Back in the day one of my various hobbies, via a surprisingly fun program they ran at my junior high school (between semesters they had have two weeks where they just offered a huge slate of fun electives, perhaps partly so the teachers could share things they loved), I was heavily into old time radio. Tune In Yesterday, John Dunning’s amazing encyclopedia of such programs, was a bit of a bible of mine for this period. I hope I still have my copy (or rather the replacement one I later bought) around here somewhere.*
[*I also had a fun book, heavily illustrated, that was a comical reminiscence/guide to old time radio geegaws, like the Little Orphan Annie decoder rings. Again, hopefully I still have that floating around here somewhere, although for the life of me I can’t remember the name of the book. But man, I read that thing over and back then.]Recently I came across The Late Late Horror Show, a YouTube channel where they run long streams of old time radio. A lot of horror/suspense ones as you’d think, but not exclusively. Sci-Fi, Westerns, Comedies, etc. The streams can run 11 hours, so each one provides an awful lot of entertainment. I’d suggest listening to the horror stuff particularly in a dark room, where you can lend it all your attention. I don’t know if that sounds interesting to anyone here, but if so, check it out.
