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Tales of the Blind in Old Time Radio


Some form of visual impairment affects millions around the world with different degrees of severity. Radio is an auditory, not a visual medium, and in this way both blind and non-visually impaired people can enjoy old time radio shows equally. Here are some stories featuring blindness either as a plot point or the entertainers themselves were vision impaired. 

 

Blind Tales
Blind Tales in Old Time Radio
Old Time Radio episodes featuring blindness as a plot device or characters who have visual impairment.

George Shearing
George Shearing Collection
Starting out as a poor, "blind kid from Battersea", Sir George Shearing is one of the greatest Jazz pianists on either side of the Atlantic.

  

Fred Lowrey
Fred Lowery Collection
Legally blind from the age of two, Fred Lowery became one of the most successful whistlers in radio.

Springbok
Sounds of Darkness
'All cats are the same color in the dark' is just one of the secrets held by Agent Lee Masters, the Blind Detective of The Sounds of Darkness

Helen Keller
Helen Keller Collection
Deaf and mute, Hellen Keller's overcome all odds with the help of dedicated tutor Anne Sullivan and inspired the world.
 

Blind Terror
Blind Terror
Radio is well appreciated as the perfect medium for terrifying stories. Old Time Radio horror and mystery shows about blindness, losing one's vision, and people with visual impairment.  

  

 

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Awesome compilation -- my blind friends got this in their christmas card last year.

Abbott

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