36xxxx 055 Sub Catches Up: Magic Island

“36xxxx 055 Sub Catches Up” is an episode of Magic Island, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Captain Bradford and Jerry are adrift in a becalmed cruiser after the Gregory party's escape from the Magic Island goes wrong. Their motors failed when the oil drum they recovered proved to contain turpentine, not oil. Through the night they pace the deck while Mrs. Gregory, Joan and Pat wait in the cabin, and Bradford tries to raise Johnson by radio. At dawn an aircraft appears, and the crew must decide what to do as a submarine approaches. The series is Magic Island, and this episode is numbered 055 in its run.

A becalmed cruiser in the Pacific Ocean, near the Magic Island, through the night and into the morning

Characters: Captain Bradford, Jerry, Pat, Joan, Mrs. Gregory, Johnson, Commander S1

Listen for: The airplane sound at dawn and the arrival of the submarine

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.