36xxxx 040 Mc Leod Poses As Johnson: Magic Island

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“36xxxx 040 Mc Leod Poses As Johnson” is an episode of Magic Island, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Captain Bradford and Mrs. Gregory meet with Jerry and Joan aboard the yacht, which is hidden from the Euclideans by seaweed cloth. Their enemy G-47 and his scientists hold one side of the Magic Island, while Mrs. Gregory's crews hold the other. The group discusses a message sent to Johnson and a formula that G-47 has taken from MacLeod, whom he believed to be Johnson. Captain Bradford explains that the formula G-47 is working on will release a gas that puts the laboratory to sleep, giving the group a chance to take control of the island. Jerry raises the worry that Johnson's radio messages could expose the plan, and the group realizes G-47 may still discover the recorded beam variations. The episode ends with G-47 arriving to take Captain Bradford to the other boat for materials.

The radio cabin of the yacht on the Magic Island, which is divided between the Euclideans and the group

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

Listen for: Captain Bradford explaining the sleeping gas that will fill the Euclidean laboratory when the formula is compounded

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.