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The Blue Beetle

Mutual

Mutual · 1940–1940

Broadcasts

73

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1940

The run

Network
Mutual
Years active
1940–1940
Surviving broadcasts
73
Genre
adventure

The exploits of Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman who, by wearing bullet-proof blue chain mail, transformed himself into the mysterious Blue Beetle, a daring crusader for justice. The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas.

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Rough but complete · 24 of 24

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_Blue_Beetle_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

4 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

JFMAMJJASOND
1940
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1940, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Origin Story · 1 Jan 1940
  2. 2. Blasting the Dynamite Ring pt. 1 · 1 Jan 1940
  3. 3. Death Strikes From the East pt. 1 · 1 Jan 1940
  • 01

    Origin Story

    1 Jan 1940 · 13 min

  • 02

    Blasting the Dynamite Ring pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 13 min

  • 03

    Death Strikes From the East pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 13 min

  • 04

    Spirits Don't Talk pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 14 min

  • 05

    Rounding up the Payroll Bandits pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 12 min

  • 06

    Finesse in Diamonds pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 12 min

  • 07

    Two Rackets in One pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 12 min

  • 08

    The Whale of Pirates Folly pt. 1

    1 Jan 1940 · 12 min

Same night on the air

15 May 1940

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 15 May 1940.

Transmission

15 May

1940

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The Burns and Allen Show 1940-05-15 (33) Rah, Rah in Omaha

Network

CBS

Slot

Wednesday

Running time

28 min

Internet Archivethe-burns-and-allen-show-1934-09-26-2-leaving-for-americaListenable · 65 kbps

Transmission

15 May

1940

Burns & Allen

B&A 1940-05-15 Rah Rah In Omaha

Network

CBS / NBC

Slot

Wednesday

Running time

30 min

Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 May 1940.

Internet ArchiveBurnsAllanCondition unmeasured

Also on Mutual

Mutual in 1940–1940

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