There's no question about it: life can get pretty mundane. Want proof? A guy who sends a Twitter update each time (and only when) he finishes a load of laundry has 508 followers.
So occasionally, it's nice to wedge a little drama into a day. Maybe even a little melodrama.
And that's where a show like Old Time Radio Thrillers comes in. The 20-to 45-minute podcast, which features real radio stories from the ’30s through the ’50s, is fantastic on several different levels. First, there's the old-timey organ music that will make you think, for a moment, that you're in a ballpark. There are the outrageous stories of murder, ghosts, and wildly elaborate schemes to get away with million-dollar crimes. And there's the delightful overacting, in which lines like "A little thing like death isn't going to stop her," are said without irony.
There are the good guys who solve puzzling cases of murder in 30 minutes or less, bad guys who quickly admit that they've been outsmarted by their brainy counterparts, and women who sit on the sidelines, doing little of the sleuthing—but asking the well-timed questions that help our hero get to the bottom of the mystery. Old Time Radio Thrillers is Scooby-Doo without the dogs and the Mystery Machine.
These are delicious stories if you're looking for some clarity—you're ready to see well delineated heroes and villains, you want a story neatly tied up in a bow at the end, and you want justice to be done. And the storytelling—no matter how unbelievable—is always riveting.
Still not convinced? Well, then I might have an excellent Twitter feed for you to follow.
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