| 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: | The first human blood transfusion (1667) BORN: Edward the Black Prince (1330) DIED: Wat Tyler English rebel (1381) |
| Quote: | Wisdom comes with winters. (Oscar Wilde) |
| Fact: | The dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex is named from the Greek for tyrant lizard and Latin 'rex' meaning king |
| Word: | zaftig (adjective) Full-figured, pleasingly plump, buxom; having a full, shapely figure |
| Fortune Cookie: | There is yet time enough for you to take a different path |
| Poem: | O're the smooth enameld green / Where no print of step hath been, / Follow me as I sing, / And touch the warbled string. (Milton) |
| Joke: | I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it ... so I said "Implants?" |
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| Flash Gordon 8 - Aide Tal, Plants Seeds of Doubt | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 34 | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 85 - Burlesque | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Al Jolson & Ruby Keeler | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 840 - The Banker Reforms | |||||||||||||
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| The Green Hornet 1939-06-15 - 351) Justice Wears a Blindfold | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1466 - Race to Dry Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 46 - Last Night | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman must figure out if her husband murdered a prospective investor in order to get money to keep their dude ranch operating. Another version appeared on Molle Mystery Theater. Story by: Cornell Woolrich | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 333 - The Man from Missouri | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 989 - The Case of the Woman In Blue | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A soldier recovers from heartbreak with the help of Mr. Keen and Suzy, his secretary. Not one murder on this broadcast! | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 96 - A Friend to Alexander | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man has vivid dreams of his friendship with Alexander Hamilton, and of his upcoming duel with Aaron Burr. Another version was produced for Sleep No More. Story by: James Thurber | ||||||||||||
| The Avenger 2 - Mystery of the Giant Brain | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A mad scientist has created servant robots, and now plans to implant one with a composite brain made from human and animal brains. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1935 - Framed out of Trouble | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1946-06-15 - 762) Revenge for Melakim | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Judy Canova Show 1946-06-15 - 68) Two-Gun Gertie - A Play | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Sam Spade 51 - Convertible Caper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman that calls herself Miss Estrada asks Sam to recover her stolen car. She had stolen the car from someone else. A stolen car is worth one million dollars. Why? Could it be the platinum fenders? | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 108 - Death Is the Judge | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A brain surgeon and his wife buy a "bell of life" from Tibet. It can bring the dead back to life. However, when "Death" releases someone, he takes someone else! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1767 - Secret of Meteor Island ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Mysterious Traveler 158 - Queen of the Cats | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man marries an unusual Egyptian woman ... with a strange love of cats! | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 231 - The Professor and Rufus Rob the Bank Safe | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie battles "The Professor", a scientific genius who plans his crimes to the second. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 664 - The Uphill Sled | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 21 - Glaucoma | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A newly blinded man named Drake Simmons loses his will to live. Dr. Kildare tries to help. | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 1295 - The Skull and Crossbones Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Wealthy Lemuel Barker is poisoned to death. There are tow main suspects, One is Barker’s housekeeper, Emily Cross, who is currently being sought by the police. the other is Peter Hunt, a nephew, who is caught in the dead woman's Fifth Avenue home. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 53 - Arrowcraft Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A series of yacht sinkings has led to eleven deaths ... and then one more; a beautiful woman! | ||||||||||||
| Dr Kildare 73 - Pedro, Maria and Rosie | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Romance | Medical Romance | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie are on vacation in Arizona. They meet Pedro, who is very much in need of medical assistance ... for his burro! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2873 - Valley of Terror | |||||||||||||
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| Night Beat 46 - Otto, The Music Man | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A story about a mysterious, bald little man who plays a very hot jazz clarinet. What is Otto Freid's secret? aka Old Baldy | ||||||||||||
| Tales of the Texas Rangers 82 - Travesty | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A deputy is under suspicion of tire theft. The story is based on the "facts of record" of February 12, 1951. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 524 - Last Message | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A retired gangster, trying to go straight, is located by a member of his old gang ... with problems of his own. | ||||||||||||
| Whitehall 1212 ep29 - Case of the Homemade Handbag | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There's a strange exhibit at the 'Black Museum:' a yellow string reticule (a woman's handbang). A woman's dead body is found in the countryside, along with a most naive boy scout and photographer of birds. | ||||||||||||
| The Falcon 419 - Treacherous Trio | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Spy / Espionage | Crime | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Crime Classics 1 - The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of the first woman tried and executed in the United states. | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Fantasy s2 30 - The Jewels of Kali | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A story about an Indian goddess of death returning to revenge the theft of her idol's jewels. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 833 - Lady and the Tumblers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Fred MacMurray & Bob Sweeney | ||||||||||||
| Crime and Peter Chambers 9 - Stoney Carter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jack March is suspected of the murder of the Contessa La Fresso. She's been knifed to death. Keep your nose on those flowers! John Daly introduces President Eisenhower during a public service announcement for aid to Korea. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2807 - Drake Tells About Gordy | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 556 - The Earth Is Made of Glass | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 219 - Paterson Transport Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Truckers are being beaten ... who has a grudge against the company? | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 507 - Hostage | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3235 - Special Assignment | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 415 - Laughing Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The conclusion of the story. The comedian's reaction to Johnny's conclusion isn't very funny ... and there's no encore possible! | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Gentleman 20 - The Well | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A story about a 'cattleman vs. homesteader' feud which is about to become violent. Things are complicated by a small girl at the bottom of a well. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 323 - Old Flame | |||||||||||||
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| Luke Slaughter 16 - June Bride | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 755 - Strange for a Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 591 - Delectable Damsel Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A beautiful woman in Hollywood has tons of money and a missing fortune in gems. | ||||||||||||
