Lorre Classic Radio Shows on SiriusXM

Lorre fans with access to the satellite radio service SiriusXM will have two opportunities during the week of September 2, 2024, to catch two episodes of Peter’s anthology series Mystery Playhouse, airing over the Radio Classics channel – “Nightmare” and “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”.

Greg Bell, host of the Radio Classics channel, observes two anniversaries this week, beginning Monday, September 2, and ending Sunday, September 8.

Celebrating the 81st anniversary of the mystery series Mollé Mystery Theatre, Bell presents a two-hour block of episodes, including “Nightmare” (November 28, 1944), “Last Night” (February 22, 1946), “Night Must Fall” (April 12, 1946), and “St. Louis Lady” (August 23, 1946).

And in honor of the 58th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry’s science-fiction TV series Star Trek, Bell hosts a two-hour block of radio shows scripted by Trek writers Roddenberry, Theodore Sturgeon, and Robert Bloch, as well as an episode starring Trek regular DeForest Kelly, who played the starship Enterprise doctor McCoy.

The Molle Mystery Theatre 81st anniversary block will air these dates and times ~

Monday, September 2 ~
1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern

Wednesday, September 4 ~
5 am Pacific, 8 am Eastern

The Star Trek anniversary block includes – X-Minus One, “Mr. Costello, Hero” (July 3, 1956), written by Theodore Sturgeon; Mollé Mystery Theatre, “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (February 27, 1945), written by Robert Bloch; Suspense, "Fleshpeddler" (August 8, 1957), with DeForest Kelley; and Have Gun, Will Travel, “Helen of Abajinian” (January 4, 1959), written by Gene Roddenberry.

The Star Trek block will air these dates and times ~

Wednesday, September 4 ~
11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern

Thursday, September 5 ~
11 pm Pacific

Friday, September 6 ~
1 am Eastern

Sunday, September 8 ~
7 pm Pacific, 10 pm Eastern

The Radio Classics channel airs over Channel 148 on the SiriusXM dial. Subscribers may listen to the channel through their car radio, computer, or the SiriusXM app on their cell phone. Not a subscriber? Take SiriusXM for a three-month test drive for just one dollar.

Specially-edited Mollé Mystery Theatre episodes frequently aired over the Armed Forces Radio Series program Mystery Playhouse, often hosted by Peter Lorre. Other mystery and horror series airing on the Mystery Playhouse were The Whistler, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, among others.

Peter Lorre also has a connection with the TV series Star Trek. His first wife Celia Lovsky guest-starred in the second season opener “Amok Time” on September 13, 1967, as the Vulcan priestess T’Pau, in a Spock-featured episode involving the Vulcan science officer’s wedding – turned fight to the death between Spock and Captain Kirk.

Happy listening!