ONESMEDIA.com HOME | BOOKS | JEAN SHEPHERD | MOVIES | OLD TIME RADIO AUDIO CD | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 CD ROM | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 DVD ROM THE BLACK MUSEUM Volume 2 OLD TIME RADIO - 13 AUDIO CD - 26 Shows Playtime: 10:36:14 The Black Museum was a 1951 radio crime drama program produced by Harry Alan Towers for the BBC and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard's Black Museum. Ira Marion wrote the scripts, and music for the series was composed and conducted by Sidney Torch. Narrator Orson Welles was both host and narrator for stories of horror and mystery based on Scotland Yard's collection of murder weapons and various ordinary objects once associated with historical crime cases. The show's opening began, “The Black Museum, a repository of death. Here in a grim, stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, a very strange room where everyday objects... of a woman’s shoe, a tiny white box, a quilted robe... all are touched by murder.” Program format Walking through the museum, Welles would pause at one of the exhibits, and his description of an artifact served as a device to lead into a tale of terror or a brutal murder. In the weekly closing, Welles concluded with his signature radio phrase, "I remain, as always, obediently yours". Story themes With the story themes deriving from objects in the collection, the 52 episodes had such titles as "The Tartan Scarf," "A Piece of Iron Chain," "Frosted Glass Shards" and "A Khaki Handkerchief.". An anomaly to the series as well as the purpose of the museum itself was an episode called "The Letter". It was not a murder story, but a story about forgery. United States version In the United States, the series aired on the Mutual Network between (January 1 and December 30, 1952). Beginning May 7, 1953, it was also broadcast over Radio Luxembourg sponsored by the cleaning products Dreft and Mirro. Since the BBC carried no commercials, Radio Luxembourg aired sponsored programs at night to England. In America, a program of similar scope, using many of the same picked cases as The Black Museum, and nearly mirroring its broadcast run was broadcast by NBC called Whitehall 1212. The two shows were different in the respect that while Whitehall told the story of a case entirely from the point of view of the police starting from the crime scene, The Black Museum was more heavily dramatized and played out scenes of the actual murders and included scenes from the criminal's point of view. Trivia Two episodes - "The Car Tire" and "The Gas Receipt" were the same story with minor differences between the two. Another pair of episodes - "The Baby's Jacket" and "The Spectacles" also base themselves on the same plotline. THESE ARE REGULAR AUDIO CD CAN BE PLAYED IN ANY CD PLAYER, DVD PLAYER OR COMPUTERS THIS COLLECTION WILL BE DELIVERED IN A BOX SET WITH ART WORK We guarantee delivery of your item. If your item doesn't get there or is damaged, please notify us and we'll reship for you. FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIED SHOWS LIST CD1 27 - The Notes 28 - The Old Wooden Mallet CD 2 29 - The Open Ended Wrench 30 - The Pair Of Spectacles CD 3 31 - A Piece Of Iron Chain 32 - The Pink Powder Puff CD 4 33 - The Post Card 34 - A Prescription CD 5 35 - The Raincoat 36 - The Sash Cord CD 6 37 - A Service Card 38 - The Sheath Knife CD 7 39 - The Shopping Bag 40 - A Shilling CD 8 41 - A Silencer 42 - The Small White Boxes CD 9 43 - The Spotted Bedsheet 44 - The Straight Razor CD 10 45 - The Tan Shoe 46 - The Telegram CD 11 47 - A Trunk 48 - Two Bullets CD 12 49 - The Walking Stick 50 - A Womans Pigskin Glove CD 13 51 - The Wool Jacket 52 - The Pike THESE ARE REGULAR AUDIO CD CAN BE PLAYED IN ANY CD PLAYER, DVD PLAYER OR COMPUTERS THIS COLLECTION WILL BE DELIVERED IN A BOX SET WITH ART WORK We guarantee delivery of your item. If your item doesn't get there or is damaged, please notify us and we'll reship for you. FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIED FEEDBACK Our feedback record is excellent but if any problems arise, contact us before leaving any kind of neutral or negative feedback or if you plan on rating us anything less of five stars in all DSR areas. We, always, will take care of any kind of problems. PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTE This item is the public domain and was created between January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1971 This item is in the public domain due to failure to comply with required formalities After a careful search of the Library of Congress and the United States Trademark and Patent Office, it has been determined that the programs liste