Old Time Radio Researchers GroupTheater Five - Single Episodes

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THEATER FIVE

Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM.

Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes.

There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper.

Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five.

From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

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Notes

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It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.

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Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements.

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Individual Files

Whole Item	Format	Size
OTRR_Theater_Five_Singles_128kb.m3u	128kbps M3U	Stream
OTRR_Theater_Five_Singles_64kb.m3u	64Kbps M3U	Stream

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Hit and Run	18 MB	6.32 MB	9.23 MB
A House of Cards	20 MB	9.68 MB	10 MB
Terror from Beyond	19 MB	7.54 MB	9.68 MB
Homecoming	19 MB	7.15 MB	9.44 MB
The 245,000 Smile	19 MB	6.98 MB	9.40 MB
Rebellion Next Week	20 MB	7.59 MB	10 MB
The Big Dog	19 MB	6.96 MB	9.66 MB
Jump, Jump	20 MB	7.51 MB	9.93 MB
Melodrama	19 MB	6.96 MB	9.59 MB
The Stranger	19 MB	7.84 MB	9.53 MB
The Fun Party	20 MB	7.38 MB	9.89 MB
The New Order	21 MB	6.87 MB	10 MB
Ring of Evil	20 MB	7.22 MB	10 MB
Your Time Is Up	19 MB	7.87 MB	9.41 MB
Molecule Masquerade	19 MB	7.96 MB	9.73 MB
A Caller at Midnight	18 MB	6.80 MB	9.16 MB
Dream of Death	19 MB	8.29 MB	9.45 MB
The Late Matthew Dillard	18 MB	6.25 MB	8.91 MB
My Other Self	19 MB	6.17 MB	9.40 MB
Incident at Apogee	18 MB	6.54 MB	9.21 MB
The Scream	19 MB	6.99 MB	9.54 MB
Outside Time	19 MB	8.64 MB	9.55 MB
The Fix	19 MB	8.01 MB	9.74 MB
The Trouble with Alphie	19 MB	7.95 MB	9.37 MB
Cry in the Night	19 MB	6.70 MB	9.40 MB
Sorry to Let You Go	18 MB	5.12 MB	9.22 MB
Incident at Shadow Valley	19 MB	7.39 MB	9.53 MB
The Decoration	18 MB	7.77 MB	9.17 MB
First Encounter	18 MB	6.17 MB	8.87 MB
To Whom It May Concern	18 MB	5.63 MB	9.16 MB
The Noon Stars	19 MB	7.09 MB	9.66 MB
My Brother's Keeper	18 MB	6.45 MB	8.95 MB
The Big Freeze	16 MB	5.47 MB	8.19 MB
The Understudy	18 MB	5.33 MB	8.86 MB
The Group	19 MB	7.00 MB	9.73 MB
The Kiss Off	17 MB	5.83 MB	8.50 MB
The Odyssey of Number Fourteen	19 MB	7.83 MB	9.51 MB
We Are All Alone	18 MB	6.12 MB	8.95 MB
The Evil That Men Do	19 MB	6.13 MB	9.26 MB
A Genuine Grenotte	19 MB	5.95 MB	9.56 MB
Look Who's Talking	19 MB	6.36 MB	9.33 MB
The Wrong Arm of Justice	19 MB	6.29 MB	9.27 MB
A Very Private Phone Call	19 MB	6.28 MB	9.46 MB
John Hansen, Hermit	20 MB	5.74 MB	9.76 MB
Subject Number 428A	19 MB	7.68 MB	9.46 MB
The Arithmetic of Honor	19 MB	5.74 MB	9.52 MB
The Last Land Rush	18 MB	6.14 MB	9.07 MB
Echo of Madness	20 MB	6.98 MB	9.99 MB
Justice Is an Uncertain Thing	19 MB	5.86 MB	9.61 MB
I'm Sorry, Mom	18 MB	6.17 MB	9.13 MB
All the Bright Young Ones	19 MB	5.98 MB	9.62 MB
The Autocrat	19 MB	5.92 MB	9.57 MB
The Dog Killer	18 MB	6.33 MB	9.23 MB
The Good Samaritians	19 MB	7.04 MB	9.52 MB
The Captive Spirit	20 MB	7.43 MB	9.84 MB
An Honorable Way	18 MB	7.20 MB	9.08 MB
The Man Who Loved Jellyroll	19 MB	7.90 MB	9.53 MB
Captain Gamble's Uniform	21 MB	7.82 MB	10 MB
Including Murder	18 MB	6.54 MB	8.88 MB
The Sacrifice	19 MB	7.74 MB	9.61 MB
Sirens in the Night			10 MB
The Prodigal Son	19 MB	7.27 MB	9.37 MB
Odds on the Tower	19 MB	5.56 MB	9.29 MB
A Nightmare	19 MB	7.43 MB	9.56 MB
The Second Chance	19 MB	7.33 MB	9.27 MB
June 17th, Where Are You	19 MB	7.90 MB	9.67 MB
Why Can't Life Be More Like in the Movies	18 MB	6.38 MB	8.94 MB
Body Without the Crime			8.79 MB
Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison	20 MB	6.74 MB	9.84 MB
Living Credit	18 MB	6.64 MB	9.20 MB
The Nameless Day	20 MB	7.52 MB	9.84 MB
World Enough and Time	20 MB	9.08 MB	10 MB
The Gift			8.97 MB
A Brand New Life	18 MB	6.80 MB	9.22 MB
Deedle Deedle Dumpling My Son X-1	20 MB	7.60 MB	10 MB
The City Manager	20 MB	8.04 MB	9.89 MB
The Contract Maker	19 MB	7.47 MB	9.30 MB
A Little Piece of Candle	19 MB	7.27 MB	9.25 MB
To Be or Not to Be Maybe!	18 MB	7.10 MB	8.95 MB
A Nothin' Place	22 MB	7.45 MB	11 MB
Dark Appointment	19 MB	7.38 MB	9.43 MB
The Talkers	19 MB	6.71 MB	9.68 MB
A Little Knowledge	21 MB	7.83 MB	11 MB
The Neighbor	19 MB	6.64 MB	9.51 MB
The Lesson			9.28 MB
To Helen with Love	19 MB	7.14 MB	9.32 MB
Finders Can Be Losers	19 MB	7.29 MB	9.53 MB
Found Money	20 MB	6.34 MB	9.78 MB
Fog	20 MB	7.24 MB	9.95 MB
Sound Track of a Happy Family	18 MB	6.23 MB	9.23 MB
Bug Off	19 MB	7.53 MB	9.69 MB
Congratulations, Mr Mayor	19 MB	7.65 MB	9.69 MB
The Weapons at Hand	19 MB	8.04 MB	9.71 MB
I Love You	19 MB	7.07 MB	9.54 MB
Bang Bang You're Dead	20 MB	7.97 MB	9.78 MB
Now Listen to the Tiger	20 MB	7.01 MB	10 MB
The Victim			9.18 MB
An Average American Murder			9.31 MB
Just Call Me Lucky			9.83 MB
Nuptial Flight			9.03 MB
Six-Foot Flower Box			9.36 MB
Finders Keepers			8.89 MB
The Flea Circus	19 MB	5.94 MB	9.42 MB
The Wish Fulfillment Machine	18 MB	6.96 MB	9.18 MB
Look at My Record			9.45 MB
Five Strangers	20 MB	7.59 MB	10 MB
Charlie, the Beautiful Machine	19 MB	6.12 MB	9.48 MB
The Blue Eyed People	18 MB	6.48 MB	9.00 MB
Presence of Mind	19 MB	7.53 MB	9.52 MB
Discotheque	20 MB	7.52 MB	10 MB
The Blank Check	19 MB	8.13 MB	9.74 MB
Devil Dust	19 MB	6.89 MB	9.37 MB
The Corporation	20 MB	8.03 MB	9.92 MB
Don't Call Me, I'll Call You	20 MB	7.81 MB	10 MB
The Deliquents	20 MB	7.11 MB	9.94 MB
The Button Stealers	20 MB	7.41 MB	9.77 MB
Bravo, Bravo	19 MB	7.55 MB	9.49 MB
Man on the Canyon Wall	19 MB	7.39 MB	9.58 MB
The Wandering Spaceman			8.92 MB
The Trophy			10 MB
The Wheel	17 MB	6.27 MB	8.63 MB
Across the River from Grandma's House	20 MB	8.71 MB	10 MB
A Dream of a Scheme	20 MB	7.27 MB	9.87 MB
The Imposters	20 MB	7.03 MB	9.94 MB
The First Weekend	20 MB	7.90 MB	9.76 MB
Where Art Thou, Romeo	19 MB	7.56 MB	9.68 MB
Mr Horn's Holiday	20 MB	7.18 MB	10 MB
Tomorrow 6-1212	20 MB	7.64 MB	10 MB
The Hostage	19 MB	7.63 MB	9.47 MB
I've Got Your Number	20 MB	8.27 MB	9.84 MB
The Boy	19 MB	7.50 MB	9.70 MB
The Time, the Place, and the Death	19 MB	7.32 MB	9.70 MB
The Hunters	20 MB	7.99 MB	9.93 MB
Greater Love Hath No Man	19 MB	7.17 MB	9.48 MB
The Underveloped Nation	19 MB	6.82 MB	9.61 MB
Cold Storage	20 MB	7.87 MB	9.79 MB
The Eye of the Storm	19 MB	7.63 MB	9.56 MB
Lovely Boy	19 MB	7.34 MB	9.46 MB
The Sybil of Sycamore Lane	19 MB	7.33 MB	9.72 MB
The Chain	19 MB	6.73 MB	9.52 MB
The Forgotten	19 MB	7.40 MB	9.50 MB
A Little Game on Saturday Mornings	19 MB	7.52 MB	9.44 MB
Post Time	20 MB	7.99 MB	9.78 MB
It's a Work of Art	20 MB	7.78 MB	9.77 MB
Listen, Mother	19 MB	7.21 MB	9.65 MB
A Tale for the Nursery	20 MB	7.89 MB	9.81 MB
The Elevator	19 MB	7.68 MB	9.56 MB
The Man Who Heard Everything	20 MB	7.03 MB	9.96 MB
Toby's Wonderful Egg	20 MB	8.08 MB	9.85 MB
Little Girl, Little Girl	19 MB	7.98 MB	9.74 MB
You Bet Your Life	20 MB	7.40 MB	9.80 MB
French Quarter	20 MB	7.78 MB	9.85 MB
Annie Is Watching	19 MB	7.60 MB	9.51 MB
The Land of Milk and Honey	19 MB	7.67 MB	9.53 MB
April Snowfall	20 MB	7.83 MB	9.87 MB
Last Ride on the Merry-Go-Round	20 MB	7.19 MB	9.87 MB
Just for Kicks	19 MB	6.58 MB	9.60 MB
Broken Image	19 MB	7.93 MB	9.64 MB
Publish or Perish	19 MB	7.26 MB	9.54 MB
The Janitor	20 MB	7.64 MB	9.85 MB
Divorce American Style	19 MB	7.61 MB	9.56 MB
Any Port in A Storm	20 MB	7.93 MB	10 MB
Across the River To Grandfather's House	20 MB	7.20 MB	9.85 MB
If the Spirit Moves You	20 MB	7.55 MB	9.86 MB
They Call Me Howie	19 MB	8.12 MB	9.58 MB
Bad News for Mrs Bristol	20 MB	8.16 MB	10 MB
The Hazelton Story	19 MB	8.05 MB	9.67 MB
Point of Impact	19 MB	7.73 MB	9.70 MB
There's One Born Every Minute	19 MB	6.68 MB	9.29 MB
The Widow	19 MB	7.08 MB	9.73 MB
The Avenger	20 MB	7.19 MB	9.75 MB
Bright House, New House	20 MB	7.68 MB	9.99 MB
Eye of Kali	19 MB	7.95 MB	9.70 MB
Three On A Death	19 MB	7.87 MB	9.66 MB
Get Away with Murder	20 MB	8.06 MB	9.94 MB
The Welcome Lady	20 MB	8.13 MB	9.91 MB
Till Death Do Us	19 MB	8.18 MB	9.53 MB
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall	20 MB	8.78 MB	9.80 MB
A Million Miles to Nowhere	19 MB	7.35 MB	9.41 MB
It's My Funeral	19 MB	7.54 MB	9.62 MB
A Matter of Pride	19 MB	7.80 MB	9.36 MB
The Lion Who Wasn't There	20 MB	8.20 MB	9.83 MB
Come Home Daughter, All Is Forbidden	18 MB	7.23 MB	9.22 MB
Panic	19 MB	7.73 MB	9.62 MB
He Was a Good Boy	19 MB	7.13 MB	9.71 MB
Incident in Ceylon	19 MB	7.16 MB	9.51 MB
You Gotta Cry Sometime	19 MB	7.12 MB	9.66 MB
The Wonderful Stamps from El Dorado	20 MB	7.77 MB	10 MB
Said the Spider	20 MB	7.62 MB	9.85 MB
Poor Little Greek Girl	19 MB	7.42 MB	9.70 MB
Greener Pastures	20 MB	7.49 MB	9.87 MB
Lorna Is a Strange Child	19 MB	7.04 MB	9.71 MB
The Beneficiary	19 MB	6.91 MB	9.41 MB
Junior	20 MB	8.07 MB	10 MB
Make My Name Clean	20 MB	7.76 MB	9.84 MB
Driver's Seat	19 MB	7.40 MB	9.63 MB
Incident on Us 1	19 MB	7.45 MB	9.41 MB
The Name Game	20 MB	7.27 MB	9.78 MB
Reunion	19 MB	8.69 MB	9.65 MB
The Ten-Year-Old Car	19 MB	7.10 MB	9.43 MB
Lift to Beyond	20 MB	7.51 MB	9.80 MB
Nightmare at 26,000 Feet	19 MB	6.68 MB	9.62 MB
Around the Corner from Nowhere	19 MB	7.31 MB	9.49 MB
Wrong Turning	19 MB	7.03 MB	9.70 MB
A Birthday Present	20 MB	7.36 MB	10 MB
The Gandy Walker	20 MB	7.59 MB	10 MB
Will Integrity Ruin Clint Marble	19 MB	6.16 MB	9.32 MB
Blind Man's Bluff	18 MB	7.17 MB	9.23 MB
Death of an Old Flame	19 MB	5.54 MB	9.57 MB
Two Birds, One Stone	19 MB	7.30 MB	9.65 MB
Rocky Loves Julie	19 MB	7.11 MB	9.48 MB
The Dance Hall	19 MB	7.22 MB	9.32 MB
Incident at Phong Trang	19 MB	8.58 MB	9.74 MB
Barefoot in Athens	19 MB	8.73 MB	9.49 MB
The Protective Circle	19 MB	7.92 MB	9.42 MB
Lake Toplitz	18 MB	8.05 MB	9.24 MB
Mama's Girl	19 MB	8.18 MB	9.72 MB
Noose of Pearls			9.67 MB
Untrue Confession			8.84 MB
Two Came Back			9.13 MB
Skeletons			9.31 MB
The Wishing Stone	19 MB	7.44 MB	9.62 MB
The Manor House			10 MB
A Bad Day's Work	20 MB	7.58 MB	10 MB
Incident at Simbarundi	19 MB	8.90 MB	9.71 MB
Country Boy	19 MB	7.09 MB	9.67 MB
The Banana Ball	20 MB	7.06 MB	9.96 MB
The Roper			9.66 MB
The Pigeon	20 MB	8.42 MB	10 MB
Goodbye Matt	20 MB	8.00 MB	9.75 MB
Ride with Death	20 MB	7.23 MB	9.77 MB
Custody of the Mother	18 MB	5.99 MB	9.18 MB
You Can't Fight City Hall	20 MB	7.81 MB	9.82 MB
Method in the Madness	19 MB	8.38 MB	9.72 MB
Teacher, Teacher	18 MB	6.73 MB	8.90 MB
Children of Death	18 MB	6.32 MB	9.24 MB
Devotion	19 MB	8.14 MB	9.64 MB
Jailbreak	20 MB	8.42 MB	9.77 MB
Don't Hesitate to Call	19 MB	8.03 MB	9.70 MB
A Matter of Appearances	19 MB	7.33 MB	9.65 MB
Ed's War	19 MB	8.88 MB	9.45 MB
Casuality of a Small War	20 MB	7.83 MB	9.91 MB
The Marked Man	19 MB	6.89 MB	9.60 MB
The Walls of Poison Ivy	19 MB	6.98 MB	9.39 MB
The Big Waves	20 MB	7.96 MB	9.99 MB
Flies with Honey	20 MB	7.68 MB	9.84 MB
Summer's End	19 MB	8.03 MB	9.60 MB
Flights of Angels	19 MB	8.22 MB	9.72 MB
In Time of Trouble	19 MB	7.94 MB	9.70 MB
Jazz Festival	19 MB	7.65 MB	9.56 MB
Whatever Happened to the 5 -25	19 MB	7.66 MB	9.52 MB
In Absence of All Intelligent Life	19 MB	8.06 MB	9.55 MB
I Spy Sister Sarri	19 MB	7.38 MB	9.68 MB
Death Watch	20 MB	7.61 MB	9.78 MB
Big Deal on Sutton East	21 MB	7.99 MB	10 MB
Joey	19 MB	6.92 MB	9.31 MB

Image Files	JPEG
Theater FIve	77 KB

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OTRR_Theater_Five_Singles_files.xml	Metadata	287 KB
OTRR_Theater_Five_Singles_meta.xml	Metadata	3.85 KB
OTRR_Theater_Five_Singles_reviews.xml	Metadata	4.88 KB

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Reviewer: Dementia43 - - September 8, 2009
Subject: Quit complaining
Like really, if you want to download all of the episodes then go to the http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Theater_Five page to download all of the episodes.

Now to the show. I really find this show quite fun to listen to, it's not as good as Golden Age'd Radio classics such as Suspense, Escape, Gunsmoke, ETC but it is fun to listen to, some of the stories can be quite engrossing.

Reviewer: chemdude - - August 31, 2009
Subject: Theater Five
I enjoy these shows, even though they are not from the 40's era. Bad news is that I had download them all individually.

Reviewer: nelsonjane - - August 30, 2009
Subject: Theater Five = OTRules!!!
Simply Put.... Awesome!
Thank you for the all hard work you have put into this website! And especially wonderful is the consistent labeling of details for each episode!! dL speeds are fast too!

You Rock!

Reviewer: jeffzkrazie - - August 28, 2009
Subject: Fantastic
I've listened to the first 10 episodes and I'm hooked!

Enough of the complaining about the zip files seriously now.... GREAT show thanks again OTRR

Reviewer: headcrusher - - July 14, 2009
Subject: technical
these file sizes could be 75% smaller with no quality loss if converted to wma or mp3 with simple FM quality sound

Reviewer: MMMMMM1 - - July 10, 2009
Subject: Singles work for me;Whole Item does not.
Whole directory download stops and will not complete.

Reviewer: Chlorinedream - - April 3, 2009
Subject: "House of Cards"
A good atomic bomb shelter story - reminiscent of a Twilight Zone episode.

Reviewer: agentno99 - - April 1, 2009
Subject: You will become an instant fan!
If you like otr, mystery theatre, twilight zone, etc., then this is for you!Pure fun here.

Reviewer: Hythe - - February 6, 2009
Subject: The Best!
I think Theater Five is great!

Enough about the zip file, ok? How about some reviews about episodes of the show instead?

Reviewer: Phil Kiernan - - December 2, 2008
Subject: Zip download fails "Corrupted header" message
Single issues download OK but the total zip file fails to completely download. ????

Reviewer: Mike Hobart - - October 2, 2008
Subject: single episodes
I think the ones on this page are single episodes, so you wouldn't need WinZip. Just right click and choose "save" to download the MP3

Reviewer: mixiearmadillo - - September 30, 2008
Subject: "Not a valid archive"
Winzip will not open, error message reading: "does not appear to be a valid archive"

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