The Philadelphia Xperiment

Campfire Radio Theater

Haunted Air Audio

Drama, Fiction, Fiction:drama

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2014

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Confined to a mental ward in 1951 and awaiting his impending lobotomy, an enigmatic WW2 veteran known only as Patient X recalls an ill-fated experiment to render a U.S. warship invisible resulting in nightmarish side effects for the survivors as well as uncovering a mind-bending temporal terror.Warning: May contain explicit language and graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.Written, directed and produced by John BallentineCastDavid AultJack KincaidJoe StofkoM Sieiro GarciaJohn BallentineBlaine HicklinGlenn HascallMusic by Kevin Hartnell, Kevin MacLeod, Richard Lainhart and ERHhttp://www.overlookhotelrecords.com/ Running time 32:58

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0:00.0	Welcome, friend. Have a seat by the fire. Make yourself comfortable.
0:16.2	The memory is flooded back like water through a fractured dam.
0:26.6	It was wartime as he stepped onto the deck of the USS Eldridge docked in Philadelphia's
0:32.6	Naval Yards. Or was this some other place? The sky above was now a green shroud, a thundering
0:44.0	a drum-like resonance throbbed in the pit of his stomach. The infernal experiment had begun,
0:52.0	and there was nothing he could do. Only stand and relive those dread moments of terror, yanked from one temporal plane to another,
1:02.0	as if having your screaming soul ripped from your throat as men were ignited into flame,
1:09.0	and flesh merged with metal.
1:13.6	You're listening to Capfire Radio Theatre.
1:25.6	Tonight's tale is perhaps based on true events, but will leave you to judge their veracity.
1:32.1	Our play was scripted by John Ballantyne, and concerns a mystery-shrouted event called Project
1:37.5	Rainbow, perhaps better known as the Philadelphia Experiments.
1:48.0	Dr. Heath's... as the Philadelphia experiments. Doctor, he's waking.
1:49.0	What are you?
1:51.0	Well, Nurse Dubos, your incompetence once again astounds me.
1:54.0	Doctor, I carried out your instructions to the letter.
1:58.0	Bring the orderlies back in.
2:00.0	John, relax now.
2:01.6	Where am I?
2:02.6	Tighten those straps. Do it quickly.
2:05.6	You're gonna...
2:06.6	You're gonna zap me again?
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