Ron's Amazing Stories

On the podcast this week we have what has been called one of the best episodes of Suspense ever. I quite agree. Also, we will have short story written by Stephen Leacock called Maddened By Mystery. Leacock was the master of the humorous mystery. The OTR tale for this episode on Ron’s Amazing Stories has everything a good story needs and more.  It comes from without any doubt the best of the best story tellers from the golden age of radio, Suspense. Our story tells us about a hired thug that is paid by his boss to kidnap a man and take him to what he fears will be his death. It is called Feast of the Furies and originally aired on July 11, 1946. Program Note: I want to personally thank all of you that wrote in about the Glenn Miller Special. I thought I was taking a chance with that one and from your response it appears I need not have worried. You guys are great. Keep those comments and stories coming - Ron

We have so many cool things on this edition of Ron’s Amazing Stories, that it makes the moonglow. Okay, I know that doesn’t make any sense, but it will. There are major updates to talk about, A OTR episode that makes space flight sound down right awful and a special treat that will take you back to the days of the great space race. So, press that play button now. You know you want to. Moonglow One of the stories this week comes from the pen of G.L. Vanderberg. It was first read on the pages of Amazing Stories the magazine in 1958. It tells of the space race from the viewpoint of pre 1960’s America. To them going to the moon is science fiction. To us it’s fact or perhaps a conspiracy, depending on who you believe. The story is called moonglow and it is something amazing!

The Glenn Miller Special Okay prepare yourself, this is not going to be your typical episode of Ron’s Amazing Stories. Don’t worry we have stories; a case of murder and one of smuggling, but the bulk of the show is going to be handled by famous bandleader. On this episode you're going to have to keep an open mind. If you read the blog this week you already have a pretty good idea of what is coming. But it hopes to be so much more than that. So press that play button and find out for yourself. -Ron The Five Minute Mystery The Five Minute Mystery is back this week with two more episodes. Your response to these keeps me bringing them to you. I have to admit they are fun to listen to. The five minute mystery series was created to help stations promote themselves or their products. It must have been pretty successful because there sure are a whole lot of them.

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we celebrate a great actor, an American Icon and one of his best movies, Stagecoach. If you read this week's blog you already know who it is. Also, on the show we have yet another five-minute mystery and a short story that is sure to rock the house or least destroy New York. So, grab a snack and press the play button below. OTR Story: Stagecoach Our OTR story is a classic western. It stars John Wayne and was created by NBC Theater, also called the Screen Directors Playhouse. SDP was a popular radio series, which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones. It aired beginning in 1949 and ran through 1951. What you will hear is an adaptation of Wayne's famous 1939 film, Stagecoach. This was the very first broadcast of the show and it aired on January 9, 1949. Program Note: This next week is July 4th. Ron's Amazing stories will be taking the week off. Not worry there will be a replay of one of Ron's best. So, come on back next week and see which one it is.

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week, we have too many stories. We take a walk back in time to hear some amazing stories from our past. We will hear from a famous baseball player, listen to a story about a fisherman’s murder and play baseball with a Martian. Want more? There is more , but you will have to press that play button to find out. Our OTR story today falls right in with the sportsman theme. Imagine years from now, in 1998, your baseball team is struggling and is given the ultimatum. You have to win or win. How do you do it? I know what I would do, I would look to the stars for help. Our tale comes from X-Minus One, which was a science fiction based series from the mid 1950’s. I can honestly say this is one of my favorite OTR episodes ever. It is called Martian Sam and first aired on April 4th, 1957.

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week we have a classic Kipling tale, an odd occurrence in a Washington vineyard and an OTR story from Sleep No More. So why not press that play button and listen for yourself. It can only lead to fun and contentment. Sleep No More Our OTR tale this week comes from Nelson Olmsted. He was an accomplished voice actor in films, radio and television. He was best known for an unusual NBC radio series called, Sleep No More which ran from 1952 to 1957. What we will hear today is one from this series. This is a fantastic story that follows the theme for this week's blog about dreams and stories. If you have not read it please check it out. The tale is called Marius and first aired on November 14, 1956.

We have a great show on Ron’s Amazing Stories! Richard Diamond is with us today and he is going to take us to the Carney. You don’t know what a Carney is?  Well, join us and you will find out. Also, on the show we have a classic short story, a couple of music clips and some emails. So, don’t delay any longer and press that play button. If you read this week's blog you know what is coming. The great singer, actor and director Dick Powell is on the podcast. Not only does he do all of the above, but he portrayed one of my very favorite radio detectives Richard Diamond. Our OTR story for this episode is called The Carnival Case. Richard takes a job at the Carnival to solve a mystery. It first aired on August 8, 1950.

On the podcast this week we premier a new series to the show called, Five Minute Mysteries.  Also, it wouldn’t be right to blog about “Quiet, Please!” and not have one of their amazing programs. We have creepy one! Do you believe in coincidences? I don’t.  B. Wilson sent us a story that is very strangely similar to our OTR tale. You have to check this out. Quiet, please! was an OTR fantasy and horror series created by Wyllis Cooper and Earnest Chappel. It was first broadcast in 1947 and ran until 1949. The series was lost to time until Chappel's widow found a box of original transcriptions of the show. A total of 89 episodes have been recovered. The only downside is that the sound quality fluctuates a lot. During the golden age of radio, stations would reuse these discs and over time the quality would become rough. In some cases, you can even hear remnants of old recordings on them. Even so, it was an amazing discovery for OTR horror. Our story suffers from the bleed through of a previous use. If you listen closely you can hear ghostly voices in the background.  It a strange tale, listen to it and let me know what you think. It is called Some People Don’t Die and it first aired on December 8, 1947.

On this episode of Ron’s Amazing Stories, we have the one-liner King of Detectives, Pat Novak. If you like scripts that sting you’re going to love this one. Also, we have a strange story sent in by a listener from Bradbury, England and to complete the show this week we take a look at the the case of the “Clean Copper Clappers.” If you read the blog this week you know that we have a story from the Jack Webb catalog. He portrayed Pat Novak for Hire, which was classic old time radio show which ran from 1946-1948. Pat Novak was a street wise guy who rented boats and anything else a good man pays a bad one to do. Our story is called, Give the Envelope to John St. John, and it first aired on May 22, 1949.

In this episode of Ron’s Amazing Stories, we have so much stuff! Debra Yates is here to talk about her book, Woman of Many Names. Then we have a Gunsmoke episode about a young boy who wreaks havoc on Dodge City. We follow all of that up with a look at the Trail of Tears from the view point of the poets. So go ahead, make my day and press that play button. Debra Yates is the author of the new book called, Woman of Many Names. She was raised in Mansfield Ohio and currently lives in St. Petersburg, Fl. One day a cousin called her and told her about a historical marker in Tennessee. This led Debra on an adventure of a life time, the discovery of her famous seventh-great-grandmother Nancy Ward, also known to the Cherokee as Nanyehi (non-ya-he). She foretold one of the greatest of American tragedies, the Trail of Tears.