BLUENOSE GHOSTS

[RADIO-SERIES]

”I have attempted to show you how extensive our belief is and how often it is

wrapped up with the sea that surrounds us… [T]he supernatural in Nova Scotia

is not a subject talked about for the sole purpose of entertainment but…is a part

of our way of life.”

Based on the 1957 book by Helen Creighton,Bluenose Ghostsrecounted

supposedly true tales of spectral visitations and ghostly curses which had

circulated for generations among the seafaring folk of Nova Scotia.

[Program information]
ORIGINATION

: CBA, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CBC Eastern Network).

[NOTE: The program was broadcast jointly by CBA, CBH and CBI.]
DURATION

: April 10-June 19, 1959.

[NOTE: An additional script, “The Purple Wings of Fear,” which was also adapted

from the Creighton book, aired on September 25 as part of the regularHalifax

Theatreseries.]

PERSONNEL

:HelenCreighton(scriptconsultant),DouglasFraser

(scriptwriter), Barbara Grantmyre (scriptwriter), Kay Hill (scriptwriter), John

Hobday (producer), A. H. Matheson (scriptwriter).

EXTANT RECORDINGS

: None.

[Program log]
BLUENOSE GHOSTS (CBA, HALIFAX)
[Friday—9:00-9:30 PM]

April 10, 1959The Captain Who Heard Things”

April 17, 1959“Murder at Marion Bridge”

April 24, 1959“The Far Off Scream”

May 1, 1959“A Guinea for the Night”

May 8, 1959“The Phantom Crew”

May 15, 1959“Skeleton in the House”

May 22, 1959“The Beast with Burning Eyes

May 29, 1959The Haunted Bed”

June 5, 1959“Heads in a Bucket”

June 12, 1959The Grey Lady of Granville

June 19, 1959The Smiler with the Knife”

HALIFAX THEATRE (CBA, HALIFAX)
[Friday—9:00-9:30 PM]

September 25, 1959 “The Purple Wings of Fear”