abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Batman and Robin remain trapped in Room Zero with only minutes left to live! Meanwhile, Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson are desperately searching for clues. Playing a wild hunch, Kent is betting it all on learning the whereabouts of the Dynamic Duo. Plus: In today’s Important Message, there’s good news and bad news about the Swell Prizes…
Part 11 of Looking for Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 18, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
The Dynamic Duo are trapped in Room Zero facing imminent death while Superman in his guise of Clark Kent is still looking for them! Will he be able to find them before the ceiling falls and Batman and Robin become Flatman and Ribbon? Plus: in today's Important Message, there's more information about our new Swell Prizes!
Part 10 of Looking for Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 17, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
It wasn’t wise to split the party. Batman and Robin have fallen into a trap, and Superman is a hundred miles away! The Dynamic Duo are captured and taken into a Sanitarium as prisoners. But prisoners of who…? Plus: There’s big news in today's Important Message! Part 9 of Looking For Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 14, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Superman and Batman and Robin have split up in their search for the answer to the Crescent Moon and Star symbol. Is it wise to split the party? Plus: in today's Important Message, we'll meet Billy! Part 8 of Looking For Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 13, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Clark Kent and Batman are looking for information as to the whereabouts of Squealie Evers, and decide to have a chat with the waiter at the waterfront coffee shop. But there’s only the ghost of a chance they’ll learn what they need to know! Plus, in today's Important Message, we'll hear from Superman himself! Part 7 of Looking For Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 12, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Batman and Robin are on the trail of underworld informant Squealie Evers, but Squealie knows he’s being followed! It looks like big trouble is brewing on the waterfront for the Dynamic Duo. Part 6 of Looking For Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 11, 1945.
THE REASONABLY AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DALE ARDEN & DR. ZARKOV Episode 10: Flash Gets Eclipsed Part 2
A silly take on the original radio series Flash Gordon which is now in public domain. Starting April 22, 1935, and again in May 2022 the strip was adapted into The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, a 26-episode weekly radio serial. The series followed the strip very closely, amounting to a week-by-week adaptation of the Sunday strip for most of its run.
Directed and edited by Tom Konkle
Written and Produced by Tom Konkle and Kurtis Bedford
Starring Tom Konkle as Flash Gordon and Hawkman
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as Dale Arden
Kurtis Bedford as Announcer 1 and Ming
Gino C. Vianelli as Thune
David Beeler as Dr. Zarkov
Pete Lutz as Bound-and-Gagged Guard
Music various in the public domain 1934
THE REASONABLY AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DALE ARDEN & DR. ZARKOV Episode 9: Flash Gets Eclipsed, Part 1
A silly take on the original radio series Flash Gordon which is now in public domain. Starting April 22, 1935, and again in May 2022 the strip was adapted into The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, a 26-episode weekly radio serial. The series followed the strip very closely, amounting to a week-by-week adaptation of the Sunday strip for most of its run.
Directed and edited by Tom Konkle.
Written and Produced by Tom Konkle and Kurtis Bedford
Starring Tom Konkle as Flash Gordon and Hawkman
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as Dale Arden
Pete Lutz as Saul, Hawkman Envoy, and Guard 2
Kurtis Bedford as Announcer 1 and Ming
Gino C. Vianelli as Thune
David Beeler as Dr. Zarkov
Music various in the public domain 1934.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Batman and Robin have joined forces with Superman to unravel the mystery of the Crescent Moon and Star symbol. Batman and Robin have made contact with an underworld informant, but will he sell them the information they need, or sell them out to the mob? Part 5 of Looking For Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 10, 1945.
NOTE: More to come! We'll be posting these episodes of Bat-Supe, five at a time. So don't get discouraged, fellas and girls!
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Inside Stately Wayne Manor seeking to enlist the help of Batman, Clark Kent has found himself in a difficult position: come clean that he knows Bruce Wayne’s secret and reveal his own, or continue his search for the deadly Kryptonite alone. What will the Man of Steel do? Part 4 of Looking For Kryptonite was originally broadcast on December 7, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
In this episode of Bat-Supe, Clark Kent decides to enlist the aid of the only man who can help him find and eliminate the threat of the Kryptonite. But he'll have to pay a high price for his help… Part 3 of Looking For Kryptonite originally aired on December 6, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen continue their search for clues, but danger is hiding in the shadows. Will they find answers? Or only more questions? Find out in this episode of Bat-Supe! Part two of Looking for Kryptonite was originally broadcast on The Adventures of Superman on December 5, 1945.
abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio’s “Adventures of Superman” featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo! Episode 1 of Bat-Supe begins the adventure “Looking For Kryptonite!”
Superman has put an end to the dreaded Atom Man, but the threat is far from over. A terrible threat still remains for the entire world, and possibly most especially for Superman himself! In today's episode, Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen go looking for clues, they find danger in an unlikely place! Looking For Kryptonite originally aired on December 4th, 1945.
Old-Time Radio Essentials is back after a months-long hiatus, with episode 41, the 4th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present an episode of the ABC Radio series The Henry Morgan Show. This time it's Pete's pick, called "Morgan's Around the World Listening Post"! Come for the old-time radio, stay for the scintillating (that's one way of putting it) discussion afterwards!
As you listen, perhaps you'll learn if we feel this entry meets the following criteria:
1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.")
2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection?
So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our forty-first number (but 4th official episode of S4), this episode of The Henry Morgan Show, from 6-4-47. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it!
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Next Time: It's Patte's pick again, and she'll bring an episode of The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show!
SUSPENSE, Episode 55
Premiered May 10, 2024
Suspense is one of classic radio's most highly-regarded dramas -- with good reason. It sustained a remarkably high quality level of dramatic tension for 20 years, as the many surviving recordings attest. But a handful of episodes are lost - and Project Audion now recreates one of them. "The Life of Nellie James" was intended as Suspense's premiere, but circumstances pushed it back to the third episode. It was performed once, live, on July 1, 1942, but never heard again. Until now -- as Project Audion, kicking off its fifth season, brings together a transcontinental cast in a live transcription of "The Life of Nellie James" from the original 1942 script. A dreadful murder takes place in the Simon James home, and justice is done ...or is it? It's a tale well-calculated to keep you in ...Suspense!
Featured in our cast are –
Patte Rosebank in Canada
Tim Burns in Kansas
Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia
Richard Huitema in Florida
Mel Rose in Pennsylvania
Pete Lutz in Texas
Art Brown in California
Denny Thompson in Colorado
Frank Guglielmelli in Pennsylvania
Sharon Grunwald in New Jersey
Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas
THE MAN CALLED "X", Episode 54
Premiered Apr 12, 2024
A spy caper always makes for a good show. Start with a suave man of mystery, sprinkle in some far-off exotic locales, and stir in some evil enemies of democracy and beautiful women. The result: James Bond? No, "The Man Called X" -- which broadcast several hundred episodes on network radio from 1944 through 1952. Unflappable British actor Herbert Marshall originally played American agent Ken Thurston, AKA the man called X. Project Audion now recreates the very first episode of "The Man Called X," from a script which has not been heard since its premiere in July 1944! The action of "The Cage of Europe" is set in wartime Lisbon (you know, where Ilsa flew off to in "Casablanca." Audion's recreation features voice actors performing live on both sides of the Atlantic for this half hour of what was described as in 1944 as a "comedy-mystery," and which eighty years later is still highly entertaining!
Featuring –
David Ault in England
Jack Ward in Canada
Laura Mirsky in New Jersey
George Taylor in Tennessee
Jane Beverley in New Jersey
Jeff Billard in Massachusetts
Caleb Fisher in Virginia
Joe Mendell in England
Robert Stevenson in Indiana
Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas
DAMON RUNYON THEATRE, Episode 53
Premiered Mar 8, 2024
"The Damon Runyon Theatre", a syndicated radio series from 1949 relating stories of New York's "guys and dolls" -- mobsters and dames, gamblers and frails, saints and sinners -- which newspaperman and sportswriter Damon Runyon colorfully brought to life in decades of short stories. They may have been gangsters, but they often had hearts of gold underneath - plus a unique present-tense way of speaking which has come to be known as "Runyonesque." The Damon Runyon Theatre recorded 52 charming half-hour versions of his stories, and those got writer Casey Keller (Beakman's World, The Love Boat) wanting more. So he's written a new episode, and Project Audion brings you the world premiere of his Runyonesque tale, "Ringside Rosie." Our transcontinental cast is captured live in performance, just like they did in 1949, for a delightful story about a doll who loved boxing, and the guy who loved her.
Our cast includes:
Duane Noch in New Jersey
Don Paul in California
Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia
Jacob Palka in Illinois
Stanley Dyrector in California
Paul Arbisi in Illinois
Reg Platt in Texas
Susan Platt in Texas
Casey Keller in California
with the production under the supervision of Larry Groebe in Texas
CRIME CLASSICS, Episode 52
Premiered Feb 9, 2024
The first woman executed for murder in the United States was hanged in 1778. In 1953 her shocking tale of love, hate, conspiracy, and murder was brought to life in the audition script for a new CBS radio drama series - "Crime Classics." Crime Classics was a sort of mid-century predecessor to today's true-crime podcasts. The audition episode, titled "The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner," featured some of radio's finest actors, writers, directors, and musicians. Unfortunately, this thoughtful adult true crime series only lasted a year before succumbing to the inexorable advance of television. Now, Project Audion premieres a recreation of the show using the original, uncut audition script, including material that never aired seventy years ago. In addition, we visit with Andrew Noone, author of a recent book on the 1778 murder, trial, and execution of Spooner. Join us and listen to the modern passions that inflamed Revolutionary America, as our transcontinental cast gathers via Zoom to perform a true "Crime Classic."
The cast includes –
David Phillips in Virginia
Patte Rosebank in Toronto Canada
Kyle Bonn in Oregon
Scott McKinley in New Jersey
Mick Wheaton in Washington
Pete Fernbaugh in West Virginia
Tom Konkle in California
Donna Patton in Tennessee
while Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas
The Mutual Stage: A Cold Night's Death
The Mutual Stage returns with another exciting play, hosted by Jack Ward and starring the Narada Radio Company. This time, we present "A Cold Night's Death", adapted from a 1973 ABC-TV Movie of the Week and directed by Pete Lutz. NASA Scientists Robert Jones and Frank Enari are sent to the top of the world to take over a special primate-studies program on how extreme conditions affect life in space. Once they arrive, strange things start happening, that makes them wonder: are they studying the monkeys, or are the monkeys studying them?
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
HOST: Jack Ward
VOGEL: Tom Konkle
COOPER: Joe Stofko
CHAPPELL: Dana Gonsalves
ENARI: Gino Vianelli
JONES: Pete Lutz
PRIMATE SOUNDS: John Bell
MUSIC: Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Peter Lorre is an actor with such a distinctive voice and presence that even now, 60 years after his death, he's still instantly identifiable. It's surprising he didn't do more radio dramas, but he did host and star in "Mystery In The Air" in 1947. As a summer replacement show, there were only 17 episodes, and only 8 or so recordings exist -- so Project Audion asked Pete Lutz to create a NEW Mystery in the Air script. The result is both light-hearted and supernaturally spooky, and thanks to our transcontinental cast of talented voice actors, sounds just like an unheard episode from this terrific vintage series:
Pete Lutz in Texas
Lothar Tuppan in California
Jeff Billard in Massachusetts
Geri Elliff in Texas
Angela Young in Florida
John Bell in Alabama
Bob Beaumont in California
with Larry Groebe (in TX) handling sounds, music, and production
COMING SOON from The Mutual Stage and 63audio:
A COLD NIGHT'S DEATH
Based on the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week -- screenplay by Christopher Knopf
Adapted, directed and produced by Pete Lutz
With voice talents of: Darren Rockhold - Tom Konkle - Joe Stofko - Gino C. Vianelli - Pete Lutz - Dana Gonsalves - John Bell - Jack Ward
Music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
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S2 E7 - Women, Politics & Murder
Our hero is hired by the widow of a wealthy building contractor to find out who murdered her husband. The Tec soon finds out, however, that he has more suspects than he knows what to do with.
Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Geri Elliff as MRS. GILMORE
Rhiannon McAfee as THE MAID
Jason D. Johnson as O'GAR
Angela Young as CARA KENBROOK
Jeff Moon as STANLEY TENNANT
Frank Gugliemelli as THE CABLE CAR MOTORMAN and LT. McTIGHE
Paul Arbisi as OFFICER KELLY and
John Bell as the POLICE SERGEANT and OTHER COPS
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt, other music sourced from the Public Domain
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
This production was supervised by Pete Lutz
Western hero Jake Dimes, Range Detective, is back for another very special holiday tale, "Santa Claus of Bitter Creek". Jake and his sidekick Briar Buck spin a Christmas yarn for their wives and in-laws when they all gather for the holidays: A cowboy who has lost his faith in Christmas gets it back in spades when he helps a youngster buy presents for his mother. It's a heart-warming tale that's perfect for Christmas! Written and directed by Pete Lutz – adapted from a short story by A. C. Abbott, and starring the Narada Radio Company.
With the voice talents of:
Dana Gonsalves as JAKE DIMES
Victoria Fancki as CHRIS GREENSLATE DIMES
Austin Beach as BRIAR BUCK
Nancy Bueler as MOLLY SUTCLIFFE BUCK
Joe Stofko as FRED GREENSLATE
Glenn Hascall as SLIM SUTCLIFFE and
Debby Gonzales Ramirez as LUPE; with
Philboyd Studge as JEFF MITCHELL
Isla Braly as BUD
Pete Lutz as MIKE GABBY
Paul Patterson as JIM BAILEY and
Lisa Michaud as BUD'S MOTHER
The Jake Dimes Theme was composed by Pete Lutz, arranged and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt.
Mindstream Players Christmas Special. Written, edited, mixed and directed by Tom Konkle
Starring Kurtis Bedford as Dr. John Watson
Tom Konkle as Sherlock Holmes
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as Mrs. Hudson, Lady Arabella, Penelope Chutney-Featherstone
Pete Lutz as Barnaby Winklethorpe
Jude Gerard Prest as Figgy
Gino C. Vianelli as Humphrey Carruthers
Bob Clendenin as Algernon Butterworth
And ? as Madam Zepyra.