OLD TIME RADIO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

I hope this is useful to someone, as

I’m a big (unashamed) fan of Old Time Radio Drama. There are seriously thousands of episodes available on the internet for free download. They are all in the public domain, which means there is no copyright on them anymore and they are available to the public.

So for all you people stuck at home looking for something different to do... try some old time radio while you go about your day.

I’ve compiled a list of shows, but this is only a fraction of the shows available. These are only ones I’ve heard episodes from, in part or in whole. The website below is from the Old Time Radio Researchers group library and you can find all the shows listed below on their site, unless otherwise linked.

Here is a website https://otrrlibrary.org/index.html

And here is my list of recommendations.

A:

Adventures of Rin-tin-tin

children’s show about a dog, and his heroics

Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen

show for boys

Aldrich Family

family, comedy show

All Star Western Theater

family/children’s show, western songs and short stories with guest stars from western pictures

Anne of the Airwaves

show for girls

B:

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator

adult show, detective

Boston Blackie

adult show, gangster and crime-fighting Boston Blackie

Buck Rogers

scifi for kids

C:

Chase, The

suspense show involving a chase scene

Cisco Kid, The

kids western show, Mexican hero cowboy

Cloak and Dagger

suspense show, WW2 and other true spy stories of the OSS

Counterspy

Spy stories and how they caught them

D:

Dambusters

during WW2, how the dambusters went in and blew up a dam

Dangerous Assignment

secret agent gets assigned his dangerous assignment all around the world. Suspense.

Dick Tracy

kids detective show

E:

F:

Family Theater

family show, each episode is a different story with moral lessons and on each episode they encourage families to pray together.

Father Knows Best

comedy family show

FBI in Peace and War

adult show, stories from the FBI

Fibber McGee and Molly

Comedy where Fibber McGee get’s himself into scraps and tries to get out of scraps with his fibs

Frank Merriwell

youth adventure show. Frank is a collage kid who finds adventures and mysteries.

Frontier Fighters/Frontier Gentlemen

adult westerns

Frontier Town

adult westerns

G:

Gang Busters

adult show, crime fighting gangster stories

Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch

kids western show with Gene Autry on his ranch

The Green Hornet

kids/family show, The Green Hornet, son of the newphew of the Lone Ranger, and publisher of a newspaper, fights crime with his side kick and his fancy car.

Gunsmoke

adult western show with sheriff Matt Dylan in Dodge City

H:

Have Gun, Will Travel

Adult western, this gun for hire for good

Hop Harrigan

kid/family adventures and mysteries with Hop a pilot

Hopalong Cassidy

kids western show with Hoppy

I:

I was a communist for the FBI

undercover man in the US who is a communist... for the FBI

J:

Jack Armstrong

for boys... Jake Armstrong the all American boy adventures

Jerry of the Circus/ Jerry at Fair Oaks

kids show, Jerry of the circus comes first. Boy joins the circus looking for long lost relitive.

Jungle Jim

kids show, Jungle Jim goes all over the world fighting badguys.

K:

L:

Les Miserables

the story is in 7 parts

Let George Do It

family detective show

The life of Riley

comedy show

The Lone Ranger

family western show

Lux

Lux radio theatre has all sorts of stories, may of them from old movies, adapted for radio.

M:

The magic island

youth adventure show. Nothing magical about it though, all sci fi.

The Man Called X

government agent goes all over the world, with a side kick

My favorite Husband

Lucy Ball’s comedy radio show, before she went to TV

N:

O:

One Man’s Family

Family show

Our Miss Brooks

Comedy about a school teacher and her mishaps

Ozzie and Harriet, The Adventures of

Family comedy show

P:

Paul Harvey and the rest of the story

history stories

Philip Marlowe, The Adventures of

adult detective show

Q:

R:

Red Ryder

kids western show with Red Ryder and his kid sidekick Little Beaver

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

adult detective show

Roy Rogers Show

Kids western show

Ranger Bill

kids show, Ranger Bill was put out by Moody and is a Christian kids show

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles

S:

Scarlet Pimpernel

based on the books, these episodes take you from England into France during the revolution as the Pimpernel rescues people from the death

Sherlock Holmes

family detective show

The Silent Men

true life stories of government men catching badguys

Speed Gibson of the international secret police

kids show about Speed and his uncle hunting down the Octapus gang all over the world

The Six Shooter

adult western

Sky King

kids show, western/airplane

Space Patrol

sci fi youth show

The Adventures of Superman

sci fi youth show

T:

Tales of the Texas Rangers

adult show, real life stories from the Texas rangers

Tarzan

kids/youth show

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

youth show sci fi

Top Secret

adult WW2 and spy stories

W:

Wild Bill Hickok

kids western show

Y:

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

adult insurance investigator

Fear and Anxiety

These days seem to be fueled by fear.

Hopefully this is encouraging the choir. I speak to myself just as much as to anyone else.

I’ve been there, I’ve battled with anxiety and fear. I used to be afraid of people. I also had panic attacks around horses because of a really bad accident. But the good news is we don’t have to be ‘stuck’ in fear. We can be victorious over it.

Fear of death?

Jesus said,

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepared a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you man be also.” John 14:1-3

“If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Confessing our sins to God, we will be forgiven and have a place in heaven.

If we believe in God, we needn’t fear death. It’s that plain and simple. He’s got this covered.

If we don’t have God, then yes, we have a lot to fear and be anxious about.

Fear of financial ruin?

"Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Matthew 6: 26-34

If we believe in God, He will provide for all our needs. We needn't worry how we’re going to get through the next few months. 

He’s got this covered.

If we don’t trust God, then yes, we have a lot to fear and be anxious about.

Fear of what’s happening around us right now?

Psalms 91 says...

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”

Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

And if that’s not enough, get this,

If we are trusting God and His care, “Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” Psalm 46:2

But if we are not trusting and abiding in Him, then yes, we have lots to fear.

Confessing our fears.

So how can one over come fear and anxiety when it seems to swallow us up? After all, it’s not just something we can just shrug off. It seeps into our most inner being, and grabs hold so tight we are powerless against it on our own.

But with God, all things are possible.

We see in scripture that Jesus disciples and the apostles could do nothing in and of themselves, but when they spoke, commanding in Jesus name, they had power from God to be victorious.

Confess each and every fear to God, and then in the power of His Son’s name, command each one of those fears to leave. There is power in Jesus Christ name. We can overcome those fears through Him!

If we remain in our fears, not trusting in God, then yes, we have much to fear. Fear will consume us.

May you each be encouraged today. God loves each and every one of you. He will take care of you. Trust Him.

S. L. Kliever