10 episodes
The Strange and Astounding Memoirs of Watt O'Hugh the Third Sal Rendino
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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A Weird Western / science fiction radio drama, based on Steven S. Drachman's acclaimed series of novels. Watt O'Hugh the Third is a self-made man, Civil War vet, Time Roamer, former orphan of the New York slums and dime novel hero of the lost, magical West of the 1870s, and his story is one of the most original, riotous literary adventures in recent memory. WE HAVE BEEN RENEWED FOR A FULL SEASON! NEW EPISODES ON THEIR WAY. Starring Anthony Tether and Emily Dalton.
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Episode 1: Watt O’Hugh’s Wild West Extravaganza
Watt O'Hugh, famous dime novel hero, resides in the back room of a saloon somewhere in the American West, where he earns his keep by punching customers who need punching. Until one day, when a New York theatrical agent brings a surprising proposition from J. P. Morgan: a contract for "Watt O'Hugh's Wild West Extravaganza" to open at New York City's Hippodrome Theater. But is the offer what it seems, or does it hide a more insidious plot?
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Episode 2: New York!
Watt O'Hugh arrives in New York in 1874, determined to make his Wild West Extravaganza a blockbuster, and to make Emelina, his beautiful leading lady, a star of the Big Apple. But one of the show's biggest backers, a shadowy financier named J.P. Morgan, has other plans for the heroic Western icon.
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Episode 3: Lucy
The series returns for eight new episodes! This week, Watt O'Hugh reveals secrets of his youth spent in the gilded Manhattan of the 1860s -- and his passionate love for the beautiful, mysterious, tempestuous and scandalous socialite, Lucy Billings.
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Episode 4: Laramie
Framed for a "passion crime" he didn't commit, renowned 19th-century dime-novel hero Watt O'Hugh wakes up in Wyoming's infamous territorial prison, in Laramie, proclaiming his innocence ... and plotting escape!
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Episode 5: Prison Break!
Watt O'Hugh, famed Western shootist and 19th-century dime-novel hero, finds himself imprisoned in the the Wyoming Territorial Prison, in Laramie, a place “for evil-doers of all classes and kinds.” He soon discovers that his prison-mates are ever stranger than he would have expected. But can any prison really hold the heroic Watt O’Hugh the Third?
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Episode 6: Master Yu's Mission
You may have heard of me. My name is Master Yu.
In 1874, I had nothing to look forward to but a life of wine, women and bad poetry. For me, this was enough!
I did not know that I had a mission to perform for the Empress. I did not know that I would one day meet Watt O’Hugh in the Hell of the Innocent Dead.
Life often provides a surprise.
This is my story.
Customer Reviews
Surprisingly Fresh, Entertaining and Compelling
Easily one of the most original sci-fi concepts in this generation, The saga of Watt O’Hugh shows readers a startling new landscapes they can encounter nowhere else. The characters are textured and vivid and their adventures both lament and celebrate the universe of mixed emotions that populates every human skull. Watt’s strangely vibrant meloncholy is unlike anything else in recent literature. Abetting the realization of light and shade in the story is Drachman’s deft interweaving of historical characters and scenarios, reimagined to create an eerie parallel cosmos on every page. Yet within this shadowy realm, Watt lives a moving love story — while still delivering the sort of high-risk adventure we thought had died with the Silent Film era. Hear it, read it, weep and then rejoice for such a tantalizing tale of unforgettable characters.