36xxxx 061 Tex Is Ray Gunned: Magic Island

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“36xxxx 061 Tex Is Ray Gunned” 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

In the inner prison cells of the Magic Island of Euclidea, Captain Tex Bradford is knocked unconscious by a ray gun when he steps into the steel corridor to answer a knock at the door. Mrs. Gregory, Jerry and Joan stand over him and try to work out how he was struck and covered in magnetic paint without anyone opening the door. They conclude that the island's automatic guards are at work and that the Euclidians may have left the island entirely. Mrs. Gregory opens the door, and the group decides to investigate the passageways while the captain rests in his cell.

The inner prison cells and steel corridors of the Magic Island of Euclidea

Characters: Mrs. Gregory, Jerry, Joan, John, Captain Tex Bradford

Listen for: Mrs. Gregory's theory that the Raygun can only fire once, and John's suggestion that the Euclidians have retreated to an underground city beneath the ocean floor

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.