36xxxx 053 Lighted Buoys Mark The Route: Magic Island

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“36xxxx 053 Lighted Buoys Mark The Route” 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 Tex Bradford, Mrs. Gregory, Jerry Hall and Joan Gregory escape from the Magic Island of Euchitia after dark, reaching a cruiser with the help of Johnson, Mrs. Gregory's trusted employee. Joan recounts how she and Jerry disabled the island's power and machinery, and how Joan was put to sleep to keep the scientists unaware. The party worries about fuel shortages and how soon the Euclidians may pursue them, then decodes a radio message from Johnson that describes lighted buoys and oil drums marking their route. The episode is part of the Magic Island series.

The Magic Island of Euchitia and the cruisers escaping from it after dark

Characters: Mrs. Gregory, Captain Tex Bradford, Jerry Hall, Joan Gregory, Johnson

Listen for: Joan and Jerry explain how they disabled the island's power and machinery, and the decoded radio message from Johnson about lighted buoys marking the route

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.