30 minute espionage/adventure show
"I was a communist for the FBI – I walk alone."
Do ya hate commies? I mean REALLY hate the dirty reds, I don’t want anyone listening to this who doesn’t HATE em, and hate em good.
This series was based on the experiences of Matt Cvetic, who was a real life double agent, working for the FBI, infiltrating communist organizations in the US. Cveltic wrote about his experiences in books and magazines in the mid-1940s. There was even a movie in 1951 about his story. Matt Cvetic was played by Dana Andrews in this radio show, and by Frank Lovejoy (that can’t be his real name, hmmm…) in the movie.
The radio show is filled with the tension that a double agent lives. Does someone in the communist party know that he is reporting to the FBI, is he being spied on: what about that guy in the doorway, had he seen him before, and what about the little old lady, is she talking to someone on the phone, reporting on him? His family life is basically destroyed by his career, he cannot take his family into his confidence, and is forced to lie to them for his country. The communists in the show are portrayed as conflicted characters themselves, just striving to do the right thing, in a world turned upside down by depression and war, and….oh wait, no they aren’t. All commies are wrong, humorless, worse than the nazis, and bent on world domination.
The show contains a lot of red bashing, it aired from 1952-1954, which was during the McCarthy era, but it is based on Cvetic’s real life experiences, and does show how alienating it can be to lead this type of double life, even isolating yourself from your family. Proving that if you do this, then you truly do walk alone.
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Purchase as CD $4.50
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
Cfbi 52.04.23 Ep01 I Walk Alone.mp3
Cfbi 52.04.30 Ep02 I Can't Sleep.mp3
Cfbi 52.05.07 Ep03 The Little Red School House.mp3
Cfbi 52.05.14 Ep04 Red Red Herring.mp3
Cfbi 52.05.21 Ep05 The Pit Viper.mp3
Cfbi 52.05.28 Ep06 Traitors For Hire Fair Sound.mp3
Cfbi 52.06.04 Ep07 Card Game In The Clouds.mp3
Cfbi 52.06.11 American Kremlin.mp3
Cfbi 52.06.18 Ep09 Tight Wire.mp3
Cfbi 52.06.25 Ep10 A Riot Made To Order.mp3
Cfbi 52.07.02 Ep11 Where The Red Men Roam.mp3
Cfbi 52.07.09 Ep12 The Dangerous Dollars.mp3
Cfbi 52.07.16 Ep13 Rich Man Poor Man.mp3
Cfbi 52.07.23 Ep14 Canadian Crossfire.mp3
Cfbi 52.07.30 Ep15 Draw The Red Curtain.mp3
Cfbi 52.08.06 Ep16 Red Clouds On The Good Earth.mp3
Cfbi 52.08.13 Ep17 Exit On The Left.mp3
Cfbi 52.08.20 Ep18 The Red Record.mp3
Cfbi 52.08.27 Ep19 Burnt Offering.mp3
Cfbi 52.09.03 Ep20 Squeeze Play.mp3
Cfbi 52.09.10 Ep21 Violence Preferred.mp3
Cfbi 52.09.17 Ep22 The Rat Race.mp3
Cfbi 52.09.24 Ep23 Jump To The Whip.mp3
Cfbi 52.10.01 Ep24 Pennies From Dead.mp3
Cfbi 52.10.08 Ep25 A Suit For The Party No Closing.mp3
Cfbi 52.10.15 Ep26 The Party Got Rough.mp3
Cfbi 52.10.22 Ep27 Little Boy Red.mp3
Cfbi 52.10.29 Ep28 The Unwelcome Hosts.mp3
Cfbi 52.11.05 Ep29 No Second Chance.mp3
Cfbi 52.11.12 Ep30 The Red Gate.mp3
Cfbi 52.11.19 Ep31 Red Rover Red Rover.mp3
Cfbi 52.11.26 Ep32 Home Improvements.mp3
Cfbi 52.12.04 Ep33 Red Clay.mp3
Cfbi 52.12.11 Ep34 Kiss Of Death.mp3
Cfbi 52.12.17 Treason Comes In Cans.mp3
Cfbi 52.12.24 Ep36 Flames Burn Red.mp3
Cfbi 52.12.31 Ep37 Hate Song.mp3
Cfbi 52.12.31 Hate Song.mp3
Cfbi 53.01.07 Ep38 Little Boy Blue Turned Red.mp3
Cfbi 53.01.14 Ep39 Red Gold.mp3
Cfbi 53.01.21 Ep40 Capitol City Square Dance.mp3
Cfbi 53.01.28 Ep41 A Study In Oils.mp3
Cfbi 53.02.04 Ep42 The Sleeper X.mp3
Cfbi 53.02.11 Ep43 Against The Middle.mp3
Cfbi 53.02.18 Ep44 Black Gospel.mp3
Cfbi 53.02.18 Ep44 The Black Gospel32kbps.mp3
Cfbi 53.02.23 Ep45 Red Ladies.mp3
Cfbi 53.03.04 Ep46 One Way Ticket.mp3
Cfbi 53.03.11 Ep47 Word Game.mp3
Cfbi 53.03.18 The Red Waves.mp3
Cfbi 53.03.25 Ep49 Trial By Fear.mp3
Cfbi 53.04.01 Ep50 The Wrong Green.mp3
Cfbi 53.04.08 Ep51 The Brass Monkey.mp3
Cfbi 53.04.15 Ep52 Forged Faces.mp3
Cfbi 53.05.06 Ep55 The Unamerican Activity.mp3
Cfbi 53.05.13 Ep56 My Friend The Enemy.mp3
Cfbi 53.05.20 Ep57 The Canadian Backbone.mp3
Cfbi 53.05.27 Ep58 The Innocent Club.mp3
Cfbi 53.06.03 Ep59 The Crossed Heart.mp3
Cfbi 53.06.10 Ep60 The Red Octopus.mp3
Cfbi 53.06.17 Abby As In Abigail.mp3
Cfbi 53.06.24 Ep62 Tour Of Duty.mp3
Cfbi 53.07.01 Ep63 Fifteen Minutes To Murder.mp3
Cfbi 53.07.08 Ep64 Use Only As Directed.mp3
Cfbi 53.07.15 Ep65 Double Exposure.mp3
Cfbi 53.07.22 Ep66 Courier Of Disaster Crackle.mp3
Cfbi 53.07.29 Ep67 The Line Is Busy.mp3
Cfbi 53.08.05 Ep68 The Red Snow.mp3
Cfbi 53.08.12 Ep69 Very Private Funeral.mp3
Cfbi 53.08.19 Ep70 Rhapsody In Red.mp3
Cfbi 53.08.26 Ep71 Kangaroo Court.mp3
Cfbi 53.09.02 Ep72 An Inhuman Element.mp3
Cfbi 53.10.04 Epred Octopus.mp3
Cfbi 53.10.07 Panic Plan.mp3
