| 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: | RMS Titanic sinks in North Atlantic (1912) BORN: Leonardo da Vinci inventor and painter (1452) DIED: Abraham Lincoln US President (1865) |
| Quote: | If virtue precede us every step will be safe. (Seneca) |
| Fact: | The dinosaur Plesiosaur is named from the Greek 'plesios' meaning near and 'sauros' meaning lizard/reptile |
| Word: | houri (noun) 1: One of the beautiful virgins in the Koranic paradise 2: A voluptuously alluring young woman |
| Fortune Cookie: | The first step to better times is to imagine them |
| Poem: | Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert, / That from heaven, or near it / Pourest thy full heart (Shelley) |
| Joke: | I realised my first marriage was on the rocks when my wife started throwing them at me. |
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| Dick Tracy 1938-04-15 - 75) Junior Sends a Mirror Message | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Purple Rider having made his appearance at the headquarters of Vernon Kyle took one of the desperado's men away with him. Kyle believes that Tracy has some connection with the Purple Rider and is trying to frighten him into leaving town. So he has decided to turn ... | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 120 - Octopus Gang Moves In | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Plans to chase The Octopus into the Sahara Desert, but first ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 28 - Donelli's Protection Racket ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "Gyp" Donnelli's protection racket is preying on the candy store run by Jimmy Olsen's mom. | ||||||||||||
| Blondie 1940-04-15 - 42 Jack and the Beanstalk | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 259 - The Underpup | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Gloria Jean & Nan Grey. A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first ridiculed and scorned because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls that she's ... | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1440 - Divining Rod | |||||||||||||
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| The Aldrich Family 1943-04-15 - 189) Props for School Play | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures by Morse 15 - Cobra King Strikes Back 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Ellery Queen 173 - Dead Man's Cavern | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 172 - The Skull That Walked | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A skull is dug up from an old Indian burial ground. It then finds its way into the house. Even after it's reburied, it comes back! This skull also bites! | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 53 - A Cat Brings Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs Dudley Banks calls at the police station. She has been robbed and her Persian cat, called Fluffy, is missing. She is certain that she has been stolen. | ||||||||||||
| The Sealed Book 5 - Escape by Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two old maids believe their neice and nephew are trying to kill them. The script was previously used on "The Mysterious Traveler" on April 23, 1944. | ||||||||||||
| Weird Circle 72 - The Shadow | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1268 - Story of the Century ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2064 - For of Such Is the Kingdom | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 523 - Whistle Stop | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Alan Ladd & Evelyn Keyes | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 293 - Her First Beau | |||||||||||||
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| Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone & Bruce) 211 - Mystery of the Headless Monk | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 203 - Smart Boy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A nest of blackmailers plans multiple double-crosses and murder. Where to get an alibi for the expected homicide? | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1528 - Mystery of the Lost Planet ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| All-Star Western Theatre 37 - Cattle Drive to Abilene | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | We go back to the old west back when the lack of conveniences and accommodations forced the cowboy into trials and hardships that were someday destined to become extinct when trucks, railroads and modern inventions would replace such labors. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 118 - Phonograph Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | James Grant receives a phonograph record in the mail which contains an announcement that he will be killed before the record ends ... and indeed he is killed! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1724 - Crossword Puzzle Mystery ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Life of Riley 241 - Riley Talks in His Sleep About Gertrude | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2534 - A Lady Called Cannonball | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 8 - Case of the Hundred Thousand Dollar Legs | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A movie stars' legs are insured and stay in good shape ... despite the murder of the woman attached to them! | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 2 - With Folded Hands | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The inventor of perfect humanoid robots, created to serve mankind, must find a way to destroy them. Alternative: A manufacturer of domestic robots finds his livelihood threatened by a new competitor, whose 'humanoids' are vastly superior to his and are devoted ... | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 329 - Shopkeeper's Gun | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Ed Taylor kills George Conrad in an argument about money. Conrad doesn’t know it but Taylor is working with a guy named Moody who then decides to kill two birds with one stone. He takes Conrad’s gun and kills Taylor so framing him for the murder. | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 208 - Birthday Party, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Our Miss Brooks 127 - MrConklin's Induction Notice | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. Conklin plans to sell his car. . . with no motor! Mr. Conklin receives his induction notice! | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 166 - Strange Bedfellows | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Simon Templar is asked to help the mayor, whose son has been kidnapped. After the Saint finds the son and sets him free, the young man is found dead, an apparent suicide. | ||||||||||||
| Tales of the Texas Rangers 39 - Conspiracy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | On October 17, 1926, Ray Salt had reportedly killed Ed Wendell in self-defense. Wendell's wife said he was murdered in cold-blood and that the Sheriff buried the body before the wife could see the corpse. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 463 - Triple Cross | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ted Lucas returns to town to visit his old girl and fellow crook Claire Henderson. To his surprise, she willingly gives him his $30,000 cut ... in diamonds! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 3 - Case of the Unlucky Seven | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 998 - Stand-In for Cheeka | |||||||||||||
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| The Lineup 80 - Nancy's Nauseating Naivete Case | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2241 - Mae's Suicide Note Discovered | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 31 - Holiday of Terror ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A mining town on Venus is suddenly found to be deserted. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 492 - Boy's Club Dislocates the Jolly Boys | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3160 - The Killer's Gun | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 146 - Big Clean-Up | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1954-04-15 - 182) To Stop a Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 210 - Affair at Mandrake | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2764 - Perry Asks for Jacobson's Help | |||||||||||||
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| The Roy Rogers Show 1954-04-15 - 12) Song - That Strawberry Roan | |||||||||||||
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| The Six-Shooter 29 - Crisis At Easter Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Six-Shooter is asked to raise money for a new church organ. He asks the notorious outlaw Red-Eye Kirk to help him! | ||||||||||||
| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-04-15 - Ben Him | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 12 - Stage Coach Stop | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Kleinhexel and her giggly daughter visit the post during the fort's ball, while Yellow Horse may break out of the stockade. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 210 - The Executioner | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3368 - Golden Cargo | |||||||||||||
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| Hancock's Half Hour s5 13 - Foreign Legion | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The lad is set to entertain troops in Malta, but he gets duped into a frontline appearance. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 921 - Brother John | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 785 - Wrong Idea Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An ex-convict makes a vow that is misinterpreted. | ||||||||||||
