36xxxx 089 A Large Bad Storm Causes Problems: Magic Island

“36xxxx 089 A Large Bad Storm Causes Problems” is an episode of Magic Island, the old-time radio show. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On the Gregory boat off the coast of Lower California, Captain Bradford and Jerry keep watch over the engineer Peterson while a Mexican hurricane closes in. Mrs. Gregory and Joan are kept in their cabin, and Jerry worries that Peterson, suspected of being the Euclidean electrical wizard Thales in disguise, may interfere with the boat's powerful engines. The storm strikes, and the crew scrambles to keep the vessel steady, with Joan and Jerry working the radio to reach the girl commander of the Euclidean submarine that has been following them. The storm is severe, and the boat's engines suddenly fail. This is the Magic Island series.

Aboard the Gregory boat on the fishing banks off the coast of Lower California, Mexico, during a hurricane

Characters: Captain Bradford, Jerry, Mrs. Gregory, Joan, Peterson, Tex, Commander S1

Listen for: The sudden failure of the boat's engines as the storm peaks, and the crew's suspicion of Peterson

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.