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- 2006-11-30
MAGIC ISLAND
Magic Island was a syndicated serial that first aired sometime in 1936 and consisted of one hundred thirty 12-minute episodes. The storyline dealt with a wealthy woman and her search for her long lost daughter. She finds her on a man-made island that can submerge to avoid detection. The series was targeted for a juvenile audience and small children are the main focus of the story line. From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR. Information from "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows" by Jay Hickerson, and Roger Hohenbrink.
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OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHER'S GROUP
This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website and the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.
If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo.
This is the Single Episode Page. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. It is located at OTRR Certified Set. This page is provided in case you want to sample the shows.
Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements.
Relax, listen, and enjoy!
OTRR Definitions:
OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that is Certified Accurate indicates that all the episodes are properly identified and labeled but that the series does not contain all known extant episodes.
OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that is Certified Complete is the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implies that all the files in the series are Certified Accurate but also indicates that the series is as complete as possible – it includes all extant episodes.
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- 2006-12-01 02:38:29
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Reviewer:
packy1949
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September 6, 2020
Subject: "small children are the focus" ????
Subject: "small children are the focus" ????
summary says story line focus was for small children...really?
when i was a child i could not have followed this..but, as a 71 yr old coot i am following AND enjoying it.
and, in my 71 years i never heard of it.
when i was a child i could not have followed this..but, as a 71 yr old coot i am following AND enjoying it.
and, in my 71 years i never heard of it.
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July 30, 2020
Subject: OTRR Group update & address
Subject: OTRR Group update & address
The "Notes" section above has an outdated link to the ZIP-filed version of this 130-episode collection, which is now located at: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Maintained_Magic_Island
At this writing (July 2020) the two-file zip collection is from 2005, when the OTRR Group (otrr.org & otrrlibrary.org) was still based at Yahoo and called compilations like this "Certified Complete" sets, but the thing really "certified" is that ten people pitched in to produce the collection. An RTF file zipped in with the others identifies them:
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At this writing (July 2020) the two-file zip collection is from 2005, when the OTRR Group (otrr.org & otrrlibrary.org) was still based at Yahoo and called compilations like this "Certified Complete" sets, but the thing really "certified" is that ten people pitched in to produce the collection. An RTF file zipped in with the others identifies them:
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Corelli'sbelly1
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November 16, 2017
Subject: Surprising good!
Subject: Surprising good!
I've been listening to OTR for close to 15 years and this series somehow missed my attention until last month. Quite good, and despite supposedly being a "young person's show" I found it quite good. Production values are good, acting good, and the recording quality is very good,
About a half dozen episodes seem out of order but only by 1 episode and the episodes are so short that you can keep up easily. Don't be dissuaded by the large episode count, they go fast and the story never bogs down.
About a half dozen episodes seem out of order but only by 1 episode and the episodes are so short that you can keep up easily. Don't be dissuaded by the large episode count, they go fast and the story never bogs down.
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April 1, 2017
Subject: Smart, fascinating, addicting best kept secret in OTR
Subject: Smart, fascinating, addicting best kept secret in OTR
This is my 2nd review.
The recording is perfect, there's no muffling or overly compressed files that make it hard to hear or make out the words, its just like hearing it off of an LP, so thank you very much to the original recorder!
I can only describe this genre as "Science Fantasy". It combines fantasy and real science, and fiction science too. It's from the 1930s and as I said remarkably fine recording.
Special agent "G-lady" Patricia and her Man Friday "Tex" and boy wonder "Jerry Hall" take a yacht trip to the 30th parallel, to investigate the possible report of Patricia's long lost daughter whom she has not seen since the girl was an infant (from a shipwreck 14 yrs previous) as reported via amateur radio aired by dying sailor who'd miraculously escaped a mysterious island- an amateur report heard by the boy: Jerry is
"one of two people in the world with a 1 and a half meter amateur license" that quote was from the program. I think it's around 200 MHz, you'd have to look up the amateur bands and 1930s history to look this up but the show is fantasy, after all. There is a lot of real science in the program, that in the 1930s more of the listening audience would be sure to understand probably better than today's audience.Show aimed toward children ostensibly, but adults were found to be enthralled by the show (like your reviewer) Tubes that need heating up, electro-magnetism, other sorts of then-technology is featured strongly along with amateur and HF/VHF radio. sailing terminology, electronics, and suspensions of disbelief but the writing, acting, and dialogue make this show top shelf, and this is no easy ace given here.
Sally Creighton as "Patricia Gregory" her voice is lovely and I found her character believable and quite appealing. Rosa Barcelo as the long-lost daughter "Joan" aka "'Cleostra' (her name given her by "G-47", the evil head man of Euclidia- the Magic Island)
Patricia Gregory finds Joan, her long lost daughter on the magic island, named "Euclidia" a created island that can submerge to evade passing ships and planes! What a miraculous James Bond evil lair, created by an (evil?) genius, who has plans to create a one world technocracy.
Amazing moments: In the first few episodes, when "Joan" is getting to know her long lost mother, Patricia's character teaches Joan to pray. Patricia weeps with thankfulness and joy, and sadness that her daughter never was taught to pray before. The episode fades out to the words of Joan repeating the word of Patricia :"now I lay me down to sleep.. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.."
From The Digital Deli FTP website there is a definitive guide to Magic Island, and it mentions the fact the program refers to science such as: The emerging theory of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) technology and weapons.
Hydrogen as a power source.
The theory of binary chemical weapons.
fascinating program.
The recording is perfect, there's no muffling or overly compressed files that make it hard to hear or make out the words, its just like hearing it off of an LP, so thank you very much to the original recorder!
I can only describe this genre as "Science Fantasy". It combines fantasy and real science, and fiction science too. It's from the 1930s and as I said remarkably fine recording.
Special agent "G-lady" Patricia and her Man Friday "Tex" and boy wonder "Jerry Hall" take a yacht trip to the 30th parallel, to investigate the possible report of Patricia's long lost daughter whom she has not seen since the girl was an infant (from a shipwreck 14 yrs previous) as reported via amateur radio aired by dying sailor who'd miraculously escaped a mysterious island- an amateur report heard by the boy: Jerry is
"one of two people in the world with a 1 and a half meter amateur license" that quote was from the program. I think it's around 200 MHz, you'd have to look up the amateur bands and 1930s history to look this up but the show is fantasy, after all. There is a lot of real science in the program, that in the 1930s more of the listening audience would be sure to understand probably better than today's audience.Show aimed toward children ostensibly, but adults were found to be enthralled by the show (like your reviewer) Tubes that need heating up, electro-magnetism, other sorts of then-technology is featured strongly along with amateur and HF/VHF radio. sailing terminology, electronics, and suspensions of disbelief but the writing, acting, and dialogue make this show top shelf, and this is no easy ace given here.
Sally Creighton as "Patricia Gregory" her voice is lovely and I found her character believable and quite appealing. Rosa Barcelo as the long-lost daughter "Joan" aka "'Cleostra' (her name given her by "G-47", the evil head man of Euclidia- the Magic Island)
Patricia Gregory finds Joan, her long lost daughter on the magic island, named "Euclidia" a created island that can submerge to evade passing ships and planes! What a miraculous James Bond evil lair, created by an (evil?) genius, who has plans to create a one world technocracy.
Amazing moments: In the first few episodes, when "Joan" is getting to know her long lost mother, Patricia's character teaches Joan to pray. Patricia weeps with thankfulness and joy, and sadness that her daughter never was taught to pray before. The episode fades out to the words of Joan repeating the word of Patricia :"now I lay me down to sleep.. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.."
From The Digital Deli FTP website there is a definitive guide to Magic Island, and it mentions the fact the program refers to science such as: The emerging theory of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) technology and weapons.
Hydrogen as a power source.
The theory of binary chemical weapons.
fascinating program.
Reviewer:
LibbiMar
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August 23, 2016
Subject: Magic Island -- Alot of fun
Subject: Magic Island -- Alot of fun
I cam across Magic Island purely by chance and I'm so happy I did. The shows are well written and acted. Once you start listening, you'll be hooked. Great for adults and kids.
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July 25, 2015
Subject: Fond & Precious Memories
Subject: Fond & Precious Memories
Due to an illness and unforeseen circumstances, my daughter & I had to move from CA to KY and start over. We had practically NOTHING in our new apt. But, we did have a computer and we had enjoyed OTR in the past.
Our first summer in KY, we sat in our stifling apt and listened to The Magic Island. I think we thought it was more a kid's show as we weren't familiar with it. But since she was about 16 at the time, it was fine
It captured our imaginations from the first episode and we looked forward to being able to listen to a few more episodes every afternoon to pass the time.
This activity gave us good memories in a time of turmoil, adjustment and dreariness.
Her favorite OTR show is till Box 13 though! (I think she had a bit of a 'thing' for Dan Holliday!)
Our first summer in KY, we sat in our stifling apt and listened to The Magic Island. I think we thought it was more a kid's show as we weren't familiar with it. But since she was about 16 at the time, it was fine
It captured our imaginations from the first episode and we looked forward to being able to listen to a few more episodes every afternoon to pass the time.
This activity gave us good memories in a time of turmoil, adjustment and dreariness.
Her favorite OTR show is till Box 13 though! (I think she had a bit of a 'thing' for Dan Holliday!)
Reviewer:
wendu
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May 31, 2012
Subject: Mystery Solved and Wonderful Memories Revisted
Subject: Mystery Solved and Wonderful Memories Revisted
For sixty years I've had fleeting recall of an old radio show I listened to with my older brother in Vancouver, BC in 1951. As a young child I didn't fully understand what I was hearing but recalled that people were on a boat trapped in a strange, mysterious fog. I've often wondered what it was really about.
A few days ago I began an online search for "old radio show boat lost in fog" and very quickly discovered "Magic Island". I am currently working my way through all 130 episodes and enjoying them immensely. What a lovely trip down Memory Lane to a simpler time!
A few days ago I began an online search for "old radio show boat lost in fog" and very quickly discovered "Magic Island". I am currently working my way through all 130 episodes and enjoying them immensely. What a lovely trip down Memory Lane to a simpler time!
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d-boy
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February 7, 2012
Subject: Thank You
Subject: Thank You
For quite some time now, i've been feeling dangerously close to running out of OTR shows worth listening to. And now with only four episodes left of The Magic Island, that feeling is coming back. Somebody slipped a lot of real science into all the Golly Gee action......and somehow one really does come to care about these Old School American characters. Certainly the best self-contained serial i've heard since City of the Dead (Adventures by Morse). now it looks like i'll have to make do with Jerry of the Circus!
Reviewer:
D-Hub
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May 22, 2008
Subject: I love this show!
Subject: I love this show!
After listening to the first 4 or 5 episdoes, this show seemed to simplistic and kinda boring to me. But as the story progressed on the island the show really started to grow on me. The show can be enjoyable by children and grown-ups alike. There is alot of interesting scientific and and amazing contraptions. And the show has a lot of exciting situations. I really like the Sub commander Elaine character alot. But I prefer her Euclidian voice. haha
I've listened to to tons of OTR shows over the past few years and this show is now one of my all time favorites. I only have 17 episodes left before I'm doing listening to the series for the first time. I can't wait to start back over and listen to the whole thing again!
I've listened to to tons of OTR shows over the past few years and this show is now one of my all time favorites. I only have 17 episodes left before I'm doing listening to the series for the first time. I can't wait to start back over and listen to the whole thing again!
Reviewer:
nesaa
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May 17, 2007
Subject: This was fun!
Subject: This was fun!
I enjoyed hearing this show. It kept me intruged for all 130 episodes. Great fun for the children as well.
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