Michael's Midnight Matinee

Michael's Midnight Matinee


Latest Episodes

The Black Museum/Doris Day Show 1952
May 13, 2019

Michael’s Midnight Matinee presents: The Black Museum starring Orson Welles – Scotland Yard opened their Black Museum in 1875 and is a collection of crime instruments and objects collected at crime scenes. This program tells the story of real crimes an...

Philip Marlowe, Unsolved Mysteries and the Next Speed Gibson
May 03, 2017

First, Philip Marlowe with Life Can Be Murder followed by Unsolved Mysteries, and Speed Gibson #5

Calling All Cars and Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police
April 25, 2017

Calling All Cars, “The Pink Nosed Pig”, Originally Aired April 7th, 1938. Then Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police episodes from 1/16/1937, “Heading for Hong Kong” and from 1/23/1937, “A Shooting Attempt.”

Burns and Allen, The Bickersons and Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police #2
April 18, 2017

First Up, Burns and Allen in “All Promises Are Fictitious” – Originally broadcast on April 17, 1940. Then, A visit with Don Ameche and Frances Langford as the Bickersons and finally: Episode 2 of Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police: “Speed ...

Dimension X, Speed Gibson & Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
April 11, 2017

First, Dimension X, “Child’s Play”, written by William Tenn and originally broadcast on June 21, 1951 Next, Episode ONE of Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police, “The Octopus Gang Active”, originally broadcast on January 2, 1937 And Finally,

The Chase & Sanborn Hour
August 22, 2015

Starring your host Rudy Vallee, Featuring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Special guests: Maureen O’Hara and Arthur Treacher. Originally aired December 3, 1939. From Wikipedia: The series began in 1929 as The Chase and Sanborn Choral Orchestra,

Mercury Theatre on the Air: Dracula
December 10, 2014

The Mercury Theatre on the Air: Dracula by Bram Stoker, originally broadcast July 11,1938 The beginnings of The Mercury Theatre on the Air actually go back to the formation of The Mercury Theatre itself. Having successfully produced Marc Blitzstein’s  ...

The War of the Worlds
October 31, 2013

The War of the Worlds is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Dire

NBC University Theater: Gulliver’s Travels
February 05, 2013

NBC University Theater Presented The World’s Great Novels as a radio series, directed by Homer Heck, which presented adaptations of classic novels. Broadcast on WMAQ, Chicago, and NBC from 1944 to 1948, it was initially heard Saturdays at 7pm during th...

Frontier Gentleman and CBS Radio Workshop
January 15, 2013

Frontier Gentleman: A Horse for Kendall. Originally broadcast 9/14/1958 Frontier Gentleman was a radio Western series heard on CBS from February 2 to November 16, 1958, initially heard Sunday afternoons at 2:30pm (Eastern Time) through March when it mo...