Suspense: Arctic Rescue (
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Suspense: 01/31/56, episode 634
Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project
This is the second broadcast of the Gus C. Bayz script about the failed 1852 Arctic expedition to find a prior failed expedition of seven years earlier. The 1845 Franklin expedition attempted to find an Arctic route from Europe to Asia. Bayz used incidents and information about other searches for the Franklin Expedition to make a composite story that has a much happier ending than the actual events. The first broadcast was just before Christmas in 1952, and the holiday references are quite clear, and are retained in this production. Details about those expeditions and the first broadcast can be found at suspenseprojec....
The program was pre-recorded on Thursday, January 12. 1956. The session began at 2:00pm. The main body of the program was recorded from 5:00 to 5:30pm. There was an extra session in a different studio from 5:15 to 7:00pm. This may have been to record additional background effects.
There are two surviving recordings of this episode. The network recording is probably preferred, with some minor distortion despite its generally rich sound. There is an Armed Forces Radio Service recording (AFRS#568) that has very nice sound but has some minor disc noise. Either recording will provide a very pleasant listening experience.
The cast: John Stephenson (Gerald Stewart), Herb Butterfield (Captain Jonathan Blake), Norma Varden (Lady Jane Franklin), Lillian Buyeff (Miss Craycroft / Eskimo Girl), Richard Peel (Starkey), John Dodsworth (Halliday), Clayton Post (Patric Hansen), George Walsh (Crewman / Narrator), Ray Kemper, Bill James (Ad Libs)
For more information visit suspenseprojec...
1 ST ! AWESOME STORY !
2nd awesome 🤪
This story sounds similar to the true story of the naval ship uss jeanette. Does anybody know was this story inspired by that one?
The description describes the source for this episode.
@@OTRR thanks. I will say if you read a book called In the Kingdom of Ice, the two stories are similar even down to the name of the ship