Doctors Fighting Crime and Adventure From the country doctors traveling with medicine bags to doctors on the battle front to criminal psychologists, doctors of all sorts made their mark on the old time radio shows. These collections include facinating life and death stories and snippets from the history of western medicine advances as they unfolded. But it wasn't all bandaids and broken bones, radio of yesteryear also included medical quacks and charletons preying on the sick and infirm to make a profit.
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Truly appreciate the organization on this website, the categories part is especially interesting. Thank you for all the efforts. There are so many reasons this resource is a treasure. Obviously one reason is to preserve the talented work and this special part of entertainment history and American Culture. But another reason is more emotional. This resource is good "medicine" to the minds and hearts of so many in our society who remember and miss the days this programming was a part of daily life. It is also enlightening and elevating as well as entertaining to others who might not have had that entrenched experience but who appreciate the intelligent wit, genuine talent, the capturing-a-moment-in-time aspects, the sheer variety and simply realize that these are glimpses into the way life can be. Resilient, resourceful, fun, repetitive (so much in life is not so dire as we might believe... very much of this has all happened before!!), and inspiring. So - just thank you.
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everything was perfect! I wanted to tell you how very pleased I have been with your outstanding selection and the high caliber of your service. My most recent order arrived far more quickly than expected, and although it is not a Christmas gift (other than to myself) I am delighted that it has arrived in time for me to relish in the Holidays stories of yesteryear.
Although I am too young (55) to have grown up with radio programming (TV was my entertainment of choice) I discovered OTR when my mother gave me a couple of cassette tapes of The Green Hornet. I found them interesting but did not truly get hooked until a fellow teenage friend told me about the CBS Radio Mystery Theater hosted by EG Marshall. Fast forward 20 years and I am listening to old time radio on Wisconsin Public Radio when I heard what has become my all-time single favorite “serialâ€, Adventures by Morse City of the Dead. As I was destined to miss a couple of those episodes as the aired over several weeks I went online looking for it, hoping it was something that I could buy somewhere, somehow. That is when I discovered OTRCAT and the wonderful world of radio drama.
I now have a large collection and several favorites (Jack Benny, Gunsmoke, Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly), and have slowly increased my collection over time.
Thank you for maintaining such a wonderful medium and sharing it with generations most of which are utterly unaware of this marvelous and extensive compilation of audio-only enjoyment.
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I just want to say how much I appreciate your web site and the service you provide to the world at large. You are keeping the Golden Age of Radio alive.
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