EUROPEAN GHOST STORY PROGRAMS
[RADIO-SPECIALS]
The British seem to have taken to ghostly broadcasting more than their
continental neighbors…
Cited in Heinz Schwitzke's book Das Horspiel: Dramaturgie Und Geschichte
(1963). It is identified as a Rolf Reissmann production, done in Berlin in 1934,
but it is not clear whether it was a regular series or not. Possibly based on the
1932 book Geister, Ganger, Gesichte, Gewalten by Friedrich, Freiherr von
Gagern. Although the book has never been translated into English in its entirety,
two stories from it were included in The Dedalus/Ariadne Book of Austrian
Fantasy.
The title translates literally as Ghosts, Corridors and Faces.
Hair-Raisers: The Times listed this title in their foreign station section on
Monday, March 19, 1934 in a 4:20-4:40 PM slot (Greenwich time). The following
Monday (26) the same time period was listed simply as “Reading.”
Horror Knocks: Listed as one-act play by Rybrant. Most like Gosta Rybrant,
writer and lyricist who wrote a series of kriminalromanen in the late twenties
and early thirties.
SEE ALSO: SPUK.
ORIGINATION: Various.
DURATION: Various.
PERSONNEL: Meinhard Maurberlin (reciter—1925, Grotesque Recitations),
Rolf Reissmann (producer—1934, Geister, Ganger und Gesichte).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
GROTESQUE RECITATIONS BY MEINHARD MAURBERLIN
(WESTDEUTSCHE FUNKSTUNDE, MUNSTER)
[Tuesday—8:30- PM]
June 9, 1925 “The Ghostly Laugh in the
Chorus” (by Heinrich Heine) /
“Scene from ‘The Sandman’”
(by E. T. A. Hoffmann) / “The
Raven—Part II” (by Edgar Allan
Poe) / “The Gallows’ Song” (by
Christian Morgenstern) / “Uncle
Casper’s Red Nose” (by Wilhelm
Busch) / “Humorous Selection”
(by Mark Twain)
(SCHLESLACHE RUNDFUNK, BRESLAU)
[Sunday—
June 21, 1925 “Spuk”
(BRESLAU)
[Thursday—7:00-7:50 PM]
Feb. 9, 1928 “Reading and Recitations on
Ghosts and Spirits”
(STUTTGART)
[Wednesday—7:00-9:45 PM]
Feb. 15, 1928 “The Fateful Carnival Night”
[“…Musical Farce (Nestroy), followed
by Recital of Ghost Stories…”]
FANTASTIC STORIES (MUNSTER)
[???day—9:00-10:30 PM]
Sep. 17, 1928 “Krischen Schmoer” (by
Lillen??ton) / “La Morte” (by
Guy de Maupassant) / “Des
Bettelweib von Locarno” (by
Kleist) / “The Raven” (by Edgar
Allan Poe) / “Der Kleine
Hilvelmann” (by Storm)
(FRANKFURT)
[Monday—10:45- PM]
Sep. 30, 1929 “Ghosts, Real and Imitation”
(KONIGSWUSTERHAUSEN, BERLIN)
[Monday—8:00- PM]
Oct. 21, 1929 “Ghost Programme”
(KONIGS WUSTERHAUSEN, BERLIN)
[Sunday—12:45-1:10 PM]
Dec. 6, 1931 “Three Ghost Stories”
(BRESLAU)
[Sunday—5:00-5:45 PM]
Dec. 6, 1931 “Ghost Stories and Winter
Tales”
(MUHLACKER, STUTTGART)
[Wednesday—10:45-11:10 PM
July 6, 1932 “A Humorous Ghost Story”
(KONIGS WUSTERHAUSEN, BERLIN)
[Saturday—8:00-9:00 PM]
April 1, 1933
[“…A Humorous Ghost Play (Ernst
Keienburg…”]
(MUNICH)
[Monday—7:50-8:35 PM]
Nov. 20, 1933 “In der Kunkelstub’n”
[“…Tales of Witches, Spirits and
Ghosts—and a Short Ghost Play, Die
Teufelsnacht…’]
(MUHLACKER, STUTTGART)
[Monday—10:45-11:30 PM]
Dec. 25, 1933 “The Ghost in the Music Shop”
[“…Sketch (Carl Struve)…”]
(VIENNA)
[Tuesday—7:50-8:20 PM]
Feb. 6, 1934 “Ghost Stories”
(FRANKFURT)
[Monday—7:50-8:30 PM]
Feb. 26, 1934 “Horror Knocks at Peter Holl’s
Door”
(DEUTSCHLANDSENDER, BERLIN)
[Monday—4:20-4:40 PM]
March 19, 1934 “Hair-Raisers”
(MUHLACKER, STUTTGART)
[Wednesday—6:00-6:25 PM]
May 16, 1934 “The Ghost on the Roof”
[“…Radio Play (Kasten)…”]
(BERLIN)
Circa 1934 “Geister, Ganger und Gesichte”
(COLOGNE)
[Thursday—9:30-10:15 PM]
Jan. 3, 1935 “When Ghosts Walk!”
[“…Twelfth Night Play (Petry)…”]
(MUNICH)
[Monday—9:15-10:00 AM]
March 18, 1935 “Ghost Play”
(BEROMUNSTER)
[Tuesday—9:45-10:15 PM]
July 2, 1935 “Horror Knocks at Allen Dale’s
Door”
(KONIGSBERG)
[Monday—6:40-7:00 PM]
Sep. 9, 1935 “Ghost Stories”
(BRUSSELS)
[Saturday—8:45-9:30 PM]
April 3, 1937 “A Strange Story”
[“…Thriller (Duterme)…”]
(LEIPZIG)
[Monday—10:20-11:20 PM]
April 26, 1937 “Ghosts from the Classics”
[“…Sequence of Literature and Music
(Wanninger)…”]
(HEILSBERG, KONIGSBERG)
[Friday—10:20-11:00 PM]
Oct. 15, 1937 “The Midnight Ghost” (Bartels)
(DEUTSCHLANDSENDER, BERLIN)
[Friday—2:40-3:00 PM]
Nov. 19, 1937 “Ghosts!”
[“…Scene (Popp)…”]
(VIENNA)
[Thursday—7:25-8:30 PM]
Jan. 6, 1938 “A Ghost in the Bar”
[“…Fantasy (Jeft)…”]
(VIENNA)
[Sunday—4:55-6:00 PM]
Jan. 16, 1938 “Ghosts, Fairies and Fabulous
Monsters”
(DJD, BERLIN)
[Friday—7:30-8:00 PM]
May 20, 1938“Ghost Stories”
(HEILSBERG, KONIGSBERG)
[Monday—9:15-10:00 PM]
July 4, 1938 “The Lightning-Conductor”
[“…Gruesome Tales of Storms and
Floods and Superstitions (arr.
Bartels)…”]
(KALUNDBORG)
[Tuesday—10:00-10:20 PM]
Feb. 14, 1939 “Ghost Story”