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+ The Mysterious Traveler was an anthology radio series, a magazine and a comic book. All three featured stories which ran the gamut from fantasy and science fiction to straight crime dramas of mystery and suspense. Written and directed by Robert Arthur and David Kogan, the radio series was sponsored by Adams Hats. It began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. Cast members included Jackson Beck, Lon Clark, Roger DeKoven, Elspeth Eric, Wendell Holmes, Bill Johnstone, Joseph Julian, Jan Miner, Santos Ortega, Bryna Raeburn, Frank Readick, Luis van Rooten, Ann Shepherd, Lawson Zerbe and Bill Zuckert. Sound effects were by Jack Amrhein, Jim Goode, Ron Harper, Walt McDonough and Al Schaffer. "Behind the Locked Door," a popular, much-requested episode which took place in total darkness, was repeated several times during the years. Two archaeologists discover a century-old wagon train that had been sealed in a cave following a landslide. When their Native American guide is mysteriously and brutally attacked, the two, now lost in the darkness, conclude that the descendants of the wagon train are still living in the cave. Only 75 of the original 370 Mysterious Traveler episodes still exist. The popularity of the series spawned other supernatural shows, such as The Sealed Book. With scripts by a Mysterious Traveler writer and Tarplin as host-narrator, The Strange Dr. Weird was a nearly identical program.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Mysterious Traveler, The

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
03.09.1947	woman in black	+
N/A	they who sleep	+ Helen Vaughn is an ugly woman. Years ago she and her sister visited a hypnotist, Chadwin the Great...
07.02.1944	the queen of the cats	+
05.01.1951	the planet zevius	+ "The Planet Zevius". The ITX4, an experimental spaceship, lands on the Planet Zevius, paving the...
01.30.1944	the house of death	+
01.06.1949	the devil and the deep blue sea	+ "The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea". Three treasure hunters in the Caribbean find a sunken treasure...
03.14.1950	the big brain	+ Detective Sergeant Joe Friday is assigned to Robbery Detail. A man has been found in the trunk of ...
02.29.1952	stranger in the house	+
03.26.1944	stranger in the house	+ + Sit back, relax and get a good grip on your nerves and listen to the story, which follows the ...
05.02.1950	s o s	+
04.02.1944	out of the past	+ A letter has arrived for Joan which reads: "A friend from Europe expects you tomorrow afternoon a...
06.17.1952	mysterious traveler (360) the green plague	+
04.29.1952	mysterious traveler (354) murder in 2952
02.19.1952	mysterious traveler (344) strange new world	+ "Strange New World". A shipwreck survivor on a British sub tells the story of being stranded on a...
01.22.1952	mysterious traveler (340) change of address	+ "Change Of Address". A henpecked husband buys a "house made for murder" on the shore of the Pacif...
01.15.1952	mysterious traveler (339) key witness	+ "Key Witness". A big-time crook uses a meek clerk with a photographic memory to hide from the tax...
01.08.1952	mysterious traveler (338) it's only money	+ "It's Only Money". A losing half million dollar bet on a horse race sends two grifters to Paris....
12.25.1951	mysterious traveler 51 122 5 336 christmas story	+ "Christmas Story". A man driving across the country with a stranger decides to impersonate him to...
12.25.1951	mysterious traveler (336) christmas story
12.11.1951	mysterious traveler (334) hide out
11.20.1951	mysterious traveler (331) the most famous man in the world	+ "The Most Famous Man In The World". A young couple receive a couple of visitors from the future, ...
11.06.1951	mysterious traveler (329) behind the locked door	+The story begins in the beautiful mountain region of Lake Mead, Arizona. A convertible car is speed...
10.09.1951	mysterious traveler (325) the man who knew everything	+ "The Man Who Knew Everything". A crook forces the secret of reading minds from a swami. Armed wi...
08.28.1951	mysterious traveler (319) fire in the sky	+ "Fire In The Sky". A professor kidnaps a young couple to save their lives while a comet wrecks h...
05.01.1951	mysterious traveler (304) the planet zevius

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Frank Lovejoy- love that guy.

Lindsay

Always great.

John

Wow! With a name like "Coologeorgen" you "have to be good"!

Jerry

The Mysterious Traveler was an anthology radio series

Mike

I liked the series. In particular, I enjoyed the programs dealing with rail travel.

John

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Mike

One of my favorite episodes!

Richard

I heard this one as a kid and it scared me to death!

Burt

The first episode of this program I ever heard. One of the best.

David

Absolutely best and scariest episode of the series.

Richard

This, and the very similar "Rocket from Manhattan" from Lights Out, great radio.

Shaun

I liked the series. In particular, I enjoyed the programs dealing with rail travel

John

Featuring all of the existing programs of this great radio series with TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL. The series featured Maurice Tarpin as the MYSTERIOUS host, who traveled aboard the same train every week and opened the program, saying This is The Mysterious Traveler, inviting you to join me on another journey into the strange and terrifying. I hope you will enjoy the trip, that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little. So settle back, get a good grip on your nerves, and be comfortable--if you can! At the end of the program, he told us he would be on the same train next week. It was broadcast by Mutual from 1943 to 1952.

MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER

Everett Sloan. John McIntire. Tom Tully. John Stevenson. Teddy Bergman (Alan Reed), Santos Ortega, Frank Readick, Larry Thor, Sam Edwards, Herb Vigran...like Frank Lovejoy, all on radio long before TV and the movies.

Jerry