Tree
xx/xx/xx 165 Dark Secret
xx/xx/xx 166 Inherited His Own Fortune
xx/xx/xx 167 Opera Singer
xx/xx/xx 168 Nothing to Govern
xx/xx/xx 169 Man Who Couldn’t Sleep
xx/xx/xx 170 Oldest Language
xx/xx/xx 171 Act of Patriotism
xx/xx/xx 172 Condemned a River
xx/xx/xx 173 Game of Chess (2)
xx/xx/xx 174 Queen for a Day
xx/xx/xx 175 Couldn’t Say No
xx/xx/xx 176 Bloody Oath
xx/xx/xx 177 Prayer Answered
xx/xx/xx 178 Great Talent
xx/xx/xx 179 Strange Criminal Code
xx/xx/xx 180 Strange Decision
xx/xx/xx 181 Prince’s Cruelity
xx/xx/xx 182 Labor of Love
xx/xx/xx 183 To Kill a Spy
xx/xx/xx 184 Fate
xx/xx/xx 185 Most Trusting Man
xx/xx/xx 186 Tragic Love Story
xx/xx/xx 187 Deathbed Wish
xx/xx/xx 188 Queen with Short Memory
xx/xx/xx 189 Ruler in Jail
xx/xx/xx 190 Debt Payed
xx/xx/xx 191 Greatest Nerve
xx/xx/xx 192 Experience in Death
xx/xx/xx 193 Stone Cutter
xx/xx/xx 194 Ritual of Pain
xx/xx/xx 195 Bar Bill
xx/xx/xx 196 Destined for Disaster
xx/xx/xx 197 Never Forgot
xx/xx/xx 198 Glimpse of Life
xx/xx/xx 199 Attitude About Clothes
xx/xx/xx 200 Strange Army
xx/xx/xx 201 Not as Friends
xx/xx/xx 202 King Wanted to Be a Dancer
xx/xx/xx 203 Way of Mourning
xx/xx/xx 204 Act of Faith
xx/xx/xx 205 Overcame Handicap
xx/xx/xx 206 Vote Getter
xx/xx/xx 207 Showing off New Husband
xx/xx/xx 208 Villiage That Murdered Itself
xx/xx/xx 209 Gauge of Railroads
xx/xx/xx 210 How the White House Got Its Name
xx/xx/xx 211 King That Rode Piggyback
xx/xx/xx 212 General’s Secret
xx/xx/xx 213 How Many Happy Days
xx/xx/xx 214 Table Manners
xx/xx/xx 215 Typographical Error
xx/xx/xx 216 A Lifetime by 20
xx/xx/xx 217 Prolific Poet
xx/xx/xx 218 Island Made of Soap
xx/xx/xx 219 Shook Hands with Foot
xx/xx/xx 220 Handkerchief Moody
xx/xx/xx 221 Unwritten Book
xx/xx/xx 222 Eternal Silence
xx/xx/xx 223 Ponderous Book
xx/xx/xx 224 Walk to Russia
xx/xx/xx 225 Most Distinguished Doctor
xx/xx/xx 226 Help Wanted Ad
xx/xx/xx 227 Holy Beach
xx/xx/xx 228 Most Expensive Dress
xx/xx/xx 229 Shell Had His Number
xx/xx/xx 230 Sock Escape
xx/xx/xx 231 Fish Tale
xx/xx/xx 232 Slept Through Term
xx/xx/xx 233 Costly Bombardment
xx/xx/xx 234 Before the Fact
xx/xx/xx 235 One Vote
xx/xx/xx 236 Real Cinderella Story
xx/xx/xx 237 Paid National Debt
xx/xx/xx 238 Discovered on a Camel
xx/xx/xx 239 Court Trial
xx/xx/xx 240 Lighthouse on Cotton
xx/xx/xx 241 Mystery Ship
xx/xx/xx 242 Priceles Barrel
xx/xx/xx 243 Saves His Brother’s Life
xx/xx/xx 244 The Word Restaurant
xx/xx/xx 245 Hanging Judge
xx/xx/xx 246 Expensive Cab Ride
xx/xx/xx 247 Feat in Lifting
xx/xx/xx 248 Man in the Gold Mask
xx/xx/xx 249 Spectacular Walk
xx/xx/xx 250 Costliest Minute in History
xx/xx/xx 251 Motherhood
xx/xx/xx 252 Unconscious Bride
xx/xx/xx 253 Bald Headed Joke
xx/xx/xx 254 Soldier of Fortune
xx/xx/xx 255 Thumbs Up
xx/xx/xx 256 King’s Appetite
xx/xx/xx 257 19 Year Duel
xx/xx/xx 258 Secret of the Sealed Book
xx/xx/xx 259 Well Paid Poet
xx/xx/xx 260 Strange Religious Celebration
xx/xx/xx 261 Book Treated Like a King
xx/xx/xx 262 Remarkable Memorial
xx/xx/xx 263 Strange Nuptials
xx/xx/xx 264 Stubbed His Toe on 10 Billion Dollars
xx/xx/xx 265 How California Got Its Name
xx/xx/xx 266 Cheese Won a Naval Battle
xx/xx/xx 267 Golden Mummy
xx/xx/xx 268 Oldest Song in the World
xx/xx/xx 269 First Man to Eat His Hat
xx/xx/xx 270 First President of the U S A
xx/xx/xx 271 Whale Swallows Man
xx/xx/xx 272 Fire Destroys Bridge
xx/xx/xx 274 World’s Worst Thug
xx/xx/xx 275 King David’s Wealth
xx/xx/xx 276 Mystery House
xx/xx/xx 277 Strange Fish
xx/xx/xx 278 Bagpipes
xx/xx/xx 279 Manhatten
xx/xx/xx 280 Lot of Lip
xx/xx/xx 281 Fell out of a Plane
xx/xx/xx 282 Too Much Land
xx/xx/xx 283 How the Tank Got Its Name
xx/xx/xx 284 Wedding at Knifepoint
xx/xx/xx 285 Bloody War
xx/xx/xx 286 Double Pay
xx/xx/xx 287 Butterfly
xx/xx/xx 288 Royal Wedding Target
xx/xx/xx 289 Ship of the Dead
xx/xx/xx 290 Length of True Love
xx/xx/xx 291 Dangerous Clams
xx/xx/xx 292 Small Fish
xx/xx/xx 293 Death News Item
xx/xx/xx 294 Thanksgiving Fast
xx/xx/xx 295 Deadly Stone
xx/xx/xx 296 Donkey’s Mine
xx/xx/xx 297 Distance Runner
xx/xx/xx 298 Bullet Found Its Mark
xx/xx/xx 299 Invasion of Normandy
xx/xx/xx 300 King Plenty
xx/xx/xx 301 Margin of Defeat
xx/xx/xx 302 Convicted of Murder
xx/xx/xx 303 Anniversary
xx/xx/xx 304 Whiskers Caused a War
xx/xx/xx 305 Human Lighthouse
xx/xx/xx 306 Big Reward
xx/xx/xx 307 Mad Tzar
xx/xx/xx 308 Strange Scrifice
xx/xx/xx 309 How Bridge Got Its Name
xx/xx/xx 310 Wasteful Man
xx/xx/xx 311 Shrieking Statue
xx/xx/xx 312 John Payne ( Part)
xx/xx/xx 313 Death Sentence
xx/xx/xx 314 Built a House
xx/xx/xx 315 Half a Cent Started a War
xx/xx/xx 316 Hangman’s Noose
xx/xx/xx 317 Scare a Tree
xx/xx/xx 318 Not Very Popular in America
xx/xx/xx 319 Reduce Divorce Rate
xx/xx/xx 320 Dangerous Act
xx/xx/xx 321 Knew How to Live
xx/xx/xx 322 Weird Death Watch
xx/xx/xx 323 Tub of Butter
xx/xx/xx 324 Life and Death Decision
xx/xx/xx 325 Jilted a King
xx/xx/xx 326 Smart Wig
xx/xx/xx 327 Human Top
xx/xx/xx 328 Milking a Cow
xx/xx/xx 329 Late Revenge
xx/xx/xx 330 Executed Four Times
xx/xx/xx 331 600 Eyebrows
xx/xx/xx 332 Wedding Ceremony
xx/xx/xx 333 Long Reign
xx/xx/xx 334 How Much Is a Million
xx/xx/xx 335 Treachery of Kings
xx/xx/xx 336 Unusual Coincidence
xx/xx/xx 337 Don’t Rely on Doves (2)
xx/xx/xx 338 Unusual Incident
xx/xx/xx 339 Spectacles of Death
xx/xx/xx 340 Courage of a Woman
xx/xx/xx 341 Tax Your Belief
xx/xx/xx 342 Nothing to Wear
xx/xx/xx 343 White Pigeons
xx/xx/xx 344 Kills with Gold
xx/xx/xx 345 Marriage Racket
xx/xx/xx 346 Ballet Star
xx/xx/xx 347 Soldier Painter
xx/xx/xx 348 Fortune for a Letter
xx/xx/xx 349 Game of Chess
xx/xx/xx 350 Pit of Fire
xx/xx/xx 351 Everlasting Mourning
xx/xx/xx 352 Name a Tower
xx/xx/xx 353 People Who Eat Under Water
xx/xx/xx 354 Castle Distroyed by a Kiss
xx/xx/xx 355 Silent Groom
xx/xx/xx 356 Cruel Prctical Joke
xx/xx/xx 357 Strange Rainfall
xx/xx/xx 358 For the Sake of Art
xx/xx/xx 359 Cure for Blindness
xx/xx/xx 360 Emperor in Hot Water
xx/xx/xx 361 Flies Save a City
xx/xx/xx 362 First Love
xx/xx/xx 363 12 Year Old Girl
xx/xx/xx 364 Marriage Rite
xx/xx/xx 365 Animal Pack
xx/xx/xx 366 King Died a Beggar
xx/xx/xx 367 Silly Statement
xx/xx/xx 368 Executed Because He Was Strong
xx/xx/xx 369 Weird Prophesy
xx/xx/xx 370 Nice Profit
xx/xx/xx 371 Saw Death in the Future
xx/xx/xx 372 Unusual Love Story
xx/xx/xx 373 Incredible Professor
xx/xx/xx 374 100 Crippled Daughters
xx/xx/xx 375 Shoemaker Becomes a King
xx/xx/xx 376 Golden Galley
xx/xx/xx 377 Mad Monarch’s Revenge
xx/xx/xx 378 Killed Himself for His Regiment
xx/xx/xx 379 Hot Bath Makes a King
xx/xx/xx 380 Castle Owned by the Devil
xx/xx/xx 381 Strange Library
xx/xx/xx 382 Unusual Food Handlers
xx/xx/xx 383 Word Meanings
xx/xx/xx 384 Stroke of Lightning
xx/xx/xx 385 Worth Her Weight in Gold
xx/xx/xx 386 Seductive Murderess
xx/xx/xx 387 Died of Double-Trouble
xx/xx/xx 388 Indestructible Pilgrim
xx/xx/xx 389 Best Dressed Women
xx/xx/xx 390 Killed by a Prophesy
xx/xx/xx 391 Towed a Whale
xx/xx/xx 392 Victory Castle
xx/xx/xx 393 Waist More Then Height
xx/xx/xx 394 Deadly Gateposts
xx/xx/xx 395 Bridge of Death
xx/xx/xx 396 Man Bites Crock
xx/xx/xx 397 Well of Death
xx/xx/xx 398 Strange Wound
xx/xx/xx 399 Home Run Show
xx/xx/xx 400 Corpse Stops a Mutiny
xx/xx/xx 401 Couldn’t Change Fate
xx/xx/xx 402 Married His Wife
xx/xx/xx 403 Saw Husband Die Twice
xx/xx/xx 404 Crime Detection
xx/xx/xx 405 Strange Treasure Hunt
xx/xx/xx 406 Foundling
xx/xx/xx 407 Ruled by an Empty Chair
xx/xx/xx 408 His Own Wedding
xx/xx/xx 409 Lollypop Temple
xx/xx/xx 410 Tempted Fate
xx/xx/xx 411 House of Unhappy Marriages
xx/xx/xx 412 Scorn of an Angry Woman
xx/xx/xx 413 Elaborate Funeral
xx/xx/xx 414 Woman Invited Herself
xx/xx/xx 415 Never Too Late
xx/xx/xx 416 Turned Down a Gold Mine

The Men from Mars is the third episode in the 95-episode series. The first two episodes, “Hosts Above the Thunder” and “Journey Into a Germ World,” are no longer thought to be in existence. Only 17 episodes from the series are currently available.

This episode was originally broadcast on March 29, 1950.