I just discovered the fantastic world of podcasts. You can download things like radio shows and lectures on a vast spectrum of topics FOR FREE and listen to them on your iPod. So while I've been enjoying this really well done lecture series on the origins of Hinduism, I decided to take a break for some lighter fare this morning.
The Strange Dr. Weird, voiced by Maurice Tarplin and broadcast on the radio from 1944-45, offers the listener chilling tales of suspense and the supernatural. Also included - at least in the stories I heard - is a bizarrely high ratio of characters present in the story to characters killed in the story. One episode has the murderer shoot every other character in the story in a span of five or so minutes. And each time a story ends, the Strange Dr. Weird returns to taunt you. "I'll bet you didn't expect that," he'll say, or, "If only he had known there was but a single pool of quicksand, but he didn't, did he? (spooky organ flare)"
So, if you ever find yourself in need of a good laugh, particularly one sponsored by Adam brand hats, then look no further than the preamble to each episode and "just look for the house on the other side of the cemetary - the house of the Strange Dr. Weird."
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i have been subscribing to this weird one called "podrunner"--and it's this guy named Stevie Boy that DJs...and his music is all a certain number of beats per minute (BPM)--to keep me running. but for some weird reason, he begins the program--not by getting into the music--but by answering fan mail. FAN MAIL?!!?
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