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Written and directed by celebrated author Wyllis Cooper, the widely acclaimed old time radio program Quiet, Please was first aired on June 8, 1947 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. In this period, several similarly themed anthologies graced the American airwaves. However, it was this series that garnered notoriety during the golden age of radio and was lauded as an innovative and creative work of genius by both critics and academics alike. In fact, Professor Richard J. Hand from Glamorgan University praised Quiet, Please as an “extraordinary body of work,” and its writer Cooper as “one of the greatest authors of horror radio.” Quiet, Please was a mish mash of several literary genres, with supernatural encounters gaining the most prominence. Tales of the absurd were narrated by Ernest Chappell, who portrayed most of the series lead characters. His talent in fleshing out the gristly and morbid narratives paved the way for this old radio show to gain popularity among its listeners. One of the most notable episodes in the anthology is “The Thing on the Fourble Board,” which tells the story of a roughneck oil driller who unearths an ancient and horrific creature during a routine dig. Chappell breathes such life into each tale and transports the listener into a surreal world where monsters and alien beings exist outside the imagination. Immerse yourself in the world Cooper created by listening to Quiet Please today!

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Air Date Title Synopsis
 1947-06-08  001 Nothing Behind The Door
At the top of Mt. Wilson, a small and empty house is mysteriously being guard by a barbed wire fence. A group of robbers planning to rob a bank decide that it is the perfect place to hide the money. They soon find out how true that there is nothing in it. This pilot episode is an exciting mix of reality and the supernatural that encompasses the unique style and goals of the authors. (Story by Cooper and Chappell).
 1947-06-15  002 I Have Been Looking For You
Destiny plays a funny trick between a man and a woman, these two complete strangers know that they are meant for one another. Determine to find the other person, they embark on an endless chase in search of their dream - to find that perfect person who will give them the perfect happiness. Their only hope is that somehow they will be able to cross the gap, starting from their dreams.
 1947-06-22  003 We Were Here First
An epic battle continues between humans and the vast horde of giants. Even though there are billions and billions of casualties in the human side, it is only a matter of time before this war-mongering race of giants will soon face extinction. Human beings are destined to prevail at the end because of their wits and versatility as the original inhabitants of the planet.
 1947-06-29  004 Ticket Taker
An encounter with a stranger gives you a fascinating story about how one's constant hiding and attempts to escape fate are useless. He ventures forth to different places and encounters different faces all for the sake of avoiding the ticket taker. In the end he realizes that no matter how much he tries to avoid the ticket taker, sooner or later it is bound to find him.
 1947-07-20  005 Cornelia
Gordon tells his friend Allan about the story of his now deceased wife Cornelia. He's very happy he got rid of her because they never really love one another and he hates being stuck with her. Cornelia was a beautiful girl and used her charm to marry Gordon only for the sake of his money. This tragic story revolves around the twist and turns of deception, scheming and hatred.
 1947-07-27  006 I Remember Tomorrow
In an alternate universe where time travel is possible, a stranger warns you about a horrific event that is about to happen tomorrow. You must investigate and know the identity of these three people in order to stop them. But the law of that universe states that you can only watch these things as they unfold in the future, a dilemma that the stranger acknowledges as why the future isn't something people need to see.
 1947-08-03  007 Inquest
As an act of self defense, William Ross commits an offense to his sister and brother-in-law. Suddenly he finds himself in a large courtroom and realizes that he is under a very unusual trial with millions of people behind the jury. "Inquest" stretches and twists reality into previously unknown forms where the audience can sense a great mystery ready to unfold.
 1947-08-03  008 Bring Me To Life
In order to beat the approaching deadline of his script, an author is desperate for an idea for his character and he needs it now, fast. His shock is indescribable as he witnesses his typewriter starts typing on its own, saying "bring me to life". Since then, whenever someone reads his text, the story comes to life, making it easier for the author to let the words flow by letting the characters and story comes to life.
 1947-08-30  011 Inquest
 1947-09-10  014 How Are You Pal
The beginning of this episode will require you to write down three things: "yes," "yours," and "mine". Your pal will then narrate to you a story, starting from the good old days when you always get along; up to the last day you saw each other because of conflicts. After listening for a while, you will soon realize who that person is, considering the things that you did to him not very long ago.
 1947-09-22  016 Be A Good Dog, Darling
From what just looks like a normal encounter with an encyclopedia salesman and his dog, you will soon learn that he isn't there for any normal business sales. His name is Grover Hayes and he insists that the things that he sells have practical values while pointing to a topic in volume 6 that reads "magical formulas". His encyclopedias more than meets the eye, after suspecting that his dog might just be his wife.
 1947-10-06  018 Not Enough Time
Walter McCoy finds out the price of his success after travelling back 50 years into the past on his time machine. Would time travel be a good thing? One must balance between the potential scientific accomplishments and the traveler's emotional crisis that might be encountered during the travel.
 1947-10-13  019 Camera Obscura
 1947-10-20  020 Pavanne, Girl With
Andrew has a heated debate with his friend regarding whether human life is just a script being acted out or that we have the power to change things. He will soon find out the answer after a little girl suddenly appears in front of him, claiming that she's the little princess in his favorite music piece called Pavane for a Dead Princess. This supernatural experience might just help you decide if life is really predetermined or if there are choices to change it.
 1947-10-27  021 Dont Tell Me About Halloween
In exchange for immortality, a man marries a witch but has to fulfill a very unusual marriage contract: he has to see her once a year during Halloween. Each year he dreads that day since he knows will be punish for being unfaithful. One might start to think if it is worth it to fulfill that marriage obligation just to become immortal.
 1947-11-03  022 Take Me Out To The Graveya
A taxi driver recounts his experiences of people who have the habit of using his cab to go to the graveyard and then drops dead afterwards. Noticing that trend, he becomes nervous and decides to never take anyone again to the graveyard. Will fate allow itself to be cheated and let this man escape his destiny?
 1947-11-10  023 Three
Every culture has a number that comes up everywhere, for the modern cultures in America the number is three. Call it coincidence or not, Sebastian dreads that number so much. After hearing a mystical whisper of the number three, it triggers a series of events involving the number. But what frightens him the most is "last 3 days."
 1947-11-17  024 Kill Me Again
 1947-11-24  025 In Memory Of Bernadine
It is hard to let go of something that you cherish the most. A young man returning from war thinks of his wife, Bernadine, as his main reason for living. This tragic story of experiencing the pain of letting go can be use to reflect if it's really possible to move on.
 1947-12-01  026 Come In Eddie
A conversation with a man and his accomplice made you remember that they have murdered Eddie six years ago. They are now enjoying the profits of that event but they don't trust each other, his partner is demanding more money to stay cooperative. Suddenly, a distraction in the house let you discover that there exists a third person lurking around, and his name is Eddie.
 1947-12-08  027 Some People Dont Die
As an adventurer of prehistoric cliff dwellers, Heuy Lancaster is ready to set foot on his biggest expedition yet: Mesa Encantada. For six years he has been searching for this site and he knows that this journey is going to be the pinnacle of his career. Despite of numerous warning and being abandoned by his guide, he stubbornly presses on. He soon discovers that he shouldn't have.
 1947-12-15  028 Little Fellow
Given the opportunity to have three wishes, it is normal to assume that life will never be the same again. This statement might end up too good to be true. This story will let you see why sometimes it is more important to accept things as they are.
 1947-12-29  030 Rain On New Years Eve
Can a story become a reality out of desperation? A scriptwriter in Hollywood painstakingly tries to meet his deadline but needs another monster to finish his work. His first monster only has power for the last hour of the year. Little does he know that it's already New Year's Eve and something seems to control him as his tired mind starts to do strange things.
 1948-01-05  031 Little Visitor
A locksmith named Ulysses Smith encounters a mysterious eight year old boy. His fascination for the boy turned into an obsession because he has no recollection whatsoever of his childhood due to a train accident. This weakness makes him vulnerable to the manipulations of the little boy that plunges his life into turmoil. There are a lot of surprises along the way up to the main revelation of the story.
 1948-01-12  032 The Room Where Ghosts Live
The doctor can no longer help Lawrence, all he can do is listen to his patient's story of a room that exists beyond the outside wall of the house. Ready to embrace death, Lawrence is starting to hear voices from that room whenever he closes his eyes or turns off the lights. Is this death itself speaking to him or something more sinister is beyond that room?
 1948-01-19  033 Bakers Dozen
Why do people often associate the number thirteen with bad luck? You soon learn from a man that used to be a baker that he never gives a baker's dozen in order to avoid that number. He also tells you a story of a jury he was on where there are thirteen jurors instead of the regular twelve. A horrifying truth is about to unfold as one other man in the courtroom feels that there's one too many jurors.
 1948-01-26  034 Green Light
Railroaders all have something in common: a missing limb. This one railroad man tells you his story on how he lost his leg and the strange events that lead up to that accident. It seems like he is given a green light to head back to his girlfriend, whom he hasn't seen in 42 years, in order to bring back some dear memories.
 1948-02-02  035 Pathetic Fallacy
Can a computer ever imitate the human brain, develop consciousness, or acquire emotions? A scientist named Quinn develops a huge machine that is capable to solve complex mathematical problems. He asks it to compute the value of two plus two, but his so-called electronic brain gives an amusing answer of five. As technology becomes more complex, it erases the borderline between what is alive and what is not.
 1948-02-09  036 A Red And White Guidon
A guideon symbolizes one's identity during a war, which is why its bearer carries an immense responsibility of protecting it. Noah Wellman recounts his story on how he lost his troop's guideon and its consequence of not being able to enter the cavalry's heaven. It is the most important possession for them since it is supposed to guide them onward. Eternal remorse is given to those individuals who forsake their responsibilities as guideon bearers.
 1948-02-16  037 Whence Came You
An archeologist encounters a very beautiful woman but she suddenly vanishes, as if trying to convey a message to him. The archeologist then goes back to Jerusalem where he and his crew discover a hidden city, undisturbed for forty centuries. In the ancient tomb, they unveil a horror and a beauty more chilling than they could possibly have imagined. A deep and powerful mystery awaits at the end of the storyline.
 1948-02-23  038 Wear The Dead Mans Coat
Out of desperation, Kidneyfoot Cassidy murdered a man in order to steal his coat. The dead man's coat is the warmest coat Cassidy has ever had, that's why he feels no remorse whatsoever. His obsession to the coat has grown so much that he can no longer take it off again. He will soon learn about the price he has to pay in wearing a dead man's coat.
 1948-03-01  039 Sketch For A Screenplay
Fred, the scriptwriter, leaves France in order to find his luck in Hollywood. He becomes rich by writing movie scripts, but at the back of his mind he still thinks about his childhood friends in France. Fate plays another trick into his life, bringing him back to his country, but this time as a soldier facing death. The author intends the story to have layers of illusion mixed with the penetrating reality of war.
 1948-03-08  040 Never Send To Know
A detective is lured by his ghost client's money to find out his murderer. The ghost can offer only small help because it doesn't even know his own name and the events that lead to his death. Slowly, as the evidence begins to fall into place, the detective is able to narrow down the list of suspects. What could be the outcome of sending someone to know how death works?
 1948-03-22  042 Night To Forget
For actor John H., dealing with the unexplainable is just another day for him at the office since he is part of a supernatural radio show. But when he begins to have nightmares of being dead, he assumes that someone is playing a practical joke on him. Being unable to provide an explanation, he begins to consider the possibility that the threat is real. For him, the thin line between dream and reality has been erased, and his life is now in danger.
 1948-03-29  043 Quiet, Please
After the desolation brought by the countless wars, all life form is lost, except for Tor, the last person alive. Out of loneliness, he recalls the good old days of his world and of his own life. He ponders on the human nature of being able to love individually but at the same time hate collectively. All alone, he reflects on the blindness of his race to use war as an answer to solve all their problems.
 1948-04-05  044 I Always Marry Juliet
The story of Romeo and Juliet is supposed to end as a tragedy, because that's how Shakespeare wrote it. But there is a certain actor, who has played the part of Romeo countless times, who spends his life marrying Juliets. Does the marriage of Romeo and Juliet ruins the story? Or, maybe fate has its own ways of dealing with things that it might just be an alternative to the tragedy.
 1948-04-12  045 Twelve To Five
A radio DJ knows his same old routine - talking with the people on the show, playing music for the listeners, and doing anything under the sun just to keep his listeners entertained. But there's an unexpected guess that arrives in his station and reads the news for 1:32 AM, the only problem is that it's still only 1:02. None of what the guess said has happened yet, which terrorizes the DJ of the possibility that they may just come true.
 1948-04-19  046 Clarissa
From what used to be an ordinary shack that a lot of people consider as a haunted house, Jesse discovers that aside from Heinz, there is also another occupant - Clarissa. She is the daughter of Heinz but she never leaves the house and can never be seen by anyone, even Jesse. This mixture of time and reality explores the possibility of living in the past forever and the effects that it can bring to the characters.
 1948-04-26  047 Thirteen & Eight
Someone is trying to jump out of a window and that scene triggers a crowd of photographers. While taking the pictures, a person seems to be always getting in the way of a photographer which makes him yell "13 and 8" to warn all the photographers around to be on their guard for that person. But that photographer can't prove the existence of that person because he doesn't show up on his photos. This is a typical "the boy who cried wolf" story, but with a twist of horror.
 1948-05-03  048 How Beautiful Upon
This story recounts the attempts made by man to conquer Mt. Everest. It tells the unsuccessful attempts of Irvine and Leigh Mallory in 1924, up to the successful stories of Edmond Hillary in 1953, and Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler in 1978. The characters of the story explain their mix feelings of weariness and euphoria as they reach the summit of what is known to be as a beautiful bride wearing a deadly veil of clouds.
 1948-05-10  049 There Are Shadows Here
Shadow represents a state of mystery, the unknown, the uncertainty, and most of all fear. Woody realizes that a woman is looking for him but he is unable to figure out who she is or what she wants from him. All that his friends ever see from the woman is only sort of a shadow. Woody then plays a waiting game to discover the true intentions of the mysterious person.
 1948-05-17  050 Gem Of Purest Ray
Dr. Moraitas is charged with multiple counts of murder and is about to be tried and likely executed for his acts. He keeps on speaking that his work is not yet done and that he must kill more people who are the agents of Atlantis. This justification obliterates the line between reality and fantasy as the story lets the audience examine on what goes inside the mind of a murderer.
 1948-05-24  051 House Where I Was Born
A dead man reflects on the life he used to have by going back once a year to the house where he was born. He recalls his youth, his family, and the long hours that they have spend together on what seems like just yesterday. Even the smallest of things means a lot for him as he takes a trip back to memory lane. This artistic masterpiece lets the audience feel the value of living and the lessons that we must learn from the dead.
 1948-06-14  054 Not Responsible After 30 Years
You have a conversation with a man who has just been released from prison after serving three years for stealing a watch. He tells you that he stole his own watch from the skeleton of a roman soldier who is 1500 years old. He also exposes to you his plan of going back 30 years from now in order to steal again his watch. It recounts on how he and his friend discover the ability to go back in time.
 1948-06-28  055 Let The Lilies Consider
James is suspected of killing his own wife and burying her under an especially tall lilie in the garden. He denies the accusation and tells that he and his wife always have an argument regarding his love of flowers. Could it be that these lilies came to life and killed her wife? Or is it just a desperate attempt of a man to escape his crime? This story showcases the finest creativity of Wyllis Cooper by taking something that seems impossible and twisting it in order to appear rational.
 1948-07-05  056 Wahine Tahiti
Wahine Tahiti is the goddess and protector of the women tribe of Tahiti. She grants the prayers of her followers in such a way that they end up regretting for asking. In 1788, an English ship arrives at the coast of their island and Wahine Tahiti forecasts doom for everyone except for an individual who she won't yet identify.
 1948-07-16  057 As Long As I Live
From what seems like an ordinary case of a relative trying to stay with another relative's house, this story has supernatural forces involve. A man can't seem to figure out why her wife, who works as a medium, doesn't get along with his 97 year old uncle. His uncle says that his wife has "the evil eye". Could it be a premonition of darker things to come?
 1948-07-26  058 Man Who Stole A Planet
The fate of the planet hangs in balance as an archeologist discovers the greatest treasure the world has ever known. Modern science establishes itself as a superpower in changing the course of the planet, but the discovery of that artifact threatens its supremacy. Can humanity save itself from the danger of such power possess by a single person?
 1948-08-02  059 Its Later Than You Think
People often attach extraordinary significance to their watches by controlling its time in accordance to their preference. Lindsay Bradley receives a gold watch as a token of appreciation from the army, but he soon discovers that he can control time by setting his watch back and forth. This astonishing discovery frightens the young officer and decides to use its power only in his times of need. With the help of his watch, he will soon find out that the war has taken something very dear from him.
 1948-08-09  060 Thing On The Fourble Board
Oil drilling creates the deepest holes inside the Earth in order to exhume rocks dating back millions of years. Together they form overlapping layers of dirt and rocks, covering something down there, deep in the past. It is only a matter of time before the excavators brought it up on the surface.
 1948-08-16  061 Presto Changeo Im Sure
From what looks like a toy magic wand, a man has successfully made an elephant disappear. "Presto change-o, disappear!" is all it takes for him to make something vanish or change things into anything else. All those that disappear have to go somewhere and the strange thing is they have to go back. Eventually you have to deal with them, but are they still the same harmless creatures from before?
 1948-08-23  062 3000 Words
A ventriloquist couple scams people by making it appear that they are making contact with their deceased relatives. Their racket achieves its perfection when the man's brother comes along into their house and uses his woodworking skills to create fake ghosts. But it seems that the brother is getting a bigger portion of the money, making the couple to conspire against him.
 1948-09-06  064 The Third Mans Story
Two brothers are the exact opposite of each other - the elder brother is hard working and is the pride of their family as the provider of food, while the younger brother is very lazy and lacks effort in life. Sacrificing their best crops has been a tradition to them as a sign of respect to the creator. Luck finally favors the younger brother and he uses this opportunity to gloat over his good fortune and proudly makes a huge sacrifice. This mistake triggers a chain of catastrophes that changed the course of humanity forever.
 1948-09-13  065 Symphony In D Minor
"Symphony in D" is the most famous piece of Cesar Franck, and a short segment of it serves as the theme music for Quiet, Please. Ray, the main character of the story, stays as a guest in the house of a blind psychologist with the intent of stealing the man's wife. They had a heated argument about hypnosis and the psychologist proves his point by hypnotizing Ray. The emotional quality of the music plays back and forth throughout the course of the story.
 1948-09-19  066 Anonymous
The psychological trauma of receiving a death threat from an anonymous person can change someone's life forever. This experience occurs to a politician when he receives a phone call from a woman with this simple message: "I hope you drop dead." Later, the man receives the same message, his doctor then advises him that he will eventually die if he doesn't calm down.
 1948-09-26  067 Light The Lamp For Me
An old man reveals his secret on how he was able to come up with such detailed descriptions of the California missions that dates back 150 years. He exposes the power of an ancient bronze lamp that grants its users the ability to go back to the past as many times as they want, but on the other hand they can only make one trip to the future. It is still a question mark for him on what knowledge he will retrieve from the future in order to help this present world.
 1948-10-03  068 Meet John Smith, John
John Smith loves the snow so much that he wishes to be in the snow when he dies. Suddenly, his whole world takes a sharp turn when he meets a beggar in the snow who has the same name as him. Later on he finds out that they have so much in common in their pasts. This troubles John deeply and he is now desperate to change his future.
 1948-10-10  069 Beezers Cellar
Justice has its own unique way of dealing with evil people. It could sometimes take the form of evil itself like using an old haunted cellar to punish a trio of young criminals. They are planning to hide the stolen $82,000, but the moment they enter the cellar, the old broken walls suddenly become new, trapping them inside forever.
 1948-10-17  070 And Jeannie Dreams Of Me
Dreams and reality are interconnected realms that cannot be separated from one another. Troy, the dreamer, experiences the same dream over and over again where he is being lured by woman inside the house but it has no keys. This pleasant dream becomes a frustration because of his eagerness to meet the person on the other side of the door. Can a dream takeover his reality the moment he sees the person?
 1948-10-24  071 Good Ghost
The ghost of a newly dead person wanders around the town to look for his murderer. Unlike any other ghost, this one doesn't want revenge. He just simply wants to ask why the person killed him. To make things more bizarre he even tries to help his murderer, but it is going to be a challenge for him.
 1948-10-31  072 Calling All Souls
Louis is sentenced to death and is about to get executed on all souls eve. His lawyer can no longer save him because all the evidences point to him. The only way for him to save his soul is to become a soul and ask the murdered people to testify for him. In this mysterious night, when the boundary between the living and the dead becomes narrower, can a soul accomplishes his goal and at the same time make it back to his original body?
 1948-11-07  073 Adam And The Darkest Day
Chicago, what was once a lively city is now a barren wasteland, just like any other cities on Earth. Only three people are left in this city, and in the world: Adam, Doc and Emily. Will they persevere on the survival of the human race? Or maybe it's time for them to reflect on their race's mistakes and decide to throw in the towel.
 1948-11-14  074 Evening And The Morning
Dean confesses to his captor, Mr. Thorpe, the reason why he has murdered a woman. He also explains why he must get a flower from the grave of the woman. The living tends to remember the dead in symbolic ways, for them this is more important instead of assuming what happens in the afterlife. But the most intriguing question is why does Dean need to remember his victim?
 1948-11-21  075 One For The Book
As fast as his promotions in the army, Captain Max Westlake tells the story of the rapid advancements in technology. As a fan of science fiction magazines, he believes that there are no limitations on what the human mind can create. The truth of this statement remains to be disproven as planes go faster and the army technology becomes more complex.
 1948-11-28  076 My Son, John
After losing his son in World War II, a father desperately finds a way to bring back his only reason for living. He then seeks the help of a woman who has an experience with the occult. She warns the father about the danger of her method that he might lose his own life during the process. Knowing that he has nothing to lose, he summons the spirit of his son, but he has never imagined the outcome that follows.
 1948-12-05  077 Very Unimportant Person
A series of nuclear explosions desolated all life form on Earth. A man and his wife are able to escape the destruction because they are in plane of a VIP. Soon they discover who this VIP person is, but now he is just a VUP, a very unimportant person. With humankind facing extinction, everyone now is a very unimportant person, and they need to prove their worth in order to get another chance.
 1948-12-26  080 Berlin, 1945
The war is over and all that remains of the once proud city of Berlin is just destruction. As American soldiers try to reflect on their experiences in the city, a stranger comes by to their camp. It seems that he doesn't have any recollections of his home, friends and even his own identity. After inviting the person to eat with them, the soldiers discover more about the true identity of their mysterious visitor.
 1949-01-02  081 Time Of The Big Snow
The "Time of the Big Snow" departs a little from the usual Quiet, Please themes by incorporating a more positive and cheerful ending more suited for children. Kate and Ted recollect the experiences of their journey during a strong blizzard at the age of 7. While trying to find a house to shelter themselves from the blizzard, they recount the story of an old woman picking her geese in order for it to snow.
 1949-01-09  082 Portrait Of A Character
A stranger enters the shop to get his horn fixed. He thinks he's going to play soon in a big event, because of something his boss said. He then rants about how the other people violates and disrespects the boss' rules and how his boss has done nothing about it. What is the personality of his boss to be able to tolerate such chaos?
 1949-01-16  083 Is This Murder
Dan is the assistant of a person who makes artificial limbs. But for Dan, his fascination from such artificial body parts exceeds than that of his master. He spends countless of hours to complete a working body but he theorizes that he still needs a live functional brain for it to be alive. Is it murder to take a human brain and transfer it into mechanical body?
 1949-01-23  084 Summer Goodbye
Nature has its own way of leveling things out, just like the repeating cycles of the seasons. A couple commits robbery and takes a detour away from the main road. They plan to stay in an abandoned house until the end of summer so that the rain can come and help them make a clean getaway. As they're driving along, they notice a hitchhiker, they try to ignore it but they keep on seeing the person over and over again.
 1949-01-30  085 Northern Lights
"Northern Lights" is one of the most horrifying episodes of Quiet, Please and Chappell's opening narration of the description of the aurora borealis is truly fascinating. This story focuses on the invention of two scientists that is able to move objects about in time. The only drawback is that the experiments always return freezing cold. Where do they end up for them to return in such a freezing condition?
 1949-02-06  086 Tap The Heat, Bogdan
Bogdan is an obnoxious and selfish person. One day, he gets upset with his boss because of a quarrel over a woman. He wants to make his boss pay so he schemes for his boss to fall inside a container of melted metal that he uses to make steel. Will he be successful on his revenge, or will fate interfere once again?
 1949-02-13  087 Valentine
Abe has been away from his home for a very long time. He misses a lot of places in his town but most of all he misses Annie. He always tells himself that he will write back to her but he never did. It's now time for him to come home but he doesn't know how to face Annie because he did not write. In order to show that he hasn't forgotten her, he decides to buy her a valentine. But will this gift be enough to cover the emotion and memory that was taken for granted?
 1949-02-20  088 Where Do You Get Your Ideas
Wyllis Cooper is drinking in a bar one night when a man named Basil interrupts him and tries to start a conversation. Being drunk, Basil tells him about the story of a woman who won't stay dead and also about the people on the moon who have four arms and two heads. During the course of their conversation, Basil found out that Cooper writes scripts for a radio, and asks the question everyone wants to ask: "Where do you get your ideas?"
 1949-02-27  089 If I Should Wake Before I Die
He is the epitome of the word "mad scientist." This top scientist doesn't care whether his inventions have already vastly altered the world, all that he cares about is the vast amount of knowledge that he acquires in his research. What the world sees as a destructive weapon is nothing more but a mere scribble of equations for him. The world is starting to reach a crucial point when human knowledge has become dangerous and unwise.
 1949-03-06  090 The Man Who Knew Everything
"Rather dreadful," that is what Charles W. Afternoon tells you about your future. It seems impossible to doubt him because he absolutely knows about everything - from answering any trivia questions up to giving out the combination to a bank vault. He describes to you the appearances of the three people that you need to look out for. A lot of questions are now playing in your head about the things that may happen to you.
 1949-03-13  091 Dark Rosaleen
Wayne finds no more reason to continue living the moment the doctor told him the news that Elizabeth, his bride to be, is now dead. A man named Patrick stops Wayne from taking his own life and takes him to a strange island where a beautiful woman named "Dark Rosaleen" is residing. Can she mend this almost broken life and encourage him to go on?
 1949-03-20  092 Smell Of High Wines
The smell of high wines always brings a strong sense of nostalgia to a significant event that happened to Eugene during his work in a distillery. Through the overwhelming scent of high wine he discovers the body of a dead person. The sound of the man's blood dripping onto the floor perfectly describes the saying "the sound of a man's life dripping away at 3 o'clock in the morning". It seems that our senses are unexplainably connected to the events of our life.
 1949-03-27  093 Time To Be Born & A Time To Die
Life is just a cycle and throughout its course mistakes are made. A man starts his life as a determined person willing to do whatever it takes to reach his goal. Finally he is able to attain the highest position in the company but throughout the whole process he is no longer the same person from before. The man regrets being powerless against the flow of the events in his life and wishes to repeat his life all over again.
 1949-04-10  095 Dialogue For A Tragedy
Roy sits in a room together with his killer who is pointing a gun at his head. Any moment now he knows that the man's finger will pull the trigger, ending his miserable life. Throughout the course of their conversation, Roy calls the man a thief, a liar, and a murderer. What series of events have brought these two individual to this point where Roy must need to die?
 1949-04-17  096 The Shadow Of The Wings
A very sick little girl lies quietly on her bed, bravely contemplating on the possibility that she might not live long enough. She is being kept company by a mysterious figure but she can't distinguish the person because all that she sees is the man's shadow. Her story of her guardian frightens her mom but soon her mom realizes who that figure is. This is a very emotional episode that shows the narrow boundary between life and death.
 1949-04-24  097 The Veil Of Glen Cove
 1949-05-01  098 Dark Gray Magic
Meredith buys a second hand book about black magic out of curiosity. He accidentally summons a demon, named Boj, who is faced with the task of teaching him all the evil magic in the universe. But what could be a very irresistible offer turns out to be a pile of comedy as Meredith always blunders his spells. Being the funniest episode in the Quiet, Please series, it offers a very interesting view that demons need humans for them to acquire power.
 1949-05-08  099 Other Side Of The Stars
A man sets out an adventure across the sky to find gold and silver in Oso del cielo - the well of the sky. Upon arrival at the well, all that is left inside is a skeleton of a Spanish soldier. To their surprise, there is music inside the 400 year old well. This peaks their curiosity and they set forth once again in an adventure to discover the source of that music.
 1949-05-15  100 Little Morning
 1949-05-21  101 Oldest Man In The World
 1949-05-28  102 In The House Where I Was Born
A dead man reflects on the life he used to have by going back once a year to the house where he was born. He recalls his youth, his family, and the long hours that they have spend together on what seems like just yesterday. Even the smallest of things means a lot for him as he takes a trip back to memory lane. This artistic masterpiece lets the audience feel the value of living and the lessons that we must learn from the dead.
 1949-06-04  103 Tanglefoot
Herbie Butterworth desires to have a pet fly. It shouldn't be just any normal fly, he wants to breed a fly so large that he can give it a collar and put it on a leash. His obsession proves to be very worrying as one might imagine the food that these large flies might eat. A small fly is pretty annoying enough, what more can these huge creatures do?
 1949-06-11  104 Hat, Bed & John J. Catherine
John J. Catherine is a frustrated actor, or so it seems. He wants to get a part in a stage play but the only part that he receives is a stagehand. While at the stage, he discovers that someone has placed his hat on a bed, a sign of his impending death. A strange vision then follows where he is trapped inside a pitch black room for three days. Are these the signs of his future demise?
 1949-06-18  105 Pavanne
Andrew has a heated debate with his friend regarding whether human life is just a script being acted out or that we have the power to change things. He will soon find out the answer after a little girl suddenly appears in front of him, claiming that she's the little princess in his favorite music piece called Pavane for a Dead Princess. This supernatural experience might just help you decide if life is really predetermined or if there are choices to change it.
 1949-06-25  106 Last Show Quiet Please
After the desolation brought by the countless wars, all life form is lost, except for Tor, the last person alive. Out of loneliness, he recalls the good old days of his world and of his own life. He ponders on the human nature of being able to love individually but at the same time hate collectively. All alone, he reflects on the blindness of his race to use war as an answer to solve all their problems.

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 ABOUT OLD TIME RADIO
The buzz-term for Old Time Radio is "OTR". OTR usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964.These shows from the pre-television age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from World War II. These programs feature the best talent of the day and were broadcast nearly as widely as cable programs today. And just like TV today, families would gather around their crystal radio sets to enjoy the entertainment together.