SiriusXM Radio Airs Lorre Program

During the week of July 29, 2024, Radio Classics host Greg Bell will air an hour-long block of the old-time radio series Mr. and Mrs. North, including an episode hosted by Peter Lorre as a segment in his mid-1940s series Mystery Playhouse.

The Mr. and Mrs. North block includes “Frisbie Proves His Point” (January 17, 1945) and “Don’t Cru Wolf” (March 11, 1952).

“Frisbie Proves His Point” will air these dates and times ~

Monday, July 29 ~
11 pm – Pacific

Tuesday, July 30 ~
2 am – Eastern

Thursday, August 1 ~
5 pm – Pacific
8 pm – Eastern

Saturday, August 3 ~
7 am – Pacific
10 am – Eastern

The full schedule for the week of July 29 to August 4, 2024, is available on Greg Bell’s website.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or through the SiriusXM app on a Smart Phone or Smart Speaker. Not a subscriber? SiriusXM offers special trial deals through their website.

In the mid-1940s, Peter Lorre served as the main host for the Armed Forces Radio Service series Mystery Playhouse, which featured specially-edited episodes of such popular radio shows as The Whistler, Mr. District Attorney, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Peter would introduce each episode, often greeting the audience with his trademarked “Hello, Kreeps!” A visit to the Green Room for a preview of the next episode often ended each program, as Peter bid everyone, “Good night! Sleep tight!” and closed the doors of the Mystery Playhouse.

Mystery Playhouse programs were then shipped out on thick recording discs to American bases all over the world to be enjoyed by service men and women stationed overseas.

“Frisbie Proves His Point” originally aired on Mr. and Mrs. North on Wednesday, January 17, 1945. The episode now exists only as an entry in the AFRS series, including Lorre’s own Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode, “Death is a Joker” (June 10, 1944).

“And I still think I know that guy,” says Peter Lorre, introducing his own program on the Mystery Playhouse.

Happy listening!