Old Time Radio Featuring Orson Welles
This week we’ll hear another episode from The Campbell Playhouse. This episode, titled The Bad Man, first aired May 19, 1939. For more old time radio, check out Relic Radio!
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Produced in London, and then airing on the Mutual Network, The Black Museum featured Orson Welles as host and narrator for it’s 52 episode run. It aired from January to December 1952. We’ll hear The Straight Razor.
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This week we’ll hear from Orson Welles as The Shadow. Welles first played the character during the fourth season of the show, between 1937-1938. This episode is titled Hounds In The Hills, and first aired February 20, 1938.
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This week we’ll continue the adventures of Harry Lime with The Lives Of Harry Lime. This is the fifth episode titled Voodoo, it first aired August 31, 1951.
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We’ll revisit This Is My Best for this weeks episode. Welles was involved with this show for only about a month before being let go, allegedly for being hard to work with and for attempting to use to further his movie career. Before his departure he gave us this show, titled Heart Of Darkness, based of course on the book by Joseph Conrad. It first aired March 13, 1945.
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