Orson Welles
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG October Spooktacular 2021 – Suspense: Donovan’s Brain
I wrap up this year's Spooktacular with one of my favorite scary radio tales of all time. It's Donovan's Brain, starring Orson Welles, on Suspense.
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG October Spooktacular 2021 – Mercury Theater on the Air: The War Of The Worlds
Enjoy the classic Mercury Theater on the Air radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds from 1938.
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG Spooktacular 2021 – Suspense: The Hitch-Hiker
Turn out the lights and give a listen to The Hitch-Hiker from Suspense as it aired on September 2nd, 1942.
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Gaming News
Halloween Spooktacular 2017 – Mercury Theater on the Air: ‘The War of the Worlds’
Let's wrap up this year's Spooktacular with what is possibly the most famous radio broadcast of all time: Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the Air players' adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells' tale The War of the Worlds.
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG’s October Spooktacular – Mercury Theater on the Air: ‘War of the Worlds’
Mercury's War of the Worlds moves the original H.G. Wells tale from England to the United States but the results remain the same as humanity struggles to survive the Martian onslaught.
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG’s October Spooktacular – Suspense: ‘The Hitch-Hiker’
Talk about an episode which has nearly everything – Orson Welles; A script by Lucille Fletcher; Atmospheric (and unusually minimal) sound effects. The Hitch-Hiker, which is spelled in the style of the day, is surely one of my favorite old time radio scripts and just might keep you guessing until…
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG’s October Spooktacular – The Mercury Theater on the Air: ‘Dracula’
I always point out my favorite radio performer was the indomitable Orson Welles. It’s more than likely we’ll be hearing from Mr. Welles more than once this month but I wanted to share Welles’ earliest starring turn, as Dracula (among other characters from the classic novel), for his Mercury Theater…
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Audiobooks and Old Time Radio
TGG Old Time Radio Double Dip #2: Donovan’s Brain Suspense 5/18/1944 & 5/25/ 1944
Had a bit of an issue yesterday so I had to play tech support guru for my mother’s computer so I didn’t get the latest OTR Double Dip out there but that’s remedied today… You can’t have a discussion of old time radio without including Orson Welles in the discussion.…
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Tabletop Gaming
The Gaming Gang Episode 49: Our Halloween Special with A Touch of Evil, Achtung! Cthulhu, and More!
It wouldn’t be Halloween without one of our patented specials! The reviews are a bit light this time around but there’s plenty of spooky fun as we review A Touch of Evil from Flying Frog Productions and Three Kings and Heroes of the Sea for Achtung! Cthulhu by Modipius. Elliott…