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Can You Imagine That

Syndicated

Syndicated · 1940–1950

39 EpisodesFortnightlyPGSince 1940

The run

Network
Syndicated
Years active
1940–1950
Surviving broadcasts
39
Genre
mystery

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT Can You Imagine That is a show that features strange and surprising stories from newspaper columns from accross the country. The stories are presented as a combination of docudrama sketches combined with vignettes about odd news items and historical oddities. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Can_You_Imagine_That_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Can_You_Imagine_That_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Aunt Mary's New Tooth · Date unknown
  2. 2. Bits of Bread (aka Napkins) · Date unknown
  3. 3. Building Rises from the Sea · Date unknown
  • Aunt Mary's New Tooth

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • Bits of Bread (aka Napkins)

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • Building Rises from the Sea

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • Sneezing for 21 Days

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • Animals' Field Day

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • Marriage Customs

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • Angel of Death

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

  • First Car of Funeral Train

    Date unknown · 14 min

    Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).

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