RAS #631 – Operation Tomorrow

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this week we have a thrilling audiobook review, a listener’s story, and a classic tale from the golden age of radio. It begins with a review of the audiobook The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. This enchanting audiobook is a prequel to the beloved Witcher series, introducing us to the world of Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter with extraordinary abilities. Then we have a very special treat for you. On a fateful night the Halsteads encountered both the legendary bigfoot and strange, inexplicable orbs. Their account will send shivers down your spine. Our featured story will transport you to the year 2050 with a classic radio drama from The Mysterious Traveler. So sit back, relax, and press that play button.

Featured Story – Operation Tomorrow

Mysterious Traveler - Operation Tomorrow

Our featured story comes from the old time radio series, The Mysterious Traveler. The ability to jump forward and backwards in time has long fascinated science fiction writers and physicists alike. Is it really possible to travel into the future? Our story suggests that it is. The title is Operation Tomorrow and it offers yet another view of time travel into the future.  It first aired on The Mysterious Traveler on March 11, 1950. 

Stories Include – Murder in The Blue, Audiobook Review – The Last Wish, The Orbs Of Bigfoot, and Operation Tomorrow

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Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

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The Haunted Washroom

Our story comes from a school experience that was sent in by Randle Shield who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Randle has titled his story, The Haunted Washroom.

Our school has an outside washroom on the grounds that no one used. It’s because it is not kept up and is quite dirty. However, it is a great place to hide out and where all the best crimes happen. I stopped going near the place after I was in sixth grade and here is why. 

Me and my boys thought we would give smoking cigarettes a try. It took a bit of trading, but we got enough smokes for all of us. So, during recess all four of us went to the place and did the deed. It tasted so bad that all four of us immediately threw the crap away! Bottom line – all that time and money went to waste.

Skip forward to a couple months later. I thought that it tasted bad because it was my first time so I went back there to try again. After forcing myself to at least smoke half of it I gave up, because it still tasted bad. I was about to leave when I saw a kind of misty apparition in front of me which somewhat looked like the shape of a girl. At first I thought it was just the smoke because it had disappeared but then while walking out I heard footsteps. When I turned back and saw a girl in our school uniform! Her face was ghostly pale and definitely wasn’t human. I started walking faster, got out of that place, and never went back.

Later, I learned that during the construction of a terrace on our second school building, four girls had secretly snuck up there during recess. They wanted a thrill and to enjoy the pleasant weather. All of them sat on the unprotected ledge so they could look down at the kids playing below. While talking about random stuff a big insect came out of nowhere. One of the girls got scared, lost her balance, and fell to her death. She landed right in front of that old washroom. I verified all of this with newspaper clippings.

Ron, I believe her soul is not at peace and she definitely haunts that washroom. I am 18 years old now and going to graduate this June. I never tried smoking again and have never been back to that washroom. The building is still there, but is now all boarded up now. I heard that there is a plan to demolish the place and build a greenhouse. I hope the girl likes the new digs. – Randle Shield

Well, I have another thought on this one. Perhaps the girl also had something to do with the taste of your smokes? Who can say? Thank you for sharing your story Randel.

This Week’s Podcast: On the show this week we have a time travel story from the OTR series The Mysterious Traveler. What happens when we travel forward into the future? This one gives one thought. Also, on the show we have an epic bigfoot story from my home state of Washington. You can listen to this podcast on Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link

Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you’re from. I will read it if I can.

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RAS #630 – Alan Pinkerton

On Ron’s Amazing Stories the show today we have a theme of sorts. We are going to review an audiobook all about the life and times of James McParland. Who is he you might ask? He was just one of the many great detectives that worked for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Then we have some crazy stories sent in by you. Stories include: A bike ride through a cemetery, A floating ghost, and a bigfoot disappears. Our featured  story comes from the OTR series Cavalcade of America. It will tell of the man, the myth, and detective, Alan Pinkerton himself. I think you will enjoy it. So settle in and press that play button.

Featured Story – Alan Pinkerton

Alan Pinkerton

Our featured story is titled Alan Pinkerton and comes from the OTR series Cavalcade of America. The series documented historical events and was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953 on CBS. The story takes us back to a time of great turmoil and uncertainty, just before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Amidst the rising tensions, a plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln was uncovered. Alan Pinkerton, then head of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, was entrusted with the daunting task of protecting Lincoln’s life. It first aired on February 13, 1939.

Stories Include – Deadman’s Bruise, Review – Pinkerton’s Great Detective, Day Ghosts at the Cemetery, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, I saw it then it just vanished, and Alan Pinkerton.

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Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you’re from. I will read it if I can. Links are below.

Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

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RAS #629 – SciFi Double Feature

On Ron’s Amazing Stories  it is a double feature day. This episode is packed with twice the excitement, just like a two-for-one deal. We’re excited to present two captivating listener stories that are sure to transport you to other realms. And that’s not all; we have a thrilling science fiction double header lined up—two incredible tales straight out of the golden age of pulp magazines in the 1950s. But before we dive into those, we take a short break for an audiobook review that we believe you’ll thoroughly enjoy. So, sit back, relax, and prepare yourself for a double dose of storytelling magic!

Sci-Fi Double Feature – Time Fuse and Keep Out!

Time Fuse and Keep Out.

This week we have a science fiction double feature. Our first story comes from IF Worlds of Science Fiction, March of 1954. It is titled Time Fuze and was written by the great author Randall Garrett. The ultradrive had just one slight drawback: it set up a shock wave that made suns explode. Our second story was written by Fredric Brown. It comes from Amazing Stories March of 1954 and is titled Keep Out.  With no more room left on Earth, and with Mars hanging up there empty of life, somebody hit on the plan of starting a colony on the Red Planet.

Stories Include – My Pal And The Cave, Review – Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World,  A Night Visit From The Faceless Girl, The Toil Bridge Train, Time Fuse, and Keep Out.

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Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link.

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Never Drive Alone On Interstate 40!

Well this time we have a UAP story that is going to be hard to believe. It all begins with Raul Murphy who lives in Canyon, Texas. He has titled it, Never Drive Alone On Interstate 40. But, before I get to it. I really don’t understand why we now call UFOs UAPs. Unidentified Flying Objects verses Unexplained Aerial Phenomena. I guess we just got tired of the term UFOs. Here is Raul’s UAP story.

Never Drive Alone On Interstate 40!

I was home when the news came. My mother was very sick and had to be taken to the hospital. My wife and I decided that I needed to go and that she would stay home with the kids. I live in Canyon, Texas and my mom is in Oklahoma City, which is about 4 hours away. I packed up, jumped into my 2007 Ford F150, and set out. For the next four hours I would be driving on Interstate 40. It is a very long, boring stretch of highway. I made the trip in record time and went directly to the hospital. For the next six hours it was touch and go, but my mom made it through surgery and I was told that she would make a full recovery. I stayed on for a few days to make sure she had the care she would need and then prepared for my trip home.

It was late Saturday afternoon when I set out. The weather was perfect, not too hot or too cold for September. I made my way back to Interstate 40 and settled in for my drive. This was in 2009 so it was before your show, but I did have an audiobook to listen to. It was western by Louis Lamar and it had my complete attention. It was a story about a gunfighter who had to live with a target on his back. Louis must have liked that theme a lot. I remember that the hero was stuck behind a water trough and doomed to die. That is when it began. 

It was getting towards night and the sun was low in the sky.  Lights came up behind me so very quickly that it caught my attention. I looked up into the rearview mirror and I saw a series of lights that spun in a counterclockwise motion. It wasn’t like anything I had seen before so I slowed down, to let him pass. I wanted to see this thing. However they just blinked out and that was followed by a sonic boom. I was startled and pulled over to the side of the road. I got out of the truck and looked around. There was nothing. Then I looked up into the night sky. Floating there about 300 feet away was a dark disc shaped object. It just hung there and it made no sound at all. I was terrified. It was so close and I knew that deep down that I was in trouble. I headed back into my truck and as I grabbed the door handle my world lit up. I felt myself lift up into the air. Then nothing. Complete utter blackness.

I woke up in my truck driving. It was late and that audiobook was still playing. I had no idea where I was, what time it was, and for a long minute who I was. I pulled over and shook my head. It just so happens there was a road sign right in front of me.  It read Amarillo Texas Five miles. That is about 18 miles from Canyon, my hometown. I sat there for a few minutes and then started up the truck and dove home. Which took me about 25 minutes.

What happened? I don’t know. As near as I can figure I lost about three and half hours. I had heard stories like these before so that week I set up an appointment with my doctor. I got a complete physical and was declared in perfect health. Mentally? I am not sure I have ever recovered. I have a fear of driving alone and to this day I don’t go to mom’s place without my wife. – Raul Murphy

This Week’s Podcast: On the podcast this week we have a sci-fi double feature from the pages of the 1950’s pulp mags. Both stories should chill you a little and thrill you a little. You will just have to listen to find out. You can listen to the show on Thursday at Ron’s Amazing Stories, download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link

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