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  • SUSPENSE "House in Cypress Canyon"
    Despite being such a well-regarded episode, "The House in Cypress Canyon" was only performed once on Suspense.

    "The House in Cypress Canyon" is an episode of the American radio series Suspense. Written by Robert L. Richards, produced and directed by William Spier, this episode is consistently cited as one of the most terrifying programs broadcast during radio's Golden Age. It was originally broadcast December 5, 1946.

    The story begins a few days before Christmas. James (Robert Taylor) and Ellen (Cathy Lewis), married seven years and having recently relocated to California for the husband's engineering job, move into a hastily finished rental house in a development that was started before the war. Dusty furniture and creaky hinges seem to be the only problems with the place at first glance. But the very night they move in, the two hear inhuman cries in the night, and find blood oozing out from under a closet door they can't open. Fleeing the house in a panic, they return with a pair of policemen, only to discover the closet door is unlocked and the blood has vanished. The following night, Ellen, sleep-walking, attacks James like a crazed animal and bites him savagely, waking with no memory of the attack; then the milkman is discovered with his throat torn out. The narrative concludes with James' indication that he has accepted his fate and is no longer afraid; he knows now what he must do. Just then there's a knock on the door and the inhuman scream is heard again. A newspaper article clipped to the manuscript notes that James killed Ellen with a shotgun before turning the weapon on himself.

    The episode then returns to the framing story, with Sam Spade discussing the case with his friend. The friend explains the paradox that the manuscript was found in the same house in which the story appears to have taken place, but that at the time the manuscript was found, the house was derelict and unfinished. Impossibly, the story set down in the manuscript appears to have taken place in the house *after* the manuscript was discovered. Spade suggests that this is just a coincidence and leaves.

    After Spade leaves, his friend returns to his regular occupation—a rental agent for the housing development. As the story concludes, a young couple comes into his office and asks about renting the house in Cypress Canyon. The couple is James and Ellen.

    Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of cinema.

    Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in Camille (1936), A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Forces, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the television series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he assumed hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days.
    Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1952. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor died of lung cancer at the age of 57.

    30 min
  • STAN FREBERG - Sale Of Manhattan

    STAN FREBERG track 5 The  Sale Of Manhattan from album  Presents The United States of America The Early Years. Top Hat, White Feather, and Tails. June Foray as the Indian Woman, Stan Freberg as The Indian, Jesse White as the Real Estae agent and Paul Frees as Peter Tishman.

    6 min
  • Six Shooter "Myra Barker"

    Episode 39 aired on NBC Radio June 24, 1954. The final show of the series. The title is given by John Wald at the beginning of the second act as Myra Barker. It is sometimes called Unpredictable Horse. The cast members were Virginia Gregg as Myra Barker, Dee J. Thompson as Zoey Aldon, Howard McNear as Jesse Aldon and Parley Baer as Lem Pruitt. Pruitt rents Britt’s horse, Scar, to Myra Barker, a visitor from the east. Scar seems to like Myra and so does Britt. Things go so far that Britt asks Myra to marry him. She wants to think it over before she gives him her answer. She says “yes,” but will they really get married?

    29 min
  • THE SHADOW "Circle of Death"

    Several bomb explosions are caused by a man who hates crowds. The police are unable to make any progress and the town becomes more scared. When Margot Lane claims that The Shadow can catch the criminal, Commissioner Weston scoffs at the idea and challenges The Shadow to try and uncover new evidence that the police may have overlooked.

    The Circle of Death originally aired on CBS Radio November 28th, 1937. Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston aka The Shadow.

    30 min
  • SAM SPADE "Wheel of Life Caper"

    The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel or movie. In 1947, scriptwriters Jason James and Bob Tallman received an Edgar Award for Best Radio Drama from the Mystery Writers of America. Before the series, Sam Spade had been played in radio adaptations of The Maltese Falcon by both Edward G. Robinson (in a 1943 Lux Radio Theater production) and by Bogart himself (in a 1946 Academy Award Theater production), both on CBS. This episode aired July 11, 1948. CBS network. "The Wheel Of Life Caper". Sponsored by: Wildroot Cream Oil. Sam meets a mystery woman with no memory and a corpse that's been killed by a buzz saw. Sandra Gould replaces Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Sam's secretary. Howard Duff plays Sam Spade.

    29 min
  • THE SAINT "Music Murder"

    Simon Templar is at the Birdcage nightclub to listen to the piano music of Johnny Crawford when famous concert pianist Laurence Abdul approaches him. Johnny Crawford was a pupil of his and now he fears that Crawford is to be murdered. Vincent Price stars as Simon Templar aka The Saint. The Saint was a radio adventure program in the United States that featured a character ("a swashbuckling, devil-may-care Robin Hood type who, in his attempt to help people, remained just one step ahead of the police and crooks—both of whom he combatted") created by author Leslie Charteris. This episode aired on NBC Radio June 18, 1950.

    29 min
  • RADIOnuages "050-053"

    Relaxing contemporary instrumentals from www.radionuages.network ======== 'RADIO nuages' ======== Essentially SMOOTH JAZZ and ACOUSTIC music by ensembles and soloists. The music floats as a cloud of melodies. Selections by many outstanding contemporary musicians playing mostly acoustic instrumentals that melt away stress. It's like lounging at a lake front, feeling a gentle wind against your face, listening to chimes dance in the distance. Meditate... drift... RELAX... ENJOY RADIO nuages...

    1 hr 57 min
  • PURSUIT "Lundy Island"

    Episode 15 aired on CBS Radio February 7, 1950. While on vacation, Inspector Black is called to investigate a murder on a boat. Ted De Corsia stars. Edward Gildea De Corsia (September 29, 1903 – April 11, 1973) was an American radio, film, and television actor, best remembered for his roles as the ex-wrestler murderer Willie Garzah in the film The Naked City (1948) and as a gangster who turned state's evidence in the film The Enforcer (1951).  

    30 min
  • NBC Bandstand "Claude Thornhill So In Love"

    NBC Bandstand - aired August 24, 1956 - Featuring Claude Thornhill's band with So In Love. Bert Parks is host. Bert Parks' Bandstand was a daytime radio show based on the the Big Band sound. Radio audiences kept it on for years, but a TV version, called "NBC Bandstand" which was also simulcast on the NBC Radio network, didn't do as well. The show debuted July 30, 1956 and had its last broadcast on November 23 of that year. It was replaced by a new show called "The Price is Right".

    34 min

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