DEVIL HANDS
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
All of the Australian Witch’s Tale recordings appear to be from the same 1940s Artransa and Arco
transcription series, except for “Devil Hands,” which is on the Macquarie label, has a different
opening, refers to an episode number from the American series, and runs longer than 30 minutes.
An educated guess on the origins of this episode is that it might have been an audition recording
done in 1938 by an Australian cast while negotiations were going on to sell the scripts to 2GB.
[CHRONOLOGY]
THE WITCH’S TALE (WOR, NEW YORK)
[Friday—9:00-9:30 PM]
September 14, 1934 “Devil Hands”
THE WITCH’S TALE (DISC SERIES ON WSB)
[Monday—9:30-10:00 PM]
November 26, 1934 “Devil Hands”
THE WITCH’S TALE (KHJ, LOS ANGELES)
[Monday—9:30-10:00 PM]
December 17, 1934 “Devil Hands”
[“…the story of a man who has to battle to keep from murdering a person
he greatly loves…”]
THE WITCH’S TALE (WOR, NEW YORK—MBS)
[Tuesday—10:30-11:00 PM]
April 26, 1938 “Devil Hands”
THE WITCH’S TALE (MACQUARIE, SYDNEY)
Circa 1938 “Devil Hands”
EXTANT RECORDING
THE WITCH’S TALE (KECA, LOS ANGELES)
[Friday—9:30-10:00 PM]
September 1, 1939 “The Devil’s Hands”
[“…A young district attorney, who has just convicted a murderer, is
killed…”]
CREEPS BY NIGHT (KECA, LOS ANGELES—BLUE)
February ??, 1944 “The Man with the Devil’s Hands”