Best Freberg Podcasts (2025)

As we creep closer to the 20th anniversary of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, we're digging up some rare audio from our past that hasn't been heard in years! This episode is an interview with the cast & crew that was done on Sirius Radio back in 2008! ©2008 Saturday Morning Media Grant Baciocco Doug Price…

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Dr. Floyd Outtakes Featuring Don Novello 2:52

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Here's a rare piece of Dr. Floyd audio! Some outtakes from our recording session with Don Novello. These were previously only available to Imagination Rangers years and years ago. To celebrate 20 years of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, we're finally releasing them to the public! Enjoy! ©2006, 2024 Saturday Morning Media Grant Baciocco Doug Pric…

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SUSPENSE - Till-Death-Do-Us-Part - December-15-1942 29:15

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SUSPENSE - Till-Death-Do-Us-Part - December-15-1942 Starring Peter Lorre, Alice Frost and Mercedes McCambridge.

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July 4 and The Flag 14:26

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Stan Freberg presents The United States of America.

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Stan Freberg "The Declaration of Independence" 6:30

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Stan Freberg - Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1 - The Declaration of Independence. A Stan Freberg sketch explains how Thomas Jefferson may have convinced Benjamin Franklin to sign the Declaration of Independence.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Devil's Foot" 26:04

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is an American old-time radio show that aired on US radio networks between 1930 and 1936. The series was adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories by scriptwriter Edith Meiser. For most of the series, Richard Gordon played Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell played Dr. Watson.The series included mu…

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The Shadow - "When the Grave is Open" 28:38

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This episode aired September 9, 1947 on Mutual Radio Network stars Bret Morrison. The police suspect vandalism in the cemetery until a series of ghoulish grave robberies includes the disappearance and murder of the cemetery caretaker. Believing the gravediggers will return to finish what they couldn’t due to an unexpected interruption, Lamont and M…

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USAF SERENADE IN BLUE "Cherokee" 15:27

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The public service radio program Serenade in Blue was written, produced, and performed by men in blue. It featured three top-notch Air Force bands: The Air Force Strings, Symphony in Blue, and the big band sound of Airmen of Note (which was originally started by Glenn Miller during WWII). This episode is from the summer of 1963. Recorded and produc…

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SEARS RADIO THEATER "Retribution" 44:29

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From February 5, 1979 on CBS Radio this is the first episode of Sears Radio Theater. The Host is Lorne Green and stars John McIntire and Janette Nolan. Announcer is Art Gilmore. Air check from KMOX St. Louis. Sears Radio Theater was a radio drama anthology series which ran weeknightly on CBS Radio in 1979, sponsored by the Sears chain. Often paired…

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SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE "The Fighting O'Flynn" 29:57

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Episode 63 on NBC Radio starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Screen Directors Playhouse was a popular American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to NBC Radio beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcasts adaptations of films frequently with the original directors of the films. The radio version ran for 122 ep…

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SAM SPADE "The Wheel of Life Caper" 28:42

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Aired July 11, 1948 on NBC Radio with Howard Duff as Spade. Sam meets a mystery woman with no memory and a corpse that's been killed by a buzz saw! Sandra Gould replaces Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Sam's secretary. Poppy O'Farrell walks into Sam's office. She has lost her memory and wants Sam to try and trace who she is. All she is aware of is that she…

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THE SAINT "Girl In The Lower Berth" 29:27

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Aired June 3, 1951 on NBC Radio. Tom Conway stars as The Saint. The Saint agrees to meet a woman’s husband on the train and ends up investigating the husband’s murder. Tom Conway (born Thomas Charles Sanders, 15 September 1904 – 22 April 1967) was a British film, television, and radio actor remembered for playing detectives (including The Falcon, S…

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ROCKY FORTUNE "Psychological Murder" 25:31

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Aired March 16, 1954 on NBC Radio. Frank Sinatra stars as his character Rocky witnesses the execution of the will of a wealthy woman who thinks that she's going insane. She believes that she's going to kill her husband. Rocky visits Perry Shane at his Law office. He wants Rocky to be a witness for Mrs. Biggolo's Will. Whilst they are going through …

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RICHARD DIAMOND "Ralph Chace" 28:19

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Dick Powell stars as Private Detective Richard Diamond in his Ralph Chase case on NBC Radio aired May 15, 1949. Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama, created by Blake Edwards, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.Described as “a modern Robin Hood". Richard Diamond, Private Detectiv…

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RADIO'S FIRST 50 YEARS "1920's" 24:42

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A collection of happenings in radio that touched our lives from the twenties through the sixties. Ben Gross, The dean of American radio and television editors turns the dials back and forthand summons, with a wealth of anecdotes, his own remembrance of the eventsand personalities of the air waves, past and present. For twenty-nine years, from the t…

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PURSUIT "Of The Man Who Couldn't Go Home" 29:01

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Aired on CBS Radio July 1, 1950. John Dehner stars as Inspector Black of Scotland Yard. Black is called to a hotel room where a man is out on a ledge, saying he can’t deal with his guilt over a murder he committed.

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PHILO VANCE "The Case of the Cellini Cup" 29:38

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John Emery stars as Philo Vance in this episode from April 29, 1943 on NBC Radio. Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio. He was portrayed as a stylish—even foppish—dandy, a New York bon viv…

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PHILIP MARLOWE "Red Wind" 30:03

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From June 17, 1947 on NBC Radio. Van Heflin and Lurene Tuttle star. Phillip Marlowe is minding his own business, having a beer in a bar conveniently located within staggering distance of his apartment. Business is as lite as the beer with only one other customer in the bar. The drunken man has a pile of dimes in front of him and is pounding back sh…

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PAUL HARVEY "Actor On Death Row" 3:47

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The Rest of the Story was a Monday-through-Friday ⁠radio⁠ program originally hosted by ⁠Paul Harvey⁠.⁠⁠ Beginning as a part of his newscasts during the ⁠Second World War⁠ and then premiering as its own series on the ⁠ABC Radio Networks⁠ on May 10, 1976, The Rest of the Story consisted of stories presented as little-known or forgotten facts on a var…

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PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE "Mysterious Set of Books" 28:50

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Ben Morris stars as Pat Novak on this episode of August 10, 1947 on ABC Radio (USA). The regional version originally starred Jack Webb in the title role, with scripts by his roommate Richard L. Breen. When Webb and Breen moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles to work on an extremely similar nationwide series, Johnny Madero, Pier 23, for the Mutual…

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21st Precinct "The Visitors" 28:38

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21st Precinct (aka Twenty-First Precinct and Twenty First Precinct) was a police drama broadcast on CBS radio from July 7, 1953, to July 26, 1956. It was initially a summer replacement for My Friend Irma.The program was produced in cooperation with the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York[2] and presented "adaptations from tru…

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NORMAN CORWIN "Lighthouse Keepers" 22:28

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Known as the Poet Laureate of Radio, Norman Corwin is one of the greatest writer-producer-directors the Golden AgeNorman Corwin directed episode 108 of The CBS Workshop. The Lighthouse Keepers starred Ray Collins and Luis d'Antin van Rooten (November 29, 1906 – June 17, 1973). He was a Mexican-born American actor. He was sometimes credited as Louis…

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NIGHT BEAT "Ted Carter Murder Case" 29:20

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The audition program for the series. Film noir star Edmund O'Brien played the role in the audition program but was not in the regular production, having assumed the role as the second Johnny Dollar. Hank Mitchell’s friend is killed and he sets out to use his newspaper column to imply an infamous gangster is behind it. When Hank’s roughed up by some…

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NICK CARTER "Echo of Death" 29:32

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July 6, 1943. Mutual Radio. Lon Clark as Detective Nick Carter. Nick Carter, Master Detective was a popular radio show that aired from 1939 to 1955. The show followed the adventures of Nick Carter, a private detective who solving crimes using his keen intellect and athletic prowess. Although the cases were often based on real life events, the chara…

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NERO WOLFE "Case of the Killer Cards" 28:45

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Sydney Greenstreet stars as Rex Stout’s famous corpulent detective. Gerals Mohr as Archie Goodwin. This particular mystery features four criminals who decide to play one winner-take-all game of poker for ownership of their shared illegal enterprises. But there’s murder in the cards and only Nero Wolfe can solve the case! Will Archie Goodwin be give…

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NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER "The Marble Faun" 58:27

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Starring Lynn Bari (born Marjorie Schuyler Fisher, December 18, 1919 – November 20, 1989). A film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in roughly 150 films for 20th Century Fox, from the early 1930s through the 1940s. This episode aired on March 20, 1949 on NBC Radio. The fragility-and the durability-of human life and a…

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NBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 "Irving Berlin Tribute" 29:22

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Epsode 43 aired April 17, 1957 on NBC Radio. Irving Berlin, original name Israel Baline, (born May 11, 1888, Mogilyov, Russia [now in Belarus]—died Sept. 22, 1989, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American composer who played a leading role in the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals. His easy …

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NBC MONITOR "Durward Kirby" 16:39

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Durward Kirby host on this Monitor segment. He was on only a short time in ’69 (and so was his associate for many years, Garry Moore, who hosted another segment on Monitor). Here he is on Sunday night Monitor on Sept. 21, 1969, from 9 to about 9:20 p.m. ET Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000), sometimes misspelled Dirwood or Durwo…

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NBC BANDSTAND "Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey" 59:02

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Bert Parks hosts The Dorsey Brothers on this broadcast from October 11, 1956.

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MR KEEN "The Case of the Missing Witness" 29:34

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Aired on CBS Radio January 13, 1944. Mr. Keen - The Case of the Missing Witness. Sponsored by: Anacin, Kolynos, Heet, Kriptin, Bisodol, Hills Cold Tabs. A famous fashion designer has killed her daughter's lover...or has she?

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MR DISTRICT ATTORNEY "The Museum Mystery" 28:05

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Jay Jostyn stars as Mr D. A. in this episode aka The Case of the Priceless Miniature. Aired on the NBC Red Network December 10, 1941. Mr. District Attorney is a radio crime drama produced by Samuel Bischoff that aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 (and in transcribed syndication through 1953).…

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MIKE HAMMER "Framed For Murder" 22:16

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Larry Holmes stars as Mike Hammer in this syndicated episode from 1953.

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MICHAEL SHAYNE "Phantom Gun" 25:27

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August 6, 1948. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shayne_(radio_program) Michael Shayne, "the reckless, red-headed Irishman" was a popular hard-boiled detective created by American crime novelist Brett Halliday.Phyliss Kenny had hired Michael Shayne to find out if her husband was two-timing her. He wasn’t but he’d gotten himself mixed up with a…

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Mercury Summer Theater "Search For Henri Lefevre" 28:34

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Mercury Summer Theater AIRED 1946 07 12 on CBS Radio. Episode 06 "Search For Henri Lefevre". An original story for radio by Lucille FletcherThis series produced, directed by and starring Orson Welles. It was a short-lived summer radio series sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, on Friday evenings at 10 p.m. ET lasting 15 episodes. It harked back to Well…

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MR AND MRS NORTH "RUSSIAN RESTAURANT" 29:32

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MR AND MRS NORTH - FEBRUARY 3, 1943 - C.F. 006 RUSSIAN RESTAURANTMr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple was featured in a series of 26 Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture and several radio and television series. Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio myster…

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NBC RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 "December 12, 1956 24:27

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Selections by singer Lanny Ross, Jack Pearl and Rudy Valle. News by Floyd Gibbons. Singer Carmen Miranda, pianist Art Tatum. Bergin, McCarthy with John Barrymore. Selection by the Lenny Hayton Orchestra.

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Monitor, 6th hour last day 58:38

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Along with Big Wilson, John Bartholomew Tucker was one of the last two communicators (hosts) of the long-running NBC Radio program Monitor they were on the air when the show signed off for the last time on January 26, 1975. This is the sixth hour on that last day...,a Sunday.

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NBC BANDSTAND "The Art Mooney Orchestra" 58:45

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NBC Radio, WGY. October 9, 1956. Bert Parks host. Vocalists Dick Haymes and Ann Gilbert.

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MR KEEN "Case of the Moonless Night" 30:15

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This episoded aired on CBS Radio January 6, 1944. Mr. Keen: Tracer of Lost Persons. Mr. Keen’s in the deep South to find a missing southern gentleman on a plantation with black walnut trees. Bennett Kilpack, Frank Hummert, Anne Hummert, Larry Elliott (announcer). Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of radio's longest running shows, airing Octo…

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MR DISTRICT ATTORNEY "Man From Alcatraz" 24:36

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Episode 141 aired February 12, 1942. The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A. had a name, Paul Garrett, and the radio version picked up this name in the final years when David Brian played the role. Mr. District Attorney is …

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MR AND MRS NORTH "Death With Father" 26:15

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Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple was featured in a series of 26 Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture and several radio and television series. The radio mystery series aired on NBC and CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the…

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THE ORIGIN OF THE LONE RANGER 29:50

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Released June 30, 1948 aka The legend of The Lone Ranger...is an incredibly American story that may very well have been inspired by the U.S Marshal Bass Reeves. The legend began 1875, but was introduced into modern culture through a radio show what developed into a popular story in the entertainment industry.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Range…