Sirius XM Schedule Includes Two Lorre Programs

During the week of Apr. 22 to Apr. 28, 2019, the Radio Classics channel – Channel 148 on the SiriusXM radio dial – will air two Lorre-hosted episodes of Mystery Playhouse, both of which aired originally as episodes of the Mollé Mystery Theatre.

"Nightmare" (Nov. 28, 1944) will air these dates and times ~

Monday, April 22, 2019 –
9:30 pm Pacific

Tuesday, April 23 –
12:30 am Eastern

Thursday, April 25 –
7:30 am Pacific, 10:30 am Eastern

Sunday, April 28 –
1:30 pm Pacific, 4:30 pm EST

"Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" (Feb. 27, 1945) will air these dates and times ~

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 –
8:30 pm Pacific, 11:30 pm Eastern

Friday, April 26 –
4:30 pm Pacific, 7:30 pm Eastern

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over Channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A free 30-day trial is also available through the SiriusXM radio website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses Peter Lorre’s career on radio. Mystery Playhouse was an Armed Forces Radio Services (AFRS) series that rebroadcast episodes originally airing on mystery and suspense series such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. North, The Whistler, and Mollé Mystery Theatre. Commercials were edited out of these episodes, and a new opening and closing was recorded specially for Mystery Playhouse. These new Mystery Playhouse episodes were then shipped out on vinyl records to American military bases around the world for the entertainment of men and women serving during World War II.

Peter was one of several hosts of the Mystery Playhouse series. He would frequently greet the audience with “Hello, Kreeps!” and introduce the program with his characteristic dry sense of humor. A visit to the Green Room to preview the next installment would typically end the program, as Peter "closed the doors of the Mystery Playhouse" and bid the audience "Good night. Sleep tight!"

The appendix of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre lists Peter’s radio credits, including the Mystery Playhouse episodes he is known to have hosted.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.