October 20, 2024
4-Alarm
Based on a true incident in International Falls, MN when a local park had a fire. From the Icebox Radio Theater. Written and directed by Jeffrey Adams.
Ronnie O’Callahan, Psychic Investigator
Crazy Dog Audio Theatre in Ireland offers this entirely silly tale of a psychic detective and a rock and roll band that’s gotten way too familiar with curse of the Morgan ghost.
Written and directed by Roger Gregg, and part of the Crazy Dog Live series on RTE, Irish Radio. October 27, 2024
Bathysphere
Two men, a scientist and a dictator, are sealed in a metal sphere and plunged into the ocean, hoping to break a record. What they discover in the depths will lead them into the depths of their own fears, hopes, and spirits. A timeless political thriller from radio playwright Arch Oboler, originally produced on November 18, 1939.
Recreated by the Chatterbox Audio Theater of Memphis, Tennessee.
The Ghost Behind the Black Door
A writer seeks a quiet retreat to help her writing, but she and her husband are tormented by ghosts in the old mansion.
Written and directed by Roger Gregg for the Crazy Dog Audio Theatre of Ireland. Part of the Crazy Dog Live series on Irish National Radio. Featuring the voices of Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theater, and Melinda Peterson. November 3, 2024
Rum Runner Sue in Monster Sour Mash
Sue runs a restaurant and “speak-easy” up on the Canadian border during prohibition era America. And there’s always something going on that makes things a bit uneasy. This time she is exploring an abandoned mansion on an island to see if there might be some hooch available for secret cellar.
No. 9 in the series from the Icebox Radio Theater.
Lighter Than Heavy
Reporting on the recent political events where science is questioned and the Law of Gravity is declared against the law. From Big Fun Radio Funtime, a Twin Cities Treasure.
November 10, 2024
The Outpost
He wakes up in a habitat in an asteroid cloud in a distant corner of the galaxy light years from home. And there’s only one other here. Well. What do we do now?
A Mark Time Award winner from Julie Hoverson at 19 Nocturne Boulevard.
The Lucky Strike, Act 1
There was always that question - what if the U.S. had not been able to make an atomic bomb that worked? Would they have invaded Japan? Or were there other alternatives? This is one way to look at it - an alternate history tale adapted from the story by Kim Stanley Robinson, from Seeing Ear Theater.
November 17, 2024
The Lucky Strike, Act 2-3
So the Enola Gay plane crashed, and a new captain and crew and plane was assigned to drop the new bomb on the civilian population of Japan. Timothy Hutton stars as the captain of the Lucky Strike, and he has a burning question on his conscience.
From Seeing Ear Theater, an online audio project of the Sci-Fi Channel. Produced and directed by Brian Smith with sound design by John Colucci. From the original story by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Series available from Archive.org or RadioEchoes. November 24, 2024
Fare Tonight, With Increasing Clottyness
City-wide vampire activity is at record levels! Every cab driver in town is on the alert. Poor Bhaya—a recent immigrant to this fair land (and low man on the cabbie totem pole) -- draws the notorious Gravesmoor section for his nightshift. When he picks up an implacable vampire hunter for a fare, Bhaya finds himself in for a wild ride through a hellish night. It is on this evil night that Bhaya learns the real truth about vampires—that they are the lousiest tippers of all! But will Bhaya survive long enough to pass on this wisdom to his fellow hack drivers? The weather out there certainly doesn't look favorable for the living!
Adapted from a story in EC Comics Tales From the Crypt comic by William Gaines. Written by Andrew Joffe, directed by George Zarr for Seeing Ear Theater, an online project of the Sci-Fi Channel.
The Dying End
A one-act post-holocaust science fiction play reminiscent of Waiting For Godot. Written by Dawes Butler, the voice of many of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Produced by Joe Bevilaqua.
December 1, 2024
Black Jack Justice in The Learners Permit
Justice and Dixon Detective Agency is hired to pretend to do a job for a writer who wanted to see it being done so he could write about it. In the course fo pretending to do a stake-out the writer sees a real crime. Now, how do you explain that to the police?
Another radio detective tale from the Decoder Ring Theatre (of Canada). Written and produced by Gregg Taylor.
Roscoe North, Psychic Detective in
The Big Checkmate
Roscoe gets involved with a local Big Time Chess Match that might be crooked.
An episode of the series Program Already In Progress (of Oregon), and starring Instant Comedy. Written and produced by Dan Bernard and Tom Walsh.
December 8, 2024
Radio Theater About Radio Actors
The Boy Who Cried Martian
In 1938, Orson Welles terrified the nation with a false tale of a Martian invasion. One year later, after being all but driven from the industry, Orson is back on the air and about to face the most challenging broadcast OF HIS LIFE!
An episode of Uncanny County, a treasure trove of weirdness from Todd Faulkner and Alison Crane.
Peter Galaxy, Interstellar Envoy
Two old radio actors relaxing on the front porch are approached by aliens who think they are the character they used to play on the radio - 60 years ago.
Decoder Ring Theatre does their own version of this silly story from the Great Northern Audio Theatre. Written by Jerry Stearns and Brian Price, and produced by Gregg Taylor. December 15, 2024
Super Pal: The Saving Of The World
Big City might have a problem with a comet, and they are deciding which of several local superheroes to call about it.
It’s a mockmentary format tale from the Decoder Ring Theatre’s Summer Showcase series of productions from the Mark Time Awards shows.
Above and Below, Part 1
Another kind of radio detective, set in Midnight City, a world of isolated buildings, lonely people and with menace lurking just around the corner. Marcus Reachman struggles to make a living there as a private detective.
Act 1 of the pilot of a series from the BBC, of which no other episodes were made. Written by Daniel McNaughton.
Conclusion next week. December 22, 2024
Above and Below, Part 2
Dan McNaughton’s tale of a down-and-out detective as he meets his android sidekick, who seems to be a vagrant but is much more than she appears to be.
Written as the pilot for an online radio series, but the series was never picked up. Winner of a BBC Audio Drama Award in 2013.
