Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon 1986

5.40

Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.

1986

Straight Talk

Straight Talk 1992

6.00

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.

1992

Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrow 1940

6.10

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

1940

La gran mentira

La gran mentira 1956

6.00

César Neira, an almost forgotten Spanish actor, gets involved by chance with Teresa, a teacher from a small village in the province of Cáceres, who has won a radio contest. The prize is a trip to Madrid to experience just for a fortnight the life of the famous and wealthy people.

1956

Who Done It?

Who Done It? 1942

6.90

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

1942

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring 1941

5.70

The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by strangulation.

1941

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery 1950

5.50

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.

1950

The Phantom Empire

The Phantom Empire 1935

5.50

When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.

1935

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime 1941

5.80

Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to death. Ellery Queen gets to the bottom of the mystery.

1941

Mystery Broadcast

Mystery Broadcast 1943

6.20

A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people involved in the case, but shortly afterwards the main suspects turn up dead.

1943

Ten Minutes to Midnight

Ten Minutes to Midnight 2020

5.80

A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.

2020

Road to Happiness

Road to Happiness 1941

5.50

A struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but wealthy mother will gain custody of the boy.

1941

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark 1941

5.80

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.

1941

Broadway Limited

Broadway Limited 1941

5.10

A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought in for it.

1941

People Are Funny

People Are Funny 1946

5.20

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."

1946

The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler 1944

5.90

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

1944

What's Cookin'?

What's Cookin'? 1942

5.50

J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.

1942

Panic on the Air

Panic on the Air 1936

5.50

A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that gangsters are trying to find a hidden fortune, they use the radio show to foil the plan.

1936

Lessons from the Air

Lessons from the Air 1943

1

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making and broadcasting of pedagogical radio shows on the BBC.

1943

Psychologist

Psychologist 2021

3.50

Due to negative feedback to a public service announcement on suicide prevention that she created, psychologist He Dun experiences a blow to her career. To cheer up, she meets her best friend at a restaurant where she runs into Qian Kai Yi. He is now hosting a radio program dealing with emotional issues. At his insistence, He Dun agrees to be his collaborator and co-host. As the show gains listenership He Dun's counseling clinic becomes equally busy.

2021

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! 2011

5.00

The long running NPR news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal since 1998, replacing Dan Coffey. Carl Kasell served as announcer & scorekeeper until 2014 and ceded duties to Bill Kurtis. WWDTM came to television for the first time in 2011 with a BBC America one-off special, then in 2013 a special live broadcast was shown in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada

2011