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Well, here’s something to keep the kiddies scared on Halloween.
“The Sealed Book” was a horror program from the 1940s that was a bit of a mish-mash. It was hosted by a “keeper of the book” that remind you of “The Hermit’s Cave” or “The Witch’s...
Here’s a rare treat with a Halloween theme - some music composed especially for the spooky season.
It’s a concert from the “Hollywood Bowl”, distributed as Program 78 in the series when it was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service. According...
A few months back, we heard the first show in the series “Mercer Mcleod, The Man with the Story”, syndicated by NBC in the 1940s. In the show, talented actor Mercer Mcleod plays all the roles, except the females, which are played by the mysteriously...
Here’s another lost/uncirculated episode in the Ziv syndicated drama series, “Your Movietown Radio Theatre”, dated by Goldin to circa 1947-48.
Program 19 is something of a mystery play, “Goodbye My Love” and stars Lurene Tuttle. Her character tells...
It’s back to Centerville now and the adventures of the “American Family Robinson”, a syndicated mid 1930s serial paid for by the National Industrial Council (the National Association of Manufacturers) to influence public opinion about FDR’s economic...
Seriously great stuff for the OTR enthusiast: rare recordings (some considered lost for decades) and odd trips down radio's memory lane. I dont know where he finds this stuff, but it's great.
