RB077 Henry's Bus Trip

  Our Ranger Bill for Saturday afternoon

April 11, 2026, is RB077

Henry's Bus Trip

Henry is taking a long-distance bus trip home to Knotty Pine. He meets the Cavanaugh family and several other of the bus passengers. It’s getting dark and the mountain roads are getting rough, winding, and narrow. Rains have caused landslides, damaging the road and trapping the bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bBkaDTp0I

RB112 The Mad Bats

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning 4/11/2026, is:

RB112 The Mad Bats

 Bats invade the attic of the Phipps' home, and one even bites Edna Phipps. Bill and Stumpy go to evict the bats and discover the bats are sick with rabies! The boys get help fighting off the bats from some feathered friends. One of the Phipps' neighbors causes Bill even more trouble than those pesky bats. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfSf_Y4sHak

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Golden Mole

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 4/11/26

Holly the Golden Mole visits with Uncle Bob Devine today. Namibia in southern Africa is home to Holly. She lives under the sands of the Namibian Desert. She "swims" through and under those sands almost like swimming through water. Many other small creatures live in those sands and are food for Holly.

Holly's fur is the golden color for her 3-inch body. Listen to Holly tell you about life under the desert sands:

https://moodyaudio.com/products/holly-golden-mole

RB085 The Deep Country

 Our Ranger Bill exciting adventure for early Saturday morning , 4/11/2026, is 

RB085 The Deep Country

Col. Anders and his wife get lost in the deep country while they are on vacation. The colonel’s assistant tells the Anders’ daughter that her parents are missing. Those two plus the slow-motion folks who live in the deep country make Bill’s job of finding the Anders nearly impossible.

This is one of Ranger Bill's very first adventures. It was probably first broadcast in 1950 when the show was several 15-minute adventures aired on Monday afternoons in the greater Chicago area only. Our cast may have also performed this show live to Sunday Schools and church groups to help advertise the broadcasts. 

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_58-03-05_ep206_The_Deep_Country.mp3 

OTRR #69

RB190 Runaway aka The River Giant

   RANGER BILL for Friday, 4/10/26, is:

RB190 "Run Away" aka "The River Giant"

Tad Coates owns a barge service at Central City. His newest tow boat is called The River Giant, It weighs 350 tons; has five decks, 10 rudders, four screws, and four engines that produce 8,500 Horsepower.

Tad's other tow boat is pushing ten tanker barges that are holding one million gallons of gasoline a piece. Two of those barges catch fire and burn with intense heat. Pilot Mark is afraid and needs Bill, Stumpy and more to prevent an awful fire.

Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_62-04-25_ep120_Run_Away_aka_The_River_Giant.mp3

OTRR #142

Old Time Radio

https://oldtime.radio/episode/ranger_bill-run_away_aka_the_river_giant