OTR's Greatest Shows 1-01 Oct 2014 - Halloween Special

JGO Brunet

(5 stars; 8 reviews)

Old Time Radio's Greatest Shows Production 1-01 : October 2014 - Halloween Special Run Time : 3 Hours Remastered in High Quality 64kbps Mono to preserve the best presentation -------------------------------------------------- Presenting the premiere edition of Old Time Radio's Greatest Shows podcast, three hours of the best radio shows ever broadcast! On this week's edition (October 2014 - Halloween Special), OTR's spookiest shows are highlighted in a special Halloween treat for the whole family. Enjoy great fun and laughs with The Life of Riley and Abbott & Costello both dealing with frights and frantics of haunted houses; Suspense is on the air with a pair of scary tales of ghost trains and alien takovers; and our Feature Presentation rebroadcasts Orson Welles' panic-inducing "War of the Worlds" from the eve of All Hallows Eve 1938. Hour 1 : Fun and Laughs - Genres: Comedy, Variety, Situation Comedy Full Episode 1- The Life of Riley (Episode 42) Halloween Haunted House (10/29/44) Intermission--- Intermission music from Matty Malneck and his Orchestra (edit) (1948) Full Episode 2- Abbott and Costello (Episode 200) Bella Lugosi's Haunted House (05/05/48) Intermission--- Vintage Commercial: Kellogg's Raisin Bran (1952) Hour 2: Thrilling Drama - Genres: Suspense, Horror, Ghost Stories, Science Fiction Full Episode 3- Suspense (Episode 672) The Signalman (11/04/56) Intermission--- Vintage Commercial: Anacin (1951) Full Episode 4- Suspense (Episode 834) Ray Bradbury's "Zero Hour" (01/03/60) Intermission--- Vintage Commercial: RCA Victor 19" Television Console (1951) Intermission--- Vintage Short: Tales of the Frightened (ca 1963) (ep 01) The Man In The Raincoat Hour 3: ** OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION ** - Genres: 1-hour Drama, Science Fiction Full Episode 5- Mercury Theater on the Air (Episode 17) The War of the Worlds (10/30/38) This program was produced by J.G.O. Brunet and released under a Creative Commons License (CC 2014 BY-ND 2.5).  Many hours have been invested for each compilation of this series. Attribution would be very much appreciated.  To the best of our knowledge, all material included in this series is found in the Public Domain. Copyright infringement is not intended. All comments, concerns or suggestions for future shows are welcomed! greatestotrshows@gmail.com Please consider a small donation to continue support and production of this series. About this series: This series can be enjoyed as an on-demand podcast or to run as a complete block of programming for any terrestrial or online radio station. Each three-hour compilation includes an hour of OTR's funniest comedies, followed by rivetting dramas from various genres, capping off the block with classic movie adaptations as heard on the Lux Radio Theatre, Screen Director's Playhouse, and others. Each production has been skillfully remastered and edited from the best source material currently available in the Public Domain. Designed to run on the hour, every hour, each block of programming features favorite episodes from the most popular Old Time Radio series currently in circulation, complete with original commercials (where available), along with bonus material filling out each hour when a program finishes early. Such bonuses include vintage sponsor ads and short featurettes starring Boris Karloff, Bing Crosby and many others. Look for special editions compiling the best of multi-part series and serials such as Your's Truly, Johnny Dollar and the Adventures of Superman.  

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