| 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: | Christopher Columbus leaves for final voyage to West Indies (1502) BORN: Salvador Dali painter (1904) DIED: Bob Marley musician (1981) |
| Quote: | It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. (Voltaire) |
| Fact: | J M Barrie is credited with the invention of Wendy as a girl's name after he published Peter Pan |
| Word: | pigsney (noun) 1: A sweetheart; darling 2: An eye, especially a small one |
| Fortune Cookie: | People who are late are often happier than those who have to wait for them |
| Poem: | When maidens such as Hester die / Their place ye may not well supply, / Though ye among a thousand try / With vain endeavour. (C. Lamb) |
| Joke: | Do infants have as much fun in their infancy as adults do in adultery? |
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-11 309 - Bob Finds Poison & a Letter | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Flash Gordon 3 - Imprisoned by Hawkmen | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 9 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Jungle | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 825 - Framed for Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 176 - Octopus Camp is Reached | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | In the desert camp of The Octopus. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1451 - Trail of Red Mud | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 351 - The Last of Mrs Cheyney | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Norma Shearer & Walter Pidgeon. This is the first LUX to be rebroadcast on Armed Forces Radio. (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-11 - 156) Dude and Terry | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 41 - Mr Markham, Antique Dealer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A blackmailer warns his victim that if he's murdered, he'll be back to haunt her in one-half hour. Three versions of "Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer" were done for Suspense; the two later versions of the script were aired as "The Dealings of Mr. Markham." Story ... | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 64 - Job at a Department Store with Claire Trevor | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Abbott and Costello Show | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Aldrich Family 1944-05-11 - 237) Baby Sitting Or Movies | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 328 - Outlaw Dog | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Animal | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 91 - The Visitor | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A young man is believed to have been murdered by his friend. Three years later, he reappears. Is he an imposter simply trying to claim the inheritance? With Bracken (Bud), Kenneth Christy (Joe), and Jeanette Nolan (Ellen). Story by: Carl Randau and Leanne Zugsmith | ||||||||||||
| Archie Andrews 1946-05-11 - Poison Candy | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 433 - Case of the Alcatraz Prison Riot | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1946-05-11 - Check and Double Check | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 112 - Junior Forgets Mother's Day | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 409 - The Shadow's Revenge | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two escaped killers swear to kill Cranston. First they kill Margo, then they kill Shrevie when the Shadow loses his powers! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1742 - Ghost Brigade ep6 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 153 - I Won't Die Alone | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Two crooks steal $254,000, but only one gets away. They meet seventeen years later. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 226 - Nobody at the Door | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Blackie solves several murders arising from a gangland double-cross. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 327 - Gildy's Millionaire Friend | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 1290 - The Case of Murder and the Missing Car | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A body is found in a car trunk ... and a false clue is found in the glove compartment. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 384 - The Man in the Room | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2858 - Badlands | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 377 - King of Hearts | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of the Falcon | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | "The Falcon" has a date for Bridge. A "card" thinks he can trump another man's queen. With the joker wild, the game can be murder! | ||||||||||||
| Comic Weekly Man 264 - Father Likes Changes, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Tales of the Texas Rangers 77 - Unleashed Fury | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The story is based on the events of April 25, 1938. Charlie Brock, an escaped mental patient, is on the loose and cunningly evades recapture. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 519 - A Matter of Odds | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Whitehall 1212 ep24 - The Case of Margery Tate | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An artificial pearl in the Black Museum helps Scotland Yard catch the murderer of Marjorie Tate, who was beaten to death in a hotel room. | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Fantasy s2 25 - Spectre of Denston Castle | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An American couple unexpectedly inherit an old English castle, only to find that its previous long dead occupants are not willing to vacate the premises. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3171 - Flight of the Martins | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 512 - Othello, Part 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Crime and Peter Chambers 6 - Old Man Krauss' News Stand | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A newsstand operator named Mr. Krauss has been beaten up twice. Was it done by, 'The Dancer'? Then, a ninety-year-old woman is shot to death! | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2782 - Lt Tragg Providing Protection | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 502 - Inside Track | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 390 - Silver Blue Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Conclusion of story. A cautious search, an ambush, bullets and tears, and the end is violence. | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Gentleman 15 - Shelter From The Storm | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A stagecoach passenger has a secret, even during a storm. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 318 - Little Bird | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Luke Slaughter 11 - Heritage | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Luke Slaughter of Tombstone | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Bringing renegade Apaches to town to be hanged, Luke and Wichita see a peaceful Mormon gun down a man in cold blood. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 750 - Subway Stop | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 586 - Rolling Stone Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A beautiful pink diamond is stolen in New York. | ||||||||||||
