• "Dr Christian: To Live A Dream" recreation of Rod Serling's first script, a classic radio 1949 drama
    Feb 14 2026

    Even the greatest creative people had to start somewhere. For Rod Serling, whose "Twilight Zone" series is one of the landmarks of television, it was the radio series "Doctor Christian." Project Audion is proud to recreate his very first professionally-sold script for that show, which hasn't been heard since it originally aired back on November 9, 1949.

    Doctor Christian, which starred Jean Herscholt, was a popular and long-running light drama series about a small town doctor and the wide range of people he helped. While completing college, Rod Serling submitted a script about a boxer who was facing the fight of his life - titled "To Live a Dream." Entered into the annual Dr. Christian scriptwriting contest, it came in second place, and gave Serling his first income from writing, his first national broadcast...and the first step of Rod Serling's own dream. It's a surprisingly polished and intense first step, at that! Audion's far-flung voice actors included.

    Ken Raney in Texas
    Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia
    Sheree Wichard in Pennsylvania
    Pete Lutz in Texas
    Hunter Adkins in Maryland
    Dana Gonsalves in Texas
    and Tim Burns in Kansas
    Music, Sound, production and direction from Larry Groebe in Texas.

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    43 mins
  • "Arch Oboler's Plays: Special to Hollywood" remastered recreation of audio drama from 1945
    Jan 10 2026

    Arch Oboler was one of radio's most accomplished writer/producers. Although he may be best known for his creepy horror scripts, he cared deeply about the human condition and regularly tackled weighty topics. "Special To Hollywood" was an indictment of the vacuousness of Hollywood celebrity, told in a sort of proto-"Twilight Zone" form. The story was performed on three occasions, and the 1945 script (from the series "Arch Oboler's Plays") became the core of Project Audion's second-ever show back in 2020. Six years later, we've gone back to our old Zoom files and remixed them because - well, just because it's a yarn that's worth re-hearing with a message that is still relevant today. Our cast:

    Patte Rosebank, Canada
    Tim Burns, Kansas
    Larry Jurrist, Florida
    Trevor Rines, Canada
    Paul Arbisi, Illinois
    Directed by Patte Rosebank, & Produced by Larry Groebe

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    36 mins
  • "A Christmas Carol" classic holiday Audio Drama recreated for a live studio audience
    Dec 24 2025

    Project Audion presents a special Christmas audio drama recorded before a live audience at the Grapevine (TX) Public Library on December 14, 2025 as part of "Christmas On The Air."

    This half hour recreates a "A Christmas Carol" as it was traditionally heard on on the radio networks in the days before television. For nearly two decades spread across across the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, actor Lionel Barrymore definitively portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge for eager American radio listeners. We recreated his 1949 production with a full cast, right down to Tiny Tim, plus music and live sound effects. It's the voices of Christmas past, here as your Christmas present...

    Kim Titus
    Mitch Carr
    Reg Platt
    Susan Platt
    Brian Hoffman
    Gary Layton
    Sheela Bailey
    A. J. Glendenning
    Pierce Morgan
    Chase Morgan
    Produced and directed by Larry Groebe

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    40 mins
  • "The Men From the Ministry" lost 1964 Christmas radio comedy, recreated for a live studio audience
    Dec 24 2025

    Project Audion presents a special Christmas audio comedy, recorded before a live audience at the Grapevine (TX) Public Library on December 14, 2025 as part of "Christmas On The Air."

    This show recreates a special Christmas episode of the beloved British radio sitcom "The Men From the Ministry" which was extremely popular during the 1960s and 1970s (and still re-run on the BBC today). The show satirized governmental bureaucracy, but it only aired a single Christmas episode, in December 1964. That recording was subsequently lost or wiped, so Project Audion, performing from the delightfully funny original script, is bringing back to life something which NO ONE has heard in over 60 years! Listen as two bumbling bureaucrats attempt to spread a little Christmas cheer with their plans to deliver "A Present for Norman."

    A. J. Glendenning
    Gary Layton
    Kim Titus
    Mitch Carr
    Brian Hoffman
    Reg Platt
    Susan Platt
    Sheela Bailey
    Produced and directed by Larry Groebe

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    41 mins
  • The Bob Hope Pepsodent Show: live tribute recreation of classic 1940s-era radio comedy
    Dec 13 2025

    Bob Hope was one of the 20th century's greatest entertainers: in vaudeville and movies, and especially his radio (and later TV) comedies, so often performed in front of appreciative US servicemen, kept America smiling for better than six decades. He became an icon of American humor, and it is a special task to bring the Hope style back to life. But now Project Audion premieres a "new" 1940s-era Bob Hope radio show, thanks to the pen of former Hope writer Robert L. Mills, the vocal wizardry of Bill Johnson, and Project Audion's versatile voice actors. In this new Christmas creation, Bob's guest star is Lana Turner, who joins him to spoof the classic movie "Double Indemnity." It's a show to make you smile!

    Our cast:
    Bill Johnson in Nevada
    Stephanie Johnson in Virginia
    Les Marsden in California
    Jacob Palka In Illinois
    Bethany Baldwin in South Carolina
    Dane Allred in Utah

    The show was written by Bob Mills in California
    and produced and directed by Larry Groebe from Texas

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    50 mins
  • "Meet The Creators" Panel discussion about Audio Drama
    Nov 16 2025

    If you love audio drama, then you will appreciate Project Audion's November episode, which is NOT an audio drama but a podcast ABOUT audio drama - and why we make it, particularly in a time when Artificial Intelligence may be able to impact this art form. youcan "Meet The Creators" of some of best, longest-running modern radio-drama groups in North America, as they discuss why they find value in creating new audio fiction in the 21st century. What's the point in revisiting and continuing this old storytelling art form?

    The 45-minute discussion was at different times lively, nostalgic, angry, funny, feisty, thoughtful, enthusiastic, even emotional. Our panelists included Jeff Billard, Doug Fain, Larry Groebe, Tom Konkle, Pete Lutz, Robert L. Mills, Patte Rosebank, Jack Ward...and ChatGPT. As Artificial Intelligence seems to be replacing human efforts in so many different aspects of life, how should we define the roles of both people and AI in creating twenty-first century audio stories.

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    49 mins
  • Eno Crime Clues "The Petticoat Ghost" recreation of pioneering March 1936 mystery audio drama
    Oct 11 2025

    From the early days of the classic era of audio drama, Project Audion recreates a unique ghost-story/murder-mystery taken from a radio drama which is now so forgotten that it, too, might well be a ghost. But in the early 1930s "Eno Crime Clues" was a major radio hit, following the adventures of detective Spencer Dean (known as "The Manhunter") and his partner, Dan Cassidy. Our lost script from 1936 took the show in a new direction. You know how Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" made such an impact by making the story sound like a genuine on-the-spot broadcast? Well, he wasn't the first. This Crime Clues episode tried the same trick over two years earlier, using a real location, the show's genuine announcer and director, and a remote broadcast which -- well, you'll just have to listen...

    Our cast:

    TOM KONKLE in California
    PAUL ARBISI in Illinois
    HOLLY ADAMS in NY
    DOUGLAS HERMAN in California
    PAUL PATTERSON in Georgia
    DAVID RIES also in Georgia
    KEN RANEY in Texas
    PAUL KOVIT in New York
    and LARRY GROEBE, directing from Texas

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    35 mins
  • Gunsmoke "Ben Thompson" live recreation of lost adult western classic audio drama from 1952
    Sep 13 2025

    Gunsmoke! The show that created the "adult western" drama genre...the show that moved westerns from the kid-centered "Lone Ranger" into darker, more mature themes... the show that ran for 10 years and nearly 500 radio episodes, and 20 years and 600 more chapters on television. A handful of Gunsmoke audio recordings have been lost for seven decades, but Project Audion now recreates one of those missing episodes - in fact, Gunsmoke's second-ever show from May 3, 1952.

    Listen to our-country cast bring back Marshall Matt Dillon, Doc Adams, Chester and others in this live Zoom recording of the dark drama titled "Ben Thompson."

    Denny Thompson, Colorado
    Glenn Hascall, Kansas
    Norman Cline, Kentucky
    Kim Titus, Texas
    Jane Beverley, New Jersey
    Pete Fernbaugh, West Virginia
    Duane Noch, New Jersey
    Caleb Fisher, Virginia
    Production supervised by Larry Groebe, Texas

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    40 mins