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Welcome to The Complete Orson Welles. This podcast is for the Welles enthusiast, playing a variety of programs from Mr. Welles’ career from 1937 to 1952. New episodes published weekly. For FREE you can listen to and download all my OTR podcast at https://otr.duane.media. Feedback and comments welcome at my email: [email protected] or @duane.otr on Instagram. - Thank you and enjoy. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Period broadcasts place postwar political commentary beside Orson Welles's crime and suspense performances, capturing the wider sound of mid-century radio.
The Complete Orson Welles presents vintage radio with its surrounding texture still audible, including program introductions, sponsor messages and closing credits.
A 1945 news bulletin beside Harry Lime's horse-racing swindle: your radio dial has range.
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A sharp 1945 radio snapshot where China, Truman, and Russia sit in the same anxious frame.
Orson Welles Commentaries pulls two late-1945 broadcasts into a compact view of a country in motion: one focused on brewing civil war in China, the other on the future CIA and the possibility of war with Russia.
A Paris swindle dressed in wit, menace, and polished radio style.
Harry Lime turns a Paris betting scheme into a study in confidence, performance, and the greed he assumes lives in everyone. Orson Welles sells it from both angles at once, as the man laying out the con and as the storyteller enjoying every turn of it.
A clipped police puzzle where small witness details do the work.
Glass Shards makes The Black Museum into a brisk police procedural. A woman remembers a small, shifty visitor asking after a nonexistent Beacon Garage, and the case tightens as two matching descriptions line up and a weapon turns up behind a hedge.
A roadside hitchhiker turns the drive into old-radio dread.
Suspense works by turning a roadside encounter into a careful study of dread. A driver keeps meeting the same hitchhiker along an American route, and each return makes the journey feel thinner, stranger, and less dependable.
Kaitlin Prest blends personal reenactment and Gaza war testimony across serialized documentary seasons.
This podcast introduces classic radio shows featuring Orson Welles, including the Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) with stories like Shredni Vashtar, Hidalgo, and An Irishman and a Jew.
This episode features the Columbia Workshop's two-part radio adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1936, presented as part of a podcast showcasing Orson Welles' classic radio work.
This podcast episode introduces a classic 1938 Campbell Playhouse radio production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, part of a series featuring Orson Welles' work.
This episode introduces a 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol starring Lionel Barrymore, part of the Campbell Playhouse series, presented in a podcast featuring classic Orson Welles programs.
This episode segment introduces a classic 1937 radio program featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater, focusing on The Shadow mystery series with the story 'The Temple Bells of Neban'.
This podcast segment introduces classic radio programs featuring Orson Welles, focusing on an episode of The Shadow titled 'Tenor with the Broken Voice' from 1938.
This episode of The Orson Welles Almanac from 1944 features guest Lucille Ball and includes classic radio segments with household hints and astrological notes.
This episode of The Jack Benny Program from March 14, 1943 features Orson Welles as host, with the return of Phil Harris and his orchestra after a three-month absence.
This episode features a 1943 radio broadcast of The Bob Hope Show with guest star Orson Welles, sponsored by Pepsodent for Naval Aviation personnel.
This episode segment introduces a classic radio drama featuring Orson Welles in 'The Shadow' series, specifically the episode 'The Creeper' from May 29, 1938, as part of a podcast showcasing his work.
This podcast episode introduces a classic 1938 radio play 'The Affairs of Anatole' from Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, featuring various program highlights and podcast information.
This podcast episode introduces a classic radio drama from 1938 titled 'Air Raid' starring Orson Welles, part of the Columbia Workshop series.
This episode introduces the Black Museum podcast segment, focusing on the 'Four Small Bottles' episode from 1951-1952, featuring Orson Welles and exploring crime stories from Scotland Yard's repository.
This episode features Orson Welles as a guest on the Jack Benny Jell-O Program from 1940, highlighting classic radio comedy.
This podcast episode introduces classic radio programs from 1936 to 1952 featuring Orson Welles, including The Mercury Theatre on the Air and The Shadow, with promotional content for the podcast.
This episode introduces a classic 1938 radio drama adaptation of 'The 39 Steps' by the Mercury Theatre, featuring Orson Welles and referencing other famous works like 'War of the Worlds' and 'Dracula'.
This episode introduces a classic radio podcast featuring Orson Welles, focusing on the series 'Hello Americans' and the play 'Ritmos de las Americas' from 1943.
This episode introduces classic radio programs featuring Orson Welles, specifically focusing on the 1951 episode 'Farthings for Your Thoughts' from The Adventures of Harry Lime.
This podcast segment introduces classic radio episodes featuring Orson Welles, specifically highlighting two 1938 episodes of The Shadow titled 'League of Terror' and 'Sabotage'.
The host Dwayne introduces the podcast featuring classic radio programs with Orson Welles and discusses housekeeping matters including thanking listeners and mentioning optional donations.
This episode features the classic radio drama 'Lazarus Walks' from the Suspense series, originally aired in 1943, as part of a podcast showcasing Orson Welles' work in vintage radio programs.
This podcast segment introduces classic radio programs featuring Orson Welles, focusing on the Campbell Playhouse episode of 'Rebecca' starring Margaret Sullavan.
This podcast episode introduces a classic radio play from 1938, featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre performing 'The Count of Monte Cristo', as part of a series showcasing historical radio programs.
This episode introduces a classic 1938 radio play featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre performing 'Immortal Sherlock Holmes' as part of a podcast series on vintage radio programs.
This episode introduces a podcast featuring classic radio programs from 1936 to 1952, focusing on Orson Welles' work, and specifically highlights the Campbell Playhouse episode 'What Every Woman Knows' from 1939.
This podcast segment introduces two classic 1937 episodes of 'The Shadow' radio show, 'Circle of Death' and 'Death Triangle', as part of a series featuring Orson Welles' work from 1936-1952.
This episode introduces a classic radio broadcast series featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre, focusing on their 1938 performance of Julius Caesar.
This podcast episode features classic radio programs from 1936 to 1952, starring Orson Welles, including an episode of 'The Adventures of Harry Lime' titled 'In Pursuit of a Ghost' from 1951.
This podcast episode features a classic 1940 radio drama titled 'Joey's Christmas Story' from 'The Shadow' series, presented as part of a collection of Orson Welles' works.
This episode introduces a classic radio program from 1951-1952 featuring Orson Welles, focusing on The Black Museum and its grim collection of homicide-related items at Scotland Yard.
This episode segment introduces the podcast featuring classic radio programs by Orson Welles, specifically highlighting the Suspense series episode 'The Hitchhiker' from 1945.
This episode introduces a classic 1938 Mercury Theatre radio broadcast titled 'Abraham Lincoln', part of a series featuring Orson Welles and his theatrical company.
This segment introduces a podcast featuring classic radio programs with Orson Welles, specifically highlighting an episode from The Fred Allen Show titled 'Chicken Surplus' from 1946.
This podcast episode introduces classic radio programs featuring Orson Welles, starting with the 1942 episode 'The Bad-Will Ambassador' from the series 'Hello Americans'.
This episode introduces a classic radio program from 1939 featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater in 'The Count of Monte Cristo' as part of the Campbell Playhouse series.
This episode features Orson Welles in the 1942 radio drama 'Admiral of the Ocean Sea' from the Cavalcade of America series, sponsored by DuPont, as part of a podcast showcasing classic radio programs.
This episode segment introduces a 1941 Lady Esther radio drama featuring Orson Welles and a cast of actors, focusing on a romantic story.
This episode introduces a classic 1938 Mercury Theatre radio drama featuring Orson Welles, beginning with a dramatic scene from 'The Man Who Was Thursday'.
This podcast episode introduces two 1951 Harry Lime radio episodes from the classic Orson Welles collection, featuring promotional content and subscription details.
This episode introduces a classic radio drama from 1941 titled 'His Honor, the Mayor', written and produced by Orson Welles for The Free Company series, featuring Mercury Theater actors.
This episode segment introduces a classic radio podcast featuring Orson Welles, specifically highlighting the 16th episode of The Black Museum from 1951-1952 titled 'The Gas Receipt', which involves a mysterious gasoline receipt tied to a crime.
This podcast introduces two 1938 episodes of The Shadow radio show, featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater, with episodes titled Murders in Wax and Message from the Hills.
This episode features the classic radio program Suspense with the play Philomel Cottage from 1943, presented as part of a podcast showcasing Orson Welles' work in vintage radio.
This episode introduces a 1937 Columbia Workshop radio drama titled 'The Fall of the City' by Archibald, focusing on a mysterious event involving a dead woman's resurrection in a city.
This segment introduces a 1940 episode of the Campbell Playhouse radio drama 'Vanity Fair', produced by Orson Welles, as part of a podcast featuring classic radio programs.
The host introduces a podcast featuring classic Orson Welles radio programs and shares a personal story about finding a vinyl record of Welles' 'The Begatting of the President' at a Goodwill thrift store.
Orson Welles and guest host Williams Hall present two 1945 commentary episodes analyzing post-World War II geopolitics, including the brewing Chinese civil war, the transition of the OSS into what would become the CIA, US-Russia tensions, and the recent overthrow of Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas.
In this vintage radio drama, Orson Welles voices Harry Lime, a charming swindler who concocts an elaborate 'horseplay' scheme to fleece an American tourist named Harris.
Orson Welles presents a classic 1942 radio adaptation of The Hitchhiker, following Ronald Adams as he drives cross-country while being haunted by a mysterious figure who appears repeatedly along his route.
Orson Welles narrates a classic crime story from Scotland Yard's Black Museum, following the investigation of a murder committed during a burglary.