
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: | Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents Coca-Cola (1886) BORN: Sonny Liston boxer (1932) DIED: Paul Gauguin painter (1903) |
Quote: | A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. (Bob Hope) |
Fact: | Helminthology is the study of worms |
Word: | Pangaea (noun) Supercontinent that included all the major landmasses before continental drift began |
Fortune Cookie: | This is really a lovely day. Congratulations! |
Poem: | Too curious flower / Watching us pass, met death... / Our hungry donkey / (Haiku by Basho) |
Joke: | My horse's jockey was hitting the horse. The horse turns around and says "Why are you hitting me, there is nobody behind us!" |
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Chandu the Magician 1933-05-08 306 - Nadgi Convinced She Must Stay | |||||||||||||
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Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 6 | |||||||||||||
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Jungle Jim 80 - Bhutan's Fury | |||||||||||||
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Speed Gibson 19 - Disguised as Coolies | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Disguised as Chinamen on the smuggler's dock. |
The Shadow 119 - Aboard the Steamship Amazon | |||||||||||||
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Description: | While enjoying an ocean cruise, Lamont Cranston is suspected of being a murderer. |
Buck Rogers 15 - Mechanical Mole ep3 | |||||||||||||
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Fu Manchu 1 - Insidious Dr Fu Manchu | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The evil Dr. Fu swears to get Sir Nayland Smith, and starts with the murder of Sir Crighton Davey. Dr. James Petrie lives on Baker Street (with a notable neighbor, no doubt). The script for the start of this serial is based almost word for word on "The Insidious ... |
Lux Radio Theater 218 - The Life of Emile Zola | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A biography of the famous French writer, including his celebrated defence of Alfred Dreyfus, who was accused of treason. Stars: Paul Muni & Josephine Hutchinson. The intermission guest is William Dieterle, screen director of "The Life Of Emile Zola." The story ... |
Adventures of Superman 38 - Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field ep5 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Clark Kent cracks Hagen's code; the mystery plane is due at midnight. Superman defeats a tiger! |
The Lone Ranger 1450 - Smuggler's Boss | |||||||||||||
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Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-08 - 155) Invaders Use Pat and Terry | |||||||||||||
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The Whistler 51 - Death Has a Thirst | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A triangle affair trapped on a desert island. Madness and alcoholism rampant. |
The Lone Ranger 1763 - Annie Oakley | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 438 - Penny Serenade | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Irene Dunne & Joseph Cotten (repeat) |
Screen Guild Theater 195 - Dark Angel | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 1025 - Lair of the Dragon ep8 | |||||||||||||
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Dick Tracy 1945-05-08 - 561) On the Trail of the Nighthawks | |||||||||||||
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The Roy Rogers Show 1945-05-08 - 25) The Legend of Pecos Bill | |||||||||||||
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The Strange Dr Weird 27 - Murder One Million BC | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A program heard on V-E Day. A scientist builds a time machine. He transports himself, his wife and his financial advisor back to the past. |
Terry and the Pirates 1945-05-08 - Returning to the USA | |||||||||||||
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Tom Mix 1945-05-08 - Secret Mission | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Even though it's V-E Day, Tom is off to Europe to fight a spy ring. Tom has a V-E Day message for his young listeners after the story. |
Adventures of Superman 1285 - Hate Mongers Organization ep17 | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2074 - Spirit Valley | |||||||||||||
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Abbott & Costello Show 174 - Night in Haunted House | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 1545 - Phantom of the Sea ep9 | |||||||||||||
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Casey 184 - The Laughing Killer | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A strange caliber gun is used to frame a man just out of prison. The script was previously used on the program on May 13, 1944, under the title of, "Killer On Parole". |
Suspense 244 - Dead Ernest | |||||||||||||
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All-Star Western Theatre 92 - Ranch for Sale | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The first tune is, "There's A Rainbow Over The Range." A bubble-gum magnate from the East decides it's the life of a rancher for him! |
The Judy Canova Show 1948-05-08 - 152) Judy Interviews Lancelot Buckingham | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 295 - Life Ends at Midnight | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Frank Race 2 - Darling Debutante | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A friend of Mark Donovan who also drives a hack needs Frank Race's help because the woman found dead the day before and now lying in the morgue is likely that driver's wife and he will be the prime suspect. Race will find that the real killer was a duchess ... |
Blackstone 32 - Footsteps in the Night | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Blackstone solves the mystery of a haunted house. Blackstone explains the "Spectator Names Card" trick. |
Box 13 ep38 - One of These Four | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Dan Holiday is tricked to boarding a boat where three other people are also being held prisoner. The wealthy man who owns the boat says that one of the four people being held prisoner on board is a murderer, and he wants to watch the other three figure out which ... |
Damon Runyon Theater 32 - Broadway Financier | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Story of how Silk, a doll, scores $3,000,000 from one guy. |
Our Miss Brooks 40 - Mr Boynton's Parents | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A Mother's Day program. Miss Brooks has been named 'Mother Away From Mother'. |
Rocky Jordan 27 - Lady in Disguise | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Kaffar Bey, a big man in Cairo, is found shot to death after being threatened by Rocky. A beautiful woman in Cairo on a false passport complicates the plot. |
The Whistler 362 - Danger is a Beautiful Blond | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A man walking along the street is picked up by a beautiful, rich woman...and finds murder! |
Crime Does Not Pay 31 - Don't Write, Telephone | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marty White and his henchman 'Shiv' fly across the country, following instructions to rub out a 'stoolie'. A getaway is made by airplane. |
Let George Do It 191 - Picture with a Black Frame | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2700 - The Adventure of the Phantom Steed | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 701 - Life of Riley | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: William Bendix & Rosemary de Camp |
Night Beat 14 - Elevator Caper | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Randy Stone identifies Ted Carter in the morgue and is determined to track down his killer. Randy finds himself trapped in an elevator while a killer tries to end his journalistic career. |
Challenge of the Yukon 1005 - Strange Treasure | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 93 - Long Live the Clown | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A circus clown is in reality a master Communist spy! When the clown is found murdered, Randy discovers that the clown's shoes were the murder weapon! The story of how a Chicago gangster became a hero! |
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 70 - Tarzan and the Lypagor | |||||||||||||
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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 38 - Danger in Deep Space ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The cadets try to bring a satellite made of pure copper to the solar system. |
Horatio Hornblower 42 - Quartined for the Plague | |||||||||||||
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Wild Bill Hickok 153 - Half-Pint Outlaw | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 107 - The Constable | |||||||||||||
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Description: | When a trail boss objects to Marshal Dillon's peacekeeping methods, and the town's merchants ask him to ease off, Dillon vows to make no further arrests. The town then hires an unusual "constable" to keep the peace. |
Our Miss Brooks 288 - The Twin Orphans | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Two little 'orphans' take over Madison High. |
X Minus One 3 - Mars Is Heaven | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The first astronauts to land on Mars discover... Earth: a planet where their long-dead loved ones are waiting for them in a small Midwest town just like home. Part of the Martian Chronicles series. Story by: Ray Bradbury |
Suspense 649 - The Phones Die First | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An excellent radio drama with beautiful writing and acting. Harry Bartell portrays a young convict about to be executed in the morning. The story tells of his last day in a way that comes across as a strong plea against the death penalty, |
X Minus One 50 - The Seventh Order | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A robot shows up at a college professor's doorstep to announce he has come to prepare the way for an alien invasion. He is armed with enough personal firepower to take on anything we can send against him. Or is he? Story by: Jerry Sohl |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 387 - Silver Blue Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Fear stalks the streets ... and brings death in a dirty alley. |
Gunsmoke 422 - Wrong Man | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A knife-wielding dude has arrived in Dodge and is promptly arrested by Marshal Dillon on suspicion of murder. Could he really be Jim Wydell, the estranged son of old man Wydell? |
Have Gun, Will Travel 77 - Pat Murphy | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Paladin sets out to take a doctor away from a bounty hunter, to save a sick baby! |
Suspense 852 - The Legend of Robbie | |||||||||||||
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 687 - Phony Phone Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | J. Ransom Wendell, a very important client, wants to see Johnny right away ... but for what purpose? |