Show: Hoad’s Grim
Time Period: Modern Day (2008-2009)
Episode Title: Chapter 2 - Vacancies
Episode Length: 33:59
Genre: Horror
(Previous Chapters: Prologue, Chapter 1)
In chapter two ofHoad’s Grim, Chad deals with the disappearance of Danny, but when no sign of him is found, he is forced to call on his old friend Pengsy to help out in his job. It’s just as well, because he gets a call to remove an icebox that should’ve been taken care of weeks ago.
Only when they get there, they discover something more gruesome than a mysterious broken down icebox…
Hoad’s Grim by Deadsville Nine Entertainment is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Source: misterkincaid.wordpress.com
Show: Suspense
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (mid 20th century)
Episode Title: Sorry, Wrong Number
Episode Length: 32:12
Genre: Horror
Tonight’s episode of horror from the golden age of radio comes from the series “Suspense.” In this story, entitled “Sorry, Wrong Number”, a bedridden woman overhears a murder plot over a crossed phone line, but isn’t able to get anyone to believe her to investigate. This was one of the most popular episodes of this classic old time radio show.
Suspense was originally broadcast on CBS Radio from 1942 through 1962. This work is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Show: Lux Radio Theater
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (1934 - 1955)
Episode Title: Sunset Boulevard
Episode Length: 55:48
Previous Episodes: Casablanca
Lux Radio Theater, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35); CBS (1935-54) and NBC (1954-55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. It became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years.
Lux Radio Theater is the original creation of George Wells and Sanford Barnett between 1934 and 1955. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Show: Fruits Basket
Time Period: Modern Day (2011)
Episode Title: Episode 1 - Great Transformations
Episode Length: 41:01
Fruits Basket: The Audio Drama was created by Hope Chapman and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Additional episodes of this series can be found at the link above as well as the Internet Archive.
Show: 19 Nocturne Boulevard
Time Period: Modern Day (2008 - Present)
Episode Title: “The Rookie”
Episode Length: 46:10
Previous Episode: “A Date With Dana”
Among modern day audio drama podcasts, the trend leans more towards serials rather than anthologies. Of the anthology audio drama shows in production right now, one of our favorites here at the Audio Drama Club is 19 Nocturne Boulevard.
Started in 2008, 19 Nocturne Boulevard is a show written, produced, and often voiced by the talented woman Julie Hoverson. Each episode will center around a plot of the strange, speculative, or supernatural.
Tonight’s episode, “The Rookie” is a morbid tale that crosses serial killers and reality televison. This story is woven in a world where the biggest stars around are the men and women who murder for a living.
“What kind of a place is it? Why it’s a residential corridor, deep in the bowels of an industrial apartment complex, in a very dark, and possibly very near, future, can’t you tell?”
19 Nocturne Boulevard is copyrighted © 2012 by Wheeality Productions and Julie Hoverson, and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Source: 19nocturneboulevard.net
Show: X Minus One
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (1955 - 1958)
Episode Title: “Mars Is Heaven”
Episode Length: 26:18
Previous Episode: “The Parade”
Science fiction has always been popular genre in most forms of media. The radio show, “X Minus One” was one of the most popular programs on the radio during the mid-20th century.
The stories aired in this anthology series were often adapted from new up-and-coming science fiction writers who would soon become famous names in the genre. They included Issac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Robert A. Heinlein to name a few.
“Mars is Heaven” is a story originally written before man had made it’s first steps into space. It was a time when people still envisioned that the planet Mars was full of life and aliens. This tale is about a strange encounter a ship full of human explorers experience when they disembark on the surface of the red planet.
X Minus One was originally created and broadcast by NBC. This radio show is currently released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Show: Star Trek: Outpost
Time Period: Modern Day (2009 - Present)
Episode Title: Episode 2 - From Bad to Worse
Episode Length: 56:50
Previous Episodes: Episode 1
“In the darkest reaches of the United Federation of Planets, an isolated station stands sentinel over a neglected frontier. Commissioned long ago with high hopes, its promise is now all but forgotten; a lonely outpost serving as the gateway to the vast expanse beyond, where discovery…and adventure…await..”
We are still a year away from the next Star Trek movie from J.J. Abrams, but in the mean time you can indulge in a weekly fix of your favorite science fiction series here at Audio Drama Club.
Her is a synopsis of Episode Two - From Bad to Worse, straight from the Star Trek Outpost website:
Inside the mysterious area of space known as “The Pinch,” Lt. Exler and Dr. Winston have taken an away team aboard the doomed Ferengi ship Profitable Venture in search of survivors. Just as the last of the away team is about to beam back, the Ferengi vessel explodes, crippling the Chimera. Adrift among a sea of debris, the Chimera now sits nearly defenseless as her crew works desperately to repair the ship and return to the safety of DS3. The crew soon discovers, however, that they are not alone…
Star Trek: Outpost by Giant Gnome Productions is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Source: giantgnome.com
Show: The Adventures of Superman
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (1940 - 1951)
Episode Titles: “Clark Kent Captured by the Wolfe”, “Clark Kent, Imprisoned”, “The Silver Clipper”
Episode Length: 35:23 min
Previous Episodes: Episodes 1-3
“Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.’
Look! Up in the sky!
It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
It’s Superman!”
Because many of the first episodes are only fifteen minutes or less, we will be sharing three episodes at a time here at the Audio Drama Club until we get caught up to the longer episodes later on in the series.
Last week we shared episodes 1 through 3 of The Adventures of Superman. Today, we have episodes 4, 5, and 6 for your listening pleasure.
The Adventures of Superman is the original creation of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. “Superman” is currently the property of DC Comics. This radio show is currently released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Show: Snape Diaries
Time Period: Modern Age (2008 - 2009)
Episode Title: Episode 1 - Hogwarts Express
Length: 25:33
Genre: Fan Fiction
Here’s the start of a seven-episode miniseries that we’ve found for fans of the Harry Potter series!
Set during the Marauders Era of Hogwarts, it a set of “diaries” from Snape’s point of view. This is a seven episode season, for obvious reasons.
We hope you enjoy this series.
Source: misfitsaudio.com
Show: Gunsmoke
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (1952 - 1961)
Episode Title: Jaliscoe Pete
We hope you enjoy tonight’s episode of Gunsmoke.
Gunsmoke is the original creation of Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston between 1952 and 1961. This work is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Black Jack Justice - Ep 1 - Justice Served Cold
Show: Black Jack Justice
Time Period: Modern Age (2006 - Present)
Episode Title: Justice Served Cold
Genre: Detective Drama
Despite being a modern age audio drama, Black Jack Justice is a show which has the feel of a classic pulp detective series. Follow the colorful tales of the hard-boiled gumshoe Black Jack Justice as he solves cases with his tough-as-nails partner Trixie Dixon (Girl Detective), all for $35 per day (plus expenses).
In this first episode, Jack and Trixie work on a case involving a mysterious frail, a set of lost love letters, and murder.
Listen to this show now at the Decoder Ring Theatre website.
Source: decoderringtheatre.com
Show: Dragnet
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (1949 - 1957)
Episode Title: The Werewolf
Genre: Police Drama
Dragnet is the original creation of Jack Webb between 1949 and 1957. This work is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Show: Space Casey
Time Period: Modern Day (2007-2009)
Episode Title: Episode 1
Episode Length: 25:19
Genre: Humor, Science Fiction
Are you in search of a massive space odyssey in the vein of Star Trek or Star Wars?
Well then this isn’t the show for you.
If you’re looking for a good time, a few laughs, and something more in the vein of Red Dwarf, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and possibly Spaceballs, then let us fill your ear.
Space Casey is a 10-episode mini-series which won the Gold Mark Time Award for Best Science Fiction Audio Production by the American Society for Science Fiction Audio and the 2008 Parsec Award for Best Science Fiction Audio Drama. To borrow the description from the official website:
Space Casey tells the story of a fast-talking con-artist, 200 years in the future, who steals the wrong spaceship and finds herself thousands of light years from home. It’ll take all her smarts and more than a little luck to weasel her way out of this one.
We hope you enjoy Episode 1 of “Space Casey”! Come back next week for Episode 2!
Space Casey is the original creation of Christiana Ellis and is currently released under a released under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial, Share and Share Alike 3.0 license.
Source: christianaellis.com
Show: The Red Skelton Show
Time Period: Golden Age of Radio (1941 - 1953)
Episode Title: “Women Are Ruling the World”
Episode Length: 30:27
Genre: Humor, Variety Show
For tonight’s comedy show, the Audio Drama Club is switching things up a bit. Last week we showcased an episode of the Mel Brooks Show, a comedic sitcom. This week, we’re showcasing a comedic variety show starring a famous comedian of the time, a man by the name of Red Skelton.
Tonight’s episode, is centered on the 1950s perspective of women. Keep the decade in mind while listening to the show. By today’s standards, some of the jokes will sound very sexist, but as you listen, it becomes clear that even though there were very clear stereotypes about women in play during the mid 20th century as being the weaker, fairer sex, women still had a great deal of power, especially as the “real” head of household in a married family.
We hope you are able to sit back and enjoy this great comedy.
The Red Skelton Show was originally created by Red Skelton and was broadcast by NBC. This radio show is currently released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This episode, as well as others from this same show, have moved into the public domain and can be found for free download at the Internet Archive.
Source: archive.org
Show: Hoad’s Grim
Time Period: Modern Day (2008-2009)
Episode Title: Chapter 1 - The Hammer Man
Episode Length: 36:23
Genre: Horror
(Previous Chapters: Prologue)
In this, the official first chapter of the dramatic audiobook, “The Hoad’s Grim”, we are introduced to Chad Hyman, the “Hammer Man”. The story opens with Chad, a maintenance man by profession, having to call in an old friend to cover for missing co-worker named Danny.
Hoad’s Grim by Deadsville Nine Entertainment is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Source: misterkincaid.wordpress.com
