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Transcriptions of the daily blog Waldina. We celebrate people, places, and things that inspire us. We celebrate classic radio plays.
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"Mother Love" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 30, 1974
January 31, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes - 11.9 MB"Mother Love" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 30, 1974 An unusual favor and $6000 are all a fortune teller needs to grant the wish of a desperate woman to conceive. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Favorites
January 30, 2022 14:00 - 2 hours - 89.7 MBJazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Favorites Dream a little dream of me - Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong This cant be love - Nat King Cole La vie en rose - Louis Armstrong Let's call the whole thing off - Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong Mad about the boy - Dinah Washington It's a wonderful world - Frank Sinatra More - Nat King Cole The autumn leaves - Nat King Cole At last - Etta James L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole It's only a paper moon - Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rythm In the mood - ...
"The Man Who Heard Voices" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 29, 1974
January 29, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 11.9 MB"The Man Who Heard Voices" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 29, 1974 Can euthanasia ever be completely willed by the sufferer? A well-respected lawyer's life is disrupted by the voice of his wife whom he had killed in mercy and threatens the affair he had started after his wife took sick. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Three Women" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 28, 1974
January 28, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MB"Three Women" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 28, 1974 A writer is pressed by his publisher to alter the ending of his book in order to take fuller advantage of the character of his heroine. The writer hesitates with the premonition that the character crafted by him might actually be alive. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Time and Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 27, 1974
January 27, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 12.3 MB"Time and Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 27, 1974 A clockmaker comes across a mysterious clock that can give him an additional hour every day. All it needs is a little blood in return. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Hollywood or Boom" - Rocky Fortune - January 26, 1954
January 26, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB"Hollywood or Boom" - Rocky Fortune - January 26, 1954 Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Ring of Truth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 26, 1974
January 26, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MB"The Ring of Truth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 26, 1974 A tortured story about a father's coercion to get his daughter to testify against her beloved in a homicide by vehicle case. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"This Gun For Hire" Lux Radio Theatre - January 25, 1943
January 25, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 13.5 MB"This Gun For Hire" Lux Radio Theatre - January 25, 1943 A lone gunman on the run comes across a femme fatale and a plot bigger than he can imagine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Speak of the Devil" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 25, 1974
January 25, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.84 MB"Speak of the Devil" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 25, 1974 A pre-wedding spiritual seance leads to a young woman being tortured by a demon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 84th Birthday Etta James
January 25, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBToday is the 84th birthday of the singer Etta James. She kept a rigorous touring schedule well into her seventies and often performed at Jazz Alley here in Seattle. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2022/01/25/happy-84th-birthday-etta-james/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Casablanca" Lux Radio Theatre - January 24, 1944
January 24, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 12.8 MB"Casablanca" Lux Radio Theatre - January 24, 1944 Based on the 1942 film that is based on Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. Alan Ladd plays Rick, Hedy Lamarr plays Ilsa, and John Loder plays Victor Laszlo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Deadly Honeymoon" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 24, 1974
January 24, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 11.7 MB"Deadly Honeymoon" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 24, 1974 A honeymoon turns nightmarish as a woman realises her husband to be culpable of the murders of his previous wives - during their honeymoon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"And Nothing but the Truth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 23, 1974
January 23, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.75 MB"And Nothing but the Truth" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 23, 1974 A young investigator guesses at the facts of a hit-and-run case and believes the convict to be a willing victim in lieu of his son. But he cannot prove it to his superior. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"A Very Old Man" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 22, 1974
January 22, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.1 MB"A Very Old Man" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 22, 1974 A wizened man has clairvoyance abilities and even relieve physical suffering with a simple touch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Dead for a Dollar" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 21, 1974
January 21, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 12.2 MB"Dead for a Dollar" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 21, 1974 Two cheated men plan the murder of the trader who swindled them. Unbeknownst to them, somebody has already carried out the deed, relieved them of the rewards, but left the blame behind. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Chinaman Button" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 20, 1974
January 20, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MB"The Chinaman Button" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 20, 1974 A perfectly anonymous murder offers the opportunity to earn a fortune for a man in dire financial straits. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
s.p.a. v52 is live!
January 20, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBVery rare that I narrate the whole podcast, as I don't have all the recording equipment and the AI does it better. But today is my birthday and I wanted to put in a bit of effort to celebrate some of the guys that were my friends that I have lost along the way. They made me who I am and I try to behave in a way that honors their memory. You can read the whole post over at Waldina.com, just without the music. And again, I am sorry for the sound quality. --- Send in a voice message: https:/...
"The Museum Murder" - Rocky Fortune - January 19, 1954
January 19, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MB"The Museum Murder" - Rocky Fortune - January 19, 1954 Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Girl Who Found Things" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 19, 1974
January 19, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 10.1 MB"The Girl Who Found Things" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 19, 1974 A young girl with criminal tendencies is taken by a couple who discover her peculiar talent for retrieving lost things - including corpses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"A Ring of Roses" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 18, 1974
January 18, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.84 MB"A Ring of Roses" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 18, 1974 A trip to the country to visit a friend turns nightmarish as a couple comes across a small girl being whipped by a man. It's only the beginning of a journey back into an old family curse and a murder - all wrapped up in a ring. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"You Can Die Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 17, 1974
January 17, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 9.54 MB"You Can Die Again" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 17, 1974 A husband believes himself culpable for the murder of his wife. He is also convinced of his affair with another woman. But he simply can't persuade a police officer to believe either. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"A Death of Kings" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1975
January 16, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 9.94 MB"A Death of Kings" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1975 A genius but modest scientist takes in a student. He ends up losing his wife to him, his skills and aptitudes too. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Accounts Receivable" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1974
January 16, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 9.89 MB"Accounts Receivable" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 16, 1974 Burdened with the responsibility of his sick father who has been recently released from jail, a son must also struggle to find $15,000 and buy out his business associate in order to keep his business afloat. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Companion to a Chip" - Rocky Fortune - December 15, 1953
January 15, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB"Companion to a Chip" - Rocky Fortune - December 15, 1953 Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Resident" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 15, 1974
January 15, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 9.59 MB"The Resident" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 15, 1974 A move from the countryside to town leaves a retired lady prey to a cat named Evil and a young girl who forcefully moves in with her! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Death Rides a Stallion" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1974
January 14, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.75 MB"Death Rides a Stallion" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1974 An old flame torments a playboy after her death in a horse riding accident. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Faith and the Faker" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1975
January 14, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 12.1 MB"Faith and the Faker" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 14, 1975 A converted swindler turned faith healer learns that he can heal anyone in his island except his lame wife. He soon realizes that only one thing stands between him and the ability he desperately seeks to acquire. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Witness Is Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 13, 1975
January 13, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 12.3 MB"The Witness Is Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 13, 1975 A young man witnesses an assassination by a gang and is fatally wounded in the process. Though he survives, he is now too scared to testify. The police need information but can't get anything out of him. They finally resort to an inventive method with the help of a hospital to get him to speak. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Cold Storage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 13, 1974
January 13, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.78 MB"Cold Storage" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 13, 1974 A man finds out that his believed to be dead mother is still living and unleashes a Machiavellian plan to acquire her wealth and property - by shutting her away in the basement. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Rodeo Murder Mystery" - Rocky Fortune - January 12, 1954
January 12, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB"The Rodeo Murder Mystery" - Rocky Fortune - January 12, 1954 Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Cask of Amontillado" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1975
January 12, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.1 MB"The Cask of Amontillado" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1975 A young lady is forced to sleep with her husband's greedy and lecherous backer to avert a fiancial disaster. In order to avenge this dishonor, the man extends an irresistible invitation to him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"I Warn You Three Times" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1974
January 12, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.84 MB"I Warn You Three Times" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 12, 1974 A daring attempt to clear their car windows during a snowstorm leads to the mysterious disappearance of a woman's husband. The reasons turn out to be increasingly intriguing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Honeymoon with Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1974
January 11, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MB"Honeymoon with Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1974 Her husband disappears after their return from the honeymoon and the young wife's sister insists that the nuptial was a mere fantasy. She attempts to persuade a cop that her husband was indeed killed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Tell-Tale Heart" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1975
January 11, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MB"The Tell-Tale Heart" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 11, 1975 An unlucky family is forced to live with their perverted uncle, where they are forced to face endless chores, hunger, and even sexual harassment. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"No Hiding Place" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1974
January 10, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 11.8 MB"No Hiding Place" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1974 The would-be CEO of his father-in-law's corporation is threatened with the revelation of a dark deed in his past. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Masque of the Red Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1975
January 10, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 10.3 MB"The Masque of the Red Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 10, 1975 This is a modern day adaptation of Poe's classic. Here, an environmental disaster occur which results in a massive plague. An old man isolates himself and his family in his manor to wait out the epidemic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Lost Dog" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1974
January 09, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 9.42 MB"Lost Dog" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1974 A husband cannot appreciate his wife's phobia of dogs. Once he gets one home, his wife sets it against him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"Berenice" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1975
January 09, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MB"Berenice" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 9, 1975 A young man falls in love with his young sister-in-law while his wife lies on her deathbed. The last distressing smile of his wife taunts him day and night, and he goes crazy when he sees the same smile on his new beloved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Oblong Box" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1975
January 08, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MB"The Oblong Box" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1975 A man makes a voyage to the US from Europe and meets an old friend carrying a peculiar oblong box that apparently contains an obscure painting. The strange shape of the box influences the fellow passengers to think that the box contains something far from innocent. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Bullet" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1974
January 08, 2022 14:00 - 40 minutes - 9.26 MB"The Bullet" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 8, 1974 An accident kills a man but he is made to return to Earth to trade places with the fated victim. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 75th Birthday David Bowie
January 08, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBToday is the 75th birthday of the artist David Bowie. There are so many David Bowie moments that feel personally to me that they are too numerous to name. I was listening to Ashes To Ashes when I learned that a close friend had died that morning, they used to play China Doll on the boom box wen I practiced floor exercise runs for hours and hours in junior high, and his cover of Under Pressure with Annie Lennox at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert is one of my very favorite performances of ...
"The Return of the Moresbys" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1974
January 07, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 9.64 MB"The Return of the Moresbys" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 7, 1974 A husband kills his wife for donating all their money. Now, he is certain that she has been reincarnated in the form of a cat to wreak revenge on him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Premature Burial" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1975
January 06, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 10.1 MB"The Premature Burial" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1975 A doctor helps his friend dig up the corpse of his loved one who married a wicked man. They find her to be alive, and now her evil husband wants her back! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1974
January 06, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 9.41 MB"The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 6, 1974 An old lady rents a room to a sick boarder. She runs into problems with his strange deathbed confession. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"On the Trail of a Killer" - Rocky Fortune - January 5, 1954
January 05, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB"On the Trail of a Killer" - Rocky Fortune - January 5, 1954 Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Many Names of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 5, 1975
January 05, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 10 MB"The Many Names of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 5, 1975 A trust officer in a bank hires a sexy secretary. She charms him to take a few rash steps and walk the wilder side of things. The ride may turn out more bumpy for him than he expected. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Reluctant Killer" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 2, 1975
January 02, 2022 14:00 - 44 minutes - 10.1 MB"The Reluctant Killer" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 2, 1975 A professional football player becomes disillusioned with the brutality of the game and leaves. But his wife and her mother accuse him of domestic violence and send him to prison. He comes back to avenge the injustice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The Deadly Pearls" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 1, 1975
January 01, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 10.1 MB"The Deadly Pearls" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - January 1, 1975 A private detective tries to track two radioactive pearls that were used to murder two women. He travels to Hawaii disguised as a novelist and mixes with the inhabitants while thwarting the assassins sent to kill him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
Happy 73rd Birthday Donna Summer
December 31, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBToday is the 73rd birthday of the singer Donna Summer. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/12/31/happy-73rd-birthday-donna-summer/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waldina/message
"The General" (1926)
December 31, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBThe General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman. Title: The General Directed by: Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton Screenplay by: Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Charles He...