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Transcriptions of the daily blog Waldina. We celebrate people, places, and things that inspire us. We celebrate classic radio plays.

Suspense "Sorry Wrong Number 2nd" August 21, 1943

An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone. The program is hosted by "The Man In Black." The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on May 25, 1943. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on February 24, 1944 , September 6, 1945, November 18, 1948 , September 15, 1952, October 20, 1957 and February 14, 1960 . + Sorry Wrong number is the dramatic and tense story of an invalid woman, Mrs Stevenson who is all alone at home and trying desperately to contact her husband by telephone. When she contacts the operator to connect her she accidentally overhears a conversation about death and strives frantically to prevent murder from claiming an innocent victim.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Tom Cook Accused Of Murder" (August 20, 1949)

A young girl is run over in Central Park and young Tom Cook is accused of murdering her. A gangland rub-out takes place at the same time! Dick Powell sings, "There's Yes, Yes In Your Eyes." + It all started in Central Park Tom Cook was on his way to meet the girl he loved Jean Cooper when he ran her over and killed her. Distressed he cried that someone had pushed her in front of his car. Tom Cook Was held on a manslaughter charge for her killing and his father believing him to be innocent contacts Richard Diamond to investigate.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Golden People" - August 19, 1976

Richard Paradon has it all, looks, brains, charm, talent, and the ability to make money -- or should I say the ability to bilk women out of theirs. Then he meets a woman he falls in love with at first sight. Can he put his past behind him to treat this woman right? She did promise to never leave him -- even in death!

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Suspense "The Cave Of Ali Baba" August 19, 1942

An adventure of Lord Peter Whimsey, the gentleman crime buster. A secret voice-operated vault helps him to break up a masked society of crime. The story is based on, "The Adventurous Exploit Of The Cave Of Ali Baba (written in 1928). + In a grim and narrow house in Lambeth a man sits eating kippers and reading the daily paper. He has just finished eating and is sipping his coffee when a slight noise at the front door catches his ear. Swiftly, too swiftly for a quiet little man, he springs up and dashes through to the small hallway and flings open the door. There is no-one in sight. And, as if he knew what he would find, he shuts the door and turns to the hat-stand in the hall. An envelope has been placed there.

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Suspense "The Diary Of Sophronia Winters" August 17, 1944

A great horror tale about a new bride, a madman, and an hotel with 125 deserted rooms! The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on April 27, 1943 and subsequently on August 10, 1958. + A most handsome man is following Sophronia Winters. When they meet she feels like she's known him all of her life, and they fall in love. Before long, they decide to marry and be alone together. Soon after their marriage the cracks in their relationship begin to appear...

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Your Grade Is A" - August 16, 1976

Molly Butler is found dead of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The police think that it was either suicide or accidental. But Molly's best friend, Judith Kent, has other thoughts after she reads in Molly's diary that Silas Butler wrote a mystery story for his Creative Writing class about a murder using CO that was undetectable.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Abraham Lincoln" (August 15, 1938)

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Haliday Prediction" - August 12, 1976

It seems that every prediction Cash Haliday makes in his Friday newspaper column comes true. Does he have uncanny insight, some sort of ESP, or as his secretary/girlfriend thinks, do things come true because he predicts them.

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Suspense "The Fountain Plays" August 10, 1943

A delightfully British little murder. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on November 23, 1944. + The Fountain Plays stars British actor Edmund Gwenn as Mr Archibald Spiller as the conservative John Bull who has lately had a bit of luck. Mr Spiller lives on a country estate with a cook and a manservant and in the garden a fountain. Of all these little luxuries it is the fountain that pleases him the most an interesting sort of hobby for such a man a fountain, perhaps more interesting than even Mr Spiller himself realized at the beginning of that memorable evening…

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Suspense "The Man Who Knew How" August 10, 1944

An interesting story about a man who knows the name of a secret chemical that can kill without a trace. + Charles Laughton as Mr Pender law abiding citizen of suburban London who meets a man on the night train and gets in to a conversation on fictional murderers in books and real life murderers. Pender tells the man that he knows how to commit a murder in an undetectable way by using a potent formula which alone would not kill but would be fatal if the person was to take a hot bath a few hours or even days after taking the potion. It is remarkable how many people have been found dead in their bath of late.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Overnight to Freedom" - August 9, 1976

During WWII an American POW from a German prison camp and with the help of some friendly advice, makes his attempt at escaping across Germany into occupied France. There, he tries to make contact with the French Underground. But who can he trust?

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Three Short Stories: I’m a Fool, The Open Window, and My Little Boy" (August 8, 1938)

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Lynn Knight Wants Protection" (August 6, 1949)

Lynn Knight hires Diamond to prevent her from being murdered. She's a former nightclub photographer and there's a good reason someone wants Lynn killed! Dick Powell sings, "Everywhere You Go" after solving the case. + Trouble was Richard Diamond’s silent partner and he sends him everything from divorce labels to some marked city morgue, DOA, dead on arrival. One night last week old man trouble was sitting curled up on a doorstep watching two thugs hiding in the shadows of a building, trouble had a big smile because he was cooking up a king size mess for Richard Diamond…

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Lovers and Killers" - August 5, 1976

A young lothario is on trial for killing a woman's husband when he catches them together after an evening at a singles bar. A reluctant juror must make up his mind about the suspect's guilt based on a number of criteria.

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Suspense "Friend To Alexander" August 3, 1943

A man has a recurring dream about the Hamilton-Burr duel. The story was produced on "Suspense" subsequently on June 15, 1944 and August 15, 1956. + Robert Young and Geraldine Fitzgerald star in this poignant and strange tale by James Thurber, an excerpt from the book My World and Welcome To It called A Friend To Alexander adapted for radio by Fraya Howard.

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Suspense "Banquos Chair" August 3, 1944

A detective tracking down an elusive murderer uses a ghost, and the victim himself to get his man. The story was produced on "Suspense" previously on June 1, 1943 and subsequently on March 9, 1950. + Banquo’s Chair is a strange and startling drama in which in the interest of justice Sir William Brent, ex-head of English Criminal Investigation, and his friend Arthur Grange make use of an unusual method to ring a confession of guilt from a criminal. Story by: Rupert Croft-Cook Produced and Directed by: William Spier

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Every Dog Has His Day" - August 2, 1976

Two brothers argue over their father's estate with one accusing the other of murder. The real heir could be the dog. Meanwhile, their father's lawyer's daughter is in love with both of them and must choose.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "The 39 Steps" (August 1, 1938)

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Night Shift" - August 30, 1976

Eddie O'Brian hates going to work driving a bus 9 hours a day until he gets a new bus, #2792. He becomes very protective of it and soon cares more for it than his wife Margie.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Shotgun Wedding" - July 29, 1976

Charlie, a man of about 30, is invited by his co-worker, Gus, to meet his daughter. Gus feels that Charlie will fall instantly in love with Elaine. When Charlie meets her, he does fall in love with her. Then things begin to get strange. Charlie goes back to visit his beloved, but he finds the house and its occupants gone.

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Suspense "The Last Letter Of Dr Bronson" July 27, 1943

A scientist has an interesting theory about "The Five Checks To Murder." The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on August 15, 1946 and November 4, 1954. The script was used subsequently on "Audion Theatre" on August 25, 1990.

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Suspense "The Black Shawl" July 27, 1944

A good mood piece about a young girl kept in the mansion of a madwoman, and of the woman's idiot son. The system cue has been deleted. + Susan Appleby says she is about to be murdered, she’s not certain; no one has even threatened her. She is sitting in a plain ordinary looking kitchen but to her it is a death house…

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Brain without Mercy" - July 26, 1976

A mad scientist removes the brain from a severely injured hijacker to ascertain where he left the loot he got away with. Just how far will he go in the name of science?

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "A Tale of Two Cities" (July 25, 1938)

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"The Men with the Magic Fingers" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 22, 1976

A turn-of the-century tale of romance and tragedy where a circus owner sculpts a fortune teller out of wax and falls in love with his own creation. Held captive in his world of make-believe, his poor wife has no other recourse but to question his sanity.

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Suspense "Forcast The Lodger Audition" (July 21, 1940)

CBS Presented "The Lodger" as its audition program of the hugely successful radio series Suspense. Mr. Alfred Hitchcock brilliant English director of such outstanding motion pictures as "The Thirty-Nine Steps", Rebbeca and Foreign Correspondent was eager to create a very special type of radio drama, the suspense stories. As narrator and star of his production he thought at once of the distinguished actor with whom he had been associated in countless British film successes, Herbert Marshall. Mr Marshall suggested that they dramatized a certain favorite story of his and that story happened to be the very one Mr Hitchcok had in mind, Marie Belloc-Lowndes classic in chills, The Lodger. The Lodger is a work of fiction, which springs from recorded fact a story that begins in the year 1888 in London, a London terrorised by the fifth in a succession of recent murders. It is believed that these deeds were the works of one person, a tall gaunt figure in a black Inverness cape carrying a small narrow bag. The mysterious killer known as the Avenger preyed on young attractive blond haired women just like Daisy the daughter of the Buntings, the Buntings who had taken in a gentleman lodger…

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Suspense "Murder Goes For A Swim" July 20, 1943

The program is introduced by, "The Man In Black." The first radio appearance of "The Lone Wolf." A treasure hunt at a society party leads Michael Lanyard to a dead bathing-beauty and a dead gossip columnist. + Warren William as Michael Lanyard and Eric Blore as Jamison who have appeared together many times in screen thrillers based on the celebrated character of crime pictures, The Lone Wolf are together again in this episode of Suspense.

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Suspense "Of Maestro And Man" July 20, 1944

Peter Lorre is typecast as "The Maestro," a prizefight manager planning revenge on his star fighter by scalding him to death in the steamroom! + Written by Jo Eisenger this original story for Suspense is a play with sporting blood in its veins and in which death has a ringside seat.

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July 19, 2008 "The Swing Years & Beyond"

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"Future Eye" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 19, 1976

An investigator is sent back in time with a critical mission-- to secure a microchip which has a complete account of the world until 2976. It's a race against time to retrieve the technology which, in the wrong hands has the power to wipe out the future.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Treasure Island" (July 18, 1938)

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "The Man Who Hated Women" (July 16, 1949)

A serial killer is on the loose, slashing women and threatening Lt. Levinson's job! A good, serious cops and robbers story. Dick Powell sings, "Cruising Down The River" after the story. The same script used on the program on April 12, 1950. + When Lynnette Knight quits her job as a café photographer she is surprised at the unprovoked attempts on her life. She goes to Richard Diamond but leaves, as she cannot afford his $100 a day fee. But when Diamond receives a call threatening him not to take the job, he takes it… Levinson contacts Dick Powell to help him with a case. Someone is killing women in a brutal way and Levinson has to solve the case by next week or his job is on the line. This is the third killing like this in three weeks. Virginia Gregg is credited as Virginia Del Valle, her married name to Jamie Del Valle.

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"The Last Trip of Charter Boat Sally" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 15, 1976

An old charter boat captain is set-up as the fall guy for murder of her husband by a scheming woman and her good-for-nothing lover.

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The Thin Man - "The Adventure Of The Haunted Hams" (July 13, 1948)

Every once in a while a man’ wife gets the idea that her husband needs a change. Of course the conscientious little homemaker never suggests her husband change his wife. Well this evening we find the great ex-detective Nick Charles in the car with his lovely wife Nora and his good friend Ebenezer Williams driving through the countryside…

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Suspense "The Beast Must Die" July 13, 1944

A man vows to kill the hit and run driver who killed his son, and he's keeping a diary of his plans! The story has a good "suspense" ending. + The Beast Must Die is a powerful story of vengeance and retribution. Herbert Marshall plays the part of Felix Laine a writer by profession of detective novels who was planning to kill a man. He didn’t know his name, where he lived or what he looked like but he knew that he was going to find him and kill him. He recorded all of the details in a diary, which was either the best murder novel he had ever written, or an incriminating document.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "The Search For Henry Le Ferre"" (July 12, 1946)

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"Blood Red Roses" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 12, 1976

When his son is brutally murdered by the mafia, a father's beliefs are shaken. He meets the mastermind behind the crime and falls deeper into confusion and the Boss' love for Red Roses is the key to their salvation.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Dracula" (July 11, 1938)

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Charles Walsh Bob Wells" (July 9, 1949)

Two convicts escape from Sing Sing with plans to kill Richard Diamond. They start by kidnapping Diamond's girlfriend Helen Asher. Diamond's alcoholic friend "Wilbur" is similar to the character "Jocko" heard on, "Pat Novak, For Hire." After the story, Dick Powell imitates Ezio Pinza and sings, "Some Enchanted Evening!" Charles Walsh and Bob Wells two lifers were planning to bust out of the state penitentiary and head for safety in Cuba. Walsh had paid out a lot of dough to make sure it all came off but before he left New York for Florida then Cuba he was planning to knock off an ex-cop for bringing down his brother in a bank job. That ex-cop was Richard Diamond, private detective…

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Candy Matson "Cable Car Case" (July 7, 1949)

The man riding next to Candy on a cable car is silently shot to death. + Candy Matson was sitting besides a man on a Cable Car when it appeared that he had been killed. Candy didn’t know him from Adam but suddenly she was a suspect the only thing for her to do was to investigate herself…

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The Thin Man - "The Adventure Of The Passionate Palooka" (July 6, 1948)

Nick and Nora Charles have promised to find Jojo the mongrel pooch whose mysterious disappearance has broken the heart of “Atom Bomber” Birkenhead the heavy weight challenger who lacks a mind.

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Suspense "The White Rose Murders" July 6, 1943

A good story about a maniacal murderer, one who kills only young girls and leaves a white rose behind. The story has a surprise ending. + He stood there waiting, he knew that presently they would come out of a second rate dance hall, out in to the dimly lit street. He listened a while and smiled as the orchestra played that tune inside. And then they came out the two girls and still he waited till he was close enough to hear what they were saying. In the narrow alley that divided the dance hall from an ugly office building he stood smiling and standing stiffly against the wall, his head back, eyes closed, arms straight down and in his left hand a white rose…

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Suspense "The Search For Henri Lefevre" July 6, 1944

A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio. This is a network, sponsored version. The script was used subsequently on "Audion Theatre" . + He had just set down the last note on paper he was happy and weary and full of peace. There was a radio near the couch, he sat down and turned it on and felt great horror as he heard the music playing on the radio, the music that he had just set down on paper. Then as the music finished the announcer said, you have just been listening to eulogy for orchestra opus 42 by Henri Lefevre. But who was Henri Lefevre?

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Hat Without A Body" (July 2, 1949)

The program switches to Saturdays at 10:00 P. M. Bert Kalmus is framed for murder in an early version of a classic scam. Dick Powell sings, "A, You're Adorable." The name Bert Kalmus was used previously on the program of June 5, 1949. Bea Kalmus was actually a broadcaster in New York City at this time. + When taxi driver Hennessey found a hat with the initials B.K. in it and blood around the rim in the gutter with a 38 gun besides it, not wanting to get involved with the police he took it to private detective Richard Diamond. Diamond knew that he should’ve taken it down to his friend Lieutenant Levinson but he didn’t have anything to do so he decided to fit the pieces in to the puzzle of the hat without a body.

** This episode file has the title of "George Watkins Framed" but with the same exact date.

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"Loser Takes All" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 1, 1976

When Jake Alexander, the world's top agent first sets eyes on the beautiful Delphi Carr, he takes both a professional and personal interest in her. Before he can act out on either, she gets married and instead urges Jake to sign on her husband, actor Deke Roberts. Jake willingly agrees with the evil intention of murdering him.

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Suspense "Uncle Henrys Rose Bush" June 29, 1943

What on earth is Aunt Julie up to? And where is Uncle Henry? The story has a surprise ending. + Quality – Good with a few audio drop-outs When a woman and her husband arrive unexpectedly they discover Uncle Henry missing and Aunt Julie very remote.

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Suspense "Walls Come Tumbling Down" June 29, 1944

There's some nice detection by a newspaperman trying to locate a priceless-but-hidden mural. + Father Walsh came to see Mr Darcy a newspaper editor, as he didn’t know where else to turn. Three nights ago a man came to see him demanding that he gave him the bibles marked EB. Father Walsh did not know what he was talking about and the man became angry saying he would give him three days to help him find the walls of Jericho or he would regret it…

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"Forty-Five Minutes to Murder" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 28, 1976

Inconsistencies in the official statement given by a businessman regarding his wife's murder move a brilliant defense attorney to scrutinize it further. All evidence point towards foul play and the answers he seeks can be found in poison.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Tom Waxman Murdered" (June 26, 1949)

A mail bomb has been sent to the Waxman family, killing Tom Waxman. His brother Phil is accused of the crime, but Diamond suspects that the Labor Assistance League is behind it. After the case, Dick Powell sings in Yiddish! An announcement is made that the program is switching to Saturdays. The script is essentially the same as the "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" program of July 14, 1953 (see cat. #16553). + A union meeting is in full swing. Tom Waxman, a charismatic young speaker has the audience in the palm of his hand, but two men have other plans on who should control the union. That evening a parcel arrives at Tom's house. The parcel turns out to be a bomb. It kills Tom and severely injures his fiancé and future mother-in-law. The main suspect is Tom's brother Phil, but Richard Diamond knows this is ridiculous and sets out to prove that the police are wrong in their suspicions.

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Suspense "Wet Saturday" June 24, 1942

Sponsored by: Auto-Lite. Who killed the curate? Almost everybody it seems! A very British story, subsequently produced on "Suspense" on December 16, 1943, December 19, 1947 and March 20, 1948. + Based on John Collier's short story of the same name. A story of suspense that tickles your funny bone whilst tingling your spine. It would have been just another day in the Princey household had it not been for the rain. If they had all been out doing what they had planned the murder would never have happened and the cover-up would not have been necessary.

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"Child of Fate" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 24, 1976

Threatened by the entrance of new and real-life companions, a child's imaginary friend manifests and attacks them in a battle to exist beyond their make-believe world.

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Suspense "The Ten Grand" June 22, 1944

A story about a penniless dancer who has her empty purse stolen in the subway. When the purse is returned, she finds it loaded with money! + Miss Zizi Lewis is taking the subway home late at night when her purse is snatched. A tall dark handsome man recovers her bag for her and disappears in to the crowd. When she opens her bag to find the nickel she needs for the slot her heart nearly stops for there in her bag is a wad of notes which looked like ten grand…

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Suspense "Man Without A Body" June 22, 1943

A humdinger thriller set in rural England. What is the secret of the invisible man terrorizing the countryside? You'll never guess! + John Sutton appears as a young English doctor, Jim Norwood who knew a great deal more than he admitted concerning the strange events, which you are about to hear, and George Zuko plays the village curate, Reverend Arthur Morley. The story, which bears a coincidental resemblance to H G.

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "The Hitch-Hiker" (June 21, 1946)

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"Checkmate" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 21, 1976

Implicated in the vicious slaying of a friend and former opponent, a renowned chess player finds himself at the center of a murder investigation.

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Candy Matson "Symphony Of Death" (June 20, 1950)

composer is going to die, and there's no doubt about it. We're going to call on Edward Farrington and his three sisters, a little family of four who love each other devotedly. Edward Farrington and his sisters live by themselves in a large, roomy old house on the outskirts of Boston. It is evening, and Edward is on his way home when his attention is attracted by a small establishment which is advertising a close out sale. An economical and foresighted man, Edward stops his car and enters the dimly lighted shop. If only he hadn't ... Reviewed by Kitty + Candy Matson Memories created by a songwriter named Gordon Grey. Symphony of death, it never became a popular composition but it will always be on Candy’s all time hit parade, a tune she’ll never forget. Because it brought about a very strange chain of events and a fascinating finish to the whole story…

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Fred Sears Murder Case" (June 19, 1949)

It’s breakfast time and Fred Sears is reading the paper with disregard for his wife who is vying for an argument. When Sears sees an article in Jimmy Cellos column “prominent socialite fighting with her wealthy husband then crying on the shoulder of big time playboy” an argument ensues and Sears declares he’s gonna do something about it. This is where Richard Diamond, private eye comes in.

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Suspense "The Burning Court" June 17, 1942

A story of poisoning with supernatural overtones. One of the guests at a dinner party is a murderer...which one? The first show of the series. The series was based on a "Forecast" broadcast called "Suspense" that was aired July 22, 1940. The story was produced on "Suspense" again on June 14, 1945

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"Pension Plan" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 17, 1976

On the eve of retirement, a purchasing manager discovers he is penniless and that an entire life of being honest and straightforward has brought him no reward. His values are tested when he realizes that living by his principles were all for naught.

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The Thin Man - "The Case of the Glamorous Clue" (June 16, 1944)

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Suspense "A Friend To Alexander" June 15, 1944

The story of a very personal reaction to the Hamilton-Burr duel. The program is delayed by an attempted report from the Normandy Beachhead. The story was produced on "Suspense" previously on August 3, 1943 and subsequently on August 15, 1956. + Before the Suspense story begins you will hear a CBS World News bulletin from an American wartime correspondent at Normandy beach. Harry Andrews was a laughing happy-go-lucky fellow before he began to have dreams about Aaron Burr dreams in which Burr would be mean to his friend Alexander Hamilton, dreams that became nightmares that began to plague him…

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Suspense "Last Night" June 15, 1943

The story of a corpse in the rumble seat and a debt-ridden dude ranch. Kent Smith, Margo, Cornell Woolrich (author, based on his short story, "The Red Tide"), + Quality – Fair with some audio drop-out and background noise Owners of a dude ranch needing $2500 to pay their debts host a businessman and his male secretary and when the businessman supposedly changes his plans and leaves in the middle of the night a mystery and several twists develop. A woman must figure out if her husband murdered a prospective investor in order to get money to keep their dude ranch operating.

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"The Unthinkable" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 14, 1976

When his wife lands a job and starts moving up the corporate ladder, an unemployed engineer's ego takes a beating. He takes matters into his own hands and finds gratification in robbing a bank-- and not just any bank but the place where she works.

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"Free the Beast" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 10, 1976

Furtive conversations take place between an unseen entity and a patient of a sanitarium for the insane. A freak accident triggers a chain of events that lead to the discovery of her horrifying family secret.

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Suspense "Case History On Edgar Lowndes" June 8, 1944

A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams...and with good reason! + Case History On Edgar Lowndes is a story in which psychiatry is called upon to deal with a sick mind, which has unknowingly been tempted thrice by murder. Thomas Mitchell stars as the millionaire tycoon Edgar Lowndes and Donald Crisp as the psychiatrist Dr Erinson. A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams...

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Suspense "Five Canaries In The Room" June 8, 1943

A fun filled bachelor party turns serious when a dead body, a vanishing apartment and those damn birds are introduced. + Ronald Denham was getting married to Anita in two weeks and his friend Jimmy Westlake threw a bachelor party for him. When he arrived home after only two drinks he felt as though his drink had been spiked. He entered a room with five canaries in cages all in a line. But it wasn’t his apartment. He discovered a dead man and then something hit him and he remembered nothing after that. Trouble was the whole apartment vanished and a dead man disappeared with it.

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"The Corpse that Would Not Die" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 7, 1976

To marry his lover, a man kills her husband despite being his best friend. Soon the weight of both their sins begins to slowly poison their love.

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"Blue Justice" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 3, 1976

A restless ghost seeks justice from an assistant prosecutor who knowingly convicted him and sentenced him to death. The unearthing of two blue ribbons takes them to the path of the truth.

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Suspense "Fugue In C Minor" June 1, 1944

A good ghost story about a huge pipe organ built throughout an entire house, and the reason that it tends to play itself. The script was used subsequently on "Audion Theatre" on July 14, 1990. + Lucille Fletcher has written the Suspense play “Fugue in C Minor” which deals with brooding anxiety and sharpening suspicion played against the severe and forbidding background of the late Victorian era.

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Suspense "Banquos Chair" June 1, 1943

A detective, tracking down an elusive murderer, uses ghosts and the victim to get his man. The story was produced on "Suspense" subsequently on August 3, 1944 and March 9, 1950. + Sir William Brent is the ex-head of the English Criminal Investigation. Arthur Grange knew him well and he always terrified him with his cold face, particularly his eyes. When he looked at you, you flushed with guilt. Sir William was the scourge of criminals, coldly unemotional and utterly without fear or passion. He tracked them down mercilessly and never lost a case. There was no feeling in him, no pity, no hate, nothing but terrifying cold intelligence and he was deadly to everyone he went after. Arthur Grange tells us about his last case, a case that even recalling it sends shudders through him. Grange witnessed it in all its dreadful details and wished he never had…

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"Ghost Town" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 31, 1976

In the journey to find his family, a man carjacks a lonely traveler in Death Valley. Together they drive to a ghost town to find answers.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Betty Moran Case" (May 29, 1949)

A double murder, a rich woman named Betty Moran, and a touch of blackmail lead the police to think it a murder/suicide. Dick sings, "Again." + The bell of Mrs. Moran's door rings. She answers it. It's a blackmailer called Matt Grayson. He wants another instalment, but this time Betty Moran refuses to hand over the money and instead shoots the gangster dead before putting the gun to her own head and committing suicide. Mr. Moran wants to get justice for his dead wife and so pays a visit to the offices of Richard Diamond.

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"Demon Lover" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 27, 1976

When a college professor becomes the object of a colleague's obsessive love, he is terrified for his life. What they both don't know is that her passion is fueled by a strange amulet from the goddess Isis. As time moves forward, he must discover the source of her insanity before it's too late.

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Suspense "Donovans Brain Part 2" May 25, 1944

A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea! The conclusion of the story begun the week before. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on February 7, 1948. This was the first "Suspense" two part story (of a total of four), the last appearance of Orson Welles on the program. + Donovan’s Brain, the famous novel by Curt Siodmak was deemed so unusual by the producers of Suspense that it was made in two 30-minute parts. Orson Welles stars as Dr Patrick Cory who has been experimenting on keeping alive the brain of a dead monkey. When a plane crashed nearby and knowing they’d be unable to save its passenger, ruthless millionaire William Donovan, Dr Cory saw this as an opportunity to keep alive a human brain. Through telepathy he succeeded in communicating with Donovan’s brain but before long it took over his whole mind and began to make him do things that he didn’t know about. When his wife tried to help him Donovan’s Brain in Dr Cory’s mind had her committed to a sanitarium. When Dr Cory and his son David tried to kill the brain the brain paralyzed them against doing this and now had control over David. Dr Cory’s thoughts were less and less his own and his mind was filled with evil fantasy. Finally Dr Cory realizes a way to set him free from Donovan’s aspirations to dominate the world but David fears that the brain also knows and his plan would fail. Dr Cory tells David “it is a chance they will have to take”. Orson Welles’ performance of Dr Cory and the transition between Dr Cory and Dr Cory possessed by Donovan’s brain is magnificent.

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Suspense "Sorry Wrong Number" May 25, 1943

The first broadcast of this thriller classic. Probably the best remembered program of the series. An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone! The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on August 21, 1943, February 24, 1944, September 6, 1945, November 18, 1948, September 15, 1952, October 20, 1957 and February 14, 1960. + Sorry Wrong number is the dramatic and tense story of an invalid woman, Mrs Stevenson who is all alone at home and trying desperately to contact her husband by telephone. When she contacts the operator to connect her she accidentally overhears a conversation about death and strives frantically to prevent murder from claiming an innocent victim.

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"A Mexican Standoff" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 24, 1976

An upstanding citizen finds himself the recipient of an all-expense-paid trip to Mexico from a mysterious sponsor and thinks it's too good to be true. Hell breaks loose when he is suddenly charged with fraud and even worse-- murder.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "The Stolen Purse" (May 22, 1949)

A little old lady gives Diamond a seemingly valueless black purse. Everyone wants it very badly...bad enough to kill for it. Dick Powell sings, "Lullaby and Goodnight," or tries to. + Two hard looking thugs are watching a dishy young blonde get in a cab, but they're not too happy. After a heated arguement she takes the cab and the two hard men follow secretly behind to find out where she is going. The blonde soon stops and has a mysterious discussion with an elderly woman called Glenda who then makes her way to the offices of Richard Diamond with the young woman's purse.

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Candy Matson "Candy's Last Case" (May 21, 1951)

The last show of the series. A double murder, a missing half million dollar diamond, and suspicion of Lt. Mallard's innocence can't keep Candy from marriage at the end of her career. + For days Detective Mallard has been acting rather grumpily towards Candy when he hasn’t been avoiding her altogether. She was determined to find out why and ended up with more than she bargained for.

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"The Walking Dead" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 20, 1976

In the future, all androids are mindless robots with one exception-- Rex, who is the most advanced of his kind. Society is threatened when he acquires a macabre obsession-- murdering women.

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Suspense "Donovans Brain Part 1" May 18, 1944

A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea! The story is concluded the following week. The script was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on February 7, 1948. + Donovan’s Brain, the famous novel by Curt Siodmak was deemed so unusual by the producers of Suspense that it was made in two 30-minute parts. Orson Welles stars as Dr Patrick Cory who has been experimenting on keeping alive the brain of a dead monkey. When a plane crashed nearby and knowing they’d be unable to save its passenger, ruthless millionaire William Donovan, Dr Cory saw this as an opportunity to keep alive a human brain. Through telepathy he succeeded in communicating with Donovan’s brain but before long it took over his whole mind and began to make him do things that he didn’t know about. When his wife tried to help him Donovan’s Brain in Dr Cory’s mind had her committed to a sanitarium. When Dr Cory and his son David tried to kill the brain the brain paralyzed them against doing this and now had control over David. Dr Cory’s thoughts were less and less his own and his mind was filled with evil fantasy. Finally Dr Cory realizes a way to set him free from Donovan’s aspirations to dominate the world but David fears that the brain also knows and his plan would fail. Dr Cory tells David “it is a chance they will have to take”. Orson Welles’ performance of Dr Cory and the transition between Dr Cory and Dr Cory possessed by Donovan’s brain is magnificent.

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Suspense "The Abc Murders" May 18, 1943

A meek little man appears to be a homicidal maniac. A British chiller with a surprise ending. + When the time for the closing bell rang in the public library Alexander Bonaparte Custer started, picked up his battered briefcase with the almost fated initials ABC, closed the book he had been reading and shuffled over to the librarian's desk. A wonderfully mysterious start to a story by Agatha Christie.

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"Blind Witness" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 17, 1976

When a blind woman unknowingly experiences the killing of an innocent pharmacist, she begins her life on the run. It's a race against time to save her from the shooter as the police scour the city for their main witness.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "The Ralph Chase Case" (May 15, 1949)

Ralph Chase hires Diamond about a problem with his step-daughter, but gangster Murray Lang takes a shot at him first. Chase's two step-children both hate him. Dick Powell sings, "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm." Chris and Elizabeth didn’t like their stepfather Ralph Chase who was their legal guardian and executer of their estates after their mother died. They didn’t like him handling their money. Ralph Chase was afraid that his twenty-year-old stepdaughter was going to get herself in some serious trouble by marrying Murray Lang whom he felt was only after her money. When she marries her mother’s Will rules that Ralph Chase as executer turns over half the estate to Elizabeth. Her brother Chris had always been irresponsible and his mother ruled that he would not get his money until he was 35 but this only made him hate his stepfather who had raised both kids and felt that they were spoilt brats.

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"The Secret Sharer" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 13, 1976

A modern take on Joseph Conrad's tale of a fugitive and his alter ego-- and the ship captain who harbors them.

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Suspense "The Visitor" May 11, 1944

A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he? A good story with a surprise ending. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on September 18, 1947. + Eddie Bracken stars as Bud Owen a boy over whose head hung dark clouds of suspicion and who is involved in a particularly heartless crime.

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Suspense "Mr Markham Antique Dealer" May 11, 1943

A story about a blackmailer, a murderer, and a room full of clocks, one of which talks! + Paul Lukas stars as Mr Markham an antique dealer and blackmailer. It is a story of a man who commits murder and gets away with it, a man who in the eye of Scotland Yard is the victim.

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"The Ghost of San Juan Hill" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 10, 1976

Chaos ensues with the resurrection from the dead of the bride's deceased husband who had supposedly perished in the Spanish-American War.

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Today is the 103rd birthday of the man who produced art under the name Tom of Finland: Touko Valio Laaksonen. His work not only helped isolated gay men after the Second World War realize they had a place, but it also created visibility. His images, some of which are much tamer and less revealing than their heteronormative counterparts, were censored, banned, confiscated, and even burned. There was a time when it was more acceptable to show an actual photograph depicting a heterosexual woman being restrained against her will than a drawing of two men expressing attraction to each other. Sadly, as recent as 2019, the official Tom of Finland Instagram account was disabled for a violation of community guidelines. Maybe if the drawings of men were holding a box of diet tea? If you do not like or understand his art, it is probably because it is not for you, it is a good lesson in understanding differences. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"What a Change in Hilda" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 6, 1976

For two women, a small fee to obtain their heart's desire seemed a reasonable price to pay. Little did they know that would get more than they bargained for.

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Suspense "Death Flies Blind" May 4, 1943

A story about a Nazi spy who highjacks a plane carrying an American millionaire who has the plans for submarine freighters. + Heading the star cast is Richard Dix who appears as the United States naval officer who found himself in a remarkable predicament on what should have been an uneventful flight from New York to Philadelphia and fellow passengers aboard the airliner are Gale Page as a girl named Monica and Montague Love who plays that aged and domineering millionaire Stylus Naylor.

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Suspense "The Dark Tower" May 4, 1944

Orson appears in several roles in a story about actors, one of whom returns from the dead and tries a little extortion. A delightful ham-on-wry. + Suspense brings you The Dark Tower from the play by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott. Jessica had been in a sanatorium for nearly a year. She hadn't been on the stage in more than two years. "The Dark Tower" was to be her first attempt to work again in all that time. It isn't the greatest play in the world, but it has a sure-fire box office appeal which. Jessica needed to get her confidence back.

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"The Cornstarch Killer" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 3, 1976

Discovering that she can bring down the wrath of God upon anyone who approaches her with impure intentions is a major inconvenience to a landlord who is growing increasingly wary of his boarder-- and just as enchanted.

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"Two Plus Two Equals Death" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 29, 1976

A young architect is pulled into the maddening rush of the circus when he falls for an enchanting dancer. His troubles begin when he learns his lover has an equally beautiful but heartless identical twin sister. Can he have one without the other?

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Suspense "The Diary Of Sophronia Winters" April 27, 1943

A great horror story about a new bride, a madman, and an hotel with 125 deserted rooms! The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on August 17, 1944 and on August 10, 1958. Sophronia Moorhead is enjoying a holiday in Florida when she meets the man of her dreams. H. Johnson is strong, generous, poetic, deep, thoughtful, handsome - in short too good to be true. Sophronia is well and truly smitten with him. For the remainder of her holiday he treats her like a Queen. In the end marriage is inevitable, but what exactly is Sophronia letting herself in for. Is her bridegroom as perfect as he seems or is he hiding a sinister secret?

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Suspense "Death Went Along For The Ride" April 27, 1944

A man driving across country (with a beautiful hitchhiker) is shot at everywhere he goes. The script is similar to "The Hitchhiker," and should have prompted Lucille Fletcher to call her lawyers! The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on January 26, 1943. + Death Went Along For The Ride is a suspense play that tells of fear, suspicion and dangerous adventure on a long highway from California to New York.

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"The Three Elders of Lifeboat Landing" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 26, 1976

Lifeboat Landing seems to be the perfect community, where there is no crime and everything is peaceful. When a young reporter starts snooping into the communities past, he discovers more than what he was prepared for.

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"The Serpent of the Nile" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 25, 1976

A classic rendition of Shakespeare's "Anthony and Cleopatra." It tells of their tempestuous relationship and equally tragic death.

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"The Prince of Evil" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 24, 1976

In this modern take of the life and crimes of Richard III, Shakespeare's classic tale is acted out in startling and vivid detail.

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"Long Live the King Is Dead" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 23, 1976

In this modern retelling of the life of an ill-fated prince, sinister plots are uncovered and filial love is the scourge that plagues them all.

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"The Green Eyed Monster" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 22, 1976

In this tragic tale of jealousy and intrigue, a man commits the ultimate betrayal by murdering his beloved and innocent wife.

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"The Love Song of Death" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 21, 1976

Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. In this tale of bigotry and hatred, two young lovers are sacrificed to end a blood feud between two noble houses.

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Suspense "Moment Of Darkness" April 20, 1943

A man is murdered in the midst of a seance conducted by a phoney medium. However, no one present could have done it as everyone was holding hands. + When Marjorie’s Uncle Paul dies her Aunt Hester lonely with grief employs a mysterious man named George Ravel who claims to be in touch with the spirits. Marjorie is concerned that her aunt is being fooled and with her aunts solicitor Mr Toby Stevens they try to show Aunt Hester that Mr Ravel is an impostor. In true suspense style you will be kept in the dark right until the last minute.

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Suspense "The Palmer Method" April 20, 1944

A forger finds refuge (of sorts) from fighting the Fascists in Spain. + Ed Gardner better known to you as Archie in Duffy’s Tavern makes his debut as a dramatic actor in a role entirely different from any he has ever played before. He plays the part of a pen-pushing gentleman named Joe Palmer.

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"The Assassination" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 20, 1976

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," this classic tale recounts the life and subsequent death of one of history's greatest conquerors.

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"Murder Most Foul" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 19, 1976

In this Shakespearean drama of arrogance and blind ambition, a nobleman falls victim to a chilling prophecy.

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April 18,2015 "The Swing Years & Beyond"

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"Strange Passenger" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 15, 1976

In a desperate attempt to secure work, a lawyer knowingly goes off with aliens for training as a potential ruler of Earth. His widow strangely receives monthly checks from her supposedly deceased husband.

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Suspense "Fear Paints A Picture" April 13, 1943

A young girl about to inherit a fortune, is going mad. A picture of a man in her room comes closer and closer to her. The story was subsequently produced on Suspense" on May 3, 1945. + There is a picture hanging on a wall, you look at it casually an extraordinary picture you’ll say skilfully done, look at those fine brush stokes those superb colors but isn’t the subject matter a little bizarre? It is something more than just bizarre, but let us begin from the beginning with the death of Benjamin Powell a rich and strange man. There were dark rumors about the Powell’s, his wife had died many years ago, no one knows how. But Benjamin Powell had a daughter Julia a high-strung and neurotic girl and many wondered about her too. Benjamin Powell died and made Julia heir to a considerable fortune on certain condition.

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Suspense "The Marvelous Barastro" April 13, 1944

A great story with Orson doing his usual magnificent job playing two roles in two different Italian dialects! + Twenty years ago when the Marvelous Barastro was young man he traveled as a magician with a small carnival across Eastern Europe. One night the settled in a small village in Russia and the villagers gathered around them. It was here that he met the woman who was blind with her grandfather and he could not bear to tell her her future and the agony that laid ahead for her. Orson Welles stars as "The Marvelous Barastro"—a Russian magician traveling across Europe. He meets a blind woman named Anna who asks for her palm to be read. Barastro foresees only pain and torment within her future, but overtaken so much by her beauty he disregards the omen and marries her. It is a beautiful marriage and a wonderful affair, until one fateful day when another magician visits Barastro...

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"Wishes Can Be Fatal" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 13, 1976

To get back at her horrible daughter-in-law, a strange and unusual old lady employs the power of good old-fashioned needlework.

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"The Safe Judge" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 12, 1976

When the son of the city's most fearsome gangsters pulls strings to get his son of drug possession charges, an upstanding judge finds his reputation on the line and he himself becomes a victim of blackmail.

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"Fool's Gold" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 9, 1976

Wreck-diving for sunken treasure has always been his greatest obsession. A new adventure seduces a hapless college professor with the possibility of a huge haul that comes with a heavy price- cursed gold.

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"Sleeping Dogs" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 8, 1976

A widow continues to search for the identity of the man who betrayed her husband to the Nazis despite repeated warnings from her new husband and their friends to let go of the past.

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"The Paradise Cafe" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 7, 1976

In a desperate bid to exorcise the demons of his past, a mafia boss makes a shocking confession to his psychiatrist. Confronting his inner self, he narrates his attempted rape and subsequent slaying of an innocent girl.

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Suspense "Fire Burn And Cauldron Bubble" April 6, 1943

The "Man In Black" (Ted Osborne) introduces Paul Lukas in a story about a famous actress who is killed by a long blade through her eye while watching MacBeth. A tale well calculated. Starring Paul Lucas. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble is a suspense tale of Shakespeare's Macbeth calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment.

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"The Boy Wonder" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 6, 1976

On a quest to find a missing child named Buchanan, his team slowly disappears one after another. It's no coincidence that the boy and his friends possess amazing talents, and only too late does the man learn the futility of his search.

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"Time Killer" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 5, 1976

Playing with a theory on the fluidity of time, a college professor accidentally transports himself back to the period before the Great Depression. His interference with the time-space continuum alters his future drastically.

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Candy Matson - Audition "The Donna Durham Case" (April 4, 1949)

Candy solves a jealous-lover murder and nearly falls victim herself. This is possibly an audition program, as the program didn't begin on a regular basis until June 29, 1949. + Warren Roberts millionaire ship magnate wanted Candy Matson to investigate the murder of a young lady named Donna Dunham who was murdered early that morning. Donna Dunham was a hatcheck girl at the Scarlet Don. Roberts had heard her sing one night and decided there and then that he was going to sponsor her career – that was before it was cut brutally short…

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Suspense "The Woman In Red" April 6, 1944

A story about a femme fatale German spy and her nephew/henchman who are up to no good. There's kidnapping, murder, espionage, etc.

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"Vanity Dies Hard" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 2, 1976

Planning out the perfect crime and pinning the blame on his cheating wife is a piece of cake for a slick police detective. Life gets even better when he is called on to the case to help solve it!

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"The White Ghost" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 1, 1976

With the accidental demise of his mistress, a successful entrepreneur's world slowly falls apart as her vengeful ghost refuses to give him peace.

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KYYX 96 5 FM "Local Heroes And New Faces" 1984

A1: The Puget Sound - Planet X

A2: Blackwood-Laird - Leon

A3: The Gestures - Make It Right

A4: 54-40 - Sound Of Truth

A5: Eric Wilson - Wild Thing

A6: UC5 - Eye To Eye

A7: Red Dress - Money Dream

A8: Boibs - Spontaneous

A9: The Sympathy Cards - If I See You

B1: The Allies - Strange Interiors

B2: Mondo Vita - Can We Talk?

B3: Strypes - I Need Your Love

B4: Radio Van Gogh - These Four Walls

B5: Attachments - A Little Time

B6: Mike Painter - I Want You

B7: Remote Control - I Remember

B8: Leonard The Program Analyst - Rudy The Dancin' Fool

B9: Eagertones - In On The Action

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"The Spit and Image" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 31, 1976

His luck takes a turn for the better when an ex-football player lands an unusual job-- to be the stand in for an eccentric billionaire.

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Rocky Fortune "Boarding House Double Cross" (March 30, 1954)

The last show of the series. A case of a boarding house doublecross. Rocky decided to find a new pad and the only problem he had was with the new landlady. She wanted to collect his first months rent in blood and when he objected her superintendent tried to terminate his lease on life…

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Suspense "The Dead Sleep Lightly" March 30, 1943

A tingling ghost story about a rich old man and the ghost of his long forgotten wife. + Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, meadow vale cemetery not far from New York on a dim grey morning in early April when rain forms a mist across leafless trees and white gravestones. You see over there the group of silk hated gentlemen each with his protecting umbrella gathered around an open grave the clay soil freshly dug as the coffin is lowered in to its everlasting house and the droning voice of the clergyman…

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Suspense "Cat And Mouse" March 30, 1944

A story about two "hams" who are working on a secret defense weapon and talking to each other by shortwave. One of them is killed while talking to the other on the air. An unbelievably rotten script and poor acting. Shame! + Lockwood and Guthrie were working on a invention for the government but when Lockwood is killed for his half of the blueprints Guthrie knows that he will probably be next.

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"The Intruders" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 30, 1976

Troubled by spirits that haunt her home, a woman becomes strangely attached to her ghostly housemates as she watches them go about their daily lives.

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"The Saxon Curse" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 29, 1976

A fortune teller foretells that he will carry out the perfect crime in order to safeguard his betrothed. Armed with that knowledge, the haughty nobleman picks his target.

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"Extortion" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 26, 1976

The past catches up to her when the wife of a prominent politician is forced to submit to blackmail for a previous crime.

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KYYX "The Wave" Last Night - March 25, 1984

Last night of the New Wave format of the Seattle radio station KYYX, the next morning, it started playing soft rock.

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"The Transformation of Joebee" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 25, 1976

Confessing to a last prank is seems to be too good to be true, when a perennial joker announces he has mended his ways. Could this be true or is it perhaps the biggest hoax of the century?

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"Brain Drain" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 24, 1976

Questions are raised when a series of deaths of respected scientists are linked to a beautiful and mysterious woman. A police detective uncovers a disturbing plot where a deranged scientist steals their brains to fuel his heinous experiments.

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Suspense "Sneak Preview" March 23, 1944

A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy. A good twisting plot! + Sneak Preview Tells of a rather remarkable adventure experienced by a noted director of screen fellows, Frank Henderson played by Joseph Cotton.

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Rocky Fortune "Rocket Racket" (March 23, 1954)

Rocky gets a job that pays $10,000 to ride a rocket to the moon! This is a network version of cat. #61856. + Rocky agrees to go for an interview to Zenith Foundations. They are wanting an adventurous young man with no family connections desirous of serving mankind. Apparently an exceptional opportunity with unusual pay. The work involved is experimental and highly dangerous so it sounds just up Rocky's street!

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Suspense "Customers Like Murder" March 23, 1943

An English mystery writer and his secretary are kidnapped. They use their professional talents against the real killers. The system cue has been deleted. + Roland Young plays the part of an author of detective novels who invented his best part when his life was at stake. With Mr Young to play his long-suffering secretary is Miss Peggy Conklin. Written by John Dickson Carr.

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"The Covered Bridge" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 23, 1976

A new bride crosses an old covered bridge and is transported in time to the 1770's. About to be shackled in an arranged marriage, she dishes out all the spit and fire of 1970's women's lib.

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"Stampede" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 22, 1976

With her husband murdered by Comanches and their farm razed to the ground, Ellie Tate Gottenschalk makes her way to Cheyenne as part of a cattle drive.

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"A Matter of Love and Death" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 19, 1976

Having grown weary over sharing him with crazed fans, the wife of a legendary football player walks into a police precinct and confesses to his murder.

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"The Other Side of the Coin" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 18, 1976

In a freak accident, Sgt. John McCaffrey wakes up from an alcohol-induced stupor in the body of Gino Carpacci, a professional con man who has stolen a million dollars from the mafia. While John looks for a way to regain his identity and avoid death, Gino plans the perfect crime-- to take his brand new body, the money and run.

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Suspense "Narrative About Clarence" March 16, 1944

A good story about a homicidal hypnotist, out to kill a man's wife and daughter! + Clarence’s mother meant more to him than anyone in the world until she died giving birth to his half sister. Clarence was a hypnotist and a psychiatric doctor and years later when he learnt of the existence of his niece he returned to America to kill his sister who he blamed for his mothers death and his niece who had the beauty of his mother.

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Rocky Fortune "Psychological Murder" (March 16, 1954)

Rocky witnesses the execution of the will of a wealthy woman who thinks that she's going insane. In a plot shamelessly stolen from the film, "Gaslight," the wife believes that she's going to kill her husband. This is a network version of cat. #61855. + Rocky visits Perry Shane at his Law office. He wants Rocky to be a witness for Mrs. Biggolo's Will. Whilst they are going through the formalities of the Will Mrs. Biggolo tells Rocky that she is afraid that she is going to kill her husband. Perry is quite disturbed by this and later asks Rocky to go over to her home and keep an eye on her for a few days.

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"Crime Casts a Shadow" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 16, 1976

Desperately in need of cash, Gay Armstrong tries to sell her late mother's pearl necklace and is disturbed to find out that the pearls are a fake. In a sign of goodwill that raises her suspicions, her stepfather offers her $15,000 for the piece of jewelry. Now Gay will stop at nothing until she uncovers the truth.

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"The Aliens" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 15, 1976

Two secret agents from opposing nations are drawn to each other by something called psychic communication-- a classified project both their governments are developing. Fearing for mankind's future, they work together to try and stop the dangerous experiments that are intricately linked to the possible destruction of the world.

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"The Man Who Preyed on Widows" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 12, 1976

After being swindled out of her money, the widowed Mrs. Randol refused to take action against Robert Lewis, aka Nelson Potter despite her children egging her on. Her frustrated family finds satisfaction when the identity of his next victim is revealed, and the police set up a grand scheme to entrap the wily con man.

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"Pandora" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 11, 1976

Years into the future, a perfect society is born-- a society without fear, hate and all other negative emotions. Pandora seeks to inflict her sorrow on others and Mara's obsessive love for Willis and their baby threatens to destroy Paradise. This leads to Mara being sentenced to death, but at the last moment she is sent to the past where she begins to appreciate the life she had.

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"I Thought I Saw a Shadow" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 10, 1976

A scientist working on the development of an invisibility serum believes he has finally found it and uses himself as a test subject. However, things don't go as planned when instead of making him invisible, it separates him from his shadow. Once unleashed his shadow goes on a homicidal rampage that causes his estranged wife to fear for his sanity.

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Rocky Fortune "Incident In A Bar" (March 9, 1954)

"The Twice-Murdered Man". The vice-president of an insurance company confesses to an inebriated Rocky that he has strangled his blonde girlfriend. This is a network version of cat. #61854. + According to the insurance guys, an average joker like Rocky can expect to show up on the census for about 66 years before he shuffles off the old mortal coil. However, a friend of Rocky's who knows a little about these things, says that in the case of certain unfortunate citizens, these statistics are not valid, and then he precedes to produce a fresh corpse to prove it.

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Suspense "The Defense Rests" March 9, 1944

A story about an ex-con, framed for murder, who gets an excellent defense attorney. The story has a surprise ending. The script was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on October 6, 1949 (see cat. #24179). + Revealed tonight are the thoughts and the dramatic story of a young man on trial for the crime of murder…

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"The Queen of Spades" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 8, 1976

Intent on the pursuit of a secret gambling technique from a wealthy countess, he accidentally kills her. Now she's back to seek vengeance on the Russian soldier that caused her untimely demise.

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"The Infernal Triangle" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 5, 1976

Finally free from her sister's shadow, Ann Fairchild has found happiness in the arms of her husband-to-be, Hugh Denning. A storm threatens her world in the former of her elder sister Eve, who has come home fresh from her latest divorce. Old insecurities resurface and Ann finds herself promising death should her fiancee fall prey to Eve's seductive charms.

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"The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 4, 1976

Two monks from the order of St. Francis, Friars Ambrosius and Romanus are sent to the monastery in Berchtesgaden, high in the Bavarian Alps. In the cold of the village, Ambrosius meets the beautiful and pitiful Benedicta, who is scorned by all for being the hangman's daughter. He soon earns the ire of the villagers, along with the hatred of the son of the town's most powerful man who desires Benedicta in his bed.

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Rocky Fortune "The Doctors Dilemma" (March 2, 1954)

"Honor Among Thieves". A doctor's son has stolen $25,000 worth of narcotics from his father's office. Rocky pretends that he's a blackmailer and lays a trap. This is a network version of cat. #61858. Rocky has landed himself a job in the 14-carat law factory of Perry Shane. Shane, a Park Avenue legal Eagle was saved by rocky from being slugged by an ex-con and offered Rocky the job to show his appreciation. When a Doctor friend of Shane discovers that his son is on drugs and that he is stealing them from the Doctor he turns to Rocky for help.

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Suspense "Portrait Without A Face" March 2, 1944

Who is the model for this strange painting, and why was it made? + Portrait Without A Face stars Michelle Morgan as Colette, Mr Philip Dorn as the artist and Mr George Coulouris as Charles Garbeau in a suspense play dealing with a painting of a beautiful woman, a lover and a husband and with an assassination for which only the death of one of these three could atone…

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"Afterward" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 2, 1976

When her husband suddenly goes missing, a woman soon discovers just how much appearances can be deceiving and misleading.

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"The Death Trail" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 1, 1976

In the late 1860's, Col. Chambers gives $200,000 to his former officer and current president of a small bank in Texas, Wayne Prescott with the order to invest the funds in cattle. Prescott who is about to marry the sheriff's daughter has no intention of investing the money as he guards a terrible secret. What the others don't know is that he is a member of a marauding and murderous posse, the Gunnysack Gang.

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"Half a Life" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 27, 1976

What do you get when you mix bar, a handsome stranger, and a lonely middle-aged woman? True love? Or is it just another recipe for disaster?

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"The Providential Ghost" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 26, 1976

When a young girl experiences the loss of her grandfather soon after losing her parents in a tragic accident finds herself in the care of two old aunts who terrify her. Her faith is bolstered when she realizes her grandpa's spirit is still hanging around.

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"General Laughter" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 25, 1976

In lieu of a suicide confession, a distressed actress chooses to record her final breath as well as the motives for her actions. Being a consummate actress, she sets the perfect scene but quickly learns that even the best laid plans can go awry.

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Suspense "Sorry Wrong Number" February 24, 1944

An invalid woman battles the frustrations of the telephone system after she overhears a plot to murder someone. Part of the program opening may have been added from another show. The story was previously produced on Suspense on May 25, 1943 and August 21, 1943. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on September 6, 1945, November 18, 1948, September 15, 1952, October 20, 1957 and February 14, 1960. Sorry Wrong number is one of the most famous stories that Suspense has presented. It is the dramatic and tense story of an invalid woman, Mrs Stevenson who is all alone at home and trying desperately to contact her husband by telephone. When she contacts the operator to connect her she accidentally overhears a conversation about death and strives frantically to prevent murder from claiming an innocent victim. No matter how many times I listen to this story it never fails to get my heart racing.

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Rocky Fortune "Decoy Of Death" (February 23, 1954)

The "Organ Grinder" has broken out of jail and is out to get Rocky and the others who set him up. Interesting listening. Graham, a wealthy rancher living in the district, had vowed to destroy the outlaw band that had terrorized the countryside for almost a year. Already, one of the chief's of the organization had met his death and, on an evening several days later, Graham stood in the doorway of his home, staring into the darkness... Did you ever wonder what a bull must feel like when it runs into the ring? The bars are up he thinks I’m free I’ve gotten away and there in front of him are 50 guys with pitchforks and a guy with an oversized knitting needle. He looks around and there’s no way out. Last week Rocky found out what that feeling was like.

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"The Patient Visitor" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 23, 1976

After being paid a visit by a past love, Judge Justin Travers vows to help Muriel Parks as a lawyer. Despite her father donating huge amounts of money and real estate to the old folk's home, Mrs. Parks is being refused admittance due to the fact that she cannot raise the $500 fee. Troubled by an ailing heart, Judge Travers is determined to win this last case.

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"The Bloody Legend" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 20, 1976

Immersed in a study of Beowulf, Dash becomes obsessed with the tale and soon finds himself suffering horrible nightmares. These nightmares lead him to come home one evening in blood-stained clothes and with no recollection of what he'd done. Martha Saxon seeks psychiatrist Frank Sherby's help with her husband's strange behavior. When carnage at a nearby animal shelter and a double homicide lead the police to the Saxon's home, they must do everything they can to evoke his memory and clear Dash's name.

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"Goodbye, Benjamin Flack" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 19, 1976

Up to his eye-balls in debt, a brilliant businessman hatches the perfect scheme- to get rid of his look-alike cousin and take over his life.

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February 18, 2006 "The Swing Years & Beyond"

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Suspense "Life Ends At Midnight" February 17, 1944

A throughly bad son returns to his mother for a visit. He soon turns to thoughts of murder. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on May 8, 1948 and October 18, 1955. + A loser son facing prison returns to his mother’s house needing money and discovers an old man with a lapsing life insurance policy rents a room from her.

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"The Angry God" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 17, 1976

On a tour of Latin America, a young American woman is befriended by a jewel thief and assists him in escaping the police's notice. She cannot, however, shield him from the all-seeing eyes of the angry goddess whose jewels he has stolen.

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Rocky Fortune "Too Many Husbands" (February 16, 1954)

Fine cops and robbers with Frank in a straight non-singing role. Well-written and fine Sinatra. A case of too many husbands after Rocky is hired by a beautiful woman to kill her husband...for $5000! + Rocky has met a beautiful blonde woman, Lou, from New Orleans. Lou seemingly has acquired herself two husbands, Perry and Marvin, and she wants Rocky to murder one of them for her for five thousand dollars.

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Suspense "In Fear And Trembling" February 16, 1943

A hypochondriacal woman is sure that her husband and his lover want to kill her, so she decides to act first. Mary Astor, Verna Felton, Joseph Kearns ("The Man In Black"), + At the edge of the cliff overlooking the sea is the grey stone mansion weather beaten by the storms of several decades. To this mansion four years ago Gilbert Durant brought his wife Lucia and until a year ago when Lucia’s half sister came to live with them they were quite happy. The gradually something began to happen. Lucia felt it; felt that some insidious horror was beginning to gnaw at her happiness. She began to notice that Gilbert’s ardour was beginning to cool and he became more absorbed in his writing. Anyone who saw her could tell that fear was growing in her mind, a fear of something, which she could not or would not explain…

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"Angel of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 16, 1976

Anguished by the death of her son and the seeming loss of her now estranged husband, suicide seems like the best course to escape her loneliness. Her love is rekindled when the young nurse recalls how they fell in love with the aid of the ghost of a patient she once helped pass on.

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February 13, 2016 "Swing Years & Beyond" - Valentine's Day Special

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"The Blue Roan Stallion" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 13, 1976

A proud "half-breed", Dan Bowles unwittingly saves the life of ranch owner Hale Chalmer. In gratitude, he is hired as a ranch hand and life becomes complicated when he falls in love with the boss's daughter. Despite their differences, the lovers make plans to get married but things come to a head when the foreman challenges the cowboy to a gun-fight because of his mixed heritage. Chalmers saves Dan's life only to throw him a gun when he learns that the man he has just saved is a half-breed.

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"The Golden Chalices" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 12, 1976

Mary Roth has stirs the embers of his memory with her stories and gifts. His patient is unaware that thirty years ago, psychoanalyst Hans von Fodor and his wife Lili von Fodor were forced to flee Hungary shortly after their marriage. Before leaving Kispest, they buried twelve golden chalices under a cherry tree with a vow to somehow come back for them. Intent on bringing the promise to life, Mary forces them into another wild goose chase.

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"You Owe Me a Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 11, 1976

Haunted by dreams and visions of the untimely death of her deceased twin, a woman desires to put the voices to rest. In order to do so, she must first unravel the mysteries surrounding her identical twin to find the truth.

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Suspense "Suspicion" February 10, 1944

A mad cook who poisons her employers is on the loose. A man suspects her to be living in his house. The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on August 12, 1942 and subsequently on April 3, 1948. Johnny was handsome, charming and extravagant and Lena was deeply in love with him. After their honeymoon when they moved in to their lavish new home Laura discovered that Johnny didn’t have two pennies to rub together. Later she discovers that he lost his job when monies went missing and he had lost money gambling at the races. Events lead Lena to become suspicious of her husband and she fears that he may be capable of murder.

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The Thin Man - "The Boogie Woogie Murder" (February 9, 1945)

This episode of The Thin Man entitled Murder In The Record Shop was actually presented by the Mystery When Nick and Nora Charles discover a woman murdered in a record shop, of course Nora cannot mind her own business and they become involved in solving the case.

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Rocky Fortune "Catskills Cover Up" (February 9, 1954)

Rocky becomes a Borscht Belt social director to help a man involved in a post office robbery. Don't miss the straight-faced line, "Okay Louie, drop the blintz!" This is a network version of cat. #24622. + Up in the Catskill mountains Mama Greenspan runs Greenspan Villa, which was the place to go until her son Larry started to gamble away the profits. Rocky worked there for a while a couple of years ago as the Assistant Social Director. Last week Rocky received a call from Mama asking if he could fill in for a few days until she found a new Social Director. Rocky agreed, but en route, he nearly loses his life.

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"The Horror of Dead Lake" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 9, 1976

Upon hearing of their inheritance, Claude and Polly Baxter are thrilled to be the proud new owners of Captain Doubloon's castle and its mysterious lake. Their pleasure turns to fear when they learn that the castle is home to Professor Micah, a demented embryologist crossing giant Venus flytraps with birds and their terror reaches fever pitch when they discover the creature that lives in Dead Lake.

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"Straight from the Horse's Mouth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 6, 1976

Mistakenly thinking it is a race horse, a timid young man purchases a work horse at an auction. Little does he know that the pony hides an enormous secret that will change his life forever.

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Suspense "The Sisters" February 3, 1944

Twin sisters live alone in a large house. One of them is crazy, the sane one buys a coffin! The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on December 9, 1948 and on March 30, 1958. + Lydia lived with her invalid sister Ellie. That afternoon Lydia was out shopping for a funeral casket that she required in three weeks for herself. She had no doubt in her mind that she would die in three weeks.

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"The Dead Deserve to Rest" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater Enjoy - February 3, 1976

Distraught and grieving, a widow falls prey to an unscrupulous occultist who swindles her into believing he can help her reach out to beyond the grave.

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"First Prize -- Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 2, 1976

Despite being co-director of the Sociological Advisory Institute and a celebrated sociologist in his own right, time and again John Desmond is overlooked and the Parkhurst Medal awarded to his colleagues. When Mr. Strickland approaches John with an intriguing proposition-- the next Parkhurst Medal it seems almost surreal. However, the offer comes with a heavy price. Now, it is up to John to make a decision.

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"Castle Kerfol" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 30, 1976

On a tour of a British castle, an American tourist is suddenly attacked by a pack of dogs. She is sheltered by a neighbor and there discovers the castle's history and the origins of its strange guardians.

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"Mirror, Mirror" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 28, 1976

Jessica Chapman and Clare Connor were once roommates at Stapleton Academy. Jessica is shocked to find that Clare who was once "fairest of them all" has been terribly scarred by a bleak marriage and a dysfunctional relationship with her child. However, what haunts her most is the memory of the golden mirror she gave her friend, and she embarks on a journey to discern what part it has played in the tragedy of Clare's life.

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Suspense "The Locked Room" January 27, 1944

Murder stalks the owner of the second largest diamond in the world. + Mr Seaton arrives home with a very large diamond worth over a million dollars and goes to his office. His secretary Iris and employee Harold are outside his office when they hear Seaton scream. When they get in to his office it looks as though someone has tried to kill him but the windows are locked and Mr Seaton was alone inside the room and the diamond is missing. The only other people at the house are the Doctor and Mr Van Outen.

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Rocky Fortune "Hauling Nitro" (January 26, 1954)

Rocky needs a job real bad, which lead him to answer an ad for a truck driver. Hazardous work it had said and they weren’t kidding. By the end of the work the truck was almost a Hurst and Rocky was almost a client.

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"The Ferret" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 26, 1976

Time and again the United States' plan to become independent of foreign energy sources falls short as their partner; Energy Exploration, Inc.'s resources are sabotaged. Amory Mills, EEI's hotshot lawyer sets up an elaborate scheme to entrap a corrupt EEI executive suspected of selling out the company. The clock is ticking as he zeroes in on Clem Ferris and finally comes close to unmasking "The Ferret."

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"Casablanca" Lux Radio Theatre - January 24, 1944

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"The Slick and the Dead" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 23, 1976

A talented dancer with skeletons in her closet is killed in a hotel room. In this classic case of "whodunit," EG Marshall interrupts the third act to ask the audience to take a wild guess on who they believe slayed her.

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"The Lady of the Mist" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 21, 1976

It is said that the pool in which the Lady of the Mist waterfall cascades into reviles all who attempt to usurp the place of Meg Drayton, lady of the Manor. Her Brother Charles' first wife fell into the lake and was never seen again. Ten years later, he has returned with a young wife who plans to take over the manor. Enraged by their presumption, Meg concocts a scheme to fulfill the myth of the Lady of the Mist.

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Suspense "World Of Darkness" January 20, 1944

A young girl has been murdered, but the foul deed was "seen" by a blind man! + Last night at two o’clock in the morning Nancy Collins was stabbed in cold-blooded murder in her rooming house and any of the other guests could have committed the crime. But the least suspected person because of his blindness was the one person who knew the whole story, how she was killed why she was killed and who killed her.

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Suspense "The Devils Saint" January 19, 1943

The "Man In Black" introduces Peter Lorre playing a sinister nobleman who invites his daughter's suitor to spend a night in "The Tapestry Room". The story has a terrific surprise ending. + St Catherine’s Day 1927 and at a masquerade ball at the Opera House in Paris a young couple are having fun. They have only known each other for four days but plan to get married. Unfortunately, Eleanor knows that her uncle, the sinister Count Stefan Caharey of Hungary, would never permit it. The Count invites Edward to stay in his castle for a week and agrees that if after a week of staying there he is not cured of his infatuation he will allow the marriage with his blessing. Edward has to sleep in the tapestry room and Eleanor is afraid, as anyone who has ever slept in that room has mysteriously died…

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Rocky Fortune "The Museum Murder" (January 19, 1954)

Rocky's running a tour through a New York museum. He finds a corpse and adventure in a mummy case. This is a network version of cat. #24626. Fortune has landed himself a job again – inside talk man on the Manhattan sightseeing tour, China Town the Empire state building he’d been. But the place, which really gets him, though is the museum of ancient history, they’ve got dead people lying all over that joint. Some of them in mummy cases 5000 years old. Now Rocky doesn’t object to a few old corpses but when they tried to embalm a fresh one and it happens to be him, that’s a different matter.

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"There's No Business Like" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 19, 1976

In the year 2076, crimes against society are punishable by community service-- in show business. A time traveler moves forward in time and discovers a future where the business is anything but entertaining; and where stunts and special effects often lead to death.

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"The Red Frisbee" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1976

While playing Frisbee with his dog on an Antilles beach, Ben comes across a young girl with an unusual gift. He becomes more entranced by Nikki's strange talent as she narrates her brother's tragic tale. Their bond deepens and he finds himself drawn to her, and the insights she learns from the red Frisbee.

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Candy Matson "Eric Spaulding Concert" (January 13, 1950)

Candy Matson the girl all San Francisco claims to know personally, that’s because she hits the front pages of the newspapers more often than the three bridges. Candy makes a tidy living by minding her own business, the business being one of Private Investigation. Take this deal with Rembrandt Watson and Eric Spalding, it sounded innocent enough to start with, but a clue here and a corpse there can make a very interesting story…

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Suspense "Dime A Dance" January 13, 1944

A madman has been murdering dance hall girls and then dancing with their bodies to the tune of, "Poor Butterfly!" + Dime A Dance starring Lucille Ball as Ginger Allen deals with Broadway life and sudden death. When Ginger arrives at the theater her friend Julie isn’t there yet and nobody knows where she is. Then the police turn up to see Ginger to tell them that Julie is dead, murdered…

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Suspense "The Pit And The Pendulum" January 12, 1943

"The Man In Black" introduces the famous horror tale of the Spanish Inquisition and its tortures. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on November 28, 1947, November 10, 1957 and June 7, 1959. + The Pit and The Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe has been adapted for Suspense by John Dickson Carr. " I was sick, sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me. The sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum…” The French Officer was a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition condemned to death and in his cell a pit to which was to be his hell and alone with only the torment of his own mind awaiting the torture of the inquisition.

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Rocky Fortune "Rodeo Murder" (January 12, 1954)

Rocky is framed for murder at the rodeo. This is a network, version of cat. #24625. Rocky is instructed to report to the ninth avenue arena and when he gets there he finds the horse follies of 1954 is all over the place the legit title is Grand National Rodeo and he finds the boss an old guy hanging over the rail watching a cowboy riding a bull which must have just sat on a hornet.

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"What the Shepherd Saw" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1976

After seeing the brutal slaying of his master's beloved wife, a young shepherd must do everything in his power to prove he did not witness a single thing.

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"The Mysterious Stranger" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1976

When you meet an angel named Satan who promises to grant your every desire, you learn that it's not always good to get everything you wish for.

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"The Stolen White Elephant" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1976

The sacred white elephant of Queen Victoria has gone missing and it's up to Inspector Blunt of the New York City police to solve the case. Following a lead, a force of one hundred men storm Barge Criswell's home only to discover that the main suspect is dead-- and that he has been dead for the last fifteen years!

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"Sorry Wrong Number" Lux Radio Theatre - January 0, 1950

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"The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1976

A small town news man tells the story of how an enigmatic stranger seduced the town's incorruptible officials with the false glitter of easy cash.

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"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1976

In an attempt to free himself, a Nineteenth Century factory owner exploits his knowledge of history when he wakes up from a fight in Camelot and finds himself placed under arrest by none other than the legendary King Arthur.

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"Dark Victory" Lux Radio Theatre - January 8, 1940

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"The Russian Passport" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1976

While traveling through Europe a young man meets an eccentric American. Chaos ensues when a scam goes awry and earns them a conviction in a Russian court and a one-way ticket to Siberia.

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Suspense "One Way Ride To Nowhere" January 6, 1944

A story about a dead body on a roller coaster, and a wrecked hold-up getaway car...which is all grist for a private eye's mill. + "Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen and prepare yourselves for the thrill of a lifetime. Only a dime for the fastest and the fanciest ride in the city! It's not a rollercoaster ladies and gentlemen, it's an experience! We give you the breathtaking Tunnel Of Love!

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"Is He Living or Is He Dead?" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1976

To increase the worth of their works a trio of artists plan the perfect con-- the catch is, someone has to die.

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Suspense "Nothing Up My Sleeve" January 5, 1943

A suspenseful tale of robbery and missing money in a locked room. + Dorothy Dale is determined to find the $88,000 stolen from a bank where her fiancé Jerry Winton works to free him from the suspicion upon him. She knows that it is her employees nephew, Mr Rolse, an intelligent lawyer who set up the whole bank robbery but without finding the hot money she cannot prove a thing.

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"Tom Sawyer, Detective" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 5, 1976

All grown up and a successful lawyer, Tom Sawyer is now faced with his most difficult case. He must get an acquittal for his Uncle Silas who has been charged with homicide.

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"Alice Adams" Lux Radio Theatre - January 3, 1938

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Rocky Fortune "Football Fix" (February 2, 1954)

Rocky is hired to protect a football player who won't take a bribe, but who does appear in two places at the same time. This is a network version of cat. #24624. It started one night at Arty’s pool palace. As Rocky heads towards the cue rack he sees a monster type guy moving towards him with his eyes full of things to say. Rocky put the cue away and when the guy as close enough he introduces himself as “Jerry Brady, and I got trouble”. Rocky recognizes him as Jerry Brady best quarter back in pro football.

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"Insight Into Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 2, 1976

Flashbacks to the Sixteenth Century convince a lawyer that he was once witness to a murder. When he finds the killer living in the present, he vows to do two things: prove his client's innocence, and seek justice against the guilty for both crimes.

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"One of the Missing" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 1, 1976

On a reconnaissance mission, a Union soldier and his friend were sent to enemy territory. A freak explosion leaves him injured and assaulted with images of his own wake.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "Thomas Jason Case" (December 31, 1949)

Thomas Jason, a retired stockbroker, is concerned that his stepdaughter is trying to kill him. When Mr. Jason is taken to an insane asylum, Diamond follows. After the drama, Dick Powell sings, "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby." Retired stockbroker Thomas Jason is worried that his adopted daughter Carol is trying to kill him for his money. In his will she is his only heir and he wants Richard Diamond to investigate his concerns as he must be sure of his suspicions before he disinherits her.

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"Sagamore Cottage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 31, 1975

A young couple find themselves hiding inside the walls of a witch's house when they stumble across her terrifying secret. That all the charming china dolls the old woman owned were actually people she had shrunk as she did with them!

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Rocky Fortune "Prize Fighter Setup" (December 29, 1953)

Rocky is mistaken for "The Great Gondolfo," a prize fighter. Finding himself in the ring, Rocky's surprised to find that he's the winner! There's a good reason...and it's filled with poison! Gambler's want him to take the long count..."from here to eternity!" This is a network version of cat. #61853. Rocky is having a cup of coffee and minding his own business when two heavies come up to his table and make him an offer he can't refuse. Unfortunately, they seem to have mistaken him for someone else, but they don't believe Rocky when he protests. They take Rocky in a taxi to a cheap hotel downtime to meet the boss. The boss tells his heavies they have got the wrong guy, but by now Rocky is in too deep. Simon Templar meets a woman called Peggy on the bus and she asks his help for her boyfriend Breckon Ridge who is the manager of prizefighter Benny the Battler a lousy middleweight fighter who has no chance of winning the fight scheduled for that night. Ridge is concerned because all the gamblers are putting their money on Benny including a guy called Sweeny who doesn’t’ take kindly to been offered a bad deal.

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"The Memory Killers" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 29, 1975

In order for the company to survive, an advertising executive works hard to land a major account. However, he is haunted by ghosts from the past who revealed a disturbing tale-- that the head of their corporation is the same Nazi prison guard that tortured them to death.

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"Anchors Aweigh" Lux Radio Theatre - December 29, 1947

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Candy Matson "Nc9-8012" (December 27, 1949)

Candy is referred to an insurance investigator who wants her to confirm his findings that a a fatal airplance crash was accidental, but Candy quickly becomes suspicious that something far more sinister occurred.

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Candy Matson "Valley Of The Moon" (December 26, 1949)

Candy solves a murder committed on a dude ranch. The title is subject to correction. + Christmas had Candy completely tuckered out and when she thought she would hibernate over New Year her good friend Rembrandt Watson suggested the perfect place to do just that, a dude ranch in a remote spot on the other side of Sonoma in the Valley of the Moon. He had a commission up there to take some pictures for a brochure and suggested that she drive him up and they could both pass the New Year there. But Candy didn't get the rest she desired as she becomes involved in a murder mystery.

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"License to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 26, 1975

With the successful liberation of her husband from a sanitarium for the criminally insane, a wife professes her intentions are true. However, it soon becomes apparent that behind her so-called good deed lies a sinister scheme.

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Merry Christmas by Bing Crosby (1943)

by Bing Crosby; John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra; Franz Gruber; Max Terr's Mixed Chorus; Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters; Vic Schoen and His Orchestra; J. Fred Coots; Haven Gillespie

Publication date 1943-09-29

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Christmas Carols (1942)

by The Lyn Murray Singers; Oakeley; Lyn Murray; Gruber; Mendelssohn; I. Watts; Handel; Ruth Carhart; Sears; Willis; Brooks; Redner; Ruth Carhart and Floyd Sherman

Publication date 1942-07-25

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"The Wizard of Oz" Lux Radio Theatre - December 25, 1950

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "A Contemporary Christmas Carol" (December 24, 1949)

The famous story by Charles Dickens, but done by Richard Diamond, the private detective and his friends. See cat. #24615 for the same script, broadcast two years later. Dick sings, "Mele Kalikimaka," after the story. + As the show was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1949, Richard Diamond and his fellow partners decided that it would be a good idea to act out the story of Ebenezer Scrooge's Christmas Carol with Lieutenant Walter Levinson playing Ebenezer Scrooge, the stupid desk sergeant Otis Loveloon playing Jacob Marley, Johnny Rowans, the corner newsboy, plays Tiny Tim and his mother is played by Helen Asher, Diamonds redheaded girlfriend.

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"A Christmas Carol" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 24, 1975

E.G. Marshall spotlights as Scrooge in this dramatic retelling of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas radio show tale. A tightfisted old man is haunted by a trio of ghosts that reveal the wretchedness of his heart-- and his possible future should he refuse to repent his wicked ways.

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"The Murder Market" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 23, 1975

Being engaged to a penny-pinching fiancee is tiresome and dull. The young lady is eager to accept a new and exciting career which unexpectedly leads to homicide!

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Rocky Fortune "The Plot To Murder Santa Claus" (December 22, 1953)

This is the story of how Fortune got mixed up in a plot to murder Santa Claus. It all began when Rocky answered a Christmas ad for a department store for a young man as an auxiliary store detective for 2 weeks employment.

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"Miracle on 34th Street" Lux Radio Theatre - December 22, 1947

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"The Image" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 22, 1975

A self-absorbed author forces his will upon his wife and compatriots in an attempt to bolster his image.

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Candy Matson "Jack Frost" (December 19, 1949)

A "Santa's Helper" named Jack Frost has disappeared. This leads Candy to a Christmas murder. + Candy Matson ran in to a deal where she had a missing Santa Claus helper, Jack Frost. The Jack with the icicles was supposed to talk to the tiny tots at the Brownstone one of San Francisco’s larger and classier department stores. She’d gone down there that afternoon shopping and bumped in to an old friend Myra Fisher who was currently working at the store. It was the time of year when the store couldn’t manage without a “Jack Frost” and Myra appealed to Candy to find her a replacement Jack Frost as the agencies were all hired out.

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"The Corpse Wrote Shorthand" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 19, 1975

After serving a 5-year sentence for fraud, a bank accountant begins his own investigation to discover the real perpetrator of the crime for which he was convicted.

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Marlene Dietrich (1939)

by Marlene Dietrich; Cole Porter; Frank Loesser; Victor Young; Frederick Hollander

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December 18, 2010 "The Swing Years & Beyond" - Holiday Edition

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Candy Matson "San Juan Batista" (December 18, 1950)

Candy and Lieutenant Mallard visit the old Mission at San Juan Bautista. They find the friendly Father Paulino and a dead body too! + Tragedy in the sleepy little California mission town of San Juan Batista, but it wasn’t the first time, if you look around the sides of the mission you’ll see the place marked with the mass grave of 12,000 Indians who died in a smallpox epidemic years ago. San Juan has seen knifings too and other shootings. It has lived a rowdy life in the dim years gone by and obviously the rowdiness is still alive in a minor sort of fashion…

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"Fireball" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 18, 1975

When strange things start happening around the newly hired blacksmith, a military contractor's wife begins to suspect that he is the incarnation of the fire god, Vulcan. Her husband is inclined to believe her when he is suddenly crippled by a freak accident.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "The John Blackwell Case" (December 17, 1949)

A man tells Diamond that he's going to commit a murder. A little guy with a big gun is put out of commission by Diamond's yo-yo! Dick sings, "I Only Have Eyes For You" after the story. A man with initials on his briefcase that read JB but who says his name is not important wants to employ Richard Diamond as he has come highly recommended. JB tells Diamond that he is going to commit a murder and that he has the victim, the opportunity, the method and the man to handle the details but he wants to be sure that he is not tripped up by his lack of foresight of police procedures. Richard Diamond begins to ring the police but JB pulls a gun on him and locks him in the closet.

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"The Eleventh Hour" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 17, 1975

After reading an interesting personal ad in the local paper, a businessman tries to connect with the advertiser. When they finally meet, the woman reveals she is a creature from another galaxy that can solve his problems for the sum of one million dollars.

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Rocky Fortune "Companion To A Chimp" (December 15, 1953)

Rocky is hired to babysit for a chimp! "Ever had somebody try to make a monkey out of you? I did. Not that I really minded so much, until I found out that it was a dead monkey..."

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"Burn, Witch, Burn" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 15, 1975

A woman is sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft. However, Judge Cotton Mather, a notorious Puritan attempts to save the woman's soul by inviting an Episcopalian minister perform an exorcism on her.

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"Marry for Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 12, 1975

Despite having different agendas, a pair of sisters engage the services of the same private detective to look into the affairs of the same man.

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Continental Tango (1942)

by Marek Weber and his Orchestra; Shreler; Bottero; Yradier; DiLazzaro; Marek Weber and his Orchestra; Filiberto; Donato; Bloom; Gade; Malderen; Rodriguez

Publication date 1942-01-30

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"You Can Change Your Life" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 11, 1975

A former game show contestant obsessively stalks the three women who served as judges during his stint as a participant in a media program.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "The House Of Mystery Case" (December 10, 1949)

A dead man with a lousy sense of humor is haunting Mrs. Julia Bates, a new widow. Dick Powell sings, "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" after this well-done comic ghost story. Julia Bates wants Richard diamond to stay at her house tonight as she is afraid of the house she lives in. Her husband died three months ago and is buried in a crypt in the house. He was a strange man who believed in mysticism and built the house with secret passages and rooms that lead nowhere. In his will he stipulated that his wife must live in the house for a period of three months following his death and the three months is up tomorrow.

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"Stitch in Time" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 9, 1975

Despite being estranged for over nine years, a billionaire welcomes his 19-year old niece into his home. His secretary is wary of the girl and her suspicions are soon proven right.

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Rocky Fortune "Carnival One Way" (December 8, 1953)

"Murder On The Midway". A carnival story. "Have you ever seen a magician pull a disappearing act on somebody? Well, a guy tried to pull it on me at a carnival once. The only trouble was, he was trying to make ME disappear for keeps..."

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"How Quiet the Night" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 8, 1975

After learning that his former flame is pregnant with his child, a man resorts to violence in order to safeguard his current betrothal. Before long, he begins being haunted by his deceased lover's ghost.

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Rocky Fortune "On The Trail Of A Killer" (January 5, 1954)

Frank's good friend Ellie is, "fat, forty and frustrated." She marries a no-goodnik and is soon murdered. Rocky takes out in hot pursuit and nearly rides the rails...with his ticket punched with a bullet, "from here to eternity." Ellie is the sister of one of Rocky’s friends and she’s pushing 40 and unmarried having spent her youth raising her siblings. Now that they are all married she wants to get married too and has met a guy but whom she knows her brother would not approved. And for reasons which prove only too fatal. Rocky is out to prove this guys evil.

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"Pharaoh's Daughter" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 5, 1975

After murdering a taxi cab driver, a cruel woman and her lover use a hapless drunkard as the fall guy for their crime.

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A Sentimental Date with Perry (1948)

by Perry Como; Russ Case and his Orchestra; B. G. DeSylva; Robert Katcher; Charlie Tobias; Peter De Rose; Benny Davis; Joe Burke; Lloyd Shaffer; Heyman; Sour; Eyton; Green; Irving Berlin; The Satisfiers; Gus Kahn; Walter Donaldson; Joseph McCarthy; Jimmie V. Monaco

Publication date 1948

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Ripple Effect" February 4, 1977

In an attempt to recover several scandalous love letters from a bitter ex-mistress, a politician unwittingly sets off a chain of events that threaten to ruin his life, and the lives of those around him.

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"Portrait of a Killer" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 4, 1975

After staring in quiet fascination into an ambiguous painting, a man is surprised to find that he can project himself into the artwork. He is able to revisit the past and potentially alter the course of history.

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Richard Diamond Private Detective "The Ruby Idol Case" (December 3, 1949)

Diamond takes on the case of Leland L. Leeds, nutty as a fruitcake...a dream of a case! Diamond says, "This is the hokiest case I've been on, even the dialogue is bad!" Dick Powell sings, "High On A Hilltop" after the story ends.

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"Promise to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 3, 1975

After learning that the killer's sentence was reduced to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty, a man plans to mete out his own brand of justice against the deviant that brutally raped and murdered his wife and daughter.

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The Thin Man - "Case Of The All American Menace" (December 1, 1944)

In the apartment of Joan Winslow an attractive young thing just out of bobby socks Plunger Belson a husky young boozer just out of football socks is talking to someone on the telephone. When he puts the phone down he tells Joni that he is going out to kill the man he has just been talking to…

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Rocky Fortune "Murder Among The Statues" (December 1, 1953)

Rocky is working for an art dealer, when a statue becomes green. This is very interesting to a wealthy collector. This is a network version of cat. #24621. "You never really know when you start, just how a job's gonna turn out. Sometimes the ones that look like the tamest turn out to be the loaded. Like the time I was sent by the agency to play parlor maid to a gang of plaster-of-paris statues!"

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"The Ghost And Mrs. Muir" Lux Radio Theatre - December 1, 1947

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"With Malice Aforethought" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 1, 1975

A victim of the prejudice of the times, an African American cop is tried for the murder of an allegedly unarmed Caucasian during a drug bust. Believing in his innocence, his colleagues and friends work to get him a pardon.

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"Key Largo" Lux Radio Theatre - November 28, 1949

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"The Frammis" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 28, 1975

A magical piece of glass that possesses a power to affect people travels through a fictional kingdom. The diamond-like shard is only as worthless as you perceive it to be.

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Musical Orchids (02/20/1941)

by Dinah Shore; Otto Harbach; Jerome Kern; Paul Wetstein; Larry Markes; Dick Charles; Gordon Jenkins; Johnny Mercer; Harold Arlen; Gene Austin; Roy Bergere; Channing Pollock; Maurice Yvain; Andy Razaf; Thomas Waller; Lou Bring

Publication date 1941-02-20

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"The Dead, Dead Ringer" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 27, 1975

An ex-cop finds work as a messenger for local mobster. When he delivers the message, he is surprised to walk into a murder. The woman has a smoking gun in her hand, and a body on the floor. When he sees that he is a dead ringer for the woman's dead husband, he suspects that something fishy is going on.

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KYYX November 1983

One hour of Seattle's new wave radio station.

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"The Lap of the Gods" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 25, 1975

After an accident lands a modern man in the hospital, his spirit travels back in time into the body of a sea captain in the 1820's. Meanwhile, his real body lies in a coma.

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"Jezebel" Lux Radio Theatre - November 25, 1940

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Rocky Fortune "Murder On The Isle" (November 24, 1953)

Rocky is hired to guard the life of a drunken, hated drama critic. He fails. This is a network version of cat. #24620. "I heard it said once that a rolling stone never gathers moss. In my case, it's not only moss that I don't gather, it's something else which is just as green. Namely loot, with which to buy the little things in life, like food! I am therefore always available for employment. And when the agency sends me up to the Knickerbocker Magazine, I am very happy to accept their offer of $48.50 a week less!"

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"The Serpent's Tooth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 24, 1975

An art dealer tries to help out a talented but half crazy artist. He later finds out he did history a disservice. After trying to assist an eccentric but gifted artist, an art dealer later discovers that he did history a disservice by actually doing so.

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"The Hanging Judgement" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 21, 1975

A husband and wife exchange gunfire after a heated altercation. When the woman ends up dead from a shot in the back, the man and his servant are tried for murder.

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Cuban Rhythms (1942)

Performer: Hotel Nacional Orchestra; Hotel Nactional Orchestra

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "The Pickwick Papers" (November 20, 1938)

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"The Pickwick Papers"

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens

Cast: Orson Welles (Sergeant Buzzfuzz, Mr. Jingle), Ray Collins (Samuel Pickwick), Alfred Shirley (Augustus Snodgrass), Frank Readick, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier, Eustace Wyatt, Brenda Forbes, others.

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"The Lamps of the Devil" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 20, 1975

After coming home from doing service during the Civil War, a group of whalers discover that petroleum has replaced whale oil. One man struggles to fight against his fate.

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"Fear" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 19, 1975

A loyal employee of a bank is accused of robbing another branch and is presented with a photo of the suspect who looks exactly like him, only taller! He is forced to accept the fact that he has an evil doppelgänger; even as the police go over the evidence for more clues.

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"The Moonlighter" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 17, 1975

When a friend tells him of an opportunity to double his income, a man with an extremely extravagant wife jumps at the offer. The problem is, he must give up a piece of his soul in exchange.

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The Thin Man "Strange Case Of Professor Wainger"

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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

Title: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Directed by: Nicholas Webster

Produced by: Paul L. Jacobson

Screenplay by: Paul L. Jacobson

Story by: Glenville Mareth

Starring: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Bill McCutcheon, Victor Stiles, Donna Conforti, Chris Month, Pia Zadora, Leila Martin, Charles Renn

Music by: Milton DeLugg

Cinematography: David L. Quaid

Edited by: Bill Henry

Production Company: Jalor Productions

Distributed by: Embassy Pictures

Release date: November 14, 1964

Running time: 81 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $200,000 (estimated)

The Martians Momar ("Mom Martian") and Kimar ("King Martian") are worried that their children Girmar ("Girl Martian") and Bomar ("Boy Martian") are watching too much Earth television, most notably station KID-TV's interview with Santa Claus in his workshop at Earth's North Pole.

Consulting the ancient 800-year-old Martian sage Chochem (a Yiddish/Hebrew word meaning "sage", though pronounced differently from the film's version), they are advised that the children of Mars are growing distracted due to the society's overly rigid structure. From infancy, all their education is fed into their brains through machines and they are not allowed individuality or freedom of thought.

Chochem notes that he had seen this coming "for centuries", and says that the only way to help the children is to allow them their freedom and be allowed to have fun. To do this, Mars needs a Santa Claus figure, like on Earth. Leaving Chochem's cave, the Martian leaders decide to abduct Santa Claus from Earth and bring him to Mars.

The Martians cannot distinguish between all the fake Santas, so they kidnap two children to find the real one. Once this is accomplished, one Martian, Voldar, who strongly disagrees with the idea, repeatedly tries to kill Santa Claus along with the two kidnapped Earth children. He believes that Santa is corrupting the children of Mars and turning them away from Mars' original glory.

When they arrive on Mars, Santa and the children build a factory to make toys for the Martian children. However, Voldar and his assistants, Stobo and Shim, sabotage the factory and change its programming so that it makes the toys incorrectly. Meanwhile, Dropo, Kimar's assistant, who has taken a great liking to Santa Claus and Christmas, puts on one of Santa's spare suits and starts acting like Santa Claus. He goes to the toy factory to make toys, but Voldar mistakes him for Santa and kidnaps him.

When Santa and the children come back to the factory to make more toys, they discover that someone has tampered with the machines. Voldar and Stobo come back to the factory to make a deal with Kimar, but when they see the real Santa Claus, they realize that their plan has been foiled. Dropo, held hostage in a cave, tricks his guard Shim and escapes. Kimar then arrests Voldar, Stobo, and Shim. Santa notices that Dropo acts like him, and says that Dropo would make a good Martian Santa Claus. Kimar agrees and sends Santa and the children back to Earth.

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"The Money Makers" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 14, 1975

When a couple of counterfeiters set up their operation in an abandoned house, they are unaware that a spirit haunts the place. The wife of one of the criminals is placed in a bind when she learns of their illegal activities from the ghost.

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A Collection of Favorite Hawaiian Songs

By by Dorothy Lamour; Dick McIntire And His Harmony Hawaiians; Del Lyon; Lani McIntire; Gordon Beecher; Johnny Noble; Alfred Newman; Frank Loesser; R. Alex Anderson

Publication date 1943-10-26

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The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "A Passenger to Bali" (November 13, 1938)

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"A Passenger to Bali"

Adapted by Ellis St. Joseph from his own short novel

Cast: Orson Welles (Reverend Dr. Ralph Walkes), George Coulouris (Capt. English), Frank Readick (Mr. Stagg), Eustace Wyatt (Mr. Wrangle), Ray Collins (Van Matsys), Alfred Shirley (Mr. Chisholm)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"Home Is Where the Ghost Is" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 13, 1975

In the midst of aiding a colleague in his desire to abandon his post, a scientist is haunted by the ghost of his dead wife.

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"Party Girl" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 11, 1975

An aggressive young public servant aiming to become the state's next governor must cover up the suicide of a prostitute he was involved with before it ruins his political aspirations.

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Ethel Merman Songs She Has Made Famous (1947)

by Herb. B. Nacio; Ethel Merman; Cole Porter; George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin; Lew Brown; Jay Blackton; B. G. De Sylva; R. A. Whiting; Ray Henderson; Herb B. Nacio

Publication date 1947-12-08

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"The Public Avenger" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 10, 1975

An executive assistant harbors a sneaking suspicion that her mild-mannered colleague is actually a vigilante possessing super powers in disguise.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2008 THE SWING YEARS AND BEYOND

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November 8, 2008 "The Swing Years & Beyond"

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"Killing Valley" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 7, 1975

In order to exact revenge against the people that ruined her father's life, a famous writer goes back to the place of her birth to dig up dirt on the town and its people. As she goes along, she is surprised to discover things that she never knew about her parents.

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"Heart of Darkness" and "Life With Father"

Adaptation of the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the following cast: Orson Welles (Author, Ernest Kurtz), Ray Collins (Marlow), Alfred Shirley (Accountant), George Coulouris (Assistant Manager), Edgar Barrier (Second Manager), William Alland (Agent), Virginia Welles, as Anna Stafford (Kurtz's Intended Bride), Frank Readick (Tchiatosov)

Adaptation of the play Life With Father by Clarence Day, with the following cast: Orson Welles (Father), Mildred Natwick (Mother), Mary Wickes (Employment Office Manager), Alice Frost (Margaret), Arthur Anderson (young Clarence Day)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"The Edge of the Scalpel" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 5, 1975

A surgeon is faced with a moral dilemma when he is forced to perform a complicated operation on the husband of the woman he loves.

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"The Mortgage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 3, 1975

When he is featured in the local broadsheet and lauded as a good Samaritan, a sleeper agent is troubled by the thought that he may be called to duty; thereby disrupting his quiet life.

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"It's Hell to Pay the Piper" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 31, 1975

When his landlord suddenly drops dead in the middle of paying his rent, a man must convince the proprietor's son that he settled his dues indeed.

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"The War of the Worlds"

Adapted from the novel by H. G. Wells

Cast: Orson Welles (producer, director, host, performer: Professor Richard Pierson), Dan Seymour (announcer), Paul Stewart (associate producer, adaptor, performer: Studio announcer, Third Studio Announcer), Frank Readick (Reporter Carl Phillips, Radio operator 2X2L), Kenny Delmar (Policeman at farm, Captain Lansing, Secretary of the Interior, Bayonne radio operator), Ray Collins (Farmer Wilmuth, Harry McDonald the radio VP, Rooftop radio announcer), Carl Frank (Second studio announcer, Fascist stranger), Richard Wilson (Brig. General Montgomery Smith, Officer 22nd Field Artillery, Langham Field), William Alland (Meridian room announcer, Field artillery gunner), Stefan Schnabel (Field artillery observer), William Herz (Newark radio operator, Radio operator 8X3R), Howard Smith (Bomber Lt. Voght), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), John Houseman (producer, adaptor, script editor), Howard Koch (adaptor), Davidson Taylor (production supervisor), Ora Nichols (sound effects), Ray Kremer (sound effects), Jim Rogan (sound effects), John Dietz (sound engineer).

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"Triptych for a Witch" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 30, 1975

Masquerading as an elderly and widowed distant relative, a witch moves in with a young couple who recently married together with her strange pets.

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"Ghost Powder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 29, 1975

Upon finding that their home in France is haunted, John and Abigail Adams attempt to discover what type of spirit they must deal with. Meanwhile, his budding competition with presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson flourishes.

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"The Storm Breeder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 28, 1975

After being cursed to wander New England forever in search of their home, a lost soul and his daughter are doomed to bring rain in the wake of their passing. Moved by pity, a young judge works to bring peace to his restless spirit.

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"The Summer People" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 24, 1975

In search of a quiet place to work and improve on their respective crafts over the summer, an artistically gifted couple stumble upon Granville, an all-too perfect town that they have difficulty leaving - even when they want to.

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"Around the World in Eighty Days"

Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne

Cast: Orson Welles (Phineas Fogg), Ray Collins (Mr. Fix), Edgar Barrier (Passepartout), Eustace Wyatt (Ralph), Frank Readick (Stuart), Arlene Francis (Princess Aouda), Stefan Schnabel (Parsee), Al Swenson (the Captain), William Alland (the Officer)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"The Sealed Room Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 23, 1975

When the town's most disagreeable resident becomes victim of a sealed room homicide, the local sheriff and the county clerk take on the onerous task of solving the crime. In order to find the murderer, they must dig deep into the psyche of the repulsive man.

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"Million Dollar Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 21, 1975

A struggling businessman discovers his true nature and that of the people close to him when a rich woman asks him to dispose of someone for the sum of one million dollars.

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"Never in This World" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 20, 1975

After passing through a run-down cemetery, a man becomes possessed by the evil ghost haunting the graveyard.

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"Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 16, 1975

While picnicking in the woods of Maine, a young couple on vacation are separated and become hopelessly lost. The woman makes her way back to civilization, while the man encounters the forest's beautiful enchantress.

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"Seventeen"

Adapted from the novel by Booth Tarkington

Cast: Orson Welles (William Sylvanus Baxter), Betty Garde (Mrs. Baxter), Ray Collins (Mr. Parcher), Mary Wickes (Mrs. Parcher), Joseph Cotten (Genesis), Ruth Ford (Lola Pratt, the Baby Talk Girl), Marilyn Erskine (Jane), Elliott Reid (Cousin George), Pattee Chapmen (Rannie), Morgan Farley (Joe Bullitt).

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"The Kiss of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 15, 1975

In spite of the warnings of his advisers, an ambitious young doctor pursues the daughter of the town's local crack-pot after falling madly in love with her.

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From “Grand Hotel” to “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?,” Joan Crawford played some of the finest parts Hollywood had to offer, establishing a reputation as the most spectacular diva on the silver screen. Even when the cameras quit rolling, her life never stopped being over-the-top. In My Way of Life, a cult classic since it was first published in the early 1970’s, Crawford shares her secrets. Part memoir, part self-help book, part guide to being fabulous, My Way of Life advises the reader on everything from throwing a small dinner party for eighteen to getting the most out of a marriage. Featuring tips on fashion, makeup, etiquette and everything in between, it is an irresistible look at a bygone era, when movie stars were pure class, and Crawford was at the top of the heap.

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"The Last Lesson" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 13, 1975

In order to pay off his huge debts, a compulsive gambler shackles himself to a plain but extremely wealthy woman. Things don't go according to plan when she makes him work for his money and he must kiss his lazy and idle days goodbye.

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"Stella Dallas" Lux Radio Theatre - October 11, 1937

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"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" Lux Radio Theatre - October 10, 1949

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Waldina Music episode 13

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Faith" by George Michael

"Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai

"Into The Groove" by Madonna

"Blue Monday" by New Order

"Is That All There Is" by Peggy Lee

"I Would Die 4 U" by Prince

"True" by Spandau Ballet

"Under the Gun" by Supreme Beings of Leisure

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears

"Saved By Zero" by The Fixx

"Love My Way" by The Psychedelic Furs

"Doctor! Doctor!" By Thompson Twins

"To Live And Die In L.A." Wang Chung

"Work This City" by Body Language

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"Hell on Ice"

Adapted from the book by Edward Ellsberg

Cast: Orson Welles, Al Swenson, Bud Collyer, Dan Seymour (announcer), Frank Readick, Howard Smith, Joseph Cotten, Ray Collins, Thelma Schnee, William Alland, Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Davidson Taylor (production supervisor)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"They Shall Stone Them with Stones" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 9, 1975

A husband and wife team are hired to do a Vaudeville act. Trouble finds them when the woman accidentally reads the mind of a cold-blooded murderer- who plans to engage their services for a special performance!

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"Who Made Me?" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 7, 1975

Years into the future, every person is evaluated and given a rank in society according to their abilities and intellectual capacity. A first ranked airman is disturbed when his son desires to lower his station because of frivolous and trivial reasons.

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"Five Ghostly Indians" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 6, 1975

While walking along the Atlantic shoreline, a professor and an inn keeper from Maine come across an unusual Indian arrowhead. Soon after, a dream of five Indians begins to plague them.

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Waldina Music episode 12

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"This Winter I Retire" by Said The Whale

"Golden" by Jill Scott

"Illuminate" by Orbital

"Dynamic Earth" by Jose Padilla

"Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd" by Ryan Adams

"Big In Japan" by Alphaville

"Raised by Wolves" by Cansecos

"Modern Love" by David Bowie

"Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas

"Scratched" by Etienne de Crecy

"When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around" by The Police

"She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby

"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" by Ultravox

"Wildcat" by Ratatat

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"You Can't Take It With You" Lux Radio Theatre - October 2, 1939

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"The Man Who Ran Away" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 2, 1975

Devastated by the discovery of his wife's infidelity, a man seeks refuge in a nearby town. He comes across a seemingly run-down estate and intends to drown his sorrows in solitude. However, he is surprised to find that the house occupied by a lady just as lonely as he is.

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"Primrose Path" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 1, 1975

A modern take on the infamous abduction of Patty Hearst. The heir of a multi-media news conglomerate is taken hostage by a terrorist group. The kidnapped Mellon soon becomes a willing member of the very group that took him captive.

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"All About Eve" Lux Radio Theatre - October 1, 1951

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"His Girl Friday" Lux Radio Theatre - September 30, 1940

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"You're Only Young Twice" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 29, 1975

A serum that reverses the aging process is successfully created by a brilliant scientist. He plans to test it on himself and seduces his beautiful sister-in-law with the promise of eternal youth.

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"The Other Self" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 28, 1975

A factory with an exemplary track record catches the attention of a psychologist. After several encounters with the man, she discovers that his fixation with the battle of Shiloh during the Civil War is what allows him to focus on the most tedious of tasks.

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"The Thomas Jefferson Defense" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 27, 1975

In order to exonerate him being indicted for murder, Thomas Jefferson must defend an Indian chief from the county sheriff and the narrow viewpoint of the prevailing time.

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"Assassination in Time" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 26, 1975

A time traveling pair are tormented by their decision to save Abraham Lincoln from certain death; thereby changing history as we know it.

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Waldina Music episode 11

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure

"California Floating in Space" by Call and Response

"Let's Dance" by David Bowie

"Two Minute Warning" by Depeche Mode

"Oh L´amour" by Erasure

"Land of Confusion" by Genesis

"What's On Your Mind" by Information Society

"Cherish" by Madonna

"99 Luftballons" by Nena

"19" by Paul Hardcastle

"When Doves Cry" by Prince & The Revolution

"Gold" by Spandau Ballet

"Strangelove Addiction" by Supreme Beings of Leisure

"Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads

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"The Immortal Sherlock Holmes"

Adapted from the play by William Gillette

Cast: Orson Welles (Sherlock Holmes), Ray Collins (Dr. Watson), Mary Taylor (Alice Faulkner), Brenda Forbes (Madge Larrabee), Edgar Barrier (James Larrabee), Morgan Farley (Inspector Forman), Richard Wilson (Jim Craigin), Eustace Wyatt (Professor Moriarty)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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"The Black Whale" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 25, 1975

After learning how to read, a bondsman in Antebellum Texas dreams of being free. However, death is the fate of anyone who attempts to liberate him.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Angels of Devil's Mountain" - September 24, 1975

Due to severe chest pains, a traveling sales agent is forced to make a stopover at a remote village. He is astounded to learn that he is apparently the incarnation of the town's most revered war hero.

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Biography In Sounds, of F Scott Fitzgerald

Romance. August 8, 1950. CBS net. The Off-Shore Pirate.
NBC Presents: Short Story. March 7, 1951. NBC net. Crazy Sunday
Biography in Sound, June 28, 1955 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
At 25, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, from the Sept 1922 issue of The American Magazine (narrator)
Porcelain and Pink - 1-act Fitzgerald play performed by LibriVox volunteers
Porcelain and Pink Song - Lyrics by Fitzgerald, music by Matt Pierard (performer)
A study of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Gordon Bryant. Published in Shadowland magazine in 1921.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Headless Hessian" - September 23, 1975

On the eve of their battle at Trenton, George Washington's troops are spooked and later assisted by a decapitated ghost.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Solid Gold Soldiers" - September 22, 1975

During the civil unrest, two double agents working against the Confederacy engage in a battle of wits despite playing for the same team. In a game of deception and betrayal, they both work towards obtaining one million dollars of the enemy's gold.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Third Person" - September 19, 1975

A pair of spinster cousins become the proud new owners of their ancestral manor. What they don't know is that the estate is haunted by the spirit of a deceased and nationalistic relative.

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Waldina Music episode 10

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Line Up" by Elastica

"A Love From Outer Space" by Tahiti 80

"Closet" by Pete Yorn

"Universal Traveler" by Air

"Playground Love" by Air

"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell

"Never The Same" by Supreme Beings of Leisure

"It's My Life" by Talk Talk

"The Walls Came Down" by The Call

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police

"Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones

"Seconds" by U2

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Coffin with the Golden Nails" - September 18, 1975

Determined to start anew, the secret police chief of a Third World country undergoes cosmetic surgery to alter his visage. When he unwittingly falls for a woman he previously tortured, the peaceful life he built for himself is threatened.

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"Sunset Boulevard" Lux Radio Theatre - September 17, 1951

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Prison of Glass" - September 16, 1975

In order to escape the emotional baggage in her life, a talented but troubled actress dreams of being able to seek refuge in a glass snow globe she has an unusual fixation with.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Little Old Lady Killer" - September 15, 1975

A female cop must work hard to convince her male partners that the vigilante wanted for the death of several animal abusers is actually an elderly woman.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Ghost Plane" - September 12, 1975

A pair of strangers awaken aboard a strange plane with absolutely no recollection of who they are, and what they are doing there. Along the way, the pick-up three other passengers who suffer from the same memory loss as they travel towards a mysterious destination.

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Waldina Music episode 9

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Popular Mechanics For Lovers" by Beulah

"You Make It Easy" by Air

"Tony Randall" by Bikini Kill

"All I Need" by Air

"American Soviets" by C.C.C.P.

"Let's Dance" by David Bowie

"Shake The Disease" by Depeche Mode

"Chains of Love" by Erasure

"Raspberry Beret" by Prince & The Revolution

"Paths" by Robert Miles

"Music Sounds Better With You" by

"Pop Muzik" by M

"I Miss You (Drum 'N Bass Mix)" by

"IOU" by Freeez

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Voice of Death" - September 11, 1975

His fate takes a turn for the better when a down on his luck ventriloquist comes across an unusual doll. However, a sinister plot is set into motion when he takes the dummy as it's creator plans to take his soul in exchange.

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"Julius Caesar"

Adapted from the Mercury Theatre's stage triumph

Cast: Orson Welles (Brutus), H. V. Kaltenborn (Commentator), Martin Gabel (Cassius), George Coulouris (Antony), Joseph Holland (Caesar); music by Marc Blitzstein

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Ideas Of March" - September 10, 1975

A wife desperately attempts to get her husband to cancel his business trip when she foresees his death in a vision.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Other Life" - September 8, 1975

A neglected housewife finds herself deep in debt when she turns to racehorse gambling to stave off her loneliness. At the same time, her husband manages to further his political career at the expense of his wife's happiness.

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"The Man Who Was Thursday"

Adapted from the novel by G. K. Chesterton

Cast: Orson Welles (Gabriel Syme), Eustace Wyatt (President Sunday), Ray Collins (the Professor), George Coulouis (Mr. Lucian Gregory), Edgar Barrier (the Marquis), Paul Stewart (Gogol), Joseph Cotten (Dr. Bull), Erskine Sanford (Secretary), Alan Devitt (Witherspoon), Virginia Welles, as Anna Stafford (Rosamond

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Sleepwalker" - September 5, 1975

Desperate to end her husband's miserable life, a woman starts to plot his demise in her slumber.

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Waldina Music episode 8

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Let's Do It Together" by Blue Six

"You're My Heart" by Lioness

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division

"I Melt With You" by Modern English

"If You Leave" by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

"It's A Fire" by Portishead

"More Than This" by Roxy Music

"Russians" by Sting

"Puttin' On The Ritz" by Taco

"Digging Your Scene" by The Blow Monkeys

"Don't You Want Me" by The Human League

"Motorcrash" by The Sugarcubes

"Living On Video" by Trans-X

"Freedom" by Wham!

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Special Undertaking" - September 4, 1975

In order to discover the identity of their new home's invisible resident, a country doctor and his young wife look to an antique music box for clues.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Portrait of Death" - September 2, 1975

A woman fell in love with a rare painting while studying art in Venice years before. Now on her honeymoon, she travels together with her new husband to see the painting once again. When they find that the artwork was substituted by a counterfeit. They come across the woman's old mentor in their search for the original masterpiece.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Smile of Death" - September 1, 1975

In order to get his rightful inheritance from his overbearing father, the illegitimate son of a baron is aided by the spirit of his deceased mother.

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Candy Matson: The Movie Company

Candy goes to visit an old friend at a movie company filming in San Francisco and runs into a string of murders.

Original Air Date: August 29, 1950

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Murder by Proxy" - August 29, 1975

Finally released from prison, Tim Cohain is out for revenge against the jury foreman that put him there in the first place- Ed Hunter.

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"The Count of Monte Cristo"

Adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas

Cast: Orson Welles (Edmond Dantès), Ray Collins (Abbé Faria), George Coulouris (Monsieur Morrel), Edgar Barrier (de Villefort), Eustace Wyatt (Caderousse), Paul Stewart (Paul Dantés) Sidney Smith (Mondego), Richard Wilson (the Officer), Virginia Welles, as Anna Stafford (Mercédès), William Alland (Merchant)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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Waldina Music episode 7

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Let it Go" by Dragonette

"The Shining" by Badly Drawn Boy

"The Vagabond" by Air

"Run" by Snow Patrol

"The Look Of Love" by ABC

"How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees

"Boys Keep Swinging" by David Bowie

"People Are People" by Depeche Mode

"Earth" Ben Watt Lazy Dog Remix.mp3

"Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

"Together In Electric Dreams" by Giorgio Moroder

"Hold The Line" by Toto

"The Edge of Heaven" by Wham!

"In The Waiting Line" by Zero 7

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Night of the Howling Dog" - August 28, 1975

While on a camping trip on a deserted island with a minister and his daughter, a group of friends are horrified to learn that a werewolf is among them.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Eavesdropper" - August 27, 1975

A renowned scientist spends time with his wife in their estate in the Poconos of Pennsylvania. Unknown to them, they are watched by hired spies.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Person to Be Notified" - August 25, 1975

After landing a position at the remote island home of an eccentric author, a woman begins to suspect his manservant's actions and sets out to expose him. Concerned for welfare, the man who sent her to the island goes after her.

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"The Affairs of Anatol"

Adapted from the play by Arthur Schnitzler

Cast: Orson Welles, Alice Frost, Arlene Francis, Helen Lewis, Ray Collins

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Terror in the Air" - August 22, 1975

When the whole flight crew of a commercial airline falls ill due to food poisoning, a doctor must find a way to land the plane safely as well as attend to a woman in the throes of labor.

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Waldina Music episode 6

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode

"Rio" by Duran Duran

"Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac

"As" by George Michael and Mary J. Blige

"Hurt" by Johnny Cash

"Maniac" by Michael Sembello

"Enola Gay" by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

"Glory Box" by Portishead

"Ask" by The Smiths

"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" by The Human League

"Private Idaho" by The B'52s

"Solitude Standing" by Suzanne Vega

"Stay Up Forever" by

"Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down)" by Ramones.mp3

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Circle of Evil" - August 21, 1975

Two adults with special needs isolated from the rest of the world have been placed under the care of a newly hired woman. While in seclusion, she is plagued by a restless spirit seeking justice for his murder.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Welcome for a Dead Man" - August 19, 1975

After serving a 21-year prison sentence, a criminal convicted for the murder of a payroll assistant is finally set free. He learns something more important during a journey to recover his ill-gotten wealth.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Help Somebody" - August 18, 1975

The desires of a nomadic writer seem to materialize all at the same time. His novel is a smash hit, he inherits a fortune and ultimately wins the perfect woman. But despite having all the physical trappings of success, happiness still eludes him.

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"Abraham Lincoln"

Adapted from the play by John Drinkwater, supplemented by excerpts from Lincoln's speeches and letters

Cast: Orson Welles (Abraham Lincoln), Ray Collins (Grant), Edward Jerome (General Lee) George Coulouris (Hook), Joseph Cotten (Seward), Carl Frank (Scott), Karl Swenson (Hay), William Alland (Dennis) and Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Lincoln)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Unbearable Reflection" - August 15, 1975

In order to claim her soul, the Devil, masquerading as her husband's campaign manager tricks the reprehensible and adulterous wife of a prominent politician into killing her husband.

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Waldina Music episode 5

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"La Femme d'Argent" by Air

"The last good day of the year" by Cousteau

"I'll Never Be Your Maggie May" by Suzanne Vega

"The Night Starts Here" by Stars

"You're A Woman, I'm A Machine" by Death From Above 1979

"Slip Away" by Si*Sé

"Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys

"Crazy English Summer" by Faithless

"Summer of Love" by The B-52's

"Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's

"Dominion Mother Russia" by The Sisters of Mercy

"The Future's So Bright" by Timbuktu 3

"We Belong in This World Together" by Stereo MC's

"Don't Go" by Yazoo

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Root of All Evil" - August 14, 1975

After discovering $80,000 in his trash bin, a middle-aged copywriter believes he has found the means to escape the dreariness of his existence. He soon grows paranoid and this create tension in his marriage. Unknown to him, the thieves who stole the money are indeed after him, and they are determined to reclaim their loot.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Master Computer" - August 13, 1975

In a fully automated world, a couple come home from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records. The culprit that disrupted their lives is later revealed to be a computer glitch.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Age Cannot Wither Her" - August 11, 1975

An elderly man returns to shore alone after taking his young wife on a sailing trip. He spins a fantastic tale about a fountain of youth when the local sheriff questions his wife's disappearance.

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"I'm a Fool", "The Open Window", and "My Little Boy"

Adaptations of three short stories

Orson Welles, Edgar Barrier and William Alland perform "I'm a Fool" by Sherwood Anderson. Ray Collins, Brenda Forbes and Virginia Welles (as Anna Stafford) perform "The Open Window" by Saki. Betty Garde, Kingsley Colton, Estelle Levy and Orson Welles perform "My Little Boy" by Carl Ewald.

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Grey Ghost" - August 8, 1975

Overcome by grief at the death of her race car driver father, a woman abandons her husband and loses herself in Italy. While roaming the city streets, she meets a talented driver whom she decides to sponsor. She learns the truth surrounding her father's accident while watching him race.

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Waldina Music episode 4

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Odessa" by

"Babylon" by

"Wicked Game" by Chris Issak

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead Or Alive

"Hungry like the Wolf" by Duran Duran

"Would I Lie to You" by Eurythmics

"Too Funky" by George Michael

"Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson

"Left Of Center" by Suzanne Vega

"I Got You" by Split Enz

"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.

"Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel

"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo

"Rock With You" by Michael Jackson

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "To Die Is Forever" - August 7, 1975

In order to save his dying wife from terminal cancer, a wealthy eccentric gives orders to have her cryogenically frozen until a cure is found. His plans to accompany her in deep freeze is disrupted when the ghost of a deceased relative takes possession of his body.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Hung Jury" - August 5, 1975

A mediocre accountant leading a double life is romantically entangled with a prostitute and knee-deep in gambling debt outside his normal world. When the bookies come knocking at his door, his real life is threatened. He comes across the solution to his problems when he is asked to serve jury duty for a crime he actually committed!

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Devil's Boutique" - August 4, 1975

After chancing upon a charming boutique in a quaint resort city in the Caribbean, an arrogant and self-absorbed couturier uses the designs she sees in the store and claims it as her own. Soon after, terrible misfortunes plague her and she learns first-hand what happens when you steal from the Devil himself.

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Today is the 98th birthday of the singer-songwriter Connie Converse. Her music has been rediscovered and widely revered as an influence for contemporary singer-songwriters. Her vanishing one day nearly 50 years ago is still a mystery. The world is a better place because she was/is in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Songs:

Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains)

How Sad, How Lovely

There Is a Vine

Roving Woman

Honeybee

We Lived Alone

Down this Road

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2022/08/03/happy-98th-birthday-connie-converse/

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"The Thirty-Nine Steps"

Adapted from the novel by John Buchan

Orson Welles (Richard Hannay, Marmaduke Jopley)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Onyx Eye" - August 1, 1975

After purchasing a strange curio at an antique store, a man and his wife are immediately blessed with good fortune. However, when their child perishes soon after, the woman begins to suspect that a great evil surrounds the supposed lucky charm.

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Waldina Music episode 3

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk" by Rufus Wainwright

"Noticed" by Mute Math

"We Used To Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols

"6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps

"West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys

"Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.

"Cool Places" by Sparks (with Jane Wiedlin)

"99.9 F" by Suzanne Vega

"Living Through Another Cuba" by XTC

"Dance Hall Days" by Wang Chung

"Hold Me Now " by Thompson Twins

"The Remedy" by Abandoned Pools

"Money" by The Flying Lizards

"Song For A Future Generation" by The B-52's

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Carmilla" - July 31, 1975

In 20th century Austria, a young woman and her widower father are charged with the welfare of a female ward. The two girls grow up like sisters but a terrible secret in the orphan's past threatens to tear their lives asunder.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "He Moves in Mysterious Ways" - July 30, 1975

In order to provide emotional support to a depressed dancer and help prepare her for surgery, a hospital pastor risks his own health to give her the courage to overcome her injuries and dance again.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Lady Is a Jinx" - July 28, 1975

After falling for a woman with an unusual past, a police detective learns of the strange deaths that befell her previous lovers when the sister of her most recent victim requests his assistance in seeking justice for her brother.

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"A Tale of Two Cities"

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens

Cast: Orson Welles (Dr. Alexandre Manette, Sydney Carton), Mary Taylor (Lucie Manette), Eustace Wyatt (Clerk), Edgar Barrier (Charles Darnay), Martin Gabel (Mr. Jarvis Lorry), Frank Readick (Ernest Defarge), Betty Garde (Madame Defarge), Erskine Sanford (the President), Ray Collins (Prosecutor),[6] Kenneth Delmar (Counselor for the Defense)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Woman from Hell" - July 25, 1975

The suicide of a renowned actress raises several questions and a private investigator is hired to look into the case. He learns about the last project she worked on, as well as her conflict with a witches coven after reading her personal journal.

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Waldina Music episode 2

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"A Perfect Lie" by The Engine Room

"I Love My Car" by Belle And Sebastian

"Reject All American" by Bikini Kill

"Swingset Chain" by Loquat

"Vaseline" by Elastica

"Forever Young" by Alphaville

"Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" by Carpenters

"Time Will Crawl" by David Bowie

"Dont Panic" by Coldplay

"Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics

"Fastlove" by George Michael

"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" by Janet Jackson

"It's a Mistake" by Men At Work

"No One Is Lost" by Stars

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Appointment in Uganda" - July 24, 1975

After obsessively preparing himself for the afterlife, a man is declared clinically dead for a few minutes due to a heart attack. In the time between life and death, he is transported into the body of an elephant calf. He tries to integrate the lessons he learned when he is finally revived.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Poisoned Pen" - July 22, 1975

When a group of people suddenly perish under after getting a strange missive, the thing that ties their circumstances together is that they each ridiculed a two-bit actress.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Fateful Reunion" - July 21, 1975

After successfully developing a highly advanced computer that can predict future events, a scientist and his fiancé use it for entertainment at a party. The fun stops when the machine foretells the death of one of their fathers.

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The Blacksmith (1922)

The Blacksmith is a 1922 American short comedy film co-written, co-directed by and featuring Buster Keaton. Buster plays an assistant blacksmith to the big worker played by Joe Roberts, with predictable results.

Buster Keaton as Blacksmith's assistant

Joe Roberts as Blacksmith

Virginia Fox as Horsewoman

Directed by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair

Written by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair

Produced by Joseph M. Schenck

Cinematography Elgin Lessley

Release date July 21, 1922

Running time 25 minutes

Country United States

Languages Silent

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"Treasure Island"

Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson

Cast: Orson Welles (adult Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver[8]: 141 ), Arthur Anderson (Jim Hawkins), George Coulouris (Captain Smollett), Ray Collins (Ben Gunn), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Hawkins), Eustace Wyatt (Squire Trelawney), Alfred Shirley (Blind Pew); with William Alland, Stephen Fox, Richard Wilson

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Spots of the Leopard" - July 18, 1975

After exposing a ring of organized crime within the company he was employed with, a dock worker and his wife are placed under the witness protection program to safeguard their lives. Unable to adapt to her new circumstances, his wife vainly tries to return to the life she left behind.

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Waldina Music episode 1

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"All Around The World" by Cooler Kids

"I Was A Daughter" by Basia Bulat

"After The Fire" by Der Kommissar

"Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees

"Cat People" by David Bowie

"Policy Of Truth" by Depeche Mode

"She Fell Into My Arms" by Ed Harcourt

"Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

"What Is Love" by Howard Jones

"Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo

"One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head

"Joan Of Arc" by Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark

"Baby I'm a Star" by Prince

"Seven Seconds" by Nena Cherry

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Nightmare's Nest" - July 17, 1975

In order to pursue his interests in peace, a reclusive scientist purchases a remote country manor. Little does he know that a malevolent spirit prowls the estate's grounds.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Goodbye, Karl Erich" - July 16, 1975

After taking in a shell-shocked casualty of war, a German doctor teaches the young orphan to speak again and face the horrors he experienced during World War I head on. The boy soon becomes confident and grows up to be a Nazi terrorist.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Snake in the Grass" - July 14, 1975

After discovering a new kind of clover, a female scientist magnanimously allows her colleague to take credit for the find. When he turns up dead, all evidence point to her. When she is accused of his murder, a smitten detective works to prove her innocence.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Widow's Auxiliary" - July 11, 1975

When his boss invites him to join the local men's association, a young engineer is extremely flattered. What he doesn't know is that the club plans to use his mechanical skills for their own agenda; and it is up to the young man's wife to save him.

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"Dracula"

Adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker

Cast: Orson Welles (Dr. John Seward, Count Dracula), Elizabeth Fuller (Lucy Westenra). George Coulouris (Jonathan Harker), Agnes Moorehead (Mina Harker), Martin Gabel (Dr. Van Helsing), Ray Collins (Russian Captain), Karl Swenson (Mate)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Rainy Coffee Shop

00:00:00 Doris Day Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon
00:03:07 Charlie Parker Blue Bird
00:06:00 Louis Jordan Doug The Jitterbug
00:08:37 Billie Holiday Georgia On My Mind
00:12:01 Bud Powell Bouncing With Bud
00:15:06 Dinah Shore Love That Boy
00:17:47 Dizzy Gillespie Groovin' High
00:20:29 Nat King Cole Nature Boy
00:23:09 Ella Fitzgerald Taking A Chance On Love
00:26:20 Miles Davis All-Stars Milestones
00:28:58 Hoagy Carmichael Ole Buttermilk Sky
00:31:15 Margaret Whiting That Old Black Magic
00:33:58 Charlie Parker Scrapple From The Apple
00:36:55 Mel Torme You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
00:40:01 Doris Day Love Somebody (feat. Buddy Clark)
00:43:07 Tadd Dameron The Squirrel
00:46:08 Louis Jordan (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
00:48:43 Kay Starr If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
00:51:30 Wardell Gray Twisted
00:55:00 Johnny Mercer My Sugar Is So Refined
00:57:45 Ella Fitzgerald When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
01:00:28 Miles Davis Venus De Milo
01:03:40 Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine
01:06:53 Jimmie Lunceford Ain't She Sweet
01:09:24 Peggy Lee Them There Eyes

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Ghostly Rival" - July 10, 1975

In order to win the hand of his beloved, a man must first gain her father's approval. After he strikes a deal with an otherworldly creature for immense wealth, things go horribly wrong.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Triangle" - July 8, 1975

Five days after a commercial airline vanished into the Bermuda Triangle, a sole survivor is found. She then recounts her adventure in a lost world within the mysterious void.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Guilty" - July 7, 1975

After being charged with the physical assault of a colleague, a college professor agrees to take a polygraph test to prove his innocence. When he fails, he begins to question technology and its relevance in the world.

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The Adventures of Thin Man: Adventure of the Passionate Palooka - July 6, 1948

Nick and Nora are hired to help a boxer find his beloved missing dog and his girlfriend before the big fight.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Slave" - July 4, 1975

When two friends agree to be the other's slave for a year in the event that they lose the bet they made, to what length's will they go in order to win?

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1920s and 1930s Jazz

00:00 Jelly Roll Morton - Black Bottom Stomp

03:15 Miff Mole - The New Twister

06:17 Bessie Smith - Trombone Cholly

09:28 Bix Beiderbecke - Royal Garden Blues

12:37 Beale Street Washboard Band - Forty And Tight

15:30 Louis Armstrong & Kid Ory - Ory's Creole Trombone

18:42 Red Nichols - Whispering

21:46 Mckinneys Cotton Pickers - Milenberg Joys

24:44 Boyd Senter & His Senterpedes - Sweetheart Blues

27:45 Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines - Weather Bird

30:31 Fats Waller - Won't You Get Off It, Please?

33:35 Hoagy Carmichael - Rockin' Chair

37:05 Duke Ellington - Old Man Blues

40:13 J C Higginbotham - Give Me Your Telephone Number

43:28 Mamie Smith - Jenny's Ball

46:42 King Oliver - Dont You Think I Love You?

49:31 Cab Calloway - Trickeration

52:26 Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Snake Hips

55:25 Boswell Sisters/Dorsey Brothers - There'll Be Some Changes Made

58:27 Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - Farewell Blues

1:01:27 The Chocolate Dandies - I Never Knew

1:04:35 Art Tatum - The Shout

1:07:26 Fletcher Henderson - Tidal Wave

1:10:36 Duke Ellington - Sump'n' 'bout Rhythm

1:13:11 Jack Teagarden - Junk Man

1:16:18 Earl Hines - Copenhagen

1:18:50 Louis Prima - Sing It Way Down Low

1:21:36 Benny Goodman Trio - After You've Gone

1:24:27 Henry Red Allen - Whose Honey Are You?

1:27:14 Benny Goodman - If I Could Be With You

1:29:33 Billie Holiday / Teddy Wilson - What A Little Moonlight Can Do

1:32:30 Bud Freeman - The Buzzard

1:35:41 Artie Shaw - Sweet Lorraine

1:38:48 Benny Carter - Swingin' At Maida Vale

1:41:37 Dick Mcdonough - Dardanella

1:44:11 Mildred Bailey - When Day Is Done

1:47:41 Coleman Hawkins - Crazy Rhythm

1:50:46 Johnny Dodds - Melancholy

1:53:28 Casa Loma Orchestra - Casa Loma Stomp

1:56:04 Sidney Bechet - Southern Sunset

1:59:14 Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - Them There Eyes

2:02:18 Jimmie Noone - I Know That You Know

2:05:13 Johnny Hodges - The Jeep Is Jumpin'

2:07:43 Eddie Condon - California, Here I Come

2:10:08 Count Basie - Jumpin' At The Woodside

2:13:20 Kansas City Six - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

2:16:21 Muggsy Spanier - That Da Da Strain

2:18:52 Ella Fitzgerald - Moon Ray

2:21:56 Bob Crosby - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

2:24:50 Lionel Hampton - When Lights Are Low

2:27:06 Jimmie Lunceford - Liza

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Murder Will Out" - July 3, 1975

In order to exact revenge on the man who murdered his father, a police officer from New York travels to Maine in search of the killer. He is forced to examine his values and beliefs when he finally finds him.

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"Come Back with Me" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 2, 1975

A hard up businessman goes back in time to his favorite hangout to relive his glory days. He encounters old friends at the bar and learn that they share an unusual similarity.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sundays - Ella Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, Rogers, and Hart

1 | 00:00 - Manhattan

2 | 02:50 - I Concentrate On You

3 | 06:04 - All Through The Night

4 | 09:22 - Anything Goes

5 | 12:44 - I Get A Kick Out Of You

6 | 16:46 - Ridin' High

7 | 20:08 - You're the Top

8 | 23:43 - Little Girl Blue

9 | 27:38 - Lover

10 | 30:55 - Here In My Arms

11 | 32:48 - Begin the Beguine

12 | 36:27 - Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered

13 | 43:30 - Ace In The Hole

14 | 45:30 - Always True To You In My Fashion

15 | 48:20 - To Keep My Love Alive

16 | 51:56 - So In Love

17 | 55:48 - Just One Of Those Things

18 | 59:20 - Night and Day

19 | 1:02:26 - It Never Entered My Mind

20 | 1:06:34 - My Funny Valentine

21 | 1:10:28 - I Am in Love

22 | 1:14:36 - In The Still Of The Night

23 | 1:17:16 - Too Darn Hot

24 | 1:21:05 - Have You Met Miss Jones?

25 | 1:24:48 - The Lady Is a Tramp

26 | 1:28:12 - I Wish I Were in Love Again

27 | 1:30:51 - I Didn't Know What Time It Was

28 | 1:34:39 - My Heart Stood Still

29 | 1:37:44 - Wait Till You See Him

30 | 1:39:16 - Thou Swell

31 | 1:41:20 - My Romance

32 | 1:45:05 - It's All Right With Me

33 | 1:48:14 - Why Can't You Behave?

34 | 1:53:20 - I Love Paris

35 | 1:58:19 - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

36 | 2:01:54 - All of You

37 | 2:03:38 - It's De-Lovely

38 | 2:06:22 - Love For Sale

39 | 2:12:17 - Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)

40 | 2:15:18 - You Took Advantage of Me

41 | 2:18:48 - Give It Back To The Indians

42 | 2:22:00 - I Could Write A Book

43 | 2:25:40 - Do I Love You?

44 | 2:29:31 - Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)

45 | 2:33:05 - Get Out Of Town

46 | 2:36:30 - A Ship Without A Sail

47 | 2:40:39 - Johnny One Note

48 | 2:42:53 - This Can't Be Love

49 | 2:45:50 - Ten Cents A Dance

50 | 2:49:58 - The Blue Room

51 | 2:52:29 - Mountain Greenery

52 | 2:54:45 - Isn't It Romantic

53 | 2:57:47 - From This Moment On

54 | 3:01:06 - You Do Something To Me

55 | 3:03:29 - Easy To Love

56 | 3:06:56 - Spring is Here

57 | 3:10:36 - Where Or When

58 | 3:13:24 - Ev'rything I've Got

59 | 3:16:47 - Blue Moon

60 | 3:20:00 - I've Got Five Dollars

61 | 3:22:41 - Don't Fence Me In

62 | 3:26:02 - What Is This Thing Called Love

63 | 3:28:08 - There's A Small Hotel

64 | 3:30:57 - With A Song In My Heart

65 | 3:33:43 - I've Got You Under My Skin

66 | 3:36:27 - Dancing on the Ceiling

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Today is the 74th birthday of the musician Nick Drake. He influenced Kate Bush, Paul Weller, the Black Crowes, Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Robert Smith of the Cure [The Cure's name is derived from his song "Time Has Told Me" ("a troubled cure for a troubled mind")]. The Dream Academy dedicated one of my very all-time favorite songs "Life in a Northern Town" to him. You may also recognize his music from The Royal Tenenbaums, Serendipity, Garden State, or even a Volkswagen commercial. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the los that he has left.

Songs:

"Pink Moon" by Nick Drake

"Day is Done" by Nick Drake

"One of These Things First" by Nick Drake

"Three Hours" by Nick Drake

"Life in a Northern Town" by The Dream Academy

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Acid Jazz

01 00:00 The Art Room - Von Mondo

02 02:13 Dripping Moon - Jules Renauld, Von Mondo

03 06:48 Love You Inside Out - Beluga's Trio, Shelly Sony

04 10:31 You And I - Groove Messengers, Dinah York

05 14:48 Come Go With Me - George White Group

06 18:51 He's The Greatest Dancer - Ituana

07 22:38 If You Want Me To Stay - Don & Gene

08 25:40 Paradise - Glambeats Corp.

09 29:32 Dancer - Don & Gene

10 32:11 Across 110Th Street - Shelly Sony

11 34:57 Don't Speak (Positive Vibes Instrumental Mix) - Sarah Menescal

12 38:11 Holiday - Krister, Dalbani, Lee Avril

13 41:39 Soul Train - Jules Renauld, Von Mondo

14 46:04 Fly With Me - Apollinare Rossi

15 51:08 No War (Funky Net Cut) - Groovy Waters

16 54:30 People Say - Les Crossaders, Adelle

17 58:42 Give It To Me Baby - Adelle

18 01:02:15 Capuccino - Herbie Garrett

19 01:05:09 Running Away - Urban Love, Ivette Moraes

20 01:08:31 Melting Edge - Abril D'Sola

21 01:11:18 Roads - Urban Love, Ivette Moraes

22 01:14:11 Fly Me To The Moon - Dual Sessions

23 01:19:32 Black Coffee - Dual Sessions

24 01:23:18 2Night - Golden Smirk

25 01:26:45 Whotta Lota Love - Apollinare Rossi, Les Crossaders

26 01:30:08 All Right - Golden Smirk, Shelly Sony

27 01:34:16 Jazz Boutique - Lalann

28 01:38:58 The Man I Love (Ecko Remix) - Dual Sessions

29 01:43:44 U La La La - Golden Smirk

30 01:46:31 Tour Privee - Lalann

31 01:50:23 Travel Dance (Underwater Mix)- Von Mondo, Bristol Love

32 01:53:28 Relevations (Remixed Out-Take) - Von Mondo

33 01:59:34 Prestige - Sound Behaviour

34 02:02:57 Slow Down - Dj Style

35 02:06:42 Stretch & Relax - Golden Smirk

36 02:09:36 Whiskey And Chocolate - Von Mondo

37 02:12:11 Don't You Baby - Dual Sessions, Drew

38 02:15:05 Todas As Coisas - Groove Da Praia

39 02:18:27 Foxey Lady - Apollinare Rossi

40 02:22:09 Heyeahhh - Trio Beluga's, DJ Style

41 02:24:58 By Nature - Von Mondo

42 02:28:38 Projections - Dualbox

43 02:32:08 Feeling Like The Sunshine - Deep Jazz Project

44 02:35:14 Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - George White Group

45 02:37:47 Strangers In The Jazz (Piano Edit) - Dual Sessions

46 02:42:18 Unexpected Melody (Miles Mix) - Von Mondo

47 02:46:29 Test Me - Von Mondo

48 02:50:14 Subtle Change (Subtle Remix) - Groove Messengers

49 02:53:39 Touch The Sky - Beluga's Trio

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - George Gershwin

00:00:00 Rhapsody in blue (paul whiteman jazz band 1924 version with George Gershwin on piano)

00:09:04 Prelude 1

00:10:25 Prelude 2

00:13:01 Prelude 3

00:14:04 2,5 minutes from the last part from rhapsody in blue for solo piano

00:16:32 An american in paris

00:32:22 Second Rhapsody

00:46:41 Fascinating rhytm

00:49:37 Prelude 2 again

00:53:10 Girl crazy - I got Rhythm

01:04:30 I got rhythm again and again and agian

01:25:40 Porgy and bess Summertime

01:28:05 Porgy and bess a woman is a sometimes thing

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"Another Thin Man" Lux Radio Theatre - June 17, 1940

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The Adventures of Thin Man: The Case of the Glamorous Clue - June 16, 1944

A man Nora brought home is murdered. When Nick refuses to believe her because she refuses to believe his story about him solving a crime with the help of an ex-girlfriend Broadway starlet, Nora sets out to solve the case alone.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Music of 1940

00:00:00 Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) Pt. 1 - Will Bradley & His Orchestra

00:05:06 I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

00:08:13 Crosstown - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

00:11:03 The Breeze and I - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

00:13:57 Imagination - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

00:16:44 Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) - The Ink Spots

00:19:26 Practice Makes Perfect - Bob Chester And His Orchestra

00:22:38 Playmates - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

00:25:28 Fools Rush In - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

00:27:59 We Three - Ink Spots

00:31:20 Only Forever - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

00:34:18 Where Was I? - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra

00:37:34 Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

00:40:47 Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra

00:43:44 Ferry-Boat Serenade - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

00:46:45 Imagination - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

00:49:55 Our Love Affair - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

00:52:55 Sierra Sue - Bing Crosby

00:55:53 Make-Believe Island - Mitchell Ayres & His Fashions In Music

00:59:03 Our Love Affair - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:01:37 The Call of the Canyon - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:04:58 The Nearness of You - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:08:10 Down Argentina Way - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra

01:11:20 When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - Ink Spots

01:14:18 Make-Believe Island - Jan Savitt & His Orchestra

01:17:28 We Three - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

01:20:29 A Handful of Stars - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:23:45 Frenesi - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

01:26:45 I'm Nobody's Baby- - Judy Garland

01:29:37 Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat - Will Bradley & His Orchestra

01:32:42 Blueberry Hill - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:35:34 Ferry-Boat Serenade (La Piccinina) - Andrews Sisters

01:38:36 Down Argentina Way - Bob Crosby & His Orchestra

01:41:06 Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

01:44:02 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:47:42 God Bless America - Kate Smith

01:50:27 Down the Road Apiece - Will Bradley Trio

01:53:31 When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

01:56:14 Maybe - The Ink Spots

01:59:19 There I Go - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

02:02:07 Dolimite - Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra

02:05:35 There I Go - Will Bradley & His Orchestra

02:08:39 Star Dust - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

02:11:50 Trade Winds - Bing Crosby

02:15:03 Five O'clock Whistle - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra

02:18:11 Trade Winds - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

02:21:07 Only Forever - Bing Crosby

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"The Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theater - June 8, 1936

The Lux Radio Theaters version of The Thin Man movie, stars the original leading cast of William Powel and Myrna Loy.

Nick Charles (Powell), a retired detective, and his wife Nora (Loy) are attempting to settle down when he's pulled back into service by a friend's disappearance and possible involvement in a murder.

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"My Friend Flicka" Lux Radio Theatre - June 7, 1943

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Miles Davis

00:00 Little Willie Leaps

03:08 Sippin' At Bells

05:31 Bean-A-Re-Bop

08:04 Chasin' The Bird

13:44 Deep Sea Blues

16:56 Bring It On Home

19:53 Don't Sing Me The Blues

22:34 I've Always Got The Blues

25:42 Don't Explain To Me Baby

28:33 Baby, Won't You Make Up

31:42 Isn't It Romantic

34:45 The Way You Look Tonight

37:33 Phantomesque

40:29 52nd Street Theme

44:23 Half Nelson

50:03 You Go To My Head

55:39 Pointless Mama Blues

58:26 That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch

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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 4, 1974

To escape an appointment with the gallows at Owl Creek Bridge, a confederate spy embarks on a dangerous journey through hostile territory in order to reach Dixie.

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"To Kill with Confidence" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 3, 1974

While traveling across the country, a couple of newlyweds are forced to stop at a nearby town due to engine trouble. The wife makes a quick visit to the local stores to grab lunch and comes back to find that both her husband and the repair shop have mysteriously vanished.

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Today is the 203rd birthday of the poet Walt Whitman. He is quoted as once saying “I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.” I think of that quote often, we have good days and bad days. Social media highlights everyone’s best days, best everything, it is natural to judge our whole selves against these ‘highlights’ we see. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 113th birthday of the musician and band leader Benny Goodman. Whenever I hear his music, I think of my grandparents. The hight of his popularity coincided with them being the age of dating and just married, going to dances that played popular music. He represents the time between the two wars that was full of hope, prosperity, youth, vibrancy, jazz and optimism. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

00:00:00 Sing, Sing, Sing

00:08:42 Why Don't You Do It Right?

00:11:55 Tea for Two (feat.Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa)

00:15:01 All the Cats Join in (feat.Liza Morrow)

00:18:12 Let's Dance

00:20:28 Ain't Misbehavin'

00:23:55 Chicago

00:26:56 Don't Be That Way

00:30:16 Get Happy

00:33:22 Flying Home

00:36:36 King Porter Stomp

00:39:55 Winter Weather

00:42:57 Big John's Special

00:46:06 Whispering

00:48:46 Santa Claus Came in the Spring

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"Dressed to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 30, 1974

An unemployed actor plans a bizarre drama of enacting his own death and consequently impersonating his wife to claim the insurance money.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Benny Goodman

00:00:00 Sing, Sing, Sing

00:08:42 Why Don't You Do It Right?

00:11:55 Tea for Two (feat.Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa)

00:15:01 All the Cats Join in (feat.Liza Morrow)

00:18:12 Let's Dance

00:20:28 Ain't Misbehavin'

00:23:55 Chicago

00:26:56 Don't Be That Way

00:30:16 Get Happy

00:33:22 Flying Home

00:36:36 King Porter Stomp

00:39:55 Winter Weather

00:42:57 Big John's Special

00:46:06 Whispering

00:48:46 Santa Claus Came in the Spring

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"The Phantom Lullaby" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 29, 1974

The caring parents of a young woman rent her a luxurious house to recuperate from a bitter affair and an abortion. But trouble seems to shadow her footsteps as a resident spirit in the apartment haunts her.

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"Mirror for Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 27, 1974

A bored wife is tired of her menagerie chores and her husband's job priorities. She starts to believe her mirror reflection and plans to reclaim her self.

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"The Bleeding Statue" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 23, 1974

A magician disappoints his heirs by leaving his properties with his daughter and also promises to safeguard her against all harm through a statue in his estate courtyard. On her arrival in the estate, she finds his promise true to his word.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - 1945

00:00:00 Rum And Coca Cola - The Andrews Sisters

00:03:07 There Goes That Song Again - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Georgia Carroll

00:05:30 Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones & His City Slickers with Carl Grayson

00:08:17 I Dream Of You - Perry Como

00:11:46 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters

00:14:26 I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James & His Orchestra With Kitty Kallen

00:17:36 A Little On The Lonely Side - Frankie Carle & His Orchestra with Paul Allen

00:20:38 There! I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

00:23:47 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - Johnny Long & His Orchestra & Dick Robertson

00:26:41 Laura - Woody Herman & His Orchestra

00:29:43 Just A Prayer Away - Sammy Kaye & His Orch with Billy Williams

00:33:05 I'm Beginning To See The Light - Ella Fitzgerald and Ink Spots

00:35:47 Caldonia - Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five

00:38:27 You Belong To My Heart - Bing Crosby & Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra

00:40:51 Sentimental Journey - Hal McIntyre And His Orchestra

00:43:39 Bell Bottom Trousers - Louis Prima & His Orchestra

00:46:21 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

00:49:06 Don't Fence Me In - Sammy Kaye & His Orch with Billy Williams

00:51:46 I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do) - Frank Sinatra

00:54:49 Candy - Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

00:57:58 Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week) - Frank Sinatra

01:00:40 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - Les Brown Orchestra With Doris Day

01:03:56 Just A Prayer Away - Bing Crosby

01:06:57 Stuff Like That There - Betty Hutton

01:09:53 Chloe - Spike Jones & His City Slickers with Red Ingle

01:13:40 Laura - Freddy Martin And His Orchestra

01:16:40 Bell Bottom Trousers - Tony Pastor & His Orchestra with Ruth McCullough

01:19:41 You Belong To My Heart - Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra with Jimmy Saunders

01:23:01 Dream - Frank Sinatra

01:26:01 Laura - Johnnie Johnston

01:28:57 Bell Bottom Trousers - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

01:32:01 Gotta Be This Or That (Pt. 1) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

01:35:23 Don't Fence Me In - Kate Smith

01:38:42 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

01:41:48 Rum And Coca-Cola - Abe Lyman & His Orchestra with Rose Blane

01:44:52 I Wanna Get Married - Gertrude Niesen

01:48:05 I'm Beginning To See The Light - Duke Ellington With His Famous Orchestra with Joya Sherrill

01:51:16 Dream - Pied Pipers With Paul Weston & His Orchestra

01:54:02 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - The Phil Moore Four

01:56:30 A Little On The Lonely Side - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Jimmy Brown

01:58:53 Sentimental Journey - Les Brown Orchestra With Doris Day

02:02:01 Don't Fence Me In - Horace Heidt And His Musical Knights

02:04:46 Candy - Dinah Shore

02:07:54 Caldonia - Woody Herman & His Orchestra

02:10:54 Laura - Dick Haymes

02:13:58 Bell Bottom Trousers - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Jimmy Brown

02:16:28 Rum And Coca-Cola - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

02:19:37 Sentimental Journey - The Merry Macs

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Dante. The Divine Comedy. Inferno Canto 1, 2, & 3

Dante's Divine Comedy has exercised the imagination of poets, artists, historians, theologians, and lovers of literature and poetry for the past seven centuries. Numerous English translations have appeared since Henry Carey published the first widely circulated English translation in the early 1800s. William Blake was so moved by Carey's translation that he spent the last years of his life teaching himself Italian so as to work directly with Dante's text. During the final year of his life, Blake worked relentlessly on a series of illustrations depicting scenes from "The Divine Comedy". This post offers the first of what will become a series of Dante's Ghost productions of the cantos of Dante's Inferno. It offers a new rhythmic translation of this classic philosophical poem.

It has been long recogniszd by poets that the greater power within poetry manifests more strongly when it is heard rather than read. This has ever been the way since the Greek rhapsodei sang the memory of their Homeric epics through many centuries.

Production Notes

Music:

Doc & Lena Selyanina, Neptune (Internet Archive)

Doc and Lena Selyanina, Wanderer (Internet Archive)

(remix: vincentd)

Effects:

Crickets, Rhapsodize (Freesound)

Owl, Manda_g (Freesound)

African Lion, Soundbytez (Freesound)

Wolf Howl, Viorelvio (Freesound)

Voice:

Vincent Di Stefano

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"The Longest Knife" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 21, 1974

A mother makes a promise to avenge her son who has been murdered by a third world dictator.

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"The Crack in the Wall" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 20, 1974

A house fire claims the life of the young daughter of the house. Her bereft parents move to a new apartment but cannot seem to repair a hole in their basement wall. Gradually, cries of a voice that seems startlingly like their daughter's begins to flow through the hole.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" May 17, 2015 (partial episode)

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Swing Years & Beyond" May 17, 2015 (partial show)

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Trouble with Ruth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 16, 1974

Despite her best attempts, a kleptomaniac falls back into her old ways and is found out by some thieves. They blackmail her to rob a diamond pin or they will reveal her true nature to her husband.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Bebop

00:00:00 Charlie Parker Blue Bird (1947)

00:02:50 Dizzy Gillespie Anthropology (1948)

00:05:26 Miles Davis All-Stars Milestones (1949)

00:08:01 Tadd Dameron The Squirrel (1948)

00:10:58 Charlie Parker Ah-Leu-Cha (1948)

00:13:54 Bud Powell Celia (1950)

00:16:56 Dizzy Gillespie Salt Peanuts (1945)

00:20:11 Charlie Parker Billie's Bounce (1945)

00:23:19 Red Norvo Bop! (1945)

00:26:23 Miles Davis And His Orchestra Venus De Milo (1950)

00:29:32 Tadd Dameron Symphonette (1949)

00:32:38 Wardell Gray Twisted (1949)

00:36:05 Dizzy Gillespie A Night In Tunisia (1946)

00:39:07 Charlie Parker Bird's Nest (1947)

00:41:52 Sarah Vaughan What A Diff'rence A Day Made (1948)

00:44:38 Django Reinhardt - Babik (Bi-Bop) (1947)

00:47:23 Dizzy Gillespie Oop Bop Sh'bam (1947)

00:50:22 Thelonious Monk 'Round About Midnight (1948)

00:53:30 Charlie Parker Donna Lee (1947)

00:56:05 Dizzy Gillespie 52nd Street Theme (1947)

00:59:07 Charlie Parker Sextet Air Conditioning (1950)

01:02:06 Miles Davis Budo (1949)

01:04:41 Charlie Parker Scrapple From The Apple (1948)

01:07:35 Fats Navarro Goin To Minton's (1947)

01:10:28 Dizzy Gillespie Groovin' High (1947)

01:13:03 Charlie Parker Constellation (1948)

01:15:30 Bud Powell Tempus Fugue It (1950)

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"The Forever Man" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 15, 1974

A luckless man is offered every material comfort in the world through free cars, houses and monetary wealth by a millionaire. The latter only wants to swap their souls in exchange so he can regain his youth.

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"Voices of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 14, 1974

The apparition of a dead producer Peter Truro returns to haunt the actor Jason Phillips through his television set. The ghost repeatedly asks him to murder his wife Claire. The irate Jason is forced to consult a medium and a psychiatrist but soon gives way to believing the apparition. He must utilize all his resources to save Claire every time Truro aggressively frames the circumstances.

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"The Lodger" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 13, 1974

A boarding lodge matron lives in fear due to a series of cruel killings of women in the neighborhood and a new lodger who she thinks is responsible.

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"Now Voyager" Lux Radio Theatre - May 10, 1943

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"A Tiny Drop of Poison" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 9, 1974

A charming politician hides her dark part as a hippie radical and a murderer. But her game seems up as her husband is allocated the responsibility of cracking the case.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Paris Between the Wars

00:00 Stéphane Grappelli & le Hot Club de France - Are You In The Mood ?

02:47 Philippe Brun & son Orchestre - P.B. Flat Blues

05:42 Léo Chauliac & son Ensemble - Rue de la Paix

08:56 Hubert Rostaing & son Orchestre - Oui, C'est Ca

11:33 Gus Viseur & son Orchestre - Swing 42

14:14 Aimé Barelli & son Orchestre - Riviera

17:03 André Ekyan & son Orchestre - Blues of Yesterday

19:37 Michel Warlop & son Septuor à Cordes - Tempête sur les Cordes

22:05 Jerry Mengo & Le Jazz de Paris - Hôtel de la Gare

24:26 The Hot Club Swing Stars - Daphné

27:13 Alix Combelle & Le Jazz de Paris - Verlaine

30:30 Noël Chiboust & son Orchestre - Goût du Jour

33:24 Pierre Allier & son Orchestre - Jam Men

36:02 Django Reinhardt & le Hot Club de France - In a Sentimental Mood

39:01 Ray Ventura & ses Collégiens - I Got Rhythm

42:01 Alex Renard & son Orchestre - Nuages

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"My Man Godfrey" Lux Radio Theatre - May 9, 1938

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"The Breaking Point" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 8, 1974

A thought projection experiment takes a deadly turn as a scientist takes an extreme step and subjects his wife's subconscious to the process to persuade her to kill him!

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"The Suicide Club" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 7, 1974

Russian roulette, anyone? A high stake gambler finds the game getting the better of him as his new club demands him to murder someone, or choose suicide.

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"Murder with Malice" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 6, 1974

An attempted patricide by the son who tries to hypnotize his sister to carry out the actual deed.

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"The Egg And I" Lux Radio Theatre - May 5, 1947

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"Dracula" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 2, 1974

The classic Bram Stoker tale retold. A young girl is progressively being drained of her life-force and must stake the responsible vampire to save herself.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Edith Piaf

00:00:00 La Vie En Rose

00:03:04 Hymne A L'Amour

00:06:28 L'Accordeoniste

00:10:03 Les Trois Cloches

00:14:10 Les Amants De Paris

00:17:21 Padam, Padam

00:20:36 Le Chevalier De Paris

00:23:40 Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux

00:26:50 Jjzjbel

00:30:29 Rien De Rien

00:32:37 La Valse De L'Amour

00:34:59 Autumn Leaves

00:38:21 La Marseillaise

00:42:34 Le Petit Homme

00:45:34 Les feuilles mortes

00:49:01 Mon Légionnaire

00:52:29 Notre Dame de Paris

00:55:35 Pour moi toute seule

00:58:56 Tu Es Partout

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"The Death Bell" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - May 1, 1974

Family genealogy research gets a man into trouble with the IRA who believe he is from the police.

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"The Venus d'Ile" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 30, 1974

Venus has always been a tricky, tempestuous goddess for those who are aware of mythology. An unlucky gambler consents to a marriage for wealth and carelessly places the wedding ring on a Venus statuette. The situation turns tricky when the goddess comes to life and asks for his heart or his life.

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"Candy’s Last Case" - Candy Matson - April 29, 1951

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"All Living Things Must Die" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 29, 1974

A lonely woman is left with just the houseplants for her company under the rules of her tyrannic husband. But he goes too far in trying to take even the plants away from her and the vegetation isn't willing to comply.

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"Gaslight" Lux Radio Theatre - April 29, 1946

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"Nineteen Eighty-Four" - Theatre Guild on the Air - April 26, 1953

Winston Smith ... Richard Widmark

Julia ... Marian Seldes

O'Brien ... Alan Hewitt

Broadcast on NBC April 26, 1953

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"Sunset to Sunrise" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 25, 1974

A daughter remembers how her mother turned into a vampire.

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"The Hand" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 24, 1974

A postal surprise in the form of a human hand leaves a man convinced of its apocalyptic portents.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Love

00:00:00 Ella Fitzgerald I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling

00:02:37 Frank Sinatra Stella By Starlight

00:05:53 Jo Stafford Ev'ry Day I Love You (Just A Little Bit More)

00:08:45 Bing Crosby Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

00:12:07 Peggy Lee Linger In My Arms A Little Longer Baby

00:15:16 Lena Horne 'Deed I Do

00:17:49 Perry Como Please Believe Me

00:21:12 Dinah Shore Love That Boy

00:23:54 Doris Day It's Magic

00:27:21 Nat King Cole I Don't Know Why

00:30:35 Ella Fitzgerald Dedicated To You

00:33:50 Jo Stafford I Remember You

00:36:54 Mel Torme You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me

00:40:01 Kay Starr If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

00:42:48 Dick Haymes How Deep Is The Ocean

00:46:01 Beryl Davis Don't Blame Me

00:49:01 Perry Como A You're Adorable

00:51:29 Billie Holiday I'm Yours

00:54:48 Frank Sinatra My Love For You

00:57:43 Maxine Sullivan Come Rain Or Come Shine

01:00:37 Dick Haymes How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?

01:03:37 Doris Day Again

01:06:26 Bing Crosby I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

01:09:17 Jo Stafford September Song

01:12:26 Perry Como It Only Happens When I Dance With You

01:15:16 Peggy Lee Hold Me

01:18:28 Pied Piper Dream

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"The Ghost Driver" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 23, 1974

A driver killed the proprietors of a country inn. Now his ghost is after the present proprietors along with the residents of the inn.

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"The Wishing Stone" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 22, 1974

A young girl believes an angel gave her a wishing stone. But her wishes don't turn out quite the way she intended.

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Staring: Clair Bloom, Anthony Quayle, Kathleen Nesbitt, and George Rose

Publication date 1969

Jane Eyre's Early Years, Through Her Arrival At Thornfield.
First Acquaintance With Thornfield, And Mr. Rochester.
Rochester's Account Of His Past, Through His Announcement Of Intended Marriage With Blanche Ingram.
Rochester's Declaration Of Love, Through The Wedding Scene.
Jane's Final Struggle With Rochester, Through Her Consideration Of Marriage With St. John Rivers.
The Night Of Jane's Presentiment, To The Conclusion.

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"A Night To Remember" Lux Radio Theatre - April 19, 1943

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" April 18, 2015

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

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"A Portrait of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 18, 1974

A man suddenly achieves the power to become a great painter. But all his subjects seem to meet their ends quite as suddenly. His step brother starts to worry as the man plans to paint his wife in his next session.

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"The Horror Within" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 17, 1974

A young man turns religious after the death of his beloved and seeks the power to forestall pain and suffering in the future. As time heals his grief, his desire to wield his powers grow aided by a swaying faith.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Blues

00:00:00 Count Basie Good Morning Blues 1937

00:03:19 Billie Holiday Fine And Mellow 1939

00:06:41 Jelly Roll Morton's Red-Hot Peppers Original Jelly Roll Blues 1927

00:09:50 Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang Beale Street Blues 1936

00:13:11 Bessie Smith Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 1929

00:16:15 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven Potato Head Blues 1927

00:19:20 Leadbelly Backwater Blues 1948

00:22:23 Kay Starr Stormy Weather 1946

00:25:31 Fats Waller Fats Waller's Original E-Flat Blues 1940

00:28:51 Jimmie Lunceford Blues In The Night 1942

00:34:15 Maxine Sullivan St. Louis Blues 1938

00:37:38 Benny Carter Swingin' The Blues 1936

00:40:44 Trixie Smith Freight Train Blues 1924

00:44:09 Louis Armstrong (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue 1937

00:47:22 Bessie Smith I'm Down In The Dumps 1934

00:50:39 Joe Venuti To To Blues 1932

00:53:59 Nat Gonella & His Georgians Hesitation Blues 1935

00:57:09 Johnny Dodds Red Onion Blues 1940

01:00:10 Louis Jordan Early In The Morning 1948

01:03:36 Billie Holiday I Love My Man 1944

01:06:49 Woody Herman Blues On Parade 1939

01:10:04 Sarah Vaughan Lover Man 1945

01:13:29 Count Basie Harvard Blues 1942

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"Men Without Mouths" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 16, 1974

A gangster adopts the daughter of a dead comrade and sees her off faithfully until her happy marriage. With approaching old age however, he is tormented with visions of men without mouths despite the sincere aid from his sworn daughter.

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"Only the Dead Remember" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 15, 1974

Two decades is a small time for Korean war veterans as they come together to plot the murder of a fellow prisoner of war who foiled their escape attempt from a POW camp.

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"Once Upon A Honeymoon" Lux Radio Theatre - April 12, 1943

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"Strange Company" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 11, 1974

A wealthy aged woman is terrorized by invisible visitors. Her hard-hearted nephew and his wife can't care less and slowly decide to take advantage of her apparent hallucinations to steal from her.

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"Out of Focus" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 10, 1974

An advertising professional makes futile attempts to take the pictures of a beautiful model as all her photos turn out blank. In the process, he falls hopelessly in love with her until her real nature is revealed.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - 40s and 50s

00:00:00 Pha Terrell And Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Love Is The Thing

00:02:54 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra – Boog It

00:05:48 Jimmy Rushing And Count Basie Orchestra – I Want A Little Girl

00:08:27 Hot Lips Page – Just Another Woman

00:11:20 Fats Waller & His Rhythm – Twenty Four Robbers

00:14:01 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

00:16:44 Jack Teagarden's Chicagoana – Stars Fell On Alabama

00:19:42 Louis Prima And His Orchestra – The Very Thought Of You

00:22:14 Cecil Gant – I Wonder

00:25:00 Big Joe Turner – Rebecca

00:27:40 Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra – If That's The Way You Feel

00:30:20 James "Trummie" Young's All Stars – Ooh, Ooh, My, My, Ooh, Ooh

00:33:04 The Nat King Cole Trio– What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry

00:35:36 Herb Jeffries – I'm Just A Lucky So And So

00:38:33 Charles Brown And Johnny Moore's Three Blazers – Drifting Blues

00:41:46 Ernie Andrews – Green Gin

00:43:57 Bing Crosby And Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – On The Sunny Side Of The Street

00:46:38 Buddy Rich And His Orchestra – It's About Time

00:49:14 Leo Watson – Tight And Gay

00:52:05 Eddie Vinson And His Orchestra – Old Maid Boogie

00:54:49 Billy Daniels And Mercer Ellington And His Orchestra – I Owe This Dream To You

00:57:45 Bab's Three Bips And A Bop – Oop-Pop-A-Da

01:00:35 Jesse Watson – Have I Got You

01:03.39 Frank Sinatra – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

01:06:43 Mel Tormé – My Baby Just Cares For Me

01:09:22 Dan Grissom – Recess In Heaven

01:12:33 Sammy Davis Jr. – I Ain't Got Nobody

01:14:54 Sugar Chile Robinson – Numbers Boogie

01:17:21 Johnny Hartman & Erroll Garner – September In The Rain

01:20:31 Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra – Maybe It's Because

01:23:43 Buddy Greco And Benny Goodman And His Orchestra – Brother Bill

01:26:59 Sonny Parker And Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – Sad Feelin'

01:29:44 Sid McKinney – Illinois Jaquet And His Orchestra

01:32:29 Ray Charles – Th'Ego Song

01:34:48 Roy Eldridge – Une Petite Laitue

01:37:42 Arthur Prysock And Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra – Ever Since The One I Love's Been Gone

01:40:58 Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra – Be Careful

01:44:06 Slim Gailard And His Internationally Famous Orchestra - Sabroso

01:46:36 Wynonie Harris With The Todd Rhodes Orchestra – Lovin' Machine

01:49:00 Al Hibbler – Summertime

01:52:13 Joe Carroll And Dizzy Gillespie – I'm In A Mess

01:54:24 Melvin Moore And Dizzy Gillespie – I Couldn't Beat The Rap

01:57:20 Freddie Jackson And Budd Johnson's All Stars – Sometimes I Feel Like Leaving Home

02:00:30 Lloyd Oldham And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Blues At Sundown

02:03:09 Jimmy Scott – Come What May

02:05:15 King Pleasure & Blossom Dearie – I'm In The Mood For Love

02:08:14 Eddie Jefferson – I Got The Blues

02:11:01 Jackie Paris & Tamara Hayes – I Miss You So

02:13:37 Dave Bartholomew – Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear

02:16:26 Cliff Jetkins – Blues For You

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"The Murder Museum" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 9, 1974

A wax museum made especially for infamous criminals is an eerie concept. Things become creepy when it becomes the place for the re-enactment of a past murder as an exhibit protests his inclusion in the museum.

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"The Locked Room" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 8, 1974

The bride's mother plays villain in the life of a newly wed couple. She is convinced the boy has married her not-too-beautiful daughter simply for her wealth and plans a nasty surprise for him.

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"The Road To Morocco" Lux Radio Theatre - April 5, 1943

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"The Donna Dunham Case" - Candy Matson - April 4, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"Dark Victory" Lux Radio Theatre - April 4, 1938

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"The Thing Inside" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 4, 1974

A couple buy a curious paper weight made from glass in a curio store. The artist husband soon gets obsessed with it and the wife suspects his involvement in the death of an avaricious developer. She also thinks he is being controlled by an evil spirit.

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"Die! You're on Magic Camera" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 3, 1974

A young photographer discovers a strange camera that can photograph incidents yet to happen. But he is persuaded by its creators. And the people whose futures have already been predicted by the camera.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Duke Ellington

00:00:00 Black And Tan Fantasy

00:03:22 Prelude To A Kiss

00:06:19 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

00:09:23 Pyramid

00:12:12 Hot And Bothered

00:15:27 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

00:18:36 Take It Easy

00:21:11 Tired Socks

00:24:00 Cotton Tail

00:27:10 The Mooche

00:30:31 Creole Rhapsody (Part 1 & 2)

00:38:57 Ko-Ko

00:41:38 Mood Indigo

00:44:18 Rockin' In Rhythm

00:47:31 Don't Get Around Much Anymore

00:50:50 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

00:53:58 Creole Love Call

00:57:09 Harlem Air Shaft

01:00:06 Sophisticated Lady

01:03:19 Take The ''A'' Train

01:06:14 Drop Me Off In Harlem

01:09:12 Solitude

01:12:23 In A Sentimental Mood

01:15:39 Clouds In My Heart

01:18:34 Echoes Of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)

01:21:33 Back Room Romp

01:24:20 Caravan

01:27:01 Crescendo In Blue

01:30:14 Blue Reverie

01:33:08 Diminuendo In Blue

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"The Pharoah's Curse" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 2, 1974

A treasure hunt in an Egyptian tomb becomes a nightmare as an archaeologist and a singer become the victim of an ancient curse.

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"The Black Cat" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 1, 1974

A hasty marriage for wealth is rued by a man who finds both his wife and her cat repulsive. He is slowly convinced by the cat that he will kill his wife.

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"Boarding House Double-Cross" - Rocky Fortune - March 30, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Unearthly Gift" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 28, 1974

A modest lumberjack camp cook has the gift of clairvoyance, but her visions don't always predict nice things. After a particularly nasty vision involving a newcomer at the camp, she decides to interfere with fate to forestall a death.

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"It's Simply Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 27, 1974

A hen-pecked wimp fantasizes about running away from his despotic wife. Unwittingly, one weekend he gets wound up in a plot to murder her, participate in a bank robbery and get away with a woman he falls for.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

00:00:00 Stardust (1942)

00:03:22 Moonglow (1941)

00:06:32 Nightmare (1937)

00:08:57 Blues (1936)

00:11:27 Scuttlebutt (1946)

00:14:34 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1941)

00:17:41 La Paloma (1940)

00:20:46 A Room With A View (1939)

00:24:10 Blues In The Night (1941)

00:27:19 A Foggy Day (1945)

00:30:28 Ziguener (1943)

00:39:52 Rosalie (1938)

00:42:30 Temptation (1940)

00:45:27 The Man I Love (1939)

00:48:32 Cream Puff (1937)

00:51:18 I Can't Get Started (1946)

00:54:35 My Heart Stood Still (1939)

00:57:16 What Is There To Say (1940)

01:00:20 Frenesi (1940)

01:03:24 Oh, Lady Be Good (1939)

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"Death by Whose Hands" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 26, 1974

Set nearly a hundred years back, this story is about a prosthetic surgeon's transplant of the hand of a prodigious musician to his competitor with disastrous repercussions.

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"The Diary of a Madman" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 25, 1974

This namesake of the famous Nikolai Gogol story deals with the confession of a magistrate to multiple arbitrary homicides.

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"Rocket Racket" - Rocky Fortune - March 23, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Ordeal by Fire" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 21, 1974

A millionaire and his daughter are subjected to third degree burns when they refuse to pay a million dollars to a man with a mysterious control over elemental fire. The daughter asks her beau to aid her father who has become paranoid about security and changed their home to a fortress.

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Today is the 107th birthday of the musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe. More than forty years after her death, she is finally getting the recognition she deserves and I cannot help but believe it took that long because she was a queer black woman pioneer in a white cisgender male industry. She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Keith Richards. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Songs:

This Train (live 1964)

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"The Ghost at the Gate" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 20, 1974

A ghostly, two-timing tale of romance where a man continues his affair with his wife and his mistress - even beyond death.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - 20s

00:00:00 The Rhythmic Eight Kansas City Kitty
00:02:40 The Charleston Chasers After You've Gone
00:05:21 The Savoy Havana Band Masculine Women & Feminine Men
00:08:05 The Charleston Chasers Wabash Blues
00:10:46 The Savoy Orpheans The Charleston
00:13:42 Jack Hylton There's One Little Girl Who Loves Me
00:16:54 Miff Mole's Little Molers You Took Advantage Of Me
00:20:16 The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Spread A Little Happiness
00:23:21 Whiteman Paul & His Orchestra Louisiana
00:26:23 Duke Ellington Harlem Twist (East St Louis Toodle-oo)
00:29:44 Jack Hylton Button Up Your Overcoat
00:33:05 Whiteman Paul & His Orchestra There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of
00:36:38 Ted Lewis Glad Rag Doll
00:39:33 The Savoy Orpheans Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
00:42:22 Joe Venuti's Blue Four Dinah
00:45:14 The Rhythmic Eight Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da
00:48:05 The Savoy Havana Band Turkish Towel
00:51:07 Rosebury, Arthur & His Kitkat Band Let's Do It
00:53:54 Lloyd Keating Turn On The Heat
00:56:34 Louis Armstrong That Rhythm Man
00:59:47 Frankie Trumbauer Singin' The Blues
01:02:50 Ambrose Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
01:05:55 Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders Black Bottom
01:09:08 Arcadians Dance Orchestra When I Met Connie In The Cornfield
01:12:15 Jack Hylton Sunshine
01:15:24 The Savoy Orpheans Fascinating Rhythm

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"Frankenstein Revisited" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 19, 1974

The 400th anniversary coverage of Baron Von Frankenstein might just be a bad idea for a news item. Especially since the good doctor and his creation are eager to attend.

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"Sea of Troubles" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 18, 1974

A trans-Atlantic voyage on a ship is also the scene of a murder conspiracy where a man enlists the help of his brother to kill his wife for her wealth.

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"Psychological Murder" - Rocky Fortune - March 16, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Fall of the House of Usher" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 14, 1974

The evergreen horror tale by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of a heir driven insane by the ancient house of Usher, which he believes to be sentient. The ultimate macabre phantasmagoria winds with him burying his cataleptic sister alive.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Let's Dance

00:00:00 Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli Tea For Two
00:03:17 The Ink Spots Java Jive
00:06:23 Benny Goodman Sugar Foot Stomp
00:09:12 Fats Waller & His Rhythm My Very Good Friend The Milkman
00:12:46 Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters Jersey Bounce
00:15:55 Paul Whiteman Happy Feet
00:18:58 Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine (Foxtrot) (Foxtrot)
00:22:15 The Boswell Sisters & Dorsey Brothers Orchestra When I Take My Sugar To Tea
00:25:28 Jimmie Lunceford For Dancers Only
00:28:13 Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Sugar
00:31:04 Lionel Hampton Flying Home
00:34:02 Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Lang Singin' The Blues
00:37:05 Annette Hanshaw Lovable And Sweet
00:39:59 The Mills Brothers Sweeter Than Sugar
00:41:58 Glenn Miller (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo
00:45:15 Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli The Lambeth Walk
00:48:02 Benny Goodman Trio China Boy
00:50:37 Fred Astaire Let's Face The Music And Dance
00:53:08 Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
00:56:13 Hutch Moonlight Cocktail
00:59:29 Helen Ward & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Sing Me A Swing Song
01:01:55 Hoagy Carmichael Rockin' Chair
01:05:23 Fats Waller & His Rhythm Shortnin' Bread
01:08:08 Jack Teagarden & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Texas Tea Party
01:11:30 Bud Freeman Trio Three Little Words
01:14:35 Sam Costa & Peter Yorke & His Orchestra A Nice Cup Of Tea

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"A Little Night Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 13, 1974

All promises should not be kept. A serial killer stalks town women to fulfill his childhood promise to kill them.

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"A Sacrifice in Blood" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 12, 1974

An archaeologist might come to regret their decision when they adopt a boy found in an ancient, infamous Aztec place of worship.

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"The Thing in the Cave" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 11, 1974

Every uncharted cavern has its own pasts and mysterious. Two couples get trapped in one with an infamous inhabitant.

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"The Twice-Murdered Man" - Rocky Fortune - March 9, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Creature from the Swamp" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 7, 1974

A man lets himself into more trouble than bargained for when he rescues a woman from a swamp and she is apparently pursued by a swamp creature.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Acid Jazz

01 Jestofunk Feat. Ce Ce Rogers & Fred Wesley -The Ghetto (00:00)

02 Bossa Nostra Feat. Vicki Anderson — Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Progetto Tribale Soul Mix) (06:52)

03 Sarah Jane Morris -Ever Gonna Make It (12:10)

04 Gazzara -Keep Yourself Together (17:00)

05 Legato Feat. Karen Jones -If You Suck My Soul (22:01)

06 The Last Minister -Tribute To Jb Family (27:55)

07 Ltj Sound Machine -Funky Superfly (34:02)

08 Papik Feat. Alan Scaffardi -I Believe In The Sun (38:37)

09 Jerome Van Rossum -Nublado (42:22)

10 Sam Paglia-Lo Bianco Theme (47:14)

11 S-Tone Inc -Get Freaky Now (Acid Jazz Mix) (50:54)

12 Key Tronics Ensemble -Anamaria (56:15)

13 Tameka Starr -Going In Circles (Ltj Soul Invention Remix) (01:00:28)

14 Typhorns Feat. Trudy Newman -Nightlife (Full Jazz Version) (01:05:26)

15 Voo Doo Phunk -Starsky (01:11:06)

16 Max Sedgley -Happy Artist: Various Artists (01:16:20)

17 Italian Secret Service -Vox Media (01:22:16)

18 2 Men 4 Soul -Spread Your Sax (01:27:05)

19 Michael Allen -Start All Over Again (01:32:09)

20 Man Sueto -Mansueto Theme (01:37:37)

21 Soul Quality Quartet -Amor Ideal(01:40:34)

22 The Sonic Family -Never Stop Dreaming (Never Stop Jazz Dream) (01:45:02)

23 M-Swift Feat. Vanessa Haynes - Kosmic Love (01:51:00)

24 Aaron Tesser & The New Jazz Affair -Little Darling(01:56:58)

25 Black Mighty Orchestra –Airplane (02:02:09)

26 Faze Liquide –Rays (02:07:36)

27 Honeymunch -Recordaelectro(02:13:03)

28 Ohm Guru -Tokio Station (02:17:14)

29 Soul Jazz Unit -Pentatonic (02:22:08)

30 Capiozzo & Mecco -Spinning Wheel (02:27:02)

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"The Sending"- CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 6, 1974

Innocent co-eds at a college get their souls sold to the demon by their professor. Black magic is afoot as the professor barters their souls to extend his wife's life.

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"A Long Time to Die" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 5, 1974

The grass is never greener on the other side and swapping lives is a dangerous practice. Unfortunately, a criminologist and an American Indian discover this too late as their swapped circumstances threaten to engulf them. One needs to depose before a tribal council and the other must do it in front of the Congress.

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"This Will Kill You" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 4, 1974

Negative reviews can get you into trouble - especially if the book under review is written by a demon-worshipper! A journalist finds this out to his own cost as the inflamed writer puts a death curse on him. He can only be rid of the curse if he passes it on to another.

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"Prognosis Negative" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 3, 1974

A mentally disturbed soldier is recruited by a fake medium to take her game to the next level. The military conducts a desperate search for the missing psychopath. She might not have bargained for what she had let herself into.

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"Out of Sight" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - March 2, 1974

A superstitious astronaut believes their space flight to be cursed due to her very presence. What's more, they are being tortured by invisible aliens!

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"Honor Among Thieves" - Rocky Fortune - March 2, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"A Choice of Witnesses" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 28, 1974

The tables are turned on a seasoned blackmailer as his past victims team up to create a deadly plan to ensnare him.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - 1940s and 1950s Female Jazz

Maxine Sullivan – St. Louis Blues

Miss Valaida Med Winstrup Olesens Swingband – You're Driving Me Crazy

Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson – Please Mr. Johnson

Una Mae Carlisle – Walkin' By The River

Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra With Helen Ward – Embraceable You

Mildred Bailey – Lover, Come Back To Me

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Ivie Anderson – I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

Benny Goodman Sextet With Peggy Lee – Where Or When

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra With Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Rock Me

Harry James And His Orchestra With Helen Forrest – But Not For Me

Bunny Banks Trio With Bonnie Davis – Don't Stop Now

Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy With June Richmond – Baby Don't You Tell Me No Lie

The Nat King Cole Trio With Ida James – Close To You

Earl Hines Sextet With Betty Roché – I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)

Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra With Dorothy Dandridge – Watcha Say

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Joya Sherrill – I Didn't Know About You

Eddie Condon And His Orchestra With Lee Wiley – Wherever There's Love

Gene Krupa And His Orchestra With Anita O'Day – Tea For Two

Helen Humes And Her All-Stars – He Don't Love Me Anymore

John Kirby And His Orchestra With Sarah Vaughan – You Go To My Head

Thelma Carpenter – Seems Like Old Times

Mercer Ellington And His Orchestra With Carmen McRae – Pass By Me

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Kay Davis – Transblucency

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra With Alice Roberts – He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped

Lena Horne – Whispering

Etta Jones With J.C. Heard And His Orchestra – I Sold My Heart To The Junkman

Count Basie Orchestra With Ann Moore – Meet Me At No Special Place

Lil Green And Her Orchestra – Lonely Woman

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra With Wini Brown - Gone Again

Earl Hines And His Orchestra With Melrose Colbert – Black And Blue

Dinah Washington With Dave Young's Orchestra – Am I Asking Too Much

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra With Dolores Parker – Take Love Easy

Kay Starr – Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong

eddy Wilson Trio With Kay Penton – As Time Goes By

Jackie & Roy – Deed I Do

Blue Lu Barker – Trombone Man Blues

Rose Murphy – Busy Line

Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra With Rae Pearl – Casbah

Addie Williams – Maybe Someday

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra With Betty Carter – The Huckle Buck

Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page – Baby, It's Cold Outside

Billie Holiday – Them There Eyes

Ella Fitzgerald – Talk Fast My Heart, Talk Fast

Betty Mays And Her Swingtet – May's Haze

Nellie Lutcher – That's A Plenty

une Christy With Stan Kenton And His Orchestra – Lonesome Road

Jack Dieval Et Son Quartett With Annie Ross – Le Vent Vert

Dorothy Ellis – Slowly Go Out Of My Mind

Della Reese With Jimmy Hamilton And His Orchestra – Blue And Orange Birds

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"The Edge of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 26, 1974

A farmer can't do anything but watch helplessly as his wife is slowly consumes by an undefined illness. One day he finds a strange case and an even stranger person without a mouth seeking it desperately. He becomes convinced that the case contains a miracle remedy that can save his wife.

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"The Horse That Wasn't for Sale" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 24, 1974

Hereditary equestrian passion notwithstanding, a woman has to put up her horses for sale after her father's death. All except one that is fabled to be the best to the dismay of her dad's rivals.

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"A Sitting Duck for Death " - Rocky Fortune - February 23, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Horla" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 22, 1974

Maupassant's classic story about a man obsessed and terrorized by a presence that engulfs him. He is also convinced of a dreadful evil concealed in a ship anchored at the harbour.

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Today is the 89th birthday of the musician and activist Nina Simone. To paraphrase the title of one her most-popular songs, she put a spell on the world with her music. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"The Walls of Jericho" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 21, 1974

A modest attender at a men's club discovers his extraordinary gift of bringing characters to life from his imagination - literally. But they do exhibit a tendency of being out of control.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Quartets

Lester Young - She's Funny That Way

Coleman Hawkins - It's The Talk Of The Town

Charlie Parker - My Old Flame

Johnny Hodges - Night Wind

Lister Young - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

Chu Berry - On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Flip Phillips - Sweet And Lovely

Coleman Hawkins - Someone To Watch Over Me

Willie Smith - The Way You Look Tonight

Lester Young - Something To Remember You By

Ben Webster - I Got It Bad

Charlie Parker - Don't Blame Me

Chu Berry - A Ghost Of A Chance

Lester Young - East Of The Sun

Benny Carter - Stairway To The Stars

Coleman Hawkins - What Is There To Say?

Babe Russin - Like Somone In Love

Lester Young - Polka Dots And Moonbeams

Charlie Parker - The Gypsy

Coleman Hawkins - Sophisticated Lady

Sidney Bechet - When It's Sleep Time Down South

Buddy Tate - Blue And Sentimental

Lester Young - These Foolish Things

Coleman Hawkins - I'm Through With Love

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"Sea Fever" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 19, 1974

A fearsome captain of the seas inflicts the ultimate punishment for people who even dare to look at his wife. But some people can't contain their passions for her.

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"Blizzard of Terror" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 18, 1974

A bitter couple gets caught up in a deadly storm and seek shelter in a remote cabin. But there is someone already there. And that someone might just be a homicidal maniac.

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The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Walking Corpse" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 17, 1974

An unfortunate American couple is caught up in a coup by a Banana Republic despot who intends to take over the little island with a horde of zombies.

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"A Lady Never Loses Her Head" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 16, 1974

An American lady marries a blue-blooded British man and arrives at his manor house. There she is troubled by a headless apparition on horseback who looks unnervingly familiar in the mirror...

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"One Husband Too Many" - Rocky Fortune - February 16, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Under Grave Suspicion" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 14, 1974

A bitter fight between a couple. A sea side cottage. And turbulent weather that threatens to turn into a hurricane.

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"Swing Years & Beyond" – Valentines Day Special February 13, 2016

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - 1935

Lullaby Of Broadway - Dorsey Brothers

I Believe In Miracles - Dorsey Brothers

In A Little Gypsy Tea Room - Bob Crosby

I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again - Ozzie Nelson

And Then Some - Ozzie Nelson

About A Quarter To Nine - Ozzie Nelson

Isle Of Capri - Freddy Martin

I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes - Freddy Martin

Tell Me That You Love Me - Freddy Martin

Fare Thee Well Annabelle - Glen Gray Casa Loma

Lookie Lookie Lookie, Here Comes Cookie - Glen Gray Casa Loma

Blue Moon - Glen Gray Casa Loma

The Lady In Red - Xavier Cugat

Begin The Beguine - Xavier Cugat

I Won’t Dance - Eddy Duchin

Lovely To Look At - Eddy Duchin

I’ve Got A Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ - Dorsey Brothers

You Are My Lucky Star - Dorsey Brothers

Chasing Shadows - Dorsey Brothers

Music Hall Rag - Benny Goodman

Broadway Rhythm - Guy Lombardo

Cheek To Cheek - Guy Lombardo

I’m Sittin’ High On A Hill Top - Guy Lombardo

Red Sails In The Sunset - Guy Lombardo

Paris In The Spring - Ray Noble

Clouds - Ray Noble

Blue Danube - Ray Noble 3:19 0 1

Let’s Swing It - Ray Noble

She’s A Latin From Manhattan - Victor Young

Bert Block - No Other One and The Three Chips

Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford

I’m In The Mood For Love - Little Jack Little

Autumn In New York - Richard Himber

I Found A Dream - Enric Madriguera

The Little Things You Used To Do - Johnny Green

Anything Goes - Paul Whiteman

I Was Lucky - Benny Goodman

Life Is A Song (Let’s Sing It Together) - Ruth Etting

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"Dig Me Deadly" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 13, 1974

Archaeology students dig out an ancient decomposed corpse of a woman attached to a skeleton and a female detective is recruited to reveal the mystery behind it.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Glenn Miller

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"A Dream of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 12, 1974

Reincarnation beliefs of a college professor are accompanied by the dread of having broken an ancient agreement.

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"Now Voyager" Lux Radio Theatre - February 11, 1946

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"Dead Man's Mountain" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 10, 1974

An architect with a strange passion to create a cursed mountain. Any who attempt to climb it lose their beloved.

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"The Deadly Hour" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 9, 1974

A self-doubting man is nearly driven to insanity by the infidelity of his wife and stops speaking. Years later in a counselling session, he admits to having confined the adulterous pair in a cavern and hear them meet their death.

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"The Catskills Cover-Up" - Rocky Fortune - February 9, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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The Adventures of Thin Man: The Boogie Woogie Murder - February 9, 1945

Nick and Nora are in a record shop when a woman is murdered. Nick sets out to solve the case.

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Edward G. Robinson as private detective Sam Spade, who, after his partner gets killed, searches for the killer and ends up involved with a group of nefarious characters all in search of a priceless statue of a falcon.

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"Conspiracy to Defraud" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 8, 1974

The hero is a federal detective sent to France in order to track down heroin supplies. The villain is a Greek drug dealer who is not ready to even spare his girlfriend.

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"The Maltese Falcon" Lux Radio Theatre - February 8, 1943

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"The Eric Spaulding Concert" - Candy Matson - February 7, 1950

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - João Gilberto

1 Eu Vim Da Bahia

2 Palpite Infeliz

3 Girl from Ipanema

4 Sampa

5 Vivo Sonhando

6 Besame Mucho

7 Mujer

8 Eu Quero Um Samba

9 Corcovado

10 Conversa Em Conversa

11 Rosinha

12 You Do Something to Me

13 Doralice

14 Ave Maria No Morro

15 Izaura

16 Desafinado

17 Pra Machucar Meu Coração

18 Sorriu Pra Mim

19 Falsa Baiana

20 Eu Sambo Mesmo

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"After the Verdict" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 6, 1974

An upcoming attorney discovers to his dismay that the man he acquitted of homicide is indeed culpable. Now he must find a way to straighten out the facts.

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"The Children of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 5, 1976

In a time where men and women have been segregated to live alone, a deadly game is born. A game wherein they must hunt each other down to win the ultimate prize-- a chance at procreation.

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"The Lady Was a Tiger" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 5, 1974

A femme fatale double agent frames an unemployed reporter for homicide in Paris.

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"Here Goes the Bride" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 4, 1974

The ghost of a former wife killed under intriguing conditions reveals herself to the new bride in the husband's estate.

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"The Sign of the Beast" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 3, 1974

An arrogant archaeologist disregards tribal customs and extends praise. But her motives are less than honourable and involves robbing old tribal artifacts. But what she forgets to count in is divine retribution.

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"A Ghostly Game of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 2, 1974

A prospective buyer for an ancient dwelling recruits the services of a ghost hunter to get rid of the spirit of the wife of a sea captain.

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"The Football Fix" - Rocky Fortune - February 2, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Dead Ringer" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - February 1, 1974

A woman accidentally comes across a dead ringer for her husband. She decides to enlist his cooperation to help dispose of her husband.

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"The Man Who Asked for Yesterday" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 31, 1974

A man is murdered by his wife. After death, he wishes to be granted the chance to live the finale of his life over again.

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"Mother Love" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 30, 1974

An unusual favor and $6000 are all a fortune teller needs to grant the wish of a desperate woman to conceive.

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Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Favorites

Dream a little dream of me - Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong

This cant be love - Nat King Cole

La vie en rose - Louis Armstrong

Let's call the whole thing off - Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong

Mad about the boy - Dinah Washington

It's a wonderful world - Frank Sinatra

More - Nat King Cole

The autumn leaves - Nat King Cole

At last - Etta James

L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole

It's only a paper moon - Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rythm

In the mood - Glenn Miller

Orange colored sky - Nat King Cole

Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey

Mr. Sandman - The Chorettes

Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller

Chicago - Benny Goodman

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters

Over the Rainbow - Frank Sinatra

No Other Love - Jo Stafford

You'll never know - Dick Haymes

My Way - Frank Sinatra

Secret Love - Frank Sinatra

Smile - Nat King Cole

All the way - Frank Sinatra

Mean To Me - Sarah Vaughan

The way you look tonight - Frank Sinatra

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

Moon River - Frank Sinatra

All of Me - Billie Holiday

I'll never smile again - Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey

Black Coffee - Sarah Vaughan

Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

When I fall in Love - Nat King Cole

Fly me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

Cheek To Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Let's Fall in Love - Nat King Cole

What a difference a day makes - Dinah Washington

Well meet again - Vera Lynn

Easy Living - Billie Holiday Teddy Wilson

Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

What a wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

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"The Man Who Heard Voices" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 29, 1974

Can euthanasia ever be completely willed by the sufferer? A well-respected lawyer's life is disrupted by the voice of his wife whom he had killed in mercy and threatens the affair he had started after his wife took sick.

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"Three Women" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 28, 1974

A writer is pressed by his publisher to alter the ending of his book in order to take fuller advantage of the character of his heroine. The writer hesitates with the premonition that the character crafted by him might actually be alive.

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"Time and Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 27, 1974

A clockmaker comes across a mysterious clock that can give him an additional hour every day. All it needs is a little blood in return.

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"The Ring of Truth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 26, 1974

A tortured story about a father's coercion to get his daughter to testify against her beloved in a homicide by vehicle case.

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"Hollywood or Boom" - Rocky Fortune - January 26, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Speak of the Devil" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 25, 1974

A pre-wedding spiritual seance leads to a young woman being tortured by a demon.

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"This Gun For Hire" Lux Radio Theatre - January 25, 1943

A lone gunman on the run comes across a femme fatale and a plot bigger than he can imagine.

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Today is the 84th birthday of the singer Etta James. She kept a rigorous touring schedule well into her seventies and often performed at Jazz Alley here in Seattle. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"Deadly Honeymoon" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 24, 1974

A honeymoon turns nightmarish as a woman realises her husband to be culpable of the murders of his previous wives - during their honeymoon.

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"Casablanca" Lux Radio Theatre - January 24, 1944

Based on the 1942 film that is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. Alan Ladd plays Rick, Hedy Lamarr plays Ilsa, and John Loder plays Victor Laszlo.

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"And Nothing but the Truth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 23, 1974

A young investigator guesses at the facts of a hit-and-run case and believes the convict to be a willing victim in lieu of his son. But he cannot prove it to his superior.

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"A Very Old Man" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 22, 1974

A wizened man has clairvoyance abilities and even relieve physical suffering with a simple touch.

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"Dead for a Dollar" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 21, 1974

Two cheated men plan the murder of the trader who swindled them. Unbeknownst to them, somebody has already carried out the deed, relieved them of the rewards, but left the blame behind.

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"The Chinaman Button" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 20, 1974

A perfectly anonymous murder offers the opportunity to earn a fortune for a man in dire financial straits.

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Very rare that I narrate the whole podcast, as I don't have all the recording equipment and the AI does it better. But today is my birthday and I wanted to put in a bit of effort to celebrate some of the guys that were my friends that I have lost along the way. They made me who I am and I try to behave in a way that honors their memory. You can read the whole post over at Waldina.com, just without the music. And again, I am sorry for the sound quality.

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"The Museum Murder" - Rocky Fortune - January 19, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Girl Who Found Things" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 19, 1974

A young girl with criminal tendencies is taken by a couple who discover her peculiar talent for retrieving lost things - including corpses.

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"A Ring of Roses" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 18, 1974

A trip to the country to visit a friend turns nightmarish as a couple comes across a small girl being whipped by a man. It's only the beginning of a journey back into an old family curse and a murder - all wrapped up in a ring.

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"You Can Die Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 17, 1974

A husband believes himself culpable for the murder of his wife. He is also convinced of his affair with another woman. But he simply can't persuade a police officer to believe either.

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"A Death of Kings" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1975

A genius but modest scientist takes in a student. He ends up losing his wife to him, his skills and aptitudes too.

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"Accounts Receivable" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1974

Burdened with the responsibility of his sick father who has been recently released from jail, a son must also struggle to find $15,000 and buy out his business associate in order to keep his business afloat.

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"Companion to a Chip" - Rocky Fortune - December 15, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Resident" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 15, 1974

A move from the countryside to town leaves a retired lady prey to a cat named Evil and a young girl who forcefully moves in with her!

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"Faith and the Faker" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1975

A converted swindler turned faith healer learns that he can heal anyone in his island except his lame wife. He soon realizes that only one thing stands between him and the ability he desperately seeks to acquire.

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"Death Rides a Stallion" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1974

An old flame torments a playboy after her death in a horse riding accident.

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"The Witness Is Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 13, 1975

A young man witnesses an assassination by a gang and is fatally wounded in the process. Though he survives, he is now too scared to testify. The police need information but can't get anything out of him. They finally resort to an inventive method with the help of a hospital to get him to speak.

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"Cold Storage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 13, 1974

A man finds out that his believed to be dead mother is still living and unleashes a Machiavellian plan to acquire her wealth and property - by shutting her away in the basement.

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"I Warn You Three Times" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1974

A daring attempt to clear their car windows during a snowstorm leads to the mysterious disappearance of a woman's husband. The reasons turn out to be increasingly intriguing.

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"The Cask of Amontillado" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1975

A young lady is forced to sleep with her husband's greedy and lecherous backer to avert a fiancial disaster. In order to avenge this dishonor, the man extends an irresistible invitation to him.

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"The Rodeo Murder Mystery" - Rocky Fortune - January 12, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Honeymoon with Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1974

Her husband disappears after their return from the honeymoon and the young wife's sister insists that the nuptial was a mere fantasy. She attempts to persuade a cop that her husband was indeed killed.

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"The Tell-Tale Heart" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1975

An unlucky family is forced to live with their perverted uncle, where they are forced to face endless chores, hunger, and even sexual harassment.

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"The Masque of the Red Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1975

This is a modern day adaptation of Poe's classic. Here, an environmental disaster occur which results in a massive plague. An old man isolates himself and his family in his manor to wait out the epidemic.

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"No Hiding Place" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1974

The would-be CEO of his father-in-law's corporation is threatened with the revelation of a dark deed in his past.

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"Berenice" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1975

A young man falls in love with his young sister-in-law while his wife lies on her deathbed. The last distressing smile of his wife taunts him day and night, and he goes crazy when he sees the same smile on his new beloved.

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"Lost Dog" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1974

A husband cannot appreciate his wife's phobia of dogs. Once he gets one home, his wife sets it against him.

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"The Bullet" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1974

An accident kills a man but he is made to return to Earth to trade places with the fated victim.

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Today is the 75th birthday of the artist David Bowie. There are so many David Bowie moments that feel personally to me that they are too numerous to name. I was listening to Ashes To Ashes when I learned that a close friend had died that morning, they used to play China Doll on the boom box wen I practiced floor exercise runs for hours and hours in junior high, and his cover of Under Pressure with Annie Lennox at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert is one of my very favorite performances of all time. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the los that he has left.

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"The Oblong Box" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1975

A man makes a voyage to the US from Europe and meets an old friend carrying a peculiar oblong box that apparently contains an obscure painting. The strange shape of the box influences the fellow passengers to think that the box contains something far from innocent.

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"The Return of the Moresbys" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1974

A husband kills his wife for donating all their money. Now, he is certain that she has been reincarnated in the form of a cat to wreak revenge on him.

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"The Premature Burial" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1975

A doctor helps his friend dig up the corpse of his loved one who married a wicked man. They find her to be alive, and now her evil husband wants her back!

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"The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1974

An old lady rents a room to a sick boarder. She runs into problems with his strange deathbed confession.

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"The Many Names of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 5, 1975

A trust officer in a bank hires a sexy secretary. She charms him to take a few rash steps and walk the wilder side of things. The ride may turn out more bumpy for him than he expected.

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"On the Trail of a Killer" - Rocky Fortune - January 5, 1954

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Reluctant Killer" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 2, 1975

A professional football player becomes disillusioned with the brutality of the game and leaves. But his wife and her mother accuse him of domestic violence and send him to prison. He comes back to avenge the injustice.

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"The Deadly Pearls" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 1, 1975

A private detective tries to track two radioactive pearls that were used to murder two women. He travels to Hawaii disguised as a novelist and mixes with the inhabitants while thwarting the assassins sent to kill him.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" New Year's Eve Special December 31, 2016

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 73rd birthday of the singer Donna Summer. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.

Title: The General

Directed by: Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton

Screenplay by: Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Charles Henry Smith, and Paul Gerard Smith

Based on: The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger

Produced by: Joseph Schenck and Buster Keaton

Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack

Cinematography: Bert Haines and Devereaux Jennings

Edited by: Buster Keaton and Sherman Kell

Production Companies: Buster Keaton Productions and Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Distributed by: United Artists

Release date: December 31, 1926 (Tokyo); February 5, 1927 (New York City)

Running time: 75 minutes (8 reels)

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"The Golem" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 30, 1974

A man tries to aid an elderly Jew and his granddaughter evade the Nazis tailing them. The old man begins to resurrect a mythical being from old Hebrew legend to save them.

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"The Prize Fight Fix" - Rocky Fortune - December 29, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"NC9-8012" - Candy Matson - December 27, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"The Elixer of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1976

Seeking refuge from the noise of the city, a doctor moves to the country for a quieter life. His new-found peace is shattered when he discovers that the lynch pin that holds the village's economy together is a strange drink-- a drink whose ingredients could prove fatal.

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"Turn About Is Foul Play"CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 26, 1974

A man together with his girlfriend plots to kill his rich and sickly wife. At the last moment he experiences a change of heart but someone carries out the job for him. As all evidence point towards him, he must prove his innocence to the police without even a shred of proof to support him.

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Just a short list of songs I have collected to listen to as I travel over the river and through the woods today.

"Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy" - David Bowie & Bing Crosby

"Christmas Song" - Owl City

"Christmas Wrappings" - The Motels

"Gabriel's Message" - Sting

"2000 Miles" - The Pretenders

"Do They Know it's Christmas" - Band Aid

"Thank God it's Christmas" - Queen

"Christmas in Hollis" Run DMC

"Last Christmas" - Wham!

"Winter Wonderland" - Eurythmics

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"A Very Private Miracle" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 24, 1974

A very moving story about a cranky old man and a little girl trying to persuade him to play Santa Claus.

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"Give the Devil His Due" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 23, 1974

An aged dancer attempts to enter a pact with the devil to sacrifice her soul in return for her youth and skill. But she backs out of the deal at the last minute - with severe consequences.

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Neighbors is a 1920 two-reel silent comedy film co-written, co-directed by, and starring Buster Keaton.

Neighbors (1920)

Directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton

Written by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton

Produced by Joseph M. Schenck

Starring Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Joe Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Jack Duffy

Cinematography Elgin Lessley

Release date December 22, 1920

Running time 18 minutes

Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox play young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence and with their families constantly feuding over the lovers' relationship. Each morning Buster and Virginia exchange love letters through the holes in the fence much to the disdain of their families who insist they stay away from one another. Buster sneaks into Virginia's bedroom window as the parents are arguing but he is caught by Virginia's father who ties him to the washing lines and slowly sends him back over to his family's house. After much arguing and fighting the two families eventually go to court to settle their differences. Buster demands the right to marry Virginia, and the judge insists that the two families not interfere in their plans. On the day of the wedding the two families are naturally hostile to one another. After the wedding is delayed due to Buster's belt repeatedly breaking resulting in his pants continuously falling down, Virginia's father discovers that the ring Buster intends to give to Virginia is a cheap 10-cent ring purchased from Woolworths, he angrily calls off the wedding and drags Virginia home. Determined to rescue his love and with the help of his two groomsmen, Buster uses trapeze skills to snag Virginia and the two run off together, eventually finding themselves in the coal shed of a blacksmith who has been ordained as a minister who pronounces them husband and wife.

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"The Plot to Murder Santa Claus" - Rocky Fortune - December 22, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Miracle on 34th Street" - Lux Radio Theatre - December 22, 1947

Starring the original motion picture cast.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" - Christmas Show December 21, 2014

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" December 20, 2003 – Holiday Edition

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

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December 19, 2015 The Swing Years and Beyond

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"The House of the Voodoo Queen" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 19, 1974

A husband and wife gain possession of a house in New Orleans known to be inhabited by a malicious ghost. Another woman works her charm on the husband in order to get her hands on the house.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" December 19, 2015

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" – Holiday Edition December 18, 2010

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Charity Is Never Dead" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 18, 1974

An explosion occurs in a departmental store, leaving an old lady badly wounded who is immediately taken to the emergency unit of a hospital. She is freaked out when she cannot find her granddaughter whom she just met after a decade. In the meantime a young lady is brought to the hospital after sustaining a severe head injury resulting in amnesia. Are the women related?

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The Home Owner (1961) featuring Buster Keaton

A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their virtues while Buster is constantly pursuing a sexy-looking blonde. After buying a home, Buster proceeds to wreak havoc in the community. He falls into another resident's pool with a shopping cart full of purchases from S. S. Kresge's, knocks over an unassuming waiter with a bowling ball at the local lanes and tries his hand at being a waiter a ritzy restaurant. The construction of the new hospital and golf course are then discussed, and the films ends with a panoramic view of the model tract homes.

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"Valley of the Moon" - Candy Matson - December 17, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"Stephanie's Room" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater Enjoy - December 16, 1974

A married woman moves back to her birthplace in New York when her husband is posted there for work. She visits the house she grew up in and meets a childless old lady. They bond in a strange, symbiotic manner as mysterious things happen to her childhood quarters.

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Jeep Commercial Featuring Buster Keaton

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Milky Way Commercial Staring Buster Keaton

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Alka-Seltzer commercials featuring Buster Keaton (1958)

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Eighty-two years ago today, the film Gone With The Wind premiered. For most of those eighty years, it has been on every Best Film top list of every institute. I cannot remember the first time I watched this film, I was very young. I have seen it enough that I can drop in and drop out of it when I come across it on TV. You have to see this film!

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Fifty-seven years ago today, the film Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte premiered.

Originally the film was staring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but as they didn't get along and fought about every single thing, it didn't go well. Eventually, Joan Crawford feigned illness as a power-play to get the studio to agree to her script changes, going so far as to check herself into the hospital. They instead fired her and replaced her with Olivia de Havilland after Barbara Stanwyck, Loretta Young, and Vivien Leigh all turned down the role.

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This is a digitized version of an in-store reel to reel tape that was played within a Kmart store in December 1974. The opening Kmart jingle is interesting at the beginning of both hours, and there are theft deterrent security pages and store policy announcements between every few songs. This must have been in attempt to discourage shoplifting.

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"Is the Lady Dead?" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 12, 1974

An extremely wealthy man marries a woman on the spur of a moment. His wife dies soon after the marriage, and this affects him in such a way that he becomes obsessed with the desire toreclaim her from the grave. His behavior distresses his family and longtime butler.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" – Frank Sinatra Special December 12, 2015

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Jack Frost" - Candy Matson - December 10, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"The Damned Thing" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 10, 1974

A government official investigates the death of a very rich man an each witnesses narrates the incident differently. The man's best friend informs the coroner that he was murdered by a mysterious, invisible creature of a color invisible to human eyes.

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"The Fatal Connection" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 9, 1974

A young couple expecting a child also happen to inherit a furnished house. Among their acquired furniture is a phone that can send them back in time to relive the lives of their ancestors. They slowly realize that their ancestors were not very nice.

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"My Favorite Wife" - Lux Radio Theatre - December 9, 1940

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"Murder on the Midway" - Rocky Fortune - December 8, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" – Pearl Harbor Day Special December 7, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1975

In order to solve the case of a vicious attack on a young girl in a locked room, an ambitious police investigator enlists the services of a newbie detective. The man makes a unique suggestion.

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Today is the 124th birthday of the lyricist Ira Gershwin. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

1 | 00:00 | Ella Fitzgerald - The Man I Love

2 | 03:52 | Ella Fitzgerald - I Got Rhythm

3 | 07:00 | Ella Fitzgerald - 'S Wonderful

4 | 10:31 | Ella Fitzgerald - A Foggy Day

5 | 14:04 | Ella Fitzgerald - Just Another Rhumba

6 | 19:41 | Ella Fitzgerald - Embraceable You

7 | 24:34 | Ella Fitzgerald - Isn't It a Pity?

8 | 28:00 | Ella Fitzgerald - Slap That Bass

9 | 31:23 | Ella Fitzgerald - But Not for Me

10 | 34:58 | Ella Fitzgerald - (I've Got) Beginner's Luck

11 | 38:08 | Ella Fitzgerald - Sam And Delilah

12 | 41:26 | Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, Lady Be Good

13 | 45:28 | Ella Fitzgerald - Ambulatory Suite Promenade (Walking The Dog) - March Of The Swiss Soldiers - Fidgety Feet

14 | 52:44 | Ella Fitzgerald - Shall We Dance?

15 | 55:54 | Ella Fitzgerald - Lorelei

16 | 59:16 | Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Yo' Hands

17 | 1:01:46 | Ella Fitzgerald - Looking for a Boy

18 | 1:04:53 | Ella Fitzgerald - Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?

19 | 1:08:23 | Ella Fitzgerald - The Preludes Prelude I - Prelude II - Prelude III

20 | 1:14:58 | Ella Fitzgerald - Soon

21 | 1:17:20 | Ella Fitzgerald - Let's Kiss And Make Up

22 | 1:21:12 | Ella Fitzgerald - By Strauss

23 | 1:23:44 | Ella Fitzgerald - I Can't Be Bothered Now

24 | 1:26:34 | Ella Fitzgerald - Boy Wanted

25 | 1:30:10 | Ella Fitzgerald - Of Thee I Sing (Baby)

26 | 1:33:19 | Ella Fitzgerald - Treat Me Rough

27 | 1:36:16 | Ella Fitzgerald - The Real American Folk Song

28 | 1:40:01 | Ella Fitzgerald - Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!

29 | 1:43:51 | Ella Fitzgerald - Cheerful Little Earful

30 | 1:45:59 | Ella Fitzgerald - Stiff Upper Lip

31 | 1:48:52 | Ella Fitzgerald - Love Is Sweeping The Country

32 | 1:52:19 | Ella Fitzgerald - My Cousin In Milwaukee

33 | 1:55:29 | Ella Fitzgerald - Bidin' My Time

34 | 1:58:11 | Ella Fitzgerald - I Was Doing All Right

35 | 2:01:39 | Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me

36 | 2:06:13 | Ella Fitzgerald - My One and Only

37 | 2:08:50 | Ella Fitzgerald - Fascinatin' Rhythm

38 | 2:12:16 | Ella Fitzgerald - For You, For Me, For Evermore

39 | 2:15:41 | Ella Fitzgerald - Nice Work If You Can Get It

40 | 2:19:15 | Ella Fitzgerald - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

41 | 2:23:44 | Ella Fitzgerald - Love Walked In

42 | 2:27:37 | Ella Fitzgerald - Love Is Here To Stay

43 | 2:31:32 | Ella Fitzgerald - You've Got What Gets Me

44 | 2:33:48 | Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, So Nice

45 | 2:37:30 | Ella Fitzgerald - How Long Has This Been Going On?

46 | 2:41:17 | Ella Fitzgerald - Funny Face

47 | 2:44:41 | Ella Fitzgerald - They Can't Take That Away From Me

48 | 2:47:51 | Ella Fitzgerald - Somebody Loves Me

49 | 2:50:29 | Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got A Crush On You

50 | 2:53:59 | Ella Fitzgerald - He Loves And She Loves

51 | 2:56:48 | Ella Fitzgerald - "The Half Of It, Dearie" Blues

52 | 3:00:35 | Ella Fitzgerald - That Certain Feeling

53 | 3:03:39 | Ella Fitzgerald - Somebody From Somewhere

54 | 3:06:48 | Ella Fitzgerald - They All Laughed

55 | 3:09:53 | Ella Fitzgerald - Who Cares?

56 | 3:13:01 | Ella Fitzgerald - Strike Up The Band

57 | 3:15:36 | Ella Fitzgerald - Things Are Looking Up

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"The Body Snatchers" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 5, 1974

A doctor meets a drunkard friend in a bar. They reminisce the times they defiled graves in order to sell the corpses to a medical school.

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"A Bride for Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 4, 1974

An unlucky poet finds love and affection in the form of his melancholic neighbor awaiting her fiance's return from war. Now the intriguing question is - which war?

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"The Dice of Doom" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - December 2, 1974

A young gambler from the 1800s tries to outwit the Devil by using two special dice, thereby altering a predetermined fate he was bound to endure due to an ancestor's Faustian mistake.

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"Murder Among the Statues" - Rocky Fortune - December 1, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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The Adventures of The Case of the All-American Menace - December 1, 1944

A young woman comes to Nick Charles to ask her help to kill a man and get away with it. Nick and Nora then get notice that the potential victim “is dead.”

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"The Aaron Burr Murder Case" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 28, 1974

In a re-enactment of a famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. The actor portraying Hamilton is killed by when his partner's gun fires real bullets instead of blanks. The police investigate and soon find that all evidence point towards the real Aaron Burr as the perpetrator of the crime.

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"San Juan Bautista" - Candy Matson - November 26, 1950

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"Courtyard of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 26, 1974

This is the tale of the lewd monk Rasputin, who was the spiritual consultant of Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family.

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"The Sighting" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 25, 1974

A couple encounters a UFO landing on Earth. Though the husband insists on denying what he saw, his wife starts to get neighbourly visits from aliens.

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"Murder on the Aisle" - Rocky Fortune - November 24, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" – French Tribute November 21, 2015

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Death Watch" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 21, 1974

After winning a game of chance, a man gains possession of a cursed pocket watch. He is slowly consumed by the obsession to keep it wound.

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"Tattooed for Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 20, 1974

In order to escape their father's tyrannical ways, a pair of sisters join a circus as tattooed girls. On the surface, their actions are meant to insult and humiliate their father, but one sibling has grander scheme in mind.

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"The Strange Voyage of the Lady Dee" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 18, 1974

While on a boat trip, a young couple and their daughter become lost in the dense fog. The spirit of a woman lures them to a strange island whose sole inhabitant proves to have questionable motives.

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Today is the 96th birthday of the legendary screen heartthrob Rock Hudson. I once read a recount of how he got his gravely voice. He was told by movie executives to go up into the mountains and scream until he lost his voice, this damaged his vocal cords in a way that left him with the very low voice he had for his entire career. I am not sure if it is true, but it is crazy to think that someone would tell a person to do that. With his legendary good looks and impressive resume of film credits behind him, he publicly announced he had AIDS to the world and took it from being a fringe disease that no one personally knew who had it to being on the cover of People Magazine. The bravery at the end of his life is an example of true strength of character. He propelled the image of AIDS mainstream, we all now knew someone with it, it became immediately personal for all of us. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/11/17/happy-96th-birthday-rock-hudson/

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"Some Cat's Killed the Canary" - Rocky Fortune - November 17, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Thirty-Sixth Man" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 14, 1974

A storekeeper is selected to be the next 'Lahmed Vovnik'. This is a notion rooted within the more mystical beliefs of Hebrew legends declaring that there are only 36 people who are fit to inhabit this world. The devil sets out to influence this Thirty Sixth Man.

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"I Must Kill Edna" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 12, 1974

A hardened middle-aged man marries a wealthy lady for pragmatic reasons. When he falls in love with a young girl at the same time, he conspires to kill his wife using her obsession with rattlesnakes.

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"Wave of Terror" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 11, 1974

A more modern version of the classic Romeo and Juliet, with the story taking place in Hawaii. Disaster follows the couple as their marriage is strictly prohibited by their families who have a secret to hide.

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"Messenger for Death" - Rocky Fortune - November 10, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" November 8, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 104th birthday of an original, often imitated, never duplicated, the one and only Edith Bouvier Beale. By now, everyone has seen the documentary, the musical, the movie, everyone knows her story, and still she remains a truth and guiding light to every misfit I know. She is one of the most interesting people of the 20th century and definitely one of the most culturally significant. Watch the documentary soon, it is available on Hulu and other places and remember what it is like to not worry about what others think of you and what it is like to let yourself be it’s truest pure form. Authentic. The world was a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss since she has left it.

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"How Eberhard Won His Wings" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 7, 1974

A virtuous man is blessed with a pair of wings for his spotless conduct and commitment towards good. But both he and his wife think it ridiculous to wear them. They both try to find a sin that he can attempt so they will be taken back.

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"Terror on the Heath" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 6, 1974

A young man thinks he is the incarnation of serial killer who was hanged for a series of murders in the 1800s. He finds an old photo of the killer in the public museum, and also a man well-versed in the history of the crimes.

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"Bury Me Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - November 4, 1974

A seasoned charlatan somehow survives a massive train accident. He then plots to claim the insurance money belonging to a widow.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" November 1, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Swing Years & Beyond" – Halloween Special October 31, 2015

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Demon Spirit" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 31, 1974

A man loses his life and soul in order to claim the woman he desires. He possesses her after his death and her family attempts to exorcise him.

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"The War of the Worlds" is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds.

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"The Black Room" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 29, 1974

A man is placed in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit. He somehow makes an unlikely friend while in seclusion.

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"Possessed by the Devil" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 28, 1974

A young boy who happens to be a minister's son is admitted to a hospital with fatal wounds. Though his health improves, he has lost his soul forever.

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"Pint-Sized Payroll Bandit" - Rocky Fortune - October 27, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" October 25, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"A Cage for Augie Karo" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 24, 1974

A seasoned thief discovers a way to pull off the perfect crime while in jail. A fellow prisoner hands him a special chemical that will allow him to sleep for centuries. But has he calculated how the world around him will change with the passage of time?

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"See Naples and Die" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 23, 1974

A Senator finds out that his daughter is living with a known felon in Europe who is already on the watch list of his commission. He fears this could ruin his political aspirations.

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A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89 - Disc 5

There seems to be a lot of lore around the compilation. A guy from San Francisco named Vince B. Made a 12 DC-R mixed tape of punk bands fronted by female vocalists from 1977 to 1989. He only made a few and gave them out to friends. I found the downloads and fell in love with them, so I shared. Overall, this has been one of my most popular posts of all time.

1. Crass - Where Next Columbus? (England, 1981)

2. A.P.P.L.E. - If In Heaven (USA, 1985)

3. Sleeping Dogs - (I Got My Tan In) El Salvador (USA/England, 1982)

4. Asbest - Family Care (Netherlands, 1982)

5. FFF - Arbeit Macht Dumm (Germany, 1986)

6. Gas - World Peace (Japan, 1985)

7. Les Calamités - Toutes Les Nuits (France, 1984)

8. Mother's Ruin - Godzilla (Switzerland, 1979)

9. Toxic Waste - Traditionally Yours (Northern Ireland, 1985)

10. The Ex - Lied Der Steinklopfer (Netherlands, 1989)

11. NBJ - Dead Porker (USA, 1982)

12. Doll - Trash (England, 1978)

13. ST-37 - Unknown Soldier (Germany, 1985)

14. Jetset - Tot Hier En Niet Verder (Netherlands, 1982)

15. Fega Påhopp - Hålla Masken (Sweden, 1980)

16. Alma Y Los Cadáveres - Confidencias de Nutrexpa (Spain, 1982)

17. Da Stupids - Alien (USA, 198?)

18. Essential Logic - Quality Crayon Wax OK (England, 1979)

19. Beardsley - Summer Holiday (Japan, 1986)

20. Lärm - Pigeon (Netherlands, 1982)

21. Fatal Microbes - Violence Grows (England, 1978)

22. Sin 34 - Not (USA, 1983)

23. Vice Squad - Latex Love (England, 1980)

24. Lord Eva Braun - Week-End à Blois (France, 1989)

25. Ätztussis - Bullen (Germany, 1980)

26. Falange - Falange Suburbana (Brazil, 1988)

27. Bags - Survive (USA, 1978)

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"Mind Over Matthew" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 21, 1974

A middle-aged man marries a young girl he begins to believe might be a sorceress. He enlists the aid of his physician to get to the bottom of the mystery.

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"The Shipboard Jewel Robbery" - Rocky Fortune - October 20, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"My Favorite Blonde" - Lux Radio Theater - October 19, 1942

Staring: Bob Hope and Virginia Bruce

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" October 18, 2008 (partial show: hours 3-5)

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Last Escape" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 17, 1974

An elderly escape artist wants to try his hand at the greatest escape - the one that Houdini failed to complete. But his wife and her lover don't want him to succeed in his endeavor.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" October 15, 2016

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Picture on a Wall" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 15, 1974

After transferring into a new flat with a picturesque yard, a fledgling actress becomes obsessed with a certain 'inhabitant' of the garden. This greatly disturbs not just her lover, but her landlord as well.

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"A Scaffold for Two" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 14, 1974

After his plane crashes in a secluded island, a lawyer learns that the locals employ their own judicial code. He is forced to take part in their farce of a system that ignores legal conventions.

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"Double Indemnity" - Rocky Fortune - October 13, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond"October 11, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Stella Dallas" - Lux Radio Theater - October 11, 1937

Staring: Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles

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"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" Lux Radio Theater - October 10, 1949

Staring Cary Grand and Irene Dunne

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"The Doll" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 10, 1974

A professor obsessed with his niece uses a voodoo doll in order to win her love.

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The Adventures of Thin Man: The Case of the Wandering Corpse - October 10, 1943

A corpse disappears along with a necklace, Nick bought for Nora as an anniversary present, and its place is another corpse.

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"Trapped" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 9, 1974

A sick lady suspects her husband and caregiver are plotting to kill her. With the help of her previous nurse, she struggles to survive.

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"Sister of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 7, 1974

A young woman who recently wed buys a portrait at a public sale. It is the portrait of her husband's former wife, who was murdered during a burglary.

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Sixty years ago today, the film Breakfast at Tiffany's premiered. One of the most popular films of all time and one of one of the most popular movie songs of all time. One of the most memorable times I saw it was at a very small basement theater in downtown Seattle. It was so intimate and special, I fell in love with the film in a different way.

Music: Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's (from "Audrey Hepburn: A Touch of Music")

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Today is the 113th birthday of Carole Lombard. My Man Godfrey is on of my all-time favorite movies and that is due in a large part to Carole Lombard. She is perfection. Her life story is one of those that even Hollywood couldn't make up and have people believe it. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"Oyster Shucker at the Fifty Fathoms" - Rocky Fortune - October 6, 1953

Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series.

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The Adventures of Thin Man: Nora’s Night Out - October 6, 1944

Nora is all out night, and breaks a mirror, and asks another man to marry her. Nick suspects she’s been drugged. Things get even more serious when they find a corpse.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" September 27, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 126th birthday of the actor (and my personal style icon) Buster Keaton. I absolutely adore his expressionlessness in everything. And then, have you seen Sunset Boulevard? I have put the clip below. So great. Like a neglected old friend, I sometimes feel like I am not paying enough attention to his films, like I need to keep them closer. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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After migrating to Florida, a timeshare salesman runs into a series of mishaps. Believing him to be cursed, his boss sends him to Mexico City where he subsequently discovers that he is the incarnation of an ancient Aztec prince.

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You Can't Take it with You was adapted as a radio play on the October 2, 1939 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Edward Arnold, Robert Cummings, and Fay Wray.

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"The Bride that Wasn't" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - October 1, 1974

A young lady travels to the house of her betrothed to meet him and his mother. She is stunned to find that no one in their house recognizes her - not even the man who asked for her hand two weeks back.

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The first radio adaptation was a one-hour broadcast on Lux Radio Theatre on CBS Radio on October 1, 1951, with Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, and Anne Baxter reprising their original roles.

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"Devil in the Deep Freeze" - Candy Matson - September 30, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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His Girl Friday was dramatized as a one-hour radio play on the September 30, 1940 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater, with Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, and Jack Carson.

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"Murder to Perfection" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 30, 1974

Plot: A young woman is horrified to learn that her soon to be brother-in-law murdered her sister as well as his previous wife. He then proceeds to disclose his intention to act out the perfect murder, with her as the star of the show.

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The list of authors of frequently and recently banned books reads is very similar to the New York Times Best Seller list: Alexi Sherman, Dr. Seuss, John Green, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Alice Walker, Stephen Chbosky, William Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kurt Vonnegut, Augusten Burroughs, and J. D. Salinger. Access to their works is being fought by small fringe groups that want to censor what you can experience. Their agendas vary, but are similar in their desired outcome: control of knowledge. No one is requiring them to read Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss, but they want to stop you from having the choice of reading it. Do not let scared small-minded individuals create your world. Fight censorship!

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/29/the-great-gatsby-banned-books-that-shaped-america-5/

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The list of authors of frequently and recently banned books reads is very similar to the New York Times Best Seller list: Alexi Sherman, Dr. Seuss, John Green, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Alice Walker, Stephen Chbosky, William Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kurt Vonnegut, Augusten Burroughs, and J. D. Salinger. Access to their works is being fought by small fringe groups that want to censor what you can experience. Their agendas vary, but are similar in their desired outcome: control of knowledge. No one is requiring them to read Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss, but they want to stop you from having the choice of reading it. Do not let scared small-minded individuals create your world. Fight censorship!

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/29/the-red-badge-of-courage-banned-books-that-shaped-america-5/

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The list of authors of frequently and recently banned books reads is very similar to the New York Times Best Seller list: Alexi Sherman, Dr. Seuss, John Green, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Alice Walker, Stephen Chbosky, William Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kurt Vonnegut, Augusten Burroughs, and J. D. Salinger. Access to their works is being fought by small fringe groups that want to censor what you can experience. Their agendas vary, but are similar in their desired outcome: control of knowledge. No one is requiring them to read Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss, but they want to stop you from having the choice of reading it. Do not let scared small-minded individuals create your world. Fight censorship!

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/27/fahrenheit-451-banned-books-that-shaped-america-5/

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The list of authors of frequently and recently banned books reads is very similar to the New York Times Best Seller list: Alexi Sherman, Dr. Seuss, John Green, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Alice Walker, Stephen Chbosky, William Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kurt Vonnegut, Augusten Burroughs, and J. D. Salinger. Access to their works is being fought by small fringe groups that want to censor what you can experience. Their agendas vary, but are similar in their desired outcome: control of knowledge. No one is requiring them to read Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss, but they want to stop you from having the choice of reading it. Do not let scared small-minded individuals create your world. Fight censorship!

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/27/leaves-of-grass-banned-books-that-shaped-america-5/

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The list of authors of frequently and recently banned books reads is very similar to the New York Times Best Seller list: Alexi Sherman, Dr. Seuss, John Green, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Alice Walker, Stephen Chbosky, William Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kurt Vonnegut, Augusten Burroughs, and J. D. Salinger. Access to their works is being fought by small fringe groups that want to censor what you can experience. Their agendas vary, but are similar in their desired outcome: control of knowledge. No one is requiring them to read Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss, but they want to stop you from having the choice of reading it. Do not let scared small-minded individuals create your world. Fight censorship!

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/27/the-catcher-in-the-rye-banned-books-that-shaped-america-5/

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" September 27, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Spectral Bride" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 26, 1974

Plot: After having moved on with his life to the point of re-marrying, a man forces his former wife's father to bring her back to life using a self-made formula.

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"The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 25, 1974

Plot: In a terrible mishap, a riveter loses his eyesight. While he keeps up his physical strength, he slowly goes on a downward spiral emotionally. Besides that, his apartment is within earshot of his former construction site, making him feel much worse. The police warn the riveter and his wife about an escaped murder convict in their area, and a meeting between the two is preordained.

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Today is the 85th birthday of the father of the Muppets: Jim Henson. I do not have a time in my life when his brilliance was not in it. I was raised on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, there was never a time when I didn’t know kermit. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 125th birthday of the writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. It should come as no surprise that I enjoy his work, his narratives, and his unapologetically messy life. Risks. Chances. Consequences. His life story is a cautionary tale of underutilized talent, gigantic love, and addiction. I have the last sentence of The Great Gatsby tattoo’d on my left forearm, it is also his and Zelda’s epitaph. To me, it means less about escaping from your past and more about knowing the path from it will be a struggle, but we keep moving forward. Until researching his birthday, I had no idea that The Great Gatsby had been made into a film five times over the last 90 years (1973 being my personal favorite). The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Fort Ord Case" - Candy Matson - September 23, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"Island of the Lost" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 23, 1974

Plot: A middle-aged man travels to an isolated island to surprise his young beloved. But he is afflicted by uncertainty in their relationship and starts doubting himself.

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"The Allison Gray Case" or "The Fortune Teller" - Candy Matson - September 21, 1952

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" September 20, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 80th birthday of the singer Mama Cass. I remember those The Mamas and The Papas albums clearly, I was fascinated by the one that opened up and had the split in the photographs where you could put different heads on different bodies. I remember listening to them as a kid, they were my parent’s albums stored on the bottom shelf of the pantry in the back of the garage. Music is one of the largest memory trigger senses for people. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"The Garden" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 19, 1974

Plot: A couple discover that they are imprisoned in a peculiar forest inhabited by two beings - a gentle lady and a bad giant. In order to escape, they request the assistance of the giant but soon realize that they committed a grave mistake.

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Today is the 108th birthday of Frances Farmer. There is something about her, the biopic with Jessica Lange helped push her into cult icon status for a lot of people, including me. Seattle girl, free thinker, rule breaker, and getting a raw deal from Hollywood all inspire other artists. They understand the misunderstood. She is the glamorous Hollywood misfit queen of all misfits. I think of her several times a week when I walk by the employee side entrance to to the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, a door I know that she went through hundreds of times in the early 1950’s when she took a job sorting laundry after her release from a mental hospital. How she must have felt going in that side door when only 14 years earlier, that very same hotel had held the world premier of her film “Come and Get It.” I think of that aching feeling of betrayal and abandonment and the complexities of mental instability, it must have been crippling. (It is a similar feeling that I have when I am driving home and pass Kurt Cobain’s old house and see the bench in “Kurt’s Park” covered with flowers and burning candles. Only fitting that I have connected the two, Nirvana has the song “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle” in their catalog.) Last year, the signal box outside Easy Street Record at the West Seattle Junction has been painted with her likeness. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Song: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle by Nirvana

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"Sunset Boulevard" - Lux Radio Theatre - September 17, 1951

Starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson

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"Thicker than Water" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 17, 1974

Plot: A tired lawyer is made to take on a murder trial with the defendant adamantly professing his innocence. But the lawyer refuses to believe his client's claims and orders a series of tests to be run on the weapon allegedly used in the crime.

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"What Happened to Mrs. Forbush?" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 16, 1974

Plot: The ghost of a sea captain's wife plagues an abandoned house by the sea, and the water nearby is haunted by the spirit of the captain. A frail child and his family are caught in the tempest.

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Today is the 142nd birthday of Margaret Sanger. We all owe her a great deal of gratitude for the her perseverance for a cause we all but take for granted today. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 67th birthday of the painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz. He was a badass rebel that stood up for his beliefs, who else has their ashes spread on the White House lawn in protest to the Bush Administrations inaction during the AIDS epidemic? A fucking hero. In 2010 (18 years after his death) the Catholic League successfully lobbied to have one of his videos removed from viewing at the National Portrait Gallery because it is a government institution. It later went on to have full showings around the country and institutions that routinely provided funding to the National Portrait Gallery and The Smithsonian pulled their support. His death at only 37 years old robbed us of decades of thought-provoking beauty. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" September 13, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"Swing Years and Beyond" September 12, 2015

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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"The Trouble with Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 12, 1974

Plot: A wealthy lady hires an artist to paint a nude portrait of her. She becomes disturbed when he starts acting peculiarly. Her worries are well-founded as the painter has a nasty habit of mutilating his subjects once they have outlived their usefulness.

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"The Egyptian Amulet" - Candy Matson - September 12, 1950

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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The Awful Truth - Lux Radio Theatre - September 11, 1939

Staring: Cary Grant and Claudette Colbert

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"The Hand that Refused to Die" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 11, 1974

Plot: A gifted pianist is devastated by the loss of his hand as a result of an automobile accident. He is infuriated when he finds out that the amputation was unnecessary.

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"Double Exposure" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 9, 1974

Plot: A cop dies in an accident. His wife is mistakenly taken to be someone else by two people. Her friend tries to probe the facts as one of those people thinks that she is his former wife who left him and his children a decade ago.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" September 9, 2006

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 74th birthday of the singer/entertainer Sylvester. Way ahead of his time, maybe society has almost caught up in some ways. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music: You Make Me Feel Mighty Real and Do You Wanna Funk

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Today is the 75th birthday of the singer, activist and all-around badass Freddie Mercury. Every time I hear “Another One Bites The Dust,” I am immediately transported to Skate King roller rink, I see the colorful blinking lights and feel ten years old again. I am continuously on the search for a chance to watch his tribute concert, of what I have seen, it is incredible. Listen to some Queen today. You deserve it. This year, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Centre is naming an asteroid after him. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 109th birthday of the composer John Cage. On 1952, David Tudor sat down in front of a piano for four minutes and thirty-three seconds and did nothing. The piece 4’33” written by John Cage, is possibly the most famous and important piece in twentieth century avant-garde. 4’33” was a distillation of years of working with found sound, noise, and alternative instruments. In one short piece, Cage broke from the history of classical composition and proposed that the primary act of musical performance was not making music, but listening. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music: Dream (1948) This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/05/happy-109th-birthday-john-cage/

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"Deadline for Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 5, 1974

Plot: Johnny Promo is a convict sentenced to death. He promises a witness who testified against him that he will meet his death within a month of his own.

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"The Imp in the Bottle" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 3, 1974

Plot: A man buys an amulet that can make his wishes come true. But in order to salvage his soul, he must dispose of it before he dies by selling it for a lesser price than he had bought it for.

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Today is the 98th birthday of the actress Jean Spangler. She disappeared 72 years ago in Los Angeles, California during the time when young dark-haired inspiring actresses were being murdered. There are only theories to her last chapter. Her missing person case is still open with the LAPD.

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"The Return of Anatole Chevenic" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - September 2, 1974

Plot: A young man named Hans tries to convince his uncle Anatole to give him a portion of his inheritance earlier. His uncle denies his request and mentions that he has hidden the fortune away as a precaution against attempts on his life. Hans leaves in a fume and starts fantasizing about his uncle's death.

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Today is the 99th birthday of Yvonne DeCarlo. Reinvention. I love it. There are risks and challenges, but also great rewards. One being the confusion of others. It is not only in Hollywood that people get typecast. People love to attach quick descriptors to people, to categorize them for easy processing. When you do something that appears to be out of character, it messes with people’s heads and is brilliant. Moses’ mother and Lilly Munster? What? That is the same women? The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the the U.S. Governor Ann Richards. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 224th birthday of the author Mary Shelley. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 96th birthday of the singer Dianah Washington. Her voice is singular, beautiful, and heart breaking. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"The Movie Company" - Candy Matson - August 29, 1950

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"Medium Rare" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 29, 1974

Plot: A man is relieved of a large sum of money by a pair of wicked gamblers. After his death, he uses a false psychic medium to wreak his revenge.

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"The Fatal Marksman" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 28, 1974

Plot: A regular clerk leaves his vocation to become a hunter - in order to impress the girl he loves. But this breaks a vow he made to his deceased mother. Her vengeful spirit puts a curse on him for doing so and his gun misses every single target. However, another friendly spirit gives him charmed bullets - that come at a price.

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"The Deadliest Favor" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 26, 1974

Plot: A guy is running away from the police and takes shelter in a friend's house. The friend is a novelist and lives with his wife. But from the moment the fugitive appears, problems creep up between the couple.

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Today is the 103rd birthday of the composer Leonard Bernstein. His music is part of the American soundtrack, I can close my eyes and hear a piece and picture Mid Century New York City. It has also been well documented that any friend of the Muppets holds a golden ticket into my inner circle of influential people. He is not only a friend, he also had a Muppet inspired by him: Leonard Birdseed. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music: West Side Story Original Soundtrack (1961)

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Today is the 76th birthday of the activist Marsha P. Johnson. The privilege you take for granted every day is a gift due to her tireless fight for equality. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 51st birthday of the actor and activist River Phoenix. We are the same age and I even saw him once in Seattle. He is in my favorite Indiana Jones film and my favorite Gus van Sant film My Own Private Idaho. He filmed a movie in Tacoma’s North End and we heard rumors of him being at this coffee shop and sightings here and there, but I never actually saw him. Years later, I did get an autograph (my only autograph of any kind) from his one-time girlfriend and The Goonies alumna Martha Plimpton. It’s written on a Barneys New York thank you card and simply says “screw you!” and her signature. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 109th birthday of the triple threat Gene Kelly. He was most active at the height of the Hollywood Musical and it was a perfect time for all parties concerned. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the los that he has left.

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"The Case of M.J.H." - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 22, 1974

Plot: A professional swindler seduces a lonely unmarried woman who works as a psychiatrist's assistant. He persuades her to pilfer her employer's patient files in order to extort money from them.

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Today is the 158th birthday of the composer Claude Debussy. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Opening Song: Petite Suite-Ballet by Debussy, Performed by Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky

Closing Song: Sonata for Violin and Piano (first movement) by Debussy, Performed by by Kyung-Wha Chung and Radu Lupu

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Today is the 117th birthday of the multiple Grammy winning musician and band leader Count Basie. His band’s music is part of the soundtrack of the American story. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Opening Song: If I Were A Bell by Sarah Vaughan & Count Basie

Closing Song: Ain't Misbehaving by Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie

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"Having a Horrible Time" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 21, 1974

Plot: Amy Hastings is a brave woman. She testified against one of New York's most infamous drug lords. But his goons pursue her to a secluded resort where Amy and her friend are holidaying.

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Today is the 69th birthday of the singer, songwriter, actor, activist, and humanitarians that is quoted as saying “The future is unwritten” Joe Strummer. Picking a favorite The Clash song is impossible, listing them is lengthy, remembering them and listening to them is important. The trajectory of his life is beautiful. Angry punk to humanitarian. I love a life story where you can look at the beginning and the end and know he was active, productive, thoughtful, and worked through some shit. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Opening Song: London Calling by The Clash Closing Song: Rock the Casbah by The Clash

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"A Preview of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 20, 1974

Plot: A young woman and her husband own a resort that has a working cable car. Her brother, an upright engineer suspects that the cable might not be safe. He then dreams of a beautiful girl perishing in a cable car crash.

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"The Hands of Mrs. Mallory" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 19, 1974

Plot: Shortly after the death of her husband, Mrs. Mallory loses control of both her hands mysteriously. She meets a woman in Central Park who seems to have lost her legs in a similar manner and decides to consult her doctor. The consequences are beyond her expectations.

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"The Final Vow" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 15, 1974

Plot: Sister Pamela owns a priceless figurine that is stolen from her. So she quits the church and dedicates all her time to find the missing statue in order to return it to a dying nun. Help comes from a source that she never would have imagined.

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Today is the 111th birthday of the French photographer Willy Ronis. His photographs of mid-century Paris are some of my all time favorites. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 138th birthday of the scientist Ernest Everett Just. His contribution to the field of fertilization biology is still recognized today. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"Journey into Terror" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 14, 1974

Plot: Jane Stoddard marries a man and later discovers that her husband is the infamous serial killer known as The Boston Strangler. Forced to be the bait for the cops, she must cross the country when her life is in danger.

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Today is the 122nd birthday of Alfred Hitchcock.

My mother first introduced my sister and me to Alfred Hitchcock via the movies Psycho and Rear Window (we watched them after school quite often), she taught us to look for his cameos at the beginning of the films. I am not exactly sure what age, I feel like I have always known him and I went on to read a Hardy Boys type of mysteries called “Three Investigators” that Hitchcock wrote the introductions to and even loved the old reruns of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on TV. I have gone on to love both of those movies and have added The Trouble with Harry, Lifeboat, North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief, The Birds, Strangers on a Train, and The Man Who Knew Too Much to my list of favorite Hitchcock films. How can you not fall in love with North by Northwest? The color of the film, the cut of the clothes, the architecture, train travel. The Trouble with Harry is so absurdly clever and Shirley MacLaine is absolute perfection. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Frontiers of Fear" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 13, 1974

Plot: A defeated man buys an ancient typewriter from a pawn shop. The typewriter reveals itself to be like the Goose that lays golden eggs. But gold might not be the only thing it has to offer. What if it is blood?

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"The Beach of Falesa" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 12, 1974

Plot: An island merchant is cast out of his village after marrying a local woman in defiance of their faith. In order to restore his family's pride and reclaim his trade, he must go against a shrewd and highly competitive business rival.

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"The Jazz Singer" - Lux Radio Theater (August 10, 1936)

Starring:Al Jolson, Karen Morley

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Today is the 70th birthday of Randy Shilts, the author of the Harvey Milk biography and the book And The Band Played On, of which I can see my copy as I type this. You absolutely have to read the book and/or watch the film, it is your job as a human to understand, empathize, and learn. Always strive for more understanding. I first read And The Band Played On one Summer at Interlochen, it was before I had any direct connection to HIV/AIDS. Since then, I have worked with, befriended, and loved people living with HIV. I have volunteered hundreds of hours and raised thousands of dollars to support people living with HIV/AIDS, to educate youth about HIV/AIDS, and to research a cure for HIV/AIDS. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"You Only Die Once" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 8, 1974

Plot: After being widowed, Marge Miller found love in the arms of her new husband. Her peaceful life is threatened when her ex comes back from the dead demanding his share of the insurance money she received for his death.

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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 7, 1974

Plot: In exchange for eternal youth, a man makes a deal with the devil and gives up his soul. As he is consumed by evil, his portrait changes to mirror the abomination he has become.

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Today is the 110th birthday of Lucille Ball. He comic timing and trailblazing genius has made TV what it is today. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol died my junior year of high school. Shortly after that, I became obsessed with him, his life, Interview magazine, but more specifically, his collections. I read every article I could find about the lists of belongings found in his house at the time of his death, the cookie jars, the stacks and stacks of contemporary art by his peers, the art deco furniture, the endless lists. He would go to flea markets every day and collect everything that interested him with very few criteria. Sotheby’s produced a staggering list of objects cataloged from his cram-packed six story Upper East Side townhouse when they were getting ready for the ten day auction: 1,659 pieces of Russel Wright pottery, 267 watches, 72 Navajo blankets and rugs, 61 lots of early 19th-Century American furniture, 37 Art Deco cigarette cases, 33 works by Man Ray, 18 by Marcel Duchamp, 12 Rauschenbergs.

Andy was a hoarder, but when it is a dozen Rauschenbergs, it is a collection. Hoarders have a dozen cats, Andy had rooms so full of Duchamps, he just closed the doors to avoid tripping on them. By the way, that townhouse sold for $35M (and his Montauk house for $50M) recently. He collected all the right things, he pushed the prices and demand of early 20th century utilitarian kitsch items through the roof. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Headstrong Corpse" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 6, 1974

Plot: After his death, Lord Berly of Moreland is kept in an open crypt by his physicians in deference to his fear of being buried alive. When his body mysteriously vanishes, murder and mayhem become the key facets in this Gothic thriller set in 1874.

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Today is the 91st birthday of the astronaut Neil Armstrong. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 101st birthday of the musician Charlie Parker. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Song: The Bird - Charlie Parker Quartete

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"I Thought You Were Dead" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 5, 1974

Plot: After murdering her husband and partner, an authoress begins to get phone calls from her deceased spouse. She is tormented by his reminders about who possesses the real talent between them.

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Today is the 60th birthday of the 44th president. He is a Nobel Prize, Grammy, and two-time Time Person of the Year winner. We really don’t know what we had until it’s gone sometimes, do we? The world is a better place because he is in it.

Includes Obama's Final Speech as President.

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Today is the 120th birthday of the musician Louis Armstrong. The world dis a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 117th birthday of the actress Delores del Rio. Trailblazer. Timeless beauty. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 121st birthday of the educator John T. Scopes. He broke the law that forbid the teaching of evolution, which created a national conversation, a trial, and shift in the general understanding of science and it’s importance in public education. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 97th birthday of the poet James Baldwin. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 116th birthday of Myrna Loy. Her rapid-fire line delivery, unequaled beauty, and dedication to humanitarian causes all add up to make her one the most amazing actresses of her era. I think it is because she lacked a scandal and/or didn’t behave poorly that she is not as widely remembered as Davis, Hepburn, et al. Do yourselves a favor and watch one of her films soon. I suggest the Thin Man series but also, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream Home is so great. You won’t be disappointed. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"The Hit Man" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - August 1, 1974

Plot: A chance meeting with the wife of his next victim changes the mindset of a hired gun.

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"The Only Blood" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 31, 1974

Plot: After refusing to pay blood money to the local mafia, an immigrant shoe-maker becomes the target of their ire. Angered by their misdeeds, the man hatches a plot for revenge. Meanwhile, the mob leader is torn between business and his daughter's love.

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"Ghost at High Noon" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 29, 1974

Plot: While on a road trip, two women experience car trouble in the middle of the desert. A strange old man driving an outdated wagon assists them and takes them to the nearest town. The women become suspicious and disturbed when they realize that the townsfolk do not seem to hear them.

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Today is the 92nd birthday of Jackie O. She set the standard for the role of the modern First Lady of the United States. She is quoted as saying: “We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.” (This was, of course, before facebook and online comments, but we can still do our best to activate it in our lives.) The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 125th birthday of the silent film actress Barbara La Marr. She had more life in her less than thirty years alive than most people do in eighty. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 112th birthday of the actress Vivian Vance. She didn’t make Lucy funny, she made her funnier. She was the point of reference, the voice of reason, the control group with which we were able to judge just how crazy Lucy was. She was doing what we would be doing if we were in the scene: questioning and cautioning, but eventually being persuaded to join in the scheme. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of the film director Stanley Kubrick. You know and love his films, I specifically love 2001 and The Shining, but Clockwork Orange is great, and, and… His vision and direction gave us something different and very interesting. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 127th birthday of the author, Aldous Huxley. I first started reading his books at Interlochen Center for the Arts the summer of 1989. The library was in a stone building, cool in temperature and cool in aesthetics. That summer, I read Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited. I was transported. Later, I read somewhere that his writing has inspired a lot of people that I find to be visionaries, it was great to understand a bit more of their inspirational foundations. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 80th birthday of Emmett Till. His lynching and his mother’s decision to have an open casket funeral, thus exposing the extent of the damages to her 14 year old son, was one of the major catalysts for the Civil Rights Movement. The story is in the headlines even now. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"My Sister Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 25, 1974

Plot: A twisted and humorous tale about a woman's attempts to drive her sister to madness.

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Today is the 124th birthday of aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Mystery surrounding her last trip exists to this day, with theories and evidence leading to the belief that she survived the on an island well off her intended course. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 121st birthday of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Even as I type, I can identify several biographies on my bookshelf where she is either the main subject or a key player. I can see a paperback copy of her only published novel Save Me The Waltz and an entire set of novels written by her husband. Today, I learned that she went to school with Tallulah Bankhead. Two women I admire being childhood friends makes me feel consistent. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"Adam's Astral Self" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 23, 1974

Plot: The ability to project his spiritual self to other places while asleep annoys Adam Farr's wife to no end. When she finally leaves him, he comes up with the perfect plan to woo her.

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Today is the 132nd birthday of the film director James Whale. He directed several of the original Frankenstein films and Sir Ian McKellen played him in a movie about him. That is a hell of a mark to leave. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Deadly Process" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 22, 1974

Plot: In order to save his job and further his career, an unskilled engineer pilfers the secret to a revolutionary process from an old friend. Now he must lie, cheat and bribe his way through life in a desperate bid to keep his new-found status.

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Today is the 122nd birthday of the writer Ernest Hemingway. Nobel Prize winner, war correspondent, sustained a shrapnel injury, was in two plane crashes (2 days apart), four wives, three children, notorious drinker, the subject of multiple postage stamps around the world and wrote 19 books and 3 plays. That’s a lot of life. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Philadelphia Story" - Victory Theater - July 20, 1942

The stars of the film appeared in a one-hour radio adaptation on the premiere episode of the War Office's special Victory Theater summer series. This episode was specially produced by Lux Radio Theatre volunteer personnel as their donation to the Victory Theater series, and it aired under government, not Lux, sponsorship.

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Today marks the 186th birthday of the artist Edgar Degas. We all recognize his work if not for the subject matter, then for the muted color palate. The world is a better place he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Thirty-six years ago today, the film The Legend of Billie Jean premiered. This mid-80s movie has a great cast, a great soundtrack, the classic underdog-fights-back plot, and a Honda Elite Scooter that plays such a prominent roll, it should be listed as a cast member. You have to see this movie.

Song: Pat Benatar - "Invincible"

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" January 19,2008 (partial episode)

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 154th birthday of the larger-than-life Molly Brown. If Thelma Ritter, Tammy Grimes, Debbie Reynolds, Cloris Leachman and Kathy Bates play you in a film, you have won at life. Watch the Debbie Reynolds film, I am not sure how accurate it is, but it is a lot of fun. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 84th birthday of the man that once said: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”: Hunter S. Thompson. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 100th birthday of the astronaut and senator John Glenn. An American hero that devoted his life to service. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Dream Woman" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 18, 1974

Plot: Convinced that a woman he met at the local bar is his soul mate, a man abandons his faithful and loyal wife in order to pursue her. He is soon plagued by visions of his death at his new lover's hands.

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"The Real Printer's Devil" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 17, 1974

Plot: A young couple are delighted to find an inexpensive apartment in Central Park West. Little do they know that their new home is already occupied by an invisible guest.

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Today is the 110th birthday of the actress and dancer Ginger Rogers. I love Gold Diggers of 1933, The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Roxie Hart, and Harlow to name just a few. She did it backwards and in high heels, for sure and is quoted as saying “The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.” Longevity. Reinvention. Hard work. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 114th birthday of Barbara Stanwyck. Born Ruby Stevens, reinvented herself into an internationally-known actress, and stayed in the public eye for 60 years. You know by now, I am a sucker for reinvention and longevity, throw in excellent work like Stella Dallas, Double Indemnity, and A Taste of Evil. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 149th birthday of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Canterville Ghost" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 15, 1974

Plot: In this classic tale by Oscar Wilde, a spirit repeatedly attempts to drive away the new owners of his castle and instead, becomes a source of hilarity and amusement.

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The Adventures of Thin Man: The Adventure of the Haunted Hams - July 13, 1948

Nick and Nora help a Summer Theater company after a fire destroys their makeshift theater. Nora is convinced that she can be a star.

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Today is the 87th birthday of the exceptionally talented pianist Van Cliburn. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Van Cliburn)

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Today is the 90th birthday of the actor/singer/activist Tab Hunter. I was first introduced to him through his John Waters film Polyester, which is by most considered a backwards approach. Those campy films were after a very long career of being a huge teen heartthrob. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 97th birthday of one and only Brett Somers. Actress, personality, style icon. You should be more like her. Pour yourself a highball, put on your largest pair of glasses, and laugh uncontrollably. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 75th birthday of the activist and film historian Vito Russo. His fighting has made our lives easier. Similar to the “Bechdel Test,” which examines the way female characters are portrayed and situated within a narrative, GLAAD developed its own set of criteria to analyze how LGBTQ characters are included within a film and named it “The Vito Russo Test”. To pass the Vito Russo Test, the following must be true:

The film contains a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender.
That character must not be solely or predominantly defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity. I.E. they are made up of the same sort of unique character traits commonly used to differentiate straight characters from one another.
The LGBTQ character must be tied into the plot in such a way that their removal would have a significant effect. Meaning they are not there to simply provide colorful commentary, paint urban authenticity, or (perhaps most commonly) set up a punchline.

The character should “matter.” The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Audio: Vito Russo’s “Why We Fight” performed by Peter Sarsgaard

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"The Devil-God" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 11, 1974

Plot: After inheriting a sprawling ranch, a young couple discover that the estate is home to a wild and beautiful Palomino stallion. What they don't know is that the horse belongs to a powerful deity who is angered by their attempts to claim the steed as their own.

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Adventures of Thin Man: The Strange Case of Professor Wainger 1942

A brother and sister approach Nick Charles to ask him to introduce them to a long-lost Uncle who is working as a scientist for the allies. The scientists claims not to know who they are.

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Today is the 70th birthday of artist and activist Vernon E. Berg. We are comfortable today because of his bravery. We should all be inspired to change the injustices we see so we can make life easier for others. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 78th birthday of the athlete and activist Arthur Ashe. His honesty and bravery helped push the HIV/AIDS epidemic into the mainstream. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"And Death Makes Even Steven" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 9, 1974

Plot: In order to seize control of his father's wealth, a slighted brother plans the murder of his twin whom he believes robbed him of his fortune.

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"Too Many Women Can Kill You" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 8, 1974

Plot: An ambitious maid blackmails her employer after witnessing him murder his wife. The man is plagued by the women in his life when even the spirit of his deceased spouse begins to torment him at night.

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Today is the 122nd birthday of George Cukor. He is responsible for almost all of my favorite classic films: Holiday, The Women, Gone With The Wind, The Philadelphia Story, Adam’s Rib, Born Yesterday, It Should Happen To You, etc. His teaming with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Judy Holliday, Clark Gable, Jack Lemmon, and Joan Crawford made countless of hours of perfection. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Opening Clip: Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer Confrontation Scene from The Women

Closing Clip: George Cukor wins the Oscar for Directing and Jack L. Warner wins for Best Picture for My Fair Lady at the 37th Academy Awards. Presented by Joan Crawford and Gregory Peck, and hosted by Bob Hope.

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Today is the 161st birthday of the composer Gustav Mahler. His works seem to tap into people on a deeper level and draw upon something in their DNA. This is the time of year when a lot of classical music performances are happening outdoors and it is personally my favorite setting for it. Mahler in the open with rays of sunshine between the trees and a soft breeze coming off of the lake. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music: Symphony No.9 in D-major - IV, Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend

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"The Cable Car Case" - Candy Matson - July 7, 1949

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"College Confidential" (1960) Soundtrack

College Confidential is a 1960 American B-movie drama directed by Albert Zugsmith and starring Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows and Mamie Van Doren.

Sociology professor Steve McInter conducts a survey at Collins College about the lifestyles and sexual urges of the younger generation. One of his students, Sally Blake, excels with the survey and may be having an affair with the professor. Reporter Betty Ducayne receives an anonymous tip that Steve is corrupting the youth and she discovers the dark past which he had fled.

Tracklist:

Main Title
Faux Pas
Make The Scene
Breakup
Blues Train
Mad Dad
Lazy Lady
So Be It (Blues)
Wild Ride
Gotta Be Hot Or Cold
Decision
Prelude & Lover's Quarrel
Let's Go
Raid
So Be It (Jazz)
End Title

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"The Young Die Good" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 4, 1974

Plot: The relationship of a married couple is tested when they transfer next to a strange house and its mysterious resident. The wife sees her as a frail old lady, while her husband sees a beautiful temptress and their clashing views put a strain on their marriage.

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Today is the 138th birthday of the author Franz Kafka. It should be of no surprise to frequent readers here that I find his dark hopeless hope so truthful and accurate, that I often think of him randomly throughout the day. Most recently while I was brushing my teeth, I thought of this quote. “The meaning of life is that it stops” on the surface does seem dark and hopeless, but it is the truth. So what are you going to do about it? What are you going to do with the undetermined, unidentified about of time you have? That is the glimmer of hope in the darkness. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The Secret Life of Bobby Deland" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 3, 1974

Plot: A couple suffering from the death of their only child take in a young waif to fill the void in their lives. At first the orphan helps alleviate the woman's migraines however, he later repays their kindness by robbing them blind.

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Today is the 96th birthday of the Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers. He paid the ultimate price for his conviction. He was memorialized by prominent authors including James Baldwin and Margaret Walker. In 1969, Medgar Evers College was established in Brooklyn, the same year a community pool in Seattle was named after him. In Jackson, Mississippi, he has a statue, an airport, and in nearby Fayette, his brother was their first African-American mayor (1969). In 2011, the USNS Medgar Evers was christened in his honor. In 2013, Alcorn State University erected a statue and was the subject of a tribute at Arlington National Cemetery. High ranking elected and military officials were in attendance. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 70th birthday of the activist Sylvia Rivera. Every single person waving a rainbow flag last month owes her a debt of gratitude. It is because of her relentless fight to be seen and heard that we have the freedoms and privileges that we have. Her bravery created your comfort. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 105th birthday of one of the longest living actors/actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood and the longest living actor from the film Gone With The Wind: Olivia de Havilland. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 76th birthday of the singer/actor/rebel/badass Debbie Harry. Blondie’s album Parallel Lines is still one of my very favorite albums to this day. I listened to it the other day and then listened to their very new album and loved it all the same. The world is a better place because she is in it.

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Sixty-two years ago today the film North by Northwest premiered at the United Artists Theatre in Chicago. Exactly how you are not supposed to have a favorite child, you are also not supposed to have a favorite Hitchcock film, but if we are sitting next to each other in a dark theater and no one could hear me and I will swear on Thelma Ritter’s grave I never said it, I might just whisper “this is my favorite.” Then again, the same could be said if we were watching Rear Window, or The Trouble With Harry, or Lifeboat, or, or, or…

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"Hurricane" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 1, 1974

Plot: A couple take refuge from a storm in a secluded beach house, only to find themselves in the company of two strangers.

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Seventy-three years ago today, the film Easter Parade premiered. Why at the end of June? I am not sure. Still, it went on to be the highest grossing musical of 1948 and the second-highest grossing MGM musical of the 1940s.

Song: A Couple of Swells (Fred Astaire, Judy Garland)

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Today is the 104th birthday of the singer Lena Horne. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Song: Stormy Weather (1943)

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Today is the 121st birthday of the pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He wrote The Little Prince, a copy of which was given to me by a very good friend. His inscription is included below. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Stonewall is seen as the birth of the LGBT rights movement. But there were pickets, protests, even riots, in the years before June 28, 1969.

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"Yesterday's Murder" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 27, 1974

Plot: Determined to change her fate, a woman is granted the chance to go back in time to set her life in order.

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"The Swing Years and Beyond" October 4, 2008

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

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Today is the 117th birthday of the actor Peter Lorre. He was in some of the very best classic movies of all time. If he is in the film, you are guaranteed to be scared. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Movie Clip: Mad Love (1935)

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Today is the 118th birthday of the little boy who’s first word was “beastly” and became George Orwell. For some reason, they showed the animated version of Animal Farm in school. I remember finding it exceptionally disturbing, which is the correct response, but I also remember thinking that it was a strange thing to show grade school children. The first time I read 1984 was in 1984. My grandmother was the librarian at our local public library at the time and it was one of the most popular books of the year, so she said I needed to read it quickly because people were waiting. I have read it since and think I probably missed a lot the first time around. I have included full length videos of both below. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss than he left.

Radio Play: NBC University Theater Nineteen Eighty-Four - Aired August 27, 1949 - Staring David Niven

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Blade Runner is 39 years old. I had no idea. I mean, I guess I knew, I just hadn’t done the math. I first saw it at a midnight showing at the long-gone old United Artists movie theater in downtown Seattle. I lived in the neighborhood and went to a lot of second-run or late night movies there, usually by myself. I loved it. I loved the less-than bright and shinny sterile future that was depicted. The dirty, grimy over-developed and over-advertised future seemed more accurate to me than the other option of living in a white spherical pod and wearing a white jumpsuit. If you ever get a chance, see Blade Runner in a theater, on a large screen, until then, add it to your list and watch it some night. You won’t be disappointed. I know I am adding it back to my list right now.

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Today is the 86th birthday of the playwright Larry Kramer. He fought the good fight. Now it is our turn. Do not let him down. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 58th birthday of the singer George Michael. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Song: Freedom 90! Song: Fastlove

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"Where Fear Begins" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 25, 1974

Plot: The strange circumstances surrounding her sister's death prompt a young woman to dig deeper. She soon learns that the medication her sibling was taking was prescribed by a mysterious doctor.

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"Escape! Escape!" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 24, 1974

Plot: Two prisoners escape from detention with the help of a young woman. Trouble begins when they take refuge in a seemingly abandoned house in the woods.

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Today is the 94th birthday of the choreographer Bob Fosse. I am partial to Sweet Charity, but Cabaret is pretty much perfection. He helped propel dance into the widely-recognized and appreciated art form that it is today. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 82nd birthday of the artist Scott Burton. His sculptures are beautiful. His life was too short. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 68th birthday of the singer/songwriter/actor/activist Cyndi Lauper. I remember when her “She’s So Unusual” album was released. She was unusual, she was different, she was everything that we needed, but didn’t know we needed. She has changed the landscape of music and activism over her 30+ year career and we are all the better for it.

Song: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

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‘Tis a fearful thing

to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing

to love, to hope, to dream, to be –

to be,

And oh, to lose.

A thing for fools, this,

And a holy thing,

a holy thing

to love.

For your life has lived in me,

your laugh once lifted me,

your word was gift to me.

To remember this brings painful joy.

‘Tis a human thing, love,

a holy thing, to love

what death has touched.”

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Today is the 100th birthday of the actress Judy Holliday. Her film performances are all perfection, she will draw you in on a wonderful journey and you will be forever changed through it. You will be a Judy Holliday fan. Two of my favorites are It Should Happen To You and Born Yesterday. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"Pickup on South Street" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 23, 1954

Thelma Ritter, Terry Moore, and Stephen McNally.

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"Symphony of Death" - Candy Matson - June 20, 1950

Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centered on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson.

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"The Secret Doctrine" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 20, 1974

Plot: After suffering a devastating rejection at the hands of her favorite actor, an obsessed fan directs her violent rage against her former idol.

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Today is the 125th birthday of Wallis Simpson. The king gave up the throne for her. Her style remained impeccable for her entire life. Have you seen W.E.? Brilliant. It seems that she and Edward were Nazi sympathizers, smug, and generally unpleasant to be around. Can we separate the art from the artist and still admire one simultaneously despising the other? I sometimes think yes, and most often think no. Tell me what you think.

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Today is the 120th birthday of Anastasia, the Russian duchess that was executed with her entire family, servants and dog by Bolsheviks led by Vladmir Lenin. Books and movies have been produced based on the chance that she somehow survived, but science has caught up and her remains have been confirmed along with the rest of her family. Still, who doesn’t love a good “princess in hiding” fairy tale?

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Today is the 125th birthday of the silent movie actress Blanche Sweet. She made over 160 movies, nearly all of them silent and was one of the many actors that did not make the transition to ‘talkies’. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 18, 1974

Plot: An unforeseen accident gives birth to the evil alter ego of the doctor in charge of the experiment.

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Today is the 156th birthday of the first Native American physician, activist, and today’s Google Doodle Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte. Her story should inspire everyone, it touches on obstacles, determination, and persistence. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 139th birthday of the composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky. He was one of the collection of vibrant artists, dancers, writers, composers, musicians from all over the world that gravitated to Paris between the wars. His works are immediately recognizable and universally adored. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music: Stravinsky: The Firebird / Gergiev · Vienna Philarmonic · Salzburg Festival 2000

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"Three Times Dead" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 17, 1974

Plot: A store-keeper shows his gratitude to the police officer that saves them by giving his wife a magical figurine able to grant three boons.

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"After the Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 17, 1940

Staring: William Powel and Myrna Loy.

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Today is the 112th birthday of the actor and singer Burl Ives. His voice is Frosty the Snowman’s in the stop motion animation TV shows from the mid 60s and I cannot not buy his records when I am at thrift stores. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Song: A Holly Jolly Christmas

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Today is the 95th birthday of Paul Lynde. He had a lengthy and varied career, but I remember him best as Uncle Arthur. Also, there is the EPIC of Halloween episode of The Paul Lynde Show. Don't worry, I included the whole episode below. I cannot even prepare you for the experience. It is everything. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"The House of the Seven Gables" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 13, 1974

Plot: A fresh take on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tale of tragedy shadowing the lives of the manor residents, and the curse visited upon them.

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"The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" - Lux Radio Theater - June 13, 1949

Starring Cary Grant and Shirley Temple.

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"The Rat" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 12, 1974

Plot: Enraged by the faithlessness of his wife, a genius scientist creates a highly-evolved rodent and sends it to attack his wife's lover.

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Today is the 111th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid. He taught me about the world of the sea while his counterpart Marlin Perkins taught me about the world of the land on his show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of the singer and actor Judy Garland. Her life reads like a tragic Hollywood Musical that she could have played. Highs and lows and a legacy that is as strong as ever. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Song: Over The Rainbow at the age of 21. Recorded during a Command Performance radio program.

Song: By Myself from The Judy Garland Show (1964)

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"A Bargain in Blood" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 10, 1974

Plot: When a strange turn of events allows a young man to switch illnesses with the diseased, a young man uses his gift to win the approval of his sweetheart's father.

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Today is the 115th birthday of the mysterious heiress recluse Huguette Clark. Everyone loves a recluse, she is no exception. The mystery, the reasons why, the exceptionally bottomless wealth. It’s a great story. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 130th birthday of the composer who wrote the songs “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” and “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love”: Cole Porter. Most of his recognizable songs were written within a 10-year period between the wars. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 9, 1941

Credits * Cecil B. DeMille — producer * Louis Silvers — music director * Melville Ruick — announcer * Charlie Forsyth — sound effects

Cast * Bob Hope — David Smith * Carole Lombard — Ann Krausheimer Smith * Bill Goodwin — Chuck Benson * Jack Arnold — Jeff

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Today is the 154th birthday of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He was my first introduction to the concept that buildings and interiors can be simple, beautiful, functional, and unique. That surroundings can be inspiring. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the bold, brash, and brave entertainer Joan Rivers. She broke down barriers, shattered walls, reinvented herself, diversified, and redefined career longevity. Her long list of accomplishments is hard to choose a favorite, but I really do love Girl Most Likely To, the 70s TV movie she co-wrote. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Seventy-two years ago today, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. It has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularized the term “Orwellian” as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including “Big Brother”, “doublethink”, “Thought Police”, “thoughtcrime”, “Newspeak”, “memory hole”, “2 + 2 = 5”, “proles”, “Two Minutes Hate”, “telescreen”, and “Room 101”. Time included it on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was placed on the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels, reaching No. 13 on the editors’ list and No. 6 on the readers’ list. In 2003, the novel was listed at No. 8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. Parallels have been drawn between the novel’s subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes.

NBC University Theatre version of Nineteen Eighty-Four

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"The Thin Man" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 8, 1936

Staring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, William Henry, and Thomas Jackson

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Today is the 173rd birthday of the artist Paul Gauguin. He art is primitive and modern and colorful and brings a smile to the viewer’s face. Years ago, I was on Moorea in Tahiti, there were little signs about a house where he lived or stayed for a while. I loved finding history in a place that I was only expecting to find white sand and blue water. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 104th birthday of the poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She is the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize. Her work is incredible. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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"Deadly Darling Dolores" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - June 6, 1974

Plot: A conspiracy to destroy all animal life on the planet is exposed by a scientist.

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Today is the 109th birthday of the actress and “Queen of Technicolor” Maria Montez. Her life was a classic Hollywood story, full of glamour, travel, and maybe even a bit of scandal. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 422nd birthday of the “painter’s painter” Diego Velázquez. Widely admired by generations of artists and rightly so, his work is so very alive. It captures snapshots of time beautifully. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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"A Doll's House" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 6, 1938

Staring: Joan Crawford as Nora and Basil Rathbone as Torvald

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NETWORK: CBS

DATE: June 5, 1944 Monday 9:00 PM

STARING: John Milton Kennedy, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young

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"Prisoner Of Zenda" - Lux Radio Theatre - June 5, 1939

STARING: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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Today is the 114th birthday of Rosalind Russell. Suggesting any one of her films to watch is in no way discounting any of the others. I adore The Women, His Girl Friday, Gypsy, and Mrs. Pollifax - Spy, just for starters. You may have your own, it is hard to not have at least a couple. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

My Favorite Wife - Lux Radio Theatre - Dec 19, 1940 - Starring Rosalyn Russell, Laurence Olivier, and Gail Patrick

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Seventy-three years ago today, the film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. As a promotion for the film, the studio built 73 “dream houses” in various locations in the United States, selling some of them by raffle. The house built for the 1948 film still stands on the old Fox Ranch property in Malibu Creek State Park in the hills a few miles north of Malibu. It is used as an office for the Park.

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Today is the 142nd birthday of the silent film star Alla Nazminova. Her life story has the sort of arc that could only be believed as a work of fiction. She was one of the most respected stage actresses and became the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She produced her own films when no one was, she built a gigantic mansion, threw lavish parties and lived a very free lifestyle. All that and she found time to be Nancy Reagan’s godmother. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is 97th birthday of Colleen Dewhurst. I was lucky enough to sit in on a Master Class given by her at Interlochen and was blown away by her life and career. To be honest, I had only known her from the Anne of Green Gables series, but her stories and inspiration that day compelled me to see more. That voice! She was an amazing example of how life should be spent. The world is better because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 115th birthday of the one and only Josephine Baker. Her iconic everything has cemented her in a time and place forever: Paris between the wars. The first song of hers that I ever heard was J’ai Deaux Amors and I remember really listening to it and seeking out more of her music. Her story is tremendous and her trajectory is that of no other. She started life in St. Louis and by the time of her death, the entire world was in love with her. Parisians named a swimming pool in her honor. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 69th birthday of the activist Gilbert Baker. I first learned of his exceptional contributions to the world through Randy Shilts’ book and was happy to see him get more exposure through Dustin Lance Black’s miniseries. You have done the world a great service if Google makes a doodle to celebrate your birthday. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 131st birthday of Hollywood actress and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. There were some really great scenes of her in the Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud that personalized her a bit more than I think I had ever really considered. If you listen to podcasts and are not already enjoying You Must Remember This, you really will. Start from the beginning or skip straight to the Hedda Hopper Louella Parsons season. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 95th birthday of the woman that is an American icon, even fifty years after her death: Marilyn Monroe. Do yourself a favor and watch The Misfits sometime soon. You won’t be disappointed. One of my favorite stories about her is that for 20 years after her death, Joe Dimaggio had red roses delivered to her crypt twice a week. Generations of flower shop delivery boys learned the story, made the drive to visit her final resting place in honor of their baseball hero, replace the 3-day old roses with new ones, touch the her bronze name placard and understood the true meaning of eternal love. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Song: "Heat Wave" sung by Marilyn Monroe from There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) written by Irving Berlin for the 1933 musical As Thousands Cheer.

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One of the many novels that have stuck with me and I carry around in my head is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald called “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.”

The story first appeared in the June 1922 issue of The Smart Set, a popular magazine of the 1920s. Originally titled “The Diamond in the Sky,” Fitzgerald had attempted to sell it to the Saturday Evening Post, which had published many of his other stories, but its harsh anticapitalistic message was rejected by the conservative magazine. In September 1922, the story appeared in his second collection, Tales of the Jazz Age.

The story was inspired by Fitzgerald’s 1915 visit to the Montana home of a Princeton classmate. It tells of young John Unger, who is invited to visit a classmate at his impossibly lavish home in Montana. Gradually, Unger learns the sinister origins of his host’s wealth and the frightening lengths to which he will go to preserve it.

In this story, Fitzgerald begins to explore many of the themes he used later when writing his best-known work, The Great Gatsby. The carelessness and immorality of the vastly wealthy and the American fascination with wealth are personified by Braddock Washington and his narcississtic family, who seem to believe that all others have been put on Earth for their amusement.

It is old enough to be in the Public Domain, so I will include the whole story below. You should read it. It’s not that long, really quite tightly written, and a pretty good reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Today is the 125th birthday of the film director Howard Hawks. He directed one of my very favorite films Bringing Up Baby as well as His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and I Was A Male War Bride. The genres are as varied as the stories themselves, but all excellently told. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 95th birthday of Christine Jorgensen. When confronted with people’s opinions about the gender identities of others, I often claim that they are the bravest people we will ever meet. Think about it. If how you felt on the inside didn’t match how you looked on the outside and you chose to dress and alter yourself to align those two more closely, but in doing so, in making yourself feel more whole, you are going to get stares and snickers every time you left your house. All day long. Would you be brave enough to do it? Would you be strong enough to live your truth? The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 112th birthday of the musician and band leader Benny Goodman. Whenever I hear his music, I think of my grandparents. The hight of his popularity coincided with them being the age of dating and just married, going to dances that played popular music. He represents the time between the two wars that was full of hope, prosperity, youth, vibrancy, jazz and optimism. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Song: Sing, Sing, Sing by The Benny Goodman Orchestra

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Today is the 104th birthday of the 35th president: JFK. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Attached is JFK's "Peace Speech" given at American University on June 10, 1963

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"Only Angels Have Wings" Lux Radio Theatre - May 29, 1939

Staring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Rita Hayworth, and Richard Barthelmess.

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"Old Acquaintances" Lux Radio Theatre - May 29, 1944

Staring: Alexis Smith, Miriam Hopkins, Otto, Kruger, Robert Bailey, and Gloria Fischer

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Today is the 127th birthday of the man that wrote some of the best detective novels of the early 20th century: Dashiell Hammett. A lot of them went on to become very popular films that I am sure you know. His contribution to the film noir genre is tremendous. When I was living in San Francisco, I would walk by 891 Post Street every time I went to the gym. There is a literary landmark plaque on the side of the building entrance that I would read little bits of as I passed. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

The Maltese Falcon radio play is attached

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Today is the 64th birthday of the singer Siouxsie Sioux. Amongst my group of high school friends, all the girls wanted to be her, half the boys wanted to be with her, and the other half also wanted to be her. She was so punk, so badass, and so beautiful. Her music is part of the soundtrack of my life. The world is a better place because she is in it.

Song: Hong Kong Garden

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Today is the 110th birthday of Vincent Price. I think my first exposure to him was probably the Hawaiian episodes of the Brady Bunch, followed next by the Michael Jackson “Thriller” music video. I have since made up for the lack of well-rounded knowledge. I actually have a copy of “The Bat” on this very computer, as well as the original “House on Haunted Hill.” Even last night, I listened to a radio episode of “The Saint” he did in the early 1950s. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Fifty-three years ago today, the film Boom! premiered. Take Elizabeth Taylor, add Richard Burton and Noel Coward, mix in a screenplay written by Tennessee Williams based on a play by Tennessee Williams, music by John Barry (think James Bond themes), and even that hat she wears is designed by Karl Lagerfeld (for Tiziani of Rome). This movie does not fuck around, it is insane screaming over the house intercom and slapping the servants. It’s having a cocktail while getting a blood transfusion. It is perfection. Do yourself a favor and watch the full film included below.

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Today is the 126th birthday of one of the world’s most recognizable photographers: Dorothea Lange. The images that she captured of the dustbowl during the Great Depression change politics and policies and the hearts and minds of anyone fortunate enough to view them. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 208th birthday of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 139th birthday of the stage and silent film actress Marie Doro. Huge worldwide fame, then walked away from all of it and went into hiding. I adore a recluse. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Eighty-seven years ago today, the film The Thin Man premiered. This is by far one of my very favorite movies for a multitude of reasons, it is a screwball comedy murder mystery written by a master and performed by masters. I remember the first time I watched it and how quickly I sought out it’s five sequels. It lead me to going to a small revival movie house every Friday for six weeks to see them all in a theater. You must watch this film. I have attached The Thin Man radio play below.

Lux Radio Theatre airing of The Thin Man

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Today is the 151st birthday of the botanist Ynes Mexia. She is considered one of the most successful botanists and plant collectors of her time, and she didn’t begin her career until she was 55 years old. Second acts and longevity are running themes of inspiration here and her story of it never being too late is great. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of the actress and singer Rosemary Clooney. She had a big bold voice, a quick wit, a longevity envied by many, and a legacy that endures. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 91st birthday of the artist Marisol. Her pieces are so completely original and beautiful. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 177th birthday of artist Mary Cassatt. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 56th birthday of the performer Venus Xtravaganza. She has arguably some of the best and most-quoted reads in Paris is Burning. Her murder at 23 years old put a spotlight on the murders of trans women, at least it did for me. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is 162nd the birthday of the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His characters of Holmes and Watson have been entertaining the world for over one hundred years. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 91st birthday of the activist and humanitarian who said “It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.” Harvey Milk. His contribution to the American equality dialogue is still felt today. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 114th birthday of the actor Sir Laurence Olivier. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Springtime in the Rockies - May 22, 1944 - Lux Radio Theatre

Staring Betty Grable and Dick Powell.

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Today is the 177th birthday of the artist Henri Rousseau. The world is a better place because he was in it still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 119th birthday of the designer and architect Marcel Breuer. I guarantee you have sat in a chair he designed or at least in one inspired by one he designed. They are beautiful. He is a big name in Mid Century Modern and Brutalist styles. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 104th birthday of the actor Raymond Burr. He played Lars Thorwald in Rear Window and I am not even sure he had any lines, but was nevertheless frightening. He played Perry Mason and Robert T. Ironside, two of the best TV detectives of the 60s and 70s. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Twenty-seven years ago today, the film Pulp Fiction premiered at Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated and won so many awards that year, do you remember how good it is? You have to see this film (again).

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Today is the 111th birthday of Jimmy Stewart. Chances are that one of your favorite classic movies also happens to be one of his. Some of my favorites of his are: After The Thin Man, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Rear Window and The Man Who Knew Too Much. I could have gone on naming more, I could have just copied his IMDB listings and it would have been accurate. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Lux Radio Theater war bonds benefit titled Victory Theatre production of The Philadelphia Story on July 10, 1942.

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Today is the 75th birthday of Cher. Love her or love her, there are any number of reasons you love her more, any decade that you love more, any humanitarian cause you love more, but you love her. She is bad ass at everything she does, be it a Vegas show that would kill performers half her age or calling into C-SPAN to support body armor for our troops. You love her, it is in our American DNA to love her. The world is a better place because she is in it.

Song: If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher

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Today is the 73rd birthday of the absolutely ageless Grace Jones. I first experienced her when she and Adam Ant made a Honda Elite Scooter commercial. I thought they were both the coolest people I had ever seen. I still think they are. The world is a better place because she is in it.

Song: I'm Not Perfect by Grace Jones

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Today is the 91st birthday of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. She wrote one of the most significant plays of the 20th century. Her contribution to the American experience is so extremely valuable. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 96th birthday of the Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X. He is quoted as saying:

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

and

You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it

The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 80th birthday of the undeniably brilliant Nora Ephron. Her list of things she will and won’t miss after she dies is heartbreaking, centering, and hilarious. The world is a better place because there was a Nora Ephron. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 124th birthday of the man who directed unarguably some of the classic of classic films from the golden age of Hollywood: Frank Capra. With a Capra film, you are guaranteed to be entertained and most likely learn a lesson or be reminded of humanity in some form. We have watched It’s a Wonderful Life every year on Christmas for as long as I can remember, it is part of a lot of family’s tradition. My other two very favorite Capra films are Arsenic and Old Lace and It Happened One Night. They star top-notch actors turning in top-notch performances. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 71st birthday of the playwright and lyricist Howard Ashman. He contributed to some of the most successful Disney animated films. Jeffrey Katzenberg claims there are two angels watching down on them that put their magic touch on every film they made. Those two angels are Ashman and Walt Disney himself. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 110th birthday of the beautiful actress Maureen O’Sullivan. The first film I saw her in was also one of my favorite all-time films: The Thin Man. She had Mia Farrow, Prudence Farrow (the woman behind The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence”) and five other children. She was Jane in all the Tarzan films. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 123rd birthday of the artist Tamara Łempicka. Her Art Deco paintings are immediately recognized and widely adored. Her art was forgotten and rediscovered, and is now gaining huge auction prices. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 109th birthday of writer and broadcaster Louis “Studs” Terkel, born in the Bronx, New York . His family moved to Chicago when Terkel was 10 years old and his parents ran rooming houses. Terkel remembers all different kinds of people moving through the rooming houses — dissidents, labor organizers, religions fanatics — and that that exposure helped build his knowledge of the outside world.

Why are we born? We’re born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we’re born and we die? We’re born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.

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Today is the 116th birthday of the actor Henry Fonda. Attempting to name a few films of his that are great is leaving too many off the list. The Grapes of Wrath and The Lady Eve are two that come to mind immediately. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 103rd birthday of the showman with the most showmanship there ever was: Liberace. He got people listening to classical piano music, perhaps initially dazzled and intrigued by what he was wearing, they still listened. He once said, “Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.” Those are words to live by, words I live by. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the lost that he has left.

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Sixty-three years ago today, the film Gigi premiered at the Royale Theatre in New York City to immediate affection. Gigi went on to become the most Oscar winning film of all time. Directed by Liza’s father, music conducted by Mia’s husband. What more do you want? It really is just a wonderful movie. You should see this.

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Today is the 98th birthday of famed photographer Richard Avedon. His iconic images capture the beauty, fragility, vulnerability, and life of his subjects that very few other photographers have the ability to express. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 84th birthday of the woman who is quoted as saying “There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women” and I sincerely hope she did. Madeleine Albright normalized seeing women in powerful roles and because of her there are more women elected to high offices, more women CEOs, and the descriptor of “woman” before titles have become passé if not insulting. The world is a better place because she is in it.

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Today is the 91st birthday of the the best American Abstract Expressionist artist alive, maybe the best American Abstract Expressionist artist, maybe the best Abstract Expressionist artist. I love his work. I can remember sitting in the college library looking through art books and being mesmerized by his paintings, how iconic and pedestrian are mixed into beautiful imagery. The world is a better place because he is in it.

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Today is the 293rd birthday of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. You will easily recognize The Blue Boy and maybe a couple other works, but he really made his money painting portraits for the aristocratic set. Those paintings now are valued for his artistry as well as being a terrific record of the styles and fashions of the 18th century. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the birthday of the author and explorer Bruce Chatwin. His life’s adventures are enviable. He has lived an extraordinary life and accumulated the who’s who of friends and admirers. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 139th birthday of the man who is widely recognized as the co-founder of Cubism: Georges Braque. While his counterpart’s name is much more recognizable, his works in the genre are equal to Picasso’s and breathtakingly beautiful. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of the actor Bea Arthur. I have seen every episode of The Golden Girls so many times, I have lost count. They used to be on late at night and I would fall asleep watching them. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Ninety-seven years ago today, the film Sherlock Jr. premiered. Buster Keaton directed, co-produced, starred, and edited this silent film originally titled The Misfit. In 1991, Sherlock Jr. was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

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Today is Katharine Hepburn’s 114th birthday. I tried to narrow down my favorite film of hers, but I couldn’t. If you haven’t seen “A Delicate Balance,” you should, it showcases some of the her best acting in a screenplay by Edward Albee. You can’t go wrong with that team.

We can all take inspiration from her fearless individuality. She created her own identity, her own reality, how she knew was the best way for her to live her life how she could do it within the construct of Hollywood, fame and the entertainment industry. We don’t have to worry about all that as much as just being as uncompromisingly authentic to ourselves as possible. Unapologetically organic. Most everyone can sniff out a fake just as much as they can recognize when they are witnessing realness. Be like Kate. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Fifty years ago today, the film Mrs. Pollifax-Spy premiered. I actually watched this last night on Amazon Prime. It is just really great. It is Rosalind Russell’s last film and she even adapted the screenplay, credited under a pseudonym. You really must watch this.

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Today is the 117th birthday of the artist Salvador Dali. My very favorite description of one of his pieces is that of the 1940 Painting “Daddy Longlegs of the Evening — Hope!” The painting depicts an elongated, seemingly molten human figure draped over a dead tree and trying to play a cello, while off to the left a horse is shot from a cannon. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 127th birthday of Martha Graham. Her contribution to dance is absolutely unparalleled, unmatched, and priceless. Without her, the entire art form would not resemble what it does today. The world is a better place because of Martha’s place in it and Martha will always have a place in the world. A legacy that will live on forever. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of Nancy Walker. My natural draw to 70’s mystery detective TV dramas made it natural that I loved her on McMillan & Wife.Her entire resume reads impressively, the best TV shows of the time, she was on them, iconic TV shows of every decade, she guest starred. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feel the loss that she las left.

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Today is the 122nd birthday of Fred Astaire. Naming his best work is pointless, it is all flawless. Naming one of my favorite pieces is easy, I absolutely love the “Clap Your Hands” piece from Funny Face he performs with Kay Thompson (included below). Absolutely brilliant. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Sixty-two years ago today, the film Vertigo premiered. There is a lot to love about this film: Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Edith Head, Saul Bass, San Francisco. When I was living in San Francisco, I used to set my walks places to include famous landmarks and/or locations of famous films. I would walk by Scottie’s apartment building whenever possible and it was fairly east to do because it is one block downhill on Lombard from the famous block. There’s a wall in front of it now, but glimpses are still possible. This film is another one I first watched as a kid. It seemed intense then and maybe even a bit confusing, but watching it recently, it is so very beautifully stylish, but still disturbing. You have to watch this film.

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Twenty-four years ago today, the film Nowhere premiered. It is a black comedy drama, the third in Greg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse trilogy and described as ‘Beverly Hills 90210 on acid’. The film follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles college students and the strange lives that they lead. If reading who is in the cast isn’t enough incentive to watch this movie, I don’t know what is. The soundtrack is a perfect group of songs that encapsulates that late 90s angst. You need to see this movie.

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Today is the 138th birthday of the artist Carl Sammons. His paintings of the California North and Central Coast landscapes are his most popular. I first experienced his art sitting at the kitchen table of a fourth generation Northern Coast Californian friend of mine. She casually mentioned that her mother had commissioned the paintings when he had come through the area on one of his painting tours. The soft, muted palate and calming vistas are very pleasing and in turn, very collectible. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 95th birthday of the actor and comedian Don Rickles. He is quoted as saying “I always pictured myself facing the audience as the matador.” which is easily translated into almost everyone’s life: show up, give them a performance, and dodge the bull. The man was brilliant. The world was a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 120th birthday of the actor Gary Cooper. You don’t have to be a fan of Westerns to be a fan of High Noon and of his. It changed the entire genre for me and broadened my understanding. Also, the man dated nearly every important Hollywood actress of that time, a lot of my favorites. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 126th birthday of silent film star Rudolph Valentino. His rise to stardom and untimely death is as incredible as it is tragic and compelling. He falls into the timeframe of Hollywood that I find most fascinating, I spent this morning down an internet rabbit hole looking at photos of his home. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 107th birthday of the actor Tyrone Power. Witness for the Prosecution and The Razor’s Edge are my favorite films of his. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 92nd birthday of Audrey Hepburn. Have you seen Charade, How to Steal a Million and Funny Face lately? Then watch Wait Until Dark and your mind will be blown. The woman is more than an actor, she makes you care for her well being. You forget that she is playing a character and you simply want to protect her. There is no surprise everyone loves her. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 105th birthday of Dick Proenneke. Who doesn’t love a recluse? Especially one that is not writing a manifesto and sending letter bombs, but is simply building a log cabin in the Alaska wilderness and talking to himself. A lot. I will watch this series on PBS whenever it is on, it is my “Law and Order,” so to speak. The take away from Dick’s story is that he did all this after he retired, so it is never too late to follow your dreams. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 63rd birthday of the artist and activist Keith Haring. He is someone whose work you know. You have seen it everywhere from MTV in the early days to yesterday on the side of a bus. His influence and legacy are far-reaching with no visible end in sight. I remember I bought a Keith Haring shirt one summer in Traverse City Michigan, it must have been 1990. It depicted a snake getting cut in half with the words “End AIDS” running under it. I loved that shirt, it made me feel powerful and involved and it gave me a voice. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 82nd birthday of the actor Paul Gleason. You know him from The Breakfast Club. He has some of the most-quoted lines in the film. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Thirty-seven years ago today, the film Sixteen Candles premiered. I have a fondness for any film that has John Hughes in the credits, partially because they were released at pivotal points in my life and spoke directly to my core friend group and partially because of the soundtracks. The music introduced me to bands that would become some of my favorites. You need to see this film.

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Seventy-seven years ago today, the film Gaslight premiered. It has a topnotch director and cast and a horribly disturbing plot that will live in the back of your mind for the rest of your life.

The psychological term gaslighting, which describes the form of psychological abuse in which the victim is gradually manipulated into doubting their own sanity, originated from the play and its two film adaptations.

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Today is the birthday of the actress Ann B. Davis, Alice from The Brady Bunch. She so encapsulated her role that it wasn’t until much later when I was watching an interview with her and she mentioned that every year that she was on the show, she would buy herself a new Porsche 914. That didn’t track with all that I new about her and I realized that she was a real person outside of the role she played. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 73rd birthday of the magician and friend of the Muppets Doug Henning. I loved his TV specials when I was a kid. Those teeth, those leotards, that mustache? It’s a lot to process, but so worth it. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 115th birthday of the actress Mary Astor. Have you seen Red Dust, The Palm Beach Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte? You need to. For so many reason, if not only for Mary Astor. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Fifty-nine years ago today, the film The Brain That Wouldn’t Die premiered as half of a double bill with Invasion of the Star Creatures. Due to a flawed copyright notice, it has always been in the public domain and has had several versions, one three minutes longer that advertised extra gore and an extended stripper catfight scene. It’s been featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, adapted into at least four musicals and one satirical film, and Jack Nicholson’s character goes into great detail of the movie plot in Heartburn.

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Eighty years ago today, the film Meet John Doe premiered. The ‘Every Man’ story was where Frank Capra excelled, but adding Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck to it is extraordinary. You should watch this movie.

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Seventy-four years ago today, the holiday favorite Miracle on 34th Street premiered. I too was initially confused why a Christmas movie was released in May, but learned that studio head Darryl F. Zanuck insisted that it be released in May, arguing that more people go to the movies in warmer weather.

In 2005, Miracle on 34th Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

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Today is the 127th birthday of the silent film actress, movie producer, and Buster Keaton’s sister-in-law Norma Talmadge. One of the legends of how Grauman’s Chinese Theatre started casting hands, feet, and even legs in concrete is that Norma accidentally stepped in a patch of wet cement. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the birthday of the singer Lesley Gore. Her songs are icons of the 60s. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 76th Birthday of Bianca Jagger. She wore a red off-the-shoulder Halston dress and has been incorrectly reported that she rode a white horse into Studio 54 at her 30th birthday party. Technically, she walked into the discotheque with Mick Jagger and once inside, there happened to be a horse. Why do people even bother to celebrate birthdays after that? With all her recent humanitarian work, the world is a better place that she is in it.

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Eighty years ago today, the film Citizen Kane was released. It was a box office flop and openly booed at the Academy Awards that year, but it received Best Picture at the New York Film Critics Circle Award and Best Film from the National Board of Review. Not until RKO sold it’s library to television in 1956 and it started appearing in people’s homes and the rerelease in theaters did the recognition of the film start to change. It is continually on the top, if not the top of every best film of all time list for it’s subject matter, it’s cinematography, writing, and acting. I first saw it in high school in a film appreciation class, but then sought it out in a theater showing. You should do the same if you ever see it listed. It’s dark and cold, lonely, and beautiful.

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Sixty-four years ago today, the film Desk Set premiered. This a very perfect mid-century film (even with it’s 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating), the sets, the clothing, the actors. It is just one of the most wonderful experiences to view. I also think it is a great holiday film. You must see it.

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Today is the 116th birthday of the silent film actress, model, and vaudevillian Leila Hyams. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Thirty-three years ago today, the film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story premiered. Often bootlegged, this film is a cult classic for several reasons. A toy company, a record label, and a family all sued to have the film pulled. It worked in halting the formal showings, but failed in halting the cult status. The entire film is posted below.

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Today is the 121st birthday of the actor David Manners. He had ten exceptionally productive years in Hollywood and then walked away. Great story. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 95th birthday of the actress Cloris Leachman. She has had a life and is still grinding. You have to love and appreciate longevity. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the poet Rod McKuen. Anna Cottage requested we celebrate his life and I am more than happy to oblige. He was prolific. His words are part of the American cultural collective. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 122nd birthday of the musician Duke Ellington. His music is the soundtrack to the American experience. You know more Duke Ellington songs than you know. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 113th birthday of of a rebel, a saint and a Righteous Gentile: Oskar Schindler. How do you calculate the number of lives that exist today because he was brave enough to save the lives of 1,100 Jewish people from World War II. How many lives have been changed by his example of standing up for what is right? The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of the French artist Yves Klein. His influence in the minimalist discipline is undeniable. His vision has pushed the art world forward. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 95th birthday of the author Harper Lee. She is an essential part of the American experience through her book To Kill A Mockingbird, it resonates with so very many people, including me and probably many of you reading this right now. She is an American treasure, we are very fortunate to have her in our lives and the world is a better place because she is in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Forty-six years ago today the science fiction sports film Death Race 2000 premiered. The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where a murderous transcontinental road race has become a form of national entertainment. It is really giving you more than you even knew you needed. The film was given one and even zero stars when it was released, but over time the critics have grown to appreciate it and universally considered a cult classic.

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Today is the 149th birthday of the film director and unsolved murder victim William Desmond Taylor. He is one of the most famous classic Hollywood unsolved mysteries and the true crime junkie in me is fascinated with the story. Just the fact that it happened 99 years ago and there are seven possible murderers and it never got solved is enough to be the subject of numerous documentaries and podcasts.

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Today is the 81st birthday of the music producer Giorgio Moroder. One word: LONGEVITY. He worked with Donna Summer in the 70s and Kylie Minogue two months ago. He is the living/breathing example of doing what you love and continuing to grow and learn and create for your entire life. The world is a better place he is in it.

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Today is the 104th birthday of the architect I.M. Pei. I first witnessed his work in person with the I. Magnin on Pine Street in Seattle, the store is long gone and windows have been chopped into the previously clean and sleek white stone facade, but you can still see a hint of his vision. You just have to know where to look. I have gone on to appreciate and become a fan of his work. Adding beauty to utilitarian things is a service to the world. His longevity is admirable. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 104th birthday of the singer Ella Fitzgerald. I have included some of my favorite songs of hers below. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 147th birthday of the inventor Guglielmo Marconi. If you are reading this, you can thank him for it. His work created the foundation for everything you cannot live without in your life today: connectivity. His likeness is on money. I rest my case. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 165th birthday of the inventor Granville T. Woods. It is most likely that you needed something today that was based off of his inventions. All I have to do is mention third rail and those of you that know, know. Thomas Edison sued him for patent infringement and lost (so maybe Edison should be known as White Granville T. Woods?). The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 89th birthday of Halston. He is one of the first luxury designers to produce a mainstream main street line that let everyone woman in America feel glamorous. His townhouse at 101 East 63 Street is one of my not so secret obsessions (photos below). The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of the child actor and adult diplomat Shirley Temple. We used to watch her films whenever they were on TV. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 457th birthday of William Shakespeare. Did you know he is thought to be responsible for the quote All that glitters is not gold? I didn’t until I was reading up on him. The volume of his work is impressive, the conspiracy around it 400+ years after his death is impressive. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loos that he has left.

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Fifty-nine years ago today, production started on the film Something’s Got To Give, but was never completed. It was to be a remake of the Irene Dunne Cary Grant screwball comedy My Favorite Wife (1940), staring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. It was Monroe’s last work, but from the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles, and after her death on August 4, 1962, the film was abandoned. Most of its completed footage remained unseen for many years.

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If you Google “Earth Day Quiz” the first result is a quiz to find out what animal you are. I was a giant squid because I can achieve anything to which you put your mind and/or my massive tentacles.

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Today is the 98th birthday of Bettie Page. Finding a G-rated photograph of her is more difficult than I had originally thought, so I decided to post some of the amazing Bettie Page inspired art that is out there. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 85th birthday of the country singer Glen Campbell. I remember seeing him on a lot of variety shows in the 70s and he was on The Muppets Country album. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 75th birthday of The Pope of Trash John Waters. I had a poster for his film Polyester on my wall in high school, and rented Pink Flamingos, Mondo Trasho, and Female Trouble from the local video store. They were messy stories told and performed by misfits and I was an immediate fan. His films introduced me to Divine, so The world is a better place because he was in it.

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Eighty-two years ago today, the film Dark Victory premiered. 1939 is wildly agreed as one of the very best years of film. For example, it was up against Academy Awards with Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz. Bette Davis is spectacular. You have to see this film.

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Today is the 115th birthday of the socialite, bon vivant, and literary muse Stephen Tennant. The characters Cedric Hampton in Love in a Cold Climate, Miles Malpractice in Vile Bodies, and Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited are based on him. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 128th birthday of the artist Joan Miro. I was first introduced to his work in the college library. I did take Art History classes, so it could have actually been course-related, instead of my usual library extra curricular “studying.” I was drawn to his vibrant colors and primitive and almost abstract characters. His work has influenced generations of artist and empowered them to depict the world a bit differently. The world is a better off place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 78th birthday of Edie Sedgwick. She died 49 years ago. Strange to think. She will always be young. I am not exactly sure why It Girls tend to end up cautionary tales of what happens when you fly to close to the sun, but they do. Maybe in order to be an It Girl, it requires quite a bit of excess (money, drugs, alcohol, etc) and it is hard to get away from those things without scars. Whatever the reason, she was irreverent, insolent, and gorgeous. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 128th birthday of the silent film actor Harold Lloyd. That clock scene is one of the most famous silent film scenes ever created. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 91st birthday of the second Darrin Stephens: Dick Sargent. He was part of my favorite show as a kid: Bewitched. It had everything: magic, eccentric family members, great home decor, a crazy neighbor, an awesome family doctor, and the man that witnessed it all like the exasperated voice-of-reason mortal that we would have been if we were there. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 89th birthday of the artist Fernando Botero. Is art and subjects are immediately recognizable and that is what makes him one of the most interesting living artists. The world is a better place because he was in it.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the woman who has as much drive and determination as she did talent and it showed: Jayne Mansfield. She created her signature style and color to be easily memorable and quickly identifiable. Brilliant marketing. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 72nd birthday of the domestic terrorism victim Addie Mae Collins. An innocent little girl killed because adult men were afraid of things they didn’t know or understand. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the birthday of the 99th birthday of Barbara Hale. She played Della Street on Perry Mason, which if you haven’t watched lately, you should. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she left.

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Today is the 71st birthday of the the model/designer/style icon Tina Chow. Her mixing of high and low fashion, minimalism, and androgynous styles was one of the first examples of an influence that is still felt today. In the 70s and 80s, she knew everyone and everyone knew her. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Seventy-four years ago today, the film New Orleans premiered. It is an American musical romance film featuring Billie Holiday as a singing maid and Louis Armstrong as a bandleader; supporting players Holiday and Armstrong perform together and portray a couple becoming romantically involved. During one song, Armstrong’s character introduces the members of his band, a virtual Who’s Who of classic jazz greats, including trombonist Kid Ory, drummer Zutty Singleton, clarinetist Barney Bigard, guitar player Bud Scott, bassist George “Red” Callender, pianist Charlie Beal, and pianist Meade Lux Lewis. Also performing in the film is cornetist Mutt Carey and bandleader Woody Herman. The music, however, takes a back seat to a rather conventional plot. The movie stars Arturo de Córdova and Dorothy Patrick, features Marjorie Lord, and was directed by Arthur Lubin.

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Today is the 103rd birthday of the actor William Holden. Have you seen Sabrina and Sunset Boulevard and Born Yesterday and Bridge over the River Kwai and Picnic and Towering Inferno and Network? Those films are are on my shortlist of my very favorites. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Thirty years ago today, the film Delicatessen premiered. I cannot believe it was 30 years ago. Like with a lot of movies in the early and mid 1990s, I saw this movie in the theater alone. I would look up movie reviews in The Stranger newspaper and figure out when I could go see them. I remember thinking that I had stumbled on something really special. It is available streaming now. I just wish you could sneak off to a matinee at an old little theater at the North end of Broadway in Seattle’s Capital Hill neighborhood. I wish you would walk out of that theater onto the rainy sidewalk and feel that you are carrying with you a little gift.

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Today is the 132nd birthday of Charlie Chaplin. His comedic timing and on-screen brilliance are often imitated, but never have they been completely duplicated. Watch any of his silent films you can, but also make a point of watching The Great Dictator, specifically his speech called A Message To Mankind. Links are below. You will understand clearly how much of a visionary he was and how we can still learn from him today. Plus, his films are plain fun. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 102nd birthday of Washington boy made good Merce Cunningham. His dance company collaborated musically with everyone from John Cage to Radiohead to Sonic Youth and artistically with Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Lichtenstein, and Warhol. I was lucky enough to work with his dance company for a week when they performed at a theatre where I was working. The performances were incredible and the dancers were brilliantly funny people. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Eighty-five years ago today, the film Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. I love Gary Cooper. I love Jean Arthur. They are great together in this movie. You should give yourself a gift and watch this.

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Today is the 569th birthday of the artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Years ago, I was lucky enough to see his notebook in person while it was on ‘tour’ through the United States. To this day, The Mona Lisa is the most popular image in all of The Louvre. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 132nd birthday of the artist Thomas Hart Benton. His work portrays full narratives that draw the viewer in and get them to become emotionally invested. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 280th birthday of the American portrait artist Charles Willson Peale. You have seen his art and may not have known the name of the artist. His work helped chronicle major historical figures and events at the formation of the United States. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 129th birthday of a rebel. Corrie ten Boom and her family stood up, spoke up, and did what other people knew was right but were too afraid to do. There are generations of people alive because of her. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the actor and our favorite television witch: Elizabeth Montgomery. Bewitched was one of my very favorite reruns to watch when I was a kid, I loved all those extreme characters on the show, it really is a revolving door of crazy. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 94th birthday of the actress Gloria Jean. Her life trajectory exemplifies resilience, adaptation and perseverance. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 109th birthday of the French photographer Robert Doisneau. His images are known the world over. The world was a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss because he has left.

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Eighty-two years ago today, the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath was published and quickly became a critical and popular success. This is another book that is popular for United States public school students to read in class. If it happens at the right time, it can become one of the books that can help solidify a student’s lifelong love of reading. You have to read this.

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Today is the 115th birthday of the playwright Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot was a big read one summer at Interlochen, it went around my group of friends like a head cold. It was great. I should read it again. We also read Dante’s Inferno, Tom Robbins’ Skinny Legs And All, Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. When I think of Godot, I remember that humid summer at Interlochen, our inside Beckett jokes, beach bonfires, late night swims and those friends. It seems like a strange group of memories if you are familiar with the play, but that’s how memory works. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 105th birthday of universally-loved award-winning children’s author Beverly Cleary. You will have a difficult time finding anyone who has not read her books as a kid, they were a major part of everyone’s elementary school experience. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 96th birthday of the civil rights activist Viola Gregg Liuzzo. Even through the smear campaigns and coverups (of which some were conducted by government departments and officials), her legacy shines through. She believed so strongly in equality and inclusivity, she will always be remembered as being on the right side of history, even when it was difficult. There is nothing more difficult than dying for what you know is right. Her story is more important than ever right now. Her resistance helped push issues and legislation that has made all our lives a better and more fair existence. Her work is not done. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she is gone.

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Sixty-six years ago today, the film East of Eden premiered. Of the three films that James Dean played the male lead, this is the only one that he got to see completed. A Steinbeck story, Julie Harris, and James Dean are winning ingredients for a spectacularly beautiful movie. You have to see this!

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Forty years ago, the film D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage premiered. It chronicles the origins of Punk Rock. It has a lot of live performances. You need to watch this.

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Today is the 92nd birthday of the actor and director Max von Sydow. I am a huge fan of longevity and stories of people doing something for their entire lives. He spent nearly 70 years in the film industry making some of the most notable films of the 20th century. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Ninety-six years ago today, the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby was released. We all read it in high school, I’ve read it several times since. I’ve seen the films (the 1974 is my favorite), I have gone to a cast reading of the entire book in one day (9 hours), and I have the final sentence tattooed on my forearm. It is one of two books that I always have downloaded to my phone. This book came into my life at just the right time to become a cherished friend, introduced me to the art and literature of the Jazz Age, the beauty of Paris in the 1920s, the Lost Generation, and everything inspired by them. You have to read this book.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the crown prince of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) film movement: Jean-Paul Belmondo. Eschewing the popular subject matters and film making methods, the New Wave artists created movies using natural lighting, unorthodox editing and unconventional plot developments. If you ever get a chance (it is available on several streaming services), please watch Breathless. You won’t be disappointed, maybe a little ennui, but it’s worth it. The world is a better place because he is in it.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the photographer Rene Burri. His iconic images have inspired photographers for years, his philosophy and approach to art inspires me. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 103rd birthday of the race car driver, fighter pilot Roberta Cowell, and the first British trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Her bravery branched out in every direction. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 80th birthday of the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. She was punk before punk was punk. The world is a better place because she is in it.

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Today is the 129th birthday of the actress, trailblazer, visionary Mary Pickford. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of James Garner. When left to my own devices, my TV viewing style is very similar to what my grandfather’s must have been in 1978: Rockford Files, Columbo, Quincy ME. But seriously, have you seen the Rockford Files lately? I watched the episode guest starring Dionne Warwick and Isaac Hayes three days ago. Not only does it show parts of downtown Los Angeles that is completely unrecognizable today, but James Garner is brilliant. The world is a better place because James Garner was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 106th birthday of the singer Billie Holiday. Her life story reads as an inspiration to overcoming diversity and challenges and the cards being stacked against you. I included a whole playlist below. Have a listen. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Seventy-eight years ago today, the book The Little Prince was published. It is one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published. It has been translated into 301 languages and dialects. The Little Prince has been adapted to numerous art forms and media, including audio recordings, radio plays, live stage, film, television, ballet, and opera. The world has fallen in love with this book, with exhibits in New York, Paris, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, and Brazil. A playground in Israel, Schools in Genech, France and Maple, Ontario, Canada, a street in Brazil, illustrations and text on France’s 50-franc banknote, and numerous postage stamps. Two asteroids, an asteroid moon, and a Near-Earth object tracking foundation are named in the book and author’s honor. Personally, I was given this book by a dear friend who has since passed away. What he wrote on the inside, a quote from the book, is something I think of very often.

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Today is the 165th birthday of the African American leader Booker T. Washington. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 113th birthday of Bette Davis. You have seen All About Eve, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, and maybe even Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte and The Nanny. But have you seen Madame Sin, Return From Witch Mountain or her episode of To Catch a Thief? You must. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

“But you ARE, Blanche. You ARE in that chair.”

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Today is the 121st birthday of the actor Spencer Tracey. Have you seen Adam’s Rib or Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? or Woman of the Year? Watch the clip of his speech in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? below. I know I have only named films in which he starred along side Katharine Hepburn, so I will continue: Desk Set. It is probably one of my very favorite films of all time. The mid-century-ness, the actors, everything, I will always watch it if I come across and it and seek it out from time to time. He was terrific. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Seventy years ago today, the film A Place in the Sun premiered at Cannes Film Festival. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift were never more beautiful than they were in this movie. This movie is phenomenal. Upon seeing the film, Charlie Chaplin called it “the greatest movie ever made about America”. It also won 6 Oscars and several other awards.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the actor/director/singer Anthony Perkins. You’ve obviously seen Psycho, but have you seen Pretty Poison or Murder on the Orient Express? Those films will give you a more developed picture of his his talent and range. Do yourself a favor and seek out a few other films, you will see that “that guy from Psycho” was actually more than just that. The world was a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of the poet Maya Angelou. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Fifty-eight years ago today, the film Bye Bye Birdie premiered. This movie is so mid 60s, you will wish you were there.

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Today is the 87th birthday of the anthropologist Jane Goodall. Her work and activism for chimpanzees has saved them. The world is a better place because she is still in it.

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Today is the 128TH birthday of the actor Leslie Howard, best known for playing Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind or the controversy of surrounding his death in World War II. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of Doris Day. If you see nothing else that she has done, see “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” It gives you everything you could ever want from her. If you feel like going deep, watch “The Doris Day Show,” it is amazing. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 97th birthday of Marlon Brando. He was brilliant and beautiful. Have you seen A Streetcar Named Desire or On The Waterfront lately? He did get kind of strange, but we all will if we are lucky to live long enough. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Sixty-three years ago today, the film The Long, Hot Summer premiered. A beautiful film in every way. During filming, Newman and Woodward got married. You should watch this movie.

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Today is the 130th birthday of the artist Max Ernst. I love his work. I believe that I first ‘discovered’ it in a large old volume about the history of 20th century art that I favored in the college library over my assigned course work of whatever classes I happened to be enrolled in. I ‘discovered’ a lot of artists, writers, cafe girls, rogues, vagabonds, bon vivants, dancers, composers, and revolutionaries in that library. Max is in great company. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Fifty-three years ago today, the film 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered. There is an endless number of reasons to love this movie. I love the design of it. The George Nelson for Herman Miller desk, the Arne Jacobsen cutlery, those red Djinn chairs, and the Eurostile Bold Extended font. You have to watch this movie.

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Today is the 82nd birthday of a true original, Ali MacGraw. She didn’t only represent the late 60s and early 70s Bohemian-meets-American-Prep style: she was one of the people that invented it. Looking back at photos and movies of her from that time makes you want to embrace winter, if not only for the chance to wear chunky knits and prep school blazers. Her effortless chic and classic relaxed looks makes me want to rake leaves or go clam digging or play touch football with my family. Maybe not the last one all that much, but basically, I want to live inside a J.Crew catalog. The world is a better place because she is in it.

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Today is the 89th birthday of the triple-threat powerhouse Debbie Reynolds. Longevity. Reinvention. Stamina. She had it all. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 148th birthday of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. I have been fortunate enough to experience many performances of his works. I think one summer, everyone was rehearsing one of his concertos, so I experienced it daily, if not hourly in some amount. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Sixty-eight years ago this month, the film Glen or Glenda premiered. Historically, it has been referred to the worst film by the worst director by mainstream film critics. But on behalf of Ed Wood, mainstream film critics can go fuck themselves. The whole film is available on YouTube and posted below.

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Fifty-two years ago today, the film Sweet Charity premiered. It is really very enjoyable and you need to see it again.

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Today is the 81st birthday of the congressman Barney Frank. The world is a better place because he is in it.

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Today is the 149th birthday of the ballet dancer and founder of Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev. To be able to see those performances in the 1920s Paris with collaborations between Debussy, Matisse, Miró, Picasso and Stravinsky. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Thirty-two years ago today, the film Heathers premiered. I have seen this film more times than I can even guess, I know every single line of dialogue. It You have to watch this film.

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Sixty-one years ago today, the film Please Don’t Eat The Daisies premiered. It is a hilarious feel-good Doris Day film at the height of the mid-century coolness. You have to see this film.

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Today is the 168th birthday of the artist Vincent van Gogh. My first exposure to him was through a monthly calendar that my mom gave me as a kid. I used to buy postcards of his work and use them as bookmarks. I still stumble across them now and then inside old books. Later, I ‘discovered’ his earlier skull series and they replaced the sunflowers as my favorites. If you get a chance, there is a series on Netflix called “Raiders of the Lost Art” episode 3 titled “van Gogh’s Guardian.” It focuses on his sister-in-law, her dedication to his art after his death, and her brilliant and deliberate distribution of his art that has made him the famous artist that he is today. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 103rd birthday of the entertainer Pearl Bailey. My family and I saw her perform in Disneyland in 1981. She left behind an impressive amount of work. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Sixty-two years ago today, the film Some Like It Hot premiered. It’s got everything: jazz music, mobsters, trains, cross-dressing, Marilyn Monroe. This movie is considered one of the very best comedy films of all time and for good reason, it is hilariously written Dna directed by Billy Wilder. I am pretty sure this is another film my mother showed to us for the first time, maybe when it was on PBS. You need to see this film.

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Today is the 114th birthday of Swifty Lazar. I am a sucker for a person in a pair of gigantic glasses (think of Iris Apfel (minus the MAGA hat) and Carrie Donovan) and in a strange turn of events, my original post about Swifty is the most-visited post I have ever had. This is all due to the Howard Stern Show mentioning him and his glasses and linking to my blog from their blog for visual reference. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 116th birthday of the zoologist Marlin Perkins. I remembered watching his show every Sunday and falling in love with giraffes. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Thirty-five years ago, the film Rad premiered. It has a huge discrepancy between critic reviews and fan reception. The critics hated it and after it was released on VHS and Laser Disc in 1986, it stayed in the top-ten rental charts for the next two years. It is not great or even good, but it is very 80s and spoke to a specific group of kids at that time. It is available on various streaming services and you can even listen to the soundtrack on iTunes.

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Fifty-eight years ago today, the film The Birds premiered. The film is visually beautiful and frightening, the performances are brilliant, and the story is disturbing. The Birds was honored by the American Film Institute as the seventh greatest thriller in American Cinema. You have to see this movie (again).

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Today is the 135th birthday of one of my personal favorite architects: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You know his Farnsworth House and Barcelona Chair designs. I have always found his sharp corners and Less is More approach to design very modern, calming, and just plain non-fussy. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 97th birthday of arguably one of the very best jazz singers of the last century: Sarah Vaughan. Our local public radio station has a Big Band and Jazz program every Saturday night, I remember hearing a recording of her singing Black Coffee over twenty years ago and it resonated with me. The stripped down solitude of the arrangement is perfection. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Sixty-nine years ago today, the film Singin’ in the Rain premiered. This film is spectacular and just the kind of escape we all could use right now. You have to see this film.

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Today is the 114th birthday of the author and Seattleite Betty MacDonald. She grew up in Seattle and lived on Vashon as an adult. Her Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books were introduced to me as a kid by my librarian grandmother. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she is gone.

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Today is the 60th birthday of visionary, artist, and quite possibly alien from the future Leigh Bowery. It is very brave to make your life performance art. You can see his influences in people are considered ‘edgy’ today. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left it.

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Today is the 90th birthday of Leonard Nimoy. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. #LLAP

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Today is the 147th birthday of the poet Robert Frost. Everyone knows “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” as the first line of his poem The Road Not Taken. If it was intentionally written as an anthem for nonconformity or not (it was not), poetry is released into the air, inhaled by the reader, and interpreted through their eyes, their previous experiences, and is given a specific and unique meaning. Read the poem yourself, do not conform to the idea of its nonconformity meaning. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 110th birthday of the playwright Tennessee Williams. If you ever get a chance to see a production of one of his plays, do not squander it. Until then, find a copy of the film version. They are some of the best films of that time staring some of the very best actors of that time. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 133rd birthday of one half of one of the most elegant couples of the Jazz-Age-Lost-Generation-Paris-in-the-1920s: Gerald Murphy. I think that I first ‘discovered’ Gerald and Sara Murphy when I was reading a collections of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s letters. He and Sara wrote back and forth quite frequently, especially after Zelda’s first trip to the hospital. I feel in love them while mourned the slow death of letter writing. No one will ever publish a collection of text messages between anyone, that form of communication is one of the casualties on the other side of the conveniences of all this connectivity. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 91st birthday of Steve McQueen. A true Style Icon, I covet his sunglasses, Rolex, car, haircut and the suits he wore in his movies. He was on the Manson Family’s “Death List” and the Rolling Stones referenced him in their song Starfucker. When it comes down to it, he was a fucking badass and the rest of us are stupid posers. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 82nd birthday of the fashion designer Bob Mackie. You know his designs, they are the glamorous to-get-noticed sparkling gowns that Cher has worn for the last 50 years. The world is a better place because he is in it.

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Today is the 135th birthday of the photographer Edward Weston. His images are hauntingly beautiful and rates as some of the highest priced photographs sold at auction. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Fifty-five years ago today, the film Alfie premiered. Swinging London in the 60s. You need to watch this movie.

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Thirty-nine years ago today, the film Eating Raoul premiered. You need to watch this movie.

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Forty-nine years ago, the film The Godfather was released nation-wide. It went on to win award after award. You should watch this movie

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Today is the 116th birthday of the woman who started life as Lucille Fay LeSueur and created Joan Crawford. Through reinvention, resilience, five husbands and four children, she survived Hollywood where an actresses shelf life is brief. She did so by exaggerating the character of herself, larger than life, meaner than hell, bitch on wheels. How much of that was always her and how much she exaggerated, we only have stories. Watch some of her early films, you may fall in love with her a bit. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 134th birthday of the artist Juan Gris. When I see his art, I hear the jazz, see the dancers, smell the cigarette smoke and remember Paris in the 20s as I have read about it in Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast and The Sun Also Rises, Vail’s Everybody Was So Young and Tompkins’ Living Well is the Best Revenge. I feel Paris. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 147th birthday of the illustrator J. C. Leyendecker. His style personified what everyone first thinks of when they think of The Saturday Evening Post magazine. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 98th birthday of the French mime Marcel Marceau. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 89th birthday of fashion Icon Anna Maria Piaggi. Her style was legendary, like Isabella Blow, Edith Head, Daphne Guinness and Grace Coddington to cary on the her artistry. He was an original and the world was a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is 93rd birthday of the iconic fashion maven Carrie Donovan. I am a sucker for huge glasses, truth be told. You have got to OWN your look, make it yours, and do not hide from it. Become know by it and your “style” becomes stylish and copied. The world was a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 134th birthday of the oldest Marx Brother: Chico Marx. The world is a better place because he is in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Twenty-five years ago today, the film It’s My Party premiered. I saw a matinee of it alone, not fully expecting to know what was going to happen. I cried for 105 of the 110 minutes.

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Today is the 132nd birthday of the film director W. S. Van Dyke. His Thin Man movies are some of my very favorite movies. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Forty-six years ago today, the film Escape to Witch Mountain premiered. This is the first film in the Witch Mountain franchise and sets the scene for the others. You should watch this movie.

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Sixty-eight years ago today, the film The Hitch-Hiker premiered. A classic well-received noir film directed and written by Ida Lupino. The full video is available on YouTube. You should watch this movie.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of Mr. Rogers. He was the kindest, most gentle adult that kids my age ever knew. He spoke to us as people and inspired us to think about our feelings. He taught us empathy and compassion. The world, Public Television, and my life is a better place because Mr. Rogers was in it and the loss is still very strongly felt that he has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of the entertainment legend Carl Reiner. He was brilliant. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 402nd birthday of the novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist Cyrano de Bergerac. He is the inspiration behind the play by Edmond Rostand. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 546th birthday of the artist Michelangelo. He is noted as saying “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 94th birthday of the graphic designer and artist Elaine Lustig Cohen. Finding recognition and prominence in the 50s and 60s in a male-dominated business is an accomplishment in itself. Her designs are so very emblematic of the era, you look at them and know exactly when they were created. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 149th birthday of the artist Piet Mondrian. My first trip to New York, I made sure to have enough time to visit the Guggenheim, specifically to see a Mondrian in real life. I was not disappointed. The visual simplicity plays against the conceptual complexity perfectly. I loved it even more. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 100th birthday of the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island: Alan Hale Jr. He was a film and theatre actor before landing that role, whole full careers of both. The most interesting facts I discovered while researching him is that I had no idea the number of Gilligan’s Island specials and movies after the series was over. That and he had is own seafood restaurant and travel agency afterward. Brilliant. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of the triple-threat performer Cyd Charisse. Her before/after name change came about more organically than those of her peers, but is still one of the best. The world is a better place because she is in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Fifty-seven years ago today, the film The Last Man on Earth premiered. Since the film is in the public domain, the full version is posted below. You should watch this movie.

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Today is the 94th birthday of the composer John Kander. His songs and soundtracks are some of the post popular and immediately recognizable pieces of the last half of the 20th century. The world is a better place because he is in it.

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Today is the 120th birthday of the artist William H. Johnson. His primitive style of painting African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance has become the visual record of the jazz and poetry that was created in that period. His works are complexly simple and effortlessly convey entire stories. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Today is the 83rd birthday of the ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. His strength and grace are unparalleled. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Forty-nine years ago today, the film Pink Flamingos premiered. The first time I saw it was on VHS in my living room after high school one day. It was disturbing and hilarious and my introduction to Divine and John Waters. It was banned in Switzerland, Australia, and some provinces of Canada and Norway. It’s not for what you remember about the movie, it’s because of the sex scenes. You should watch this movie.

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Today is the 88th birthday of the woman that said I haven’t accomplished anything alone, but I was fortunate to be part of a revived feminist movement. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Her long fight for same-sex marriage, and immigrant and reproductive rights must be recognized, appreciated and continued by everyone. Recently, Simon & Schuster published a compendium of essays and speeches given by RBG. I guarantee it will become part of everyone’s Required Reading. The world is a better place because she is in it.

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Forty-six years ago today, the film A Boy and his Dog premiered at the Los Angeles Filmex festival. It has become a cult classic over the years and is available on YouTube for free. You should watch it.

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Thirty years ago today, the book Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture was published. It gave a generation their identity and their label, even though by definition they do not have an identity, label, or definition. I read it the summer of 1991 and it was like reading a diary of a group of friends and even my diary in parts. I wish I could find an audiobook version of it to suggest to everyone, but it seems to not have one.

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Today is the 89th birthday of Walter Mercado. Your abuela watched him every day and screamed at you if you somehow forgot to stay absolutely silent during his show. If you haven’t watched his Netflix show yet, you really really should. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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Thirty-seven years ago today, the film Voyage of the Rock Aliens premiered. This movie is absurd and confusing with a gigantic soundtrack. Pia Zadora, Ruth Gordan, and Germaine Jackson?

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Today is the 118th birthday of the playwright, journalist and ambassador Clare Booth Luce. I am sure you’ve seen the film The Women, that is all I ask of you if you haven’t. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Forty-nine years ago today, the film What’s Up Doc? premiered. This film is a screwball comedy created by people that love screwball comedies. Everyone turns in ridiculously brilliant performances. I can watch it over and over and still not believe it is happening. What’s Up, Doc? is by far one of my all-time favorite movies. If you ever get a chance to carve out a bit of time to watch it, you will be so much the better for it.

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Today is the 123rd birthday of the silent film star Dorothy Gish, the younger half of the Gish Sister acting dynasty. She was one of the few silent film actors that was able to make the transition to sound films successfully, even if she thought it was less of a challenge and preferred stage acting. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Today is the 96th birthday of the actress Kim Stanley. She was the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird and played Francis Farmer’s mother in Frances, two gorgeous films that are so very powerful and important. Her body of work is so incredibly impressive and valuable. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss because she has left.

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Today is the 118th birthday of Lawrence Welk. I remember him from my childhood and every once in a while, I come across his show and watch for a moment. One interesting fact that I learned while researching this is that he was awarded several US Patents including an accordion-themed ash tray. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he left.

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Today is the 64th birthday of the performer The Lady Chablis. Savanah seems to have no shortage of characters that are loved and protected. She was larger than life. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

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Forty-four years ago today, the film Airport ’77 premiered. Absolutely star-studded, lavish, action packed, and 70s glamorous. You should really watch this movie.

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Fifty-one years ago today, the band Crosby, still, Nash & Young released the album Deja Vu. I heard this a lot growing up, it was on heavy rotation in the car. It’s very comforting to hear it again and very comforting to feel that the music is actually still very good.

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Today is the 93rd birthday of the playwright Edward Albee. There is a teleplay of A Delicate Balance done in the 70s with Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Joseph Cotten and Kate Reid that is absolute perfection. I found a copy of it and attached it below. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the los that he has left.

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Today is the 99th birthday of the man who has provided us with one of my very favorite quotes that has become a personal mini-manifesto for me: Jack Kerouac. His writing influenced his contemporaries of writers and continues to influence generations of writers and readers. He is one of the most important stylized writers of the 20th century. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

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