OTR Noir

Old Time Radio as a History Lesson

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:12:06 +0000

Close your eyes. The only input you have is audio. With a little imagination, you can easily transport yourself back to a comfortable chair positioned next to the fire, in a 1940s' home. What you are experiencing is exactly the same as what someone in the 1940s experienced if they sat by the fire with their eyes closed.

Adventures by Morse: (8) The City of the Dead (The Kidnapping of Clawfoot)

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:09 +0000

It's the third night in the City of the Dead. Captain Friday locks Jimmy Parker and Phyllis Carroll together in a room. Later, Friday and his father discover three corpses. One had been strangled. The second is the body of the man killed by the Claw-footed Phantom. The last appears to have been inexplicably frightened to death.

Adventures by Morse: (7) The City of the Dead (Captain Friday Vanishes)

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:30:30 +0000

After a night of unearthly events and sudden death that all seem to be centered around the caretaker's cottage in the City of The Dead, Captain Friday wakes to find a phantom figure roaming about.

The History Of Old Time Radio

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:00:52 +0000

In the beginning, most radio programs emulated the vaudeville acts that were the mainstay of public amusement before radio. Comics and singers ruled the airwaves! Best of all, you no longer had to leave your home to enjoy their talents! Eventually, however, audiences matured and other types of programs were added to the radio schedule.

Adventures by Morse: The City Of The Dead (The Ghoul In The Grave) pt. 6

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:19:35 +0000

In this episode of Carlton E. Morse's The City of the Dead, three men stand on the edge of a partially open grave. A fourth stands in the grave whispering, "I've struck something. Something awful."

Adventures by Morse: (5) The City of the Dead (The Skeleton Walks In)

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:12:26 +0000

Joshua Friday is shot as he searches for the source of the phantom church bell.

Adventures by Morse: (4) The City of the Dead pt. 4 (Old Clawfoot Again)

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:49:24 +0000

Jimmy Parker and Doc Tuner go down to the City of the Dead to investigate the source of the phantom church bell.

Adventures by Morse: (03) The City Of The Dead pt. 3 (The Body That Walked Off)

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:06:53 +0000

The mystery deepens in The City of the Dead as Capt. Friday, his father, Doc Tuner, Jimmy, and Phyllis look for a murderer, a missing corpse and a "claw-footed man."

Film Noir: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:15:58 +0000

Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, and Kirk Douglas star in this 1946 film noir about a husband and wife who share a dark secret from the past.

Screen Director’s Playhouse: (74) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

support@otrnoir.com (gestroud) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:35:38 +0000

Barbara Stanwyck reprises her role as Martha Ivers in this radio adaptation of 1946's The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, a tragic story of love, murder and deception. Also appearing in this show is film, radio and television actor Gerald...