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The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

The mythic West. Sprawling, violent, beautiful. The expansion of Americans into this vast landscape was America’s very own Iliad, its own Odyssey. These legendary times were immortalised in screen and print down the decades, but perhaps its greatest canvas was the radio waves. And Gunsmoke was perhaps the best of its breed. Now good versus bad, the epic legend of the American West is back on the airwaves.

Doses of concentrated thrills and pure, raw excitement are delivered directly on the heels of the most explosive musical theme in radio - a crashing rendition of Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain." Produced and directed by William N. Robson, Norman MacDonnell, and Antony Ellis - and featuring stories by Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, and more - Escape is capable of chilling spines as expertly as it accelerates heartbeats.

Before the dawn of television, radio ruled the airwaves. The sting of The Green Hornet! Tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense! U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and the smell of Gunsmoke! The irrepressible charm and laughter of The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show! There's something for everyone in this digitally remastered and restored set, including two previously uncirculated episodes (one each of The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show and The Green Hornet) that are available here for the first time anywhere!

Your nerves, drawn wire-taut. Your heart, thundering in your chest. Your knuckles, drawn white against your chair. Your mind, leaving the comfort and confinement of "the four walls of today" to tempt the whims of the high seas, to venture to the frozen tundra, the mysterious east, the wild west...to travel to Istanbul, to Europe, and to nightmares. The only limit to the excitement in these 20 episodes of red-blooded adventure drama is the scope of your own imagination.

This series tells the fascinating and exotic story of the crew of The Scarlet Queen, "the proudest ship to plow the seas." Their quest for a Chinese treasure leads them to remarkable encounters in ports of call throughout the Pacific Ocean and the China Sea. Captain Philip Karney - played by Howard Duff in the audition episode, and thereafter by series creator Elliott Lewis - is at the helm of the 78 foot ketch. At the skipper's side is First Mate Red Gallagher, played by the husky-voiced Ed Max.

Radio Spirits is pleased to present 20 classic tales from one of radio's greatest action and adventure series. This collection will bring you tales of black pearls, headhunters, volcanoes, Nazi convoys and cargos of gold in exotic settings and locales - from South of the Border to Dutch East India, Paris, North Africa, and points unknown! These tightly scripted and directed episodes feature many of radio's finest voices, including William Conrad, Paul Frees, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Raymond Burr, Joseph Kearns, Parley Baer, Jeanette Nolan, John Dehner, Virginia Greg and many more.

William Conrad was a big part of the golden-age of radio. Not only did he star as US Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke (five episodes in this collection), but he appeared on hundreds of radio shows during the 1940s and 50s. Here’s sixteen radio broadcasts that either star William Conrad or have him in the supporting cast. You won’t have any problem identifying his deep baritone voice!