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Blind Terror

Old Time Radio horror and mystery shows about blindness, losing one's vision, and people with visual impairment.

Blind Terror

38 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 17 hours, 69 min)
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"Country of the Blind"



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Radio is well appreciated as the perfect medium for terrifying stories. Since the listener does not have pictures to help form the images in his mind, the mind works even harder. The images become even more vivid and horrific.

  • James CagneyOne of radio's greatest masters of terror brings us one of the most powerful anti-war dramas of all time: "Johnny Got His Gun" on Arch Oboler's Plays. The great James Cagney takes us into the mind of a soldier who has lost not only his limbs, but his face, eyes and ears, as well. Completely cut off from the world, he struggles on the edge of madness, and we are along for the ride.
  • In the 1935 serial Moon Over Africa,  we follow Professor Anton Edwards as his little expedition travels through a tunnel under a mountain. There they find an old blind woman who gives the party an ominous warning about The Daughters of the Moon.
  • A good indication of how frightening a topic can be is the number of times in turns up in episodes of Suspense! One of the strangest is "World Of Darkness", in which a murder is committed in a show people's boarding house. The only witness is a blind musician. Or is his seeing eye dog also a witness? In the story "Footfalls", the blind cobbler has a son whom everyone believes is no good. When a foul murder is committed, can the blind cobbler prove that his son really is "a good boy"? In "Two Horse Parley", Johnny's blind aunt thinks she has been bankrolling his studies at the conservatory. He is, in fact, going into debt at the track. Will having his girlfriend play for the blind old lady keep the money coming?
  • Peter Lorre and microphoneIn "Symphony in D Minor" on Quiet, Please!, tough guy Ray has a plot to steal the pretty wife of blind psychiatrist Johannes. Ray thinks that he is a very smart guy, but is he smarter than Johannes? Probably not, especially since Johannes has learned how to hypnotize Ray using sound. Can it end well for Ray and Carol?
  • Although there have been and will be marvelous advances in medicine, even in the future sight will be a precious and fragile gift. On X Minus One,  we have an adaptation of Robert Heinlein's "The Green Hills of Earth". "Noisy" Rhysling was blinded in a radiation accident and spends the next decades bumming around the space ways, living off his songs and dreaming about his birthplace in the green hills of Earth.
  • "The Marvelous Barastro", performed by Peter Lorre on Mystery In The Air, tells the story of a hypnotist who fell in love with a blind girl, Anna. When our story opens, Barastro has murder in his heart for the rival magician whom plots to steal Anna away using Barastro's own voice.
  • H.G. Wells was a master of terror. His pen gave us "The War of the Worlds", which helped to catapult Orson Welles to fame. Another of Wells' best known stories is "Country of the Blind". Nunez the mountaineer stumbles into a valley where all the people have been blind since birth. Thinking that a sighted man is superior, Nunez tries to make the best of things, but the people do not realize that their affliction is a handicap. In fact, Nunez must be unwell because of his insane notions about this thing he calls sight. "The Country Of The Blind" is such a powerful story that it appears in five different version in this collection, twice on Suspense, once on Escape, from the syndicated British anthology program Theater Royal, and Ronald Colman's literary program Favorite Story.

Please note: With a wonderful macabre sense of humor, a fellow listener with visual impairment helped OTRCAT compile this collection of mystery and horror shows over the last several years.

See also: Blind Drama Collection, George Shearing, Fred Lowery, Sounds of Darkness, and Helen Keller Collection.

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    I am so happy I found you. I tried to get some dvd’s from the library of Old Time Radio Shows … They do have a few, but not many. Then I began searching the internet and discovered Old Time Radio, your webpage. I love the detective shows and have a lot of them now. I re-cycle them and re-listen to them. I was born in 1936 and the radio was all we had for entertainment. Children growing up today would not know what I was talking about, since they are totally absorbed in their computers, smart phones, etc. I used to read a lot, however, Glaucoma has made it very difficult for my eyes to focus and I find it just doesn’t work for me to even try anymore. I can read short articles, but a whole book is really hard for me . My sleep patterns are not so good anymore and when I can’t sleep and wake up anxious, I turn on my MP3 player and list to a couple of shows. Just the right medicine. Thank you for being there. I am very pleased with the MP3’s

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    38 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 17 hours, 69 min
    38 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 17 hours, 69 min
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    1. 38 shows – total playtime 17 hours, 1 minutes
    2. Arch Obolers Plays 400309 51 JohnnyGot his Gun.mp3
    3. Big Town 480914 447 Blind Justice.mp3
    4. Bimb 500203 020 Lt Jimmy Hunt Murder Case.mp3
    5. Box 13 490703 46 House Of Darkness.mp3
    6. Escape 480627 044 Country Of Blind.mp3
    7. Escape 490409 066 When the Man Comes, Follow Him.mp3
    8. Escape 521109 156 Return.mp3
    9. Favorite Story 084 Strange Valley Country Of Blind.mp3
    10. Gang Busters 550416 0887 Case Of Punchdrunk Soldier.mp3
    11. Green Hornet 440203 Light In Dark.mp3
    12. Moon Over Africa 350622 15 Witch Woman Of Rock.mp3
    13. Moon Over Africa 350629 16 Back To Jungle.mp3
    14. Mr District Attorney 480526 Deadly Snowflake.mp3
    15. Murder Clinic 420818 05 Holloway Flat Tragedy.mp3
    16. Mystery In Air 470807 Marvelous Barrastro.mp3
    17. Nero Wolfe 510420 25 Case Of Lost Heir.mp3
    18. Nick Carter 450826 198 Case Of Vanishing Postman.mp3
    19. Night Beat 500612 019 Football Player And Syndicate 8044.mp3
    20. Night Beat 500807 Gun For Violin.mp3
    21. Quiet Please 480913 065 Symphony In D Minor.mp3
    22. Radio City Playhouse 490321 32 Blind Vengence.mp3
    23. Radio City Playhouse 490815 52 Blackout.mp3
    24. Richard Diamond 500226 045 Blind Man And Cop Killer.mp3
    25. Suspense 440120 075 World Of Darkness.mp3
    26. Suspense 440413 087 Marvelous Barastro.mp3
    27. Suspense 450712 149 Footfalls.mp3
    28. Suspense 460328 186 Out Of Control.mp3
    29. Suspense 571027 722 Country Of Blind Afrts.mp3
    30. Suspense 590419 798 See How He Runs.mp3
    31. Suspense 591213 831 Country Of Blind.mp3
    32. Suspense 600410 848 Two Horse Parley.mp3
    33. Suspense 620408 920 Let There Be Light.mp3
    34. Theatre Royal 540102 14 Country Of Blind.mp3
    35. Whistler 430207 039 In Dark.mp3
    36. Whistler 450604 158 Murder Is Blind.mp3
    37. X Minus One 550707 008 Green Hills Of Earth.mp3
    38. Ytjd 570317 529 Clever Chemist Afrts.mp3
    39. Ytjd 610625 746 Imperfect Crime.mp3
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    38 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 17 hours, 69 min
    38 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    467 MB – total playtime 17 hours, 1 min
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    1. 38 shows – 467 MB – total playtime 17 hours, 1 minutes
    2. Arch Obolers Plays 400309 51 JohnnyGot his Gun.mp3
    3. Big Town 480914 447 Blind Justice.mp3
    4. Bimb 500203 020 Lt Jimmy Hunt Murder Case.mp3
    5. Box 13 490703 46 House Of Darkness.mp3
    6. Escape 480627 044 Country Of Blind.mp3
    7. Escape 490409 066 When the Man Comes, Follow Him.mp3
    8. Escape 521109 156 Return.mp3
    9. Favorite Story 084 Strange Valley Country Of Blind.mp3
    10. Gang Busters 550416 0887 Case Of Punchdrunk Soldier.mp3
    11. Green Hornet 440203 Light In Dark.mp3
    12. Moon Over Africa 350622 15 Witch Woman Of Rock.mp3
    13. Moon Over Africa 350629 16 Back To Jungle.mp3
    14. Mr District Attorney 480526 Deadly Snowflake.mp3
    15. Murder Clinic 420818 05 Holloway Flat Tragedy.mp3
    16. Mystery In Air 470807 Marvelous Barrastro.mp3
    17. Nero Wolfe 510420 25 Case Of Lost Heir.mp3
    18. Nick Carter 450826 198 Case Of Vanishing Postman.mp3
    19. Night Beat 500612 019 Football Player And Syndicate 8044.mp3
    20. Night Beat 500807 Gun For Violin.mp3
    21. Quiet Please 480913 065 Symphony In D Minor.mp3
    22. Radio City Playhouse 490321 32 Blind Vengence.mp3
    23. Radio City Playhouse 490815 52 Blackout.mp3
    24. Richard Diamond 500226 045 Blind Man And Cop Killer.mp3
    25. Suspense 440120 075 World Of Darkness.mp3
    26. Suspense 440413 087 Marvelous Barastro.mp3
    27. Suspense 450712 149 Footfalls.mp3
    28. Suspense 460328 186 Out Of Control.mp3
    29. Suspense 571027 722 Country Of Blind Afrts.mp3
    30. Suspense 590419 798 See How He Runs.mp3
    31. Suspense 591213 831 Country Of Blind.mp3
    32. Suspense 600410 848 Two Horse Parley.mp3
    33. Suspense 620408 920 Let There Be Light.mp3
    34. Theatre Royal 540102 14 Country Of Blind.mp3
    35. Whistler 430207 039 In Dark.mp3
    36. Whistler 450604 158 Murder Is Blind.mp3
    37. X Minus One 550707 008 Green Hills Of Earth.mp3
    38. Ytjd 570317 529 Clever Chemist Afrts.mp3
    39. Ytjd 610625 746 Imperfect Crime.mp3
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    38 recordings on 18 Audio CDs. Total playtime 17 hours, 1 min
    38 recordings on 18 Audio CDs
    total playtime 17 hours, 1 min

    Blind Terror Disc A001

    1. Favorite Story 084 Strange Valley Country Of Blind
    2. Moon Over Africa 350622 15 Witch Woman Of Rock
    3. Moon Over Africa 350629 16 Back To Jungle

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    Blind Terror Disc A002

    1. Arch Obolers Plays 400309 51 JohnnyGot his Gun
    2. Murder Clinic 420818 05 Holloway Flat Tragedy

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    Blind Terror Disc A003

    1. Whistler 430207 039 In Dark
    2. Suspense 440120 075 World Of Darkness

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    Blind Terror Disc A004

    1. Green Hornet 440203 Light In Dark
    2. Suspense 440413 087 Marvelous Barastro

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    Blind Terror Disc A005

    1. Whistler 450604 158 Murder Is Blind
    2. Suspense 450712 149 Footfalls

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    Blind Terror Disc A006

    1. Nick Carter 450826 198 Case Of Vanishing Postman
    2. Suspense 460328 186 Out Of Control

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    Blind Terror Disc A007

    1. Mystery In Air 470807 Marvelous Barrastro
    2. Mr District Attorney 480526 Deadly Snowflake

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    Blind Terror Disc A008

    1. Escape 480627 044 Country Of Blind
    2. Quiet Please 480913 065 Symphony In D Minor

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    Blind Terror Disc A009

    1. Big Town 480914 447 Blind Justice
    2. Radio City Playhouse 490321 32 Blind Vengence

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    Blind Terror Disc A010

    1. Escape 490409 066 When the Man Comes, Follow Him
    2. Box 13 490703 46 House Of Darkness

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    Blind Terror Disc A011

    1. Radio City Playhouse 490815 52 Blackout
    2. Bimb 500203 020 Lt Jimmy Hunt Murder Case

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    Blind Terror Disc A012

    1. Richard Diamond 500226 045 Blind Man And Cop Killer
    2. Night Beat 500612 019 Football Player And Syndicate 8044

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    Blind Terror Disc A013

    1. Night Beat 500807 Gun For Violin
    2. Nero Wolfe 510420 25 Case Of Lost Heir

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    Blind Terror Disc A014

    1. Escape 521109 156 Return
    2. Theatre Royal 540102 14 Country Of Blind

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    Blind Terror Disc A015

    1. Gang Busters 550416 0887 Case Of Punchdrunk Soldier
    2. X Minus One 550707 008 Green Hills Of Earth

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    Blind Terror Disc A016

    1. Ytjd 570317 529 Clever Chemist Afrts
    2. Suspense 571027 722 Country Of Blind Afrts

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    Blind Terror Disc A017

    1. Suspense 590419 798 See How He Runs
    2. Suspense 591213 831 Country Of Blind
    3. Suspense 600410 848 Two Horse Parley

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    Blind Terror Disc A018

    1. Ytjd 610625 746 Imperfect Crime
    2. Suspense 620408 920 Let There Be Light

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