On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week we have the Blues to Venus. An eclectic group of stories that should tickle your funny-bone, mystify you and make you say “umm what?” We will travel from World War II starting at Geiger Field, Washington, all the way to the planet Venus in one show! It truly is Amazing!

Our OTR Story – A pride of carrots, or Venus well-served.

Sometimes when I am searching for stories I come across things that are pretty unique. A pair of astronauts arrive on Venus only to discover that it is populated by a host of bizarre life forms, including sentient vegetables. It comes from the series The CBS Workshop, was narrated by its author Robert Nathan and is called: A pride of carrots, or Venus well-served. It first aired September 14, 1956.

A New Website for the RAS

I have created a new website for you to have a look at. It is completed, but I am not sure it will be the new home of Ron’s Amazing Stories. You can check it out here and tell me what you think. I would appreciate any feedback. It is brought to you by this show RAS #278 – Blues To Venus.

-Ron

This is detective week here at Ron’s Amazing Stories and I thought it might be fun to have a cops and robbers double header. That’s right we have two OTR stories for the price of one. Also, on this episode we pay tribute to one of America’s top 100 songs of the last 100 years.

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Our OTR Story – Cops and Robbers

CBS radio Workshop wanted to mix reality with fiction. They took retired detectives and put them together with seasoned radio actors. The result is what you will hear. It is  a partly scripted, partly improvised, crime drama – a robbery gone wrong that leads to a man being shot. It does offer some revealing insights into real-life policing methods (of the 1950s anyway).  The Story is called Cops and Robbers it originally aired on March 16, 1956.

New Archive Home

We have finally have a decent Archive page! I want to give a huge thank-you to the folks at The Internet Archive for setting up a full page for me. All of the old shows that are not on the live site are there. How to find it? Head to Archive.Org and search for Ron’s Amazing Stories or follow the link below. That’s it and please enjoy the old stuff.

Ron’s Amazing Stories – The Archives

I know that I have said this before, but this time it so true that I had to cut stuff. We have a jam packed podcast full of Four Amazing Stories. We will take you from a ghostly hitchhiker to an awfully scary nun.  Then we run from frightening stampede to a family that has been turned out into the Canadian winter. So press that play button and stand back!

Our OTR Story – Wolf Pack!

What can I say about about our old time radio tale? It was made by the same folks in Detroit that brought you the Lone Ranger. They had a knack for presenting stories that takes you into the scene and makes you feel like you’re right there. The series is called Challenge Of The Yukon. Sergeant Preston and King shine in this one as they protect a family from the Wolf Pack.  It first aired on January 27, 1944.

New Archive Home

We have finally have a decent Archive page! I want to give a huge thank-you to the folks at The Internet Archive for setting up a full page for me. All of the old shows that are not on the live site are there. How to find it? Head to Archive.Org and search for Ron’s Amazing Stories or follow the link below. That’s it and please enjoy the old stuff.

Ron’s Amazing Stories – The Archives

Shout it from the mountain tops, Dateline Lisbon!  He have a WWII story that could have been torn from the history books. He have a Harry Harrison tale that could be just what you need to get your science project off the ground, and to start the show off we have another Five Minute Mystery.

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Our OTR Story – Dateline Lisbon

I love history and our OTR story today plays out like it could have been a historical event from World War II.  If I had to compare it to something, I would have to say it is a cross between Casablanca and the Judgment at Nuremberg. It is a war story set in a neutral city where both Allies and Nazis mix. There are some neat twists and turns to the plot and it is an exciting tale, well written and performed.
It is called Dateline Lisbon and It first aired on October 5, 1944.

Website News

I have reached a decision on the Website issue and will be moving Ron’s Amazing Stories to a new home. The good news is that this will not affect the podcast in any way. We will not have a disruption in the service, publishing dates or content. However, those of you that subscribe to the show via Email will no longer get updates (Currently only five Email subscribers remain after the December troubles). I can not say when the email service will be back on online. Also, none of this will take place is until I establish a new home. We will just limp along until then.

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week it is a western round-up staring the Jayhawkers of Kansas. We have a very entertaining tale from Australia called Tennessee Jed Stops A Wagon and follow that up with one of the best Gunsmoke episodes ever made.

Our OTR Story – Jayhawkers

Our old time radio story is about the Kansas Jayhawkers. They were bands of men that were willing to fight, kill, and rob for a variety of motives right after the Civil War. These men caused more trouble than good and it often led to full out skirmishes. Today the term has softened a bit and now refers to someone born, bred and raised in Kansas. Our OTR story comes from a time when they were not so nice and Marshall Dillon is forced to choose between fighting them or helping a cattle herd from Texas make its way to Dodge City.  It is called The Jayhawkers and first aired on the CBS radio network, April 4, 1953.