30 minute police/detective show
Calling All Cars is a classic early police drama. The show portrayed true crime stories of the Los Angeles Police Department from the 30's. This is one of the earlier Old Time Radio Programs, airing from 1933 to 1939. “Calling All Cars” was one of the first, if not the first, police procedural, setting the stage for such later hits like Dragnet and Precinct 21. The show focused on the daily grind of police work, rather than a detective getting a wild hunch that just so happens to be correct.
Above all, the show went for authenticity. The producers even went so far as to not just tell true stories, but have the actual policemen tell those stories. That’s right, they used real policemen, not actors to introduce their stories. In some ways having real policemen introduce their stories is terrific, but, too be honest, professional radio actors can portray policemen better than real policemen can. Actors got their jobs because they understand building tension, clear enunciation, timing, and, well, acting, whereas true policemen … didn’t get their jobs because of any of those traits. But still having the real policemen star in their own stories is a great way to tell a story. The show did utilize professional actors as the narrator and to dramatize the stories. The narrator of the program was Charles Frederick Lindsley. Also appearing throughout the run was real-life LAPD dispatcher Jesse Rosenquist, who became a small-time celebrity with his phrase
‘That is all’.
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All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Episode List Set 1
Calling-All-Cars_008 The Skeel Kidnapping Case (01-17-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_009 Clue Of The Grooved Bullets (01-24-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_010 Caster Oil Diamond Robbery (01-31-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_011 The Smashed Windshield (02-07-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_012 The Times Bombing Case (02-14-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_013 The Mae West Jewel Robbery (02-21-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_014 Killer Hudson (02-28-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_016 The Chloroform Murder (03-14-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_017 The Dillinger Case (03-21-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_018 The Spinza Case (03-28-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_019 The Red Rose Girl (04-04-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_020 The Cut Rate Murder (04-11-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_021 Hammers In Honduras (04-18-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_022 Captain Courageous (04-25-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_023 Murder At Southgate (05-02-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_024 Little Phil Alquin (05-09-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_025 Gettle Kidnapping Case (05-15-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_026 Seven Words & A Fingerprint (05-23-34) .mp3
Calling-All-Cars_027 Dinner Party Bandits (05-30-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_028 The Big Mail Robbery (06-06-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_029 Murder Of A Soul (06-13-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_030 One Of The Finest (06-20-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_031 Power & Light Holdup (06-27-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_032 July 4TH Is A Radio Car (07-04-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_033 Fingerprints Don't Lie (07-11-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_034 Manchukdo Dope Ring (07-18-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_035 Execution Of Dillinger (07-25-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_036 Nitroglycerin Parson (08-01-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_037 Corpse In The Desert (08-08-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_038 Crooks Are Human Beings (08-15-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_039 You Can't Kill A Cop (08-22-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_040 Let The Sucker Pay (08-29-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_041 Marks On The Bedroom Screen (09-05-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_042 Human Monkey (09-12-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_043 The Ruth Judd Case (09-19-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_044 Stop That Car (09-26-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_045 Skid Row Dope Ring (10-02-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_046 The Unwritten Law (10-09-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_047 One Way Ride (10-16-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_048 Trouser Cuff Clue (10-29-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_049 The Perfect Crime (10-30-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_050 Six Shots At Midnight (11-06-34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_063 Banker In The Well (02-05-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_064 The Remote Control Sleuth (02-12-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_065 The Wreck Of The Old 69 (02-09-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_066 California Two Man Crime Wave (02-26-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_067 Undercover Woman (03-05-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_068 Thou Shall Not Kill (03-12-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_070 The Rhythm Of The Jute Mill (03-26-35_.mp3
Calling-All-Cars_071 Aborted Revolution (04-02-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_072 The Blonde Menace (04-09-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_073 Midnight Phantom (04-16-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_074 Wholesale Murder (04-23-35) .mp3
Calling-All-Cars_075 Corpse In The Cellar (04-30-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_076 The Wilting Chrysanthemum (05-07-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_078 The Hightower Case (05-21-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_079 Youth Rides Tough (05-28-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_080 The Innocent Bride (06-04-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_081 Hot Bonds (06-11-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_082 The Chinese Puzzle (06-18-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_083 Meet The Baron (06-25-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_084 Oakland Payroll Holdup (07-02-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_085 Murder By Blueprint (07-09-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_086 The Human Claw (07-16-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_087 Opium Den (07-23-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_088 Gun Drunk (07-30-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_089 Celestial Journey (08-07-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_090 Vegetable Market Murder (08-14-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_091 The Grinning Skull 08-21-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_092 Bad Dope (08-28-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_093 Black Vengeance (09-04-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_094 The Tunnel Bandits (09-11-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_095 Eighteen Days Of Freedom (09-18-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_096 Hollywood Kidnapping (09-25-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_097 Escape (10-02-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_098 Fire! Fire! Fire! (10-09-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_099 Murder For Insurance (10-16-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_100 Lt Crowley Murder (10-23-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_101 The Murder Quartet (10-30-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_102 Catching The Loose Kid (11-06-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_103 Invitation To Murder (11-13-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_104 Bank Bandits And Bullets (11-20-35) .mp3
Calling-All-Cars_106 Burglary Charges Collected (12-01-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_107 Paroled (12-11-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_108 Corpse By The Road (12-18-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_109 The Moran Jewelry Robbery (12-25-35).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_110 Ghost House (01-01-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_111 Death Under The Sajuaro (01-08-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_112 The Match Burglar (01-15-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_113 Corpse With A Face (01-22-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_114 Bull In A China Shop (01-29-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_115 Knives On The Barbary Coast (02-05-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_116 Young Dillinger (02-12-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_117 Murder In The Backroom (02-19-36).mp3
Episode List Set 02
Calling-All-Cars_119 Hundred Dollar Nightgown (03-04-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_120 Case Of The June Bug (03-11-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_121 The San Rafael Gang (03-18-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_122 Think Before You Shoot (03-25-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_123 Crime Versus Time (04-03-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_124 One Good Turn Deserves Another (04-10-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_125 Hang Me Please (04-17-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_126 Beer Bottle Murder (04-24-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_127 And The Little Child Shall Lead Them (05-01-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_128 Weather Clear Track Fast (05-08-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_129 The 74 Day Stakeout (05-15-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_130 Triple Cross (05-22-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_131 Throat That Didn't Bleed (05-29-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_132 Drive Em Off The Dock (06-05-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_133 Gold In Them Hills (06-11-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_143 Body, Body, Whos Got The Body (08-20-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_147 Verdugo Hills Murder (09-17-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_148 The September Killer (09-24-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_149 Hard To Kill (10-01-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_150 The Holy Twenty One (10-08-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_151 Noblesse Oblique (10-15-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_152 Trap To Catch A Mailman (10-22-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_153 The Army Game (10-29-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_154 Murder In Room 9 (11-05-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_155 Nine Years A Safecracker (11-12-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_156 The Corpse In The Red Necktie (11-19-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_157 Baby Dillinger Gang (11-26-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_158 The Fire Detective (12-03-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_159 The Criminal Policeman (12-10-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_160 Multiple Murder (12-17-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_161 Milkbottle Murder (12-21-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_162 Fifty Cents For Life (12-28-36).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_163 Banks And Bribes (01-04-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_164 Curiosity Killed A Cat (01-11-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_165 Death Is Box Office (01-18-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_166 Doctor Nitro (01-25-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_167 Whistling Snowbirds (02-03-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_171 The Honor Complex (03-03-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_172 Desertion Leads To Murder (03-10-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_173 Hit And Run Driver (03-17-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_174 Trial By Talkie (03-24-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_175 Double Cross (03-31-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_176 Death In The Morning (04-07-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_177 Ransom Ring (04-14-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_178 Pegleg Justice (04-21-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_179 Murder Week (04-28-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_180 The Icehouse Murder (05-05-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_181 John Doe #71 (05-12-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_182 The Turk Burglars (05-19-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_183 Disappearing Scar (05-26-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_184 Cinder Dick (06-02-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_185 The Man Who Lost His Face (06-09-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_186 The Bamboo Snake (06-16-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_187 Desperate Choice (06-23-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_188 Cot Perfumed Cigarette Lighter (06-30-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_189 Kidnapped (07-07-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_190 Man Overboard (07-14-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_191 Alibi (07-21-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_192 Bottle Trouble (07-28-37) .mp3
Calling-All-Cars_193 Broken Xylophone (08-04-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_194 The Manila Envelopes (08-11-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_195 True Confession (08-18-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_196 The Criminal Returns (08-25-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_197 Case Of The One Pound Note (09-01-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_198 Tobaccoville Road (09-07-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_199 Murder In Basin Street (09-14-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_200 The Bone Button (09-21-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_201 The Crimson Crusader (09-28-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_202 Sirens In The Night (10-05-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_203 The Two Edged Knife (10-12-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_204 Death In The Forenoon (10-19-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_205 The Bloodstained Coin (10-26-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_206 People Versus OBrien (11-02-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_207 The Phantom Radio (11-09-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_208 Rhythm Of The Wheels (11-16-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_209 The Bad Man (11-23-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_210 The Flat Nosed Pliers (11-30-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_211 Skeleton In The Desert (12-07-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_212 The General Kills At Dawn (12-14-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_213 The Shanghai Jester (12-21-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_214 Sands Of The Desert (12-28-37).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_215 The Buccaneer (01-04-38)r.mp3
Calling-All-Cars_216 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (01-11-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_217 The Tilted Pan (01-18-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_218 Trail Of The Numbered Bills. (01-25-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_219 History Of Dallas Eagan (02-01-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_220 Flight From Freedom (02-08-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_221 Homicidal Hobo (02-15-38) .mp3
Calling-All-Cars_222 The Drunken Sailor (02-22-38).mp3
Episode List Set 3
Calling All Cars - 003 York Gang Holdup (12-13-33).mp3
Calling All Cars - 004 The Human Bomb (12-20-33).mp3
Calling All Cars - 005 Cookie Vejar Killing (12-27-33).mp3
Calling All Cars - 006 Missing Mexican Sheiks (01-03--34).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_223 The Broken Motel (03-01-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_224 Death In The Moonlight (03-08-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_225 The Peroxide Blonde (03-15-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_226 The Long Bladed Knife (03-22-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_227 Murder With Mushrooms (03-29-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_228 The Pink Nosed Pig (04-07-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_229 The Roving Robbers (04-14-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_230 Murder At Midnight (04-21-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_231 The Pattering Parrot-1 (04-28-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_232 The Bloodstained Shoe (05-05-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_233 The Ruined Suspenders (05-12-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_234 The Kings Ranson (05-19-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_235 Muerte En Buenaventura (05-26-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_236 The Greasy Trail (06-02-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_237 The Turtle Necked Murder (06-09-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_238 The Twenty Fifth Stamp (06-16-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_251 The Embroidered Slip (09-15-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_252 The Black Cat (09-22-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_253 The Barking Dog (09-29-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_254 The Tearless Magdalane (10-06-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_255 The Blonde Paperhanger (10-13-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_256 The Abandoned Bricks (10-20-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_257 The Swollen Face (10-27-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_258 The Portugese Crooner (11-03-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_259 The Glass Gun (11-10-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_260 The Four Lead Slugs (11-17-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_261 The Rasping Voice (11-24-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_262 The Blind Mans Bluff (12-02-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_263 The Poisoning Jezebel (12-09-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_264 December Rhapsody (12-16-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_265 Murder At Sundown (12-23-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_266 Three Faces West (12-30-38).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_267 The Grass Skirt (01-06-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_268 The Silver Cord (01-13-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_269 The Azure Ring (01-20-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_270 The Bakers Bride (01-27-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_271 The Careless Caretaker (02-03-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_272 The Green Sedan (02-10-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_273 The Bloodstained Wrench (02-17-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_274 The Unconquerable Mrs Shuttle (02-24-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_275 The Lesson In Loot (03-03-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_276 The Twenty Dollar Bill (03-10-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_277 Flight In The Desert (03-17-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_278 The Hunted Man (03-24-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_279 The Rope Bound Trunk (03-21-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_280 The Man Who Walked Like An Ape (04-07-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_281 Death In The Canyon (04-14-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_282 The Bitter Wine (04-21-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_283 The Man Who Ran Away (04-28-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_284 Gospel Of Brother Ned (05-04-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_285 You Can Cheat An Honest Man (05-11-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_286 Murder At Sunset (05-18-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_287 The Bloodstained Car (05-25-390.mp3
Calling-All-Cars_288 Plague Of The Black Locusts (06-01-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_289 The Old Grad Returns (06-08-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_290 Man With The Injured Knee (06-15-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_291 The Still of the Nigh (06-22-39)t.mp3
Calling-All-Cars_292 The Wired Wrists (06-29-390.mp3
Calling-All-Cars_292 The Wicked Flea (07-06-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_294 The Squealing Rat (07-13-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_295 The 26th Wife (07-20-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_296 The Teardrop Charm (07-27-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_297 Body on the Promenade Deck (08-03-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_298 The Missing Guns (08-10-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_299 Man With the Iron Pipes (08-17-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_300 The Tenth Commandment (08-25-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_301 Six Of A Kind (09-01-39).mp3
Calling-All-Cars_302 Murder In The Morning (09-08-39).mp3
