CASTLES AND THEIR GHOSTS
[RADIO-SERIES]
[Decatur Evening Herald, 10/23/27] “…the series of stories which Wirtz [sic] W. Barnitz is
relating to National Broadcasting Company Red Network listeners under the general title ‘Castles
and Their Ghosts’…”
“Wirt Barnitz, editor of Nomad Magazine…”
Originally scheduled to have begun on Tuesday, June 14.
[New Oxford Item, June 16, 1927] “Wirt W. Barnitz, native Hanoverian, traveler, editor and
lecturer, began a series of stories by radio on Tuesday evening… The first of this series of talks,
which will be related by Mr. Barnitz during the summer months through the New York station,
was entitled ‘Castles and their Ghosts’.”
[Zanesville Signal, June 26, 1927] “He will be heard in one of these interesting narratives on
one Sunday evening each month… The unusual stories which he relates will be woven about many
of the famous romantic castles of Europe which Mr. Barnitz has visited. Much of the history of
each old stronghold will find its way into the narrative. Mr. Barnitz is believed to be one of the
originators of the radio short story form of literature and began his work with this sort of material
in the early days of broadcasting. His stories are related in a particularly noteworthy free and
easy manner.”
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: WEAF, New York City, New York (NBC-RED).
DURATION: June 26-[October 23], 1927.
PERSONNEL: Wirt W. Barnitz (storyteller).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
[Program log]
CASTLES AND THEIR GHOSTS (WEAF, NEW YORK—NBC-RED)
[Tuesday—7:45-8:00 PM]
June 14, 1927
[Sunday—8:45-10:00 PM]
June 26, 1927
July 31, 1927 “Castles on the Rhine and Their Ghosts”
August 21, 1927 “Medieval Castles and Their Ghosts”
[Sunday—10:15-10:30 PM]
October 23, 1927 “The Ghost of Blarney Castle”
“…The next ghost to step forth will be of Celtic variety… An ancient Irish
spectre has resided for centuries in the Blarney Castle, it has been said,
making the old pile at night no place for those of timid heart. Barnitz will
relate the experience of an encounter with this venerable ghost at a time
when it was most palpably visible…”]
[Sources]
PERIODICALS: Decatur Herald.