| 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: | Batman 1st appears in a comic book (1939) BORN: Manfred von Richthofen pilot (1892) DIED: Leonardo da Vinci inventor and painter (1519) |
| Quote: | We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road. (Seneca) |
| Fact: | Greek Gods: Aphrodite (Goddess of Love/Beauty) - Uranos (God of the heavens) - Nyx (Goddess of Night) - Ares (God of War/Murder/Bloodshed) |
| Word: | maculate (adjective) 1: marked with spots; blotched 2: besmirched, impure |
| Fortune Cookie: | You will live a long, prosperous life |
| Poem: | The orphan speaks: / The year-end party... I am even envious / Of scolded children / (Haiku by Issa) |
| Joke: | One thing I can't work out. Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives? |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-02 302 - Drums Underground | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Police Reporter 23 - The Murder of William Hartgill | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The true murder story of William Hartgill in the London of 1557. Sir Charles Lord Stourton was accused with the help of his mother and tortured until he confessed. | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jungle Jim 27 - Purple Triangle Plane Attacks | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Jungle Jim | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 821 - Mine Claim Scheme | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 174 - The Prisoner of Shark Island | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A drama based on the true story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, condemned for treating the wound of John Wilkes Booth. Stars: Gary Cooper & Fay Wray | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 192 - Nitrate Shipment ep6 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Clark Kent confronts the little old lady and discovers that "she" is really a "he!" | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1291 - Trail of the Broken Horseshoe | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-05-02 - 39) Riata Springs | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Turtleneck Pass has been fenced off, keeping Red and his friends from completing their cattle drive. | ||||||||||||
| Ripley's Believe It or Not 1942-05-02 - Berri Berri Cure | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Ripley's Believe It or Not | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1943-05-02 - Barbara Stanwyck | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 17 - Murder of John Walters | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A man is found murdered in the park. Blackie discovers that the corpse's shoes have never been walked in. Blackie is of course accused of the crime! | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 134 - Napoleon and Josephine | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Abbott and Costello Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1281 - Hate Mongers Organization ep13 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 429 - Balmy Bill | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 191 - Crime Without Passion | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1541 - Phantom of the Sea ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 32 - Sinister Crate of Cabbages | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Stanley & Shirley | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Escape 39 - John Jock Todd | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Escape | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| I Love Adventure 2 - The Great Airmail Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | I Love Adventure | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Jack and Reggie foil a gang of stratospheric pirates. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 446 - The Legend of the Living Swamp | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Wilmer Calhoun reports that the legend of the "living swamp" is real and that two people have already been killed by it. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 30 - The Adventure of the Blood Soaked Wagon | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Stanley & Spelvin | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Starring John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes and George Spelvin as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 138 - Out of Mind | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 82 - The Sea Horse Jockey | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A $50,000 brooch has been stolen, two murders committed, one of them a client, and Marlowe looks for guilt on the waterfront. | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 253 - SOS | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Mysterious Traveler | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Three desperadoes plan to rob an ocean liner of five million dollars in uncut diamonds ... by threatening to explode the uranium that's on board! The story has a surprise ending. | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 95 - Rooftop Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Joe Somer has committed suicide by jumping off the roof. The suicide note he left behind is legit, but Vance suspects that the case is a murder. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 47 - Able Tackitt Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Johnny is off to British North Borneo to find a man insured for $700,000. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 403 - Spring Cleaning for the Judge | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 31 - Marvin's Gang | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Harold Peary Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A pile of lumber has disappeared. The clues lead to little Marvin and his friends. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2854 - The Forged Requisition | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lives of Harry Lime 40 - Suzies Cue | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lives of Harry Lime | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Harry's in Vienna, very interested in a diamond necklace formally owned by Marie Antoinette. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3011 - Contraband from Cuba | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2254 - Perry and Della Reunite in Atlanta | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 75 - Jingles, the Ladies' Man | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Wild Bill Hickok | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 54 - Tacetta | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A beautiful girl in Dodge named "Tacetta" causes a hanging in the jail, a gunfight with Chester, and another gunfight with Marshal Dillon. | ||||||||||||
| Space Patrol 1953-05-02 - Venus Space Factory | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Swinging in wide orbits around the planet Venus are two gigantic constructions, popularly known as 'space factories'. Power is obtained from the sun by use of solar energy reflectors. These privately-owned factories are inspected at regular intervals by Space ... | ||||||||||||
| Theatre Royal 31 - The Black Mate | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3376 - I O U | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 383 - Callicles Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Trouble comes early and stays late. | ||||||||||||
