Tag: small town

AWR0179: The Whistler: Three Wise Guys

Amazing World of Radio

On Christmas Eve, three shady characters drive to a barn in a small Pennsylvania town to recover a payroll that one of them had stolen, only to find a pregnant woman in the barn.

Original Air Date; December 24, 1947

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EP3523: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Marigold Matter

John Lund

Johnny is called to a small unincorporated town to investigate the murder of a friend.

Original Air Date: January 23, 1953

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EP3489: Casey, Crime Photographer: Treasure Cave

Stats Cotsworth

Casey, Ann, and Captain Logan decide to try to solve a series of murders in a cave near a small town.

Original Air Date: September 25, 1947

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EP3439: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Merrill Kent Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny goes to a small town after an anonymous tip comes in indicating that the death of an insured who was thrown from a horse might not have been an accident.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1951

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EP3432: Mystery is My Hobby: Ghost Didn’t Walk

Barton Drake and Noah Danton are called in by a small-town constable to investigate a murder of an old man involving a ghost.

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EP3392s: Screen Director’s Playhouse: DOA

Edmond O'Brien
After finding out he was poisoned and there’s no cure, a small-town accountant goes to Los Angeles to bring his murderer to justice before he dies.
Original Air Date: June 21, 1951
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EP3373: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Neel Breer Matter

Edmond O'Brien
Johnny travels to a small town when a Doctor raises doubts about the cause of a death of a young man who supposedly died of a heart attack.

Original Air Date: July 18, 1951

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EP3325: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Soderbury, Maine Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny goes to a small town in Maine to investigate the murder of a controversial insured man.

Unedited Drama Portions of Program that Aired: June 2, 1951

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EP3157: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blood River Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny investigates the point-blank shooting of a beloved small town patriarch.

Original Air Date: August 3, 1950

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EP3142: It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins: The Rockabye Murder

Gail and Greg arrive in a small Western town and stumble into a murder.

Original Air Date: January 20, 1958
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EP3135: Box 13: Flash of Light

A man visiting from a small town asks Dan for help to find out what happened during two days he can’t remember.

Original Air Date: April 16, 1948

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EP3119: Man Called X: The Turtle Island Vacation

George Raft

Ken takes a vacation on a small island off the coast of Maine but finds something suspicious is going on.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1946

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EP3034: It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins: White Plumes, Red Blood

A police commissioner of a small Louisiana town is murdered by a knife thrown through the window of a bar.

Original Air Date: April 29, 1957

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EP3004: It’s a A Crime, Mr. Collins: The Green Stop Light

Gregg and Gail travel to a small town to purchase a new car from Gail’s uncle at a discount.

Original Air Date: March 25, 1957

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Audio Drama Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes

In Colonial Radio Theater’s 2007 adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, a carnival arrives in a small Midwestern town in late October. Two thirteen year old boys, Jim and Will, discover something sinister is behind the carnival and its leader Mr. Dark.

The story itself is pure Bradbury at his best. Superficially, it’s about a couple of kids in a small town and a scary carnival. But there’s a lot of depths and themes here such as age and youth, innocence, and evil. Yet Something Wicked This Way Comes never seems like it’s trying to be profound and it never forgets to be an entertaining and scary story.

The dialogue is not typically the way most people talk either now or then. It has a stylized, almost lyrical quality.

The production qualities are solid. I’ve listened to hundreds of hours of Audio Drama from many companies. So far, Colonial has the best sound design this side of the Atlantic. Even though it was recorded twelve years ago, the sound design and music hold up and build that creepy small-town atmosphere. Colonial’s talented team of actors delivers good performances all around and manage to handle Bradbury’s unique style of dialogue.

Overall, this is a fun and well-done take on a Bradbury classic that’s definitely worth a listen.

Rating:4.5 out of 5