36xxxx 057 Two Guards Knocked Out: Magic Island

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“36xxxx 057 Two Guards Knocked Out” 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

Mrs. Gregory and her small group of friends are captured again by a Euclidean submarine and towed back toward the Magic Island. Tex Bradford and Jerry Hall are aboard their boat, which is taking on water through a hole cut by a Euclidean guard who was their prisoner. Tex and Jerry worry about what the Euclideans want with them, and Tex admits he would give up the real formula before letting them take it. The submarine commander arrives to question them, and a hidden guard uses a ray gun to put some of the crew to sleep. Jerry and Tex plan to overpower him, and the boat's skipper prepares to act. The series is Magic Island.

A small boat being towed by a Euclidean submarine toward the Magic Island, after the group's recapture at sea.

Characters: Tex Bradford, Jerry Hall, Mrs. Gregory, Joan, the skipper, Mac, the Euclidean guard, the submarine commander

Listen for: The high whine of the Euclidean ray gun and the tense planning between Tex and Jerry as they try to overpower the hidden guard.

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.