All the strange and mystefying stories of the past, the present, and the future. Laugh along with amos n andy, enjoy life with luigi, or have some edge of the seat thrills with dragnet, box or i love a mystery. Before the era of television, sitting around the radio was popular home entertainment. Here is a major collection of all the great old time radio shows. It has articles featuring media personalities, shows, music, listen todownload different shows daily, and a lot more.
The sealed book otr audio book librivox audio books. The zipped files listed below are logs of the named programs, in. It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in. Here is a major collection of all the great old time radio. Audio cd books can be useful for a relaxing activity that enables you to learn information or be entertained by a story without having to read or hold a book. Haunted houses are a common theme in horror old time radio shows. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. It provides the ability to search and download files, a waiting queue, a.
The show was announced in newspapers but it is not known if any episodes were actually broadcast. Complete log 1945 updated 4597 sealtest variety theater 22599. Paul harvey the rest of the story old time radio otr mp3 on cd 663 episodes. Every day thousands of users submit information to us about which programs they use to open specific types of files. It also had robert arthur and david kogan as writers, who also wrote for the mysterious traveler, as. Part numbers beginning with a number are listed in the first part of the book, part numbers beginning with alpha are listed in the second part. It provides the ability to search and download files, a waiting queue, a wishlist and many other features. Murder and revenge are common, even expected scenarios in horror and crime fiction, but these angles are replayed ad nauseum in old time radio. All three were heard on the mutual network circa 1945. Ones media dark fantasy otr1cd darkfantasy old time radio 1 cd 28 mp3 total playtime. The definitive the sealed book radio program log with biographies of robert arthur jr. The sealed book at fallout 4 nexus mods and community.
The sealed book starred philip clarke as the keeper of the book, a croaking cackling hermit with knowledge of the black arts. Due to a change in our servers policy, no username and passwords are required. All of our materials have been verified through otter, the hobbys premier database program. We are trying to bring the exciting world of old time radio to a whole new generation of listeners using the new technology of the internet. The sealed book was a radio series of mystery and terror tales, produced and. Family comedy 1,402 the aldrich family, the anderson family, father knows best, the great gildersleeve, the harold peary show honest harold, the life of riley, life with luigi, my favorite husband, our miss. Net work library is a free resource for old time radio otr fans. Network library is a free resource for old time radio otr fans. Each week, after the sound of the great gong, host philip clarke observed that the mysteriously silent keeper of the book has opened the ponderous door to the secret vault wherein is kept the great sealed book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages, here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of. Old time radio programs from all of the most popular series. Old time radio shows from radio spirits have been digitally remastered and are available in cd and cassette formats. Otrr noncertified a collection of shows that has not gone through the otrr certification process. Old time radio shows from the golden age of radio, features thousands of old time radio shows from the golden age of radio. The sealed book contains all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages.
These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. The sealed book was a horror and mystery series aired on mutual from june to september 1945. It had a cackling old man who sounded like a mix between the host from the hermits cave and the witchs tale. Mutuals entry into the latenight horror anthology genre, the sealed book, is every bit as nightmare inducing as lights out or the inner sanctum. Characters are sorted from left to right, smallest to largest, az. November 1, 2014after a long absence, i plan to start updating this. This week on strange tales, the sealed book opens to the man with the stolen face. Beyond tomorrow aka beyond this world was an american radio drama series developed for cbs in the spring of 1950 beyond tomorrow was meant to be cbss first science fiction radio program. Phillip clarke, about ten years after he voiced the keeper of the sealed book. The scariest and the best stories to listen to in the dark find out what to track down and what to avoid. Oldtime radio programs from all of the most popular series. The best and the worst of otr the original old time. The definitive the sealed book radio article and log with robert. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio.
Purchase otr programs on cd or cassette and other services. The sealed book synopsis, otr log, images, listen to and. This is a production of the old time radio researchers group located at old time radio researchers website and the old time radio researchers group. It is a catalog of radio shows aired from 1920s to 1959. Old time radio researchers group library has streaming files of episodes 1, 2, and 3. The otrr library is updated on a regular basis, with new series, new episodes, or. See the list of programs recommended by our users below. About old time radio the buzzterm for old time radio is otr. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Each file has the same structure number of fields and names of fields. For more details on contents of any series, please click on series title.
While we do not yet have a description of the otr file format and what it is normally used for, we do know which programs are known to open these files. Part of our over 12000 show library of old time radio. Stories of sherlock holmes springbok strange as it seems. Once downloaded, hear these free otr shows on your computer, mp3 player, or copy them to a cd to listen anywhere. It has articles featuring media personalities, shows, music, listen todownload different shows daily, and a. Otrr library series beginning with j old time radio. An audition show and three additional shows were transcribed to disk. Each week he would unlock the great padlock that kept the sealed book safe from prying eyes, turn the pages of the book and reveal a spooky tale. The sealed book was comprised of recycled versions of the more popular episodes of its parent program. Largest and most complete listing of old radio programs on the web.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Radio history of the sealed book and host philip clarke. Produced by jock macgregor, it went onair for 30 minutes every sunday evenings, from 10. The sealed book borrowed all sorts of successful ingredients from other shows. But the sealed book offers a glimpse into a dusty archive that serves as a reminder that comics and was roasted at the stake of public opinion in the mid50s, grew into print from just such gnarled roots as these old time radio macabre shows. The otrr library has tens of thousands of individual episodes of more than a thousand series for you to download all free of charge. Relic radio features eight podcasts offering old time radio from a number of genres. Radio is the perfect medium for a good haunting story because not seeing the ghost is almost equally as frightening as seeing one. Conyers old time radio presents the scariest episodes of otr horror. The sealed book was a radio series of mystery and terror tales, produced and directed by jock. Old time radio otr from vintage radio shows includes over 36,000 old time shows from the golden age of radio.
We are happy to offer thousands of free old time radio shows for download or stream. Most might think that listening to 1950s and 1960s crime and scifi radio shows to be a little odd or bizarre afterall we have television, dvd, xboxes, playstations, etc. All the strange and mystifying stories of the past, present, and the future. We spend countless hours researching various file formats and software that can open, convert, create or otherwise work with those files. The chase, crime club, dark fantasy, escape, the hall of fantasy, the haunting hour, the hermit, inner sanctum, lights out, macabre, molle mystery theater, murder at midnight, mysterious traveler, mystery house, mystery in the air, quiet please, the sealed book, the weird circle, witchs tale. We are not trying to deprive the original creators of. Conyers old time radio presents the scariest episodes of. Download some old time radio shows today and enjoy the wonderful world of radio from half a century ago. Instead, you can sit back and relax and let the words wash over you as you learn and discover more through your fiction or nonfiction audio cd book. The series aired as a horror drama on nbc between 1941 and 1942. The best and worst and most of otr three tables on this page attempt to list the best, worst and most of otr.
Otr mirror manager is a management system that helps to administrate and to offer the ortkey files from a mirror server. Once again the keeper of the book is ready to open the ponderous volume in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages. We have over 12,000 otr shows available for instant listening. Gunsmoke is one of those longrunning classic old time radio shows that everyone knows and remembers. Sealed book online using any of the 3 radio players below. Dark fantasy was a series dedicated to dealings with the unknown. The otr functionality is separated into the offtherecord messaging library libotr, which is an lgpllicensed library that can be used to hopefully easily produce otr plugins for other im software, or for other applications entirely. The second table is a list of the ten scariest radio episodes. Philip clarke was the shows host, while david kogan and robert arthur jr.
Arthur and david kogan, both of whom wrote the mysterious traveler scripts. See note section below for more information on the otrr. Here is a sample of the online episodes currently available at the old time. Drama academy award theater adventure theater adventures by morse air adventures of jimmy allen archie andrews audio history avenger avengers. The sealed book shares a story on this weeks strange tales.
Philip clarke was the shows host, while david kogan and. As weve discovered in over 300 of these logs, the commercial otr communityand the otr book hawkers that prop them. This mutual entry in the horror and mystery genre was far from the best remembered, such as suspense, quiet please, and inner sanctum. Sealed book, the shadow, the suspense theater five weird circle whistler, the x minus 1. Sounds of darkness sa the sound of war wwii speaking of liberty. The first table shows what some folks consider to be the best and worst of several parameters associated with otr programs.
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