30 minute adventure episodes
Clyde Beatty joined the circus as a cage cleaner as a teen and became famous as a lion tamer and animal trainer. He also became a circus impresario who owned his own show that later merged with the Cole Bros. Circus to form the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. Beatty became famous for his "fighting act," in which he entered the cage with wild animals with a whip and a pistol strapped to his side. The act was designed to showcase his courage and mastery of the wild beasts, which included lions, tigers, cougars, and hyenas. At the height of his fame, the act featured as many as 40 lions and tigers. There is some indication that Beatty was the first lion tamer to use a chair in his act. Beatty's fame was such that he appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1950s, on television until the 1960s, and the Clyde Beatty Radio Show, syndicated in 1940s and lasted until 1951.
This weekly radio program featured adventures loosely based on his real-life exploits. However, the stories were no doubt more fictitious than real, and Beatty actually appeared in name only. In fact, Vic Perrin, not identified as such to the radio audience, impersonated him on the show. His "fighting act" made him the paradigm of a lion tamer for more than a generation. Beatty was once mauled by a lion named Nero. The tamer was in the hospital for ten weeks as a result of the attack. However, he remained undaunted and actually faced Nero down in a cage for the film The Big Cage.
It is best to just view these just as good adventure stories, Clyde Beatty was a master showman, and this is radio show proves he's up there with Barnum and Bailey. I'm sure that modern animal experts, zoo keepers, circus managers, and environmentalists would be horrified at some of Beatty's tactics.
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All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Episode List
clyde-beatty_02 Crisis on the Set.mp3
clyde-beatty_03 Danger Unrehearsed.mp3
clyde-beatty_04 Elephant Stampede.mp3
clyde-beatty_05 Cage Boy.mp3
clyde-beatty_06 Man Eater Of Burma.mp3
clyde-beatty_07 Tiger Escape.mp3
clyde-beatty_08 The Ju Ju Stones.mp3
clyde-beatty_09 Beauty and the Beast.mp3
clyde-beatty_10 Leopard on the Loose.mp3
clyde-beatty_11 Dangerous Ambition.mp3
clyde-beatty_12 Contest in Danger.mp3
clyde-beatty_17 Never Trust a Gilly.mp3
clyde-beatty_18 Zombie.mp3
clyde-beatty_19 For Children Only.mp3
clyde-beatty_20 The Bear.mp3
clyde-beatty_21 The Princess and the Tigress.mp3
clyde-beatty_22 Time Out For Trouble.mp3
clyde-beatty_25 Ghost Cat of Guatamala.mp3
clyde-beatty_26 The King of Clowns.mp3
clyde-beatty_27 The Fabulous General Ike.mp3
clyde-beatty_28 Danger in the Deep.mp3
clyde-beatty_29 The White Rogue of Siam.mp3
clyde-beatty_30 The Wild Man of Borneo.mp3
clyde-beatty_31 The Marvelous Marvins.mp3
clyde-beatty_32 Jungle Joe.mp3
clyde-beatty_33 Daniel in the Lion's Den.mp3
clyde-beatty_34 Kodiak Killer.mp3
clyde-beatty_35 Amazon Adventure.mp3
clyde-beatty_36 Brush With Death.mp3
clyde-beatty_37 Land of the Giants.mp3
clyde-beatty_38 Death in Stateroom B.mp3
clyde-beatty_39 The Flying Politos.mp3
clyde-beatty_40 Bakuiri Bravery.mp3
clyde-beatty_41 Borano Devil Beast.mp3
clyde-beatty_42 Canine Courage.mp3
clyde-beatty_43 Jungle Medico.mp3
clyde-beatty_44 Lost City.mp3
clyde-beatty_45 Mystery Island.mp3
clyde-beatty_46 Mambo's Strange Pet.mp3
clyde-beatty_47 Oklahoma Hoax.mp3
clyde-beatty_48 Arabia Nightmare.mp3
clyde-beatty_49 Hold That Tiger.mp3
clyde-beatty_50 In Search of a Myth.mp3
clyde-beatty_51 Adventure to Australia.mp3
clyde-beatty_52 Tiger Town.mp3
