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On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday

On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday

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🎙️ On the Air: Thrills and Mysteries from Yesterday— your gateway to timeless tales Step 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.jud
Episodes
  • Ring of Thoth - Escape
    Aug 26 2025

    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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    30 mins
  • Sire De Maletroits Door - Escape
    Aug 26 2025

    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 he expected—and love may bloom in the strangest of circumstances.

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    30 mins
  • Typhoon - Escape
    Aug 26 2025

    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 nature’s fury.

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    29 mins
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