The Good Old Days of Radio Show

Last Thursday Joseph Cotten appeared as an obsessively unhinged scientist on Suspense. Today we bring you Cotten as a wanderer traveling the countryside who stumbles upon a strange girl (played by Jeanne Cagney), and a dreamlike village trapped in time, in the German fantasy, Germelshausen.

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Today we find the radio series "Suspense" at the top of its game, with a classic Hitchcockian psychological Suspense story of an obsessed scientist (played by Joseph Cotten) who sets out on a dark path to prove his own twisted hypothesis in "The Earth Is Made of Glass". Joining us once again to discuss this lavishly produced, dream-like episode is "Suspense" expert Dr. Joe Webb.

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Suspense and the Blacklist https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion/click-for-home-arrow-for-more/the-blacklist-and-suspense

Suspense Resources https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion

Keith Scott’s Suspense log (free download) https://archive.org/details/ScottSuspense2021 

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Happy Jack Benny's Birthday! We're celebrating Valentine's Day with an episode of Jack's wildly popular radio program. The famous husband and wife comedy team, and good personal friends of Jack, George Burns and Gracie Allen figure prominently, as Gracie is so determined to hear Jack's show, she misses pretty much everything.

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Today we continue on our in-depth journey through some of the best and most unusual episodes of the radio series, Suspense. Joining us is Dr. Joe Webb to discuss the wildest Suspense show ever, which stars the Hitchcock villain Norman Lloyd. This recently found program is a real curiosity for radio historians, and a delight to Suspense collectors. So buckle in today for one crazy ride!

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Wildest Suspense episode ever https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion/click-for-home-arrow-for-more/fury-sound-the-strangest-suspense-episode 

The Missing Suspense https://sites.google.com/view/missingsuspense

Suspense Missing Episode Recreations

Suspense Resources https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion

Keith Scott’s Suspense log (free download) https://archive.org/details/ScottSuspense2021 

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Today we have part two of an interview we did with Elva Green, the daughter of Eddie Green, the famous comedian, filmmaker, and radio actor of the 1930s and '40s, who was a regular cast member of the popular radio series "Amos 'n' Andy." John and Elva talk about the controversies around "Amos 'n' Andy", her father's role as "Stonewall" the lawyer, and listen to an episode chosen by her from 1948.

Elva Green’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Green-American-Entertainment-Pioneer/dp/1593939663 

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We come to the second in our series looking at "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" today, with one of the great supernatural Suspense episodes, starring Ronald Colman as a man haunted by premonitions of impending doom. Joining us once again is "Suspense" expert Dr. Joe Webb to discuss the series' move to Hollywood.

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War Loan Drives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_E_bond

Suspense Resources https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion

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We're beginning a two-part interview with Elva Green, the daughter of the famous comedian, filmmaker, and radio actor of the 1930s and '40s, Eddie Green. We talk about Elva's journey as she discovered her father's story as a black American entertainment pioneer in early Hollywood, and hear an episode of Duffy's Tavern, chosen by Elva, with Eddie as the role of "Eddie" the bartender.

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Today we are beginning a new series of 10 episodes taking an in-depth look at one of radio's top dramatic series, Suspense. Joining us for this journey is one the world's greatest "Suspense" authorities, Dr. Joe Webb. In this first episode we will be listening to an early Suspense story written by the famous mystery writer John Dickson Carr, as well as exploring the origins of the series. 

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Suspense Resources https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion

Dr. Joe’s Old Time Radio Resources https://bit.ly/drjoeotr

Keith Scott’s Suspense log (free download) https://archive.org/details/ScottSuspense2021

Cobalt Club Classic Radio online forum for fans and collectors

Casey, Crime Photographer https://bluenotebulletin.blogspot.com/

The Big Story https://sites.google.com/view/thestoriesbehindthebigstory/

Theater Five Project https://sites.google.com/view/t5-project/home

John Dickson Carr Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr

SPERDVAC www.sperdvac.com 

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We promised comedy for this week, so we're bringing you one of our favorite nutty comedians, Red Skelton, and we're going back to 1946 for this winter themed episode. Hear "Deadeye," Wonderful Smith (as O'Brien), Verna Felton (as Grandma), and "Junior, the Mean Widdle Mean Kid." Red is quite rowdy in this New Year's episode, with lots of straying from the script!

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For the past nine weeks we have examined a lot of different concepts of A.I. as presented through the eyes of writers from the '40s and '50s. Today is our final program looking at this topic, and although we could simply end with another story of tech-gone-wrong, we are going with a wholly different approach... the story of man becoming a machine. So many fascinating ideas and questions are posed in this story, we think this is a particularly juicy way to wrap up this series, and will (hopefully) leave you thinking long after the lights have dimmed.

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