John Steele,Adenturer

Various

(4.5 stars; 3 reviews)

John Steele aired as a weekly program full of âsuspense and hard, fast action.â Don Douglas played our hero, John Steele, who treks sweaty-browed through jungles and deserts, fighting lions and saving women. Thrilling indeed!

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

john steele, adventurer 490712 cargo unknown	31:01
john steele, adventurer 490830 play ball	29:00
john steele, adventurer 491031 lighthouse twelve	28:58
john steele, adventurer 491101 the mission	31:17
john steele, adventurer 491203 salvage	29:00
john steele, adventurer 500117 joey s girl	31:18
john steele, adventurer 500129 captive	29:00
john steele, adventurer 500207 ascent	29:00
john steele, adventurer 500307 the lonely one	28:55
john steele, adventurer 500418 long shot	29:10

Reviews

John Steele, Storyteller

(4 stars)

Tim Szeliga

This series had a different approach. Steele was the storyteller, not the protagonist. He knew a guy who smuggled diamonds in the Congo, or betrayed gamblers to preserve his honor. He'd write himself into the story like Tom Robbins showing up at the end of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". This way he could tell stories of miners and ballplayers and soldiers of fortune without bending credulity. And by "he", I mean the author manipulating the character of the narrator. Very pre-post-modern. The stories are consistently well written and acted. I only wish there were more of them. PS: the creator of this directory left the "V" out of "adenturer" and it propagated throughout all the file names.