| 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: | Thomas Blood steals Crown Jewels from Tower of London (1671) BORN: J M Barrie author Peter Pan (1860) DIED: Tenzing Norgay sherpa (1986) |
| Quote: | When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one. (Mark Twain) |
| Fact: | Peter the Great, Russian Emperor, to be more "european" ordered his courtiers to remove their beards or to pay a beard tax (100 rubles) |
| Word: | philomath (noun) A lover of learning; scholar |
| Fortune Cookie: | The human spirit is stronger then anything that can happen to it |
| Poem: | Give place you ladies, and begone! Boast not yourselves at all! For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all (Heywood) |
| Joke: | We have the secret to a happy marriage twice a week we go to a nice restaurant. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays. |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-09 307 - Vindion Forced to Awaken the Children | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Police Reporter 25 - The Murder of John Nungesser | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The true story of the murder of John Nungesser, killed during 1924 in Highland, Illinois. | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 7 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jungle Jim 28 - Purple Triangle Plane Shot Down | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1937-05-09 - 1) Guest Ann Harding | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 824 - Ammunition for the Indians | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 175 - My Man Godfrey | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The classic screwball comedy of the Depression. Stars: Carole Lombard & William Powell | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 195 - Nitrate Shipment ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Superman rescues Pug just as he's about to drown! A torpedo is launched at the ship by a submarine, but is turned around. The torpedo hits the submarine and sinks it ... ending the adventure. The next syndicated program was released for broadcast on August ... | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1294 - Mountain of the Wind | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 81 - Wedding Guest List | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 18 - Cover Up For Mary | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | It appears that Mary has shot a man ... with Blackie's gun! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1919 - $5000 Reward | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 135 - Lou Wants to Join the Circus | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Abbott and Costello Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1286 - Hate Mongers Organization ep18 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 430 - Eskimo Justice | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Rogues Gallery 46 - Snowbound | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A beautiful woman and her suspicious husband lead Rogue to yet another hit on the head, a bullet in the shoulder and a toss off a cliff. Then, the blizzard starts! | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 192 - The Clock and the Rope | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1546 - Phantom of the Sea ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 33 - The Illustrious Client | |||||||||||||
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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 1948-05-09 - Getting Ready for Hunting Trip | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Escape 40 - The Time Machine (Jeff Corey) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| I Love Adventure 3 - The Devil's Sanctuary | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | I Love Adventure | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Jack and Reggie foil Nazi renegades on a secret island with a secret submarine. | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 339 - The Case of the Nameless Blonde | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A blonde is killed right in Nick's office, but who was she, and why was she killed? Lon Clark. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 447 - Reflection of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A mirror bought in an antique shop has the power to show those who are about to die. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 31 - The Adventure of the Three Garridebs | |||||||||||||
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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 139 - Vultures on the Wing | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 657 - The Paradine Case | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Joseph Cotten & Alida Valli | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 83 - The Hiding Place | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Philip Marlowe | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Marlowe is hired to find Chip O'Brien. The trail leads to a stolen $110,000 worth of jewelry and a "A Big Wheel" | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 96 - Whistling Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | As the killer whistles, 'Comin' Through The Rye,' a husband and wife are shot after being blackmailed. Evidence points to the neer-do-well son of a banker. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 48 - Harold Trandem Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A wealthy man in Los Angeles is murdered right in front of Johnny after a threat on his life. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 404 - First Anniversary | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 32 - Harold and Mr Walker Vie for Class | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Harold Peary Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mr. Walker drives by with his tractor (don't miss the sound effects). Harold finds himself down on the farm. | ||||||||||||
| The Lives of Harry Lime 41 - Vive Le Chance | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Harry is in Paris, planning to cheat an American named Henry Witherspoon with a scheme involving a treasure in buried gold. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3014 - The Secret Canyon | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 77 - Alkali Justice | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 55 - The Buffalo Hunter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A buffalo hunter named Gatliff brings a dying buffalo skinner into Dodge. His face had been pushed into a pan of hot lead! Soon afterwards, a nester is found stabbed to death. | ||||||||||||
| Space Patrol 1953-05-09 - Cosmic Ray Detector | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Botar OTR | ||||||||||||
| Description: | In Commander Corry's central office at Space Patrol headquarters on Terra, Cadet Happy is checking through a file of search mission reports from the Venus command, as the Secretary-General's daughter, Carol enters..." | ||||||||||||
| Theatre Royal 32 - Half an Hour | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 621 - Gentlemen from Oxford | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An unemployed, unpublished writer falls for a gangster's moll ... and she's the tough guy's only heir! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3219 - Drought | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 388 - Silver Blue Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A lonely, broken-hearted girl, a blood-stained shirt, and a fight with a cornered rat. | ||||||||||||
