Thunderstorms were the word of the day. We had a day full of them and it disrupted my plans for the show, but in the end my loss is your gain. The strikes caused a power disruption which temporarily shutdown my systems. In the end I decided it was better to leave them off and come up with a new plan for the show. I have been wanting to run today’s story for quite a while. The problem is that we have 60 minutes and the story was a bit longer than that. However, with some creative editing you will hear an amazing story! It is my hope that you enjoy this special edition of Ron’s Amazing Stories. Featured Story - Stairway To Heaven Our featured story is a radio adaptation of a 1946 film titled A Matter of Life and Death (AKA, Stairway To Heaven). I know what you are thinking. Was this the inspiration of the famous rock tune by Led Zeppelin? In a nutshell, no. WWII British Air Force pilot Peter Carter is on his way home from a bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft. Before he bails out of the plane, into the ocean, he contacts June who is an Allied radio operator. With her, he shares what he believes to be his final moments on Earth. It is titled Stairway To Heaven and it first aired on The Screen Directors Playhouse on July 26, 1951. Program note: If you want to watch the 1946 film version of you can find it here on YouTube with advertisements. Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories it is spider week. Now, before you go “EEK!” know that none of these little beasties are going to get you. We have three listener stories; Twins deal with a really big spider that only they can see, Josh is redeemed after his encounter, and six year old Paddy tells us about a spider’s day in the front yard. Also, on the show we debut a new OTR series Let George Do it. So press that play button and enjoy the show! Featured Story - The Spider And The Fly Our Featured story comes from an OTR series that I just recently became aware of, Let George Do It. It was a detective drama starring Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine. Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. The story for today loosely follows our spider theme. It is titled The Spider And The Fly and has a pretty solid twist at the end. What do you do when your neighbor appears to be a black widow? Well you let George handle it. This one first aired on October 9, 1950. Other Stories Include - Trial By Fire, A Grown-Up Guide to Planet Earth, That is one big Spider, My Redemption, Spider Has A Bad Day, The Spider And The Fly Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we are doing something that we have never done before. Ron has collected some questions and comments sent in by the listeners to respond to. Also, on the show we have one of Ron’s all time favorite stories, The Time Machine by HG Wells. What you will hear is an adaptation of that story, which is very different from HG’s vision. Is it any good? I guess you will have to press that play button and find out.   Featured Story - The Time Machine Our featured story comes from the old time radio series Escape. As I mentioned at the top, The Time Machine is one of my all time favorites. More than 120 years have passed since its initial publication in 1895. Yet today it still can stand alone as one of the best time travel tales of all time and continues to engage readers and inspire fellow science fiction authors. But the question is how do you tell this story in a 30 minute format.  Well that is what the folks did at Escape. However they took the story in a completely different direction, which is what you will hear right now. It is still titled The Time Machine and it first aired on May 9, 1948 which is exactly 74 years ago Other Stories Include - Shortwave Clue, Q&A With Ron, The Time Machine, and Old Shag Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week we have three ghost stories from you:  A cast party is haunted, a child argues with a ghost, and smoking is bad for you. Our featured story today comes from the classic radio series Philo Vance. Vance comes up against a con man whose game is to trick his marks using a simple math trick. But has he moved up to murder? We will find out in the story The Mathematical Murder Case. It first aired on March 14, 1950. Featured Story - The Mathematical Murder Case Other Stories Include - Murder By Caliber, He Who Fights with Monsters - A review, The Lavatory Ghost, The Terrible Two, The Haunted Washroom, Our Amazing Stories - Peter Mark Roget, and The Mathematical Murder Case Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we have volcanoes! All of the tales have em. We have two listener stories that at least mention volcanos: Gustavo encounters some strange creatures at one, and Roxanna dreams about them. [Volcanos?] That's right. In our featured story Tarzan has to save a village from a pending volcano while proving he is not guilty of murder. And, we review an audiobook that takes place in Yellowstone. Home to one of the largest volcanic areas in the world. So press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Volcano of the Sun Our featured story this week comes from the 1952 OTR series Tarzan - Lord Of The Jungle. The series aired on the Mutual-Don Lee West Coast Network and on CBS until 1953. It is titled The Volcano of the Sun and first aired on March 6, 1952.  Tarzan is accused of murder and must prove his innocence to the tribal chief and his daughter. So please enjoy that famous Tarzan Yell. Other Stories Include - Southpaw Needle, Outland - Quantum Earth, The Volcano Encounter, Boy In The Closet, and The Volcano of the Sun Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this time we head to the planet Mercury with the IFP. Ancient astronomers had long suspected that Mercury always presented the same side to the sun, though they were ignorant to the fact that the little planet also had water and air. Complete silliness of course, but not in our story. I think you are going to love this one, and meeting the Mercurians.  Featured Story - The Earthman's Burden Our featured story comes from the pages of the pulp magazines. Specifically, the June 1931 edition of Astounding Stories. It is titled The Earthman's Burden by R.F. Starzl. It tells of Danny Olear of the Interplanetary Flying Police (IFP). There is foul play on mercury until Danny gets after his man. It is read for us by William Hahn from Sidney, Australia. Other Stories Include - Study In Ornithology, The Egg and Other Stories by Andy Weir, and The Earthman’s Burden. Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this time we have a classic creepy tale titled Night Has a Thousand Eyes. This probably conjures up all kinds of ideas of what this story might be about. The real events however are much deeper than the title suggests. Also, on the show we have an extended These Are Your Stories. (A mysterious trumpet, Black Eyed Kids on Halloween, and a burning building.) It all starts off with a brand new Five Minute Mystery. So press that play and let’s get started.  Featured Story - Night Has A Thousand Eyes Our featured story is a creepy tale about a phony stage mentalist who mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition. Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a 1948 horror film directed by John Farrow and starring Edward G. Robinson. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon and is based on the novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich. The production you will hear is an adaptation of the story on the Screen Directors Playhouse. It first aired on February 27, 1949. Other Stories Include - The Fine Art Of Murder, Big Damn Hero, Hollywood Roosevelt, BEK And Halloween, Under The Desk, and Night Has a Thousand Eyes Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories it is detective week. Even our listener’s  story is from a real private investigator. We have a review of the audiobook The Maltese Falcon which is the story whose main character is none other than Sam Spade. Our featured story comes from the golden age of radio series Richard Diamond Private Detective. And, if that was not enough, how about a brand new Johnny Is it True detective fiction edition. So press that play button and enjoy. Featured Story - The Red Rose Our featured story this week is a detective drama. It comes from the classic OTR series Richard Diamond Private Detective and is one of our absolute favorites at Ron’s Amazing Stories. RDPD is probably one of best scripted radio series ever. All of the stories were written by the amazing Blake Edwards. Diamond has to stop a hitman who was hired by his client to kill his client! Confused? The tale is titled The Red Rose and it first aired on March 2, 1951. Other Stories Include - Death On A Train, The Maltese Falcon - A Review, We Were Only Doing Our Job, The Red Rose, and Johnny Is It True - Detective Stories Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we do have an amazing show. We have a review of an audiobook about The War Of The Worlds. Then we have three listener’s stories: A maid encounters a pushy ghost, a strange reflection at the beach, and a crazy blue orb encounters a little girl. We have a story from the 1940’s where a luncheon meets science fiction. We then end the show with a brief moment with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Featured Story - The Unseen Blushers Our featured story comes from Astonishing Stories Magazine. It takes a look at the 1940’s Pulp Fiction writer from a unique point of view. It is a science fiction story written by Alfred Bester, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953. The story is titled The Unseen Blushers. It looks into the world of a fiction writer's social life and manages to tell a pretty good time travel story at the same time. It first appeared in the June 1942 issue of Astonishing Stories. Other Stories Include - Blood Brothers, War Of The Worlds - Review, A Cleaning Horror, Reflections Of Me, The Swamp Orb, The Unseen Blushers, and Our Amazing Stories - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we have a visit from the old west with Wyatt Earp. It comes from the OTR series The Hallmark Hall Of Fame and stars William Conrad as Wyatt. Then we have a special edition of These Are Your Stories from a small village in Ireland. We will end the show with another Not So Important Times In History dated September 22, 1773. The newspaper article that nearly caused a war. So, press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - Wyatt Earp, Marshal Of Kansas Our featured story comes from the OTR series The Hallmark Hall Of Fame. It features almost the entire cast of Gunsmoke, which should not come as any surprise since Hallmark was part of the CBS family. It is a tale about the famous western lawman Wyatt Earp and  It isn’t like anything you have seen or heard before. The real Wyatt Earp was a gambler, brothel owner and side street brawler. This version is a bit different from that, but maintains that mystic sense that he was a very tough man. The story is titled Wyatt Earp, Marshal Of Kansas and it first aired on CBS, December 12, 1954. Other Stories Include - Death Calls At Dinner, Another Fine Myth, Encounter By The Sea, Wyatt Earp - Marshal Of Kansas, Not So Important Times In History - September 22, 1773 Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links: