The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 63
- Genre
- mystery
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS Strange As It Seems was a radio program of strange and unusual tales about fantastic people and events, based on the daily syndicated newspaper cartoon panels of John Hix of the same name. Strange As It Seems began as a 15 minute radio program on March 22, 1935. It was broadcast over the Columbia Don Lee Coast radio network. The schedule was 3 nights a week, Sunday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:45 PM (6:45 during summer daylight savings time). The sponsor was Ex-Lax. In late September 1935 the show changed to two shows per week, dropping the Sunday show. In late September 1936 the schedule changed again to Tuesday and Friday nights. A 1936 booklet of the Strange As It Seems stories was sponsored by Ex-Lax and given away as a free promotion of the radio program by writing to the station. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Strange_As_It_Seems_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. Strange_As_It_Seems_39-09-21_ep006_The_World's_Most_Ingenious_Salesman · Date unknown
- 2. Strange_As_It_Seems_3x-xx-xx_ep016_The_World's_Smartest_Counterfeiter · Date unknown
- 3. The Martyr To Etiquette · Date unknown
Strange_As_It_Seems_39-09-21_ep006_The_World's_Most_Ingenious_Salesman
Date unknown · 24 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Strange_As_It_Seems_3x-xx-xx_ep016_The_World's_Smartest_Counterfeiter
Date unknown · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Martyr To Etiquette
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Strange_As_It_Seems_3x-xx-xx_ep045_Sarah_Bernhardt's_Coffin
Date unknown · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Owl Testifies At Trial
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Hot Money
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Raw Deal
Date unknown · 11 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Self-Appointed Record Breaker
Date unknown · 11 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
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CBS in 1940–1950
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