Item Description

"Magic Island" was a science-fantasy radio serial syndicated in 1936.

The storyline followed wealthy Patricia Gregory as she ended her 14-year search in the South Pacific for her long lost daughter Joan. When Joan was one-year-old, the Gregory yacht was shipwrecked near the 30th Parallel. Lashed to a lifeboat, Joan was presumed lost by all but Patricia. In the opening episode, she receives a tip about a white girl living on a mysterious island populated by scientifically advanced people in the Pacific. After the reunion of mother and daughter, the program dramatized their subsequent adventures on the island which could submerge to escape detection.

Targeted at a juvenile audience, Magic Island featured Sally Creighton as "Patricia Gregory", Rosa Barcelo as "Joan Gregory", Tommy Carr as "Jerry Hall" and Will H. Reynolds as "Capt. Tex Bradford".

The producer-writer was Perry Crandall, who was also the program's announcer.


This collection of "Magic Island" radio programs features 128 shows on 1 compact disc. Each episode is presented in the .mp3 format. There are close to 26 hours of entertaining "Magic Island" episodes.

The CD is labeled and provided in a highly protective jewel case. A list of the programs on the disc as well as the date the program originally aired (if known) is also provided.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR EQUIPMENT WILL PLAY MP3 FORMATTED FILES BEFORE PURCHASING THIS ITEM.

IT IS ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO ENSURE THAT HIS OR HER EQUIPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE MP3 FORMAT.


A note concerning sound quality. The sound quality for the shows in this collection is very good to good. It is difficult to find perfect recordings from the golden age of radio due to the equipment used for recording and the fact that many of the recordings were made 60, 70 or even 80 years ago.

Episode Listing for the Magic Island programs included in this collection:

Magic Island 001 Jerry Hall's Proposal
Magic Island 002 Leaving LA for Magic Island c Island
Magic Island 003 Strange Windstorm
Magic Island 004 Strange Bank Of Fog
Magic Island 005 Tex Prepares Straightascope
Magic Island 006 Island In The Viewer
Magic Island 007 Pulled By Magnetic Force
Magic Island 008 Joan Found On Euclidia
Magic Island 009 G47 Uses His Ray Gun
Magic Island 010 False Radio Mesg
Magic Island 011 Island Secrets
Magic Island 012 Last Radio Msg Frm Magic Island c Island
Magic Island 013 Joan Stays On The Yacht
Magic Island 014 The Cloth Factory On The Island
Magic Island 015 Staged Escape Attempt
Magic Island 016 Soundproof Seaweed Cloth
Magic Island 017 Homing Pidgeon
Magic Island 018 Pidgeons Released
Magic Island 019 The Secret Formula
Magic Island 020 G47 Has The Pidgeon & Formula
Magic Island 021 A Different Formula
Magic Island 022 Trapped In An Elevator
Magic Island 023 Elevator Escape
Magic Island 024 Stolen Oxygen Tank
Magic Island 025 Battleships Approach
Magic Island 026 Magic Island c Island Prepares To Submerge
Magic Island 027 Radio Signals Within The Island
Magic Island 028 Joan & Jerry Board The Submarine
Magic Island 029 A Woman Commander
Magic Island 030 Message To Johnson
Magic Island 031 Joan & Jerry Ray Gunned
Magic Island 032 Sub Heads For Johnson's Ship
Magic Island 033 Sub Surfaces To Meet Johnson's Ship
Magic Island 034 Johnson Speeds Away
Magic Island 035 Tex Contacts Johnson
Magic Island 036 Johnson's Ship Runs Out Of Fuel
Magic Island 037 Gregory's Yacht Is Pulled Out Into the Light
Magic Island 038 Commander Talks To Johnson
Magic Island 039 Everyone Arrives
Magic Island 040 McLeod Poses As Johnson
Magic Island 041 Help From The Sub Commander
Magic Island 042 The Gas Is Released
Magic Island 043 Jerry & Joan Escape
Magic Island 044 Transferring Oil
Magic Island 045 Escape Attempt Tonight
Magic Island 046 Power Shutdown Plan
Magic Island 047 Joan Fires At Jerry
Magic Island 048 Escape From Guard
Magic Island 049 Ready To Throw Switches
Magic Island 050 The Alarm Sound
Magic Island 051 Swim For The Boat
Magic Island 052 Island Sinks & A Successful Escape
Magic Island 053 Lighted Buoys Mark The Route
Magic Island 054 Out Of Fuel
Magic Island 055 Sub Catches Up
Magic Island 056 Sub Tows Yacht Back To Island
Magic Island 057 Two Guards Knocked Out
Magic Island 058 In A Chamber 90' Underground
Magic Island 059 Island Gets Ready To Move
Magic Island 060 Chamber Filling With Water
Magic Island 061 Tex Is Ray Gunned
Magic Island 062 Safe For 3 Days
Magic Island 063 Keystone Notes
Magic Island 064 Locked In Rooms
Magic Island 065 Reunited
Magic Island 066 Stealing A Sub
Magic Island 067 The Warning Signal
Magic Island 068 90 Second Intervals
Magic Island 069 Attacked From The Air
Magic Island 070 Sub Dives To 9000'
Magic Island 071 10 Secs For The Combination
Magic Island 072 Protection Around The Sub
Magic Island 073 Stern Section Dumped Off
Magic Island 074 Getting Seasick
Magic Island 075 Another Sub Follows
Magic Island 076 Tex Tries The Radio
Magic Island 077 Coded Message Keynotes Hit Sub
Magic Island 078 Sailboat Pickup
Magic Island 079 Sprayed With A Chemical
Magic Island 080 Rescued By Oil Tanker
Magic Island 081 Joan & Jerry Stay Behind
Magic Island 082 Jerry Shows L.A. To Joan
Magic Island 083 Someone's In The House
Magic Island 084 Smelling Smoke Alarms Everyone
Magic Island 085 Planning The Return
Magic Island 086 Joan Is Afraid
Magic Island 087 Sailing For The Magic Island
Magic Island 088 Joan Questions The Crew
Magic Island 089 Large Bad Storm Causes Problems
Magic Island 090 Engineer Peterson Is Taken Prisoner
Magic Island 091 Ship Arrives At The Island
Magic Island 092 Descent Into Modern Atlantis
Magic Island 093 Everyone Disappears
Magic Island 094 Questioned By G47
Magic Island 095 Beautiful Apartment
Magic Island 096 City Is Discovered
Magic Island 097 13 Large Cave Rooms
Magic Island 098 Old Skipper Found Caring For Animals
Magic Island 099 Meeting Master Builder
Magic Island 100 Artificial Volcano Eruption
Magic Island 101 Ships Moved Away
Magic Island 102 Comparing Notes
Magic Island 103 The Pigeons
Magic Island 104 Talk About Future Plans
Magic Island 105 Jerry & Tex Disappear
Magic Island 106 Listening To Radio Broadcast
Magic Island 107 Aboard A Test Rocket Plane
Magic Island 108 Test Flight
Magic Island 109 Instruments Have Failed
Magic Island 110 Rocket Plane In The Water
Magic Island 111 All Four Are Rescued
Magic Island 112 Elaine Has A New Home
Magic Island 113 An Airlock Is Discovered
Magic Island 114 Making Escape Plans
Magic Island 115 Keystone Note Demonstration
Magic Island 116 Tex Is Suspicious Of Elaine
Magic Island 117 Daring Escape Attempt
Magic Island 118 Landing On Lake Hollywood
Magic Island 119 Second Return Is Planned
Magic Island 120 Tex Takes Off With Elaine & Is Seen
Magic Island 121 Stopping Reporters Story
Magic Island 122 Tex & Elaine Control Euclidia
Magic Island 123 Motor Almost Dead
Magic Island 124 Island Being Raised
Magic Island 125 They Are Sinking
Magic Island 126 On A Life Raft
Magic Island 127 G47 Surrenders
Magic Island 128 G47 Has Disappeared

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