As Arkham Gazette #4 finally comes together, I wanted to share something I discovered as we put the issue together.  One of our submissions (from Steven Wand) was an NPC profile of one Alton “Blackie” Blackington (1898-1961), a real person from the first half of the 20th century.  He was a journalist, a photographer, a folklorist, author, and raconteur.  In his later years Blackington had a radio program where he presented tales from the folklore of New England.

Unexpectedly I discovered that more than sixty of his old radio shows, from 1944 to 1952, has not only been preserved but are available to listen to on Archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/yankeeyarnsotr/

Looking over the sixty-one available recordings, here are a few that might be of particular interest:

• “Buried Treasure” (a retelling of the Ocean-Born Mary story)
• “Lord Timothy Dexter” (all about the famed eccentric of Newburyport)
• “A Ghost Story” (“the barefoot boy”, a haunting in Hampton, New Hampshire)
• “Fishing Boat Sunk by U-Boat” (the sinking of the Aeolus in 1942, off Massachusetts)
• “Tomatoes” (Blackington’s personal anecdotes from his youth and about gardening)

Regardless of what episodes you listen to, please enjoy the story-telling skills (and New England accent) of Mr. Blackington.