Adventures by Morse - Conclusion to "A Coffin For the Lady"

We end the suspense this week on The OTR Express with the concluding chapter of ‘‘A Coffin for the Lady’’ on Adventures by Morse. We end the suspense this week on The OTR Express with the concluding chapter of “A Coffin for the Lady” on Adventures by Morse. What nefarious plot is Obbit up to? Can Captain Friday stop it? How does Judith Wright fit into all of this?

All those questions are answered in the first half of the show this week – yes, we’re nice enough to not keep you in suspense for the whole hour.

But you’ll want to stick around for our second offering – it’s a bit of forgotten, but inspiring American history.

Adventures by Morse, Part 2 and Charlie McCarthy Show

Last week on the Old Time Radio Express, we listened to Part 1 of "A Coffin for the Lady", on Adventures by Morse. 

As we left Captain Friday and Skip Turner, they watched from outside a mysterious house as the girl they've been assigned to protect was being lowered into a coffin.  This week, you'll get to hear what comes next, on the pivotal second episode in the adventure.

To lighten the mood, we've got some of the Best of Charlie McCarthy for you.  We got good feedback from the Best of Benny last week, so we figured we'd give you some highlights from another radio comedian. 

(Or is it comedians?  What do you think?  Were Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist) and Charlie McCarthy (dummy) a "comedy duo" or a singular "comedian"? 

Show #36 - The Best of Benny and Adventures by Morse, part 1

We've got a good mix of laughs and chills here on the Old Time Radio Express.

What better way to kick off the month of August (or any month for that matter) with Jack Benny?  This week, we get right to the good stuff, with four clips from a collection called "The Best of Benny". 

This was one of my earliest collections and the punchline "DOFRB" is still engrained in my head.  Listen and find out...

Then we follow up with part 1 of "A Coffin for the Lady" on Adventures by Morse.  Adventures by Morse may be only the third or fourth most popular show by writer Carlton E. Morse, but it's perfect for the OTR Express. 

Yes, ideally, we'd love to share a 20 episode serial from I Love a Mystery with you, but it would take us nearly half a year to do so.  That's a long time to keep anyone in suspense.

So we settle (and I use the term loosely) for Adventures by Morse, a 30-minute serial format show, with plots that ran in alternating 3 and 10 episode arcs. 

"A Coffin For the Lady" is a 3 episode storyline, and great adventure like only Morse could do.  The beginning of the story finds our heroes on a desolate island somewhere in remote Canada...