The World War 2 Radio Podcast

Today we have an episode of “Sinister Errand,” an episode ofIntrigue, a short-lived series that aired over CBS in the summer of 1946. This episode stars Vincent Price and was first broadcast August 14, 1946.

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Today we have two programs.First, we have the October 13, 1946, episode of The Story Behind the Headlines. That is followed by an episode of Soldiers of the Press that first aired on November 23, 1942.

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Today we have “Overnight to Freedom,” the August 9, 1976,episode of the Radio Mystery Theater. This episode follows George McAlester, an American soldier who has just escaped a German POW camp during World War II.

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Today we have the BBC coverage of the October 1, 1946, coverage of the verdicts at Nuremberg, against the surviving Nazi leaders.

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Today we have “I Was Married on Bataan,” an episode of Cavalcade of America written by Arthur Miller. It first aired on October 5, 1942, and tells the story of female nurses during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.   

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Today we have “Paris Underground,” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on October 12, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by Etta Shiber. The book and radio play detail Shiber’s efforts helping British pilots behind enemy lines in the early days of the war in Europe.

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Today we have an episode of Lights Out, They Met at Dorset.It’s a World War 2 ghost story, written by Arch Oboler, one of old time radio’s most accomplished entertainers. This episode first aired on February 23, 1943, over CBS.

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Today we have a 1948 episode of I Can Hear it Now with Edward R. Murrow. He recaps his time on the radio from 1933 to 1945, with special emphasis on the World War II years and his overseas reporting.

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Today we have “Menace in Wax.” It’s an episode of Suspense,one of the most popular radio shows of the World War 2 era and the post-war years.

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Today we have two programs. First, we have the August 18, 1946, episode of The Story Behind the Headlines. That is followed by “Bombing of Navarino Bay,” an episode ofSoldiers of the Press, which first aired on November 9, 1942.

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Today we go back to the early days of America’s participation in the war, with “The Yanks Are Here,” an episode of “An American in England.” This short-run series aired in the summer and fall of 1942. It was written by the legendary Norman Corwin, and produced in England by Edward R. Murrow.

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Today we have “Cover-Up,” the February 5, 1947, episode of Dark Venture. It tells the story of a Nazi war criminal in post war Germany. Dark Venture aired over ABC from 1945 to 1947.

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Today we have two programs. First, we have coverage from July 27, 1946, of the departure of U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes for the Paris Peace Conference. That is followed by an episode of the Lear Radio Show, with guest host Don Hollenbeck.

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Today, we have two programs. First, we have coverage of the Nuremberg trials from this week in 1946. Then we have the July 21, 1946, episode of The Story Behind the Headlines.

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Today we have the September 21, 1943, episode of Passportfor Adams. It stars Robert Young, best known for his roles on two long-running television series, Father Knows Best and Marcus Welby, M.D. Passport for Adams was a short-lived adventure program that aired over CBS from August to October of 1943.

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Today we have The Nazi Radio Station, the March 1, 1943, episode of Counterspy.

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Today we have a special Voice of America broadcast from July 4, 1946, saluting the newly independent republic of the Philippines. It was created by the U.S Office of War Information.

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Today we have an episode of the Lear Radio Show, a weekly news and commentary program hosted by Orson Welles. This episode first aired on June 30, 1946, and features Welles talking about the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and the end of price controls.

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Today we have “Stolen Diamonds,” the November 25, 1944, episode of The Man Called X as it aired over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. It was sponsored by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

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Today we have an episode of Cloak & Dagger, “The Kuchin Story”, from June 18, 1950. Cloak and Dagger was a short-lived radio series that told stories taken from the files of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War 2 forerunner of the CIA.

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This week we have “Three Good Witnesses,” an episode of Escape, based on a story by Harold Lamb. The episode originally aired on January 21, 1948. It’s a tale of espionage and intrigue set in Turkey during the war.

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Today we have an interview with Bob Hope that aired over Seattle’s KOMO radio on June 8, 1946. One of the topics of the interview his work performing for the troops during the war.

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Today we have “The Ghosts of Yesterday,” the December 26, 1977, episode of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. The Mystery Theater was part of the radio drama revival of the 1970s and aired more than 1,300 episodes over CBS from 1974 to 1982.  

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Today we have two broadcasts from early 1946. The first is VEDay + 350, a drama presented by the United Jewish Appeal in April 1946. That is followed by the May 24, 1946, Empire Day Speech by Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II.

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Today we have “Battle Hymn of China,” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on September 30, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by Agnes Smedley. The book and radio play offer a firsthand account of Chinese resistance during the Sino-Japanese War.

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Today we have “Diary of a Saboteur,” an episode of Cavalcade of America, which first aired on March 1, 1943. It tells the story of a Nazi third columnist in the United States.

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Today we have Mission Completed, starring James Stewart. It’s an episode of Suspense that first aired December 1, 1949.

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Today we go back to the early days of America’s participation in the war, with “Clipper Home,” an episode of “An American in England.” This short-run series aired in the summer and fall of 1942. It was written by the legendary Norman Corwin, based on his time in England, and produced by Edward R. Murrow.

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Today we bring you several broadcasts from April 1946.First, we have two short speeches by U.S. President Harry Truman. Then, we’ll hear from the Canadian Broadcasting Company. After that, we have Cesar Saerchinger with his “Behind the Headlines” report from April 21, reporting on the first post-war Easter.

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Today we have Gregory Peck in “Medicine for the Enemy,” an episode of The Doctor Fights. This episode first aired over CBS on August 28, 1945. The series aired in the summers of 1944 and 1945 over CBS and told dramatic stories of physicians during the war.

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Today we have “One Must Die,” an episode of Spycatcher. Theseries aired over the BBC in the late 1950s and was based on the real-life exploits of Dutch counterintelligence officer Oreste Pinto.

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Today we have an April 6, 1946, address by U.S. President Harry Truman marking Army Day. He delivered the speech in front of 70,000 people at Chicago’s Soldier Field. In the speech, he reflects on the success of the U.S. Army in World War 2 and addresses the post-war needs of the military.

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Today we have “The Air Arm in World War 2,” the fourth andfinal episode of Battle Stations. This series was produced by the U.S. Navy and was designed to inform the American people about the activities of the Navy and highlight its accomplishments. This episode was first broadcast on August 25, 1943.

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Today we have “Package in Tangiers,” an episode of Top Secret, which first aired on June 26, 1950.

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Today we have “Shortcut to Tokyo,” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on October 19, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by Corey Ford.

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Today we have The Loganberry Point Spy, the September 14,1942, episode of Counterspy. It reflects the early-war fears of German spies landing on the East Coast of the United States to sabotage Allied war efforts or simply gather intelligence.

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Today we have a biography of Winston Churchill, prime minister of Britain during most of the war. It was produced in 1954 on the occasion of Churchill’s 80th birthday.

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Today we have several short items. First, it’s a BBC broadcast from February 24, 1946, featuring Edward R. Murrow reporting on his departure from Great Britain. That is followed by a message from President Harry Truman urging Americans to support the Red Cross. We wrap up with a few wartimecommercials and promotions.

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This week we have “Death Comes for Adolf Hitler,” the March 24, 1945, episode of The Mysterious Traveler as it aired over the Mutual Broadcasting System.

This episode, airing before Hitler’s suicide in a Berlin bunker, imagines a scenario where the Fuhrer attempts to escape aboard a German U-boat. But it appears someone – or something – has other ideas …

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Today we have the February 10, 1946, episode of the Jergens Journal with Walter Winchell.

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