Radio Drama · Old Time Radio

Passing Parade

Heard
1943–1950
Episodes
22

This upload contains 20 episodes of the Old Time Radio show, Passing Parade. The show, hosted by John Nesbitt, brought the listener interesting tales from history, frequently strange but true, similar to the storytelling of Paul Harvey decades later. Unfortunately, although the show aired off and on from 1937-1951, only a handful of episodes have survived. It's a shame, since Nesbitt is an engaging storyteller and his stories are always interesting.

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Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. (xx) Landing on Sicily

    · 30 min

  2. (xx) Story Of Christmas Seals

    · 14 min

  3. (xx) D-Day Special

    · 14 min

  4. (xx) Small Incidents

    · 15 min

  5. (xx) Wild Jack Howard

    · 11 min

  6. Outstanding Heroism In Ordinary People

    · No. 4 · 15 min

  7. The Story of Franz Anton Mesmer

    · No. 9 · 11 min

  8. Elizabeth Woodcock

    · No. 10 · 11 min

  9. The Story of Typhoid Mary - Part One

    · No. 17 · 11 min

  10. The Story of Typhoid Mary - Part Two

    · No. 18 · 11 min

  11. Two Alchemists Who Tried To Create Gold From Mercury

    · No. 19 · 11 min

  12. A Woman Who Was In A Coma For Nine Years

    · No. 20 · 11 min

  13. The Man Who Discovered Troy

    · No. 24 · 11 min

  14. Story of The Mount Palomar Telescope - Part One

    · No. 47 · 11 min

  15. Story of The Mount Palomar Telescope - Part Two

    · No. 48 · 11 min

  16. Great Spenders

    · No. 271 · 15 min

  17. Empire State Crash

    · No. 303 · 15 min

  18. (xx) Francois Villon

    · 13 min

  19. (xx) Johnstown Flood

    · 16 min

  20. Morro Castle Disaster

    · No. 162 · 15 min

  21. The Passing Parade #39 The River of the Golden Sands (Cdf)

    No date given · No. 39 · 11 min

  22. The Passing Parade #40 The Master Counterfeiter (Cdf)

    No date given · No. 40 · 11 min

Where it comes from 2

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Passing Parade - 20 Episodes of the Old Time Radio program

    Old Time Radio · 20 episodes here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  2. Passing Parade

    The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection · The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection · 2 episodes here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

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

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