THE DARTMOOR INCIDENT
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
THE PLAY’S THE THING (KDTH, DUBUQUE)
[Tuesday—7:30-8:00 PM]
January 27, 1942 “The Dartmoor Incident”
[DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH-HERALD: “…Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. the imaginary
curtain rises on a KDTH studio drama, another in ‘The Play’s the Thing’
series, currently presenting a variety or dramatic fare. Tuesday’s feature
is…strictly a horror drama with a remarkable climax. The scene is
Dartmoor, near Princeton Prison, and the home of Dr. Selwyn. What goes
on behind the forbidding walls? What is the purpose of the doctor—living
so far from activity? Can a man live after having his skull split with an ax?
These questions are put and answered in this performance…”]
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED
[NOVEL; RADIO-SUBSERIES]
This serialized Sax Rohmer novel ran in Collier’s in twelve installments from May 4 to July 20,
1929 and was announced by the magazine as “a new mystery novel, in which Mr. Rohmer makes
his Emperor of America seem tame.”
ORIGINATION: WJZ, New York City, New York (NBC-BLUE).
DURATION: May 5-July 21, 1929.
[OG-NOTE: At least one newspaper announced that the June 9 broadcast was “the final Collier’s hour for the
season…[and] the climax in a mystery story by Sax Rohmer…” This obviously was not the case—or, rather, the close of
the “case.”] RESEARCH!!!!!
PERSONNEL: Bill Adams (voice of “Uncle Henry”), Arthur Hughes (announcer), Ernest LaPrade (musical
director), Malcolm LaPrade (producer).
[CHRONOLOGY]
THE COLLIER’S HOUR—“THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED” (WJZ, NEW YORK—
NBC-BLUE)
[Sunday—8:15-9:15 PM]
May 5, 1929 [1]
May 12, 1929 [2]
May 19, 1929 [3]
May 26, 1929 [4]
June 2, 1929 [5]
June 9, 1929 [6]
June 16, 1929 [7]
June 23, 1929 [8]
June 30, 1929 [9]
July 7, 1929 [10]
July 14, 1929 [11]
July 21, 1929 [12]