36xxxx 018 Pigeons Released: Magic Island

“36xxxx 018 Pigeons Released” is an episode of Magic Island, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On the Magic Island, the Gregory party is held aboard their yacht, tied to the island of the scientific colony Euclidea. Mrs. Gregory, her daughter Joan, and Jerry plan to send a homing pigeon carrying a message to Captain Bradford's boat, Johnson, which is still at sea. Jerry, wearing a suit of Euclidean cloth, slips the pigeon out of its place and carries it around the deck. Meanwhile the group worries about the timing and about Johnson's position. A radio warning from the Johnson boat reports a storm, and the group works out the distance between the two boats. The episode ends with the pigeon launched into the fog toward Johnson's boat.

The Gregory yacht, tied to the Magic Island, a scientific colony called Euclidea, at midnight on the third night of their stay.

Characters: Mrs. Gregory, Joan, Jerry, Captain Bradford, Tex, Johnson, G-47

Listen for: Jerry's walk around the deck with the pigeon hidden under his cloth suit, and the radio message from Johnson's boat about the storm.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.