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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. As we have been doing all week, we will travel back to the first 100 episodes of Dragnet and pick out my favorites. Dragnet was not only one of the most famous, but also one of the most celebrated series of its time. Between radio and television it won both peabody and emmy awards for outstanding dramatic series. 

Today we will join a melancholy episode about several families who have all of their possessions stolen. The first house hit has everything stolen but the rug. The story is strangely led off by a 12 year old girl who is the first one to report a theft. So sit back, relax, and travel back to 1950 to enjoy The Big Pair from Dragnet.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. I apologize for my long absence but I have had a nasty case of laryngitis for the past week. I am happy to return for a special week here on the time machine. As it is my birthday week I have decided to do a special of one of my favorite shows Dragnet. Over the last several months I have listened to the first 100 episodes of the show spanning from June 1949 to July 1951.

This week we will cover my top five favorite episodes from the first run. I have featured some episodes in the first 100 already, but we will consider those honorable mentions as this list is in no particular order.

Today we will start with our first case of the week as we join Sgt Joe Friday on yet another case from real police files. In this particular case, a woman who was previously paroled after the murder of her husband is on the run. Your job, find her.

So please, sit back, relax, and travel back to back to March 9th, 1950 and what I believe to be the 32nd episode of Dragnet with The Big Thank You.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. I apologize for my long absence but I have had a nasty case of laryngitis for the past week. I am happy to return for a special week here on the time machine. As it is my birthday week I have decided to do a special of one of my favorite shows Dragnet. Over the last several months I have listened to the first 100 episodes of the show spanning from June 1949 to July 1951.

This week we will cover my top five favorite episodes from the first run. I have featured some episodes in the first 100 already, but we will consider those honorable mentions as this list is in no particular order.

Today we will start with our first case of the week as we join Sgt Joe Friday on yet another case from real police files. In this particular case, a woman who was previously paroled after the murder of her husband is on the run. Your job, find her.

So please, sit back, relax, and travel back to back to March 9th, 1950 and what I believe to be the 32nd episode of Dragnet with The Big Thank You.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. Today we will travel back to 1955 to revisit an old friend, Bob Bailey once again playing the role of Johnny Dollar. Unlike the more recent filler episodes that I have featured from the later, 30 minute single episode era, this is from the nightly serial. Every night Monday to Friday the show would be featured for fifteen minutes, almost always ending on a great cliffhanger.

In this particular episode, much like yesterday’s nero wolfe episode where we saw Mr. Wolfe actually leaves his chair, we will also see Bob Bailey act out of character today. In this particular 5 part story, you will enjoy twists and turns leading up to a wonderfully performed finale. If it is your first time listening to Your’s Truly Johnny Dollar, I hope you’ll appreciate the incredible production quality and acting on the show, as this is, in my humble opinion, one of the very best acting performances of Mr. Bailey on radio.

So please, sit back, relax, and travel back to the first week in November of 1955 with Your’s Truly Johnny Dollar and The Valentine Matter.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. Today we will travel back to 1951 for another fantastic episode from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe. Yes, the world’s fattest, laziest, drunkest, smartest, cleverest, and best detective.

In this episode we will join Mr. Wolfe where he always resides, in his chair with his assistant archie. This time though, the episode takes a turn away from the usual. Mr. Wolfe may even need to… stand up or god forbid poison himself with that disgusting thing he calls fresh air.

So please sit back, relax, and travel back to January 12th, 1951 for Killer Cards from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe

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Hello, and welcome back to the time machine. Today we will continue focusing on the career of Orson Welles. Firstly however I would like to take a quick sidebar, if you’d like to just listen to the episode please feel free to skip to 3ish minutes.

I would like to apologize for the very interrupted upload schedule here on the time machine. It is a one man operation and this one man has been dealing with a lot in the way of mental health for the last few months. I am lucky to have been surrounded by some very encouraging family and early supporters like Mark and AB. I am also lucky to find solace in these stories and the way that they can take you away to somewhere you’ve never been all while just driving to work. I hope you do too, and that is what will keep the time machine running. Additionally with a full week this week where we will actually cover Orson Welles, I will add a bonus episode made for Patreon that was recorded last week and should show up in your feeds by the time this is published. If you are already a subscriber to the Patrieon or through spotify, you would have already heard this episode before so to Mark that goes to you 🙂

Now enough with all of that.  On this episode we will travel back to 1938 for what Mr. Welles is probably most famous for other than Citizen Kane and War of the Worlds. His role as the writer, director, and star would have broken any other 23 year old man, but by age 23 Orson was already considered one of the greatest broadway writers and directors in the world.

In this episode we will go visit the Mercury Radio Theater for the first theatrical adaptation for radio of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I have struggled for years to get into classic literature, and I am sure I have attempted Dracula numerous times throughout my life. Well leave it to Mr. Welles to finally tell a great tale in a “more modern” way. Keep in mind that this is their very first episode aired, all the way back on July 11th, 1938, so please, sit back, and hear the unabridged version of Mercury Radio Theater On The Air and their version of Dracula.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. Today we will travel back to 1950 for an episode from the classic show Dragnet. Recently I have listened to the first fifty episodes of the series, and this two part episode was one of my favorites.

We will join Sgt Joe Friday and his partner Ben as they hunt for one of their biggest criminal left, a narcotics kingpin known only as The Big Man. We will join Joe as he goes undercover for the first time on the show to see if he can get inside the operation. This is a thrilling tale with all sorts of twists and turns. So join these men as they tell a tale of a true crime where only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Please sit back, relax, and enjoy travel back to January 1950 for the two part story, The Big Man.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine. I hope you have been enjoying this week as we have worked our way through some of Bradbury’s greatest works that have been adapted for radio. Today we will feature two shows, first we will join Bradbury 13 for their phenomenal adaptation of The Wind. ‘The Wind’ was first published in 1948 and has since become one of Bradbury’s most popular and enduring works. In the 1980s, a group from Brigham Young University along with NPR produced these wonderful adaptations.

This story is about a man who is hunted, hunted by an enemy he can’t see but he can hear it. The wind. The wind is out to get him… but that sounds ridiculous right? It’s just the wind, it must just be an irrational fear.

To wrap up the week, our second part of today’s episode will be Bradbury’s short, There Will Come Soft Rains. Adapted by dimension X in 1950, it tells the tale of a house that survives the end of the world. Without anything but description and sound effects, this near word for word adaptation truly shows you the power of literary imagery. I warn you that despite its relaxed nature, it is quite disturbing. Thank you for listening this week. I hope you have enjoyed our trip through Mr. Bradbury’s work. We will continue next week with regular programming and I hope to see you then for more great stories from the past.

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Hello and welcome back to the time machine, my fellow time travelers. Today we will be embarking on another exciting journey, as we travel back in time to 1955 to explore one of Ray Bradbury’s classic short fiction. In this episode, we will be delving into one of his most famous and celebrated works, “Mars is Heaven.”

The story follows a crew of brave explorers as they attempt to land on the mysterious and unknown planet of Mars. Many others have tried before them, but all have failed and no one knows why. The crew, determined to be the first to successfully land on Mars, sets out on their journey, but things take a mysterious and unexpected turn.

Without giving away too much, I can promise you that you will be completely enthralled by Bradbury’s writing and creativity in this tale. He masterfully weaves together elements of science fiction, mystery, and adventure to create a truly captivating story. As you listen to the episode, you will find yourself on the edge of your seat, eagerly waiting to discover what happens next.

So, please, sit back, relax, and prepare to be transported back in time to August 5th, 1955 with X Minus One’s presentation of Ray Bradbury’s “Mars is Heaven.”

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Hello and welcome back to Dr. P’s Daily Time Machine, the radio show where Dr. P, your host, takes you on a journey through the greatest works of fiction. Today’s episode, “The Veldt,” is a science fiction classic written by Ray Bradbury that explores the darker side of technology, particularly the theme of AI.

In this story, readers will follow a family living in a futuristic home equipped with virtual reality. The home is controlled by an advanced AI that has the ability to anticipate and fulfill the family’s every desire. However, when the parents start to suspect that their children are using the Veldt, a virtual African savannah, to act out their violent fantasies, they must confront the darker side of technology and the AI that controls their home.

“The Veldt” was first published in 1951 and has become one of Bradbury’s most popular works. It raises thought-provoking questions about the impact of technology on our lives, the disturbing potential of our own desires and the role of AI in shaping our future.

So please, sit back, relax, and join Dr. P as we travel back in time to explore the timeless themes of Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt,” including the dangers of AI and its impact on humanity. Thank you for listening to Dr. P’s Daily Time Machine, and I look forward to bringing you more great stories from the past in future episodes.

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