| Choose A Day |
Here is a little addition to our Yesteryear Listening Guide. We've looked at all our radio shows, and have grouped them into the day of the year they were broadcast. As a little bit fun we've also added some small snippets. See what was on the airwaves on your birthday, or other memorable dates in your year. Happy Listening!
| On This Day: | Martin Luther King Jr assassinated (1968) BORN: Muddy Waters musician (1915) DIED: Oliver Goldsmith writer (1774) |
| Quote: | One should count each day a separate life. (Seneca) |
| Fact: | Ailurophobia is the irrational fear of cats Napoleon Bonaparte was a notable sufferer |
| Word: | gascon (noun) 1: a native of Gascony 2: a boastful swaggering person; a braggart |
| Fortune Cookie: | Give yourself some peace and quiet for at least a few hours |
| Poem: | My good father raged / When I snapped the peony... / Precious memory! / (Haiku by Tairo) |
| Joke: | I sleep better at night knowing that scientists can clone sheep. |
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| Police Reporter 15 - The Case of Ludwig Brandt | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of Ludwig Brandt, who was actually murdered in Chicago in 1890. | ||||||||||||
| Jungle Jim 23 - Jim Visits Lo Tung At Hotel | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 252 - Back from New York | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Jack Benny Program | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 170 - Dark Victory | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck & Melvyn Douglas | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 199 - Antique Furniture | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 180 - Last of the Clipper Ships ep14 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Superman rescues Jimmy Olsen and "The Whistler," but there's another "Whistler"! | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 232 - Case of the Missing Corpse | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | aka The Case of Mrs Gangbusters | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1279 - Landgrabbers Loss | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Mandrake the Magician 63 - Mandrake, Tommy And Lothar | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mandrake, Tommy and Lothar jump from the car before it crashes. Highpitch and his truck receive orders. What's Princess Narda getting into a car with a stranger named Mr. Slade. Tommy jumps onto the rear bumper! | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-04-04 - 27) Bank Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mr. Wilson's bank in Devil's Hole has been robbed, and Kirby seems determined to string up the banker. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1943-04-04 - Bill Thompson and Mary Bolen | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 76 - Gildy Repairs His Car | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 476 - Host Orson Welles - Little Red Riding Hood | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Jack Benny Program | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 398 - Recovering at Home | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Ripley's Believe It or Not 1944-04-04 - 57) Danger is My Business | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1261 - Story of the Century ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Jimmy Olsen has gotten a call from the voice of Clark Kent, has taken the second $10,000, and now he too has disappeared! | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 425 - The Return of Pete Hunt | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Rogues Gallery 41 - The Message | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | While dining in a restaurant with Betty Callahan, a plainclothes detective arrests her for underage drinking. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 187 - Post Mortem | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1521 - Man Without a Face ep14 | |||||||||||||
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| This Is Your FBI 105 - The Used Baby Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 28 - Lady Waverly's Imitation Pearls | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Stanley & Shirley | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1948-04-04 - Rudy Vallee and Ken Murray | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Escape 35 - Action (Berry Kroeger) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 650 - Jack Wants to Borrow Bing's Oscar | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 334 - The Case of the Star of Evil | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A Maharajah has taken over two floors of a hotel ... but a large diamond, and his Highness himself are phonies. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 442 - The Ghost That Gleams | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A trans-oceanic ghost returns to revenge his murder. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 26 - The Adventure of the Elusive Agent 3/3 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Stanley & Spelvin | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Starring John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes and George Spelvin as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Candy Matson - The Donna Dunham Case | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Leading Ladies | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Candy solves a jealous-lover murder and nearly falls victim herself. | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 416 - Death Wears a Lonely Smile | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "Walter" is large and stupid and strong. Is he a killer too? | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 78 - The Man on the Roof | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A young man is trapped on a roof as the cops close in. Marlowe tells this story of murder and robbery in flashback before trying to talk him down. | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 619 - McGee the Census Taker | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 249 - Man from Singapore | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two schemers kill their ex-partner in Hawaii, planning the perfect crime. | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 91 - Mimic Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A gangster hires a mimic to impersonate Vance to convince Markham has the wrong man on trial. The gangster is the man on trial! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 43 - Story of the Big Red Schoolhouse | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A Manhattan, Nebraska, school burns, due to corruption. Big Jim Madden and his boys look guilty. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 399 - Sailing Sailing | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 28 - Modernizing Doc's Office | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Harold tries to modernize Doctor Yak-Yak's office. | ||||||||||||
| The Lives of Harry Lime 36 - Fool's Gold | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Harry flies from Kuwait to Karachi to Goa with a planeful of stolen gold. Gold is more profitable being smuggled to Asia, then sold on legitimate market. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2234 - The Gunshot Test | |||||||||||||
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| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 129 - The Enigma Of Big Ed | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "Big Ed" hires Diamond to find out why a series of fatal accidents have been plaguing his factory. After solving the case, Dick Powell sings, "I Cried For You." | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1952-04-04 - 27) Frogs and Rustlers | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 67 - Rescue at Salvation Falls | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
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| Broadway Is My Beat 159 - Barton Russell Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 50 - Jayhawkers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A band of Jayhawkers has been preying on a cattle drive from Texas. The Marshal lends a hand. | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 1132 - McGee Looks for His Raincoat | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 363 - Salt City Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny arrives in Salt City and knows that there's going to be trouble. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1957-04-04 - 495) Westward from St Joe | |||||||||||||
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