Adventures by Morse
Syndicated (transcription)
Syndicated (transcription) · 1944–1971
111 EpisodesSeasonalPGSince 1944
The run
- Network
- Syndicated (transcription)
- Years active
- 1944–1971
- Surviving broadcasts
- 111
- Genre
- adventure
This series takes its place alongside I Love a Mystery , One Man's Family and other works by prolific author Carlton E. Morse. Produced after I Love a Mystery , this transcribed and syndicated show continued the earlier program's preoccupation with the eerie and the exotic. Captain Bart Friday and his trusted companion Skip Turner ranged throughout the world in their quest for dangerous challenges to overcome. Undaunted by Nazis, murderers, vampires, deadly serpents, zombies and disciples of the dark arts they made their way through story lines with such titles as "Land of the Living Dead" and "Cobra King…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
11 dated broadcasts across 28 years on the air, with 27 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1944, in original transmission order.
- 1. Promotion #1 (date added to force to top of list) · 5 Jan 1944
- 2. AbyM 1944-01-29 #004 The City of the Dead Pt 04 Old Clawfoot Again · 29 Jan 1944
- 3. The City of the Dead 9 (Trail Of The Phantom Church Bell) · 4 Mar 1944
- 01
Promotion #1 (date added to force to top of list)
5 Jan 1944 · 14 min
Broadcast 5 January 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
AbyM 1944-01-29 #004 The City of the Dead Pt 04 Old Clawfoot Again
29 Jan 1944 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 29 January 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
The City of the Dead 9 (Trail Of The Phantom Church Bell)
4 Mar 1944 · 26 min
Broadcast 4 March 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
AbyM 1944-04-01 #013 A Coffin for the Lady Pt 03 Deepest Grave in the World)
1 Apr 1944 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 April 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
Cobra King Strikes Back 5 (The LIving Image Of Cambodia)
6 May 1944 · 27 min
Broadcast 6 May 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
AbyM 1944-06-03 #022 The Cobra King Strikes Back Pt 09 Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy)
3 Jun 1944 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 June 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
Adventures by Morse 44-07-08 (27) Dead Men Prowl 1 (The Adventure Begins)
8 Jul 1944 · 26 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Adventures_Morse_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 08
AbyM 1944-08-05 #031 Dead Men Prowl Pt 05 The Walking Dead Captured
5 Aug 1944 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 August 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated (transcription)
Syndicated (transcription) in 1944–1971
Other series the network carried while Adventures by Morse was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
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What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
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