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🎙️ Welcome to Audio Play Now — your gateway to timeless tales and brand-new adventures. Step into a world where voices paint pictures, shadows whisper secrets, and every story crackles with imagination. From golden age radio classics to original audiobooks by modern storytellers, Audio Play Now brings you a curated blend of mystery, drama, romance, and suspense — all crafted for your listening pleasure. Whether you"re tuning in for a spine-tingling thriller or an evocative new narrative, you"re

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58:55

The Glass Key - Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

The Glass Key aired on March 17, 1939. et in a fictional American city gripped by political tension and backroom deals, the story follows Ned Beaumont, a cool-headed political fixer and gambler. He works for Paul Madvig, a powerful political boss backing a reform candidate, Ralph Henry, in exchange for the chance to marry Henry’s daughter, Janet. When Henry’s son, Taylor, is found murdered, suspicion begins to swirl around Madvig. Beaumont, loyal but increasingly disillusioned, sets out to uncover

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57:18

The Green Goddess - Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

The Green Goddess aired on March 10, 1939. Set in a remote and fictional Himalayan kingdom, The Green Goddess is a tale of imperial tension, cultural collision, and survival. A British airplane carrying Major Crespin, his wife Lucilla, and Dr. Traherne crash-lands near the palace of a local Raja, the ruler of an isolated and exotic Eastern state. The Raja — played with wit and menace by Orson Welles — receives them graciously, but beneath his polite exterior lies a cunning, vengeful man with a deep

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57:08

I Lost My Girlish Laughter - Orson Welles Campbell...

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2025/06/11

I Lost My Girlish Laughter aired on March 3, 1939. old in a uniquely satirical epistolary format — using memos, telegrams, letters, news clippings, and diary entries — the story centers on Madge Lawrence, a smart, sharp-tongued former actress turned secretary to a powerful Hollywood producer, Stanley Shriner.

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59:25

Mutiny On The Bounty - Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

Based on the historical novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall ,aired on January 13, 1939. Set in the late 18th century, the story follows the journey of the HMS Bounty, a British naval ship on a mission to collect breadfruit plants in Tahiti to feed slaves in the West Indies. The ship is under the command of the harsh and tyrannical Captain William Bligh, whose relentless discipline and cruelty push the crew to the brink.

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56:39

Counselor at Law - Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

Counselor-at-Law aired on January 6, 1939, and featured Orson Welles in a gripping performance of the fast-paced legal drama originally written by Elmer Rice. George Simon is a brilliant and successful New York lawyer who has risen from poverty on the Lower East Side to become one of the city's most sought-after attorneys. Jewish, sharp-witted, and proud of his immigrant background, Simon represents everyone from gangsters to widows, navigating a chaotic office filled with secretaries, clerks, and

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01:00:38

Christmas Carol - Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, aired on December 24, 1939. The story follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who detests Christmas and lives in bitter solitude. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge that he will be doomed in the afterlife if he does not change his ways. Marley tells him he will be visited by three spirits.

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43:55

Vanity Fair - Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray aired on March 17, 1939. The story begins with Becky and Amelia leaving Miss Pinkerton's Academy. Becky, an orphan and a governess by necessity, sets her sights on social climbing. She tries to marry Amelia’s wealthy brother but is rebuffed, then sets her sights on Rawdon Crawley, a dashing but dim-witted soldier. They marry in secret, much to the fury of his wealthy aunt.

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The Count Of Monte Cristo - Orson Welles Campbell...

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2025/06/11

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, aired on November 25, 1938. Edmond Dantès, a young and capable sailor in Marseille, is wrongfully imprisoned on the eve of his engagement to the beautiful Mercédès. The conspiracy is driven by jealousy and ambition: Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse all stand to gain from Edmond’s ruin.

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Rebecca - Orson Wells The Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/11

The Campbell Playhouse adaptation of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, produced and narrated by Orson Welles, originally aired on December 9, 1938. A shy and naive young woman, working as a companion to a wealthy American woman in Monte Carlo, unexpectedly meets and falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a brooding English widower. After a brief courtship, Maxim proposes marriage, and she becomes the new Mrs. de Winter.

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29:30

Dead Man's Holiday -Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

Steve Farrell, a tough private detective, tries to take a break from crime and murder by going on vacation for New Year’s Eve. He heads to a quiet, snow-covered mountain lodge hoping for peace, solitude, and maybe a little romance.

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29:49

Portrait of Death - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

A struggling artist named Paul becomes obsessed with painting the perfect portrait of death itself. Paul is haunted by nightmares and visions, and he begins to believe that he must experience death firsthand—or bring someone else close to it—in order to capture it truthfully on canvas.

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29:41

Death Across the Board - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

Dr. John Strand, a physician, stumbles upon a mysterious pawn shop where he encounters an enigmatic old man engaged in a game of chess. Unbeknownst to Strand, this is no ordinary game—the chessboard represents a town, and the pieces symbolize real people.

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29:32

Musical Score - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

The story unfolds with five survivors adrift on a lifeboat after a shipwreck. Among them is a composer who incessantly hums a simple tune to comfort his injured wife. This repetitive humming becomes a source of irritation for another survivor.

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29:34

Dead to Rights - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

A couple commits the murder of their wealthy but mentally ill neighbour, seizing his money in the process. Although not immediately suspected of the crime, paranoia takes hold, compelling them to flee. Their anxiety intensifies as they become convinced that a policeman is trailing them.

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The Black Art - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

Set in Louisiana, the story follows Larry Gifford, a man wrongfully convicted of murder and awaiting execution. On the eve of his death, he is mysteriously aided in an escape by Claudine, a woman he's never met.

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The Girl and the Gallows - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

Karen Marley visits her father's fiancée, Laura Mason, a woman with an eerie ability to foresee the future. Laura ominously predicts that Karen will be hanged for her father's murder. Soon after, Karen discovers her father's lifeless body, and Laura vanishes without a trace.

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29:19

Song of the Slasher - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

Set against the eerie backdrop of deserted waterfront streets, the story follows a hard-boiled detective determined to unmask the elusive killer. The Slasher is notorious for whistling a haunting tune before each murder, a chilling signature that adds to the city's growing fear. As the detective delves deeper, he encounters a cast of suspicious characters, including a demented composer, an overprotective husband, and a seemingly helpful lackey.

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29:31

The Judas Clock - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/10

Sebastian Packer, a London-based clockmaker, has spent 30 years searching for a specific antique known as the Judas Clock. This Italian-made clock operates only when the 30 silver coins paid to Judas Iscariot are placed in its weights. Legend holds that the clock brings violent death to its owners. Sebastian's obsession stems from a traumatic event in his youth: at 14, he witnessed his father's death, which he attributes to the clock's curse.

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The Bog-Oak Necklace - Inner Sanctum Starring:...

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2025/06/08

Louisa Crane, a young schoolteacher, inherits an old country cottage and a small box of keepsakes from a great-aunt she never met. Among the contents is a peculiar and beautiful piece: a bog-oak necklace—jet-black, warm to the touch, and carved with strange Celtic symbols.

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29:37

No Coffin for the Dead - Inner Sanctum

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2025/06/08

Eli Carson, a small-town undertaker, prides himself on dignity and tradition. But he harbors a secret: years ago, during a deadly fever outbreak, he buried a man without a coffin—Joseph Crandall, a drifter and loner. The town was in chaos, and Eli took a shortcut… one he deeply regrets.

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