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The Internet Archive has a whole section of Old Time Radio:

https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

I've always liked "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar":

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar_Sing...

And there's Bob and Ray episodes:

https://archive.org/details/bobandraytoaster?tab=collection

"The Damon Runyon Theater" is good:

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Damon_Runyon_Singles

I highly recommend NIGHTFALL from CBC. https://archive.org/details/Nightfall-cbc-oldTimeRadio

Newer vintage, 80's, excellent productions

CBS Radio Mystery Theater is another "OTR Revival" series, from 1974 to 1982.

Complete collection:

https://archive.org/details/cbsrmt-74-02-08-33-conspiracy-to...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Radio_Mystery_Theater

Rod Serling hosted The Zero Hour 1973 to 1974:

https://archive.org/details/podcast_zero-hour_259662597

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zero_Hour_(U.S._radio_seri...

And then Sears Radio Theater, aka Mutual Radio Theater:

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Sears_Radio_Theat...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Radio_Theater

It's amazing what you can find if you know where to start digging.

There's also the OTR Network Library: http://www.otr.net

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