"Step back in time with our hand-picked selection of Old Time Radio Classics, a podcast that brings the golden age of radio to your ears. Each episode is a jour...
The Mercury Theatre on the Air adaptation of "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson was broadcast live on July 18, 1938. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this radio play brought the classic pirate adventure to life with a talented cast.
The plot follows young Jim Hawkins who discovers a treasure map in a dead pirate's chest. With his mother, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, and a crew of sailors, Jim sets sail on the Hispaniola to find the treasure on Treasure Island. Along the way, they encounter the cunning and charismatic pirate Long John Silver, who has his own plans for the treasure.
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Mr Standfast - John Buchan part 2of 2
In the second part of the "Mr Standfast" radio play adaptation, Richard Hannay's mission becomes increasingly dangerous and complex.
He follows Moxon Ivery, the leader of the German spy ring, across Europe. During this journey, Hannay encounters numerous obstacles and near-death experiences. He navigates through hostile territories, faces betrayal, and continuously works to stay one step ahead of Ivery and his men.
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Mr Standfast - John Buchan part 1 of 2
In the first part, Richard Hannay, who has recently been knighted, is called back to service from his quiet rural life in the Cotswolds. Hannay is assigned the task of infiltrating a group of pacifists in England who are suspected of being German spies. To do this, he takes on the undercover persona of Cornelius Brand, an aviator with pacifist views.
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Black Plumes -Margery Allingham
"Black Plumes" is a radio play adaptation of Margery Allingham's mystery novel. The plot revolves around the death of Robert Madrigal, the manager of a prestigious art gallery. He is found in the garden room with a gunshot wound1. His stepdaughter, Frances Ivory, who is engaged to David Field, an American painter, suspects that Robert's assistant, Henry Lucca, who was on an expedition with him in Tibet, may have something to do with it.
Frances also has to deal with her eccentric grandmother, who claims the gallery as her home, and her neurotic stepsister, who is married to Robert. The play follows the investigation of the police and the revelations of the characters' secrets and motives.
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Lethal Cocktails - Shelagh Stephenson
The story revolves around a country-house party where murder suddenly intrudes, and the police, along with Aunt Agatha, quickly get involved.
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