Jack London declared nothing could match the pleasure of curling up with a good book and a bag of candy on a Saturday afternoon. While nothing can match it, one thing can surprass it: that is driving down a moonlit road, bathed in the green glow of the dashboard lights while listening to a riveting radio thriller!

NEW CAPTAIN UNDERHILL RADIO THRILLER IN THE WORKS:

   "THE MERMAID ON HALLOWEEN BRIDGE"

COMING THIS FALL.  YOUR NERVE ENDINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

TRY THESE CAPTAIN UNDERHILL MYSTERIES:

“The Case of the Calico Lobster”

(85 minutes)

Mobster kidnaps Hercules, world’s largest captive lobster, and holds it for ransom, threatening to devour it unless radio DJ, Molly Neptune, pays off her father’s gambling debt. Now Capt. Underhill must save the lobster before it ‘sleeps with the fishes’. Includes material contributed by Tom Lehrer.

“ The Case of the Four Little Beatles”

(75 minutes)

The Day the Beatles secretly came to Cape Cod is both an historical fact and the departure point for this sendup of Agatha Christies’ classic mystery play, “Ten Little Indians”. Stellar cast includes regulars Dave Ellsworth and Wally O’Hara; Beatles sound alikes; as well as Jerry Nelson , creator of numerous characters from The Muppet Show and Sesame Street (e.g. Count Von Count).

Featured Radio Mysteries

Edgar Allan Crow and the Purloined, Purloined Letter

Anything can happen at the Antiques Roadshow, including the discovery of a treasure trove of Edgar Allen Poe memorabilia. Crooked antiques dealer "Augie Nickleswhite" has his eyes on the prize. Can Captain Underhill stand in his way? <more> <audio clip>

The Cobra in the Kindergarten

Swift, silent and deadly, it slithers along its path, an accident waiting to happen. When an Egyptian cobra is accidentally released across the street from an elementary school, it's a disaster waiting to happen. Luckily, Captain Underhill and Doctor Scofield are on hand, but can they run the reptile to ground? <more>

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     “Radio mysteries can grip us, enthrall us, scare us.  They can challenge us to match wits with a criminal and be as discerning as a detective.  They can help us develop imagination in a way television –often accused of having a stultifying effect—cannot.  (Harvard research has shown that activities which develop and nurture the imagination can serve a variety of other skills including logic, problem-solving and design.) 

         Radio mysteries need not be merely fluff and entertainment.  Detective stories can demonstrate logic and reasoning and can draw upon all branches of learning:  the natural sciences, physics, chemistry, medicine, law, forensics, the list is endless.  They may be as literary as Raymond Chandler, as tightly plotted as James M. Cain.  They may also confront social issues."  

 Except from Current Magazine

"Rethinking Radio Mystery"

                                                                                  by Steven Thomas Oney      

Dear Fans of CCRMT:  

Rare DVD now available

In The News

                                           
Check out Chris Dueker's insightful analysis of "The Buoy" at http://www.radiodramarevival.com/malleus-review-the-buoy-english/

Crime in the Classroom -
Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater Lesson Plans

That's right, Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater isn't just used to entertain; it's being used to educate as well.

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Economy CDs now available
The entire series is now available on a set of economy CDs. More information here!

Ode to the Front Page

 By: Thomas St. Eve

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

    Perfect for trips all alone,

    To give one companionship,

    When you’ve got no cell phone,

     Except on lonely stretches,

    Of highway exposed.

     Who’s in the backseat?

     Nobody knows.

 Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

    Martians invading,

    Killers masquerading,

    ‘Down these mean streets’,

    Edge of your seat.

Radio Mysteries . . .

    Things that give one a fright,

    Like drunk drivers driving,

    On Saturday night,

    Other things that go bump in the night.

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

    Victims slumping,

    Bodies sagging,

    Underhill discerning,

    Then learning,

    Then testing,

    Then besting,

    Then arresting,

    Then bragging,

   Scofield nagging.

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

      We keep singing our name,

       Like the proverbial stool pigeon,

       Because it lifts us up,

       In the verbial search engines,

       Repeating key words,

       Works very well,

       But this is a secret so please 

       don't tell. 

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

       Try one, if you like,

       We hope you'll buy more,

       To keep our actors from   

        succumbing,

        To the wolf at the door,

        And prevent us from posting,

        'Alms for the poor',

Cape Cod Radio Mystery . . .

       Our strategy's shifted,

       It's you, valued customer, we're

       thanking, the gifted,

       Borrowing a page,

       From Burma Shave,

       From whence this pitch was

       lifted.