Richmond Radioworks' Podcast

Send us Fan MailA story of political violence, family disagreements, class disruption, economic insecurity and Truth revealed. Sound familiar? Today’s current events echo from the past in Diana of the Ephesians.An authoritarian traditional husband with a soft spot for the wife he truly loves struggles with his need for business success in changing times.His devoted wife, and secret Christian, refuses to submit to a false god in the name of pretense.Originally broadcast: December 4, 1927Written by William Ford Manley forNBC's weekly half-hour anthology series,"Biblical Dramas."

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of William Shakespeare's longest, and some say greatest play. This is the second of two parts.

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of William Shakespeare's longest, and some say greatest, play. Presented in two parts by Richmond RadioWorks.

Send us Fan MailTwo stories from the classic Suspense radio series, featuring a new Richmond Radio Works cast. A hitchhiker strangely appears in many locations. A teenager disappears, and suddenly reappears! 

Send us Fan MailNo, this is not the musical! It's an old time radio adaptation of the Victor Hugo story of mercy and redemption--brought to 21st century life by a talented Richmond Radioworks cast!

Send us Fan MailA fresh take on the adventures of one of China’s oldest and most beloved heroes.  Before the Monkey King wrecked havoc in the heavens and before he guided the Holy Monk on his quest to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures, the Monkey King needed a weapon to reclaim his kingdom from the Demon King of confusion.  Listen to how the Monkey King got his famous, As You Will staff, Ruyi Jingu Bang, with the assistance of Li Yú, the secretary of Ao Guang, the dragon king of the East Sea.  Original script by Richmond Radioworks' own Rachel Phenis.

Send us Fan MailExtortion and death in a sports arena. Ellery happens to be outside the house where a blackmailer is stabbed to death by one of four athletes  (a boxing champ, an ace baseball pitcher, a jockey and a crack swimmer) who were to have made the payoffs to him that night.

Send us Fan MailAn original radio adaptation of the novel by Gene Stratton-Porter. Set amid Indiana's vast Limberlost Swamp, this treasured children's classic mixes astute observations on nature with the struggles of growing up in the early 20th century. Harassed by her mother and scorned by her peers, Elnora Comstock finds solace in natural beauty along with friendship, independence, and romance. Written and directed by Carla Beard.

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic 1848 novel. A tale of love and scheming. Based on an Orson Welles radio show from 1940.

Send us Fan MailWeird Tales was created, adapted, and directed by Rachel Phenis.  These two tales of murder and madness come from opposite sides of the world where nothing, even the killer, is what it seems. "The Haunter of the Ring" was adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard, and "The Cliff" was adapted from the story by Edogawa Rampo. 

Send us Fan MailAgatha Christie's famed fictional detective, Hercule Poirot,  solves his first American case, as he stumbles upon a corpse in a lady's hotel room. Who is this person, and why was he placed in the hotel room?

Send us Fan MailBishop Henry Brougham is at the end of his rope juggling his goals for the church and family. But is the angel sent in answer to his prayers a gift from heaven or a torment from below? 

Send us Fan MailA hard-boiled attorney demands his attorney son serve a foreclosure notice on an elderly widow on Christmas Eve.  Will Richard Clarke become a modern day Scrooge or will charity and love win out in the end?

Send us Fan MailIn this classic Damon Runyon comedy,  the daughter of a horse-drawn hansom cab driver takes over her father’s business after his death. But when her horse gets sick her friends look for ways to help her until the horse recovers, and they decide to "borrow" a champion race horse. 

Send us Fan MailBased on the only comedy film ever directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.  A comedy of errors ensues.

Send us Fan MailA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities. Adapted from a classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller.

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of the 1847 classic novel by Charlotte Bronte. 

Send us Fan Mail Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, whose inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. 

Send us Fan MailA dramatization of Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical account of his adventures on a stagecoach journey through the American West.  It describes how the narrator, a polite greenhorn from the East, is initiated into the rough-and-tumble society of the frontier. 

Send us Fan MailBased on the story by Emily Bronte, this play tells a tale of two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's foster son, Heathcliff.

Send us Fan MailOut of the mouth of babes! Litigation takes a turn when viewed from the other side. Sue ‘Em is a 1925 morality play of sorts with a message still relevant in 2021.

Send us Fan Mail"Murder in the Casbah” takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to Algiers and the legendary district known as the Casbah. On the pleadings of a young woman to find her long lost fiancé wrongly accused of murder and now cleared, they search for this heir to an English estate which he has now inherited but of which he is unaware. Tracking him down isn’t easy after several years in hiding, and the trail leads Holmes and Watson on a journey rife with deceit and murder, ending with a nifty bit of observation on Holmes’s part to set things right–and all in the exotic Casbah district, where bribery, thievery, and murder (not to mention cafés and women) are a way of life.

Send us Fan MailNoel Coward's classic story of forbidden love. Laura Jesson is a happily married woman until a chance encounter in a train station café draws her to Dr Alec Harvey. Literally bumping into each other brings temptation, danger and guilt into their lives and a doomed love affair ensues. 

Send us Fan MailLaugh at the misadventures of Archie, the tavern's manager. Archie was prone to involvement in get-rich-quick schemes and romantic missteps, and constantly communicated with malaprops and mixed metaphors. 

Send us Fan MailA seasoned musician discovers -- and falls in love with -- a struggling young artist. But as her career takes off, their personal relationship breaks down.

Send us Fan MailTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes short story. Romance and Blackmail are in the air. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson play a game of deception and revenge with the illustrious King of Bohemia, and the brilliant and beautiful, Irene Adler.

Send us Fan MailShakespeare with a twist! This radio production of the Bard's famous tragedy features an all-female cast! 

Send us Fan MailEllie Andrews is a spoiled heiress who has, against her father's will, eloped with fortune-hunting aviator "King" Westley. Jumping ship in Florida to reunite with her new spouse, her impromptu exit leads her to a bus traveling to New York City where she meets cheeky, charismatic news reporter Pete Warne. Warne, recognizing Ellie, agrees to help reunite the two lovers but with a special caveat: the heiress must give him an exclusive on her story. As the two travel northward together, they take part in a series of misadventures which gives rise to romantic feelings.

Send us Fan MailWith songs and smoking six-shooters, we're here to tell the adventures and misadventures of two cattle barons and, most especially, of a beautiful young lady in search of … well, not the usual kind of gold in them thar hills. A story of the Old West, but a different sort of a story. A tale with a twist. A rootin', tootin', six-shootin' wing-ding of a western.This is a recording of a performance broadcast live on WECI (FM)  from the stage of the Murray Theatre in Richmond, IN with a live audience.

Send us Fan MailAfter their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.

Send us Fan MailAn original dramatization by Kate Glen of her steampunk fantasy novel of the same title.  Hapless history teacher  Martin Hathaway falls through Space and Time to land upon Airship Captain Daisy Fitzgerald McNamara's coffee table and into the middle of an adventure larger than he could ever dream. Martin Hathaway awakens to discover that he is the center of a battle between the Free People of the Lost Valley and the Clockwork Men of Anatamenwar. Together with the eccentric crew of the A.S. Nephthys, Martin must explore the world of Arnica to discover his origins and ultimate destiny, all while reminding himself not to fall in love with the beautiful but deadly Captain McNamara. His journey is a lighthearted, humorous romp through time-honored fantasy conventions, proving that nothing, drama included, should be taken too seriously. 

Send us Fan MailAn original dramatization by Kate Glen of her steampunk fantasy novel of the same title.  Hapless history teacher  Martin Hathaway falls through Space and Time to land upon Airship Captain Daisy Fitzgerald McNamara's coffee table and into the middle of an adventure larger than he could ever dream. Martin Hathaway awakens to discover that he is the center of a battle between the Free People of the Lost Valley and the Clockwork Men of Anatamenwar. Together with the eccentric crew of the A.S. Nephthys, Martin must explore the world of Arnica to discover his origins and ultimate destiny, all while reminding himself not to fall in love with the beautiful but deadly Captain McNamara. His journey is a lighthearted, humorous romp through time-honored fantasy conventions, proving that nothing, drama included, should be taken too seriously. 

Send us Fan MailAn original dramatization by Kate Glen of her steampunk fantasy novel of the same title.  Hapless history teacher  Martin Hathaway falls through Space and Time to land upon Airship Captain Daisy Fitzgerald McNamara's coffee table and into the middle of an adventure larger than he could ever dream. Martin Hathaway awakens to discover that he is the center of a battle between the Free People of the Lost Valley and the Clockwork Men of Anatamenwar. Together with the eccentric crew of the A.S. Nephthys, Martin must explore the world of Arnica to discover his origins and ultimate destiny, all while reminding himself not to fall in love with the beautiful but deadly Captain McNamara. His journey is a lighthearted, humorous romp through time-honored fantasy conventions, proving that nothing, drama included, should be taken too seriously. 

Send us Fan MailAn original dramatization by Kate Glen of her steampunk fantasy novel of the same title.  Hapless history teacher  Martin Hathaway falls through Space and Time to land upon Airship Captain Daisy Fitzgerald McNamara's coffee table and into the middle of an adventure larger than he could ever dream. Martin Hathaway awakens to discover that he is the center of a battle between the Free People of the Lost Valley and the Clockwork Men of Anatamenwar. Together with the eccentric crew of the A.S. Nephthys, Martin must explore the world of Arnica to discover his origins and ultimate destiny, all while reminding himself not to fall in love with the beautiful but deadly Captain McNamara. His journey is a lighthearted, humorous romp through time-honored fantasy conventions, proving that nothing, drama included, should be taken too seriously. 

Send us Fan MailThe story of Frankenstein comes alive in the style of a 1940's radio play.

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Send us Fan MailExperience Shakespeare's "Henry V" as a modern-day radio play.

Send us Fan MailThe classic, convoluted story of tough private detective Sam Spade's involvement with a deadly band of international thieves who will lie, double cross and murder to obtain a small, jewel-encrusted statue known as The Maltese Falcon.

Send us Fan MailLoosely based on the 1915 adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. It concerns an everyman civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of spies called "The 39 Steps" from stealing British military secrets.

Send us Fan MailA man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. The original production of the play premiered on Broadway in 1936, and played for 838 performances.

Send us Fan MailA radio reinvention of a 1951 science fiction classic. 

Send us Fan MailA radio adaptation of a classic screwball comedy from the 1930's. A zany heiress uses and then takes pity on a man whom she believes to be homeless. She insists the man come home with her and gives him a job as the eccentric family's butler—much to the chagrin of her father, especially when it becomes clear the girl is falling in love with the fellow. The family's new butler, however, harbors a secret: he is actually as wealthy as and, in fact, more well-born than are they.

Send us Fan MailOn their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.

Send us Fan MailBased on the adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson: a tale of buccaneers and buried gold.

Send us Fan MailBased on the coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood during the Civil War. There have been numerous adaptations of the story for stage, film, TV, even opera -- and, of course, radio!

Send us Fan MailJules Verne's classic 1872 story: To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor, beside his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, embarks on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days. When Jules Verne wrote the story, he predicted that someday the task could be accomplished in 80 hours.

Send us Fan MailA retelling of the famous story about a little girl's letter to the New York Sun newspaper, and the editor's reply that became the most reprinted newspaper editorial in the English language.

Send us Fan MailA lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.

Send us Fan MailThe classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.