36xxxx 086 Joan Is Afraid: Magic Island

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“36xxxx 086 Joan Is Afraid” 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, Mrs. Gregory, Jerry and Joan prepare to sail back to the magic island of Euchidia to face G-47 and his scientists. In the library of Mrs. Gregory's Los Angeles home, the captain explains his plans, and Mrs. Gregory voices her worry about the danger. The group learns that their private phone line has been tapped and that Euchidian agents have been listening in. A recording reveals orders for a submarine to follow their boat. As departure nears, Joan admits to feeling afraid for the first time, unsettled by the comforts of a world she is only beginning to know.

The library of Mrs. Gregory's home in Los Angeles, shortly before midnight, as the group prepares to sail for the island of Euchidia in the South Pacific.

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

Listen for: The recording of the Euchidian orders played over the radio, and Joan's confession that she feels afraid for the first time.

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.