Journey #200 - Funny Farm by Robert Bloch (Mindwebs)

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Joe Satterlee, a reclusive retiree, was holed away in his childhood home amid his extensive collection of vintage comic strips. Who would ever want to do him any harm?

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Timecode: 00:00 Intro, 16:04 Tune in, 17:20 "Funny Farm" on Mindwebs, 47:26 Commentary

Robert Bloch was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small amount of science fiction. Best known as the writer of Psycho (1959), the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock, Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. He was a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft, who was the first to seriously encourage his talent

Mindwebs was a 1970's series out of WHA Radio in Wisconsin that featured weekly semi-dramatized readings of science fiction short stories performed by Michael Hansen. It aired stories by some of the genre's best writers like Robert Bloch, Arthur C. Clarke, Gordon R. Dickson, and Ray Bradbury. Many of the readings were enhanced by music, periodic sound cues, and the occasional character voice, however they are not completely dramatized.

Relevant Links:

"The Man Who Collected Poe" by Robert Bloch on Rish Outcast (Patreon)

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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