On the Wednesday overnight, Oct 14 into Oct 15 at midnight in THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY, we hear “The Mutants” from EXPLORING TOMORROW in 1958, then Peter Lorre on INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES form 1943, the return of THE STRANGE DR WEIRD and BEYOND THE GREEN DOOR. And of course we have a lost JEAN SHEPHERD episode from the Hines Collection on Oct 16, 1962 “Remote From No Man's Land.”

Tune in to 99.5 FM in NYC from midnight to 2am, or listen on the stream at wbai.org.

EXPLORING TOMORROW from Mutual on March 26, 1958 #16 “The Mutants. After an atomic war in the year 2019, the mutants that have resulted have some strange abilities. ” Host: John W. Campbell Jr.

“The Mutants” takes place in the aftermath of an atomic war, when many people, having been irradiated by the dangerous fallout, have become mutants of one sort or another. Being shunned by family, friends, and society in general, around 80% of the mutants have chosen to live in a government provided mutant “sanctuary,” where they find they can live more comfortably among their own kind. The following radio drama tells the sad, tragic tale of one Clyde Merrick–a mutant with an unusual gift, the use of which he hopes will change his life forever.

INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES from the Blue Network on March 07, 1943 "The Black Sea Gull" for Carter's Little Liver Pills. A dying woman promises her husband that she will return from the grave. She does return...several times! The production makes good use of sound effects and montage. The script was originally scheduled for broadcast on February 7, 1943. Host: Raymond Edward Johnson, starring Peter Lorre, Santos Ortega, written by Sigmund Miller, produced and directed by Himan Brown, announcer Ed Herlihy.

THE STRANGE DOCTOR WEIRD from Mutual net aircheck, syndicated on an RCA transcription on January 09, 1945 #10 "Murder Ship" for Adam Hats. A good story about a pair of murderers trapped in an air pocket inside a sunken ship. Host: Maurice Tarplin, written by Robert A. Arthur & David Kogan, director Jock MacGregor.

BEYOND THE GREEN DOOR 1966 #13 “Jack the Ripper”
Narrator Basil Rathbone, written by Robert Sheckley for NBC Monitor

Lost JEAN SHEPHERD from the Hines Collection
from WOR-NY on Tuesday October 16, 1962
“Remote From No-Man's Land”