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Listening in the Dark 5: The Music of Eric Zann
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
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H.P. Lovecraft's story is transported to radio's golden age for this drama about a failing violinist who holds the key to saving the world.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2019
  • Length: 45:55
Drunk Christmas by James McLindon
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Elizabeth Ashley
Starring Tony winner Elizabeth Ashley, DRUNK CHRISTMAS tells the tale of a teenage runaway and a swerving mother crashing into each other on Christ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 20:48
The Black Knight
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
Caption: Christ Child and Hans Trapp in Alsace (1863 illustration), Credit: Public Domain
Santa Claus knows when you've been bad or good ... so what happens when you've been very naughty? According to French legend, the black knight Hans...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:55
The Little Match Girl
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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When you have nothing, where do you turn for warmth and comfort? Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" strikes a match and in the brief...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 09:24
The Gift of the Magi
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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RadioWest and Plan-B Theatre Company bring you O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi." Originally published in 1905 and adapted ...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Miracle of Chanukah: A short play by Sheri Wilner
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Judy Gold
Featuring Judy Gold, In The Miracle of Chanukah, a holiday guest’s story of a personal miracle throws a family for a loop. Humorous, wacky, and tho...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 17:36
Banshee: A Short Play by John Patrick Shanley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Aidan Quinn
In BANSHEE, a teacher (Aidan Quinn) who's home sick receives a visitation from an Irish sprite (Geraldine Hughes) and an out-of-this-world proposal...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 25:46
Christmas Stories
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: No Room At The Inn, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Three Christmas stories. In the first story family nativities build homes in Haiti. The second story is about a man and a machine in Williamsburg, ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WHRV, KWIT, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 4
Happy New Year
From: The Truth
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You're invited to spend New Year's Eve with Walt Avery.

Bought by WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 5
IBRT Season 2, Episode 5; Merry Christmas!
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
Caption: IBRT Christmas Logo
The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

Bought by WCBE and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Dec 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 2
Human Intelligence
From: The Truth
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A story by Kurt Anderson about melting icecaps and extraterrestrial spies.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 22:43
  • Purchases: 6
The Witches of Lublin
From: Sue Zizza
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(this 58:30 program is the final version) Lublin, Poland, 1797: While they prepare for Passover, a family of Jewish women klezmer musicians struggl...

Bought by WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 25
Listening in the Dark
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
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Ready for some good old-fashioned scares this Halloween? Then the Icebox Radio Theater is ready to deliver with a trio stories designed to chill y...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRGY, KKWE Niijii Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 54:45
  • Purchases: 10
FRANKENSTEIN - Modern Prometheus
From: Craig Wichman
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If you've only seen the movies, you do NOT know this tale of love, death, and obsession...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 55:32
  • Purchases: 10
"Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Radio Theater
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Veteran Radio Producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua performs a perfect Halloween bit of story-telling.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Sep 04, 2008
  • Length: 23:42
  • Purchases: 1
One Giant Leap: A Family Radio Play
From: Deanna Neil
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Family Radio Play for Passover

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Weird Sisturs
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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The sisters from MacBeth are alive in the 21st Century and working freelance.

Bought by KUT and KUMM Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
Trick or Treat
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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Three kids solve a mystery on Halloween - - or do they?!?

Bought by KUT and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 2
FIRST DRAFT PLAYHOUSE: It was a Dark and Stormy Night
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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A 'scary' entry in the First Draft playhouse series

Bought by KZYX and KUT


  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
"Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A perfect hour for Valentine's Day! The Comedy-O-Rama Valentine's Special returns!

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 58:47
The Joe Bev Holiday Treat
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a joyful and surprising self-contained hour of Christmas themed stories

Bought by WAMU, WRFA-LP, WLRN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 8
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (A Ghost Story for Christmas)
From: Craig Wichman
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By mining the dark veins of this classic, its timeless heart is reclaimed.

Bought by KREV-LP, WUTC, KTXK, KVSC, KGOU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 61
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a sound rich, inventive take on Sherlock Holmes for the holidays!

Bought by KMXT, KWIT, KDUR, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
A Halloween Happening
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Radio Theater
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A Holiday Themed Radio Play by Daws Butler

Bought by KGOU, WRGY, KUT-HD, WRVO Public Media, and KUT-HD


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:41
  • Purchases: 5
The Confessions of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
From: Sam A. Mowry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A fresh look at Robert Lewis Stevenson's Classic by William S. Gregory

Bought by Audible


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 50:10
  • Purchases: 1