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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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00:25:40

The House and the Brain - Weird Circle

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2025/07/26

A married couple becomes fascinated by a sinister 400-year-old portrait of a notorious cutthroat.They learn the man’s former London home is rumoured to be haunted and decide to rent it for a week—despite warnings from the elderly housekeeper.

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00:26:43

The Fall of the House of Usher - Weird Circle

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2025/07/26

Aired originally on July 8, 1943, this was actually the debut episode of The Weird Circle The story follows a man visiting his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, at a decaying mansion filled with dread and mystery.

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00:33:51

The Return of Inspector McDowell - McKenzie Waldron

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2025/07/26

The Return of Inspector McDowell is a brooding island-set mystery following Inspector Liam McDowell, who returns reluctantly to Tory Island after the death of his uncle. Haunted by childhood trauma and a bombing that claimed his parents, McDowell plans only to settle his uncle’s affairs and leave. But when the body of a young boy, Seán Donnelly, washes up on the island's rocky shore—strangled and bruised—McDowell is drawn into a murder investigation that reveals the rot beneath the island’s

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00:29:39

The Middle Toe of the Right - The Weird Circle

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2025/07/07

In this eerie and suspenseful tale, a man named Jarrett returns to his hometown in Mississippi after many years away. Years earlier, Jarrett had been accused of brutally murdering his wife and two children at their secluded plantation home, but due to lack of evidence, he was never convicted. He fled town under a cloud of suspicion.Now, Jarrett reappears, claiming ownership of the very house where the murders occurred. The townspeople, still wary and fearful, refuse to go near the place, believing

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Scrooge The Miser - Caltex Theatre Australia

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2025/06/26

Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a cold-hearted miser who detests Christmas and shuns human connection. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge of the dire consequences of his greed and informs him that he will be visited by three spirits.

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54:11

There Was A Crooked Man - Caltex Theatre Australia

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2025/06/26

The story follows Davy Cooper, a former commando and explosives expert who, down on his luck, is manipulated into joining a gang of criminals led by the persuasive Adolf Carter. Initially reluctant, Cooper is drawn into a series of heists, culminating in an ambitious plan to tunnel from a hospital's operating theatre into a neighbouring bank vault.

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53:50

Bad Day At Black Rock - Caltex Theatre Australia

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2025/06/26

Set in late 1945, the story follows John J. Macreedy, a one-armed war veteran, who arrives in the isolated desert town of Black Rock. His presence unsettles the locals, especially when he inquires about a Japanese-American farmer named Komoko.

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55:02

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Campbell Playhouse

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2025/06/25

Set in the tranquil English village of King's Abbot, the story unfolds with the suicide of Mrs. Ferrars, a wealthy widow rumored to have poisoned her abusive husband. Shortly after, her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, is found murdered in his study. Dr. James Sheppard, the village physician and the story's narrator, is drawn into the investigation alongside the famed detective Hercule Poirot, who has recently retired to King's Abbot.The Campbell Playhouse's radio adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Murder

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59:56

Rebecca - Campbell Playhouse (Orson Wells)

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2025/06/25

Set against the backdrop of the grand estate of Manderley, the story follows a young, unnamed woman (portrayed by Margaret Sullavan) who marries the enigmatic widower Maxim de Winter (played by Orson Welles). Upon arriving at Manderley, she finds herself overshadowed by the lingering presence of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca. The housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (voiced by Mildred Natwick), remains obsessively devoted to Rebecca's memory, undermining the new Mrs. de Winter's confidence and sense of

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59:09

Detectives Are No Always Right - Caltex Theatre...

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2025/06/25

The story follows Commander John J. Adams and his crew as they journey to the distant planet Altair IV to investigate the silence of a previous expedition. Upon arrival, they encounter Dr. Morbius, his daughter Altaira, and the enigmatic Robby the Robot. As the crew delves deeper, they uncover the remnants of the advanced Krell civilization and face an invisible threat linked to the planet's past.

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Forbidden Planet - Caltex Theatre Australia

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2025/06/25

Set in the 23rd century, the United Planets starship C-57D arrives at Altair IV to investigate the fate of the Bellerophon, a mission that vanished two decades earlier. Upon arrival, Commander John J. Adams and his crew encounter Dr. Edward Morbius, the sole survivor, who warns them against landing due to an unseen danger. Despite the warning, they proceed and meet Morbius's daughter, Altaira, and Robby the Robot, a sophisticated automaton.

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03:11:10

The Russia House - John Le Carré read by Tom Baker

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2025/06/24

BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Russia House by John le Carré—starring Tom Baker as Barley Blair. The story unfolds during the late Cold War era, amid the thaw of perestroika. Barley, a jazz-loving, hard-drinking British publisher, unexpectedly finds himself drawn into the world of espionage when he receives a mysterious manuscript from Moscow. The document, smuggled out by a Russian woman named Katya, claims to expose the Soviet Union’s nuclear capabilities as a bluff. Reluctantly recruited by

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01:05:31

The Passers By -The Twilight Zone

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2025/06/24

Set at the end of the American Civil War, it follows a wounded Confederate Sergeant who limps down a dusty road, guitar in hand. He stops at a ruined Southern mansion owned by Lavinia Godwin, a grieving widow whose bitterness toward the Union still burns. As they talk, a strange procession of soldiers—both Union and Confederate—pass by the house.

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01:25:42

The Holly And The Ivy - Wilard Brown

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2025/06/23

A cosy Norfolk vicarage on Christmas Eve, just after WWII. Reverend Martin Gregory’s extended family converges for the holiday. Underneath the festive cheer lurk long-held resentments, concealed sorrows, and uncomfortable truths that threaten the family’s togetherness.

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01:26:00

The Iron Duchess - William Douglas Home

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2025/06/23

The Iron Duchess is a 1957 comedy play by the British writer William Douglas Home. A crisis emerges within the castle household—this could be a staff strike, a familial dispute, or a threat to social order. The specific spark isn’t directly spelled out in surviving archives, but may be inferred from the Duchess's need to intervene forcefully .

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01:13:58

Musk and Amber - William Frankland

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2025/06/23

Murder During Reunion: The reunion of retired officers takes a dark turn when Brigadier Denniston is found dead. Initial shock is followed by confusion—he seemed to have no enemies, prompting speculation that this murder stems from deeper past events.

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Benny Trounsel - Dragnet

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2025/06/23

The case begins when Benny Trounsel, a known petty drug user, contacts the police with information about a new narcotics distribution ring operating in Los Angeles. Benny becomes an informant—placing him in immediate danger.

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Big Missing - Dragnet

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2025/06/23

Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero receive a sobbing call from a woman in Utah. Her daughter, Juanita Laskey, has vanished and stopped writing—causing growing fear, especially with Christmas approaching.

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29:40

City Hall Bombing - Dragnet

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2025/06/23

Officers Sgt. Joe Friday and Ben Romero are dispatched to a critical situation at the Los Angeles City Hall. A man named Vernon Carney has entered the building and is wielding a homemade bomb. He demands that his brother, currently in custody, be released—or he will detonate the device.

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Steel Club Helen Cord - Dragnet

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2025/06/23

A well-liked 21-year-old waitress, Helen Corday, is found murdered at the “Steel Club,” a local nightspot. She has been beaten to death with a steel pipe—an unusually brutal weapon that immediately focuses the investigation on blunt-force trauma.

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