Legendary radio collector John Tefteller presents the best of mystery, comedy, horror, and adventure stories, produced by the greatest writers, directors, composers, and stars.
Episodes
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Early radio collector J. David Goldin joins John one last time for another Jack Benny Show with Ronald Colman from 1948. This time they discuss, among other things, lost or missing radio shows and what became of the thousands of radio transcription discs he donated to The Library of Congress.
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Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Our series of radio plays designed to be heard in the dark continues with a story of a family taking up residence in a creepy house full of grim secrets. "Lights Out" was a horror radio series written by Arch Oboler known for its use of suspense and gruesome sound effects.
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
J. David Goldin joins John again today with another radio show! It's a humorous science fiction story by Robert Sheckley about a second hand exploratory "lifeboat". Dave talks about working with X Minus One announcer Fred Collins, how "Quiet Please" was discovered and released to the public, and some horrifying stories about working for the William Paley Broadcast Museum.
RadioGold Index: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/
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Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
In this series of "listen in the dark" vintage radio shows, don't look at those shapes on the wall. They may be cast by nothing at all. "There Are Shadows Here" is a master class of spooky images, with brilliant dialogue writing by Wyllis Cooper.
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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
John is joined once again by old time radio collector, J. David Goldin. Dave brought along a really unusual episode of Escape about people living in a department store, tells stories from the early days of being an engineer at CBS, NBC, and Mutual, and his transition into producing Grammy Award winning records, including "The best LP record I ever produced… and why only one person has ever heard it."
RadioGoldIndex: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/
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Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
In 1947, the Escape radio series presented a lush adaptation M.R. James' ghost story with full orchestra. The story concerns a researcher who becomes the target of a vengeful practitioner of the occult after rejecting his paper for publication. Settle back, and turn off your lights, for this spooky duel of wit and superstition.
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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Today John is joined for an extensive chat with the legendary radio collector J. David Goldin. They talk about how he got into radio and started finding radio transcription discs in the 1960s, they listen to a Jack Benny Show from 1953, and Dave talks about a "fantasy broker" who arranged for him to have lunch with Jack Benny.
RadioGold Index: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/
Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/
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Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MK8MVCY4DVBAM8ZK39WD
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
We continue with 10 more great horror shows to listen to in the dark. We are going to a horror favorite, with an extremely eerie story of two college boys who stumble upon a strange masquerade ball in Paris. Also John gives us the complete history of Arch Oboler's cabinet.
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
We just received two thick volumes of original You Bet Your Life scripts from the actual show. So we are listening to an episode from January 4, 1950 and following along. Hear about why a show that seemed to be so spontaneous had scripts at all, and what we discover as we compare what was written with the program.
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Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Thursday Apr 13, 2023
Horror is one of the most powerful genres in the medium of sound, and we couldn't possibly stop at 10. So today we begin a new series of "10 More Great Horror Shows." We start with an unusual pick from the series that dramatized movies, The Screen Director's Playhouse. The story is a well-done half hour adaptation of the 1948 film about a man in a mind reading act who starts to see actual visions of the future, starring Edward G. Robinson.
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