DR. Q’S TALES OF TERROR

[RADIO-SERIES]

“Cook’s beer is sponsoring a horror program over WSIX three times a week, Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays, at 9:30 p.m. Broadcast whets interest from start by warning parents

that children should be sent to bed before things begin to happen for station cannot be

responsible for nightmares.

“Player is a blind artist, Austin Butner, whose deep voice won him a prize in the Atwater Kent

Auditions of several years ago. He is a regular Boris Karloff.” [Variety, October 28, 1936]

ORIGINATION:

WSIX, Nashville, Tennessee.

DURATION

:October 12-November 13, 1936.

PERSONNEL

:Austin Butner (narrator).

SPONSOR

:Cook’s Beer.

EXTANT RECORDINGS

:None.