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Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life.

Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow, she pricked her finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow, and she thought to herself, "Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the window-frame." blood, and as black as the wood of the window-frame." Soon after that she had a little daughter....

The Colonial Radio Theatre pulls out all the stops in this magnificent production of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story! This full cast dramatization features a powerful music score - from the magnificent, booming opening of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" to the frightening tones of "The Ghost of Christmas Future". It's a holiday treat both you and your family will enjoy for years to come.

Dr. Peter Blood is arrested and sentenced to hang for treating a wounded rebel. Instead of death, he is sent to Barbados as a slave. When the Spanish attack the port city of Bridgetown, he and his fellow slaves capture the Spanish ship and set out to sea, where he becomes the notorious pirate, Captain Blood. With battles on sea and on land, daring escapes, sword duels to the death, a touch of romance, and a magnificent score by Jeffrey Gage, Captain Blood is a swashbuckling adventure on a very grand scale!

Captain Martin Hawk and his crew arrive in Alexandria, Egypt, on the clipper ship Yankee Spirit. With their mysterious guide, Ini-Herit, they embark on a journey to the famed Valley of the Kings. There, Hawk encounters Professor Donald Curtis who has made an incredible discovery - the tomb of Prince Erihppas. Up until now he was believed to be only legend. Within the tomb the professor has found a large Sphinx, made entirely of solid gold. It becomes the task of Captain Hawk to transport the Sphinx to a museum in England.

Set in the lovely seacoast town of Marblehead Massachusetts, Jerry and the Pirates is CRT's homage to the classic TV sitcoms of the 60's and 70's (complete with the ill-timed laugh track). Jerry Robbins stars as Jerry Davenport, a motion picture screenwriter who has left Hollywood for the quiet serenity of the craggy shores of the east coast. That serenity is soon shattered with the arrival of his three nephews, played by Rob Cattell, Connor Doherty, and Ricky MacDonald.

Ichabod Crane, a lanky, lean, superstitious school master, arrives to teach the children of Sleepy Hollow. As he vies for the attention of the lovely Katrina Van Tassel, his rival for her attention is the town rowdy, Brom Bones. Brom tries to scare Ichabod away with local superstitions and ghost tales. And soon enough the ill-fated schoolmaster encounters a terrifying legend come to life: the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.

From the journal of William Bradford, this audio production dramatizes the trials and tribulations of the Pilgrims and the events that lead up to their sailing from Southampton, England in the year 1620. "Jerry Robbins and the Colonial Radio Players bring to life the persecution and betrayals of the Puritans, while still in Europe, that compelled their flight to the New World. [It] is historically correct, and remains both exciting and fun. This audio presentation has a full cast and music score, with lots of sound effects, engaging your attention and imagination." (Dean Carlisle)

The Dying Breed, Jacob leaves Clearmont for college in the east, where he will study law. In The Happy Times, Levi MacMasters has the adventure of a lifetime as he goes up against a gang who have kidnapped some citizens from the town, and in Mrs. Octavia Hudson, a rich lady from Boston arrives in Clearmont, and immediately clashes with the ladies of the town. In the two part season finale, The Prisoner Transfer, Sheriff Dawes and his new deputy Cheyenne, take the killer Max Clegg over dangerous territory y to his hanging in Casper, and soon find themselves being pursued by the outlaws gang.

Powder River rolls into its 11th season with an epic two-part adventure called "The Man from Isandlwana", in which a British officer arrives in Clearmont haunted by a terrifying past. Marshal MacMasters and Sheriff Dawes seem besieged by swindlers and land grabbers in "When We Trust" and "An Opinion of Judgment".

Powder River concludes its ninth season with six exciting episodes! Highlights include: "The Shaman" - Parts 1 and 2: Britt and Chad ride with Captain Grant sent out to capture the Chiricahua Apache's shaman, Geronimo, who has been raiding settlers in New Mexico and Northern Mexico. In "Dan's Mountain", Britt and Chad arrive at Dan MacMasters' home in Rancho de la Nación to settle the estate, only to find a local businessman has already claimed it in the two years since the Marshal's death.

Season 7, Vol. 2, contains the final six episodes from Colonial's long running western series' seventh season. Powder River is a full-cast audio drama written and directed by Jerry Robbins.

The adventures of Captain Taylor; his son, Adam; Mohawk scout Dagadawidah; and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders continue at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War in this full-cast action and adventure audio drama by the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre.

CRT's hit feature Ticonderoga is now a new series! The series picks up where the feature left off, with Captain Taylor; his son, Adam; Mohawk scout Dagadawidah; and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders remaining at the fort, with a small contingent, while the main army has moved on to Crown Point, poised to follow the French into Canada.

CRT's hit feature Ticonderoga is now a new series! The series picks up where the feature left off, with Captain Taylor, his son Adam, Mohawk scout Dagadawidah, and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders remaining at the fort with a small contingent while the main army has moved on to Crown Point, poised to follow the French into Canada.

The award winning Colonial Radio Theatre's long running western series, Powder River, opens its 8th season with "A Single Bullet," in which Jacob (James McLean) is finally promoted to Deputy of Clearmont, and his first day on the job proves to become one of the towns darkest. Meanwhile, Doc (Lincoln Clark) is still struggling with guilt from the fire that destroyed his wife Millie's (Diane Lind) General Store, Restaurant, and Hotel. He is driven to "The Point Of No Return," and when he becomes a danger to himself and others, faces a show-down with Britt MacMasters (Jerry Robbins).

"LIVE from the stage of the Town Hall Theatre in Glorious Mayham Massachusetts - It's The New Dibble Show." This is the energetic cry from announcer Westbrook Ahern that begins each episode of Dibble and the gang. The Town Hall Theatre is the place for Dibble's weekly Radio Show where he entertains his dozens of fans who supposedly listen in each Saturday night to his broadcast which barely reaches the edge of town.

In Season 13, Doc wonders if he is too far behind the times when "The New Doctor" arrives in Clearmont. Esther has a strange visitor at the saloon in "Wade Cody", while Dawes decides it's time to ask Erica to marry him in "A Faded Rose". Meanwhile, Levi fears Britt has been pushed to the edge of his sanity in "That Way Madness Lies.” Britt’s past comes back to haunt him in the three-part “This Side of Fury” (guest starring Larry Albert from Imagination Theatre). Plus more!

While it was a defeat for the US Cavalry, it was a victory for all the Native Americans, for after the battle, Red Cloud signed a peace agreement with the US and, "For the first time in its history the United States Government had negotiated a peace which conceded everything demanded by the enemy and which extracted nothing in return." Here is the story of that battle, dramatized for audio by the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre. Complete with a full cast, music score, and thousands of sound effects, this production will put you in the middle of the action.

One of the true classics of American literature. Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American fairy tale, as Baum crafted a wonderful fantasy, peopled with memorable characters — a cornfield scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a humbug wizard.