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Speed Gibson of the International Secret
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Clint Barlow is a brilliant operative for The International
Secret Police and he's doing his
best to raise the 15 year orphan lad, Speed Gibson É É a typical American boy: interested in Short Wave radio, aviation and most of all - The International Secret Police Through a combination of
circumstances Speed becomes involved in one of Clint's most important and
difficult cases: the super-gang and its dreaded leader "The Octopus" his its tentacles in crime everywhere
especially in the Orient "smuggling dope and natives - running
dope in and natives out".
Clint, his associate Barney ("Suffering Wangdoodles!") Dunlap and Speed are to be sent to Hong Kong to investigate and hopefully apprehend The Octopus
before he can do more damage to world order. But first Speed must be inducted
into The International Secret Police and take the Oath of Allegiance: Do you, Speed Gibson, as a member of the
International Secret Police promise to obey and protect law and order in
your own country or wherever else your duties may carry you? Will you cooperate with the foreign police
after you have fulfilled your mission? And will you, above all else recognize the
Code of the Secret Police: Courage, Honour and Silence? - and not betray
it any manner whatsoever? Travel will be via the
fabled China Clipper taking off
from Alameda, California whence
to Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, Manila and Hong Kong. Each 15 minute adventure is
action packed as Speed and his pals do their best to thwart the evil plans of
The Octopus both along the various Clipper stops and in Hong Kong. The action
then moves to Tibet for the
final gambit. There were 178
episodes broadcast from 1937 and all have survived! The first 100 episodes encompass
the Menace of The Octopus
adventure which concludes with the villain's seeming demise over The
Himalayas. Then Episode No. 101
begins the second (78 episode) story: Adventure in Africa which takes the boys (again via Clipper) to the African
jungles and The Sahara Desert in search of The Atlantean Syndicate, a business enterprise who claim to have positive
proof of the existence and exact location of The Lost City of Atlantis. Unfortunately Barney is sick in Hospital at this
point and his place is taken by (Alabama boy) Smiley Preston for this following interesting and exciting story. Yes, its high adventure all
of the way with this excellent (and complete) adventure serial. Beautifully
restored to crystal clarity, boasting great sound effects and fabulous music,
Speed Gibson is an excellent listen! Questions remain about the cast of this
wonderful series: what is known is that Howard McNair played Clint Barlow with John Gibson as Barney Dunlap. It is known that Elliott Lewis played a part (at the time he was 19 years of age),
but not as Speed - he, in fact can be clearly identified as Splinters. The Octopus may well have been played by Bela Lugosi (itŐs a good fit and many amateur listeners -
including myself - tend to agree on this unsubstantiated point) Who plays Speed Gibson
exhibiting such youthful exuberance of the title character? - its apparently not know- any ideas? (BTW: Elliott Lewis went on
to become a true legend of radio often being dubbed Mr Radio and of
course he played Captain Philip Carney in The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen - which is also available from this website). Want
to check out some episodes of one of this radio serial? - why not "taste
& try"? Below
are the first five episodes of the Menace of The Octopus adventure - fabulous! These
episode can be freely downloaded to your computer - just right button click
on any link below and chose "Download Linked File" (or words to
that effect). The file is on an average about 9Mb - download time will depend
on your (broadband) speed SGMO_1937-01-02
Episode No. 001.mp3 SGMO_1937-01-09
Episode No. 002.mp3 SGMO_1937-01-16
Episode No. 003.mp3 SGMO_1937-01-23
Episode No. 004.mp3 SGMO_1937-01-30
Episode No. 005.mp3 These 3 MP3 CDs contain all 178 episodes of Speed Gibson of The International Secret
Police All 178 episodes have been painstakingly
restored and are of great sound quality - perfect! 1. Menace of the Octopus
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100 x 12 minute episodes 2. Adventure in Africa -
78 x 12 minute episodes |