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August 15

And Now the Screaming Starts (1973 Full Movie)

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One thing the Brits are really good at are cranking how high-concept horror movies.  “And Now the Screaming Starts” is a less than perfect example of this.  Starring the legendary Peter Cushing and Patrick Magee we’re introduced to how boring 1795 really is. The movie was written by Roger Marshall and based on the novel Fengriffen […]

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August 14

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 11: With Deja Thoris” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER XI WITH DEJAH THORIS As we reached the open the two female guards who had been detailed to watch over Dejah Thoris hurried up and made as though to assume custody of her once more. The poor child shrank against me and I felt her two little hands fold tightly over my arm. Waving […]

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August 14

The CE Library: Flash Gordon

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Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and originally drawn by Alex Raymond.First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Starting April 22, 1935, the strip was adapted into The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, a 26-episode weekly […]

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August 14

The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962 Full Movie)

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Tonight we bring you an old favorite.  The Brain That Wouldn’t Die!  It was directed by Joseph Green and written by Rex Carlton and Joseph Green.  The movie was actually filmed and canned in 1959 with the title “The Black Door” however it would not be theatrically released until May of 1962.  It was renamed […]

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August 11

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 10: Champion and Chief” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER X CHAMPION AND CHIEF Early the next morning I was astir. Considerable freedom was allowed me, as Sola had informed me that so long as I did not attempt to leave the city I was free to go and come as I pleased. She had warned me, however, against venturing forth unarmed, as this […]

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August 11

The CE Library: X Minus One

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Initially a revival of NBC’s Dimension X (1950–51), the first 15 episodes of X Minus One were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by […]

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August 11

Bride of the Gorilla (1951 Full Movie)

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Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) is a plantation manager in the South American jungles.  He murders his employer to get his wife, Dina Van Gelder (Barbara Payton).  However; an old witch-doctor Al-Long (Gisela Werbisek) bears witness to the murder and places a curse on Barney.  By night Barney metamorphosises into a giant rampaging gorilla.  Taro (Lon […]

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August 10

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 9: I Learn the Language” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER IX I LEARN THE LANGUAGE As I came back to myself I glanced at Sola, who had witnessed this encounter and I was surprised to note a strange expression upon her usually expressionless countenance. What her thoughts were I did not know, for as yet I had learned but little of the Martian tongue; […]

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August 10

The CE Library: Inner Sanctum Mystery

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Inner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the imprint given to the mystery novels of Simon & Schuster. A total of 527 episodes were produced, but a majority are presumed to be lost. […]

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August 10

The CE Library: The Adventures of Superman

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The serial came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City’s WOR on February 12, 1940. On Mutual, it was broadcast from August 31, 1942, to February 4, 1949, as a 15-minute serial, running three or, usually, five times a week. From February 7 to June 24, 1949, it ran as a thrice-weekly half-hour show. The […]

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August 10

Suspense – “Menace in Wax”

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“During the French revolution of 1793, a Swiss girl copied in wax the severed heads of those had just been guillotined. She married a French Man named Tussard and came to London and she founded Madam Tussard’s Wax Works. There it is still in Marleborne near Baker Street station, not the original building, that was […]

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August 09

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 8: A Fair Captive From the Sky” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER VIII A FAIR CAPTIVE FROM THE SKY The third day after the incubator ceremony we set forth toward home, but scarcely had the head of the procession debouched into the open ground before the city than orders were given for an immediate and hasty return. As though trained for years in this particular evolution, […]

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August 09

Flash Gordon – “General Tal Tries Capturing Dr. Zarkov” & “Pit of Peril and Death Dwarfs”

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Flash Gordon “General Tal Tries Capturing Dr. Zarkov” – September 7th 1935 Flash Gordon “Pit of Peril and Death Dwarf” September 14th, 1935

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August 08

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 7: Child-Raising on Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER VII CHILD-RAISING ON MARS After a breakfast, which was an exact replica of the meal of the preceding day and an index of practically every meal which followed while I was with the green men of Mars, Sola escorted me to the plaza, where I found the entire community engaged in watching or helping […]

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August 08

X Minus One – “Nightmare”

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An unimportant clerk, in an unimportant job, uses his Einiac to discover what the computers are up to! The story is based on the poem, “Revolt Of The Machines” by Stephen Vincent Benet. The script was previously used on “Dimension X” on June 10, 1951. The progam was rebroadcast as part of “Monitor” during December, […]

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August 07

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 6: A Fight That Won Friends” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER VI A FIGHT THAT WON FRIENDS The thing, which more nearly resembled our earthly men than it did the Martians I had seen, held me pinioned to the ground with one huge foot, while it jabbered and gesticulated at some answering creature behind me. This other, which was evidently its mate, soon came toward […]

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August 06

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 5: I Elude My Watch Dog” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER V I ELUDE MY WATCH DOG Sola stared into the brute’s wicked-looking eyes, muttered a word or two of command, pointed to me, and left the chamber. I could not but wonder what this ferocious-looking monstrosity might do when left alone in such close proximity to such a relatively tender morsel of meat; but […]

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August 05

A Princess of Mars – Chapter 4: A Prisoner” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER IV A PRISONER We had gone perhaps ten miles when the ground began to rise very rapidly. We were, as I was later to learn, nearing the edge of one of Mars’ long-dead seas, in the bottom of which my encounter with the Martians had taken place. In a short time we gained the […]

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August 04

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter 3: My Advent On Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER III MY ADVENT ON MARS I opened my eyes upon a strange and weird landscape. I knew that I was on Mars; not once did I question either my sanity or my wakefulness. I was not asleep, no need for pinching here; my inner consciousness told me as plainly that I was upon Mars […]

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August 03

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter Two: The Escape of the Dead” – Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER II THE ESCAPE OF THE DEAD A sense of delicious dreaminess overcame me, my muscles relaxed, and I was on the point of giving way to my desire to sleep when the sound of approaching horses reached my ears. I attempted to spring to my feet but was horrified to discover that my muscles […]

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August 02

A Princess of Mars – “Chapter One: On The Arizona Hills” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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CHAPTER I ON THE ARIZONA HILLS I am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I am a hundred, possibly more; but I cannot tell because I have never aged as other men, nor do I remember any childhood. So far as I can recollect I have always been a man, […]

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August 01

A Princess of Mars “Foreword” by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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A PRINCESS OF MARS   by Edgar Rice Burroughs   To My Son Jack   FOREWORD To the Reader of this Work: In submitting Captain Carter’s strange manuscript to you in book form, I believe that a few words relative to this remarkable personality will be of interest. My first recollection of Captain Carter is […]

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July 26

Flash Gordon – “Azura Regains Memory” & “Flash, Still Invisible, Escapes”

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Flash Gordon – “Azura Regains Memory”, August 24th, 1935 Flash Gordon – “Flash, Still Invisible, Escapes”, August 31st, 1935

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July 21

The Shadow – “Hounds in the Hills”

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A demented old hag living with her hunchback son kidnaps four boys and holds them captive in their mansion. Two criminals also stay in the mansion, using the place as a hideout. When The Shadow tries to rescue the boys, a pack of vicious dogs is released and chase him up a tree. The Shadow […]

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July 19

“She Was Beautiful” by Roslyn Walker

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    She Was Beautiful By Roslyn Walker She was beautiful, just like she has been in every life before this one. Usually, I must allow myself to have a moment of realization once I find her because the search is always so long and much more difficult than it should be. I never know […]

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July 18

X Minus One – Dr. Grimshaw’s Sanitarium

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“What you will hear transcribed in the next half hour represents either a magnificent hoax or the true explanation of the famous Grimshaw sanatorium scandal, which made the headlines back in 1947. The manuscript upon which this account is based was removed by the New York State Police from a fountain pen cover found in […]

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June 09

The Shadow – “The Phantom Voice”

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An honest senator is framed on bribery charges and the Shadow must investigate to save the do-good law maker.   The Shadow “The Phantom Voice” February 6, 1938 The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally in 1930s pulp novels, and then in a wide variety of media. One of the most famous adventure heroes of […]

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June 08

Suspense – “Will You Make a Bet with Death”

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A man bets his life against the $25,000 his uncle promises him if he can escape being murdered! Suspense “Will You Make a Bet with Death” by John Dickson Carr November 10th, 1942 One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” and focused on suspense thriller-type […]

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June 07

Flash Gordon – “Dr. Zarkov Builds Invisible Ray Machine” & “Flash, the Avenging Shadow”

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  Flash Gordon “Dr. Zarkov Builds Invisible Ray Machine” August 10th, 1935 Flash Gordon “Flash, the Avenging Shadow” August 17th, 1935 Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by and originally drawn by Alex Raymond.First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the […]

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May 14

The Adventures of Superman – Is There Another (Part 3 Final)

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The Adventures of Superman “Is There Another?” Part 9 – February 8, 1946 The Adventures of Superman “Is There Another?” Part 10 – February 11th, 1946 The Adventures of Superman “Is There Another?” Part 11 – February 12th, 1946 The Adventures of Superman “Is There Another?” Part 12 – February 13th, 1946 The Adventures of […]

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