Thanks to Marie for the heads up some recent additions to Generic Radio. Check out these American Civil War radio shows from Cavalcade, Escape and The Columbia Workshop. You can find them and more on the Old Time Radio transcripts page.

And, if you are of a mind to actually listen to some of these shows, check out the Old Time Radio Catalog. – Don

Let me introduce you to the Old Time Radio Catalog. The site features thousands of old time radio shows from the golden age of radio. It is a catalog of radio shows aired from 1920′s to 1959. It has articles featuring media personalities, shows, music, and a lot more. They have thousands and thousands of shows on MP3 for very reasonable prices.

You can listen to Dragnet, Science Fiction Radio, Gunsmoke, Nightwatch and much, much more! And, they feature a free daily audio download! And, everytime you buy one of their excellent programs, OTR Catalog throws a little scratch myway which I pour back into the site to keep this awesomeness rolling! – Don

Thanks Marie for the heads up these scripts and transcripts from the Golden Age of Radio. Generic Radio, which is probably the definitive radio script and transcript site on the ‘net, has a vast treasure trove of material. You can read speculative episodes of X Minus One and Tales of Tomorrow as well as creepy tales from Witch’s Tale, Creaking Door and Strange Doctor Weird.

Slink on over to the Golden Age of Radio page and enjoy. – Don

Big thanks for another huge update of scripts and transcripts from the golden age of radio go to the Mysterious M. There is an episode of Candy Matson: PI and an episode of Suspense Kaleidoscope – Ray Bradbury’s tale of a spaceship’s last voyage.

All in all, there are thirteen new OTR scripts and transcripts over on the Old Time Radio from the Golden Age of Radio page. – Don

Big thanks for this huge update of scripts and transcripts from the golden age of radio go to the Mysterious M. There is an episode from Arch Obler’s Horror radio show Lights Out and an episode of Mercury Theater The Man Who Was Thursday adapted by Orsen Wells based on G. K. Chesterton’s classic novel of the same name.

All in all, there are fourteen OTR scripts and transcripts over on the Old Time Radio from the Golden Age of Radio page. – Don

Daddy is Home by PC
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A man wakes up in a stranger’s bedroom after a wild night only to find out the stranger is his wife.

Short, Horror, Thriller
Rated R for Language

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Better Days Episode 05 “Three Ways to Hell”
by Steven Cameron
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The new girl, Danielle and Jason hit it off when they find out they both love the series Banana Chan. Poppy becomes jealous of there friendship and decides to do something about it. Kenny finds a new friend in Casey.

Short Series – Comedy
Rated R (for language)

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Better Days Episode 02 “Pop Up & Go” by Steven Cameron
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Now that we know the characters a little better, Jason has bad luck with his computer, finds out a family secret, has a stroke of great luck and he may even get a job. Our cast grows to include Kenny’s father and others.

Short Series – Comedy
Rated R (for language)

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It is a flood of radio scripts! Silent Universe has release the pre-production draft of Episode 7: Hello World. Now is the time to get your input into the story before it goes to production. The teaser is Some thought that the dawn of the Second Space Age would unite humanity in a common cause. Dreams of grand utopias, fevered the minds of visionaries and futurists, who proclaimed that the stars would save us from ourselves… They couldn’t have been more wrong.. The production values on Silent Universe are fantastic. The scripts are not read, they are performed by voice actors that do this for a living. I highly recommend you sci-fi fans check it out.

On another note, more back to earth, James Whyle has release the script to his radio play A Man called Rejoice which has been broadcast numerous times by the BBC Radio 3. I haven’t found an audio copy of the play online, but you can buy it for a buck at The Home of MiDor. Personally, I’d love to see the audio play released under a Creative Commons license. James’ work has been published as Rejoice Burning by Aurora Metro Press in New South African Plays.

Thanks so much to Marie for the heads up on these, too many to list here, scripts and transcripts from the Golden Age of Radio. There is the ‘manly espionage thriller’ David Harding, Counterspy, a handful of Sci Fi dramas like The Planet Man and Tales of Tomorrow as well as more recognizable series like Little Orphan Annie, Mark Trail and Escape. It is folks like Generic Radio Workshop and Early Radio that makes this stuff available to you, the reader.

So, skip on over to the Radio Scripts and transcripts page and do some reading. – Don