Audition and Sales Presention
An audition or sales-presentation recording associated with Strange Wills, identified in the archive as “Audition and Sales Presention.”
A syndicated anthology narrated by Warren William in which unusual wills, inheritances, and final wishes trigger stories of greed, revenge, romance, crime, and consequences after death.
Available dates and episode numbers come from the verified catalog; undated recordings remain in their validated sort order.
An audition or sales-presentation recording associated with Strange Wills, identified in the archive as “Audition and Sales Presention.”
Young pianist Nadia Winter inherits a ten-million-dollar fortune only under conditions that keep her unmarried and isolated. Probate lawyer John Francis O'Connell falls in love with her, but Nadia chooses the inheritance and the life of…
Dying Philip Martin tells O'Connell that what appeared to be a suicide attempt was actually an effort to kill him and rewrites his will to accuse his wife and psychiatrist Dr. Cosmo. O'Connell investigates a doctor…
Wealthy Francis Blair despises his son Paul because both men love the same woman and cuts Paul from his will while vowing that his hatred will continue after death. When Blair dies, Paul's guilt and fear…
In 1724 an ancestor of John Francis O'Connell sails for the Carolinas on a secret mission to help capture pirate Black Richard Templeton. The voyage becomes complicated by Lady Ruth's fascination with the outlaw, leading to…
Broadway agent Harry McNeil discovers and develops young Gertrude Pulaski into singing star Judy Morrison, then falls in love with her. When contractual obligations threaten her future, McNeil makes a legal sacrifice that leaves O'Connell caught…
A will made aboard the treasure ship Toledo in 1703 eventually places clues to its lost cargo in the hands of O'Connell's friends Paul and Jean more than two centuries later. Their expedition to recover the…
Disgraced scientist Professor Don Borgia leaves O'Connell instructions concerning his daughter Nina, whose childhood behavior suggests the same fascination with fear, cruelty, and forbidden experimentation that destroyed her father's reputation. As Nina grows older, O'Connell must…
While traveling through Scotland, O'Connell becomes involved with Sir Walter McClanahan, who is determined to learn who murdered his son. The investigation across fog-covered moors grows increasingly frightening as the dead man's father vows that even…
Dying industrialist Lucy Witherspoon offers her son Bob a choice in her will: inherit the family empire by running it for years, or take a small sum and go to Paris to pursue his dream of…
Professor Lucifer Nicolai's diary reveals experiments intended to separate mind from body and send human consciousness backward through the light waves that preserve the past. Young Alice experiences King Arthur's court and then attempts a journey…
Professor Lucifer Nicolai's diary describes experiments that separate the mind from the body and allow young Alice to experience scenes from the distant past. This surviving program is a repeat or alternate presentation of the same…
Burlesque star Patsy 'Bubbles' Moran unexpectedly inherits a prospector's map to a rich emerald mine in Colombia. O'Connell joins her and experienced guides on a jungle expedition to find the treasure and survive the dangers surrounding…
The story follows a remarkable violin named Emily from its creation in eighteenth-century Cremona through generations of famous musicians, war, and theft. O'Connell eventually becomes involved in tracing the instrument after its journey through Nazi-occupied Europe…
Tim Ryan is convicted of murder and sentenced to the electric chair despite insisting he was knocked unconscious at the crime scene. A dying woman's confession gives O'Connell evidence that Ryan may be innocent, forcing a…
In Monte Carlo, O'Connell helps fellow American Dick Marlowe meet Hungarian beauty Carla Lux. Their immediate romance collides with Carla's politically connected fiancé and agents of the German Reich, turning a casino encounter into a dangerous…
Collector Charles Ashbrooke decides to entrust the priceless paired rubies known as the Tears of the Madonna to O'Connell so they can be returned to the place from which they were stolen centuries earlier. Before the…
Playwright Frank Warner leaves his son a trunk of rejected plays and the challenge of staging them when the world is ready. The son's devotion to his father's work costs him love and friendship as success…
Eccentric old miner Nick possesses ten sacks of gold but despises the three relatives who once schemed to take it from him. Knowing death is near, he asks O'Connell to construct a will that disposes of…
Headstrong socialite Angela Nelson inherits a vast ranch in the remote country east of Hudson Bay and travels north to claim it. Guided through the dangerous Quebec wilderness by Pierre, she discovers that the strange bequest…
Movie star Peter Braten meets fan Angel Dare on the same day he signs a new will and impulsively marries her. Angel's initial lack of interest in Hollywood soon gives way to an obsessive push into…
Confirmed bachelor Felix Grayson inherits money on the condition that he care for a distant French relative called Baby Babette. He expects a child, but the new dependent who arrives is an eighteen-year-old woman, creating romantic…
O'Connell travels to Singapore searching for Marilyn Webster, beneficiary of a million-dollar will, and becomes fascinated by the notorious woman known as Singapore Liz. His search for the missing heiress becomes entangled with Liz's story and…
Condemned killer Patrick Malone escapes death row while O'Connell is handling the affairs of Margaret Levering, heir to a steamship company. Their paths converge aboard a vessel bound for South America, where romance, inheritance, and the…
Wealthy Margo Davis can inherit her father's ten-million-dollar estate only after earning her own living for a full year. Forced outside the privileged world she knows, she enters theatrical life and learns what work, money, and…
Gangster Lefty Light dies clutching a strange handwritten bequest naming waitress Kitty Ledderby as heir to everything he owns. O'Connell and a crime reporter try to decipher why a notorious criminal would leave his estate to…
Identical twins David and Don Kerwin meet again at their father's funeral: David is a convicted bank robber and safecracker nearing parole, while Don works at a bank and is engaged to the woman both brothers…
In 1906 San Francisco, young Lily Marcelle arrives at the rough Barbary Coast establishment run by Horseshoe Harry while searching for her shanghaied brother. Harry gives her work as a pianist and unexpectedly supports her musical…
An introductory audio feature for the Strange Wills collection.
An audio overview of Strange Wills, summarizing the series or collection for listeners.
An audio biographical feature on William Warren, included with the Strange Wills collection.
An audio biographical feature on Howard Culver, included with the Strange Wills collection.
An audio biographical feature on Lurene Tuttle, included with the Strange Wills collection.
A Strange Wills collection feature identified as “05 Lloyd Del Castillo.”