
The best Old Time Radio adventures in crime, mystery, espionage and suspense! Relic Radio Thrillers delivers the ticking time bombs, mysterious crime scenes, and the cloak and dagger action that today's armchair adventurer demands!
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 126 | Founded | 19 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Performing ArtsArts | |||

This week on Relic Radio Thrillers, Brian Donlevy stars as Steve Mitchell on, Dangerous Assignment. We’ll hear The Suspect Cylinder, his story from June 26, 1951.
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This week on Relic Radio Thrillers, we hear from The Man Called X. Here’s the February 24, 1951, broadcast titled, A Tiny Bit Of Microfilm.
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On this week’s Relic Radio Thrillers, The Screen Guild Theater brings us its adaptation of This Gun For Hire. This episode originally aired April 2, 1945.
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Relic Radio Thrillers features The Whistler this week. We’ll hear his story from August 27, 1945, titled, I’ll Trade You Murder.
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I appreciate Relic’s content and regularity. The variety throughout each week is great. Thank you
I’ve been listening to all the Relic Radio shows for over a decade now and they’re consistently fantastic. The episodes tend to be of a higher sound quality and a superior quality in all regards. Thanks for doing this, AD FREE(!) and keep up the excellent work.
Love these old episodes and the old ads.
Such a mix of shows. Fantastic, clear and updated.
These old shows are entertaining and fun but the best part is because there’s no picture, the listener has to pay attention and use his imagination. You have to focus actively rather than be the passive recipient of a TV program. The absence of “woke” messaging is another big plus. These shows are fun and wholesome.
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Old-time radio thrillers are the through-line, with a steady stream of crime, mystery, espionage, and suspense that showcase dramatic storytelling, period production values, and sponsor-integrated narration. Across episodes, listeners encounter high-stakes plots, twisty espionage arcs, and noir-influenced investigations brought to life by a rotating cast of classic voice actors and seasoned radio hosts. A standout aspect is the polished audio quality and careful curation of genre-spanning dramas, often featuring a strong host presence and era-accurate sponsorships that evoke the golden age of radio. Potential listeners seeking immersive, audio-centric thrillers with vintage production taste should find this appealing, especially if they enj... more
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Relic Radio Thrillers launched 19 years ago and published 126 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on Relic Radio Thrillers include:
1. Tom Holland
2. Ramsey Hill
3. Bill Conrad
4. Charles Davis
5. Luke Krugman
6. Leon Belasco
7. Jack Webb
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