Indian Burial Ground: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (November 5, 1950)

“Indian Burial Ground” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 5, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, a high school English teacher, and her landlady's neighbor Walter Denton begin to suspect that a lot owned by Mr. Conklin may hold an Arapaho Indian burial ground. After Miss Brooks finds an arrow there during a community toy drive, Mr. Boynton, a science teacher, is drawn into the search. The three of them soon find themselves digging on the property. Eve Arden plays Miss Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Mr. Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton. The episode is from the Our Miss Brooks series and was broadcast on CBS Radio on November 5, 1950.

Madison High School and the neighborhood around it, including a vacant lot owned by Mr. Conklin

Characters: Miss Brooks, Walter Denton, Mr. Conklin, Mr. Boynton, Harriet Conklin, Mrs. Davis, Mr. Howard

Listen for: Miss Brooks reading about Arapaho arrows in the library and the hunt for buried treasure on Mr. Conklin's lot

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.