PROJECT AUDION EXTRA: HAIRNET!

This hilarious spoof of the long-running police drama, "Dragnet", was written by Robert L. Mills, one of Bob Hope's comedy writers in the 1970s. This production was released at the same time as Project Audion's re-creation of the Dragnet pilot episode, which was released on Moonlight Audio earlier this month. "Just the facts, ma'am – this comedy is moidah!"

With the voice talents of:

Denise and Norman Cline, Kentucky

Pete Fernbaugh, West Virginia

Caleb Fisher, Virginia

Chris Hart, Florida

Ed Herman, New York

Sean Massey, Texas

Bob Mills, California

Craig Wichman, New York

...with production, direction, sound & music by Larry Groebe in Texas

"8" A PLAY ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY

(RATED PG-13) A co-production of 63audio and LEAP Audio. This is the story of two gay couples and their fight to challenge the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, which went into effect in the first decade of the 21st century, predating "Obergefell". Prop. 8 essentially made it illegal for same-sex couples to marry. Fashioned from actual dialog, TV political ads and court transcripts, "8" is a moving, gripping drama that you must share with your family and friends. 

Written by the author of the hit TV miniseries, "When We Rise", Dustin Lance Black. 

Featured in the cast were:

Austin Beach (of Audioblivious Prod.) as Charles Cooper
Bob Caro as Evan Wolfson
Shannon Grace as Maggie Gallagher
Christian Ferris as David Blankenhorn
MJ Cogburn as Dr Cott
Jeremy Hennessy (of Audioblivious Prod.) as Dr. Gregory Herek
Michael Cogburn as Elliot Perry
Mason Cogburn as Spencer Perry
John Washington as Dr. Tam
Keane Lutz as Ryan Kendall
Kristy Glick as Sandy Stier
Melody Gaines as Kris Perry
Kyle Bauer as Dr. Ilan Meyer
Maurice Curran as Jeff Zarillo
Omar Lopez as Paul Katami
Lisa Marie Ayala as the Court Clerk
Victoria Fancki as the Journalist

And special Guest stars:
Pete Lutz as Judge Vaughn Walker
Jack Ward (of Electric Vicuna Prod.) as David Boies
Timm Gillick as Dr. Gary Segura
Mark Bruzee as Theodore Olson
and
Nick Wommack as the Narrator

THE HANGMAN'S DOZEN, Ep 1:

It's another horror series by the Alfred Hitchcock of Audio Drama, Mark Slade! In the premiere episode, "We Who are His Followers", Richard, Gina, and Sarah are trying to make the best of things in an apocalyptic time, but a war of faith between "him" and "the false one" will have dire consequences. Based on a short story by G. Wayne Miller.

CAST: 

TERRANCE DRYE as THE SPIRIT

DAVID SCHÜTZ II as RICHARD

RACHEL RUMLER as SARAH

LAURA NICOLE as GINA

JEFF NILES as THE FALSE ONE and HIM.

THE TABLE ROUND, Chap. 9: The Marriage of Arthur and Guinevere

In the ninth chapter in the ongoing full cast audio drama of the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table... 

Flowers and banners festoon St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Camelot. On a glorious summer day the people of Britain rejoice, for Arthur, the young king and fearless leader is being wed to the sweet Guinevere, beloved of the people because of her beauty and goodness.  

JEFF NILES PRESENTS, Eps 3 and 4.

Due to the shortness of episode 3, which is a recitation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", we're attaching it to the front of episode 4, which is a dramatization of wee Eddie's story "The Pit and the Pendulum". An eerie double-feature for you, from our dear departed pal Jeff Niles. Trust us, Jeff was alive when he made these, but he'd appreciate the thought.

"The Raven" recited by Viktor Aurelius

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a gruesome and evocative tale of torture and psychological horror at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition, filled with nightmarish imagery and heart-stopping suspense.

Starring: Peter Heimsoth, Jeff Niles, and Vikor Aurelius

PROJECT AUDION 78 - Doctor Christian

Even the greatest creative people had to start somewhere. For Rod Serling, whose "Twilight Zone" series is one of the landmarks of television, it was the radio series "Doctor Christian." Project Audion is proud to recreate his very first professionally sold script for that show, which hasn't been heard since it originally aired back on November 9, 1949.

Doctor Christian, which starred Jean Hersholt, was a popular and long-running light drama series about a small town doctor and the wide range of people he helped. While completing college, Rod Serling submitted a script about a boxer who was facing the fight of his life - entitled "To Live a Dream."  Entered into Christian's annual scriptwriting contest, it came in second place, and gave Serling his first income from writing, his first national broadcast -- and the first step of Rod Serling's own dream. It's a surprisingly polished and intense first step, at that!  Audion's far-flung voice actors included.

Ken Raney in Texas
Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia
Sheree Wichard in Pennsylvania
Pete Lutz in Texas
Hunter Adkins in Maryland
Dana Gonsalves in Texas
and Tim Burns in Kansas
Music, Sound, production and direction by Larry Groebe in Texas.

Sonic Cinema Productions: Retro Rockets, "Chrysalis" by Jack Ward

86 years after Orson Welles' radio drama changing event, this 2024 World Audio Drama Day production fires off a Retro Rockets special with "Chrysalis". Scientist Joe meets up with old flame Ana, a journalist, as they and a few others team up to discover what strange object fell from the Martian skies, to land at Stoney Creek!

MURDER STREET Episode 6

From the pen of prolific audio dramatist, Mark Slade, it's the continuing saga of the dystopian Blackout City and its number one denizen, Joe Smoke!

CAST:

Austin Beach as JOE SMOKE/VARIOUS VOICES

Sarah Golding as LILLY/VARIOUS VOICES

Atticus Jackson as HASHTAG

Jeff Niles as MORTI

Pete Lutz as MR. BINGO

Snake as VARIOUS VOICES

CREDIT NARRATION by Sharon O. Blumberg

MUSIC BY CARPENTER’S NOTCH

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MARK SLADE

THE LONE RANGER, Episode 5: 'The Return of Butch Cavendish'

From Misfits Audio and Jim Smagata comes a thrilling remake of the saga of the masked man and his great horse, Silver! In this exciting, emotional drama, we learn how the famous legend began!

Featuring the voice talents of:

Jon Specht as ANNOUNCER
Joe Stofko as THUNDER MARTIN
H Keith Lyons as BUTCH CAVENDISH
Theodore Smagata as DAN REID
Brian Finnegan as CAPTAIN REID
Paul Lavelle, Murray Retread, Johnny T as the RANGERS
Bear Schacht as COLLINS
Christopher Stadther as SPARKS
Johnny T. as TONTO and
Jim Patton as THE LONE RANGER

Producer and Editor: Capt. John Tadrzak
Mixer and Sound Effects: Jim Smagata

THE TABLE ROUND Chap. 6 - Badon Hill

IN PEACE AND WAR HE WAS RENOWNED

AND GOOD KING ARTHUR WAS HIS NAME

ALL CHRISTENDOM WHERE MORTALS LIVED

WAS SPREAD WIDE HIS DEATHLESS FAME

For their 75th episode, Project Audion founder Larry Groebe decided to gather some folks together to talk ABOUT the medium. Especially because right now Artificial Intelligence is on so many people's minds - and it promises to impact audio storytelling like it's impacting so many other things. 

We brought together eight very opinionated folks, plus one AI chatbot, so that you can "Meet The Creators." It's a panel discussion with some of best, longest-running modern radio-drama creators in North America -- one to get you thinking, starting from a wide-ranging and subtle discussion on what we should even call the medium. We also consider why we even find value in creating new audio fiction in the 21st century. What's the point in revisiting and continuing this old storytelling art form?  The 45-minute discussion was at various times lively, nostalgic, angry, funny, feisty, thoughtful, enthusiastic, even emotional.

Our panelists ranged from coast to coast and both America and Canada. As Artificial Intelligence seems to be replacing human efforts in so many different aspects of life, how should we define the roles of both people and AI in creating twenty-first century audio-based stories. Not a fictional story this month -- but the story of why we make audio drama is well worth hearing...

THE TABLE ROUND Chapter 5: Of the Duel Between Arthur and Osmond

The War with the Saxons continues in the Fifth Chapter of the full-cast audio drama of the ongoing legends of King Arthur and The Knights of the Table Round.

PROJECT AUDION 74: Eno Crime Clues

In the Spirit of the Spooky Season, Project Audion goes back 90 years for our latest recreation! From the early days of the classic era of audio drama, we're bringing to life a unique ghost-story/murder-mystery episode of a radio series which is now so forgotten that it might well be a ghost: Eno Crime Clues.

Mind you, in the early 1930s Eno Crime Clues was a major radio hit, airing hundred of episodes about detective Spencer Dean (known as "The Manhunter") and his partner, Dan Cassidy. Eno "Fruit Salts" (which are still around today) was the sponsor. Many of the shows were two-parters, with the audience invited to guess the killer at the end of the first episode. But this particular lost script from 1936 (late in the series' run) took the show in a new direction. You know how Orson Welles' War of the Worlds made such an impact by making the story sound like a genuine on-the-spot broadcast? Turns out he wasn't the first. This Crime Clues episode tried the same trick over two years earlier, using a real location, the show's genuine announcer and director, and a remote broadcast which -- well, you'll just have to listen...

Our Cast:

TOM KONKLE in California
PAUL ARBISI in Illinois
HOLLY ADAMS in NY
DOUGLAS HERMANN in California
PAUL PATTERSON in Georgia
DAVID RIES also in Georgia
KEN RANEY in Texas
PAUL KOVIT in New York
and LARRY GROEBE, directing from Texas

BLACKSEA AUDIO PRESENTS: 2109 BLACK SUN RISING

The Prequel Logs, Episode 1: Fair Start

In the year 2091 the ASIMOV-1 Deep Space Probe was launched on it’s journey to the Alpha Centauri region of the Galaxy. It was the first manned Space flight to another star…

We now join Fleet Admiral Veers who is currently going through the court documents pertaining to

Captain Dyllan Pike and his crew’s historic voyage….

Credits:
Script for “2109: Black Sun Rising- The Prequel Logs” written by Mat Weller, based on ideas presented in the upcoming Audio Drama “2109: Black Sun Rising” written by Bill Hollweg.

Cast for Eps 1-6:
Mat Weller as Dyllan Pike
Gwendolyn Jensen Woodard as The Computer
Jack Ward as The Ensign
Joe Stofko as Fleet Admiral Veers
Mark Kalita as the Solar Football League Sportscaster
W. Ralph Walters as The Solar Football League Game Day Host
Lothar Tuppan as The “Terra” Pitchman
John Bell as The Announcer for “Reality T.V. Solar Corp. R.T.S.C.”
Amanda Fitzwater as Gillian Gee “Solar Football League Game Day Weather Girl and Model”

The Ratings Game Audio Drama Courtesy of P.S. Gifford and BrokenSea Audio Productions
James Leeper as Contestant on “The Ratings Game”
Bruce Busby as The Host on “The Ratings Game”

Gunsmoke...the show that single-handedly created the "adult western" series drama genre...the show that moved the genre from the kid-centered "Lone Ranger" into darker, more mature themes... the show that ran for 10 years and nearly 500 radio episodes, and 20 years and 600 more chapters on television. A handful of Gunsmoke audio recordings have been lost for seven decades, but Project Audion now recreates one of those missing episodes - in fact, Gunsmoke's second-ever show from May 3, 1952. Listen to our-country cast bring back Marshall Matt Dillon, Doc Adams, Chester and others in our live Zoom recording of the dark drama titled "Ben Thompson."

Denny Thompson, Colorado
Glenn Hascall, Kansas
Norman Cline, Kentucky
Kim Titus, Texas
Jane Beverley, New Jersey
Pete Fernbaugh, West Virginia
Duane Noch, New Jersey
Caleb Fisher, Virginia
Production supervised by Larry Groebe, Texas

BROKEN SEA AUDIO PRESENTS: Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Based upon situations and characters from the Novel By Pierre Boulle and the SHOOTING SCRIPT- May 5, 1967 of “PLANET OF THE APES”- Original Screenplay by Michael Wilson. As well as the ideas of Mort Abrahams and the screenplay’s and drafts of Beneath the Planet of the Apes by Paul Dehn, December 20, 1968 and (final shooting script) April 10, 1969, as well as ideas the book (Beneath the Planet of the Apes), adapted from the written by: Michael Avallone.

Adapted for Audio and extended ideas/situations imagined by Bill Hollweg, January 26, 2008.

This is a work of Fan Fiction, a celebration of the films I adore in Audio for the Simians everywhere…

THIS EPISODE: Taylor and Nova, having left the corroding Statue of Liberty behind, travel deeper into the desolate Forbidden Zone and find the ruins of a once great city… A city built by man: 2,000 years ago…

CAST:
LAWGIVER/CORNELIUS: MARK KALITA
TAYLOR: BILL HOLLWEG
HERULE: JOHN DANE
VENUSIA: ROBIN CARISLE
ALBINIA (Mutant): SHANNON HILCHE
MENDEZ (Mutant): JACK WARD

This is a work of fan-fiction based on characters and universe created by Pierre Boulle, a tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi series of all time! No copyright infringement is intended. If you like this audio dramatization - go out and get the official books, movies and other works dealing with Planet of the Apes - they are FANTASTIC!

NOTE! This show is rated PG-13 for parental guidance 13. 

KCAL PRESENTS The Wizard of Oz

Your favorite small-town Old-Time Radio Theatre is back, with a very special presentation: a remake of the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of the beloved M-G-M film, The Wizard of Oz! This full-cast dramatization includes many of the songs made famous in the film, plus all of the familiar characters. A top-notch cast of voice actors will keep you spellbound for the next hour (or so). Enjoy!

The original adaptation for radio was broadcast as an episode of the Lux Radio Theatre on December 25, 1950. Performed live at the KCAL Hometown Theatre on July 20, 2025. This KCAL adaptation featured:

Faith Combs....................as Dorothy Gale

Doug Fain.........................as Professor Marvel, the Gatekeeper and the Wizard of Oz

Denise Cline.....................as Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West

Susan Clements...............as Glenda, the good witch of the North

Norman Cline...................as Hunk and the Scarecrow

Adam Higginbotham.......as Hickory and the Tin Man

David Damron..................as Zeke and the Cowardly Lion

Connie McDonald............as Aunt Emily (Auntie Em)

Steve Watts......................as Uncle Henry, Toto and Bossie

Galisa Watts.....................as The Mayor of Munchkinland and Sound Effects Engineer

BROKEN SEA AUDIO PRESENTS: Beneath the Planet of the Apes

THIS EPISODE: The wait is finally over, sit back relax and Hearken to the Lawgiver as he returns us to this dystopic tale of the Simian.

CAST:
LAWGIVER/CORNELIUS: MARK KALITA
XANTH: STEVEN J. COHEN
TAYLOR: BILL HOLLWEG
BRENT: COLIN SNOW
HERULE: JOHN DANE
VENUSIA: ROBIN CARISLE

This is a work of fan-fiction based on characters and universe created by Pierre Boulle, a tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi series of all time! No copyright infringement is intended. If you like this audio dramatization - go out and get the official books, movies and other works dealing with Planet of the Apes - they are FANTASTIC!

Based upon situations and Characters from the Novel By Pierre Boulle and the SHOOTING SCRIPT- May 5, 1967 of “PLANET OF THE APES”- Original Screenplay by Michael Wilson. As well as the ideas of Mort Abrahams and the screenplays and drafts of Beneath the Planet of the Apes by Paul Dehn, December 20, 1968 and April 10, 1969, as well as ideas the book, adapted from the written by: Michael Avallone.

Adapted for Audio and extended ideas/situations imagined by Bill Hollweg, January 26, 2008.

This is a work of Fan Fiction, a celebration of the films I adore in Audio for the Simians everywhere…

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon was one of the greatest juvenile adventure radio series ever - part of a trinity of kids' shows that originated from Station WXYZ in Detroit. (The other two were The Green Hornet and most famously, The Lone Ranger.)

 For 16 years on the radio airwaves, Preston the Mountie and his dog Yukon King maintained  law and order in the wilds of the frozen Northwest, racking up hundreds of red-blooded audio dramas before he and his huskies trekked to television. Project Audion has located a MISSING episode's script that originally aired on May 25, 1955 -- just two weeks before show ended its run. What's more, we are delighted to feature 94-year-old Chuck Daugherty, who was actually heard in some of the original Preston series episodes during his time at WXYZ over 70 years ago. He's part of a terrifically talented coast-to-coast cast for this episode, recorded live via Zoom.

OUR CAST:

Vincent Caruso in New York

Chuck Daugherty in Detroit, Michigan

Hunter Adkins in Salisbury, Maryland

Kyle Bonn in the wilds of Oregon

Frank Guglielmelli in Philadelphia

Glenn Hascall in Dodge City, Kansas

Craig Wichman in New York

and Larry Groebe (woof!) in Dallas, Texas

GRAY AREA PRODUCTIONS Presents "The Yellow Wallpaper"

From Edward Champion, creator of The Gray Area audio drama series, comes this exciting modernization of the classic 1892 story, “The Yellow Wallpaper“, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman. When a woman is captivated by the patterns of the wallpaper in her home, a powerful testament in psychological terror is the result!

TWELVE CHIMES IT'S MIDNIGHT Episode 2: The Darkness

Join us now for "The Darkness," play 2 of the new-old-time radio/audio drama, Twelve Chimes It's Midnight. Old houses often make strange noises. Sometimes it’s just the house settling … sometimes it’s a problem with the pipes … sometimes it’s something more sinister.

 CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
John: Aaron Seymour
Becky: Aimee Pavy
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

AUDIO GROOVE CATS: 10538

In a society that controls its people, one woman has the courage to try and free herself. An original audio drama.

CAST:

10538: VANESSA BENOIT

10676: JONNA-LYNN ALONSO

AI VOICE: ANGELA YOUNG