On July 31, 1930, the radio program The Shadow aired for the first time. Although personally, I’m more of a fan of Suspense. It’s especially creepy if you’re listening to it after dark, driving anywhere in the American Midwest.
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Word of caution, the link for the autism article appears to have an imbedded virus pop-up alert thingie.
If true that technology thing is going to ruin everything tech-related further. Under the excuse of hiding information from exploiters. The guys at apple/microsoft/google will be able to inject code into your devices that cannot be audited at all. Enabling, for starters, s a whole new generation of PRISM-like spying.
If they were really interested in fixing the issue with exploits appearing after a patch is released, they should just make sure releases are readily available to everyone using the software.
“A breakthrough in cryptography could thwart a favorite attack of hackers” Bullshit. If it works, the major use of this technology will be DRM.
I don’t think any of the original Shadow radio episodes survive (at least, I’ve never found one); originally the Shadow was just the voice of the host/announcer. In 1931 the mystery man/crime fighter debuted in pulp magazines, but it was another 6 years before that character was was adapted for the radio program. Until then the stories were apparently in the same vein as Suspense, though of course I can’t compare the quality. :) Suspense, Escape and Lights Out! were all nicely creepy.
And Suspense featured the classic Louise Fletcher play “Sorry, Wrong Number” which starred the wonderful Agnes Moorehead!
(Shutting up now…)
/OTR Geek