Art audiobooks

Classic Radio Spotlights: Jack Benny - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Benny

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve radio episodes featuring Jack Benny in different series from the golden age of radio. This collection includes episodes from The Jack Benny Program, Suspense, The Burns & Allen Show, The Bing Crosby Show, The Ford Theatre, and many more. Read more

Dragnet, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Webb & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in Los Angeles, and starring Jack Webb as the stoic Sergeant Joe Friday, Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama of all time, having made extensive runs on both radio and television. Webb, also the producer of the show, took the series to new highs, insisting on realism in every facet of the program. The... Read more

Our Miss Brooks, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Our Miss Brooks was a situation comedy show heard on radio and seen on television and films starring Oscar winner Eve Arden. Her skill with the wicked one-liner and acid aside had begun to lead to typecasting so, to find a new image, Arden signed on for the lead in radio’s Our Miss Brooks. The series centered on Connie Brooks, a smart,... Read more

Rocky Fortune, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Frank Sinatra, Barney Phillips & a full cast

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve adventure-packed episodes of the radio drama Rocky Fortune.This 1953 radio adventure series stars Frank Sinatra as Rocco Fortunato, a.k.a. Rocky Fortune, a footloose and fancy-free young man of several talents. In constant need of employment, Rocky accepts odd jobs from the Gridley Employment Agency—jobs that typically lead him... Read more

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve amazing detective adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, first came to NBC radio in 1930, starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone took over as Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo were simultaneously... Read more

Mr. & Mrs. North, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, Mr. & Mrs. North were fictional amateur detectives appearing in novels, motion pictures, radio, and television. The Norths were not professional detectives, but simply a well-to-do New York couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week and felt compelled to solve the crimes. A 1942 MGM movie... Read more

Murder at Midnight, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Raymond Morgan & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Produced in New York, Murder at Midnight came to ABC Radio in September of 1946 and featured horror stories with supernatural twists. Raymond Morgan, a former Long Island minister who had left the cloth for the excitement of radio, was the foreboding host who each week uttered the lines: “Midnight, the witching hour when the night is darkest,... Read more

Have Gun—Will Travel, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Have Gun—Will Travel follows the adventures of Paladin, a soldier of fortune turned hired gunfighter, played by John Dehner. Paladin prefers to settle problems without violence, yet when forced to fight, he excels.It’s 1875, and Paladin lives at the swanky Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dresses in formal wear, eats gourmet food,... Read more

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Gerald Mohr & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Raymond Chandler’s celebrated hard-boiled private eye, Philip Marlowe, made his radio debut in 1945 on the Lux Radio Theatre with “Murder, My Sweet,” starring Dick Powell. Two years later, NBC brought the character to the air in his own weekly series starring Van Heflin, The New Adventures of Philip Marlowe. A summer replacement for The Bob Hope... Read more

Classic Radio Spotlights: Orson Welles - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Orson Welles

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection spotlights the iconic Orson Welles in nine of his works from the golden age of radio. These radio dramas, airing from 1938 through 1951, are among his very best and can be enjoyed for years to come.Armed with the nickname the “Boy Genius,” Orson Welles graduated from the New York stage to expand his creative talents in the radio... Read more

Broadway Is My Beat, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Larry Thor & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Broadway Is My Beat was a dark, gritty radio crime drama that ran on CBS from 1949 until 1954. The series was originally broadcast from New York with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Police Detective Danny Clover. Produced by Lester Gottlieb, it was directed by John Dietz. But by the thirteenth episode, the series moved to Hollywood (still... Read more

The Falcon, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Les Damon, a full cast, Jackson Beck, Mason Ada...

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Falcon radio series aired from 1943 until 1954. “The Falcon” was an alternate identity for detective Michael Waring. Like the Falcon movies, the radio plots mixed danger, romance, and comedy in equal parts. Each show began with a telephone ringing and Michael Waring, the Falcon, answering the phone. Speaking with a woman whose voice was... Read more

Der Bro Code für Eltern - Abridged

By: Matt Kuhn & Barney Stinson

Narrated by: Philipp Moog

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Barney liest den Bro Code für Eltern. Ihr wünscht euch ein Baby oder habt sogar schon eins bekommen? Dann wird euer Dasein von nun an ein Fliegenschiss auf der Leinwand des Lebens sein. Das heißt aber nicht, dass euer Kind genau so ein Lahmarsch werden muss wie ihr selbst. In Der Bro Code für Eltern hilft euch Barney Stinson, einen Namen... Read more

Asesinos seriales - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Asesinos Seriales recopila las historias de los criminales más famosos y despiadados hasta el momento conocidos. Un documental dramatizado que narra la parte más oscura de la humanidad, la prueba de que el alma puede llegar a regiones repletas de sombras y profunda maldad.Incluye: “Albert Fish, el vampiro de Brooklyn” - “Ed Gein, el Carnicero... Read more

The Weird Circle, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the pens of the world’s best-known and respected supernatural fiction authors comes The Weird Circle—tales of mystery, suspense, horror, and the macabre! Now, enjoy sixteen of the greatest mysteries of all time!The Weird Circle was an anthology of classic thrillers from the pens of the world’s best-known and respected fiction authors of the... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Shows, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: various performers

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You’ll hear Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos ’n’ Andy; Bob Bailey in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee and Molly; William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley; Eve Arden as Connie Brooks... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: various performers

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Relive twelve of the best classic radio comedy shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them great in this incredible collection.Here are twelve of the greatest American comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You’ll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles... Read more

George Bettinger’s Mom & Pop Variety Shop - Abridged

By: George Bettinger

Narrated by: various entertainers

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, Three Stooges, and Soupy Sales are just some of the legendary “funsters”Music and Comedy For The Whole Family Perfect on Halloween, Thanksgiving Christmas, Chanukah, All Year. Like old time radio and TV with a modern twist! Curly’s Gormet Coffee FitWhether PrognosticationJerry Bazooka LewisLaurel &... Read more

Live from Aroma Thyme Bistro - Abridged

By: Marcus Guiliano

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & others

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

This lively hour of stories, songs, and poems about love were performed before a live audience at Aroma Thyme Bistro in Ellenville, New York. Among the highlights of the evening was a parody of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? called “Who’s Afraid of a Virginian’s Wrath?” as played by George and Martha Washington, performed by husband and wife... Read more

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story... Read more

Father Knows Best, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Robert Young stars as Jim Anderson, head of the Anderson family and the father who … knows best! Enjoy sixteen fun-filled comedy episodes from the long-running radio series!Father Knows Best was a situation comedy built around the Anderson family and life on Maple Street in the fictitious Midwestern town of Springfield. Robert Young starred as... Read more

You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Groucho Marx

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life! Enjoy sixteen fun-filled comedy episodes from the long-running radio series!Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by... Read more

Dark of the Moon Inn - Abridged

By: George Zarr

Narrated by: a full cast, Laura Van Veen & David Ault

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From award-winning writer/director/producer George Zarr comes a five-story anthology of suspense and mystery. Each tale features a full cast, engaging sound effects, and original music.Finding His Voice – The voice-over business intensifies into a deadly game of cat and mouse between three people. The hunter and the hunted crisscross through the... Read more

WhiteHall 1212, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Whitehall 1212 was the famous telephone number for Scotland Yard—the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Force—and also an exciting true crime drama from the golden age of radio!Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper (the creator of Lights Out and Quiet Please), Whitehall 1212 was a crime drama that aired on NBC from 1951 until 1952.... Read more