The Green Hornet is an American radio adventure series that debuted in 1936 and introduced the character of the Green Hornet, a masked vigilante. The series originated on January 31, 1936, on WXYZ, the same local Detroit station that originated its companion shows The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon. Beginning April 12, 1938, the station supplied the series to the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network, and then to NBC Blue and its successors, the Blue Network and ABC Network, from November 16, 1939, through September 8, 1950. It returned from September 10 to December 5, 1952. It was sponsored by General Mills from January to August 1948 and by Orange Crush in its brief 1952 run
Episodes (87)
Episode numbers do not correlate with the podcast episode number but rather is a way for us to organize the episodes and give us a better sense of what episodes we are missing.
- Ep #348: Trouble Hits The Trolleys (Jun 8, 1939)
- Ep #350: Justice Wears a Blindfold (Jun 15, 1939)
- Ep #351: Money Talks Too Loud (Jun 20, 1939)
- Ep #352: Pink Lemonade and Tanbark (Jun 22, 1939)
- Ep #353: Bait for a Two-Timer (Jun 27, 1939)
- Ep #354: Pavement Condemned (Jun 29, 1939)
- Ep #355: Put It on Ice (Jul 4, 1939)
- Ep #357: The Devil's Playground (Jul 11, 1939)
- Ep #359: War on the Waterfront (Jul 18, 1939)
- Ep #360: House and Home (Jul 20, 1939)
- Ep #362: Murder by Accident (Jul 27, 1939)
- Ep #363: Bait for a Burglar (Aug 1, 1939)
- Ep #364: A Racket in the Ring (Aug 3, 1939)
- Ep #365: The Lawyer Beats The Law (Aug 8, 1939)
- Ep #366: Lightning Hits a Shakedown (Aug 10, 1939)
- Ep #367: Money In The Meter (Aug 15, 1939)
- Ep #368: A Rake-Off on the Job (Aug 17, 1939)
- Ep #369: The House That Jack Built (Aug 22, 1939)
- Ep #370: A Rake-Off on the Job (Aug 24, 1939)
- Ep #371: Numbers Make a Racket (Aug 29, 1939)
- Ep #373: Ripe for the Taking (Sep 5, 1939)
- Ep #389: Cash on the Parking Lot (Oct 31, 1939)
- Ep #392: Test Stamps A Swindle (Nov 9, 1939)
- Ep #396: The Smuggler Signs His Name (Nov 25, 1939)
- Ep #419: Graft In The Courtroom (Feb 14, 1940)
- Ep #420: Advice For A Price (Feb 21, 1940)
- Ep #423: The Tricky Tankers (Mar 4, 1940)
- Ep #424: Income From Immigrants (Mar 6, 1940)
- Ep #425: Salesman In Short Pants (Mar 11, 1940)
- Ep #426: Parole Plays the Wrong Policy (Mar 13, 1940)
- Ep #427: One Goes Out As Two go In (Mar 18, 1940)
- Ep #429: Graft In The Hospital (Mar 25, 1940)
- Ep #443: Accidents On Purpose (Mar 25, 1940)
- Ep #444: Sins Of The Fathers (May 22, 1940)
- Ep #445: Copyright On Chiselling (May 27, 1940)
- Ep #446: He Also Serves (May 29, 1940)
- Ep #448: Murder Seeks Its Victim (Jun 5, 1940)
- Ep #450: Sales Make A Swindle (Jun 12, 1940)
- Ep #451: Witness A Murder (Jun 17, 1940)
- Ep #510: Walkout For Profit (1 of 4) (Jun 28, 1941)
- Ep #521: Hot Guns For Sale (Sep 13, 1941)
- Ep #542: Reservoir for Murder (Feb 7, 1942)
- Ep #557: Invasion Plans for Victory (May 23, 1942)
- Ep #558: A Slip Of The Lip (May 30, 1942)
- Ep #574: Murder Traps A Rat (Sep 19, 1942)
- Ep #575: Last Words Mean Sabotage (Sep 26, 1942)
- Ep #583: Torpedo on Wheels (Nov 21, 1942)
- Ep #584: Sabotage Finds a Name (Nov 28, 1942)
- Ep #593: The Corpse That Wasn't There (Nov 28, 1942)
- Ep #606: The Unseen Watchman (May 30, 1943)
- Ep #607: Sentinel of Death (Jun 6, 1943)
- Ep #608: The White Ticket (Jun 13, 1943)
- Ep #609: Rats Of A Feather (Jun 20, 1943)
- Ep #610: The Reward Claimers (Jun 27, 1943)
- Ep #611: Yankee Dollars (Jul 4, 1943)
- Ep #612: Going Out Of Business (Jul 11, 1943)
- Ep #613: Traitor's Reward (Jul 18, 1943)
- Ep #614: Dead Men Talk (Jul 25, 1943)
- Ep #615: Backfire (Aug 1, 1943)
- Ep #616: Official Business (Aug 8, 1943)
- Ep #617: Long Distance (Aug 15, 1943)
- Ep #618: The Murder Gas (Aug 22, 1943)
- Ep #619: Gasoline and The Hornet (Aug 29, 1943)
- Ep #620: Axford Rises To Shine (Sep 5, 1943)
- Ep #621: The Knot (Sep 13, 1943)
- Ep #622: Detour to Justice (Sep 26, 1943)
- Ep #623: The Hornet Goes Underground (Oct 3, 1943)
- Ep #630: Fire Blitz (Nov 21, 1943)
- Ep #631: Diamond in the Rough (Nov 28, 1943)
- Ep #632: The Man Who Came Back (Dec 11, 1943)
- Ep #635: The Way Of A Woman (Jan 8, 1944)
- Ep #635: Lowry's Big Moment (Jan 15, 1944)
- Ep #637: Pressure From Without (Jan 29, 1944)
- Ep #638: Bent Paper Matches (Feb 5, 1944)
- Ep #639: A Light In The Dark (Feb 12, 1944)
- Ep #640: Short Circuit (Feb 19, 1944)
- Ep #641: Murder Will Out (Feb 26, 1944)
- Ep #642: A Case Of Honor (Mar 4, 1944)
- Ep #643: Fog In The Night (Mar 11, 1944)
- Ep #644: The State Versus Chester Canby (Mar 18, 1944)
- Ep #645: The Man Who Fooled The World (Mar 25, 1944)
- Ep #645: Intrigue On The Waterfront (Apr 8, 1944)
- Ep #648: When Fools Rush In (Apr 11, 1944)
- Ep #649: Lady Of Intrigue (Apr 18, 1944)
- Ep #650: The Orphan from St. Armand (Apr 25, 1944)
- Ep #653: Paroled For Revenge (May 16, 1944)
- Ep #653: Called Code for Sabotage (Jun 6, 1944)
* - Original air dates are accurate to the best of our ability and rely on external sources (including but not limited to) RadioGOLDINdex, OTRRpedia, On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning and Old-Time Radio Researchers. Episode numbers is for organizational purposes only since they were made up by hobbyists and not actually from the networks.