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Classic Pulp: Season One
by Veronica presents The A.I. Repertory Theater
EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODES The A.I. Repertory Theater proudly presents full-cast audio productions of classic pulp stories, preserving the legacy of this important American literary tradition. DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.
Episodes
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The Molemen Want Your Eyes — Part Three
As a horde of hideous, subterranean madmen terrorizes a small town and abducts a young girl, Phil Ross races to uncover the truth behind their gruesome experiments—only to discover that the mysterious stranger helping him may be hiding a horrifying secret of his own. by Frederick C. Davis...
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The Molemen Want Your Eyes — Part Two
by Frederick C. Davis Originally published in April/May, 1938 [Mystery | Adventure] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Tracy Dickson - Announcer Gerry Kells — Phil Ross Tamsin Vale — Jane Vincent Silas Renlo — Sam Eustace Benjamin Ackerman — Trooper McGurney Oscar Humphries — Mr. Hartley Bette Nance —…
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The Molemen Want your Eyes — Part One
When a young woman is found mutilated and eyeless near an abandoned coal mine, Phil Ross uncovers terrifying evidence that a band of madmen entombed underground for years may still be alive—and hunting for fresh human eyes. by Frederick C. Davis Originally published in April/May, 1938 [Mystery…
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Murder in the Rif
When a hotheaded French Foreign Legionnaire knocks his hated sergeant unconscious only to find him brutally murdered moments later, he must use his wits to expose the real killers before a firing squad carries out his death sentence. by Houston Day Originally published in October, 1940 [Mystery |...
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Hang-Tree Trail — Part Two
When Tott Crovet learns the cattle drive was sabotaged from the start, he turns back toward the men who framed him for murder, leading a band of rebellious cowboys into a final battle against the rustlers determined to steal the herd. by Marvin DeVries Originally published in December, 1949...
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Hang-Tree Trail — Part One
Falsely accused of murdering a trail boss, Yankee cowboy Tott Crovet finds himself riding north with a hostile Texas cattle crew—and toward the first tree sturdy enough to hang him. by Marvin DeVries Originally published in December, 1949 [Western] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Tracy Dickson —…
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The Ghost Wore Boots — Part Two
When the ghost of Major Culpepper returns to strike again—this time in a Park Avenue penthouse—Daffy finds himself chasing a phantom killer whose bullets are all too real and whose vengeance seems aimed at one man alone. by Richard B. Sale Originally published on Feb. 2, 1935 [Noir | Mystery] —...
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The Ghost Wore Boots — Part One
When a dead munitions tycoon appears at a millionaire's castle carrying the six-gun buried with him, Daffy investigates a ghostly warning that soon erupts into a mystery no living man can explain. by Richard B. Sale Originally published on Feb. 2, 1935 [Noir | Mystery] — Your A.I.R.T. Players…
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Happy Ending
A devoted young woman must choose between protecting the career and future of the man she loves or exposing the wealthy newspaper owner whose relentless pursuit threatens to destroy their happiness on the very night their dreams seem within reach. by Bill Severn Originally published in July, 1948...
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A Nose for News — Part Two
Framed as an accomplice in a sensational kidnapping, Daffy races against the clock to clear his name, rescue a reckless heiress, and expose the gangland mastermind behind the crime—before the police, the Feds, or a killer’s bullet catches up with him first. by Richard B. Sale Originally published...
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A Nose for News — Part One
When Daffy gets fired over a disastrous typo, a chance encounter with a reckless heiress offers him one last shot at a career-saving scoop—but when her publicity stunt turns into a real kidnapping, Daffy finds himself named as the prime go-between in a case that could send him to prison instead…
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Thunder Over the Channel — Part Two
With the stolen invasion plans finally in hand, Flight Lieutenant Dave Kawalski and his brother Franz gamble everything on an audacious deception—kidnapping a German general and flying a captured Messerschmitt through friend and foe alike before time runs out. by Robert Flemming Originally...
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Thunder Over the Channel — Part One
During the darkest days of the Battle of Britain, American volunteer fighter pilot Dave Kawalski accepts a near-suicidal undercover mission into Nazi-occupied France. by Robert Flemming Originally published in Feb. 1942 [Adventure | War] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Weston Hall — Flight Lieutenant…
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The Fifty Grand Brain — Part Two
With a stolen corpse, a missing scientist’s head, and gangsters scrambling for a fortune hidden inside a dead man’s skull, wisecracking reporter Daffy Dill races to crack a grisly ransom scheme before he and Dinah become the next bodies in the morgue. by Richard B. Sale Originally published on…
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Season 2 - Episode 2 Teaser
THE FIFTY-GRAND BRAIN — PART Two arrives July 23rd!
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The Fifty-Grand Brain — Part One
When a drunken showgirl leads wisecracking reporter Daffy Dill to a corpse in a rocking chair, he stumbles into a deadly racket involving gangsters, undertakers, and a mysterious “fifty-grand brain”—where every clue points to a plot far more twisted than murder. Originally published on November…
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Season 2 - Episode 1 Teaser
THE FIFTY-GRAND BRAIN — PART ONE arrives July 16th! [30-second preview]
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Season Two: Special Preview
Here's a special preview of Season Two of the Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast coming on Thursday, July 16th.
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Atrakin and the Man
Hunted by machine-men and betrayed by science, one father and son hold the only key to humanity’s survival. Can flesh and blood outwit Atrakin, the immortal metal tyrant who would rule the universe? by Walter Kubilius. Originally published in Feb., 1942 [Science Fiction] — Your A.I.R.T. Players...
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Tenderfoot at Love
On a hard-pressed cattle ranch, a sharp-witted young woman finds her grit and judgment tested when a charming drifter rides in, stirring old wounds, fresh suspicions, and a risky game of trust under the wide-open western sky. by Fay Davis. Originally published in Feb., 1949 [Western | Romance] —...
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Terror of the Corpse Balloons — Part Two
As the death toll rises Edward V. King and Pat Lee race to solve the murders by levitation. Can they release New York from the grip of fear? by Nat Scachner. Originally published in March/April 1939 [Weird Menace | Mystery] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Adam Stone - Announcer Samuel A. Cranston —...
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Terror of the Corpse Balloons — Part One
As a masked mastermind terrifies a city with unimaginable murders, only Edward V. King stands between the killers and their next victim—but even he may be too late. by Nat Scachner. Originally published in March/April 1939 [Weird Menace | Mystery] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Adam Stone - Announcer...
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Let's Talk Pulps: Strange Detective Magazine
From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about STRANGE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES magazine SteegerBooks.com promo code: audio10
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By Night They Creep — Chapter Six
Trapped in an underground hell of disease and death, Paul Lawton turns his torment into fury to face the monstrous master of the plague! In a climax of fire and madness, the green horror is unmasked—and the true face of evil stares back from beyond the grave! by Hugh B. Cave Originally published…
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By Night They Creep — Chapter Four
In a town gripped by a hideous plague, Paul Lawton races against madness and time to save the woman he loves from a fate written in green fire and death. But when the dead rise and the living vanish into the swamp, the line between man and monster dissolves in a nightmare of horror and revenge!…
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By Night They Creep — Chapter Five
Dragged into the heart of the swamp, Paul Lawton faces the ghastly truth behind the plague—a nightmare kingdom ruled by a man who has become a monster! As living corpses close in and the mad surgeon reveals his hideous revenge, Lawton’s only hope lies between love, horror, and the blazing fires…
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By Night They Creep — Chapter Three
When the green plague tightens its grip on Rillwood, vengeance rises from the grave with arrows and blood-soaked warnings! Paul Lawton faces madness, murder, and a terror from beyond the veil that no man—or corpse—can escape! by Hugh B. Cave Originally published in Feb. 1935 [Horror | Weird…
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By Night They Creep — Chapter Two
From the blighted heart of Blackwater Swamp comes a nightmare of deathless tribes and ghastly sacrifice! When Paul Lawton’s fevered wound turns green and a woman’s body hangs riddled with ancient arrows, the swamp’s unholy secrets crawl once more into the light of day! by Hugh B. Cave Originally...
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By Night They Creep — Chapter One
From the black, stinking depths of Blackwater rises a horror the Wampanoags dared not name! When Paul Lawton’s camera catches the ghastly truth—a human face behind the green glow—madness and murder slither from the slime to claim the living! by Hugh B. Cave Originally published in Feb. 1935…
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Let's Talk Pulps: Horror Stories
From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about HORROR STORIES magazine
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Who is Natalie?
Tawny March thought juggling a Marine and a Soldier was trouble enough—until a wrong number brought a Navy man with eyes like storm-tossed seas! Now three uniforms, two proposals, and one sizzling secret threaten to set her heart—and her future—on fire! by Ruth Brown. Originally published in Nov....
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Let's Talk Pulps: All-Story Love
From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about ALL-STORY LOVE magazine. SteegerBooks.com promo code: audio10
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Tin Star — Part Three
Covington Cole leads the posse in a final showdown with the brutal Baxter Boys. by George C. Appell. Originally published in Dec. 1950 [Western | Action] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Aaron Stone - Announcer Charlie Phelps — Narrator Spence Ferris — Pop Rixley Marion Simms — Tumbleweed Paul L. Williams…
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Tin Star — Chapter Two
The posse from Waterman's Station, led by the ambitious sheriff Covington Cole, is on the trail of the infamous Baxter Boys. Originally published in Dec. 1950 [Western | Action] — Your A.I.R.T. Players Aaron Stone - Announcer Charlie Phelps — Narrator Spence Ferris — Pop Rixley Marion Simms —...
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Tin Star
After a ruthless outlaw gang blasts a frontier bank to splinters, an aging deputy joins forces with an ambitious sheriff whose hunger for glory may be deadlier than the killers they hunt—driving both men into a brutal mountain manhunt where pride, bullets, and fate collide. Originally published…
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Let's Talk Pulps: Fifteen Western Tales
From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about FIFTEEN WESTERN TALES magazine
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Hands Beyond the Grave — Part Two
Haunted by a murderous force that strikes through his own unwilling hands, a terrified man races to save the woman he loves from a centuries-old curse—before the evil possessing him claims its final victim from beyond the grave. by Henry Treat Sperry. Originally published in September 1934.…
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Hands Beyond the Grave — Part One
On the eve of his wedding, a wealthy young man is haunted by a ghostly apparition and a murderous force from beyond the grave—one that can possess his body, strike without warning, and turn the woman he loves into its final target. by Henry Treat Sperry. Originally published in September 1934....
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Let's Talk Pulps: Terror Tales
From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about TERROR TALES magazine. SteegerBooks.com promo code: audio10
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The Silence
On a pristine, welcoming world, newly arrived settlers mistake quiet for safety—unaware that the land itself is listening, waiting to decide when silence will answer back. by Ray Bradbury Originally published in January, 1949 [Science Fiction] Produced by arrangement with the Ray Bradbury estate....
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Let's Talk Pulps: Super Science Stories
From the newsroom of the New York Chronicle, reporter Joe "Daffy" Dill talks about SUPER SCIENCE STORIES magazine
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News Bulletin
Joe "Daffy" Dill reports on the Steeger rebranding and announces Season Two!
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BREAKING NEWS
A Very Exciting Announcement
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Cave of the Criss-Cross Knives
Ordered on a suicide mission to a forbidden Pacific island, two Secret Service operatives parachute into a jungle nightmare of purple gods, savage rituals, and a mad spy king ruling from a cave of living death—where one wrong move means sacrifice on an altar of criss-cross knives. by C. C.…
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Dead Man's Guilt
When a terrified girl swears a dead killer is stalking her through the rain-soaked streets, Dan dives into a nightmarish web of murder, stolen diamonds, and the chilling possibility that the grave doesn’t always keep its secrets buried. [Rated MA] by Robert Leslie Bellem Originally published in…
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Cooked
Hired to pull a slick midnight snatch, Dan finds himself neck-deep in a foggy Hollywood nightmare of deceit, danger, and a dame whose desperate scheme threatens to cook them all before the truth can surface. [Rated MA] by Robert Leslie Bellem Originally published in May 1936 [Mystery | Hardboiled...
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The Horoscope Case
When a panic-stricken Wampas Baby star hijacks hard-boiled Hollywood Dan at gunpoint for a desperate midnight dash to the airport, a murderous horoscope prophecy drags them both into a deadly maze of jealousy and frame-ups! [Rated MA] by Robert Leslie Bellem Originally published in March 1935...
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Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead — Part 3
Cornered, cuffed, and one frame-up away from a murder rap, Dan bluffs his way through poison, passion, and press passes—till the final showdown proves that in Hollywood, even love can be lethal. [Rated MA] by Robert Leslie Bellem Originally published in June 1940 [Mystery | Hardboiled Detective]...
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Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead — Part 2
Framed for a starlet’s poison death and dodging cops with itchy triggers, Dan chases the real killer through a haze of morphine, movie moguls, and midnight kisses—where the only antidote for murder is a .38 and a hunch. [Rated MA] by Robert Leslie Bellem Originally published in June 1940 [Mystery…
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Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead — Part 1
When a redheaded starlet trades her ingénue halo for a hangover and a one-way ticket to the morgue, Dan Turner hits the Hollywood nightbeat—where a striptease, a snatch job, and a .22 slug turn a case of bad booze into cold murder. [Rated MA] by Robert Leslie Bellem Originally published in June...
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EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODES
The A.I. Repertory Theater proudly presents full-cast audio productions of classic pulp stories, preserving the legacy of this important American literary tradition.
DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.
HOSTED BY
Veronica presents The A.I. Repertory Theater
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