Gremlin Time

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Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
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The bedtime radio show for grown-ups.

 

 

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable.

 A full hour on the 3rd Monday of every month as part of KBOO's 11PM Monday Radio Theatre Block.

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Katherine Dunn reads Runyon & Dick Powell appears as Diamond

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/16/2024 at 12:00am
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Tonight we reair a couple of cozy stories for a winter evening set in mid 20th Century New York City. Up first, Katherine Dunn reads Damon Runyon's Tight Shoes, a story about local politics.  And in the second hour, Dick Powell returns as Private Eye Richard Diamond who fin... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads selections fromThe Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/19/2023 at 12:00am
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Once again we present our Christmas Special with Red Ryder, Umatilla Rose and others to give a look at Santa Claus. Featured today will be excerpts from Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien. Read more

Murder & Mayhem in Portland Oregon by J.D. Chandler

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/21/2023 at 12:00am
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Tonight we will read some excerpts from Murder And Mayhem In Portland Oregon, written by local historian J. D. Chamdler. An armed robbery of a downtown pawnshop in the 1870's leads to a murder and results in the largest attended hanging in Oregon history. A dead body found ... Read more

Halloween We Dare You To Listen In The Dark Special

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/17/2023 at 12:00am
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To night a chilling story by Robert E. Howard, set in the Gothic South. Two young men on a vacation seek shelter in what they think is an abandoned old mansion. Only to find something evil and murdrous hiding in the dusty, cobweb filled hallways. Comsidered by many to be on... Read more

Walt Curtis Tribute

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/19/2023 at 12:00am
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Tonight we honor the passing of long time KBOO on air host Walt Curtis of The Talking Earth. Ten years ago I brought Walt into the studio to record him reading a story by Jack London called Hobos That Pass In The Night. About London's own years riding the rails looking for ... Read more

Jean Sheppard, Katherine Dunn, and the Fantastic Four

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/22/2023 at 12:00am
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Sort of a mash up tonight on Gremlin Time. We present a repeat episode from the 1980's with Katherine Dunn reading Jean Sheppard's short story about playground politics, Scud Farkas and the Murderous Maria. Featuring many of the same characters as in the movie A Christmas S... Read more

The bed time radio show for grown-ups presents Two Curious Tales of Uncommon Events

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/18/2023 at 12:00am
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Tonight, we re air a program from May 2022. Fortunato presents two scary stories for a lovely spring evening. A classic radio drama from 1950 entitled 3 Skeleton Key. Vincent Price stars as a member of the crew at a remote lighthouse. One day, a fishing ship crashes into th... Read more

3D Radio presents By The Dawn's Early Light by Lawrence Block

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/20/2023 at 12:00am
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Tonight we will re-air a production from 2004 of By The Dawn's Early Light by Lawrence Block. David Chelsea and Yani Berkshire are featured in this 3D Radio adaptation of this Matt Scudder Mystery. Former NYPD Detective, and still drinking, Matt Scudder is hired to look int... Read more

Classic Radio Crime Dramas featuring Frank Lovejoy and Jack Webb

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/16/2023 at 12:00am
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Settle down on a warm evening with of a couple of  crime dramas from the golden age of radio.  First, Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone reporter for the Chicago Star, in the series Night Beat from 1950. While waundering through a riverside carnaval Randy gets caught up in ... Read more

Captain Nemo and the God Monster

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/18/2023 at 12:00am
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Tonight, a Steampunk Adventure featuring the creations of Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft in Twent Thousand Years Under The Sea by Kevin J. Anderson. After surviving a deadly attack from a giant squid Captain Nemo and the crew of the armoured submarine boat The Nautilus find... Read more