SEATON’S AUNT
[SHORT-STORY]
Short story by Walter de la Mare…
ORIGINATION: Various.
DURATION: Various.
PERSONNEL: Jonathan Holloway (scriptwriter, 1996), David Hunter (director, 1996),
Adrian Johnston (music, 1996).
CAST [1996]: Tereas Gallagher (Young Seaton), Margaret Robertson (Seaton’s Aunt),
Patience Tomlinson (de Witt), Melinda Walker (Young Withers), Samuel West (Rupert
Withers), Andrew Wincott (Arthur Seaton).
EXTANT RECORDINGS:
(HOME SERVICE)
[
??? ??, 1944 “Seaton’s Aunt”
PLAY (RADIO 4, LONDON)
[Thursday—3:05-3:50 PM]
Jan. 29, 1976 “Seaton’s Aunt”
(RADIO 4, LONDON)
[
Nov. 23, 1996 “Seaton’s Aunt”
LA SENDA DEL TERROR
Cited in the XEX radio listings of Mexico City daily El Nacional; listed as “sketch” in the
11:15-11:30 time slot; nothing further is known.
ORIGINATION: XEX, Mexico, D.F.
DURATION: [February 2-June 28], 1951.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
EL SINIESTRO DR. MORTIS
“The voice of Juan Marino, representing sinister Doctor Mortis, recounted stories from
beyond the grave, with diverse incidental noises: hinges that hissed when the coffin was
opened, howl of wolves, a solitary gallop and the whistle of the wind in the middle of
the night, all ending with a horrifying outburst of laughter from the narrator.
Other classic radio programs of terror were La tercera oreja (The Third Ear) and Lo que
cuenta el viento (What the Wind Tells), the latter with traditional legends from the
Chilean fields. It seems to me that none of the films of the series Pesadilla could
produce the terrorific atmosphere of those programs that caused that each radio
monitoring filled the dark with its own fantasies. To the children often they prohibited
those programs, because later it cost to make sleep them. It is that they guessed that in
his dreams they would be waiting for them the monsters and the absurdities that left
the radio.”
ORIGINATION: CB ??, Punta Arenas (Radio Ejercito, 1945-); CB 126, Santiago (Radio
Nacional, 1954-); CB 118, Santiago (Radio Cristobal Colon, 1960-); CB 82, Santiago
(Radio del Pacifico); CB 101, Santiago (Radio Yungay).
DURATION: Circa 1945-1982.
PERSONNEL: Juan Marino (scriptwriter, voice of “Dr. Mortis”), Alejandro Roman (voice
of “Dr. Mortis”).
CASTS: David Acevedo, Ruth Brown Baltra, Maruja Cifuentes, Nestor Corona, Blunt Hugo,
Juan Marino.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Agonia,” “Les Confeciones de Monsenor Krauss,” “El Escultor
del Diablo,” “El Fuguitivi de las Galaxias,” “La Garra,” “Licantropia” (Part 1), “Licantropia”
(Part 2), “Melodia de Horror” (Part 1), “El Pistolero.”
SLEEP NO MORE
“David McKinsey, SMU student, will present his play, ‘The Horror Over Dunwich’.”
David Lampton McKinsey
Died peacefully in his home in Novato, March 9, 2003. Born May 21, 1927 in Joplin, MO
and spent his formative years in Missouri. David was a World War II veteran and
graduated from Southern Methodist University. He pursued a career in radio
broadcasting and served as Program Director at KABL for many years. He received the
Marconi Award in 1989, the radio industry's most prestigious award. While at KABL, he
conceived the idea for the San Francisco Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest. He had a
lifelong love for fishing in his native Ozarks and recently published "Fishing With Dad",
his first book. His other two books will be published posthumously. David is survived by
his beloved wife Dorothea at home; stepchildren Marilyn (John) Walgora, John (Toni)
Goldstein, Gregory (Maria) Goldstein; children Gretchen (Alex) Clarke, Stephanie
McKinsey and John (Angie) McKinsey; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren;
brother Mike and numerous nephews. The family has requested donations be made to
the American Heart Association. Service and Interment will be held at Valley Memorial
Park, 650 Bugeia Lane, Novato on Wednesday March 12, 2003 at 1:00 PM. Keaton's
Redwood Chapel Novato 415-897-1151
ORIGINATION: KSMU, Dallas, Texas.
DURATION: Circa 1949.
PERSONNEL: David McKinsey (scriptwriter).
CASTS:
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
SLEEP NO MORE
Nelson Olmsted milked the horror craze with an appropriately literary title for a series of
literature readings.
Further research: “This is an expanded version of a previous 15 minute series heard
over NBC in the early fifties, but the 1956 season began with the introduction of a new
half-hour format.”
ORIGINATION: WRCA, New York City, New York (NBC).
DURATION: November 7, 1956-April 24, 1957.
PERSONNEL: Ben Grauer (announcer), Kenneth MacGregor (director), Nelson Olmsted
(narrator), Daniel Sutter (director).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Conqueror’s Isle” (11/21/56), “Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobblies”
/ “August Heat” (11/28/56),
THE WORLD’S GREATEST SHORT STORIES (WBAP)
[Friday—
Sep. 6, 1940 “The Case of Monsieur
Valdemar” (by Edgar Allan Poe)
Sep. 19, 1940 “The Ghost Ship” (by Richard
Middleton)
THE WORLD’S GREATEST SHORT STORIES (WMAQ-NBC)
Sep. 30, 1940 “The Tell-Tale Heart” (by
Edgar Allan Poe)
Oct. 9, 1940 “The Case of Monsieur
Valdemar”
Oct. 14, 1940 “The Man and the Snake” (by
Ambrose Bierce)
[“…story of the man whose belief he
could be hypnotized by a snake
finally resulted in his death…”]
Oct. 15, 1940 “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (by
Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Oct. 30, 1940 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge” (by Ambrose Bierce)
Nov. 12, 1940 “The Coward” (by Guy de
Maupassant)
[“…story of a romantic dandy who
commits suicide rather than keep an
appointment for a duel with an
expert pistol shot…”]
Nov. 26, 1940 “What Was It?” (by Fitz-James
O’Brien)
[“…The story concerns a man who is
attacked by an invisible being. He
overpowers his assailant and then is
forced to let the creature die of
starvation because no way can be
found to feed a nondistinguishable
being…”]
Dec. 10, 1940 “Dead Man” (by James M.
Cain)
[“…story of a young hobo who
accidentally kills a train detective
and manages to escape all suspicion,
only to have his own conscience
force him to surrender…”]
Dec. 18, 1940 “Green Thoughts” (by John
Collier)
Jan. 14, 1941 “What Was It?”
[“…Fitz-James O’Brien’s story about
an invisible demon which tries to kill
a man… The thing is conquered but
but finally starves to death as the
death as the man does not know how
or what to feed it…”]
Jan. 20, 1941 “The Raven” (by Edgar Allan
Poe)
Jan. 21, 1941 “The Transferred Ghost” (by
Frank R. Stockton)
Jan. 28, 1941 “The Signal Man” (by Charles
Dickens)
Feb. 16, 1941 “How It Happened” (by Arthur
Conan Doyle)
Feb. 19, 1941 “Laura” (by Saki)
March 10, 1941 “The Flowing of the Strange
Orchid” (by H. G. Wells)
April 1, 1941 “Lazarus” (by Leonid
Andreyev)
[“…story of the man who rose from
the dead at Christ’s command…”]
Sep. 5, 1941 “Three Skeleton Key” (by
George Tudos)
Nov. 7, 1941 “The House of Ecstasy” (by
Ralph Milne Farley)
Jan. 19, 1942 “The Masque of the Red
Death” (by Edgar Allan Poe)
Jan. 28, 1942 “Thus I Refute Beelzy” (by
John Collier)
June 29, 1942 “Keeping His Promise” (by
Algernon Blackwood)
July 7, 1942 “In the Cage”
[“…psychological study of the
phobias of man…”]
Aug. 29, 1942 “August Heat” (by W. F.
Harvey)
Aug. 31, 1942 “The Bookshop” (by Nelson S.
Bond)
Sep. 22, 1942 “The Clerk’s Quest” (by George
Moore)
[“…tale of imaginative pursuit….”]
Dec. 12, 1942 “Fishhead” (by Irvin S. Cobb)
[“…The narrative concerns a
half-human creature who is thought
to be in league with the catfish in a
nearby lake…”]
Dec. 26, 1942 “The Facts in the Case of
Monsieur Valdemar”
Jan. 2, 1943 “The Ghost Ship”
Feb. 13, 1943 “The Bad Hand” / “Babel” (by
Mindret Lord)
March 6, 1943 “He Looked At Me Out of His
Eyes” (by Michael Fessier)
April 3, 1943 “The Old Folks at Home” /
“The Betrayal” (by Mindret
Lord)
[“…The first one tells of a woman
who returns to her old family home
to live with the ghosts of her parents.
The second story concerns a dog
who asks for meat after being
bestowed with the power of
speech…”]
April 10, 1943 “The Chaser” (by John Collier)
May 8, 1943 “Spider Bliss” (by Michael
Fessier)
May 29, 1943 “The Music of Erich Zann”
(by H. P. Lovecraft)
July 3, 1943 “A. V. Laider” (by Max
Beerbohm)
Aug. 14, 1943 “August Heat”
Jan. 31, 1944 “The Death of Olivier Becaille”
(by Emile Zola)
STORIES BY OLMSTED
May 4, 1946 “The Ghost Ship”
NELSON OLMSTED
Oct. 14, 1946 “The Death of Olivier Becaille”
May 2, 1948 “The Chaser”
SLEEP NO MORE
[Wednesday—9:30-9:55 PM]
Nov. 7, 1956
Nov. 14, 1956
Nov. 21, 1956 “Conqueror’s Isle” (by
Nelson Bond)
Nov. 28, 1956 “Mr. Mergenthwerker’s
Lobblies” (by Nelson Bond) /
“August Heat” (by W. F.
Harvey)
Dec. 5, 1956 “Over the Hill” (by Michael
Fessier) / “The Man in the
Black Hat” (by Michael
Fessier)
Dec. 12, 1956 “Three O’Clock” (by William
Irish)
Dec. 19, 1956 “The Storm” (by McKnight
Melmar) / “Annabel Lee” (by
Edgar Allan Poe)
Dec. 26, 1956 “Fishhead” (by Irvin S. Cobb) /
“The Death of Olivier Becauie”
(by Emile Zola)
[
Jan. 2, 1956 “The Horsehair Trunk” (by
Davis Grubb) / “A Friend to
Alexander” (by James Thurber)
[Wednesday—
Jan. 9, 1957
Jan. 16, 1957 “The Waxwork” (by A. M.
Burrage) / “The Man and the
Snake” (by Ambrose Bierce)
Jan. 23, 1957 “I Am Waiting” (by Christopher
Isherwood) / “Browdean Farm”
(by A. M. Burrage)
Jan. 30, 1957 “The Jilting of Granny
Weatherall” / “Escape”
Feb. 6, 1957 “Banquo’s Chair” (by Rupert
Croft Cooke) / “The Coward”
(by Guy de Maupassant)
Feb. 27, 1957 “To Build a Fire” / “Three
Skeleton Key”
March 6, 1957 “Thus I Refute Beezly” / “The
Book Shop”
March 13, 1957 “The Escape of Mr. Trimm”
March 20, 1957 “The Woman in Gray” / “A
Suspicious Gift”
April 3, 1957 “The Bet” / “The Clerk’s
Quest”
April 10, 1957 “A Passenger to Bali”
April 17, 1957 “Homecoming” / “Aunt Cassie”
April 24, 1957 “The Evening” / “The
Flowering of the Strange
Orchid”
LA SOMBRA
Mexican incarnation of The Shadow—“enigma de un hombre que esconde su rostro bajo un antifax.” “The
adventures of a singular detective and his assistant Cliff, the same who traveled in one of their
‘adventures’ to the Planet Venus.”
ORIGINATION: XEQ, Mexico City, Distrito Federal.
DURATION: November 26, 1951-[October 31, 1952].
PERSONNEL: Alexander Ciangherotti (voice of “La Sombra”).
SPONSOR: Colgate-Palmolive (Fab).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
“My name does not matter. I am, in a sense, the lady’s guardian… I wear black, you
observe. Now, young man, will you heed what I say? If not, I warn you…against worse
things than you are likely to see on the battlefield.”
John Dickson Carr’s eight-episode serial for the BBC was a fascinating blend of historical
romance and Carr’s trademark eerie mystery. The story is set at the end of the Regency
period, an era that was of particular fascination for Carr. The opening narration—spoken
by Carleton Hobbs, later a superb radio Sherlock Holmes—captures the spirit of the
times in a vivid word-portrait: “It was an age of fine manners and boisterous drinking,
when Boney had been beaten at Waterloo only a year before… When that new miracle,
gaslight, had begun to flicker in the cobblestoned streets. When already the balloon and
the steamboat were commonplace sights. When, in short, progress was carrying us to
the Devil.”
The plot of Speak of the Devil centers around Captain Hugh Austen of the Grenadier
Guards who, on the eve of the battle of Waterloo, encounters a mysterious woman with
whom he is instantly enamored. Shortly thereafter he confronts her “guardian,” a sinister
gentleman garbed completely in black who menacingly advises him to forget that he
has ever seen the lady. Later he learns that her name is Mary Adair and that he could
not have possibly seen her that night, since she had been hanged from the scaffold a
year prior for the murder of a wealthy old woman. Austen, already considered a lunatic
by British society for seeking “a girl who doesn’t exist,” is plunged into an abyss of
mystery and seeming black magic, culminating in a second meeting with Mary at an
evil-looking house in the middle of a foetid swamp. In true Carr fashion, the seemingly
supernatural is ultimately explained and the true murderer brought to justice.
“…shortly after Carr began the radio serial…he and his wife ‘were seated in their living
room, reading, when they heard a whistle, a heavy hiss and a series of thunderclap
concussions and then found themselves on the floor, blinded by dust. The first thing
Carr noticed when he got up ws that they now had an uninterrupted view of their
garden…the house was almost a total wreck.” (Robert Lewis Taylor, “Two authors in an
attic.” THE NEW YORKER, Sept. 8 & 15, 1951) The Carrs had a miraculous escape, as did
the five completed episodes of Speak of the Devil which Carr had to salvage from the
rubble. They withdrew to Bristol where the Luftwaffe soon finished off the last remnants
of their furniture and Carr’s precious collection of books. After evacuating his family to a
safer part of England and being bombed out of the Savage Club in London, Carr lodged
himself in Devon to complete various projects, including Speak of the Devil. When the
serial was broadcast during February and March 1941, Carr was delighted by “the
slickness with which everything moves, the conveying of atmosphere above all. Down
here in this neglected spot, they queue up to hear it. One formidable maiden lady
passed the comment: “It’s odd how you seem to be seeing it as well as hearing it.” I
stifled my impulse to reply “Madam, if you knew how hard the producer and the author
worked to achieve that effect, you wouldn’t think it was so bloody odd.” (Letter from
Carr to Val Gielgud, no date (February 1941). BBC Archives.
ORIGINATION: Home Service, London (BBC).
DURATION: February 10-March 31, 1941.
PERSONNEL: John Dickson Carr (scriptwriter), Val Gielgud (producer).
CAST: Hugh Burden (Ensign Johnny Brisbane), Belle Crystal (Mary Adair), Valentine Dyall
(Dr. Horatio Cameron, The Man in Black—EPISODE 6), Robert Eddison (Georges
Pepotin), Malcolm Graeme, Betty Hardy (Lady Cynthia Mercer—EPISODES 1, 5, 6),
Carleton Hobbs (narrator), Anthony Holles, Frederick Lloyd (H.R.H. The Prince Regent),
James McKechnie (Captain Hugh Austen), Fred O’Donovan, Bryan Powley, Lydia
Sherwood (Lady Cynthia Mercer—EPISODE 2), Ronald Simpson, Austin Trevor (Thomas
Tring), Cecil Trouncer (Dr. Horatio Cameron, The Man in Black—EPISODES 2, 4, 8),
Arthur Young (Joe Manton).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
[NOTE:The scripts were collected and published by Crippen & Landru in 1994.]
STARRING BORIS KARLOFF
Coming on the heels of Dracula, Universal’s highly successful release of Frankenstein in
November of 1931 made it clear that the public interest in horror pictures was not a
one-film fluke. Long-struggling supporting actor Boris Karloff catapulted into national
fame with his grotesque yet sympathetic portrayal of the Monster, and almost
immediately went to the airwaves as a means of further solidifying his position as “the
new Lon Chaney.”
[Shriver] “In July, it was announced by Charles C. Barry, vice president in charge of
television at the ABC network, that Karloff had signed an exclusive, one-year contract to
do a weekly series likely to begin in September. Under terms of the agreement, Karloff
would do a radio show for the network, as well. The half-hour TV show would air live
from New York, and feature original plays, adaptations of classics, and some stage and
screen material…”
[Variety, on “Mad Illusion”] “…the more imaginative sound medium permitted the
illusion” of Karloff’s escape from Devil’s Island…through shark-infested waters, and
getting revenge on those who double crossed him, whereas the TV version was written
differently with the final explanation being that the story was just a bad dream.”
Variant titles: Conflict (working title, announced in July); Presenting Boris Karloff; Mystery
Playhouse Starring Boris Karloff (according to Shriver).
ORIGINATION: WJZ, New York City, New York (ABC).
DURATION: September 21-December 14, 1949.
PERSONNEL: Robert Stephen Brode (scriptwriter), Bernard Green (musical director),
George Gunn (announcer), George Henniger (organist), Charles Warburton (producer-
director).
CASTS: Boris Karloff, Mildred Natwick, et al.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
STARRING BORIS KARLOFF
[Wednesday—9:00-9:30 PM]
Sep. 21, 1949 “Five Golden Guineas”
Sep. 28, 1949 “The Mask”
Oct. 5, 1949 “Munghara”
Oct. 12, 1949 “Mad Illusion”
Oct. 19, 1949 “Perchance to Dream”
Oct. 26, 1949 “The Devil Takes a Bride”
Nov. 2, 1949 “The Moving Finger”
Nov. 9, 1949 “The Twisted Path”
Nov. 16, 1949 “False Face”
Nov. 23, 1949 “Cranky Bill”
Nov. 30, 1949 “Three O’Clock”
Dec. 7, 1949 “The Shop at Sly Corner”
Dec. 14, 1949 “The Night Reveals”
STAY TUNED FOR TERROR
Robert Bloch: “An announcer and radio actor friend brought my work to the attention of
John Neblett, a sportscaster, and his friend, agent Berle Adams. Neblett produced the
show, Adams bought into it and marketed it, and my friend, James Doolittle, took the
lead. Other performers were his brother Donald, an actor named Wilms Herbert (now
deceased) and Angeline Orr, who later married Neblett. They did all the roles—as was
customary in those days. The director, Howard Keegan, had previously directed Lights
Out and gave us excellent assistance.
The shows were recorded in Chicago, at the Wrigley Building studios, one night a
week, three shows per session. I attended and made suggestions at the rehearsals. I
never rewrote a script—but I should have, as they were dreadful by today’s standards,
I’m sure. Doolittle used a pseudonym (“Craig Dennis”) but I believe the rest of the cast
were listed by their own names.
The shows sold, here and in Hawaii, and to the entire Canadian Broadcasting Network.
A second series of thirty-nine was about to be ordered when John Neblett died in the
crash of his private plane which he was piloting either to or from a football game down
South. The series died with him.”
“Neblett’s sales-force went out, and a few months later we were getting air-time;
prestigious major stations such as WMAQ-Chicago, similar outlets in the South and
West, then the Canadian Broadcasting Network, even Hawaii. There was talk of doing
another thirty-nine shows, and Berle Adams, then negotiating with Mercury Records,
was putting together a record album from the broadcasts.”
In 1964, with the series presumably long forgotten and its author now an established
presence in Hollywood following the success of Psycho, Bloch found himself with the
opportunity to finally meet a man whose work he had admired for a long time, the film
director Fritz Lang. As Bloch recounted in his autobiography, he approached the
meeting with some degree of trepidation. “What could I possibly have to say…,” he
fretted. But, after being introduced, practically the first words out of Lang’s mouth were:
“Tell me, whatever became of your radio show, Stay Tuned for Terror?”
ORIGINATION: Neblett Radio Productions, Chicago, Illinois (electrical transcriptions).
[NOTE: Later listed (perhaps after Neblett’s death) in Variety as Craig Dennis
Productions.]
DURATION: 39-episode package released for syndication in January, 1945.
[NOTE: First broadcast on WMAQ in Chicago on May 14, 1945. The November 7, 1945
review of the show in Variety indicated that at that time thirteen stations were running
the series.]
PERSONNEL: Robert Bloch (scriptwriter), James Doolittle (narrator), Romelle Fay
(organist), Howard Keegan (director), John Neblett (producer).
CASTS: “Craig Dennis,” Donald Doolittle, Wilms Herbert, Angeline Orr, Francis Spencer.
SPONSOR: Consolidated Royal Chemical Co. (Krank’s Shave Cream—WMAQ, 1945), Lee
Duck Dry Cleaners (CJOC, 1950).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
[NOTE: A number of scripts from the series survive and are scheduled to be published in
book form by ?????.]
STAY TUNED FOR TERROR (DISC SERIES ON WMAQ)
[Monday-Wednesday-Friday---10:45-11:00 PM]
May 14, 1945 “The Bat Is My Brother”
May 16, 1945
May 18, 1945
May 21, 1945
May 23, 1945
May 25, 1945
May 28, 1945
June 1, 1945
June 4, 1945
June 6, 1945
June 8, 1945
June 11, 1945
June 13, 1945
June 15, 1945
June 18, 1945
June 20, 1945
June 22, 1945
June 25, 1945
June 27, 1945
June 29, 1945
July 2, 1945
July 4, 1945
July 6, 1945
July 9, 1945
July 11, 1945
July 13, 1945
July 16, 1945
July 18, 1945
July 20, 1945
July 23, 1945
July 25, 1945
July 27, 1945
July 30, 1945
Aug. 1, 1945
Aug. 3, 1945
Aug. 6, 1945
Aug. 8, 1945
Aug. 10, 1945
Aug. 17, 1945 ???
Still researching correct order of titles; information in parentheses indicates first
magazine appearance of story or if it is an original script)
[1] “The Strange Flight of
Richard Clayton” (Amazing
Stories, March 1939)
[“...concerns a rocket trip to the
moon…”]
[2] “The Bat Is My Brother”
(Weird Tales, November 1944)
[3] “Warm Up the Hot Seat”
(original script)
[4] “Soul Proprietor” (original
script; later published in Weird
Tales, November 1945)
[5] “Satan’s Phonograph”
(original script; later published in
Weird Tales, January 1946)
[“…about a man’s soul being lifted
out of his body and imprisoned in a
phonograph machine…”]
[6] “The House of the Hatchet”
(Weird Tales, January 1941)
[7] “One Way to Mars” (Weird
Tales, July 1945)
[8] “The Hands of Loh Sing”
(original script)
[9] “The Man Who Lost His
Head” (original script)
[10] “Which Is the Witch?”
(“A Question of Identity,”
Strange Stories, April 1939)
[11] “Black Bargain” (Weird
Tales, May 1942)
[12] “Return of the Monster”
(“Return to the Sabbath,” Weird
Tales, July 1938)
[13] “The Creeper in the Crypt”
(Weird Tales, July 1937)
[14] “The Secret of Sebek”
(Weird Tales, November 1937)
[15] “The Devil’s Ticket”
(Weird Tales, November 1944)
[16] “The Secret in the Tomb”
(Weird Tales, May 1935)
[17] “The Man Who Cried
Wolf” (Weird Tales, May 1945)
[18] “Waxworks” (Weird Tales,
January 1939
[19] “Beauty’s Beast” (Weird
Tales, May 1941)
[20] “Sadini’s Dummy”
[21] “Yours Truly, Jack the
Ripper” (Weird Tales, July
1943)
[22] “Cloak of Darkness”
(“The Cloak,” Unknown, May
1939)
[23] “The Cat That Never
Died” (“Brood of Bubastis,”
Weird Tales, March 1937)
[24] “Mad Scientist”
(original script; later published in
Fantastic Adventures,
September 1947)
[25] “The Totem Pole” (Weird
Tales, August 1939)
[26] “Contents, One Corpse”
(poss. “C.O.D.—Corpse on
Delivery,” Detective Tales, ??)
[27] “Grandfather’s Clock”
[28] “Lizzie Borden Took an
Axe” (original script; later
published in Weird Tales,
November 1946)
[29] “The Heart of a Robot”
(“Almost Human,” Fantastic
Adventures, July 1943)
[30] “The Man Who Hated
Machines” (“It Happened
Tomorrow,” Astonishing
Stories, February 1943)
[31] “The Grinning Ghoul”
(Weird Tales, June 1936)
[“…the story of a cemetery keeper
plagued by a sleep-walking professor
to look into the matter of ghouls
living in caverns under the
cemetery…”]
[32] “Wine of the Wizard”
(“Wine of the Sabbat,” Weird
Tales, November 1940)
[33] “The Beasts of Barsac”
(Weird Tales, July 1944)
[34] “The Dark Demon”
(Weird Tales, November 1936)
[35] “I Hate Myself” (original
script)
[36] “The Curse of the House”
(Strange Stories, February 1939)
[37] “The Man Who Raised
the Dead”
[“…a guess at what might have
happened to Hitler…”]
[38] “The Bogey Man Will Get
You” (original script; later
published in Weird Tales, March
1946)
[39] “Horror Show”
(poss. “Horror in Hollywood,”
Mammoth Detective, February
1944, or “The Phantom from the
Film,” Amazing Stories,
February 1943)
STORY TIME—EDGAR ALLAN POE SERIES
“Story Time’ started out with ‘Wuthering Heights,’ went through ‘Scarlet Letter’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ and
last week did a different Poe story each day.”
“The organ also provided wonderful sound effects. In ‘The Black Cat’ last Tuesday, for example, screams
and taps on the wall were suggested with music.”
ORIGINATION: WOL, Washington, D.C.
DURATION: October 6-10, 1947
PERSONNEL: Larry Frommer (adapter), Larry Geraghty (reader), Charles Keaton (organist).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
STORY TIME—“EDGAR ALLAN POE SERIES”
[Monday-Friday—11:00-11:15 AM]
Oct. 6, 1947
Oct. 7, 1947 “The Black Cat”
Oct. 8, 1947
Oct. 9, 1947
Oct. 10, 1947
STRANGE
Stories of the supernatural
ORIGINATION: WJZ, New York City, New York (ABC).
DURATION: May 30-September ??, 1955.
PERSONNEL: Walter Gibson (scriptwriter, producer, narrator), Drex Hines (director),
Sheldon Stark (scriptwriter), Charles Woods (announcer).
CASTS: Robert Dryden, Hal Holbrook, Stephan Schnabel, Lawson Zerbe, Bill Zuckert.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Deadman’s Reef” (5/30/55), “The Flying Dutchman,” “The
Ghost Train,” “Greenwood Acres,” “The Great Eastern,” story about hillbilly feud (#50).
[NOTE: The complete set of scripts are archived in the Walter Gibson collection at the
Thousand Oaks Public Library, Thousand Oaks, California. Also, the following scripts
were documented by Randolph Cox as existing in Walter Gibson’s files: “The Ghost of La
Chatraine,” “Killed by a Ghost in a Taxi,” “Lightening a Ghost House,” “The Percy Castle
Ghost” and “Washington Irving Bishop.”]
STRANGE
[Monday thru Friday—7:30-7:45 PM]
May 30, 1955 “Deadman’s Reef”
[“…First segment (30) spun the yarn
about the ghost who guided the
British ship Sultana out of the
passage of a reef off the Cape of
Good Hope. Stephan Schnabel and
Bill Zuckert were good as the captain
and the seaman who went through
the experience…”] (Variety)
May 31, 1955
THE STRANGE AND THE SINISTER
Readings of stories by William Croft Dickinson. Listed as “stories of the supernatural.”
Dickinson was a Scottish historian and author whose short stories were influenced by M.
R. James.
[Times obituary, May 24, 1963] “No account of his career would be complete without a
reference to his revival in 1947 and subsequent editorship of the Scottish Historical
Review or of his effective ghost stories and charming children’s books.”
ORIGINATION: Home, London (BBC).
DURATION: October 9-13, 1961.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead” (10/10/61), “A Work of Evil.”
(10/13/61).
THE STRANGE AND THE SINISTER
[Monday-Friday—10:45-11:00 PM]
Oct. 9, 1961 “The Sweet Singers”
Oct. 10, 1961 “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead”
Oct. 11, 1961 “Return at Dusk”
Oct. 12, 1961 “The Black Dog of Wolf’s Crag”
Oct. 13, 1961 “A Work of Evil”
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
(Variety, July 16, 1947) “BBC plans to offer WNEW a serial in five episodes… Story isn’t
completed until the final (fifth) program is heard.”
ORIGINATION: Home Service, London (BBC).
DURATION: September 9-October 7, 1944.
PERSONNEL: Lance Sieveking (scriptwriter), Hugh Stewart (producer).
CAST: Raymond Lovell (Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde), et al.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
[?????—8:30-9:00 PM]
Sep. 9, 1944 [1]
Sep. 16, 1944 [2]
Sep. 23, 1944 [3]
Sep. 30, 1944 [4]
Oct. 7, 1944 [5]
THE STRANGE DR. KARNAC
[Broadcasting, 1/25/43] “WKY, Oklahoma City, on Jan. 23, 9:30-10:00 p.m. (EWT), started
a new thriller series, The Strange Dr.Carnak, authored by Scott Bishop, continuity editor
of the Oklahoma City Broadcaster, who is known to radio fans for his horror series, Dark
Fantasy.”
ORIGINATION: WJZ, New York City, New York (BLUE).
DURATION: January 23-April 24, 1943.
PERSONNEL: Scott Bishop (scriptwriter), Stuart Buchanan (director), Fred Cole
(announcer), Bob Hamilton (organist).
CASTS: Horace Braham, Jean Ellyn, Joseph Julian, Mandel Kramer, Alice Reinheart, James
Van Dyke, et al.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
THE STRANGE DR. KARNAC (WJZ, NEW YORK)
[Saturday—7:30-8:00 PM]
Jan. 23, 1943 “Meet Me at the Morgue”
Jan. 30, 1943
Feb. 6, 1943
Feb. 13, 1943
Feb. 20, 1943
Feb. 27, 1943
March 6, 1943
March 13, 1943
March 20, 1943
March 27, 1943
April 3, 1943
April 10, 1943
April 17, 1943
April 24, 1943
THE STRANGE DR. WEIRD
Created by Robert Arthur and David Kogan. Dr. Weird lives in “that cute little house on
the other side of the cemetery.”
[NYW-T, 11/9/44] “Politically weary radio personnel awoke yesterday morning to
discover that WOR’s The Strange Dr. Weird had staged its debut election night. Its star,
master-of-dialects Maurice Tarplin, wondered if anyone heard him. But with the din and
shouting over, he’s determined to continue our already complicated lives with escape
problems on this new mystery series…”
ORIGINATION: WOR, New York City, New York.
[NOTE: The series played in syndication on about 30 stations.]
DURATION: November 7, 1944-June 19, 1945.
PERSONNEL: Robert Arthur (scriptwriter), David Kogan (scriptwriter), Jock MacGregor
(producer-director), Maurice Tarplin (voice of “Dr. Weird”), Dick Willard (announcer).
CASTS: Arline Blackburn, Phil Clark, Martin Wilson, et al.
SPONSOR: Adam Hat Stores.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Journey into the Unknown”
THE STRANGE DR. WEIRD (WOR)
[Tuesday—7:00-7:15 PM] ????
Nov. 7, 1944 “The House Where Death
Lives”
[Tuesday—7:15-7:30 PM]
Nov. 14, 1944 “The Summoning of Chandor”
Nov. 21, 1944 “Journey into the Unknown”
Nov. 28, 1944 “Murder Comes Home”
Dec. 5, 1944 “Death in the Everglades”
Dec. 12, 1944 “The Man Who Talked with
Death”
Dec. 19, 1944 “The White Pearls of Death”
Dec. 26, 1944 “Stand-In for Murder”
Jan. 2, 1945 “The Tiger Cat”
Jan. 9, 1945 “The Murder Ship”
Jan. 16, 1945 “Beauty and the Beast”
Jan. 23, 1945 “Survival of the Fittest”
Jan. 30, 1945 “The Man Who Lived Twice”
Feb. 6, 1945 “Dark Wings of Death”
Feb. 13, 1945 “The Secret Room”
Feb. 20, 1945 “Knife of Death”
Feb. 27, 1945 “Murder Will Out”
March 6, 1945 “The Voice of Death”
March 13, 1945 “The Two Faces of Death”
March 20, 1945 “The Man Who Knew
Everything”
March 27, 1945 “He Woke Up Dead”
April 3, 1945 “Devil’s Cavern”
April 10, 1945 “When Killers Meet”
April 17, 1945 “Dead Man’s Paradise”
April 24, 1945 “Ghost Ship”
May 1, 1945 “The Man Who Played Dead”
May 8, 1945 “Murder—One Million B.C.”
May 15, 1945 “Picture of a Killer” ?
May 22, 1945 “Revenge from the Grave” ?
May 29, 1945
June 5, 1945
June 12, 1945
June 19, 1945
SUPERNATURALLY SPEAKING
Were these scripts ever produced by any station?
ORIGINATION: The Script Library, New York City, New York.
DURATION: Scripts offered for sale in 1941.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
SUPERNATURALLY YOURS
Are these pilots? No confirmation of broadcasts has yet been found.
ORIGINATION: Unknown.
DURATION: Circa 1947.
PERSONNEL: Ken Nordine (narrator)??
SPONSOR: Schoenhofen-Edelweiss Co. (Edelbrew Beer).
[NOTE: The actual commercial in “Was It a Dream?” refers to the product as “Edelbrew.”]
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Was It a Dream?” (2/24/47), “The Cyprian Cat” (4/23/47).
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TALES FROM FIDDLER’S GREEN
Ghostly legends and fantasies of the sea dramatized by Thomas Gilchrist, who
apparently wrote nothing but sea stories.
ORIGINATION: C???, Vancouver, British Columbia (Trans-Canada Network).
DURATION: June 27-September 26, 1953.
PERSONNEL: Thomas Gilchrist (scriptwriter), Raymond Whitehouse (producer).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
VANCOUVER THEATRE—“TALES FROM FIDDLER’S GREEN”
June 27, 1953 “The Case of the Dying
Legend”
[“…The Flying Dutchman released
from curse to forever sail the seas
against the wind is brought to
Fiddler’s Green along with his
temptress…”] (CCBS Bibliography)
July 4, 1953 “The Ear of Captain Jenkins”
[“…Sir Robert Walpole infiltrates
Fiddler’s Green to find captain
whose false tale about his lost ear
precipitated Anglo-Spanish War…”]
July 11, 1953 “The Red Hand of Ulster”
[“…Irish sailor is brought down to
the sailor’s Elysium, Fiddler’s Green
to be told the true tale of the origin
of the Red Hand of Ulster sign…”]
July 18, 1953 “The Tale of the Modern
Stormalong”
[“…Denizens of Fiddler’s Green
hear merry tale in which crusty old
shipowner, his daughter and his
assistant all find mates on a cruise.”]
July 25, 1953 “The Scarf of O’Shane”
[“…Grim fate befalls Irish sailor in
afterlife who, cursed with snakes by
native woman for murder with
scarf, died at sight of scarf coiled.”]
Aug. 1, 1953 “The Lost Ships”
[“…Message in bottle that sinks to
Fiddler’s Green tells of young
sailor’s discovery of a piracy
operation that funds a Utopian
isle…”]
Aug. 8, 1953 “The Phantom Trip”
[“…While Neptune presides, the
Deep Sea Board of Wind, Wave and
Tide hears the tale of a captain who
solved a murder and saved an
innocent man…”]
Aug. 15, 1953 “The Return”
[“…Sailor returns from the dead to
confront his brother who stole his
fiancée twenty years ago to gain her
father’s business…”]
Aug. 22, 1953 “The Midnight Leadsman”
[“…Sailor, whom ship’s crew
discerns has murdered evil captain
responsible for his parent’s death,
kills himself and enters Fiddler’s
Green…”]
Aug. 29, 1953 “The Teardrop of Tarina”
[“…Water nymph of Fiddler’s Green
weaps pearl tear for native diver she
loves that leads to his death at hands
of Englishmen…”]
Sep. 5, 1953 “The Fugitive of the Faradon”
[“…Board of Fiddler’s Green hears
petition for entry of doctor who,
when he went to sea to avoid mercy
killing charge, saved a ship’s dog…”]
Sep. 12, 1953 “The Drums of Whangaroa”
[“…Tale of greedy shipowner who
willfully sent his men to their death,
and his fitting punishment in the
sailor’s afterlife, Fiddler’s Green…”]
Sep. 19, 1953 “The Eyes of Stormy Grey”
[“…Board of Fiddler’s Green is
regaled by romantic tale, as it
arranges for reunion of one of their
sailors and his recently deceased
wife…”]
Sep. 26, 1953 “Passing Ship”
[“…Tale of love triangle between
man, wife and ship, wife’s death in
war, husband’s revenge on enemy
and couple’s reunion in Fiddler’s
Green…”]
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
Subject for further research.
ORIGINATION: CJOC, Lethbridge, Alberta.
DURATION: [January 11-April 25], 1941.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
[Saturday—11:00-11:15 PM]
Jan. 11, 1941
[Hockey on Jan. 18]
Jan. 25, 1941
[Hockey on Feb. 1]
[No show on Feb. 8]
Feb. 15, 1941
Feb. 22, 1941
March 1, 1941
[Hockey on Mar. 8]
March 15, 1941
[Hockey on Mar. 22]
[Hockey on Mar. 29]
April 25, 1941
May 17, 1941 To be announced
June 7, 1941 To be announced
July 5, 1941 CBS Dance Orchestra
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
[Washington Post, January 20, 1946] “Tales of the Supernatural’ debuts tonight at 11:30
over WWDC-ABS with a dramatization of Poe’s ‘Cask of Amontillado.’”
ORIGINATION: WWDC, Washington, D.C.
DURATION: January 20-February 10, 1946.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
[Sunday—11:30-11:45 PM]
Jan. 20, 1946 “The Cask of Amontillado”
Jan. 27, 1946
Feb. 3, 1946
Feb. 10, 1946
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
An Australian series, done several years after World War II (judging from internal
evidence in one of the episodes, where a five-year-old murder is placed during the same
year that the Allies were bombing Berlin).
ORIGINATION: Grace Gibson Productions, Sydney, New South Wales (electrical
transcriptions).
DURATION: Circa 1948-1950.
PERSONNEL: Kevin Brennan (narrator).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “The Last Lord Reddingcourt,” “I Shall Rise Again,” “A Species of
Seaweed,” “The Strange Companion” (#7), “Out of the Mist.” (#8).
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7] “The Strange Companion”
[“…Two travelers hear a tale of
murder—told by a ghost…”]
[8] “Out of the Mist”
[“…A medium conjures up death.”]
Titles with unknown numbers:
“I Shall Rise Again”
“The Last Lord Reddingcourt”
“A Species of Seaweed”
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
Listed in the Modesto Bee, Thursday, October 2, 1952, KGO, 9:15-9:30.
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
Listed in the radio log of the Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, on the following
dates.
ORIGINATION: CJOC, Lethbridge, Alberta.
DURATION: July 20-[December 7], 1953.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL (CJOC)
[Monday—10:45-11:00 PM]
July 20, 1953
July 27, 1953 Not listed
Sep. 7, 1953
Sep. 14, 1953
[Monday—11:45-11:55 PM]
Sep. 28, 1953
Oct. 12, 1953
Oct. 26, 1953
Nov. 30, 1953
Dec. 7, 1953
TALES OF THE WEIRD AND UNKNOWN
Cited in the Sperdvac Radiogram, March 1988; no further information is known.
ORIGINATION: Unknown (electrical transcriptions).
DURATION: Circa 1940s.
PERSONNEL: Charles Crowder (scriptwriter).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TEATRO DA MEIA-NOITE
“If you have a strong heart, you are invited to hear the Midnight Theater. Real facts,
radiotelephoned to Ivo Ferro and Ubiratan Lustosa and interpreted by our cast of radio
theater. Tonight, at midnight…but only for those who have nerves of steel.”
Ubiratan Lustosa: “One time Ivo Ferro and I were discussing our programming. We
knew we had a dead space in the schedule—midnight to four in the morning. We
decided to create a terror theater to fill that space
“We decided to make a rotation in the task to write the radiofonizacoes… One night
Ivo would recount the story of “The Man of the Foot Redondo,” then another night I
counter-attacked with “The Mule Without a Head.” Then Ivo would come back with “The
Cry of the Wolfman” and I answered with “The Mansion of Punished Souls.” And so we
carried on a friendly competition of terrifying stories.
“We used to advantage many narratives sent by letter from the listeners, but also we
invented much thing. The presentation was to the living creature to the midnight. We
used much sonoplastia, with howls, moans, creak of doors, outbursts of laughter and
strong shouts of horror, thunderstorms, musical vignettes, an equipment of sounds to
impress the listeners.
“One night, after the presentation, I went to eat a sandwich in the Minhorn Bar and
later I caught a taxi to go home. Without knowing who I was, the cab driver recounted
the story to me that he had heard on the radio. It was what I had written and we had
presented that night. He made some additions and I confess that my history well more
impressive left. He had a gaiato that he worked ina gas station, close to the Public Stroll,
that left the service of loudspeakers the all volume to relay our causos of terror…with all
its howls and moans. To that he reed-echo in the dawn. The neighborhood, scared,
certain time gave part in the policy.
“Everything was going well until one day when Rolff Mario, our sonoplasta (sound
effects man), said to Ivo that he would not work on the midnight show any longer, even
if it meant tendering his resignation to the station. It seems that when going home after
the broadcast, through the deserted city, he had to walk a good stretch on the edge of
the municipal cemetery. Every little noise scared him, and his nerves just couldn’t stand
the tension. Since he was essential for the success of the program, we started to record
the show ahead of time, usually around eight o’clock in the evening.”
ORIGINATION: PRB-2, Curitiba, Parana (Radio Clube Paranaense).
DURATION: Circa late 1950s-early 1960s.
PERSONNEL: Ivo Ferro (scriptwriter, director), Ubiratan Lustosa (scriptwriter, director),
Rolff Mario (sound effects).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
TEATRO DE HORROR
A Brazilian radio horror series. Need more information.
ORIGINATION: ???, Rio de Janeiro (Radio Standard).
DURATION: Circa 1940s.
PERSONNEL:
SPONSOR: Goodyear.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
TEATRO DE MISTERIO
The newspaper ads proclaimed “Misterio! Crimen! Horror!” Just what were the
proportions of these three elements remains to be determined and evaluated.
ORIGINATION: XEW, Mexico, D.F.
DURATION: Circa 1950-1951.
[NOTE: Have newspaper annotations for March 1 and 22, and April 5, 19, and 26, 1951,
at a broadcast time of 7:15-7:45 p.m.]
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
SPONSOR: Jarabe Bre-A-Col.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TEATRO DE TERROR
The opening to this show was included in an accompanying CD to Tavares’ book, but he
doesn’t mention it in the main text.
ORIGINATION: Brazil.
DURATION: Unknown.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
TEATRO FANTASIA
It is uncertain whether this series produced by Radio Cadena Nacional specialized in
dark fantasy, romantic fantasy, or whimsical fantasy. Most of the episode titles are
sufficiently ambiguous to beggar description. “Laughter of the Dead” and “The Club of
the Phantoms” seem like safe bets, but what are we to make of “Boardinghouse for
Students,” “The Inheritance,” “The Dowry Hunter,” “Destiny,” “The Kiss,” “Without Name,”
“Clear Water,” “Divine Love,” “Love and Sorrow,” and “Whirlwind”?
ORIGINATION: XEX, Mexico, D.F. (RCN).
DURATION: Circa 1953.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TELLER OF HAWAIIAN TALES
“Son of a pioneer family of Kaua’i, author Eric Knudsen spent most of his life as a
rancher, hunter, lawyer, and legislator. These sixty tales were originally narrated by
Knudsen on his radio program which aired during the black-out nights of World War II.
They quickly became a welcome diversion from the news of fighting around the globe.
Told in the first person, it seems as though ‘Elika, Teller of Tales’ actually experienced
these encounters with gods, goddesses, ghosts and cowboys along his journeys through
Hawaii’s peaks and valleys.”
ORIGINATION: KGMB, Honolulu, Hawaii.
[The syndicated series was released by Bell Transcriptions, a division of Bell Records Ltd.]
DURATION: Circa 1942-1945.
PERSONNEL: Eric A. Knudsen (storyteller).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “The One-Eyed Akua” (#1), “The Ghost Dance on Punchbowl”
(#11), “Sweet Leilehua” (#12), “An Incident in the Niihau Channel” (#16), “The Wreck of
The Thunderer” (#32), “The Sleeping Boy” (#35), “For the Love of Kaala” (#50), “The Ditch
the Menehune Built” (#2?).
THE TERROR
Edgar Wallace’s play was a late-comer to radio, coming years after its London stage
premiere in 1927 and two movie versions in 1928 and 1938.
ORIGINATION: Home Service, London (BBC).
DURATION: ???? ??, 1947.
PERSONNEL:
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
THE TERROR
Cited by Gary Rhodes in his excellent book on Bela Lugosi.
ORIGINATION: Proposed (but never produced) by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
DURATION: Proposal and one script written in 1954.
PERSONNEL: Bela Lugosi (proposed star), Edward D. Wood, Jr. (scriptwriter).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
TERROR TALES
It is uncertain whether this originated as a series of radio broadcasts or if it was an
original for LP album release.
ORIGINATION: Unknown.
DURATION: Circa 1959.
PERSONNEL: Robert P. Hamelton, Martha Wentworth (voice of “The Old Sea Hag,”
various voices).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Terror Train,” “Mice from Outer Space,” “Devil Octopus,”
“Shipwreck,” “The Spooky Wheer,” “Slumber Mice.”
LE THEATRE DE LA PEUR
Listed in Radio Guide in 1941.
ORIGINATION: CBF, Montreal, Quebec (CBC).
DURATION: Circa 1941.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
LE THEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL
A series of adaptations done on French-Canadian radio.
ORIGINATION: CKVL, Montreal, Quebec.
DURATION: August 20, 1948-1949.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
THEY WALK BY NIGHT
“In the silent, somber depths of a waxwork museum, before an old caretaker, highlights
of the lives of Rachmaninoff, Alexandre Dumas, Catherine the Great, Crippen and many
others are re-created.”
ORIGINATION: AWA Limited, Sydney, New South Wales (electrical transcriptions).
DURATION: Recorded and released in syndication in 1963.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: The entire series of 52 broadcasts.
THEY WALK BY NIGHT
[1] “Judas Iscariot”
[2] “Colonel Blood”
[3] “Dan Morgan”
[4] “Wyatt Earp”
“THREE SKELETON KEY”
[TOKYO MONSTER HOAX]
A TOUCH OF STRANGE
This CBC fantasy series combined equal parts of whimsy and horror.
ORIGINATION: C???, Toronto (CBC Trans-Canada).
DURATION: April 1-August 12, 1960.
PERSONNEL: John Alexander Bethune (scriptwriter), Robert Brome (scriptwriter), Eric
Cameron (scriptwriter), Michael Judge (scriptwriter), Walt Kelley (scriptwriter), Alan
Rossiter King (scriptwriter), Hector MacFayden (scriptwriter, producer), Kae McRae
(scriptwriter), Alan Pearce (scriptwriter), George Salverson (scriptwriter).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
A TOUCH OF STRANGE
[Friday—5:30?-6:00 PM]
April 1, 1960 “They” (by Rudyard Kipling)
April 8, 1960 “The Tin Cup” (by Richard
Stockton)
April 22, 1960 “The Swan”
April 29, 1960 “A Song for a Lady” (by
Charles Beaumont)
May 6, 1960 “The Last Clock” (by James
Thurber)
May 13, 1960
May 20, 1960
May 27, 1960
June 3, 1960
June 10, 1960
June 17, 1960
June 24, 1960
July 1, 1960 “Between the Silences”
July 8, 1960 “Judgment Morning”
[“…A greedy brother connives to get
the land rights from his sister by
planning their funerals to pretend
they are already dead; he
succeeds…”] (CCBS Bibliography)
July 15, 1960 “The Wart and the Wizard” (by
Terence Hanbury White)
July 22, 1960 “The Lesson”
[“…A professor commits his fortieth
murder of the day when he stabs yet
another unsuspecting student who
fails to grasp his lecture on
philology…”] (CCBS Bibliography)
July 29, 1960 “There Are 43,200 Seconds in a
Day” (by Peter Ustinov)
Aug. 5, 1960 “The Hungry One”
[“…Young man is eventually eaten
alive by a huge cactus sent to him by
a former housekeeper who despised
him as a child…”] (CCBS
Bibliography)
Aug. 12, 1960 “The Town on the Edge of the
End”
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UNCANNY STORIES
Edward Mason created this series for the BBC.
ORIGINATION: Light Programme, London (BBC).
DURATION: November 10-December 15, 1958.
PERSONNEL: Archie Campbell (producer), Edward J. Mason (scriptwriter).
CASTS:
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “The Wise Man from the East” (11/24/58), “An Ear for Music”
(12/1/58), “Things That Go Bump in the Night” (12/8/58), “A Small Still Voice” (12/15/58).
UNCANNY STORIES
[Monday—7:30-8:00 PM]
Nov. 10, 1958 “The Fascinating Hobby of
Mr. Cranberry Parfitt”
Nov. 17, 1958 “Such Stuff As Dreams Are
Made On”
Nov. 24, 1958 “The Wise Man from the
East”
Dec. 1, 1958 “An Ear for Music”
Dec. 8, 1958 “Things That Go Bump in
the Night”
Dec. 15, 1958 “A Still Small Voice”
THE UNINVITED
Australian series of ghost stories.
ORIGINATION: Artransa, Sydney, New South Wales.
DURATION: Circa 1970s.
PERSONNEL: Jim Bradley (director), Richard Lane (scriptwriter).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Tom Fenton haunted by phantom woman (#28).
THE UNINVITED
[?????
[1] “Night of the Monster”
[2] “Untimely End”
[3] “Deadlier Than the Dream”
[4] “Dead Ringer”
[5] “The Restless Spirit of
Polkington Manor”
[6] “The Letter”
[7] “Tale of Two Bridges”
[8] “In Death as in Life”
[9] “Revenge on a Swiss
Mountain”
[10] “Out of the Fog”
[11] “Car 8, Suite 22”
[12] “The Stray Brown Dog”
[13] “Tell Them Who I Was”
[14] “The Miller with Three
Thumbs”
[15] “The Evil of Bellengate
Hall”
[16] “Death Came Four Years”
[17] “Guest Spirit at a Séance”
[18] “Seven Steps to Death”
[19] “Message from Miss
Janet”
[20] “The Lonely”
[21] “Wrath of a Mountain”
[22] “The Prophet”
[23] “A Kind of Lust”
[24] “Drury Lane Affair”
[25] “Incident at Rybridge”
[26] “A Room for One Night”
[27] “The Lady in the Lake”
[28] “Something Hidden”
[29] “Come To Me, Lady”
[30] “The Angry Princess”
[31] “A Salt Smell Like the Sea”
[32] “From the Other Side, a
Questing Spirit”
[33] “The Kiss of Death”
[34] “The Scent of a Grave
Matter”
[35] “The Dream Goes On”
[36] “The Mask of Vengeance”
[37] “Never Too Late”
[38] “The Ghost That Wasn’t”
[39] “To Death—and Beyond”
[40] “Duel of the Dead”
[41] “The Unbelievers”
[42] “Dead Reckoning”
[43] “The Smallest Cry”
[44] “A Measure of Time”
[45] “Private World, Deadly
World”
[46] “Coach to Eternity”
[47] “The Scent of Magnolias”
[48] “Wherever You Go”
[49] “Do Me a Favour Before
You Sleep”
[50] “The Extra Man”
[51] “Another World for Henry
Gittins”
[52] “The Witch of the Woods”
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Series of psychological and supernatural thrillers.
[VARIETY] “’Unusual People,’ which marked its first anniversary on the air with its
March 6 broadcast, represents an ambitious attempt at programming for this N.Y. indie
station. Birthday also maked expansion of the show, previously occupying a 15-minute
niche, into half-hour dramatic fare.”
ORIGINATION: WEVD, New York City, New York.
DURATION: Circa 1944-1945.
PERSONNEL: Jack Curtis (announcer), Edward Ludlum (producer-director).
CAST OF “CARMILLA”: Michael Blair, Harriet Burke, Marion Chancer, Sterling Cheseldine,
Helen Thomas (Carmilla).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
[Tuesday—10:30-11:00 PM]
March 6, 1945 “Carmilla”
UNUSUAL TALES
BBC series of H. G. Wells stories.
ORIGINATION: Home Service, London (BBC).
DURATION: September 28-November 2, 1951.
PERSONNEL: Felix Felton (scriptwriter), Laurence Gilliam (scriptwriter), Lance Sieveking
(scriptwriter), Martyn C. Webster (producer).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
UNUSUAL TALES
[Friday—9:58-10:05 PM]
Sep. 28, 1951 “Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation”
Oct. 5, 1951 “The Man Who Could Work
Miracles”
Oct. 12, 1951 “The Crystal Egg”
Oct. 19, 1951 “The Door in the Wall”
Oct. 26, 1951 “The New Accelerator” / “The
Stolen Bacillus”
Nov. 2, 1951 “A Deal in Ostriches”
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EL VAMPIRO DE ORLOV
This horror serial from Peru
ORIGINATION: ????, Mendoza.
DURATION: Circa 1950s.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
VANCOUVER THEATRE —“13 HORROR DRAMAS”
[Winnipeg Free Press, November 9, 1959] “Two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe will be
heard on CBW at 11. Introduced and adapted by Ian Thorne, The Black Cat and Mr.
Valdemar are the fifth in a series of 13 horror dramas being presented on Vancouver
Theatre.”
Over the years Thorne also did radio adaptations of Daphne du Maurier’s “The Birds”
(December 6, 1957), Wilkie Collins’ “The Dream Woman” (May 13, 1956), Max
Beerbohm’s “Enoch Soames” (July 13, 1959),
ORIGINATION: CBW, Vancouver, British Columbia (CBC Trans-Canada).
DURATION: October 12-??????, 1959
PERSONNEL: Neil Sutherland (producer), Ian Thorne (scriptwriter, host).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
VANCOUVER THEATRE—“13 HORROR DRAMAS” (CBW, VANCOUVER)
[Monday—11:00-11:30 PM]
Oct. 5, 1959 “The Doll” (by Algernon
Blackwood)
Oct. 12, 1959 “The Gentleman from America”
(by Michael Arlen)
Oct. 19, 1959 “The Wendigo” (by Algernon
Blackwood)
Oct. 26, 1959
Nov. 2, 1959 “The Screaming Skull” (by
Francis Marion Crawford)
Nov. 9, 1959 “The Black Cat” / “Mr.
Valdemar”
Nov. 16, 1959 “The Horla” (by Guy de
Maupassant)
Nov. 23, 1959 “The Grave Grass Quivers” (by
Mackinlay Kantor)
Nov. 30, 1959 “The Monkey’s Paw” (by W. W.
Jacobs)
Dec. 7, 1959 “A Shipment of Mute Fate” (by
Martin Storm)
Dec. 14, 1959 “The Resurrection of Solly
Moon” (by Walter D. Edmonds)
Dec. 21, 1959 “The Woman at Seven
Brothers” (by Wilbur Daniel
Steele)
Dec. 28, 1959 “The Beast with Five Fingers”
(by W. F. Harvey)
Jan. 4, 1960
THE VISITOR
“He had his own program, ‘The Visitor,’ last semester on WNUR, a program on which he
read stories by Edgar Allan Poe, with emphasis on the suspense tales.”
ORIGINATION: WNUR, ??????, Illinois.
DURATION: Circa 1957.
PERSONNEL: Ronald Sims (reader).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
VOICE IN THE NIGHT
“Horror stories of other days and of today…”
New Orleans horror series—“horror stories of other days and of today…”
Sometime in the summer of 1941 Orval Anderson was replaced as the “Voice in the
Night” by another WWL staffer, Mike Clarke.
ORIGINATION: WWL, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DURATION: March 28-December 29, 1941.
PERSONNEL: Orval Anderson (narrator), Mike Clarke (narrator), Ed Hoerner (scriptwriter,
director, various roles), Don Lewis (various roles), Ray McNamara (novachord).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
VOICE IN THE NIGHT
[Friday—8:45-9:00 PM]
March 28, 1941
April 4, 1941
April 11, 1941
April 18, 1941
April 25, 1941
[Monday—9:30-9:45 PM]
April 28, 1941
May 5, 1941
May 12, 1941
May 19, 1941
May 26, 1941
[“…the story of three ‘notorious
werewolves’.”]
June 2, 1941
June 9, 1941 “Calvados Castle”
June 23, 1941
June 30, 1941 “The Strange Story of
Christopher Craig”
July 7, 1941
July 14, 1941 “The Strange Story of Jan van
Dirk”
July 21, 1941
July 28, 1941 “The Strange Story of Barry
Merrett”
Aug. 4, 1941 “The Strange Story of Abner
Bailey”
Aug. 11, 1941 “Hangman’s House”
Aug. 25, 1941
Sep. 1, 1941
Sep. 8, 1941 “The Strange Story of Dr.
Camelford”
Sep. 15, 1941 “The Strange Story of Wykoff”
Sep. 22, 1941
[Monday—10:00-10:15 PM]
Sep. 29, 1941
Oct. 6, 1941
Oct. 13, 1941
Oct. 20, 1941
Oct. 27, 1941
Nov. 3, 1941
Nov. 17, 1941
Nov. 24, 1941
Dec. 1, 1941
Dec. 8, 1941
Dec. 15, 1941
Dec. 29, 1941
Sources for log information: New Orleans Times-Picayune, New Orleans Item and the
Tribune, New Orleans States.
THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT
[Paul M. Peckins, OTR Digest, March 1, 1995] “WINS AM radio in NYC circi [sic] 1954-59
there was a late night show of a guy with a great voice reading scary stories (Tell Tale
Heart, Pit and the Pendulum and other Edgar Allen Poe type stuff). I think his name was
something like Stanley or Sid Gross and the show was a half hour or an hour long on
Fridays/Saturdays??”
[dcrtv.com mailbag] Hi, Re: n 5/18/05 Steve Feinberg wrote: "I read a message on your
site from a Ron Friedman of Huntington, NY (5/6/03). He was asking if anyone
remembered a 1958 NY radio show on WINS called "The Voice in the Night" narrated by
Sidney Gross. Well, I more than remember it. Twenty five years ago I tracked down
Sidney Gross, met him in Manhattan and obtained a few tapes from him. I'm sure Ron
would love to know this.” I, too, remember Sidney Gross and his voice in the night
program. is it possible to gert copies of the tapes that you refer to. Thanks. Joel Levine
(8/22/05)
Dave: I read a message on your site from a Ron Friedman of Huntington, NY (5/6/03).
He was asking if anyone remembered a 1958 NY radio show on WINS called "The Voice
in the Night" narrated by Sidney Gross. Well, I more than remember it. Twenty five years
ago I tracked down Sidney Gross, met him in Manhattan and obtained a few tapes from
him. I'm sure Ron would love to know this. How could I get in touch with him? Do you
have his e-mail address or any contact information on him? Thanks. Steve Feinberg
(5/18/05)
Dave, Talking to my son tonight (he's 24, I'm 57), l recalled for him a radio show that I
listened to when I was 14 years old in 1958, called "A Voice in the Night" on WINS radio
in NYC. It was a story-telling program, airing every Sunday night at midnight, narrated
by Sidney Gross. So I did a Google search on the show's name and the narrator's name
together, and got exactly one hit, and it was from your September 1998 mailbag, and I
reproduce it here: “I wonder how many people remember the Sunday midnight show
"The Voice In The Night" with Sidney Gross (sp) on 1010 WINS?” (September 14,
1998)..... Is there any way for me to correspond with the author of that note? I don't see
any information about who that may be. I guess it's a long shot, but at my stage in life, it
would be a hoot to be in touch with someone who shares that memory from 45 years
ago. Thanks for reading this and for any help you can give. Ron Friedman, Huntington,
NY (5/6/03)
[New York Times, January 24, 1958] “Radio station WINS will try out a new program
consisting of readings of various works in literature. Listeners to the experimental
program will be encouraged to submit their views on such programming to the station.
“The first program will begin tomorrow at midnight and continue until 12:30 A. M.
Sunday. With organ music in the background, it will feature Sidney Gross reading
passages by Edgar Allan Poe.”
Sidney Gross was also a disc jockey and a jazz aficionado who hosted various music
programs over the years, including the International Jazz Club on WJZ in 1953.
ORIGINATION: WINS, New York City, New York.
DURATION: January 25, 1958-
PERSONNEL: Sidney Gross (narrator).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Yes (details to follow).
THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT
[Saturday—12:00 MIDNIGHT-12:30 AM]
Jan. 25, 1958
[“…With organ music in the
background, it will feature Sidney
Gross reading passages by Edgar
Allan Poe…”]
Feb. 1, 1958
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THE WEIRD CIRCLE
“In this cave by the restless sea…we are met to call, from out the past,
stories…strange…and weird. Bellkeeper, toll the bell…so all may know we are gathered
again in…the Weird Circle.”
“Out of the past…phantoms of a world gone by speak again the immortal tale…”
The transcription division of NBC was responsible for this foray into the world of literary
horrors, all of them courtesy of P.D., and frequently mangled beyond recognition by
unrecalcitrant scriptwriters who seemed at times to be non-plussed by having to deal
with supernatural elements and managed to turn a number of ghost stories into non-
ghost stories.
A number of the recordings which survive are from a Canadian run of the series in the
mid-Forties and feature commercials for Ogden’s Cigars (no relation to the author of
this tome).
“A total of 40 stations in the United States and Canada had purchased The Weird
Circle, two months after NBC’s Radio-Recording Division put the transcribed mystery
series of 26 half-hour programs on the market.”
ORIGINATION: NBC Radio-Recording Division, New York City, New York (electrical
transcriptions).
DURATION: 26 episodes were recorded in the early part of 1943 and first released in
June; 13 more were recorded in the autumn of that year, and another 13 in the summer
of 1944. Finally, in April of 1945, the complete package of 78 was advertised for the first
time. There was a brief network run of four episodes on ABC in 1947 as a replacement
for Murder at Midnight.
PERSONNEL: Jack Barefield (scriptwriter), Bert Wood (producer).
CASTS: Eleanor Audley, Fred Barron, Alan Devitt, Carl Eastman, Richard Gordon, Edwin
Jerome, Regis Joyce, Emily Kipp, Arnold Moss, Katherine Niday, Santos Ortega, Alfred
Shirley, Julie Stevens, Chester Stratton, Gladys Thornton, Audrey Totter, Walter Vaughn,
Lawson Zerbe.
SPONSOR: Peter Hand Brewery Co. (beer; WGN, 1943), Imperial Tobacco Ltd. (Ogden’s
Fine Cut Tobacco; 34 Canadian stations, 1943), Howard Clothes (WNEW, 1943), Sanford
Labs (household liquid cleaner; KECA, 1943), Bishop’s Portraits (KLX, 1946), et al.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: The entire series of 78 broadcasts.
THE WEIRD CIRCLE (DISC SERIES ON WGN)
[Thursday—8:30-9:00 PM]
July 8, 1943 [1] “The Fall of the House of
Usher” (by Edgar Allan Poe)
July 15, 1943 [2] “The House and the Brain”
(by Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
July 22, 1943 [5] “Declared Insane” (by
Honore de Balzac)
July 29, 1943 [6] “A Terribly Stange Bed” (by
Wilkie Collins)
Aug. 5, 1943 [4] “The Narrative of Arthur
Gordon Pym” (by Edgar Allan
Poe)
Aug. 12, 1943 [3] “The Vendetta” (by Honore
de Balzac)
[“…a weird story told by an old
Gypsy fortune teller…”]
Aug. 19, 1943 [7] “What Was It?” (by Fitz
James O’Brien)
Aug. 26, 1943 [8]“The Knightsbridge
Mystery” (by Charles Reade)
Sep. 2, 1943 [9] “The Horla” (by Guy de
Maupassant)
Sep. 9, 1943 [10] “William Wilson” (by
Edgar Allan Poe)
Sep. 16, 1943 [11] “A Passion in the Desert”
(by Honore de Balzac)
[“…The strange tale of a beautiful
white woman, a panther and a young
French soldier of the foreign service
alone on the Egyptian desert…”]
Sep. 23, 1943 [12] “Mateo Falcone” (by
Prosper Merimee)
Sep. 30, 1943 [13] “The Man Without a
Country” (by Edward Everett
Hale)
Oct. 7, 1943 [14] “Dr. Manette’s
Manuscript” (by Charles
Dickens)
Oct. 14, 1943 [16] “Expectations of an Heir”
(by Samuel Johnson)
Oct. 21, 1943 [17] “The Hand” (by Guy de
Maupassant)
Nov. 4, 1943 [15] “The Great Plague” (by
Thomas Hood)
Nov. 11, 1943 [18] “Jane Eyre” (by Charlotte
Bronte)
[Saturday—9:30-10:00 PM]
Nov. 20, 1943 [19] “The Murders in the Rue
Morgue” (by Edgar Allan Poe)
Nov. 27, 1943 [20] “The Lifted Veil” (by
George Eliot)
Dec. 4, 1943 [21] “The Four Fifteen
Express” (by Amelia Edwards)
Dec. 11, 1943 [22] “A Terrible Night” (by Fitz
James O’Brien)
Dec. 18, 1943 [23] “The Tell-Tale Heart”
(by Edgar Allan Poe)
Dec. 25, 1943 [24] “The Niche of Doom”
(by Honore de Balzac)
Jan. 1, 1944 [25] “The Heart of Ethan
Brand” (by Nathaniel
Hawthorne)
REMAINING TITLES IN SERIES:
[26] “Frankenstein” (by Mary
W. Shelley)
[27] “The Feast of the Red
Gauntlet”
[28] “The Murder of the Little
Pig” (by Emile Gaboriau)
[Based on the story “The Little Old
Man of Batignolle”]
[29] “The Spectre of
Tappington” (by Richard
Barnham)
[30] “A Strange Judgment”
[31] “Wuthering Heights” (by
Emily Bronte)
[32] “The Curse of the Mantle”
(by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
[Based on the story “Lady
Eleanor’s Mantle”]
[33] “The Cask of
Amontillado” (by Edgar Allan
Poe)
[34] “A Rope of Hair”
[35] “Falkland” (by Edward
Bulwer Lytton)
[36] “The Trial for Murder”
(by Charles Dickens and Charles
Elster Collins)
[37] “The Werewolf” (by
Frederick Marryatt)
[38] “The Old Nurse’s Story”
(by Elizabeth Gaskell)
[39] “The Middle Toe of the
Right Foot” (by Ambrose
Bierce)
[40] “The Dream Woman” (by
Wilkie Collins”
[41] “The Phantom Picture”
(by Washington Irving)
[42] “The Ghost’s Touch” (by
Wilkie Collins)
[43] “The Bell Tower” (by
Herman Melville)
[44] “The Evil Eye” (by
Theophile Gautier)
[45] “The Mark of the Plague”
(by Daniel Defoe)
[46] “The Queer Client” (by
Charles Dickens)
[47] “The Burial of Roger
Malvin” (by Nathaniel
Hawthorne)
[48] “The Fatal Love Potion”
(by Edward Bulwer Lytton)
[49] “Mad Monkton” (by
Wilkie Collins)
[50] “The Returned” (by Edgar
Allan Poe)
[51] “The Executioner” (by
Honore de Balzac)
[52] “Rapaccini’s Daughter”
(by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
[53] “The Wooden Ghost” (by
John Waters)
[54] “The Last Days of a
Condemned Man” (by Victor
Hugo)
[55] “The Warning” (by R. P.
Gillies)
[56] “The Doll” (by Algernon
Blackwood)
[57] “The Diamond Lens” (by
Fitz James O’Brien)
[58] “The History of Dr. John
Faust” (by Maurice Baring)
[59] “Duel Without Honor”
[60] “The Spectre Bride” (by
William Harrison Ainsworth)
[61] “The Tapestry Horse”
(by Edgar Allan Poe)
[62] “The River Man”
[63] “The Ancient Mariner”
(by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
[64] “The Oblong Box” (by
Edgar Allan Poe)
[65] “The Mysterious Bride”
(by James Hogg)
[66] “The Thing in the
Tunnel” (by Charles Dickens)
[Based on the story “The Signal
Man”]
[67] “The Moonstone” (by
Wilkie Collins)
[68] “The Pistol Shot” (by
Prosper Merimee)
[69] “The Possessive Dead”
(by Theophile Gautier)
[Based on the story “The
Mummy’s Foot”]
[70] “The Goblet” (by Ludwig
Tieck)
[71] “The Case of Monsieur
Valdemar” (by Edgar Allan Poe)
[72] “The Shadow” (by Hans
Christian Anderson)
[73] “The Bride of Death” (by
Ludwig Tieck)
[74] “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
(by Robert Louis Stevenson)
[75] “The Red Hand”
[76] “The Haunted Hotel” (by
Wilkie Collins)
[77] “Markheim” (by Robert
Louis Stevenson)
[78] “The Black Parchment”
THE WEIRD CIRCLE (DISC SERIES ON WJZ-ABC)
[Monday—10:30-11:00 PM]
Sep. 15, 1947 “The Pistol Shot”
Sep. 22, 1947 “The Fall of the House of
Usher”
Sep. 29, 1947 “The House and the Brain”
Oct. 6, 1947 “Markheim”
THE WITCH’S TALE
JAMIE KELLY: “Very little is known on the 42/43 series. It’s believed but not confirmed
this series from eps. 27 to 52 were recorded at 4BC Brisbane QLD. No one has been able
to identify the cast apart from 1 or 2 players.”
ORIGINATION: Possibly recorded at 4BC, Brisbane, Queensland.
DURATION: Recorded and first broadcast circa 1942-1943.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Tourists Accomodated” (#27), “The Power of Lucifer” (#28),
“Fallon’s Folly” (#31), “The Priest of Sekhet” (#32),”The Mannequin” (#33), “Reunion”
(#37), “The Hangman’s Roost” (#38), “The Deserter” (#39), “The King Shark God” (#40),
“The Bells” (#41), “The Cage” (#42), “Dangerous Curve” (#45), “The Will” (#46), “The Hand
of Glory” (#47), “The Treasure” (#48), “Rappacini”s Daughter” (#51), “The Guardian of the
Tomb” (#52).
THE WITCH’S TALE (ARC, 1942-1943)
[27] “Tourists Accomodated”
[28] “The Power of Lucifer”
[29] “The Bed”
[30] “All Hallows Eve”
[31] “Fallon’s Folly”
[32] “The Priest of Sekhet”
[33] “The Mannequin”
[34] “The Tiger”
[35] “The First of June”
[36] “The Fortune Teller”
[37] “Reunion”
[38] “The Hangman’s Roost”
[39] “The Deserter”
[40] “The King Shark God”
[41] “The Bells”
[42] “The Cage”
[43] “The Witness”
[44] “Children of Venus”
[45] “Dangerous Curve”
[46] “The Will”
[47] “The Hand of Glory”
[48] “The Treasure”
[49] “Four Ten Rouble Pieces”
[50] “The Shooting Gallery”
[51] “Rapaccini’s Daughter”
[52] “The Guardian of the
Tomb”
THE WITCH’S TALE
“Bear in mind all the later dates are repeats.” Variant title listings: The Witch’s Tales
(newspaper program log).
ORIGINATION: 2GB, Sydney, New South Wales (Macquarie Broadcasting Services).
DURATION: September 10, 1949-September 16, 1950 (first repeat series), ???? 1954-
[January 29, 1955] (second repeat series).
[NOTE: The first repeat series may very well have started before September 17. This date
represents the first newspaper listing I have for the show from the Sydney Morning
Herald. In fact, September 17, 1949 marked the first time in a decade that the Herald
had listed radio program schedules on a regular daily basis. If it is assumed that the
series ran for 52 episodes, then the starting date would probably have been on
September 10.]
PERSONNEL: Queenie Ashton (voice of “Satan,” various roles), Winifred Green (voice of
“Old Nancy”), Ronald Morse (announcer), E. Mason Wood (producer).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: See information above in the previous two entries.
THE WITCH’S TALE
[????
Sep. 10, 1949 “The Violin”
Sep. 17, 1949 “Four Fingers and a Thumb”
“THE WOMAN AT SEVEN BROTHERS”
One of the great American ghost stories, this tale by Wilbur Daniel Steele was first
published in 19??.
ORIGINATION: Various.
DURATION: Various.
PERSONNEL:
CAST [194?]:
EXTANT RECORDINGS:
AUTHOR’S PLAYHOUSE (W???, CHICAGO)
[
??? ??, 194? “The Woman at Seven
Brothers”
VANCOUVER THEATRE—“13 HORROR DRAMAS” (CBW, VANCOUVER)
[Monday—11:00-11:30 PM]
Dec. 21, 1959 “The Woman at Seven
Brothers” (by Wilbur Daniel
Steele)
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“THE YELLOW WALLPAPER”
The famous and much-anthologized and analysed story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman…
ORIGINATION: Various.
DURATION: Various.
PERSONNEL:
CAST [1948]: Agnes Moorehead.
CAST [1957]: Agnes Moorehead.
EXTANT RECORDINGS:
SUSPENSE (KNX, HOLLYWOOD)
[
July 29, 1948 “The Yellow Wallpaper”
[
June 30, 1957 “The Yellow Wallpaper”
YOUR FAVORITE GHOSTS
Cited in Canadian National Theatre on the Air, 1925-1961; no further information is
known. Fink lists it as being “6 15-minute episodes.” Douglas Nixon wrote the scripts
under the pseudonym of Jay Douglas.
After Allan had taken over dramatics at CBR, he strove not only to improve the quality
but to broaden the scope of what was being done. “To date,” he wrote to radio writer
Tommy Tweed in Winnipeg, “I have placed the emphasis on comedy and farce to
counteract any wartime gloom which may be prevalent, but horror, satirical and
romantic plays do definitely have a place in our schedule.”
Allan had already dabbled in creepiness with the mystery series Chains of
Circumstance, which apparently borrowed its signature intro from Mercer McLeod’s The
Ghost Walker. “It opened,” the show’s music director John Avison recalled, “with Frank
Vyvyan dragging a huge chain across the studio, and Judith Evelyn would scream into
the open piano, which made the strings reverberate. Between the clanking chains and
the screaming in the piano, it became the beginning of a horror story.”
Actress Claire Murray (soon to become Mrs. John Drainie) found an ardent admirer of
her work in her future husband. “In the ghost stories, Claire was wonderful,” he wrote in
a diary that he briefly kept during that time. “She did a girl playing herself, a baby, a pig
and a microphone. Her pig, or hog, was amazing to say the least. I love her!”
Allan himself wrote ghostly scripts for the various series which he produced in
Vancouver—“Dead Man’s Business,” which ran on Theatre Time (February 21, 1940) and
was rebroadcast on Friday Drama Spot (March 29, 1943). [“Two businessmen ruthlessly
cheat a farmer who kills one of them in revenge; the dead man’s ghost, to atone for his
evil life, kills the other man.”] “The Devil’s Receipt” on Theatre Time (January 17, 1940).
[“In seventeenth-century Scotland a tenant farmer pays his rent at the moment of his
master’s death and consequently obtains a posthumous receipt.”] “The Thing That
Walked” on Theatre Time (December 10, 1940). [“Scholar visits the local haunts of Count
Fleggnus, flayed to death in the Dark Ages, and rids Norway of his cursed search for a
second skin.”]
ORIGINATION: CBR, Vancouver, British Columbia (CBC Pacific Network).
DURATION: February 10-March 17, 1943
PERSONNEL: Andrew Allan (producer), Douglas Nixon (scriptwriter).
CASTS: John Drainie, Fletcher Markle, Claire Murray.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
YOUR FAVORITE GHOSTS
[???day—
Feb. 10, 1943
Feb. 17, 1943
Feb. 24, 1943
March 3, 1943
March 10, 1943
March 17, 1943
“YOURS TRULY, JACK THE RIPPER”
Robert Bloch’s short story was his first taste of authorial fame outside of the pages of
Weird Tales and the other pulp magazines for which he primarily wrote. After it was
reprinted in the 1943 anthology The Mystery Companion, it was picked up by the
producers of Kate Smith’s radio show as a vehicle for visiting star Laird Cregar, who was
in New York at the beginning of 1944 to promote his new picture, The Lodger. The
Ripper tie-in with the Bloch story was clearly irresistible.
ORIGINATION: Various originations between 1944 and 1948.
DURATION: Ca. 1944-1950 (five broadcasts).
PERSONNEL: Robert Bloch (scriptwriter—1945, Stayed Tuned for Terror), John Dickson
Carr (host—1950, Murder by Experts), David Kogan (scriptwriter, director—1950, Murder
by Experts).
CAST [1944]: Jim Boles (The Bartender), Laird Cregar (Dr. John Carmody), Arnold Moss
(Sir Guy Hollis).
CAST [1945] Craig McDonnell (Dr. John Carmody).
CAST [1948] Zachary Scott (Dr. John Carmody).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: The Kate Smith version and the first Mystery Theater broadcast
are both available.
THE KATE SMITH HOUR
[Friday—
Jan. 7, 1944 “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
MOLLE MYSTERY THEATRE
[Tuesday—9:00-9:30 PM]
Feb. 27, 1945 “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
STAY TUNED FOR TERROR (NEBLETT PRODUCTIONS, CHICAGO)
[
??? ??, 1945 “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
MOLLE MYSTERY THEATRE
[
??? ??, 1948 “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
MURDER BY EXPERTS (WOR, NEW YORK)
[Monday—10:00-10:30 PM]
Feb. 13, 1950 “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
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Subjects for Further Research (or not)
Entries found on this page and the following fall into one of several categories:
(1) Series that were actually broadcast but which my research has not uncovered enough
information to determine if they were actually horror shows or even borderline mystery-
horror (eg. LA BIBLIOTECA MISTERIOSA, THE GHOST IN THE GARRET);
(2) horror series which were announced and/or auditioned but never made it to the air (eg.
JOURNEY INTO FEAR, MYSTERY HOUSE);
(3) series that research has revealed do not truly fall within the genre under consideration
(eg. HORROR PARADE, GHOSTS OF LONDON) or the scope of this book (eg. all internet-
only or disc-only audio theater); or
(4) My cat did a “kitten on the keys” number at my computer while I was off getting
another cup of coffee and somehow managed to shift an entry that was situated elsewhere
down into this section. (Bad kitty…)
BATS IN THE BELFRY (KTAB, San Francisco)—Cited in the 1937/38 edition of the
Variety Radio Directory; two broadcast dates, at least, are confirmed—March 28 and
April 4, 1934—but the slant of the show remains unknown. Judging from the slangy
levity of the title, this could have been either a horror/mystery series or a zany comedy
program in the manner of Raymond Knight’s Cuckoo Hour or Brad Browne’s Nit Wits. I
suspect the latter to be true.
THE PHANTOMS (KPRC, Houston)—Not an early spook show but just a mystery singer-
pianist duo, identified only as Phan Tom and Pantoinette, “‘ghosts of the air’, to be
heard but not to be seen.”
Selected Bibliography
Books:
ABBOT, WALDO. Handbook of Broadcasting. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1941.
AGUILAR, CHARLIE. La Radio antes de la T.V. Quebradillas: Imprenta San Rafael, 1991.
ALAN, A. J. [pseud. Leslie Harrison Lambert]. Good Evening, Everyone! London:
Hutchinson, 1928.
ALAN, A. J. [pseud. Leslie Harrison Lambert]. The Second A. J. Alan Book. London:
Hutchinson, 193?.
ALAN, A. J. [pseud. Leslie Harrison Lambert]. The Best of A. J. Alan. London: Richards
Press, 1954.
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“Carlin May Bring In Scott Bishop of WKY.” Variety (February 11, 1942).
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“Chill Shows Flood Radio for Summer.” Washington Post (July 13, 1947).
“‘City of Dead’ New Thriller on Radio.” Oakland Tribune (September 26, 1930).
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“Dragon in Sun Will Give Dialers Thrill.” Oakland Tribune (September 12, 1930).
“D’Voir’s Screams Cause of Panic In S.F. Studio.” Oakland Tribune (
“Eversharp Yanks ‘Lights Out’ Switch.” Variety (August 6, 1947).
"Fallecio Ayer El 'Monje Loco'." Cine Mundial (May 23, 1972).
“Faucit Group Will Present ‘Inner Circle’.” Oakland Tribune (November 22, 1931).
“Fight Horror Shows.” Broadcasting (December 2, 1946).
“General Foods Shutters MBS ‘House of Mystery’.” Variety (June 5, 1946).
“Ghost and Ghost-Story.” The [London] Times (September 28, 1936).
“Ghost Maker of Gower Street.” Radio Life (August 22, 1943).
“Ghost Makes Good Over KRLD-Columbia To Start Friday.” Dallas Times Herald (March
24, 1938).
“Ghost Stories, Piano Team in New Series.” Zanesville Times-Signal (March 24, 1935).
“Ghost Story To Be Told.” Oakland Tribune (October 31, 1937).
“Gory Road with Detour Sign.” The Billboard (October 30, 1943).
“Grim Drama Holds Sway in Serial on WABC.” Jersey Journal (May 6, 1929).
"Hard Up for Thrills." Los Angeles Times (November 1, 1938).
"Harry Bartell....(An Interview)." Thrilling Days of Yesteryear (January-February 1997).
"Haunted House Wanted." Variety (December 30, 1936).
"'Hermit's Cave' Brought to Local Listeners." Cincinnati Times-Star (November 9, 1938).
“Horror: Bedtime Blood-curdlers with Realistic Sound Effects.” Newsweek (April 20,
1935).
“Horror Familiar Theme, Says Cole in Answer to Critics.” New York Sunday American
(April 30, 1933).
“Horrors for Night Owls.” Syracuse Herald (April 12, 1935).
“Horror Shows May Be on the Way Out as the Sponsors Balk.” Kansas City Star
(November 21, 1943).
“Inner Sanctum.” Life (February 7, 1944).
“’Inner Sanctum’ Added To Lever Net Schedule.” Broadcasting (December 18, 1944).
“The Inside on ‘The Inner Sanctum’.” PM Daily (February 4, 1941).
“Interest in Civic Theater Grows Daily.” Syracuse Herald (November 5, 1933).
“Johnnie Neblett Meets Death In Crash of Private Airplane.” Broadcasting (September 23,
1946).
“Karloff Creepers Preem on Feb. 15.” Variety (February 9, 1944).
“Karloff May Blow ‘Lights’ Because It’s ‘Too Bloody’.” The Billboard (August 9, 1947).
“Leopard-Man Is Central Figure of WEBR Serial.” Buffalo Courier-Express (August 28,
1932).
“’Lights Out’ Alumni Still Chilling.” Movie-Radio Guide (July 18-24, 1942).
"Lights Out! Horror Stalks the Air." Chicago Times (June 21, 1936).
“Lorre’s ‘Journey’ Costs More Farther He Goes.” Variety (June 28, 1944).
"Midnight Horror." Radio Guide (March 26, 1938).
"Miss Fitz-Allen, Radio Star, Dead." The New York Times (February 28, 1935).
“Mothers Fighting Radio Bogies.” The Literary Digest (March 18, 1933).
"Mothers Protest Bogyman on Radio." The New York Times (February 27, 1933).
“Mrs. Neblett Takes ‘Story Goes’ Spot.” Broadcasting (October 14, 1946).
“Multiplicity of Weird Effects Is Simple Matter to Experts of Radio Broadcasts.” Newark
Sunday Call (November 12, 1933).
"Murio el 'Monje Loco'." El Universal (May 23, 1972).
“Mystery Serial By Sax Rohmer on Air.” Lincoln Star (February 22, 1931).
“NBC’s ‘Lights Out’ Switching to ABC.” The Billboard (April 19. 1947).
“New and Unique WKY Studios.” Broadcasting (April 15, 1936).
“New Times Assigned ‘Heatter Show’, ‘Quiet Please’.” St. Petersburg Times (July 20, 1947).
“No Fooling! These Really Happened.” Sheboygan Press (July 9, 1941).
“No More Ghosts Threat.” Variety (March 11, 1936).
"Not for the Kiddies." Variety (October 28, 1936).
“Operator Starts Radio Ad Campaign.” The Weekly Turnstile (March 2, 1934).
"Parental Fears Allayed." Brooklyn Times Union (September 20, 1933).
“Peter Lorre, Man of Mystery, Takes Lead in Drama Series.” St. Petersburg Times (July 6,
1947).
"The Play's The Thing." Radio Guide (February 25, 1932).
"Plots for Radio Thrillers Come During Calm and Quiet Walks." San Jose Mercury Herald
(May 1, 1938).
“Program Offers Choice of Von Stroheim or Karloff as Pet Chiller.” Variety (March 22,
1944).
“Radio Drama Holds Audience With Mystery.” Sheboygan Press (June 30, 1941).
"Radio Experiments with Mass Murder." Radio Guide (April 23, 1938).
“Radio Hallucination, New English Malady.” Cincinnati Enquirer (October 24, 1926).
“Radio Horror Scenes In Tot Programs Hit.” Nevada State Journal (February 4, 1938).
“Radio Play of North.” Buffalo Courier-Express (June 19, 1932).
“Radio Program Builds Audience for Inner Sanctum Mysteries.” Publisher’s Weekly (July
4, 1942).
“Radio’s Master Storyteller.” Radio Times (August 5, 1949).
“Second Episode of Weird Tale to Open.” Oakland Tribune (October 3, 1930).
“‘Shadow’ Role Takes Breath of Morrison.” Nebraska State Journal (October 17, 1943).
"Shall We Banish the Banshee." New York Sun (April 8, 1933).
"Speaking for WHK and Themselves." Cleveland Plain Dealer (January 12, 1930).
“Spies Aver Striker’s Food Ideas Wierd [sic] as His Serials.” Buffalo Courier-Express (May
3, 1931).
“Spook Stuff.” Broadcasting (August 31, 1942).
“Spooks To Branch Out On Network Program Wednesday.” Lima News (April 17, 1935).
“Striker at His Wierdest [sic] in Latest WEBR Drama.” Buffalo Courier-Express (February 8,
1931).
"'TAM Engineer, Dreaming of Golf, Almost Stymied by Mystery Hour." Cleveland Plain
Dealer (June 24, 1929).
“Thrills and Chills in New WAPI Thriller.” Southern Radio News (July 28, 1934).
"Waxing 'Weird Tales'." Variety (February 7, 1933).
“WCFL’s Keegan To NBC Staff; To Meg ‘Lights’.” The Billboard (July 21, 1945).
"We Pay Our Respects to—Matthew Arnold Howlett." Broadcasting (January 15, 1934).
“Weird Tales Appropriate Title for New WEBR Plays.” Buffalo Courier-Express (July 5,
1931).
“‘White Zombie’ Will Be Broadcast Tomorrow Night.” Washington Daily News (July 28,
1932).
“Whodunits Get Eagle Eye in New NAB Code Setup.” Variety (August 20, 1947).
“Who’s Who on the Radio: Alonzo Deen Cole.” New York Sun (July 25, 1931).
"'Witch's Tale' Sponsored." Variety (August 28, 1935).
“WKY, Coming of Age, to Be Key In New Chain Program Friday.” The Daily Oklahoman
(November 13, 1941).
"WOR to Tell Witch Tales." New York World-Telegram (August 1, 1931).
"WOR Tradition Broken." Newark Evening News (August 22, 1935).
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2000.
BARTELL, HARRY. "Re: KPRC and Poe series." E-mail to the author, September 14, 1999.
BELLEM, ROBERT LESLIE. Scripts for the KECA program Creeps by Night. Robert Leslie
Bellem Papers (Collection 1008), Department of Special Collections, University Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
BIEL, MICHAEL JAY. The Making and Use of Recordings in Broadcasting before 1936.
Thesis (Ph.D.), Northwestern University, 1977.
BLOCH, ROBERT. Scripts for the transcription program Stay Tuned for Terror.
BROWN, HIMAN. Interviewed by Kurt Kuersteiner, n.d.
BUEY, KEVIN. “Re: FEN and ‘Macabre’.” E-mails to the author, December 4 and , 2000.
COLE, ALONZO DEEN (comp.). Scrapbooks (three volumes for the years 1931-1938).
COLE, ALONZO DEEN. Scripts for the WOR program The Witch's Tale (1931-1938).
COLE, ALONZO DEEN, and WILL JENKINS. Correspondence between Cole and Jenkins,
1950-1952.
COWAN, LOUIS. Interviewed by Erik Barnouw, April 18, 1967.
DEL PRADO, CARLOS. Scripts for the KNX program The Black Chapel
ERLENBORN, RAY. "Witches Tales." E-mails to the author, August 31 and September 4,
2000.
GIBSON, WALTER. Scripts for the WJZ program Strange (1955).
GILLIS, DON, and GEORGE LOUDEN. And Then I Wrote. Photostat of typescript, 1950.
GREENE, JOSEPHINE. “Robert Bloch.” E-mail to the author, July 7, 2003.
GRIMMER, TOBY. Interviewed by ???. WJR, Detroit, July 6, 1978.
HALL, FRANCES LEE. Arch Oboler, Radio Dramatist. Thesis (A.M.), Indiana University,
1944.
HEXT, CHARLENE B. "Thriller" Drama on American Radio Networks: The Development in
Regard to Types, Extent of Use, and Program Policies. Thesis (A.M.), Ohio State Univesity,
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series The Ghost Walks.
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1922 to 1970. Thesis (Ph.D.), Wayne State University, 1971.
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Impact of the Dramatic Programs Produced for the English Language Networks of the
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JOHNSTONE, JACK. Scripts for the WOR program Who Knows? (1940-1941).
KELLY, JAMIE. “More on the Witch’s Tale, etc.” E-mail to the author, February 22, 2005.
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State University, 1968.
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March 5 and 26, 2000.
MAXWELL, BOB. Postcard to the author, August ??, 1996
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MOSKOWITZ, SAM. Letter to the author, January 13, 1997.
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SHAW, CHARLES GORDON. The Development of WJR, the Goodwill Station, Detroit.
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[ANONYMOUS]. The Witch’s Tales, adapted from the Radio Scripts of Alonzo Deen Cole.
[Tom Moore], 1936.
[ANONYMOUS]. WJR: Fifty Years of Unique Radio. WJR 50th Anniversary program,
broadcast on WJR, May 4, 1972.
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In addition to the above-listed specific references, extended runs of the following
journals, annuals, magazines and newspapers were researched for program
listings, reviews and news items:
Albany Times-Union; Anderson Independent; Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta Georgian;
Atlanta Journal; Austin Statesman.
The Billboard; Boston Evening Transcript; Boston Globe; Broadcasting; Brooklyn Daily
Eagle; Brooklyn Times-Union; Buffalo Courier-Express; Buffalo Evening News.
Charlotte News; Chicago American; Chicago Daily Times; Chicago Herald and Examiner;
Chicago Tribune; Christian Science Monitor; Cincinnati Enquirer; Cincinnati Post;
Cincinnati Times-Star; Clearfield Progress; Cleveland Plain Dealer; Cleveland Press;
Columbus Citizen.
Dallas Morning News; Dallas Times Herald; Davenport Democrat and Leader; Denver Post;
Detroit Free Press; Detroit News; Detroit Evening Times; El Diario de Nueva York.
Edwardsville Intelligencer; Excelsior.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Ghost Stories.
Hollywood Citizen-News; Hollywood Reporter; Houston Chronicle; Houston Post-Dispatch.
Japan Times; Jersey Journal.
Kansas City Star; Kingston Daily Gleaner; Knickerbocker Press; KPFA Program Folio
Lancaster New Era; Lethbridge Herald; Lima News; London Times; Los Angeles Evening
Herald and Express; Los Angeles Times.
Manchester Guardian; Manila Times; Mason City Globe-Gazette; Melbourne Age;
Melbourne Argus; Miami Daily News; Miami Herald; The Microphone; Milwaukee Journal;
Le Monde; Montreal Daily Star.
El Nacional (Mexico, D.F.), Nashville Banner; New Orleans Times-Picayune; New York
Daily News; New York Evening Graphic; New York Evening Jounral; New York Evenng Post;
New York Herald Tribune; New York Sun; New York Times; Newark Evening News.
Oakland Tribune, Oregon Daily Journal; Oregonian.
Philadelphia Inquirer Public Ledger; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; PM Daily; Port Arthur News;
La Prensa (Buenos Aires); Providence Evening Bulletin.
The Radio Annual; Radio Best; Radio Dial (Cincinnati), Radio Guide, Radio Mirror; Radio
Pictorial; Radio Stars; Radio Times; Rand Daily Mail; Rochester Times-Union.
Salt Lake Telegram; Salt Lake Tribune; San Diego Union; San Francisco Call and Post, San
Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner; San Jose Mercury Herald; Schenectady
Gazette; Screen and Radio Weekly; Seattle Post-Intellgiencer; Sheboygan Press; St. Louis
Globe-Democrat; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Sydney Daily Telegraph; Sydney Morning Herald;
Syracuse Herald.
Toronto Globe and Mail.
El Universal.
Variety; Variety Radio Directory.
Washington Daily News; Washington Post; Washington Star; Washington Times-Herald;
Weird Tales; Wichita Eagle; Winnipeg Free Press; Winnipeg Tribune; Wireless Weekly.
Zanesville Signal; Zit's Theatrical Weekly.
CHRONOLOGY
A historical timeline to the entries in this book
1923 The Thirteenth Chair (WGY)
Ghost Stories (2LO)
1924 A. J. Alan (2LO, et al.)
1925 The Dweller in the Darkness (5Z, 2LO)
1926 Elliott O’Donnell (2LO)
1927 Castles and Their Ghosts
The Emperor of America
1928 The Master of Sinister House (W
The Tocsin of Tambou (KGO)
1929 The Haunted House (WABC)
The Day the World Ended
The Ghost Hour (WABC)
The Unseen Hand (KGO)
The Haunted House (KMOX)
Half Hours with Ghosts (WGY)
1930 The Cross-Eyed Parrot (KGO)
The Dragon in the Sun (KGO)
The City of the Dead (KGO)
1931 The Witch’s Tale (WOR)
1932 Ghost Stories (KTAB)
The Witching Hour (WBBM)
The Haunted House of Kildare (KFUL)
1933 The Columbia Dramatic Guild (WABC)
Do You Believe in Ghosts? (K
Do You Believe in Ghosts? (
Ghost Stories (WJZ)
1934 Lights Out (WENR)
Ghost Stories by Elliott O’Donnell (WEAF)
Algernon Blackwood (National Programme,
et al.)
Nightmares (Empire)
KPRC Dramatic Players [Present Tales by
Poe] [KPRC]
1935 True Ghost Stories (WJZ)
The Black Death (WJR)
The Hermit’s Cave (WJR)
1936 The Black Chapel (KNX)
1937 Lost Legends (KEHE)
Atmospherics (BBC)
1938 The Ghost of Benjamin Sweet (WABC)
The Jade Claw (BBC)
1939 Tales of the Uncanny (Northern Ireland)
El Monje Loco (XEQ)
Lights Out (KFI)
Lights Out (KECA)
1940 Once Upon a Midnight (KFI / KECA)
1941 Inner Sanctum Mysteries (WJZ)
The Voice in the Night (W
Dark Fantasy (WKY)
1942
1943 Horror Inc. (WJZ)
Appointment with Fear (Home Service)
The Mysterious Traveler (WOR)
1944 Creeps by Nights (KECA)
1945 The Sealed Book (WOR)
The Strange Dr. Weird (WOR)
1946 Lights Out (WEAF)
The Hall of Fantasy (KALL)
1947 Lights Out (KECA)
1948
1949 The Hall of Fantasy (WGN)
1950
1951
1952
1953 Nightmare (WOR)
1954
1955
1956 Sleep No More (WNBC)
1957
1958 Voice in the Night (WINS)
1959 Horrorscopes (WNBC)
1960
1961
1962
INDEX
A cross-reference to names in radio horror series
Alan, A. J. (pseud. Leslie Harrison Lambert) (1883-1941)
A.J. ALAN
Arthur, Robert (1909-1969)
ADVENTURE INTO FEAR
DARK DESTINY
THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER
THE SEALED BOOK
THE STRANGE DOCTOR WEIRD
Ashton, Queenie
THE WITCH’S TALE
Becker, Don
PHANTOM OF THE FUTURE
TALES OF TERROR
Bishop, Scott (pseud. George M. Hamaker)
DARK FANTASY
THE STRANGE DR. KARNAC
Blackwood, Algernon (1869-1951)
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
NIGHTMARES
Bloch, Robert (1917-1994)
STAY TUNED FOR TERROR
Boyce, Burke (1901-19—)
GHOST STORIES (1933-34)
TERROR BY NIGHT
Brown, Himan
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
Burdick, Harold “Hal” (1894-1978)
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
Caplan, Rupert
THE GHOST ROOM
GREAT TALES OF IMAGINATION
Carrasco, Salvador (19??-197?)
EL MONJE LOCO
Chappel, Ernest
QUIET PLEASE
Chevigny, Hector (1904-1965)
THE BLACK CHAPEL
CREEPS BY NIGHT
Clarke, Philip
THE SEALED BOOK
Cole, Alonzo Deen (1897-1971)
CREEPS BY NIGHT
THE WITCH’S TALE
Conning, Brucce
A STEP ON THE STAIRS
WHEN GHOSTS WALK
Cooper, Willis (1899-1955)
LIGHTS OUT
QUIET PLEASE
THE WITCHING HOUR
Cordova, Arturo de
APAGUE LA LUZ Y ESCHUCHE
Cortina, Alfredo
EL EXPERIMENTO DEL DR. HUGGS
Cuddy, Lucy
THE GREEN DRAGON EMERALD
KPO DRAMA GUILD [EDGAR ALLAN
POE STORIES]
THE LUMINOUS SHADOW
David, Ben
GABI NG LAGIM
Dehner, John (1915-19??)
THE BLACK BOOK
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Devitt, Alan (1887-1955)
THE EMPEROR OF AMERICA
THE WITCH’S TALE
Doria, Carmen
LA BRUJA
Dyall, Valentine (1908-1985)
APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR
THE MAN IN BLACK
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
Edwards, George (18??-195?)
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
FRANKENSTEIN
TALES FROM THE PEN OF EDGAR
ALLAN POE
Elliott, Geraldine (
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Farr, Finis
MASTER MYSTERIES
MYSTERY HOUSE
THE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD
Felton, Felix
ATMOSPHERICS
THE JADE CLAW
MACABRE
MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
Felton, Verna
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
Ferro, Ivo
TEATRO DA MEIO-NOITE
Fitz-Allen, Adelaide
THE WITCH’S TALE
Green, Winifred
THE WITCH’S TALE
Gremmer, Toby (1881-1981)
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Greyson, Carl
THE HALL OF FANTASY
Gross, Sidney
HORRORSCOPES
THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT
Gross, Sylvester (1909-1938)
KPRC DRAMATIC PLAYERS [PRESENT
TALES BY POE]
Heisch, Glan
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT
THE WITCH’S TALE
Howlett, Eric S. (
THE BLACK DEATH
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Huston, Lou (1914-2001)
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Johnson, Mel
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Johnson, Raymond Edward
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
LIGHTS OUT
Johnstone, Jack
DARK DESTINY
WHO KNOWS?
Karloff, Boris (1887-1969)
CREEPS BY NIGHT
THE FRIGHTENED
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
LIGHTS OUT
MYSTERIES BY CANDLELIGHT
STARRING BORIS KARLOFF
Keegan, Howard
FACES IN THE WINDOW
LIGHTS OUT
STAY TUNED FOR TERROR
Kogan, David
DARK DESTINY
THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER
THE SEALED BOOK
THE STRANGE DR. WEIRD
Kroeger, Berry
THE HAUNTING HOUR
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
THE WEIRD CIRCLE
Langworthy, Yolande [pseud. ??????]
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
Levene, Reta
THE GHOST WALKER
MERCER MCLEOD, THE MAN WITH
THE STORY
Ljungh, Esse W.
GHOST STORIES
STORIES BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
Lorre, Peter (1904-1964)
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
JOURNEY INTO FEAR
MYSTERY IN THE AIR
NIGHTMARE
TREASURY OF TERROR!
Lugosi, Bela
DRACULA
MYSTERY HOUSE
Marino, Juan
EL SINIESTRO DOCTOR MORTIS
Maxwell, Ted
THE CROSS-EYED PARROT
DEATH AT MIDNIGHT
LIGHTS OUT
Mays, Roderick Ainsworth
THE BLACK CHAPEL
THE SHADOW OF KALIOM
THE UNBELIEVABLE
McCambridge, Mercedes
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
LIGHTS OUT
McGill, Earle
THE GHOST OF BENJAMIN SWEET
TERROR BY NIGHT
McGrath, Paul (1904-1978)
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
McGregor, Jock
THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER
McLeod, Mercer
THE GHOST WALKER
MERCER MCLEOD, THE MAN WITH
THE STORY
Morse, Carlton E.
CAPTAIN POST, CRIME SPECIALIST
THE CITY OF THE DEAD
THE CROSS-EYED PARROTT
DEAD MEN PROWL
THE DRAGON IN THE SUN
THE GAME CALLED MURDER
THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN POST
THE WITCH OF ENDOR
Nordine, Ken
FACES IN THE WINDOW
SUPERNATURALLY YOURS
Oboler, Arch (1907-1987)
THE DEVIL AND MR. O
LIGHTS OUT
Obon, Ramon
MISTERIOS DE ULTRATUMBAS
O’Donnell, Elliott
ELLIOTT O’DONNELL
GHOST STORIES BY ELLIOTT
O’DONNELL
O’Flynn, Marie (18??-195?)
THE WITCH’S TALE
Olmsted, Nelson (1914-1992)
BLACK NIGHT
LIGHTS OUT
SLEEP NO MORE
SOUTHWESTERN DRAMA HOUR
Osborne, Ted
THE BLACK CHAPEL
CREEPS BY NIGHT
THE GHOST WALKS
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
KHJ UNNAMED MYSTERY SERIAL
THE MAD HATTER
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT
THE SHADOW OF FU MANCHU
THE WITCH’S TALE
Penman, Charles D.
THE BLACK DEATH
THE DEVIL’S SCRAPBOOK
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
SWEENEY TODD
THE UNSEEN HAND
Powell, Moray
ADVENTURE INTO FEAR
THE CREAKING DOOR
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
Readick, Frank
THE SHADOW (1932-1933)
Riveroll del Prado, Carlos
THE BLACK CHAPEL
LOST LEGENDS
EL MONJE LOCO
Ryder, Klock
THE HERMIT’S CAVE
Smith, Mark (18??-1944)
THE WITCH’S TALE
Striker, Francis H.
ARCTIC DEVILS
DOCTOR DRAGONETTE
THE FALCON
THE GHOST SHIP
LOUP-GAROU
THE MAD HATTER
THE PHANTOM PIRATE
PHANTOMS OF THE SEA
SOUL OF A ROBOT
ULTRA LAVENDER
ULTRA VIOLET
WEIRD TALES/WEIRD STORY/
NIGHTMARE
WEREWOLF
Swan, Harry
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
Tarplin, Maurice
THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER
THE STRANGE DR. WEIRD
Tazewell, Charles
THE COLUMBIA DRAMATIC GUILD
TERROR BY NIGHT
Thorne, Richard
THE HALL OF FANTASY
Villegas, Froilan
GABI NG LAGIM
Webster, Martyn C.
APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR
THE MAN IN BLACK
Wentworth, Martha (1889-1974)
THE WITCH’S TALE
Wiltten, Virginia
BLACK NIGHT
Wolfe, Miriam
THE WITCH’S TALE
Wood, E. Mason
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
THE WITCH’S TALE
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