I love old time radio.
I think I first discovered the magic of radio drama in my early teens. One of the local AM radio stations would air repeat episodes from some of the most popular shows made during the golden age of radio. Later in my teens my family would go to a live taping of a current radio production here in Seattle. Harry Nile is still being produced. I think it’s the longest running production of a radio drama ever. Listening to the show on the radio was special and seeing it recorded live was truly magic. All the foley work, the acting, the way the show came together seamlessly, even though I knew they practiced and rehearsed the heck out of it before recording. And many radio stations still broadcast old time radio. Heck, even Sirius XM has a channel devoted to old time radio shows.
And then I sort of lost interest through my 20’s and 30’, mainly because it was really hard and/or expensive to find episodes.
Enter the internet and archive.org in particular.
There’s a figurative ocean of old time radio available now, for free.
So I’ve spend way too many hours listening to episodes and in particular the horror, fantasy, weird, sci-fi and crime genres.
And I have my favorites. So I’ll be posting my favorite episodes here so I can remember them and find them again in the future. And to share with anyone else that’s interested.