Sleep No More 1956 (ep08) Fishhead: Death of Olivier Becaille
We begin with episode 03 and finish with episode 21.
Nelson Olmsted was one of the last great radio horror performers. Born Leroy Nelson Olmsted, Jr. on January 28, 1914, in Minnesota, he was raised in Texas, where he became an announcer for local radio stations. For the album notes on his Sleep No More album, he offered a bit of biography:
“By the time I moved to WBAP in Ft. Worth... the announcer's life seemed endlessly sterile. What to do about it? Dramatic shows cost money and there were no budgets. The cheapest drama for radio I could think of was good literature, read aloud. Especially the work of that great dramatist who never wrote a play - Edgar Allan Poe. WBAP gave me some time with which to experiment. That was way back in 1939 - and it worked. By 1940 the storytelling show was on NBC for a 10-year run.”
Olmsted's skill at narration, and in assuming the voices of each character as he told the tale, led to a variety of programs, such as Story for Today and World's Greatest Stories. In 1956 he starred in one of the last gasps of radio horror, NBC's Sleep No More, a half-hour that usually featured two dramatized short stories from Olmsted, with an introduction from host Ben Grauer.
- From Horror Stars on Radio by Ronald L. Smith
Of the 21 episodes of Sleep No More, here are the 18 (and a half) currently in circulation. Most are in high quality FLAC (lossless) and Mp3, pulled from good sources. Unfortunately, a few only seem to be available in low quality sound.
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TeslaWirelessRadio
5 months agoSleep No More 1956 (ep07) The Storm, Annabel Lee
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TeslaWirelessRadio
4 months agoSleep No More 1957 (ep20) Homecoming, Aunt Tessie
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Golden Age Radio
2 months agoSam Spade, Sunday, June 20, 1948, Death Bed Caper
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1:03:40
Ripon Rabbit Hole - LIVE
4 months agoFRIDAY NIGHT LIVE – “Joshua Glover Escape"
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The Elephant Island Chronicles
3 months agoThe Night Doings At “Deadman's” By Ambrose Bierce
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Ripon Rabbit Hole - LIVE
5 months agoTHE DARK WOLF’S DEN SHOW – "Love Ghosts"
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Digital Tour Bus
2 months agoSleep Theory - BUS INVADERS Ep. 1913
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2:20:06
Lori Spencer
2 months agoFatal Error in Black America (Strange Bedfellows, Ep. 35 w/ Kenneth Jefferson)
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Oldtuberadio
2 months agoOn The Spot by Edgar Wallace. BBC RADIO DRAMA
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Oldtuberadio
2 months agoDesign For Murder by Noel Coward. BBC RADIO DRAMA
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