Piece Description

"Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman" Joe Bevilacqua reads (acting all the voices) this new story written by Jim Harmon, published in the book, It's That Time Again: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio, published by Bear Manor Media. A perfect Halloween bit of story-telling. "I could not have liked it more. Wonderful! It was like getting to hear a new Tom Mix episode. You are a fine actor. You should have a great career reading many books. I have never heard anyone do it better." - Jim Harmon, author and radio historian. SUGGESTED COMPANION SHOW: "The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast" http://www.prx.org/pieces/28807 In this 1988 documentary, Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman and writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson and the people of Grover's Mill, NJ who lived through the "Martian Invasion.' This is a perfect program to air on the end of October, as a Halloween special (NOTE: October 30, 2008 is the 70th anniversary of the infamous Orson Welles radio broadcast.)