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The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast

Drama, Fiction, Science Fiction

The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast presents full-cast audio productions that bring classic pulp stories to life for a new generation. Prepare yourself or noir mysteries, hard-boiled detectives, astonishing science fiction, action-filled Westerns, thrilling adventures, and even some romance. The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast is presentation of The A.I. REPERTORY THEATER, which produces full-cast audio fiction using advanced digital voice performance technology, under the direction of Keith Brian Shaw.

Episodes
57
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
25 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
6 days ago

Episodes

57 episodes, newest first

  1. The Molemen Want Your Eyes — Part Four

    Season 2, Episode 16

    Show notes

    When the subterranean horrors abduct the woman he loves, Phil Ross plunges into the lightless depths of the Black Lode mine, where a nightmarish surgical chamber, a madman's deadly scheme, and a terrifying race against time await him.

    by Fred­er­ick C. Davis

    Originally published in April/May, 1938
    [Mystery | Adventure]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson - Announcer
    Gerry Kells — Phil Ross
    Tamsin Vale — Jane Vincent
    Silas Renlo — Sam Eustace
    Frederick McElhone — Porter Larkin

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    28 min
  2. The Molemen Want Your Eyes — Part Three

    Episode 38

    Show notes

    As a horde of hideous, subterranean madmen terrorizes a small town and abducts a young girl, Phil Ross races to uncover the truth behind their gruesome experiments—only to discover that the mysterious stranger helping him may be hiding a horrifying secret of his own.

    by Fred­er­ick C. Davis

    Originally published in April/May, 1938
    [Mystery | Adventure]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson - Announcer
    Gerry Kells — Phil Ross
    Tamsin Vale — Jane Vincent
    Silas Renlo — Sam Eustace
    Barry Eubanks — Mr. Vincent
    Aria Lynth — Mrs. Vincent
    Frederick McElhone — Porter Larkin
    Benjamin Ackerman — Trooper McGurney

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    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    29 min
  3. The Molemen Want Your Eyes — Part Two

    Season 2, Episode 14

    Show notes

    by Fred­er­ick C. Davis

    Originally published in April/May, 1938
    [Mystery | Adventure]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson - Announcer
    Gerry Kells — Phil Ross
    Tamsin Vale — Jane Vincent
    Silas Renlo — Sam Eustace
    Benjamin Ackerman — Trooper McGur­ney
    Oscar Humphries — Mr. Hartley
    Bette Nance — Mary Hartley
    Frederick McElhone — Porter Larkin

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    25 min
  4. The Molemen Want your Eyes — Part One

    Season 2, Episode 13

    Show notes

    When a young woman is found mutilated and eyeless near an abandoned coal mine, Phil Ross uncovers terrifying evidence that a band of madmen entombed underground for years may still be alive—and hunting for fresh human eyes.

    by Fred­er­ick C. Davis

    Originally published in April/May, 1938
    [Mystery | Adventure]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson - Announcer
    Gerry Kells — Phil Ross
    Tamsin Vale — Jane Vincent
    Silas Renlo — Sam Eustace

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    20 min
  5. Murder in the Rif

    Season 2, Episode 12

    Show notes

    When a hotheaded French Foreign Legionnaire knocks his hated sergeant unconscious only to find him brutally murdered moments later, he must use his wits to expose the real killers before a firing squad carries out his death sentence.

    by Houston Day

    Originally published in October, 1940
    [Mystery | Adventure]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — AnnouncerNelson Greene — Gaston Le Brix
    Nelson Greene — Young Gaston Le Brix
    Warner Hopkins — Sergeant John Blake
    Louie Carter — Captain Le Fevre
    Harmon Beuler— Mohammed el Houad

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    30 min
  6. Hang-Tree Trail — Part Two

    Season 2, Episode 11

    Show notes

    When Tott Crovet learns the cattle drive was sabotaged from the start, he turns back toward the men who framed him for murder, leading a band of rebellious cowboys into a final battle against the rustlers determined to steal the herd.

    by Marvin DeVries

    Originally published in December, 1949
    [Western]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — Announcer
    Spence Ferris — Narrator
    Charlie Phelps — Kell Arbo
    Samuel L. Johns — Tott Cravet
    Sketch Armison — Bub Yorey
    Frederick McElhone — Cap Andre
    Kermit McCallister — Old Suggs
    Harvey Fenwick — Umley
    Weston Hall — Casson
    Twila Krantz — Jo Andre
    Jasper Coates — Jakes
    Harvey Fenwick — Umley

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    27 min
  7. Hang-Tree Trail — Part One

    Season 2, Episode 10

    Show notes

    Falsely accused of murdering a trail boss, Yankee cowboy Tott Crovet finds himself riding north with a hostile Texas cattle crew—and toward the first tree sturdy enough to hang him.

    by Marvin DeVries

    Originally published in December, 1949
    [Western]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — Announcer
    Spence Ferris — Narrator
    Charlie Phelps — Kell Arbo
    Samuel L. Johns — Tott Cravet
    Sketch Armison — Bub Yorey
    Frederick McElhone — Cap Andre
    Kermit McCallister — Old Suggs
    Cecil Penwick — Trailhand
    Weston Hall — Casson
    Twila Krantz — Jo Andre

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    33 min
  8. The Ghost Wore Boots — Part Two

    Season 2, Episode 9

    Show notes

    When the ghost of Major Culpepper returns to strike again—this time in a Park Avenue penthouse—Daffy finds himself chasing a phantom killer whose bullets are all too real and whose vengeance seems aimed at one man alone.

    by Richard B. Sale

    Originally published on Feb. 2, 1935
    [Noir | Mystery]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — AnnouncerAnnouncer
    Kellan Dray — Richard "Daffy" Dilll
    Cecil Penwick — The Old Man
    Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason
    Sketch Armison — Taxi Driver
    Reggie Calloway — Boggs the Butler
    Silas Renlo — Wilson Quayne
    Kevin Wendt — Sergeant Hanley
    Benjamin Ackerman — Van Lamont
    Alan Parish — Ian Norman
    Niall Brogan — Irish Cop
    Sven Jensen — Crypt Caretaker
    Milo Nix — Morgue Attendent
    Jerry Jamison — Inspector Halloran

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    24 min
  9. The Ghost Wore Boots — Part One

    Season 2, Episode 8

    Show notes

    When a dead munitions tycoon appears at a millionaire's castle carrying the six-gun buried with him, Daffy investigates a ghostly warning that soon erupts into a mystery no living man can explain.

    by Richard B. Sale

    Originally published on Feb. 2, 1935
    [Noir | Mystery]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — AnnouncerAnnouncer
    Kellan Dray — Richard "Daffy" Dilll
    Cecil Penwick — The Old Man
    Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason
    Sketch Armison — Taxi Driver
    Reggie Calloway — Boggs the Butler
    Silas Renlo — Wilson Quayne
    Kevin Wendt — Sergeant Hanley
    Benjamin Ackerman — Van Lamont
    Alan Parish — Ian Norman
    Niall Brogan — Irish Cop
    Sven Jensen — Crypt Caretaker
    Milo Nix — Morgue Attendent
    Jerry Jamison — Inspector Halloran

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    27 min
  10. Happy Ending

    Season 2, Episode 7

    Show notes

    A devoted young woman must choose between protecting the career and future of the man she loves or exposing the wealthy newspaper owner whose relentless pursuit threatens to destroy their happiness on the very night their dreams seem within reach.

    by Bill Severn

    Originally published in July, 1948
    [Romance]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Bette Nance — Narrator
    Vanessa Wendt — Janet Allen
    Tavian Holt — Kim Lawrence
    Charlie Phelps — Phil Sellen
    Twila Krantz — Francine Sellen
    Cecil Penwick — Andy Johnson

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    16 min
  11. A Nose for News — Part Two

    Season 2, Episode 9

    Show notes

    Framed as an accomplice in a sensational kidnapping, Daffy races against the clock to clear his name, rescue a reckless heiress, and expose the gangland mastermind behind the crime—before the police, the Feds, or a killer’s bullet catches up with him first.

    by Richard B. Sale

    Originally published on Dec. 1, 1934
    [Noir | Mystery]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — Announcer
    Kellan Dray — Richard "Daffy" Dilll
    Henrik Blum — Adolph
    Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason
    Nigel Bruce — Harry Lyons
    Declan Mire — McGuire
    Cecil Penwick — The Old Man
    Bette Nance — Clare Gordon
    Harry Ives — Rigo
    Burgess Flemming — Mike Cantrey, “the Brain”
    Tait Cummins — Luke Terk
    Simon Daub — Captain George Shane
    Benjamin Ackerman — Pemberton Gordon

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    27 min
  12. A Nose for News — Part One

    Season 2, Episode 5

    Show notes

    When Daffy gets fired over a disastrous typo, a chance encounter with a reckless heiress offers him one last shot at a career-saving scoop—but when her publicity stunt turns into a real kidnapping, Daffy finds himself named as the prime go-between in a case that could send him to prison instead of back to the newsroom.

    by Richard B. Sale

    Originally published on Dec. 1, 1934
    [Noir | Mystery]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — Announcer
    Kellan Dray — Richard "Daffy" Dilll
    Henrik Blum — Adolph
    Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason
    Nigel Bruce — Harry Lyons
    Declan Mire — McGuire
    Cecil Penwick — The Old Man
    Bette Nance — Clare Gordon
    Harry Ives — Rigo
    Burgess Flemming — Mike Cantrey, “the Brain”
    Tait Cummins — Luke Terk
    Simon Daub — Captain George Shane
    Benjamin Ackerman — Pemberton Gordon

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    27 min
  13. Thunder Over the Channel — Part Two

    Season 2, Episode 4

    Show notes

    With the stolen invasion plans finally in hand, Flight Lieutenant Dave Kawalski and his brother Franz gamble everything on an audacious deception—kidnapping a German general and flying a captured Messerschmitt through friend and foe alike before time runs out.

    by Robert Flemming

    Originally published in Feb. 1942)
    [Adventure | War]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Weston Hall — Flight Lieutenant Dave Kawalski
    Gerry Kells — Hallock
    Avery Wadsworth — Colonel Murdock
    Nelson Green — Victor
    Edward Thurman — Franz Kawalski
    Terry LaBlanc — Gestapo Officer

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    27 min
  14. Thunder Over the Channel — Part One

    Season 2, Episode 3

    Show notes

    During the darkest days of the Battle of Britain, American volunteer fighter pilot Dave Kawalski accepts a near-suicidal undercover mission into Nazi-occupied France.

    by Robert Flemming

    Originally published in Feb. 1942
    [Adventure | War]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Weston Hall — Flight Lieutenant Dave Kawalski
    Gerry Kells — Hallock
    Avery Wadsworth — Colonel Murdock
    Nelson Green — Victor
    Edward Thurman — Franz Kawalski
    Terry LaBlanc — Gestapo Officer

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    25 min
  15. The Fifty Grand Brain — Part Two

    Season 2, Episode 2

    Show notes

    With a stolen corpse, a missing scientist’s head, and gangsters scrambling for a fortune hidden inside a dead man’s skull, wisecracking reporter Daffy Dill races to crack a grisly ransom scheme before he and Dinah become the next bodies in the morgue.

    by Richard B. Sale

    Originally published on Nov. 3, 1934
    [Noir | Mystery]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — Announcer
    Kellan Dray — Joe "Daffy" Dilll
    Harry Ives — Shorty McInnis
    Carol Zimmerman — Gertie Dodge
    Kevin Wendt — Detective Bill Hanley
    Silas Renlo — Stubby Lewis
    Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason
    Simon Daub — Bradley
    Jerry Jamison — Inspector Calloran
    Tait Cummins — Sammy Lyons
    Oscar Rayburn — Dr. Emanuel Toomey
    Sketch Armison — Louis Vance
    Chester Gruhlkey — Blackie Shane
    Bertie Krump — Limpy Kassel

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    24 min
  16. The Fifty-Grand Brain — Part One

    Season 2, Episode 1

    Show notes

    When a drunken showgirl leads wisecracking reporter Daffy Dill to a corpse in a rocking chair, he stumbles into a deadly racket involving gangsters, undertakers, and a mysterious “fifty-grand brain”—where every clue points to a plot far more twisted than murder.

    Originally published on November 3, 1934
    [Noir | Mystery]

    —

    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Tracy Dickson — Announcer
    Kellan Dray — Joe "Daffy" Dilll
    Harry Ives — Shorty McInnis
    Carol Zimmerman — Gertie Dodge
    Kevin Wendt — Detective Bill Hanley
    Silas Renlo — Stubby Lewis
    Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason
    Simon Daub — Bradley
    Jerry Jamison — Inspector Calloran
    Tait Cummins — Sammy Lyons
    Oscar Rayburn — Dr. Emanuel Toomey
    Sketch Armison — Louis Vance
    Chester Gruhlkey — Blackie Shane
    Bertie Krump — Limpy Kassel

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    23 min
  17. The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast Trailer

    Season 2

    Show notes

    Introducing The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast

    8 min
  18. Atrakin and the Man

    Season 1, Episode 37

    Show notes

    Hunted by machine-men and betrayed by science, one father and son hold the only key to humanity’s survival. Can flesh and blood outwit Atrakin, the immortal metal tyrant who would rule the universe?

    by Walter Kubilius.

    Originally published in Feb., 1942
    [Science Fiction]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Adam Stone - Announcer
    Barry Eubanks — Narrator
    Zack Emerson — Realdo
    Silas Renloe - Dr. Tasinov
    Android M-1 — Atrakin

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    14 min
  19. Tenderfoot at Love

    Season 1, Episode 36

    Show notes

    On a hard-pressed cattle ranch, a sharp-witted young woman finds her grit and judgment tested when a charming drifter rides in, stirring old wounds, fresh suspicions, and a risky game of trust under the wide-open western sky.

    by Fay Davis.

    Originally published in Feb., 1949
    [Western | Romance]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Adam Stone - Announcer
    Thelma May — Narrator
    Twila Krantz — Marcie Rollins
    Weston Hall — Rex Stuart
    Harvey Fenwick — Grandpop Rollins
    Paul L Williams — Ed Wyer
    Julia Penske - Aunt Judy

    —

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    32 min
  20. Terror of the Corpse Balloons — Part Two

    Season 1, Episode 35

    Show notes

    As the death toll rises Edward V. King and Pat Lee race to solve the murders by levitation. Can they release New York from the grip of fear?

    by Nat Scachner.

    Originally published in March/April 1939
    [Weird Menace | Mystery]

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    Your A.I.R.T. Players

    Adam Stone - Announcer
    Samuel A. Cranston — Narrator
    Benjamin Ackerman — Edward V King
    David Kleen — Ivan
    Bette Nance — Patricia
    Louie Tinsdale — Yahn Dimitri
    Tom Merriman — Street Urchin
    Nellie Vinson — Girl
    Kevin Wendt — Policeman
    Quentin Margolies — Pete
    Brennan — Bill

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    Podcast © Keith Brian Shaw
    Source Text © Steeger Properties, LLC

    23 min

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