
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: | Gary Power shot down over Soviet Union (1960) BORN: Calamity Jane Wild West performer (1852) DIED: David Livingstone missionary (1873) |
Quote: | What does not kill me, makes me stronger. (Friedrich Nietzsche) |
Fact: | A group of rhinoceroses is called a 'Crash' |
Word: | manitou (noun) 1: A supernatural force that permeates the world 2: A spirit or deity |
Fortune Cookie: | You will inherit some money or a small piece of land |
Poem: | Many solemn nights / Blond moon, we stand and marvel... / Sleeping our noons away / (Haiku by Teitoku) |
Joke: | You can't have everything; where would you put it? |
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Chandu the Magician 1933-05-01 301 - At the Entrance of the Cave | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 1 | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Jungle | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Jungle Jim 79 - Jim's Discovery | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Speed Gibson 18 - The Octopus Reveals Plans | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marsha Winfield meets The Octopus! |
The Shadow 118 - White God | |||||||||||||
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Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
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Description: | Over a dozen ships have vanished in, "The Graveyard of the Pacific." An arch-criminal with a magnetic ray matches wits with "The Shadow." He seems to be able to bring the dead back to life. |
Buck Rogers 12 - Buck & Wilma Rocket to Omaha | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Lux Radio Theater 217 - Lady for a Day | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A comedy-drama about Apple Annie, a Depression-era street person. Her daughter is arriving from Spain, thinking her mother is a society matron. Stars: Mae Robeson & Warren William. Leslie Howard substitutes for Cecil B. DeMille (who speaks from New York, ... |
Adventures of Superman 35 - Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Finding themselves on a circus train, Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen are menaced by Jo-Jo the gorilla! |
The Lone Ranger 1447 - Gunner Creek Cow Thieves | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-01 - 150) Rescuing Fu Ling | |||||||||||||
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The Whistler 50 - The Killers | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A man is sentenced to an insane asylum after murdering an entire family with an ax. Escaping from custody, he finds himself alone with three women and $1000 on an isolated farm. |
The Lone Ranger 1760 - Johnny Owens | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Lux Radio Theater 437 - Appointment for Love | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Paul Lukas & Olivia de Havilland (repeat) |
Screen Guild Theater 194 - A Night to Remember | |||||||||||||
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Dick Tracy 1945-05-01 - 556) The Case Of The Empty Safe | |||||||||||||
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Inner Sanctum Mystery 226 - The Girl and the Gallows | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A strange woman who foretells the future and can't be killed foretells a hanging death for a beautiful girl. |
The Strange Dr Weird 26 - The Man Who Played Dead | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An escaped killer hides in a wax museum; the last place he should have picked. |
Adventures of Superman 1280 - Hate Mongers Organization ep12 | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2071 - The Bakerville Gazette | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Adventures of Superman 1540 - Phantom of the Sea ep4 | |||||||||||||
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Casey 183 - King of the Apes | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Murders have been happening under the big top, and Casey discovers who's been monkeying around with the gorilla act. |
Hall of Fantasy s1 6 - The Mark of Shame | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A dying man's curse comes back to haunt a soldier after a fateful duel. The story is based on "Eveline’s Visitant" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. |
Suspense 243 - Lady in Distress | |||||||||||||
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All-Star Western Theatre 91 - Ride of the Rancheros | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Cisco Kid and Pancho appear as guests. |
The Judy Canova Show 1948-05-01 - 151) Judy Wants to be a Dramatic Actress | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | OTRR Library |
Suspense 294 - The Blind Spot | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Frank Race 1 - Hackensack Victory | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A man named Chalmers Lathem, an executive VP with Intercontinental Maritime Underwriters, asks for a meeting with Frank Race to explain how there had been two claims from the same company for freighters which had recently just disappeared - ships, crew, and cargo. ... |
Adventures of Sam Spade 149 - Battles of Belvedere | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Jonathan Battle summons Sam to Belvedere island to warn his enemy that his presence in the neighborhood is known. An eccentric artist is murdered in the proverbially locked room on a strange island in San Francisco harbor. |
Blackstone 31 - The Curse of Kali | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Thugs threaten the eleven old Rajah of India. Blackstone and Rhoda lend assistance. Blackstone explains the "Dollar Bill Serial Number" trick. |
Box 13 ep37 - Much Too Lucky | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Lately, people have been getting way too lucky at the horse races. Some bookies contact Box 13 and ask Holiday to help them figure out how people can continually guess the winners of the races so accurately. |
Damon Runyon Theater 31 - It Comes up Mud | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Little Alfie's horse can win the derby if thetrack is muddy. |
Our Miss Brooks 39 - Walter vs Stretch Grudge Match | |||||||||||||
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Description: | There's going to be a grudge fight between Walter Denton and Stretch Snodgrass over the hand of fair Harriet Conklin. |
Rocky Jordan 26 - Fall Guy | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny Serbie is on the run from the cops. He's been framed for stealing a diplomat's attache case. Rocky tries to help his pal, which leads him into the desert and two murders. |
The Whistler 361 - Solid Citizen | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A storekeeper in a fishing village uses murder to get rid of a competitor for his girlfriend, because no one would suspect such a "solid citizen". |
Let George Do It 190 - The Chair of Humanities | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 700 - All My Sons | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Edward Arnold & Burt Lancaster |
Night Beat 13 - Mentallo, the Mental Marvel | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Mentallo The Mental Marvel is a carnival mind reader who attempts to commit suicide after he's asked, 'What happened to you the fifteenth of last month?' The man with the photographic memory just can't seem to be remember! |
Mysterious Traveler 304 - Planet Zevius | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The ITX4, an experimental spaceship, lands on the Planet Zevius, paving the way for a flight by scientists. |
Challenge of the Yukon 1003 - Partners in Crime | |||||||||||||
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Contributor: | archive.org |
Night Beat 92 - Pay up or Die | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A friend of Randy Stone, who works on the newspaper with him, is $3000 in debt to a tough gambler. This leads Randy and his friend to one hand of draw poker ... $10,000 against their lives! |
Perry Mason 2253 - Perry Sends Della to Atlanta on Bus | |||||||||||||
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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 69 - The Missing Element | |||||||||||||
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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 36 - An Escort of Death ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Tom and Manning become fugitives from the Solar Guard. |
Horatio Hornblower 41 - Exam for Lieutenant | |||||||||||||
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Show: | The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower | ||||||||||||
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Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats | War / Armed Forces | ||||||||||||
Contributor: | OTRR Library |
The Lone Ranger 3167 - Slated for Death | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 106 - Cara | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Ben Tolliver and his gang are coming to Dodge to rob the bank. Marshal Dillon suspects his old girlfriend Cara is a member of the gang. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on July 28, 1956. |
Space Patrol 1954-05-01 - 83) The Wreck of the Black Star | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Reports that Zoltan Baccarratti, twin brother of the original Prince Baccarratti has been seen in Lowell City have brought Commander Corry and Cadet Happy to the planet Mars. Right now, in Space Patrol headquarters in Lowell City, Buzz has just talked to one of the agents ... |
Our Miss Brooks 287 - Miss Brooks Takes Over | |||||||||||||
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Description: | It's spring cleaning time and Mrs. Davis has purchased a new Jiffy vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner salesman is most persuasive. |
X Minus One 2 - The Parade | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An ad agency is hired by a man insisting he is from Mars to promote an upcoming parade marking the arrival of Martians on Earth. Of course, he must be lying, or simply crazy... Story by: Ernest Kinoy |
Suspense 648 - The Waxwork | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A reporter spends the night in an eerie wax museum. All voices are by William Conrad, who plays three roles and narrates the story. |
X Minus One 49 - Sea Legs | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A homesick space jockey returns to an overcrowded, authoritarian Earth whose welcome is little warmer than the cold of space. Story by: Frank Quattrocchi |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 382 - Callicles Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | More facts about how the Earth swallowed a man. |
Gunsmoke 421 - Nettie Sitton | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marshal Dillon's been shot in the leg and threatened by renegade Ute Indians. Dillon and Chester are forced to seek shelter from an old woman who demands payment for almost everything. |
Have Gun, Will Travel 76 - Dressed to Kill | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Paladin delivers a railroad payroll to the town of Terminal ... and rescues a kidnapped damsel in distress. |
Suspense 851 - Bitter Grapes | |||||||||||||
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 686 - Fatal Switch Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A murder aboard a yacht at sea takes place using a strange gas device ... and the radio. |