30 minute western episodes
Unlike most radio shows that migrated to television in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Hopalong Cassidy radio show was created to take advantage of the popularity of the television show. Loosely based on Clarence Mulford’s pulp western novels, Hoplaong Cassidy’s first incarnation was as a series of Grade B western feature films. However, the film and radio versions differed from Mulford’s character, who was originally written as a hard-living, drinking, and shooting tough of the Old West, the film Cassidy was the ultimate western hero, a true boy scout. Despite his all-black outfit, including the black hat, Cassidy took time out from his duties as foreman of the Bar-20 ranch to capture evildoers and save damsels in distress.
Hopalong Cassidy was accompanied on his adventures by his horse, Topper, and by the inevitable grizzled sidekick—California Carlson--played by Andy Clyde. Cassidy was played by William Boyd, whose early life was more reminiscent of the Mulford creation than the character he portrayed. Boyd enjoyed success shortly after arriving in Hollywood, and lived a life that took full advantage of his new-found wealth and fame, becoming notorious as a heavy-drinking womanizer. After a disastrous case of mistaken identity destroyed his career, Boyd’s behavior, whether consciously or not, began to model Cassidy’s.
A series of successful Hopalong Cassidy movies relaunched Boyd’s career, and Boyd, in a very savvy business move, bought up the rights to the character and brought it to television in 1949 as the first of the television westerns. The show was received enthusiastically by the public who eagerly bought up Hopalong Cassidy merchandise, including the first lunch box to bear an image. It was reported in Time magazine that the demand for Cassidy black shirts and pants had occasioned a national shortage of black dye.
Taking advantage of the popularity of the show, and his perfect radio voice, Boyd launched the radio show in 1950, opening each episode "with the ring of the silver spurs," until it ended in 1952.
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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
hopalong-cassidy_000 Hopalong Cassidy.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_001 The Dead Man's Hand.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_002 Rainmaker of Eagle Mtn.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_003 Coltsville Territory.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_004 Mystery of Skull Valley.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_005 Renegades of San Rafael.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_006 Phantom Bandito.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_007 Murder on the Trail.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_008 Hoppy Takes a Chance.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_009 The Voice of the Dead.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_010 Ten Strike Gold.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_011 The Red Rock Mesa.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_012 The Empty Saddle.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_013 The Failure.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_014 Bandits of Ridge Creek.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_015 Killers of Sandy Gulch.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_016 The Red Death.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_017 Coyote's Creed.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_018 Bullets for Ballots.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_019 The Green River Payoff.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_020 Man who Made WillyWhirl.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_021 Range War.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_022 Letter from the Grave.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_023 Death Paints a Picture.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_024 The Border of Nowhere.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_025 Medicine Man.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_026 Flying Outlaw.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_027 The Sundown Kid.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_028 Hoppy Sees Red.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_029 Hoppy and the School Marm.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_030 The King of Cinnabar.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_031 The Shell Game.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_032 Blood Money.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_033 Disappearing Deputy.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_034 The Whistling Ghosts.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_035 An Old Spanish Custom.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_036 Secret of Martin Doon.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_037 Four To Go.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_038 Red Terror.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_039 Hoppy and the Iron Horse.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_040 Gunsmoke Rides.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_041 Tinker's Dam.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_042 Hoppy Pays a Debt.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_043 Hoppy turns on the Heat.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_044 Death Runs Dry.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_045 Melody of Murder.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_046 The King of Spades.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_047 The Bull by the Horns.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_048 Dead or Alive.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_049 Mystery at Three Oaks.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_050 Plague of Parsons Folly.mp3
Episode List Set 02
hopalong-cassidy_051 Mystery of Diamond Z.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_052 The Golden Lure.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_053 Case of the Last Word.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_054 Bad Medicine at Rimrock.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_055 The Frightened Town.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_056 The Killer in Black.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_057 ComingAttraction Murder.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_058 Wet Beef and Dry Bones.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_059 The Black Grass Fever.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_060 The Cold Country.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_061 The Buckshot Badman.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_062 Boss of Vinegar Bend.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_063 Land of the Gunhawks.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_064 The Devil's Drum.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_065 Hoppy Elects a Sheriff.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_066 Peril at Pier Nineteen.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_067 Death Crosses the River.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_068 Stagecoach West.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_069 The Unwilling Outlaw.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_070 The Kidnapper's Trail.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_071 Bandit of Blackton Bend.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_072 Hook, Line and Murder.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_073 The Phantom Panther.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_074 Hoppy Plays a Hunch.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_075 A Jailer Named Satan.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_076 Man in the Yellow Mask.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_077 Run Sheep Run.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_078 Hoppy Meets His Match.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_079 Apaches Don't Need Guns.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_080 A Shot in the Dark.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_081 The Gunhawk Convention.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_082 Gunfighter inShortPants.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_083 Songbird of Santa Fe.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_084 Bayou Drums Mean Death.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_085 Cleanup of Caribou Mesa.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_086 6Little MenwhoWoreGreen.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_087 Junior Badman.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_088 Devil and El Diablo.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_089 The Lawyer of Laredo.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_090 The Secret in the Hill.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_091 Memory of Mace Melot.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_092 Spider Woman.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_093 Killers of Lion Canyon.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_094 Westrels of Juarez.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_095 Gambler's Luck.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_096 Danger Wears Two Faces.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_097 California or Bust.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_098 Death Comes Invited.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_099 The Bull Fight.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_100 Women of Windy Ridge.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_101 Right Rope Wrong Neck.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_102 Stampede at Semole's.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_103 Cowtown Trouble.mp3
hopalong-cassidy_104 Santa Claus Rustlers.mp3
