You Will Love This If You Like Black & White Movies
Do you love to curl-up in front of an old black and white movie?
Do you enjoy these old storylines where the good guy ends up on top and to put the icing on the cake also ends up with the girl?
Do you enjoy a classic thriller that doesn’t force you to endure countless violent deaths and enough blood to fulfill the needs of a major-city hospital for a year?
What is coming up definitely be of interest to you if your answer to these questions was yes!
Thanks to the World Wide Web the class old time radio shows from the 1630’s, 40’s and 50’s are still available to listen to just as they were over half a century ago.
With a little Googling you can discover, or rediscover if you’re old enough to remember them the first time round, a whole world of old radio shows ready to have you falling out of your chair with laughter, gripped to your chair with fear, or transported off to exciting new lands.
An old time radio website which is a great place to start is RUSC.com. In 1999 this huge archive of old time radio shows was set up and is being expanded upon all the time, the website contains thousand and thousands of MP3 downloads of these old radio classics and radio plays as well as editorial, crosswords and reviews.
If you are new to old time radio here are a few recommendations.
Suspense, The Whistler or Inner Sanctum are fantastic thrillers you can’t go too far wrong with. There are many other similar shows to these but these 3 in particular way are a great place to start.
Life of Riley, Fibber McGee and Molly, or Life with Luigi are probably more you thing if you are looking for something a bit more lighthearted. These are timeless classics that are as funny now as they were in the Golden Days of old time radio.
For those who prefer something a little more dramatic try CBS Radio Workshop or Lux Radio Theater. Audio of Hollywood films of the time as well as more classic versions of famous literature is what these shows are all about.
Finally, if science fiction is more up your street, then have a listen to X Minus 1 or Dimension X. You can expect to find stories from the best science fiction writers of all time within these classic old time radio series.
Old Time Radio has something to suit everyone’s tastes, the best thing to do is dive in and have a look to see if there is anything that suits you. A great place to start finding these shows is at RUSC.com which is one of the longest standing old time radio archives online.