The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1940–1940
- Surviving broadcasts
- 24
- Genre
- adventure
The exploits of Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman who, by wearing bullet-proof blue chain mail, transformed himself into the mysterious Blue Beetle, a daring crusader for justice. The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
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
5 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1940, in original transmission order.
- 1. Drug Ring - Parts 1 & 2 · 15 May 1940
- 2. Sabotage And Liquidation - Parts 1 and 2 · 17 May 1940
- 3. Murder For Profit - Parts 1 and 2 · 22 May 1940
Jewel Mystery Of Channel Island - Parts 1 and 2
11 Sep 1940 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 11 September 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Asylum Of Doctor Drear - Parts 1 and 2
4 Sep 1940 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 September 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Whale Of Pirates Folly - Parts 1 and 2
28 Aug 1940 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 August 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Dancing Ghost Of Rocky Hill - Parts 1 and 2
21 Aug 1940 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 21 August 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Underworld Goes Underground - Parts 1 And 2
14 Aug 1940 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 14 August 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Two Rackets In One - Part 1 and 2
7 Aug 1940 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 7 August 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Smashing The Restaurant Racket - Parts 1 and 2
31 Jul 1940 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 31 July 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Sabotage Incorporated - Parts 1 and 2
24 Jul 1940 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 July 1940. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1940–1940
Other series the network carried while The Blue Beetle was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The rocket age
Dimension X put Bradbury and Asimov on the air with sound design as the special effect. Every science fiction audio drama since is working in that studio.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Blue Beetle
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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