WOC Catalog: Wolfner Owned Cassettes
Classic Radio Plays, Dramatizations and Other Special Items
(Updated September 2004)
Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem
The Adventures of Harry Nile by Jim French.
Series Code: NILE.
These short radio plays were written, produced, and starred Jim French. Each volume contains eight episodes.
| The Adventures of Harry Nile: Volume 1 | WOC 53 | |
| The Adventures of Harry Nile: Volume 2 | WOC 54 | |
| The Adventures of Harry Nile: Volume 3 | WOC 138 | |
| The Adventures of Harry Nile: Volume 4 | WOC 139 |
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.
Series Code: MRLO.
This detective series starred Gerald Mohr as callous detective Philip Marlowe.
| The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Volume 1 | WOC 498 | |
| The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: Volume 2 | WOC 499 |
Adventures of Sam Spade.
WOC 505.
Four classic detective adventures starring Howard Duff and Steven Dunne as Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine. Includes: Apple of Eve Caper, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail Caper, The 25/1235679 Caper, and The Prodigal Panda Caper.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
WOC 494.
Episodes featuring "The World's Greatest Detective," written by Edith Meiser and based on stories by Sir Arthur Colan Doyle. Starring John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes and Alfred Shirley as Dr. Watson. Includes: The Laughing Lemur of Hightower Heath, The Cadaver in the Roman Toga, The Case of the Sudden Senility and several others.
Afterward by Edith Wharton.
WOC 22.
An American wife and her husband, a mining millionaire, buy an old manor house in the English countryside, only to discover that it harbors a ghost, the millionaire's former partner. A dramatization by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Boston Blackie.
Series Code: BOBL.
Richard Kollmar stars as Boston Blackie, master thief turned detective, who is "enemy to those who make him an enemy; friend to those who have no friend."
| Boston Blackie | WOC 85 | |
| Boston Blackie: Volume 2 | WOC 484 | |
| Boston Blackie: Volume 3 | WOC 500 |
Dan Sickels by Hendrick Booraem.
WOC 43.
Dan Sickels, a successful Tammany politician, is elected to Congress and takes his pretty, young wife to Washington, where she has an affair with the son of Francis Scott Key. Their affair results in murder. A dramatization by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Dragnet.
Series Code: DRAG.
Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, a no-nonsense cop fighting crime in Los Angeles.
| Dragnet | WOC 141 | |
| Dragnet: Volume 2 | WOC 496 | |
| Dragnet: Volume 3 | WOC 497 |
I Love a Mystery by Carlton E. Morse.
WOC 315.
In the first episode, The Thing That Cries in the Night, strong-willed Grandma Martin asks Jack, Doc and Reggie to find the fiend who is trying to murder her granddaughters. In the next episode, Bury Your Dead Arizona, more mystery and intrigue await Jack, Doc and Reggie as a freight train takes them to a western town in Arizona where a grossly overweight magician known as Maestro, holds forth.
John Appleby Mysteries by Michael Innes.
Series Code: APPJ.
With good manners and keen intellect, Sir John Appleby of Scotland Yard solves any mystery set before him with style and wit. Other titles available on cassette or in braille.
| Comedy of Terror | WOC 564 | |
| One Man Show | WOC 565 |
Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell.
WOC 32.
Two neighbors are in the kitchen of a Nebraska farmwoman accused of murdering her husband. On the basis of what they find they draw their own conclusions about her guilt. A production of the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Manhattans and Murder by Donald Bain.
WOC 522.
Promoting her latest books brings bestselling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, chat show appearances, department store shopping and possibly murder. It all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition.
Man Called X.
WOC 61.
Eighteen original shows starring Herbert Marshall as globetrotting secret agent KenThurston, who, along with his sidekick Pagan Zeldschmidt, solves mysteries for the United States government. Episodes include: Five Ounces of Treason, Spy on the Orient Express, Submarine Pirates, Dope Smuggling in Mexico, Arab Farm Loan, Indonesian Oil, The Big Lie, Formula H, The Golden Camellia, and G.I. Insurance Racket.
Mysterious Traveler.
WOC 83.
Ride along with The Mysterious Traveler as he thrills you a little and chills you a lot through eighteen scary stories. Includes: Survival of the Fittest, I Died Last Night, The Last Survivor, The Man Who Tried to Save Lincoln, Killer at Large, Behind the Locked Door, Death Is the Visitor, The Woman in Black, Symphony of Death, Dark Destiny, Beware of Tomorrow, Out of the Past, Haunted Trailer, and Death Has Cold Breath.
Mystery Theatre.
Series Code: MYST.
Episodes were selected by Bernard Lenrow, an avid reader of mysteries. Lenrow also introduced each episode as criminologist Geoffrey Barnes. It featured the writings of established authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, but also provided opportunities for new writers to have their works produced.
| Mystery Theatre: Volume 1 | WOC 354 | |
| Mystery Theatre: Volume 2 | WOC 355 | |
| Mystery Theatre: Volume 3 | WOC 356 | |
| Mystery Theatre: Volume 4 | WOC 357 |
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green.
Series Code: NASH.
This program ran from 1939 to 1946, starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as his sidekick Watson. Features perfect sound, nostalgic wartime announcements, original commercials, and radio narrations.
| New Adventures of Sherlock: Volume 1 | WOC 47 | |
| New Adventures of Sherlock: Volume 2 | WOC 48 | |
| New Adventures of Sherlock: Volume 3 | WOC 49 | |
| New Adventures of Sherlock: Volume 4 | WOC 50 | |
| New Adventures of Sherlock: Volume 5 | WOC 51 | |
| New Adventures of Sherlock: Volume 6 | WOC 52 |
Nick Carter, Master Detective.
WOC 69.
Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter, "that most famous of all man-hunters" in eighteen riveting whodunits! Sample episodes include: Angle of Murder, Body on a Slab, The Bull and the Bear, Candidate's Corpse, Sunken Dollar, Corpse in the Cab, Death by Ricochet, Murder in a Decanter, and Double Disguise.
Nightbeat.
WOC 70.
This program stars Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, reporter for The Chicago Star in eighteen stories including: Zero (premier episode), Mentelo the Mental Marvel, The Girl in the Park, The City at Your Fingertips, Old Home Week, Anton's Return, Night Is a Weapon, I Wish You Were Dead, The Night Watchman, Stamp Dealer, I Know Your Secret, and The Devil's Bible.
Old Time Radio Detectives and Crime Fighters.
WOC 495.
Episodes include Dragnet: The Big No Tooth; Ellery Queen: One Diamond; The Green Hornet: The Corpse That Wasn't There; This Is Your FBI: The Traveling Bride, and several others.
Poisoned Pins by Joan Hess.
WOC 550.
Claire Malloy, bookstore owner, part time sleuth, and full time single mother has a new job, she is a My Beautiful Self Inc. consultant. But when one of the sorority girls next door is killed, Claire's sleuthing moves from part time to full time. Claire Malloy Mystery, Book 8. Series Code MLY. Other titles in the series available in our regular collection.
Old Time Radio Mysteries.
WOC 446.
Contains twelve classic radio shows including episodes from The Clock, Inner Sanctum, Mysterious Traveler, The Whistler and others.
Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle.
WOC 38.
Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of the League of Red-Headed Men. A dramatization by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Saint by Leslie Charteris.
Series Code: SAIN.
Vincent Price brought Simon Templar to life on radio as The Saint. Based on author Leslie Charteris' books, this witty, high-class sleuth was billed as the Robin Hood of modern crime.
| The Saint: Volume 1 | WOC 388 | |
| The Saint Starring Vincent Price | WOC 567 |
Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle.
WOC 288.
A beautiful woman foils Sherlock Holmes, and gives the King of Bohemia some very difficult moments. A production of the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle.
WOC 310.
Another set of four puzzling cases solved by the master of deduction starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley. Episodes include: The Red-Headed League, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Speckled Band, and Charles Augustus Milverton.
Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle.
WOC 39.
A Sherlock Holmes murder mystery. The victim dies from a poisoned dart. Who was the perpetrator and can he be caught? A dramatization by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle.
WOC 292.
Sherlock Holmes appears to be baffled by the disappearance of a famous racehorse and the murder of his trainer. But the master sleuth is never fooled for long. A production of the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Sleight of Hand.
WOC 183.
Revisit the Golden Age of Radio with this tale of a slick con man. It was first broadcast on the F.B.I. series over fifty years ago. A production of the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle.
WOC 396.
Sherlock Holmes tackles a gruesome mystery that begins with the murder of a girl and her lover in Utah, spreads to the capital cities of Europe, and reaches a fatal climax in England. A production of the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
Thicker Than Blood by John Lutz.
WOC 503.
When a shy country girl comes to Alo Nudger to help investigate a securities fraud, the last things he expects to uncover are drug dealers, a dysfunctional family, and a dangerous tattooed muscleman. Nudger series. Series Code NUDG. Some violence, strong language and some descriptions of sex. Other titles in the series available in our regular collection.
This Is Your F.B.I.
WOC 68.
Eighteen true crime cases from the files of the F.B.I. with Stacy Harris as Agent Jim Taylor. Cases include: The Hollywood Shakedown, The Man Hunt, The Phantom Hitchhiker, The Masquerader, The Loner, The Old Hat, The Face, The Payoff, The Skyway Man, The Campus Crime Wave, The Unwelcome Fugitive, The Toy Bandit, and Crime for Sale.
Too Dead to Swing by Hal Glatzer.
WOC 427.
It is 1940, and musician Kate Green finds out how tough the road can be when she joins the Ultra Belles, a female Swing band on their tour in California. From the moment the band kicks off the set, you are caught in the rhythm of the music, and murder on the move.
The Whistler.
Series Code: WSTL.
From 1942 through 1955, the Whistler announced his arrival with an eerie thirteen note musical theme, and promised "even when you know who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the final curtain.
| The Whistler | WOC 458 | |
| The Whistler: Volume 2 | WOC 459 | |
| The Whistler: Volume 3 | WOC 461 |