Chesterton Radio

About Chesterton Radio

Welcome to Chesterton Radio—where stories, ideas, and wonder meet. Discover original fiction, Father Brown mysteries, classic radio drama, literary deep dives, thoughtful conversations, and daily Morning Prayer inspired by G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, and the enduring tradition of Christian storytelling. Broadcasting from the little station on Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas, Chesterton Radio offers a daily refuge from the noise of modern life. Whether you're drawn to timeless mysteries, great books, old-time radio, or conversations that illuminate truth, goodness, and beauty, you'll find something here worth hearing. Slow down. Listen well. Rediscover the joy of the moral imagination. www.chestertonradio.com (https://www.chestertonradio.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Chesterton Radio

Category

fiction · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2026

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

499 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   When Sherlock Holmes Became Real | Conan Doyle’s Strangest Case | Saturday Night Theatre Companion

   🎧 Listen to the play first—or listen afterward:Conan Doyle’s Strangest Case — Saturday Night Theatre (6 January 1996)Listen to Conan Doyle’s Strangest Case (https://radioechoes.com/?page=play_download&mode=play&dl_mp3folder=S&dl_file=saturday_night_theatre_1996-01-06_conan_doyles_strangest_case.mp3&dl_series=Saturday%20Night%20Theatre&dl_title=Conan%20Doyle%27s%20Strangest%20Case&dl_date=1996.01.06&dl_size=20.3%20MB) Arthur Conan Doyle created the greatest detective in fiction. Then real life handed him a case worthy of Sherlock Holmes. In 1903, young solicitor George Edalji was convicted amid the strange and disturbing Great Wyrley outrages—a campaign of anonymous letters, threats and animal mutilations. The evidence was questionable, prejudice shadowed the investigation, and Edalji maintained his innocence. Then Conan Doyle entered the case. In one wonderfully Holmesian moment, Doyle noticed something almost everyone else had overlooked: the extraordinary way Edalji held a newspaper close to his eyes. His severe short-sightedness raised an obvious question—could this man really have committed the nighttime crimes the prosecution attributed to him? From The Little Station on Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas, this Saturday Night Theatre Companion explores the remarkable true story behind Tony Mulholland’s BBC drama Conan Doyle’s Strangest Case, featuring Peter Jeffrey as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We follow Doyle as he examines evidence, challenges the official story and uses his considerable public reputation to fight what he believed was a miscarriage of justice. We also look at the uncomfortable ending: Edalji received a pardon, but the mystery was never tied up as neatly as one of Holmes’s adventures. And we ask the irresistible question: Was Arthur Conan Doyle really Sherlock Holmes? Along the way, we explore the Edalji case’s place in British legal history, the fading years of BBC Radio’s legendary Saturday Night Theatre, and the story’s later rebirth in Julian Barnes’s Arthur & George. Chesterton Radio is an independent little station devoted to rediscovering great stories, classic radio drama, literature, faith, history—and creating new stories for the years ahead. If you enjoy these companions, please consider becoming a subscriber or supporter. Your support helps keep The Little Station on Commercial Street broadcasting and helps us create more original programs, stories and radio drama. Listen. Read. Imagine. — Chesterton Radio Get full access to CHESTERTON RADIO at www.chestertonradio.com/subscribe (https://www.chestertonradio.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   14 Oct 2026

   A Haunted House, a Living Tradition

   Good morning from The Little Station on Commercial Street. On today’s Daybreak, we look at the remarkable growth of the Newman Guide and what it may tell us about the demand for faithful Catholic education. Back home in Atchison, Benedictine College opens a window onto the American founding through its exhibition of rare early American documents. Then we step into The Listening Room for something wonderfully seasonal: the 1974 BBC Saturday-Night Theatre production of The Ghost and Mrs Muir. A widow, a seaside cottage, and a former sea captain who has one inconvenient problem—he’s dead, but he hasn’t left. Why does this strange mixture of ghost story, comedy, romance and loneliness work so beautifully on radio? Along the way, a common thread emerges: inheritance—the schools, stories, ideas and memories we receive, preserve and hand on. 🎧 Listen to Chesterton Radio’s 24/7 Open Door stream: Live.ChestertonRadio.com (http://Live.ChestertonRadio.com) Chesterton Radio is listener-supported. If Daybreak, our original stories, classic radio discoveries and daily programming have become part of your day, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or supporting the station. We also welcome sponsors and underwriting partners who would like to help us build thoughtful, independent radio for listeners in America, Britain and around the world. A good story. A wider view. A thought worth carrying into the day. Get full access to CHESTERTON RADIO at www.chestertonradio.com/subscribe (https://www.chestertonradio.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   From Flywheel to The Forge

   More than twenty years ago, Alex and Stephen Kendrick helped make a little movie called Flywheel with a church, a small budget, volunteer actors, and an idea that seemed improbable: perhaps Christians didn’t have to wait for Hollywood to tell the stories they wanted to see. What followed was one of the more remarkable stories in modern faith-based filmmaking. Facing the Giants. Fireproof. Courageous. War Room. Overcomer. Show Me the Father. Lifemark. The Forge. In this Chesterton Radio Deep Dive, we revisit the Kendrick Brothers’ films from the beginning—what worked, what didn’t, how the filmmaking improved, why critics and audiences have so often disagreed about them, and how themes of integrity, marriage, fatherhood, prayer, identity and discipleship developed across more than two decades. We also look ahead to 2026’s Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul (https://youtu.be/tWEXTIsj44o?si=rvUdY1csIslB5lil), a Brazilian reimagining of the film that started everything. Rather than simply making another American Christian movie for an international audience, the Kendricks are helping filmmakers in another culture tell the story in their own language and setting. It raises an intriguing possibility: perhaps the next chapter isn’t simply more Kendrick Brothers films, but passing the model itself to others. About Chesterton Radio Chesterton Radio is an independent home for great stories, old radio, literature, drama, faith, history, cultural deep dives, and new original programming. We explore the things worth preserving—and try to create a few new things worth passing along. Alongside programs like this one, Chesterton Radio produces original stories and dramas, Daybreak, Listen with Gilbert, Saturday Night Theatre Companion, The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit, ROOK, and other programs inspired by the great tradition of intelligent, imaginative radio. And the radio itself never closes. Chesterton Radio’s Open Door live stream broadcasts 24 hours a day (http://Live.ChestertonRadio.com), bringing together classic programs, stories, music, drama, and original Chesterton Radio productions. Help Keep the Door Open Chesterton Radio is independent, and listener support makes this work possible. If you enjoy these deep dives, original stories, restored discoveries, and the continuing experiment of building something new from the best traditions of radio, literature and storytelling, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a contribution. We’re also looking for sponsors and underwriting partners who would like to support individual programs, original productions, or Chesterton Radio as a whole. Every subscription, recommendation, share, and sponsorship helps us keep producing work that doesn’t have to chase an algorithm. Listen. Read. Explore. Keep the stories alive. Get full access to CHESTERTON RADIO at www.chestertonradio.com/subscribe (https://www.chestertonradio.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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