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 Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Today we are joined by radio legend Dr. Demento, who is here to talk about the music legend Spike Jones, among other things. We listen to a full episode of the Spike Jones Coca-Cola radio show, with Doodles Weaver as Professor Feitlebaum, Earl Bennet as Sir Frederick Gas, and the horror film actor Peter Lorre dropping by for ghastly rendition of "My Old Flame."
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Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Today our 10-week tribute to the radio series "Suspense" continues, with "The Thin Man" star William Powell giving an incredibly intense performance as a fugitive on the run, in a fast-paced, exciting thriller. This story is a great example of what Suspense did so well, taking a simple concept (trapping a man in a pair of handcuffs), and embellishing it out as far as it could possibly go. Joining us to discuss this episode is Suspense historian Dr. Joe Webb.
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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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Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Last week we brought you one of the all time classic Suspense shows that starred the great versatile radio supporting actor Wally Mahr. Today Mr. Mahr takes a huge leading role as the hero and storyteller in an adaptation of Mark Twain's classic fantasy of a 1800s inventor who gets knocked back to medieval times.
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Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Today, on our journey through 10 of the best shows from the radio series, "Suspense," we are looking at one of the most famous Suspense stories, that was repeated many times, about a man who appears to be dead, but is not. And here once again to bring us the interesting story behind this story is Suspense expert Dr. Joe Webb.
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Suspense TV episode https://youtu.be/VxoWmUbw8ak
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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Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
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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Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
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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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
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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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
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
https://sites.google.com/view/suspenserecreations/home
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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Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
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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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
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
Keith Scott’s Suspense log (free download) https://archive.org/details/ScottSuspense2021
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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