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Summary: Some of the best of the old radio shows
Review: I can't recommend this one highly enough. From Suspense's "Ghost Hunt" (listen to this one with the lights off and see if the chill bumps don't grab you), to "The Uninvited" (which was made into a movie that's just as creepy as this story), to all 3 of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries - there are just too many good ones to highlight them all. I really haven't found a better collection like this yet, and I think you'll love it too. If you haven't been introduced into how good OTR used to be, then this is a great way to be introduced to it.
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Summary: Some of the best of the old radio shows
Review: I can't recommend this one highly enough. From Suspense's "Ghost Hunt" (listen to this one with the lights off and see if the chill bumps don't grab you), to "The Uninvited" (which was made into a movie that's just as creepy as this story), to all 3 of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries - there are just too many good ones to highlight them all. I really haven't found a better collection like this yet, and I think you'll love it too. If you haven't been introduced into how good OTR used to be, then this is a great way to be introduced to it.
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Summary: Some of the best of the old radio shows
Review: I can't recommend this one highly enough. From Suspense's "Ghost Hunt" (listen to this one with the lights off and see if the chill bumps don't grab you), to "The Uninvited" (which was made into a movie that's just as creepy as this story), to all 3 of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries - there are just too many good ones to highlight them all. I really haven't found a better collection like this yet, and I think you'll love it too. If you haven't been introduced into how good OTR used to be, then this is a great way to be introduced to it.
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Summary: Perfect!
Review: I cannot recommend this product enough! I bought it because I've never heard an old time radio program like they used to put on before tv existed. It was amazing how the shows could come alive in your imagination without the aid of a television screen. The actors are skilled and the sound effects are wonderful. I wish they would bring back radio shows based on the mystery shows of the past. Its perfect for me because I can crochet and keep my eyes on my work while listening to the radio mysteries. Whether you're cooking in the kitchen or driving to work, you can still be entertained with these shows!
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Summary: Lots of fun
Review: I got this from the local library. My favorite is Suspense. Those were great. I loved the Orson Wells Black Museum. I'm too young to have ever listened to shows on the radio but this really gives you a feeling for the nostalgia.
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Summary: Great selections.
Review: I think I listened to nearly all 60 shows back to back. But ehen again Radio Mysteries have been my favorite since I was a child. The accompaning book is a nice read as well.
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Summary: Great selections.
Review: I think I listened to nearly all 60 shows back to back. But ehen again Radio Mysteries have been my favorite since I was a child. The accompaning book is a nice read as well.
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Summary: Lots of fun
Review: The stories here cover the gamut from true crime to truly incredible. The "Black Museum" and "Crime Classics" do an excellent job of recreating true life crime stories. "Escape" and "Suspense" provide exactly the type of entertainment their titles suggest. One really interesting story from the "Suspense" cassette was 'Ghost Hunt', which anticipated "The Blair Witch Project" by approximately fifty years. 'The House on Cypress Canyon Road' served up suspense, pathos, and paradox in equal helpings, and is probably my favorite story of the entire collection. Arch Oboler's "Lights Out" provides three excellent stories, one suspense, one supernatural, and one ('Murder Castle'), with a seemingly preposterous premise. The seemingly silly premise was, however, based on the career of a true life serial killer. "Murder at Midnight", "The Sealed Book", and "Weird Circle" all have campy introductions but creditable stories. "Mystery in the Air", starring Peter Lorre, was a summer replacement show that dramatized classic stories. "Quiet Please" turned in a couple of good efforts with 'Pathetic Falacy', about a "thinking machine", and 'Red and White Guidon', which started off looking like a misplaced Western but ended up a quite satisfying tale of the supernatural. The last tape in the collection, "The Whistler", had three excellent stories with captivating surprise endings. In each episode the narrator trumpeted the fact that the story would have a surprise ending, and in spite of that the stories never failed to surprise and delight. There are some sour notes in the collection, but all in all, I had sixty hours of listening pleasure from this anthology.
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Summary: Sleuths, Suspense, Scifi, the Supernatural
Review: The stories here cover the gamut from true crime to truly incredible. The "Black Museum" and "Crime Classics" do an excellent job of recreating true life crime stories. "Escape" and "Suspense" provide exactly the type of entertainment their titles suggest. One really interesting story from the "Suspense" cassette was 'Ghost Hunt', which anticipated "The Blair Witch Project" by approximately fifty years. 'The House on Cypress Canyon Road' served up suspense, pathos, and paradox in equal helpings, and is probably my favorite story of the entire collection. Arch Oboler's "Lights Out" provides three excellent stories, one suspense, one supernatural, and one ('Murder Castle'), with a seemingly preposterous premise. The seemingly silly premise was, however, based on the career of a true life serial killer. "Murder at Midnight", "The Sealed Book", and "Weird Circle" all have campy introductions but creditable stories. "Mystery in the Air", starring Peter Lorre, was a summer replacement show that dramatized classic stories. "Quiet Please" turned in a couple of good efforts with 'Pathetic Falacy', about a "thinking machine", and 'Red and White Guidon', which started off looking like a misplaced Western but ended up a quite satisfying tale of the supernatural. The last tape in the collection, "The Whistler", had three excellent stories with captivating surprise endings. In each episode the narrator trumpeted the fact that the story would have a surprise ending, and in spite of that the stories never failed to surprise and delight. There are some sour notes in the collection, but all in all, I had sixty hours of listening pleasure from this anthology.
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Summary: Better than TV
Review: What a great medium for travel or just to pass the time.I bought this series after listening to old time radio program replays when i could catch them on my car radio.I am from Oklahoma and it was interesting to find that one of the programs that i really enjoyed originated in Oklahoma City.I also enjoyed the commercials which are humorous in todays context but give such a wonderful feel of the bygone era of my parents and grandparents.One commercial concerns sending cigarettes to veterans in a Muskogee,Okla. veterans hospital.I would recommend this series to anyone.It certainly makes a long drive enjoyable and is so much more stimulating and vivid than television.
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