(More at More at http://www.nighttransmissions.com/). In this show...
"No Coffin for the Dead" from Inner Sanctum 2/20/45.
From Nightfall "The Repossession" 10/31/81.
From Dimension X The Veldt. 08-09-51
Walter Tevis's story "The Big Bounce " February of 1958.
This is a weekly program airing on KSOW 106.7 FM in Cottage Grove, OR. as part of the stations commitment to sustaining the tradition great radio theater. I will post a new show by Tuesday or Wednesday of each week.
In the main, each episode consists of four approximately 30-minute long programs (not always, as sometimes I use a longer form show, so it may be 3 or fewer) and some filler to bring them in at 120 minutes. .
Broadcast Advisories
Use these programs in any way that suits you, commercial, non-commercial (well,don't sell it). Use them on your low power FM station or your AM station. Stream it on your internet station or stream. Whatever. Edit them if you want to, however you want to! I'm easy. In a few cases commercials have been left in but in those cases there is disclaimer stating that they are there for "historical perspective" only. I have edited out any underwriter spots that once existed. There is no comment about run times ( i.e. "It's Sunday night at 10 pm and this is Night Transmissions.") Also I have edited out any mention of the town I live in. In other words I have endeavored to make make these programs as "Evergreen" and global as possible. I would even consider making (at some point) shows that are tailored to some degree for specific locations. In most cases the mp3 file runs a little longer than 120 minutes. However, in all cases the main show comes in at under 120 minutes; anything in excess of 120 minutes is just music that can safely be faded out.
As of show 21 there are 30 second musical interludes at 30,60 and 90 minutes. with the last 5 to 10 minutes or so of the show uninterrupted music that can be faded out on without too much ado. Exact timing is in the mp3 comments tag.
If you do broadcast or stream these I'd really be grateful if you dropped me a note.
This episode contains the following segments...
Segment One:
The first story, "No Coffin for the Dead" is from the Inner Sanctum of February the 20th. of 1945. There is this D.A. and his assistant who are attacked on the street by a man with a knife. The D.A. is wounded and the assistant killed. Later going through the police mug shots the D.A. identifies the son of the assistant's housekeeper, who had recently escaped from an asylum for the criminally insane as the man with the knife. It is there that the story really begins.
Segment Two:
Comes from the CBC series Nightfall and is an excellent horror story "The Repossession". It's the story of a man possessed by the spirit of his dead Siamese twin who wants something. The air date was October 31st. of 1981.
Segment Three:
Is the Dimension X August 9th of 1951 adaptation of The Veldt. A short story by Ray Bradbury that was published originally as "The World the Children Made" in the September 23rd 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. This is the story that revolves around a family in the distant future taking advantage of a new technology... A nursery that provides images based on the children's thoughts.
You probably know the story.
Segment Four:
For the last segment we turn, as I so often do, to the LibriVox project. This time it's the reading by Jerome Lawsen of Walter Tevis's story "The Big Bounce ". Which was first published in Galaxy Magazine for February of 1958.
Tevis had an often amusing style of writing that I would not call comical, just very entertaining. The premise here is simple. A ball gains momentum on each bounce, bouncing higher and harder ...Can anyone say, "Flubber"? It certainly is Reminiscent of The Absent-minded Professor stories. Although it really probably is just one of those coincidences that make you wonder a bit.
In any case it's a neat little problem in physics and a memorable story.