Avsnitt
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The completion of the episode arc from the previous podcast.
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A continuation of the previous podcast.
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Saknas det avsnitt?
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A classic science-fiction drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
Journey Into Space – “Operation Luna” (1953)
Episodes 1 through 3
Step back into the golden age of radio with Journey Into Space, the BBC’s groundbreaking science-fiction serial that imagined humanity’s future beyond Earth with realism, restraint, and quiet ambition. In this 1953 opening arc, “Operation Luna,” an international team prepares for mankind’s first voyage to the Moon, confronting technical uncertainty, political tension, and the profound responsibility of leaving Earth behind.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including the origins of Journey Into Space, its place in postwar British science fiction, and how its collaborative, pre–space-race vision of exploration contrasts sharply with later Cold War narratives.
Originally aired: September–October 1953
Approx. runtime: 87 minutes (Episodes 1–3)
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A classic mystery from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
Mercury Theatre on the Air – “The Immortal Sherlock Holmes” (1938)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Mercury Theatre on the Air, the legendary anthology series that transformed classic literature into daring broadcasts. In this 1938 adaptation, “The Immortal Sherlock Holmes,” the great detective is examined not as a man, but as an enduring idea — a figure whose methods, logic, and moral clarity refuse to fade with time.
Rather than presenting a single case, this episode reflects on why Sherlock Holmes persists across generations, cultures, and media — and how his presence continues to shape the very idea of rational inquiry in a chaotic world.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including Orson Welles’s early relationship with the Holmes canon, the Mercury Theatre’s philosophy of adaptation, and why this episode functions as a meditation on legacy rather than a conventional mystery.
Originally aired: 1938
Approx. runtime: 61 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic Sherlock Holmes radio drama — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – “The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes” (1946)
Step back into the golden age of radio with The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the definitive American radio incarnation of Conan Doyle’s great detective. In this 1946 episode, “The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes,” a case steeped in rumor, fear, and psychological disturbance forces Holmes to confront a mystery that resists easy rational explanation.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including the cultural moment that shaped postwar Holmes stories, the enduring legacy of Basil Rathbone’s performance, and how this episode serves as a fitting companion to the completion of the original fifteen-part series Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis, now fully available on The Porcupine Presents.
Originally aired: 1946
Approx. runtime: 31 minutes -
A modern Sherlock Holmes audio drama — where the analysis comes to rest.
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis – Episode 15
Chapters 29, 30 & 31 — “Resolution”In the final chapter of The Last Analysis, the case concludes not through revelation alone, but through reckoning. What began as an inquiry into guilt, control, and emotional insulation resolves into something quieter and more enduring: acceptance, choice, and connection.
As Sherlock Holmes confronts the consequences of love, loss, and vulnerability, the divisions that once defined him — intellect versus emotion, duty versus desire — are finally allowed to coexist. The story closes not with certainty, but with balance, and with the understanding that lives are not solved so much as lived.
The Last Analysis concludes its original continuation of the BBC Sherlock legacy — a psychological mystery rooted as much in human connection as in brilliance.
Released bi-monthly on The Porcupine Presents.
Originally aired: July 2026
Approx. runtime: 36 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic psychological drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
Author’s Playhouse – “The Tyranny of Normal” (1944)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Author’s Playhouse, a short-lived but intellectually ambitious series that adapted classic literature for thoughtful, idea-driven broadcasts. In this 1944 episode, “Country of the Blind,” a lone outsider stumbles upon a hidden society whose rigid sense of normalcy renders vision itself dangerous — and dissent unthinkable.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including the origins of Author’s Playhouse, the show’s place on the fringes of golden age radio, and how H. G. Wells’s own conflicted beliefs about progress, expertise, and authority echo uneasily through this unsettling adaptation.
Originally aired: October 16, 1944
Approx. runtime: 30 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic psychological thriller from the golden age of radio — plus commentary and trivia after the show.
Murder at Midnight – “Nightmare” (1946)
Step back into the darker corners of the golden age of radio with Murder at Midnight, a short-lived but daring suspense series that traded heroes and detectives for isolation, guilt, and interior collapse. In this 1946 episode, “Nightmare,” the listener is drawn inside a fractured consciousness where memory, fear, and reality bleed together — and certainty becomes the first casualty.
Rather than solving a mystery, the episode watches the mind itself become unstable. The terror here is not an external threat, but the growing suspicion that the truth is already known — distorted, repressed, and waiting to surface.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including the show’s place among lesser-known radio thrillers, its focus on psychological breakdown over procedural logic, and how postwar American anxieties about memory, guilt, and trauma shaped stories like this one.
Originally aired: 1946Approx. runtime: 33 minutes
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A classic summer mystery from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
The Whistler – "Summer Thunder" (1945)
Step back into the golden age of radio with The Whistler, the suspense series where an unseen narrator guides ordinary people toward extraordinary—and often tragic—choices. In this 1945 classic, "Summer Thunder," an oppressive heat wave and a violent summer storm set the stage for murder, while a desperate wife accidentally destroys the very evidence that could save her husband.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia—including how weather becomes a character in the story, why The Whistler stands apart from traditional detective dramas, and the episode's distinctly British setting.
Originally aired: July 30, 1945
Approx. runtime: 34 minutes
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A classic noir crime drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and context after the show.
Casey, Crime Photographer – “Photo of the Dead” (1947)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Casey, Crime Photographer, a series that blends journalism, police work, and moral ambiguity. In this 1947 episode, “Photo of the Dead,” a single photograph becomes the catalyst for a murder investigation — raising troubling questions about evidence, perspective, and how truth is constructed as much as it is discovered.
As Casey follows the image’s implications, the story reveals the limits of objectivity in an era when crime scene photography and forensic techniques were becoming standard, but far from infallible. What the camera captures may be real — but what it means is anything but simple.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes context — including the role of photography in 1940s crime investigation, the early state of forensic science, and why Casey, Crime Photographer often treated truth as provisional rather than absolute.
Originally aired: 1947
Approx. runtime: 35 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic sci-fi drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and context after the show.
Exploring Tomorrow – “The Happiness Effect” (1958)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Exploring Tomorrow, a late-1950s science fiction anthology that imagined futures shaped less by catastrophe than by improvement. In this 1958 episode, “The Happiness Effect,” a society attempts to eliminate unhappiness through systematic intervention, transforming contentment into a measurable and enforceable condition. What begins as benevolent progress quickly raises unsettling questions about consent, conformity, and the moral cost of engineered well-being.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes context — including Exploring Tomorrow’s place among late-era radio science fiction, postwar faith in psychological and chemical solutions, and why stories about “perfect” happiness so often reveal their own quiet dangers.
Originally aired: 1958
Approx. runtime: 24 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A modern Sherlock Holmes audio drama — where emotion becomes leverage.
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis – Episode 14
Chapters 27 & 28 — “Leverage”As the case nears its conclusion, Sherlock Holmes discovers that the solution was never hidden in data or deduction alone. What once appeared as chaos resolves into pattern — shaped not by intellect in isolation, but by emotional connection and consequence.
In this penultimate episode, insight becomes action. The personal reckonings of earlier chapters transform into usable power, and the game Sherlock thought he had lost quietly reasserts itself — now governed by rules he can no longer pretend are abstract.
The Last Analysis continues the BBC Sherlock legacy through an original, serialized story of psychological tension, moral cost, and the perilous intersections between genius and attachment.
Released bi-monthly on The Porcupine Presents.
Originally aired: June 2026
Approx. runtime: 22 minutes -
Continued from previous podcast.
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A classic radio adventure serial — plus bonus commentary and context after the opening arc.
Captain Midnight – “The Mysterious Voice” (Episodes 1–5, 1940)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Captain Midnight, one of the most influential juvenile adventure series of the prewar era. In this 1940 story arc, “The Mysterious Voice,” Captain Midnight and his organization confront an unseen antagonist whose disembodied broadcasts threaten order through secrecy, intimidation, and psychological warfare. Told across daily episodes, the story unfolds through escalating cliffhangers designed to sustain tension rather than resolve it.
This presentation includes Episodes 1 through 5, framed with commentary to introduce the serial form and its historical context. Together, these episodes establish the threat, the hero, and the narrative machinery that carries the story forward.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes context — including Captain Midnight’s origins, the cultural role of juvenile radio serials, and why long-form suspense mattered to American audiences on the eve of World War II.
For listeners who wish to continue, Episodes 6 through 33 follow without interruption, allowing the complete serial to play as originally intended.
Originally aired: 1940
Approx. runtime: 80 minutes (Episodes 1–5)
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic noir drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
Night Beat – “Zero” (1950)
Step back into the golden age of radio with Night Beat, the short-lived but deeply influential series that followed curiosity rather than crime. In this 1950 episode, “Zero,” reporter Chuck Morgan encounters a man who claims to have no identity, no history, and no place within the systems that define modern life. What begins as a journalistic curiosity becomes a quiet, unsettling meditation on anonymity and erasure.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including the unique place Night Beat occupies in radio history, Frank Lovejoy’s understated performance as Chuck Morgan, and why the show’s brief run has only deepened its cult reputation.
Originally aired: 1950
Approx. runtime: 34 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic radio comedy — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
My Friend Irma – “Jane & Irma Lose Their Jobs” (1947)
Step back into the golden age of radio with My Friend Irma, the beloved postwar comedy that paired everyday anxieties with unstoppable optimism. In this 1947 episode, “Jane & Irma Lose Their Jobs,” roommates Jane Stacy and Irma Peterson suddenly find themselves unemployed — turning a very real fear into a showcase for friendship, resilience, and Gracie Allen–adjacent logic that refuses to panic.
What unfolds is less about economic hardship than emotional survival. Irma’s cheerful misunderstandings and Jane’s exasperated pragmatism transform job loss into a comedy of reassurance, suggesting that stability doesn’t come from employment alone — it comes from human connection.
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including the origins of My Friend Irma, how the show reflected postwar workplace anxieties (especially for women), and why Irma’s relentless optimism became one of radio’s most comforting comic forces.
Originally aired: 1947
Approx. runtime: 33 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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A classic police procedural from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.
21st Precinct – “Policeman Shot: Suicide or Murder?” (1953)
Step back into the golden age of radio with 21st Precinct, the landmark series that helped define the modern police procedural through realism, restraint, and moral complexity. In this 1953 episode, “Policeman Shot: Suicide or Murder?”, an internal investigation forces the department to confront an unsettling question: when one of their own is found dead, how do loyalty, doubt, and duty coexist inside the same institution?
After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes context — including how 21st Precinct reshaped crime drama through procedural realism, why ambiguity was central to its storytelling, and what this episode reveals about authority under internal strain.
Originally aired: August 11, 1953
Approx. runtime: 32 minutes
Website: theporcupinepresents.com
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