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OLD TIME RADIO - 70 mp3 - Total Time 33:42:56

The Mysterious Traveler was an anthology radio series, a magazine and a comic book. All three featured stories which ran the gamut from fantasy and science fiction to straight crime dramas of mystery and suspense.
Written and directed by Robert Arthur and David Kogan, the radio series was sponsored by Adams Hats. It began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. The lonely sound of a distant locomotive heralded the arrival of the malevolent narrator (portrayed by Maurice Tarplin), who introduced himself each week in the following manner:
This is the Mysterious Traveler, inviting you to join me on another journey into the strange and terrifying. I hope you will enjoy the trip, that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little. So settle back, get a good grip on your nerves and be comfortable -- if you can!

Cast members included Jackson Beck, Lon Clark, Roger DeKoven, Elspeth Eric, Wendell Holmes, Bill Johnstone, Joseph Julian, Jan Miner, Santos Ortega, Bryna Raeburn, Frank Readick, Luis van Rooten, Ann Shepherd, Lawson Zerbe and Bill Zuckert. Sound effects were by Jack Amrhein, Jim Goode, Ron Harper, Walt McDonough and Al Schaffer.

"Behind the Locked Door," a popular, much-requested episode which took place in total darkness, was repeated several times during the years. Two archaeologists discover a century-old wagon train that had been sealed in a cave following a landslide. When their Native American guide is mysteriously and brutally attacked, the two, now lost in the darkness, conclude that the descendants of the wagon train are still living in the cave.
About 80 of the original 370 Mysterious Traveler episodes still exist. The popularity of the series spawned other supernatural shows, such as The Sealed Book. With scripts by a Mysterious Traveler writer and Tarplin as host-narrator, The Strange Dr. Weird was a nearly identical program.

SHOWS LIST:
44-01-30 (009) The House of Death
44-02-27 (013) The Good Die Young
44-04-09 (019) Beware of Tomorrow
44-04-16 (020) The Accusing Corpse
44-07-02 (031) The Queen of the Cats
44-09-24 (042) Death Laughs Last
45-01-06 (055) They Who Sleep
45-03-10 (064) The Case of Charles Foster
45-03-24 (066) Death Comes for Adolf Hitler
45-03-31 (067) Murder Goes Free
46-08-18 (073) Death Is the Visitor
46-09-01 (075) No One on the Line
46-09-08 (076) The Symphony of Death
46-12-29 (084) If You Believe
47-01-05 (085) New Year's Nightmare
47-01-12 (086) No Grave Can Hold Me
47-03-09 (094) The Woman in Black
47-04-13 (099) Dark, Dark Destiny
47-05-25 (105) Mind over Murder
47-06-15 (108) Death Is the Judge
47-07-06 (111) The Locomotive Ghost
47-07-27 (114) The Man the Insects Hated
47-09-07 (119) Vacation from Life
47-10-21 (125) Death Is My Caller
48-01-20 (137) The Man in the Black Derby
48-02-24 (142) The Man Who Died Twice
48-03-16 (145) They Struck It Rich
48-04-20 (150) Murder in Jazz Time
48-05-11 (153) I Won't Die Alone
48-05-18 (154) Death Writes a Letter
48-06-08 (157) Murder Is My Business
48-06-15 (158) Queen of the Cats
48-06-22 (159) Zero Hour
48-07-06 (161) The Man Who Vanished
48-08-10 (166) The Visiting Corpse
48-09-21 (171) Death Has a Thousand Faces
48-10-05 (173) Death Rings Down the Curtain
48-11-11 (177) Till Death Do Us Part
49-01-06 (185) The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
49-03-29 (197) Death Has a Cold Breath
49-04-19 (200) Out of the Past
49-06-14 (208) No Grave Can Hold Me
49-10-11 (225) The Last Survivor
50-01-10 (237) Survival of the Fittest
50-02-07 (241) The Man Who Tried to Save Lincoln
50-03-14 (246) The Big Brain
50-04-04 (249) The Man from Singapore
50-04-11 (250) Operation Tomorrow
50-04-18 (251) Death at 50 Fathoms
50-04-25 (252) I Died Last Night
50-05-02 (253) S O S
50-05-23 (256) The Lady in Red
50-06-06 (258) Killer at Large
50-07-18 (264) Killer Come Home
51-03-13 (297) The Knives of Death
51-05-01 (304) The Planet Zevius
51-08-28 (319) Fire in the Sky
51-10-09 (325) The Man Who Knew Everything
51-11-06 (329) Behind the Locked Door
51-11-20 (331) The Most Famous Man in the World
51-12-11 (334) Hide Out
51-12-25 (336) Christmas Story
52-01-08 (338) It's Only Money
52-01-15 (339) Key Witness
52-01-22 (340) Change of Address
52-01-29 (341) Stranger in the House
52-02-19 (344) Strange New World
52-04-29 (354) Murder in 2952
52-06-02 Haunted Trailer (west coast)
52-06-17 (360) The Green Plague
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