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Adventures by Morse
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Adventures by Morse

Syndicated (transcription)

Syndicated (transcription) · 1944–1971

Broadcasts

111

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1944

The run

Network
Syndicated (transcription)
Years active
1944–1971
Surviving broadcasts
111
Genre
adventure

This series takes its place alongside I Love a Mystery , One Man's Family and other works by prolific author Carlton E. Morse. Produced after I Love a Mystery , this transcribed and syndicated show continued the earlier program's preoccupation with the eerie and the exotic. Captain Bart Friday and his trusted companion Skip Turner ranged throughout the world in their quest for dangerous challenges to overcome. Undaunted by Nazis, murderers, vampires, deadly serpents, zombies and disciples of the dark arts they made their way through story lines with such titles as "Land of the Living Dead" and "Cobra King…

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Adventures_Morse_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

11 dated broadcasts across 28 years on the air, with 27 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1944, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Promotion #1 (date added to force to top of list) · 5 Jan 1944
  2. 2. AbyM 1944-01-29 #004 The City of the Dead Pt 04 Old Clawfoot Again · 29 Jan 1944
  3. 3. The City of the Dead 9 (Trail Of The Phantom Church Bell) · 4 Mar 1944
  • 01

    Promotion #1 (date added to force to top of list)

    5 Jan 1944 · 14 min

    Broadcast 5 January 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    AbyM 1944-01-29 #004 The City of the Dead Pt 04 Old Clawfoot Again

    29 Jan 1944 · 25 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 29 January 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 03

    The City of the Dead 9 (Trail Of The Phantom Church Bell)

    4 Mar 1944 · 26 min

    Broadcast 4 March 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    AbyM 1944-04-01 #013 A Coffin for the Lady Pt 03 Deepest Grave in the World)

    1 Apr 1944 · 25 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 April 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 05

    Cobra King Strikes Back 5 (The LIving Image Of Cambodia)

    6 May 1944 · 27 min

    Broadcast 6 May 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 06

    AbyM 1944-06-03 #022 The Cobra King Strikes Back Pt 09 Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy)

    3 Jun 1944 · 25 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 June 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 07

    Adventures by Morse 44-07-08 (27) Dead Men Prowl 1 (The Adventure Begins)

    8 Jul 1944 · 26 min

  • 08

    AbyM 1944-08-05 #031 Dead Men Prowl Pt 05 The Walking Dead Captured

    5 Aug 1944 · 24 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 August 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

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