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On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday

🎙️ On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday— your gateway to timeless talesStep into a world where voices paint pictures, shadows whisper secrets, and every story crackles with imagination. From golden age radio classics a blend of mystery, drama, romance, and suspense — all for your listening pleasure.Whether you"re tuning in for a spine-tingling thriller or an evocative new narrative, you"re in the right place. So sit back, press play, and let the story begin.

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29:30

The Second Class Passenger - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Adapted from a story by Perceval Gibbon, it’s a tale of mistaken identity, social class, and unexpected heroism aboard a ship bound for South Africa. The episode blends dry wit with high-stakes adventure.

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29:26

Confession - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Adapted from a story by Algernon Blackwood. The story centers on a man who has committed a terrible crime—murdering his best friend—and is now consumed by guilt. Seeking solace, he retreats to a remote location, hoping isolation will quiet his conscience. But instead of peace, he finds himself haunted by visions, whispers, and an overwhelming sense of presence. The environment itself seems to turn against him, mirroring his inner turmoil.

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29:30

Back for Christmas - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Adapted from a short story by John Collier. A macabre tale of domestic control, murder, and ironic justice—wrapped in the trappings of holiday cheer. The story follows Herbert Carpenter, a mild-mannered botanist who plans to murder his domineering wife Hermione before their Christmas trip to America. But fate—and Collier’s dark sense of irony—has other plans.

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29:30

Wild Oranges - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Adapted from Joseph Hergesheimer’s 1918 novella. A Southern Gothic tale of isolation, trauma, and unexpected redemption—set against the eerie backdrop of a decaying mansion on the Georgia coast.

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29:32

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Based on Ambrose Bierce’s iconic short story, It dramatizes the final moments of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer sentenced to hang from a railroad bridge—only to experience a surreal escape that blurs the line between reality and illusion.

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29:30

Taboo - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Set in the South Pacific, it explores the clash between Western rationalism and indigenous spiritual belief, as a man defies a sacred island prohibition—and pays the price.

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29:30

The Country of the Blind - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

“The Country of the Blind” by H.G. Wells. This episode dramatizes the story of Nunez, a mountaineer who stumbles into a hidden valley where everyone is blind—and where sight is considered a deformity.

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29:30

Casting the Runes - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Adapted from M.R. James’ classic ghost story. Edward Dunning, a rational academic, dismisses the work of Mr. Karswell, an eccentric occultist. In retaliation, Karswell secretly “casts the runes”—a cursed document that dooms its recipient to death unless returned. The story unfolds as Dunning races against time to uncover the truth and reverse the curse.

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29:30

The Young Man with the Cream Tarts - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

From Robert Louis Stevenson short story. The story begins with a mysterious young man devouring cream tarts in a London café, offering strangers an invitation to a club with a sinister purpose. Florizel and Geraldine accept, uncovering a macabre ritual where members are randomly assigned to kill or be killed.

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29:30

Evening Primrose - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

The story follows a poet who hides in a department store after closing hours, seeking solitude and inspiration—only to discover a secret society of people who’ve lived there for years, unseen by the outside world.

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29:30

Pollack and the Porroh Man - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

Based on H.G. Wells’ short story. Pollock, a British colonial officer in West Africa, kills a native Porroh man in a moment of arrogance and fear. But the Porroh man was no ordinary villager—he was a sorcerer. After the killing, Pollock is haunted by the severed head of the Porroh man, which seems to follow him across continents, whispering vengeance and driving him toward madness.

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29:30

The Fall of the House of Usher - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

An adaptation of “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a hauntingly atmospheric rendering of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic masterpiece, steeped in dread, decay, and psychological unravelling. Broadcast on October 22, 1947, this episode captures the eerie isolation and metaphysical collapse of the Usher family with chilling precision.

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24:30

A Shipment of Mute Fate - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/28

The story revolves around a deadly South American Bushmaster snake that escapes its crate mid-voyage, turning the ship into a floating trap of dread and paranoia.

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29:29

Typhoon - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

A thrilling adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s classic sea tale. Captain MacWhirr, a stoic and unimaginative man who insists on sailing straight into a massive typhoon rather than altering course, below deck are 200 Chinese coolies, whose lives hang in the balance as the storm intensifies, the crew, including the first mate Jukes, struggles with fear, frustration, and disbelief at MacWhirr’s stubbornness and as the typhoon rages, the ship is battered, and the captain’s unyielding nature is tested against

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29:32

Sire De Maletroits Door - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story. Denis de Beaulieu, a young man fleeing through the streets at night, who stumbles into a mysterious house through an open door , the door slams shut behind him—he’s trapped. Inside, he meets the enigmatic Sire de Maletroit, who informs him that he must marry his niece Blanche by morning—or face death, Denis must decide whether to accept this bizarre fate or risk his life trying to escape and as the night unfolds, he discovers Blanche is not the pawn

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29:30

Ring of Thoth - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

Adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1890 short story. The story follows John Vansittart Smith, a British Egyptologist visiting the Louvre in Paris. While studying ancient papyri, he encounters a museum attendant with an unsettlingly Egyptian appearance—Sosra, whose skin is parchment-like and whose eyes glow with an unnatural green hue.

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29:29

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

Adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s satirical short story, the story follows John Unger, a young man from Hades, Mississippi, who is invited by his wealthy schoolmate Percy Washington to spend the summer at his family's secluded estate in Montana.

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29:30

Operation Fleur De Lys - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

Two American operatives are air-dropped into France to train a small group of French Resistance fighters, their mission: sabotage German operations and prepare the region for Allied advances. But things go awry when they discover a Nazi spy embedded within the resistance group.

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29:34

The Man Who Would Be King -Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

Escape was one of the most thrilling and beloved radio drama series of the golden age of American radio. Airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954, it delivered high-adventure stories designed to whisk listeners away from the mundane and into the extraordinary. Adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s novella The Man Who Would Be King Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, who hatch a bold plan to travel to Kafiristan (modern-day Afghanistan) and set themselves up as kings.

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29:31

The Fourth Man - Escape

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday ·

2025/08/27

The story follows a tense and dramatic escape from Devil’s Island, a notorious French penal colony. Four men flee the island on a raft, but as they drift across the South Pacific, psychological tension and mistrust begin to unravel their fragile alliance.

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