| 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: | Oscar Wilde released from Reading Gaol (1897) BORN: Pol Pot Cambodian dictator (1925) DIED: Lawrence of Arabia soldier (1935) |
| Quote: | There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. (W. Somerset Maugham) |
| Fact: | A young pigeon is called a 'Squab' |
| Word: | haruspicy (noun) Divination by inspecting the entrails of sacrificed animals |
| Fortune Cookie: | A closed mouth gathers no feet |
| Poem: | Going snow-viewing / One by one the walkers vanish... / Whitely falling veils / (Haiku by Katsuri) |
| Joke: | Why do most men die before their wives? Because they want to. |
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| Buck Rogers 20 - Chase After Killer Kane ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 6 - The Creature in the Night | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 985 - Women For Red Fox | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 199 - Grayson Submarine ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1298 - One Nation Indivisible | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 308 - Model Wife | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Dick Powell & Joan Blondell | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-19 - 162) Escaping from Yankuk | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1611 - Death on Four Wheels | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1768 - Teddy Roosevelt, No 1 | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 211 - Leroy Goes to a Party | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 372 - The Touch of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man who can kill with just his touch has learned the Shadow's secret identity and demands a showdown with him! | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 32 - The Harley Street Murders | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Conway & Bruce | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Classic Tales | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Starring Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1552 - Superman Vs. Kryptonite ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2235 - Jail for Sale | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 572 - It Happened on Fifth Avenue | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Don Defore & Victor Moore | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 260 - Hasty Conclusion | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A college professor tries a little blackmail when he discovers that the head of the department has plagiarized the research of a dead graduate student. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1748 - Mystery of the Sleeping Beauty ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 289 - The Green Thumb Club | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 312 - Murder on Margin | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A stockbroker who has been cheating on his wife, is double-crossed by his girlfriend. | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 266 - Sam Shovel - Dust Be My Destiny | |||||||||||||
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| Casey 289 - Cupid is a Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Bat McCoy has committed another of his usual killings and Casey uses the widow of the victim to bait the trap. The script was previously used on the series on October 20, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Night Beat - The Ted Carter Murder Case - Audition | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An NBC audition recording. Edmond O'Brien appears as 'Hank Mitchell,' night reporter on 'The Examiner. ' Hank is convinced that George Bailey is a murderer, and gets himself trapped in an elevator when he goes after Bailey. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 341 - Consequence | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 111 - Pass to Berlin | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 58 - A Claw, a Corkscrew, a Coffin, a Crab | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | In addition to the above, there's 67,000 clams, some deep sea fish ... and Juliet. Juliet Jones is a tea taster ... and her life is in danger. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2705 - The Homesteaders | |||||||||||||
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| Hopalong Cassidy 72 - Hook, Line and Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Media / Stars | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Hoppy strolls into the Navajo Saloon and asks for a Sarsaparilla. While on a fishing trip, Clifornia hooks into the dead body of Andy Sillman. There's a mean hombre named, "Queen" (which must have gotten him into some nasty bar-room fights). | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 297 - It Happened on Friday | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3018 - Night Fire | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 474 - The Flight of the Bumblebee | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 163 - Emily Braddock Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny investigates a woman ripping off insurance companies by writing bad checks. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 45 - The Day | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Kennelly relates occurrences of a typical day which include a priest fingerprinted, a deadly car accident, and a promotion rumor. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 549 - Gildy Runs for Sheriff | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2788 - Editor Told Suzanne Barkley Seen at Wallace's | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 675 - A Case for Mister Carrington | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A partner in a Jamaican sugar plantation plans a murder and a frame of his partner's son. The same script was produced eight years previously. | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 608 - Retirement Plan | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A pair of con-men try to victimize an elderly grocery clerk by selling him non-existent vending machines. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 267 - One Night Stand | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Ben Argo arrives in Dodge with $15,000 in gold and two men after him. When one of the men is shot dead by Argo, Marshal Dillon smells a rat. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 699 - Death and Miss Turner | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 535 - Michael Meany Mirage Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A blob of Ambergris, insured for $20,000, has disappeared. Johnny travels down South to find it ... fast. | ||||||||||||
| Walk Softly, Peter Troy 24 - The Loves Of Lois Denver | |||||||||||||
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