This program is from 1947, William Conrad also played Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke in the radio days. I love these old mysteries even back in 1945 I use to use my crystal set radio.
Oh Lord. I remember hearing this in 7th grade when one of my teachers showed me this. I thought it was the coolest thing I've ever heard on the radio ever. I really love these. I really wish the radio now sounded like it used to in the 50s
I've loved listening to these when I was 13. 13 years later and I still love listening to them. 🥰 I find it cool how alot of ASMR rp /story channels seem to take a lot of influence from these old broadcasts.
after speaking to the to the Lama at the monastery, they promise to not shoot the abominable snowman. listen to 5:50 - 6:40. William Conrad was cursed for killing the abominable snowman and gained a hugh amount of weight later in life. check out 70's tv show 'cannon' and see his massive size don't lie to Lamas and don't kill abominable snowmen.
@@hippiekarl7 Although he was heavy, he wasn't obese in those days. I've seen photos from the days when he was doing the radio version of "Gunsmoke," not long after this show & he really wasn't that big. Big enough though that the producers of the TV show decided to pass on Conrad & go with James Arness as Matt Dillon instead.
@@Mr22thou Maybe you're just splitting hairs on the line between 'heavy' (your term) and 'obese' (mine). I didn't qualify it with the adjective 'morbidly' (which you may have inferred). I recently saw him in a noir from about 1948, with James Mason, Dan Duryea, et al). He played Duryea's #1 henchman; and he was "obese" (people who are, say, 20# or so overweight themselves, however, may simply prefer the term 'heavy' for others...out of 'body-image solidarity'). He wasn't ~morbidly~ obese until the 1960s, I agree; but he was always "fat". Even if he'd been 'skinny', he was NOT even considered for the part for Dillon. It was decided/required that, on TV, Dillon was to be "taller than the co-stars and 'villains-of-the-week' ". At about 5'6", he was NOT getting the part; his waist-line was but one of the strikes against him. They actually asked 6'5" Buddy Ebsen (one of the few "tall" actors of the time); he passed, and suggested they ask Peter Graves. Graves was doing just fine right then at AmericanInternational, making giant-bug movies, so ~he~ suggested his brother James Aurness ('Arness' when he got the part). About the only other guy tall enough for the part at the time was Vincent Price.....who obviously wasn't 'western TV Marshal' material. Graves' brother Jim took the part, for those reasons, and the rest (as they say), is History.
Good tale to listen to on a dark winter night.
This is the best mystery radio episode of all time!
I concur.
I can’t imagine William Conrad mountain climbing, LOL. He is great as Marshall Dillon in the radio version of Gunsmoke.
William Conrad was great as the TV detective, Cannon. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
This program is from 1947, William Conrad also played Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke in the radio days. I love these old mysteries even back in 1945 I use to use my crystal set radio.
Awesome I'm glad they're still people around that remember radio as their main source of entertainment. God bless you. How times have changed
I'm just listening now. How different things were just 7 years ago.
Oh Lord. I remember hearing this in 7th grade when one of my teachers showed me this. I thought it was the coolest thing I've ever heard on the radio ever. I really love these. I really wish the radio now sounded like it used to in the 50s
A blizzard how fitting for this weekend
I've loved listening to these when I was 13. 13 years later and I still love listening to them. 🥰 I find it cool how alot of ASMR rp /story channels seem to take a lot of influence from these old broadcasts.
Outstanding!
😊It is a cold night here i. The Canadian winter and I am warm and snug in my bed.
Don’t miss our next exciting episode: The Abominable Snowman vs. Frosty the Snowman. ⛄️
... which will take place in lovely Frostbite Falls. :)
Hell in the cell final episode
Good story.
good stuff
enjoy
Love!
What is the name of the music for The Edge of Nightfall intro?
Very dramatic 😁
Is this parr of the seventies CBS mystery theater or another series?
A different one. This one is from the 40s and 50s. The show is called escape
Metoh-kangmi !!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
after speaking to the to the Lama at the monastery, they promise to not shoot the abominable snowman. listen to 5:50 - 6:40.
William Conrad was cursed for killing the abominable snowman and gained a hugh amount of weight later in life. check out 70's tv show 'cannon' and see his massive size
don't lie to Lamas and don't kill abominable snowmen.
Nope; Conrad was always obese (radio has a slimming effect on people, though, eh?!).
@@hippiekarl7 Although he was heavy, he wasn't obese in those days. I've seen photos from the days when he was doing the radio version of "Gunsmoke," not long after this show & he really wasn't that big. Big enough though that the producers of the TV show decided to pass on Conrad & go with James Arness as Matt Dillon instead.
@@Mr22thou Maybe you're just splitting hairs on the line between 'heavy' (your term) and 'obese' (mine). I didn't qualify it with the adjective 'morbidly' (which you may have inferred). I recently saw him in a noir from about 1948, with James Mason, Dan Duryea, et al). He played Duryea's #1 henchman; and he was "obese" (people who are, say, 20# or so overweight themselves, however, may simply prefer the term 'heavy' for others...out of 'body-image solidarity').
He wasn't ~morbidly~ obese until the 1960s, I agree; but he was always "fat". Even if he'd been 'skinny', he was NOT even considered for the part for Dillon. It was decided/required that, on TV, Dillon was to be "taller than the co-stars and 'villains-of-the-week' ". At about 5'6", he was NOT getting the part; his waist-line was but one of the strikes against him. They actually asked 6'5" Buddy Ebsen (one of the few "tall" actors of the time); he passed, and suggested they ask Peter Graves. Graves was doing just fine right then at AmericanInternational, making giant-bug movies, so ~he~ suggested his brother James Aurness ('Arness' when he got the part). About the only other guy tall enough for the part at the time was Vincent Price.....who obviously wasn't 'western TV Marshal' material. Graves' brother Jim took the part, for those reasons, and the rest (as they say), is History.
@@hippiekarl7 Thanks for that!
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