Robert Louis Stevenson's - The Bottle Imp
The short story “The Bottle Imp” by Robert Louis Stevenson is one or my favorite short stories and it has been adapted several times into very good radio dramas. There’s another site with a lot of links to old time radio shows called Tangent Online. They have a pretty good bio of Robert Louis Stevenson. He led an interesting and diverse life!
Here are the links to the shows. Enjoy!
CBS Radio Mystery Theater’s adaptation in episode 143 that aired originally on September 3, 1974 is excellent as are almost all of the episodes from this long running show.
Another adaptation by a show called Molle Mystery Theater in an episode that originally aired on December 12, 1944. The sound quality is a bit rough on this one.
A show that adapted several well known short stories, called Favorite Story adapted The Bottle Imp in an episode that aired originally on August 21, 1948.
The Witch’s Tale produced a version as well. The opening of this show with Old Nancy, the Witch of Salem is great. This dramatization called “The Wonderful Bottle” was originally released on March 3, 1932.
The Old Time Radio Downloads site has a lot of great old time radio shows available for listening and downloading. Almost all of the old time radio shows are in the public domain so feel free to download them and start your own collection!
You can also listen to these shows directly in the players below.