A conglomeration of shows appeared under this heading between 1953 and 1958. A series of
“Mystery Classics,” running on Thursday evenings, emphasized the weird and the supernatural.
WABC, New York City, New York (ABC)
May 3, 1956-September 30, 1957.
Clark Andrews (producer), Martin Andrews (producer), Robert A. Arthur (producer), Eleanor
Beeson (scriptwriter), Hector Chevigny (scriptwriter), Ronald Dawson (producer), Don Dowd (host), Robert
Foster (scriptwriter), Katherine Green (scriptwriter), Joseph Greene (scriptwriter), C. M. Roach
(scriptwriter), Howard Rodman (scriptwriter), John Roeburt (scriptwriter), Joseph Ruscoll (scriptwriter),
Sidney Slon (scriptwriter), Leonard St. Clair (scriptwriter), Ian Thorne (scriptwriter), John West
(scriptwriter).
GUEST STARS (Theatre Royalre-runs): Robert Donat, Sir Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Sir Ralph
Richardson, Orson Welles.
CASTS: Peggy Allenby, Ed Begley, Ralph Bell, Frank Butler, Roger de Koven, Ivor Francis, Richard Janover,
William Johnstone, Connie Lembcke, Ann Loring, Ian Martin, et al.
: “Half an Hour” (8/2/56), “Death Walked In,” “Four Fatal Jugglers,” “Four Time Loser,”
“Murder in Haste,” “My Adventure in Norfolk,” “No One Will Ever Know,” “The Overcoat,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,”
“Success Story,” “The Suicide Club,” “The Tale.”
ABC MYSTERY TIME—“MYSTERY CLASSICS” (WABC, NEW YORK)
May 3, 1956“The Queen of Spades”
May 10, 1956“The Judgment”
May 17, 1956“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
May 24, 1956“Markheim”
repents…”]
May 31, 1956
June 7, 1956“The Suicide Club”
June 14, 1956
June 21, 1956
June 28, 1956
July 5, 1956
July 12, 1956
July 19, 1956
July 26, 1956
August 2, 1956“Half an Hour”
August 9, 1956
August 16, 1956“The Sire de Maltroit’s Door”
August 30, 1956“The Killing at Lafayette Place”
September 6, 1956
September 13, 1956
September 20, 1956
September 27, 1956
October 4, 1956
October 11, 1956
October 18, 1956
October 25, 1956
November 1, 1956
November 8, 1956
November 15, 1956
November 22, 1956“The Fall of the House of Usher”
November 29, 1956
December 6, 1956
December 13, 1956
December 20, 1956
December 27, 1956
January 3, 1957
January 10, 1957
January 17, 1957
January 24, 1957
January 31, 1957
February 7, 1957
February 14, 1957
February 21, 1957
February 28, 1957
March 7, 1957“The Ivory Elephant”
Africa who have found treasure in an elephant burial ground…”]
March 14, 1957“Hunting Trip”
March 21, 1957“Suspicion”
wedding anniversary…”]
March 28, 1957“The Locomotive Ghost”
their victims…”]
April 4, 1957
kill an unfaithful wife…”]
April 11, 1957"Til Death Do Us Part”
April 18, 1957“The Upper Berth” (F. Marion Crawford)
April 25, 1957“Death Takes First Prize”
killed…”]
May 2, 1957“Death Rides the Storm”
remarrying…”]
May 9, 1957“The Third Grace”
unscrupulous art dealer…”]
May 16, 1957“Shadow of Danger”
weird plot against his life…”]
May 23, 1957“Ski Master”
May 30, 1957“The Tell-Tale Heart”
June 6, 1957“I’ll Dance on Your Grave”
husband-partner…”]
June 13, 1957
June 20, 1957
June 24, 1957
July 1, 1957
July 8, 1957
July 15, 1957
July 22, 1957
July 29, 1957
August 5, 1957“The Cask of Amontillado”
August 12, 1957“The Horla”
August 19, 1957“The Cask of Amontillado”
August 26, 1957
September 2, 1957
September 9, 1957“The Lily Pond”
authorities…”]
September 16, 1957“The Black Cat”
aelurophobia.”
September 23, 1957“Can Such Things Be?”
ghost of a French soldier turned traitor in the British-Breton war of 1760
returns to haunt the descendant of the woman who caused his death…”]
September 30, 1957“The Upper Berth”
September 27, 1957
Death Rides the Storm”
October 4, 1957
The Sire de Maletroit’s Door”
October 11, 1957
The Third Grace”
October 18, 1957
October 25, 1957
November 1, 1957
November 8, 1957
I’ll Dance on Your Grave”
November 15, 1957
They’ll Never Believe Me”
November 22, 1957
November 29, 1957
December 6, 1957
December 13, 1957
December 20, 1957
December 27, 1957
January 3, 1958
Collector’s Items”
January 10, 1958
The Horla”
January 17, 1958
January 24, 1958
January 31, 1958
The Mysterious Mansion”
Titles without dates:
“Death by Proxy”
“Death Walked In”
“Four Fatal Jugglers”
“Four Time Loser”
“Murder in Haste”
“My Adventure in Norfolk”
“No One Will Ever Know”
“The Overcoat”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“Success Story”
“The Tale”