Classic Radio Drama | OTR
Summary: For those times when you want to lie back, close your eyes and enter the time when radio shaped your world. Each week, PirateTV Theater features a program selected from our library of classic radio plays. The classics and some modern radio-inspired art will all be featured as we travel into the era of the imagination. Listen to characters who never were, but became real through the marvels of radio.
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A former employee of a local lunatic asylum tries his hand at a little blackmail and gets a knife in his throat for his trouble. The only clue seems to be the singing parakeet mysteriously left by the murderer. Starring Boris Karloff as Karl.
An extortionist obtains a smog-making machine and uses it to engulf the city in darkness. He demands to be paid five million dollars or he'll throw something toxic in the mix.
A veteran medical examiner is found murdered in his office and the only lead are the fresh prints of a knife thrower who was executed for murder several years back.#BR##BR##EM#Original Airdate: October 29th, 1939.#/EM#
It's May 2103, and Elwood Casswell admits he's a homicidal maniac with a gun in his pocket. Fortunately, times have advanced. You can go to the local hardware store and by a psychiatrist robot. But unfortunately for old Elwood, he buys the floor model which is meant for psychotic Martians. The machine uses Martian terms and language to cure Elwood but for the psychological problems of Martians.#BR##BR##EM#Original Airdate: July 10th, 1956#/EM#
Originally written by Ray Bardbury, this is a fun short about Charles Brailing - a husband looking to get away from his wife for a vacation who purchases a robot duplicate of himself to take his place. But what happens when the robot likes his new life????#EM#Original airdate: December 21st, 1955#/EM#
A young widow has nightmares that her recently departed husband has returned from the dead. When strange occurrences start to happen, is it truly a visitor from beyond the Grave, or something more down to earth?
A young man's Death Row confession puts The Shadow on the trail of a murderous crimelord who uses modern technology in his attempt to kill The Shadow.
A man fakes his death to collect the insurance money but his wife proves to be an unwilling participant in the scheme.
A family buys the ultimate modern house. All the gadgets are meant to make life easier for the family: no more cooking, ironing, housework or baby sitting...the nursery fulfills the children most hidden dreams...will mum and dad will be able to stop them?The end has not been cut off...you will draw your own conclusions...enjoy this tale of the unexpected!#BR##BR##EM#Originally broadcast on September 8, 1951 this play is based on a short story by Ray Bradbury. #/EM#
This week's show is an excellent story about scientists developing a microscopic race of humans as the Earth prepares to be destroyed by an expanding star. The microscopic humans try to go through the surface with a diatom powered vesse.l #BR##BR#Great philosophical overtones in this story by James Blis.
Two spaceships meet for the first time - one of the ships is from Earth, the other from another planet. The first contact goes well, except that neither ship can leave first because they are afraid the other will follow them back to conquer their home planets. A rare tale where the Aliens are scared of the humans!Story by Murray Leinster.
