Robert Arthur Jr.
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Sep 14, 2026
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Victor SterlingHOST
Robert A. Arthur Jr. and David Cogan wrote the story heard tonight, first presented on their earlier series, The Mysterious Traveler.
Victor SterlingHOST
On May 13th, 1945, Mutual brought it to The Sealed Book as episode nine, Out of the Past, with Philip Clark serving as host and narrator.
Victor SterlingHOST
A wealthy wife, seemingly secure in her marriage, receives blackmail demands connected with a scandal in her past.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Maurice Tarplin is heard as the mysterious traveller, with Frank Thomas and Joe DeSantis in the cast.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan wrote, directed and produced the programme.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Here is the original broadcast.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
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Victor SterlingNARRATOR
First heard July 6th, 1948.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Wendell Holmes and Roger DeKoven are featured in an original radio drama by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Now, back to the golden age of radio.
Carl CarusoNARRATOR
The Mutual Broadcasting System presents The Mysterious Traveler, written, produced, and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, and starring tonight, two stars of stage and radio, Wendell Holmes and Roger DeKoven, in an original radio drama titled The Man Who Vanished.
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
This is the Mysterious Traveler, inviting you to join me on another journey into the realm of the strange and the terrifying.
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
I hope you will enjoy the trip, that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little.
29 MINS LATER
Carl CarusoNARRATOR
Broadcast engineer was Al King.
Carl CarusoNARRATOR
Sound was by Hal Reed.
Bob EmmerichNARRATOR
Mutual Broadcasting System presents The Mysterious Traveler.
Bob EmmerichNARRATOR
Written, produced, and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Coker.
Bob EmmerichNARRATOR
And featuring tonight, two of radio's most distinguished personalities, Santos Ortega and Richard Cougar in No Grave Can Hold Me.
Maurice ToplinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is the Mysterious Traveler, inviting you to join me on another journey into the realm of the strange and the terrifying.
Victor SterlingHOST
That situation leads into a supernatural domestic nightmare in Till Death Do Us Part, episode 17 of the sealed book.
Victor SterlingHOST
Originally broadcast by Mutual on July 8, 1945, the program is hosted by Philip Clark and written by Robert Arthur Jr. and David Kogan.
Victor SterlingHOST
Jock McGregor directed and produced this woe-our production for the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Victor SterlingHOST
And now, our story begins.
Elsie SelwynNARRATOR
Read by Elsie Selwyn.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
The Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Arthur.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
This is a LibriVox recording.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Peter Gurgis.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
The Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Arthur.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
The world would beat a path to Elmer's door, but he had to go carry the door along with him.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
It was the darndest traffic jam I'd ever seen in White Plains.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Their ordeal is the setting for Strange New World, episode 344 of The Mysterious Traveller, heard on Mutual February 19, 1952.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Maurice Tarplin appears as the mysterious traveller, with Clifford Carpenter and Lawson Zerbe, The script is by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, who also directed and produced.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Near waters once used for atomic tests, the airmen searched the island for shelter and supplies, and now the original broadcast.
Bill TonkinNARRATOR
The Mutual Broadcasting System presents The Mysterious Traveler, written, produced, and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Cogan, and starring two of radio's foremost actors, Clifford Carpenter and Lawson Zerbe, in Strange New World.
Bill TonkinNARRATOR
Strange New World
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
This is the mysterious traveler inviting you to join me on another journey into the realm of the strange and the terrified.
Elsie SelwynNARRATOR
Read by Elsie Selwyn.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
The Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Arthur.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
This is a LibriVox recording.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Peter Gurgis.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
The Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Arthur.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
The world would beat a path to Elmer's door, but he had to go carry the door along with him.
Peter GurgisNARRATOR
It was the darndest traffic jam I'd ever seen in White Plains.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Morris Tarplin is heard as the mysterious traveler, with Staats Cotsworth, Sarah Burton, and Sandra Gould.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
The script is by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, and Jock McGregor directed.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Ladies and gentlemen, the curtain rises.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Here is the original broadcast.
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
[wolf howling] Maurice Tarplin heads a cast including Santos Ortega, Neil O'Malley, Agnes Young, and Ted Jewett.
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
Robert A. Arthur and David Cogan receive the writing, directing, and producing credits.
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
Now, back to the Golden Age of Radio.
Maurice TarplinNARRATOR
[eerie music]
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