THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY . . .

For those of you who, over the years, have enjoyed the music of Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater, which has been an integral part of the quality of the series since its inception, (for example, the inspired CCRMT theme music and the tour-de-force underscoring to shows like Danger at Seven Mile Bend, Don’t Touch That Dial and The Case of the Shooting Star), we invite you to partake of composer Mark Birmingham’s piano based, instrumental CD, Garden Life, featuring the same impeccable musicianship in 9 original compositions that are thrilling, not because they underscore some dramatic scene, but because they are thrilling in themselves. Sample a few tracks here and you’ll see.

NOW AVAILABLE   "THE MERMAID ON HALLOWEEN BRIDGE"

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Synopsis:       For years an anonymous Cape Cod mural painter has been adorning the underpass to the Barnstable Village railroad bridge with images of scantily clad nudes in Clasical poses. An activity which, although many in the Village enjoy them and approve, is also illegal and a source of irritation particuarly to nearby neighbor, Otis Narwhal, who feels the paintings go too far. With night-vision binoculars he sits on his portch at night hoping to spy the Phantom Artist at work and report her to the local police.

  When his spying succeeds he calls in the cops, (including Captain Underhill ), thinking this will put an end to it, but, unfortunately, it is only the begininng: the beginning of the suspense and the beginning of the terror. ‘The Mermaid on Halloween Bridge’ is a real time suspense thriller perfect for the Jack-o-Lantern season!

 

IN THE MEANTIME,

TRY THESE CAPTAIN UNDERHILL MYSTERIES:

 

“The Case of the Calico Lobster”

(85 minutes)

Mobster kidnaps Hercules, world’s largest captive lobster, and holds it for ransom, threatening to devour it unless radio DJ, Molly Neptune, pays off her father’s gambling debt. Now Capt. Underhill must save the lobster before it ‘sleeps with the fishes’. Includes material contributed by Tom Lehrer.

 

"The Case of the Four LIttle Beatles"

(75 minutes)

The Day the Beatles secretly came to Cape Cod is both an historical fact and the departure point for this sendup of Agatha Christies’ classic mystery play, “Ten Little Indians”. Stellar cast includes regulars Dave Ellsworth and Wally O’Hara; Beatles sound alikes; as well as Jerry Nelson , creator of numerous characters from The Muppet Show and Sesame Street (e.g. Count Von Count).

 

Featured Radio Mysteries

Edgar Allan Crow and the Purloined, Purloined Letter

Anything can happen at the Antiques Roadshow, including the discovery of a treasure trove of Edgar Allen Poe memorabilia. Crooked antiques dealer "Augie Nickleswhite" has his eyes on the prize. Can Captain Underhill stand in his way? <more> <audio clip>

 

The Cobra in the Kindergarten

Swift, silent and deadly, it slithers along its path, an accident waiting to happen. When an Egyptian cobra is accidentally released across the street from an elementary school, it's a disaster waiting to happen. Luckily, Captain Underhill and Doctor Scofield are on hand, but can they run the reptile to ground? <more>

 

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 Learn While You Squirm  

     “Radio mysteries can grip us, enthrall us, scare us.  They can challenge us to match wits with a criminal and be as discerning as a detective.  They can help us develop imagination in a way television –often accused of having a stultifying effect—cannot.  (Harvard research has shown that activities which develop and nurture the imagination can serve a variety of other skills including logic, problem-solving and design.) 

         Radio mysteries need not be merely fluff and entertainment.  Detective stories can demonstrate logic and reasoning and can draw upon all branches of learning:  the natural sciences, physics, chemistry, medicine, law, forensics, the list is endless.  They may be as literary as Raymond Chandler, as tightly plotted as James M. Cain.  They may also confront social issues."  

 Except from Current Magazine

"Rethinking Radio Mystery"

                                                                               

                                                                                  by Steven Thomas Oney      

 

 

Ode to the Front Page

 By: Thomas St. Eve

         

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

    Perfect for trips all alone,

    To give one companionship,

    When you’ve got no cell phone,

     Except on lonely stretches,

    Of highway exposed.

     Who’s in the backseat?

     Nobody knows.

 

 Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

    Martians invading,

    Killers masquerading,

    ‘Down these mean streets’,

    Edge of your seat.

 

Radio Mysteries . . .

    Things that give one a fright,

    Like drunk drivers driving,

    On Saturday night,

    Other things that go bump in the night.

   

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

    Victims slumping,

    Bodies sagging,

    Underhill discerning,

    Then learning,

    Then testing,

    Then besting,

    Then arresting,

    Then bragging,

   Scofield nagging.

   

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

      We keep singing our name,

       Like the proverbial stool pigeon,

       Because it lifts us up,

       In the verbial search engines,

       Repeating key words,

       Works very well,

       But this is a secret so please 

       don't tell. 

 

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

       Try one, if you like,

       We hope you'll buy more,

       To keep our actors from   

        succumbing,

        To the wolf at the door,

        And prevent us from posting,

        'Alms for the poor',

 

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

       Our strategy's shifted,

       It's you, valued customer, we're

       thanking, the gifted,

       Borrowing a page,

       From Burma Shave,

       From whence this pitch was

       lifted.   

 

  Burma Shave.

 

It's a foggy night on old Cape Cod.
A perfect night! . . . for a mystery.

Economy CDs now available:
24 programs are now available on a set of economy CDs.

More information here!


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The Art of Radio Mystery . . . exemplified!

COMPLETE LIST OF SHOWS AVAILABLE:

 

1) ‘THE LEGACY OF EURIAH PILLAR” (**) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .42 minutes

 

2) “THE CALLER ON LINE ONE”     . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 36 minutes

 

3) “THE CASE OF THE AUTOMATIC MURDERS” (**) . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 minutes

 

4) “THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MISER” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 minutes

 

5) “THE CURSE OF THE WHALE’S TOOTH” (**) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 minutes

 

6) “THE HYPNOTIST”    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 minutes

 

7) “A TEST FOR MURDER”   (**)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 minutes

 

8) “MURDER FROM THE BRIDGE” (**)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 minutes

 

9) “FIVE FATHOM RIP”       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 minutes

 

10) “MR. HUGO’S NIGHT TO REMEMBER”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 minutes

 

11) “THE BUOY”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 minutes

 

12) “PLAYBACK”         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 minutes

 

13) “SOME PEOPLE ARE MISSING ON CANAL STREET ”   . . . . . . . . . 48 minutes

 

14) “THE CASE OF THE SHOOTING STAR”   (**)     . . . . . . . . . 52 minutes

 

15) “THE GOLDEN IDOL, THE MAGWITCH AND THE DONKEY’S TAIL”   (**). . . . 66 minutes

 

16) “THE WHEREABOUTS OF HEIDI McKNOWN” (**) . . . . . . . . . . . 69 minutes

 

17) “THE JUNEBUG MYSTERY”     (**)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 minutes

 

18) “DANGER AT SEVEN MILE BEND”       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 minutes

 

19) “THE MYSTERY OF ANNA GALE”   (**)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 minutes

 

20) “MURDERING DICKENS”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 minutes

 

21) “THE WHIRLPOOL” (**). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 minutes

 

22) “THE CASE OF THE INDIAN FLASHLIGHTS” (**) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 minutes

 

23) “THE QUEEN IS IN THE COUNTING HOUSE” (**)   . . . . . . . . . . 72 minutes

 

24) “DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL!” (**). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .40 minutes

 

25) “EDGAR ALLAN CROW AND THE PURLOINED, PURLOINED LETTER” (**) . . . . . . . . . .90 minutes

 

26) “THE COBRA IN THE KINDERGARTEN”   (**) . . . . . . . . . 47 minutes

27) “THE CASE OF THE CALICO LOBSTER”   (**) . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 minutes

 

28) “THE CASE OF THE FOUR LITTLE BEATLES”   (**) . . . . . 75 minutes

29) "THE CASE OF THE CALICO LOBSTER"

(**) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 minutes

30)  "THE MERMAID ON HALLOWEEN BRIDGE" (**) . . . . . . . . .89 minutes

31) "CAPT. UNDERHILL AND THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS ON TRIAL" (**)  TO BE RELEASED

(*) All programs written by Steven Thomas Oney (excepting Charles Dickens material in “Murdering Dickens”)

 

(**) Captain Underhill mystery

 

Dear Fans of CCRMT:  

Rare DVD now available

       For your viewing pleasure:  a DVD recording of a rare 1995 video-taped, live performance of 'The Golden Idol, the Magwitch and the Donkey's Tail' presented at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts. Cast includes Dave Ellsworth, Wally O’Hara, Stephen Russell , Anne Marie Lang, Ed Cochran, Don Bliss and other regulars.

In The News

                

                                           
Check out Chris Dueker's insightful analysis of "The Buoy" at http://www.radiodramarevival.com/malleus-review-the-buoy-english/

Crime in the Classroom -
Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater Lesson Plans

That's right, Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater isn't just used to entertain; it's being used to educate as well.

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