Category Archives: Old Time Radio

Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons

Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons - OTR World

When Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons first debuted over the Blue Network on October 12, 1937, the show’s title accurately described Keen’s stock-in-trade; the “kindly old investigator” tracked down individuals who had mysteriously vanished, leaving behind their families, homes, jobs and other day-to-day activities. Keen (he never had a first name, unless it was “Peachy”) was assisted in these duties by an Irishman named Mike Clancy.

Nat King Cole Old Time Radio Star

Nat King Cole Old Time Radio Star - OTR World

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. […]

The Whistler Old Time Radio Show

The Whistler Old Time Radio Show - OTR World

You’re walking alone on the street at night, but then you hear another set of footsteps and a haunting tune being whistled by an unseen stranger. Fritz Lang used an similar premise in his 1930s German movie with Peter Lorre playing M, a psychopathic murderer of children. But the American radio series was even creepier. The […]

Joyce Jordan MD Old Time Radio Show

Joyce Jordan MD Old Time Radio Show - OTR World

Joyce Jordan, M.D.  is a radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on ABC, CBS and NBC at various times during the era of old-time radio. Donna Halper, in her book, Invisible Stars: A Social History of Women in American Broadcasting, cited Jordan as one of the women in soap operas who “had careers … which, of course, became a struggle as they […]