# Frankenstein

Heard 1932–2016. 26 episodes.

Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 19 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist who learns how to reanimate flesh and creates a being in the likeness of man out of body parts taken from the dead. In modern popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein" (especially in films since 1931). Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. The novel questions many debates that can be linked to today's culture. The evolution of man and the extent to which man collects knowledge can ultimately backfire and fail to produce any good outcomes.

## Sets

- Frankenstein (Old Time Radio): Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/Frankenstein_201606
- Frankenstein (Complete 1932 Radio Serial) (Listeners' uploads): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [1932, Frankenstein ep01, The Wanderer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/940038a8dfe6) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2001%29%20The%20Wanderer.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep02, Strange Genesis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/a9b1c51cd7b2) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2002%29%20Strange%20Genesis.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep03, The Power and the Price](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/48c0e1a3156c) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2003%29%20The%20Power%20And%20The%20Price.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep04, The Monster Returns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/05362c31fd89) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2004%29%20The%20Monster%20Returns.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep05, A Death in the Woods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/e4036fac706e) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2005%29%20A%20Death%20In%20The%20Woods.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep06, The Hunter and the Hunted](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/cfbf0772bf1c) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2006%29%20The%20Hunter%20And%20The%20Hunted.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep07, The Promise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/064382cf4d03) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2007%29%20The%20Promise.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep08, Reunion on Ornkey Island](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/1988cbdb5aaf) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2008%29%20Reunion%20On%20Ornkey%20Island.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep09, Bitter Homecoming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/d48353648fed) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2009%29%20Bitter%20Homecoming.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep10, Vendetta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/89c93405ddb9) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2010%29%20Vendetta.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep11, Escape and Exile](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/4b2374cb3905) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2011%29%20Escape%20And%20Exile.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep12, Pursuit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/a24c0b30bfaa) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2012%29%20Pursuit.mp3
1. [1932, Frankenstein ep13, The Last Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/94c1c76dc82a) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/Frankenstein_201606/Frankenstein%201931%20-%2013%29%20The%20Last%20Death.mp3
1. [The Wanderer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/2c5b87f4774e) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep01%20The%20Wanderer.mp3
1. [Strange Genesis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/b199da0a4002) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep02%20Strange%20Genesis.mp3
1. [The Power and the Price](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/474be817eff5) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep03%20The%20Power%20And%20The%20Price.mp3
1. [The Monster Returns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/2fd64f2840cc) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep04%20The%20Monster%20Returns.mp3
1. [A Death in the Woods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/75f2a2fffd1c) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep05%20A%20Death%20In%20the%20Woods.mp3
1. [The Hunter and the Hunted](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/db41ded3dada) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep06%20The%20Hunter%20and%20the%20Hunted.mp3
1. [The Promise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/0dcb56796489) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep07%20The%20Promise.mp3
1. [Reunion on Ornkey Island](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/1a591573412e) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep08%20Reunion%20On%20Ornkey%20Island.mp3
1. [Bitter Homecoming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/0dee722709e8) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep09%20Bitter%20Homecoming.mp3
1. [Vendetta](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/ffa42637d1bf) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep10%20Vendetta.mp3
1. [Escape and Exile](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/089d03492dd9) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep11%20Escape%20and%20Exile.mp3
1. [Pursuit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/be33c8c5698f) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep12%20Pursuit.mp3
1. [The Last Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/frankenstein/472555a10bbc) (13 min): https://archive.org/download/frankenstein-complete-1932-radio-serial/Ep13%20The%20Last%20Death.mp3

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.