Gremlin Time

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Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
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The bedtime radio show for grown-ups.

 

 

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable.

 A full hour on the 3rd Monday of every month as part of KBOO's 11PM Monday Radio Theatre Block.

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The Night Run Of The Overland

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/19/2024 at 12:00am
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A nostalgic look back at the railroads tonight. Robert Jefferson reads about the joys of  reading the Railroad Guide which listed all the active train lines in the US. The featured story is a reairing of our 3D Radio Production of The Night Run Of the Overland. When her hus... Read more

Sampler Halloween Special

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Today we bring back a favorite Halloween show featuring two chilling stories and some halloween themed music. First, KBOO's own Emily Young reads Night by Ray Bradbury. Also Katherine Dunn returns to present one of our favorite stories The Cat Man. Read more

Two Tales Of Terror

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/22/2024 at 12:00am
For Halloween and the End Of Summer we present two chilling tales. First Katherine Dunn reads an abridged version of Edgar Allen Poe's The Murders In The Rue Morgue. Concidered by many to be the first Detective Mystery Story. But, it's also a Monster Story. Plus, from the G... Read more

A History of American Comedy:the origins of Las Vegas

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/17/2024 at 12:00am
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More excerpts form Kliph Nesteroff's History of American Comedy, The Comedians:: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy. This month we return to Kliff Nestoroff's exstensive history of American comey with a  look at the rise of Las Vegas as a center ... Read more

Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and a story by Lenny Bruce.

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/20/2024 at 12:00am
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Tonight Fortunato reads excerpts from a history of Comedy in America.In this selection, author Kliph Nesteroff looks at the emergence of modern comedy in night clubs, records and late night television. Featiring acconts of Johnaton Winters, Dick Gregory , Dick Cavett, Jerry... Read more

Gremlin Time on 07/15/24

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/16/2024 at 12:00am
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Two classic science fiction radio dramas

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/18/2024 at 12:00am
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Tonight two science fiction radio programs from the early 1950's. A long running anthology series on NBC was Deminsion X and its followup series X Minus One which adapted many stories from the magazines Astounding Tales and Galaxcy. First up is a sort of time travel piece b... Read more

Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe in Murder My Sweet

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/21/2024 at 12:00am
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Tonight the bedtime radio show for grownups presents the Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the 1944 RKO Pictures production of Raymond Chandler's 1940 detective novel Farewell My Lovely. Retitled as Murder My Sweet,. Dick Powell sheds his pretty boy image of the previous deca... Read more

Mabel Normand- Pioneer Filmaker

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/16/2024 at 12:00am
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An evening of non-fiction as Fortunato reads Chapter 13, "Mabel At The Wheel", from Dana Stevens'  biography of Buster Keaton, Camera Man 2022. Tonight's chapter focuses on the career of Mabel Normand, who was already an established star and director by the time Charlie Cha... Read more

Two classic Victorian Detective Mysteries

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/19/2024 at 12:00am
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Two Victorian Mysteries stories are featured tonight. First Katherine Dunn reads Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders In The Rue Morgue. Amatuer detective Dupin solves a grissly murder to clear an innocent man. Also, an episode of the long running radio series The Adventures of Sh... Read more