Segment One: From Suspense for January the 5th 1943, "Nothing Up My Sleeve". From Theater Five July the 2nd of 1965 is "Children of Death". From Escape and February the third of 1953, "The Invader". The LibriVox project Charlotte Bronte's, "Napoleon and the Specter".
Music: Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford (1973) Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (1964) Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (1970) Fairport Convention - Fotheringay (1969) Credits:
This is a 64 kbs version of 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. There is also a 128 bit version.
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. .
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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 times will be in the mp3 comment tag
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This shows contains the following:
Segment One:
From Suspense for January the 5th of 1943 comes a show called, "Nothing Up My Sleeve". This is a "locked room" mystery featuring a bank robbery.We'll learn about "invisible furniture"and the dangerous game of "Air Billiards".The show is made complete by a handfull of bad puns and other villainies. The script is by Suspense stalwart John Dickson Carr and stars Elissa Landi and George Couloris.
Segment Two:
Theater Five was a thirty minute show that ran daily at 5 PM on ABC between August the 3rd of 1964 and July 30th of 1965 for a total of 260 shows. The stories ranged from science fiction, comedy, mystery and psychological melodramas. This particular episode from near the end of the shows run (July the 2nd of 1965) is an episode with "Children of Death". If your hoping for a native of Midwich... sorry, these are just some nasty fish.
The program stars Wendy Barrier, George Petrie, Paul McGrath and Jack Manning.
Segment Three:
Escape did occasionally traffic in Science Fiction as it did with this episode from February the third of 1953 called, "The Invader". It's a simple Sci. Fi. tale that is often cited as one of Escape's best episodes. It must be said that it shares some similarities with both The Twilight Zone's 1961 episode "The Invaders" and to X Minus One's 1956's "Pictures Don't Lie". Although the The Twilight Zone's show was a far greater critical success neither it nor the X minus One offering had the sense of fun evident in this Escape story. It stars Howard McNear , Fay Baker,Edgar Barrier. Also appearing were Paul Frees (AKA Boris Badenov), Peter Leeds, Bill Bissell and LeRoy Leonard.
Then, as a small bonus, we'll spend a minute with Ellery Queen as he tells us about the "Wrong Word."
Segment Four:
For our nearly weekly trip over to the LibriVox project this time I got us som'thin with real class from Charlotte Bronte, "Napoleon and the Specter".
"Napoleon and the Specter" was written in 1833 and recently given voice by an "Annoying Twit"... Well, that is the only credit for the reader ...Really.
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