Classic Radio for September 4, 2024 - Mask of Medussa, Loaded Dice, and Death under the Chapel

2 hours of Crime and Sci-FiFirst a look at the events of the dayThen Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast September 4, 1947, 77 years ago, The Mask of Medussa.   Forty seven murderers frozen solid. They still possess active and seething minds, even though they remain in kept in a "wax" museum. The revenge of the walking dead!  We follow that with the news from 77 years ago, then Casey Crime Photographer starring Staats Cotsworth, originally broadcast September 4, 1947, 77 years ago, Loaded Dice. A pair of galloping dominoes and a three hundred pound corpse lying on top of them!  Then The Shadow starring Orson Welles and Margot Stevenson, originally broadcast September 4, 1938, 86 years ago, Death Under the Chapel. A mad college professor plans to set off a bomb during graduation to seek his revenge. Next  X Minus One, originally broadcast September 4, 1956, 68 years ago, Tunnel Under the World. A man wakes up three days in a row to find the date still June 15th. Finally, Lum and Abner, originally broadcast September 4, 1944, 80 years ago, Lum to become a martyr. Lum is in the jail, planning to avoid food so he can appear to be suffering. He therefore orders a breakfast so huge, Abner may not be able to carry it all in one trip!Thanks to Honeywell for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamIf you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old time radio shows 24 hours a day