“…where the veil of time is lifted and the supernatural reigns as king…”
Among the titles broadcast during the early run of the series on WGN…
WGN, Chicago, Illinois (MBS).
December 10, 1949-February 25, 1952 (first series), August 22-September 26, 1952
(second series), January 5-September 28, 1953 (third series).
The Hall of Fantasyappear to have run
sporadically in the fall of 1952 on a Mutual multi-series program entitledParade of Mysteries.]
Bob Cline (sound effects), Wayne Dickinson (sound effects), Lloyd Knight (sound
effects), Leroy Olliger (director), Glenn Ransom (director), Richard Thorne (scriptwriter,
producer), Harold Turner (organist).
Jim Ameche, Muriel Bremner, Maurice Copeland, Harry Elders, Carl Greyson, Doris
Grundy, Richard Gulla, Jerry Kaufherr, Eloise Kummer, Bob McKee, Arthur Peterson, Sam Siegel,
Richard Thorne.
“The Castle of Lavoca” (8/22/52; #26), “The Shadow People”
(9/5/52; #10), “Steps That Follow Me” (9/19/52; #4—retitled “He Who Follows Me”), “The
Hangman’s Rope” (1/5/53; #21), “The Cask of Amontillado” (1/19/53; #14), “The Black Figurine
of Death” (1/26/53; #13), “The Silver Flask” (2/2/53; #11), “The Dance of the Devil Dolls”
(2/9/53; #1), “The Masks of Ashor” (3/9/53; #8), “The Night the Fog Came” (3/23/53; #12), “The
Beast with Red Eyes” (3/30/53), “The Return from Death” (4/6/53; #3), “The Demon of the
Night” (4/13/53), “Out of the Sky” (4/20/53), “The Wild Huntsman” (4/27/53; #17), “The Idol of
Crom Croc” (5/4/53), “The Crawling Thing” (5/18/53; #7), “The Twisting Weeds of Death”
(5/25/53; #18), “The Tell-Tale Heart” (6/1/53; #6), “The Hand of Botar” (6/8/53; #23), “The
Jewels of Kali” (6/15/53; #25), “The Marquise of Death” (6/22/53; #15), “The Temple of
Huitzilopochtli” (6/29/53; #5), “The Man in Black” (7/6/53; #16), “The Treasure of Kublai Khan”
(7/20/53; #20), “The Automaton” (7/27/53; #19), “The Golden Bracelet of Amoniris” (8/3/53;
#22), “The Man from Second Earth” (8/10/53), “Stone’s Revenge” (8/17/53; #24), “The Sea
Phantom” (8/24/53; #2), “The Diamonds of Death” (8/31/53; #9).
[
26 episodes from this series were re-released in the 1970s with new openings and closings. Most of the
extant recordings listed above have the 1970s-version intros and outros. The 26 are listed with the 1970s series
numbering following the original broadcast date.]
Eloise Kummer
December 10, 1949“The Cask of Amontillado”
December 17, 1949“The Passing Seconds”
December 24, 1949“Markheim”
January 7, 1950“The Man Who Returned”
January 14, 1950“The Tell-Tale Heart”
January 21, 1950“The Curse of Amoaton”
January 28, 1950“It Lives by Night”
Feb. 4, 1950“The Painting in the Cellar”
Feb. 11, 1950“The Black Cat”
Feb 18, 1950
Feb. 25, 1950“Death Is Close By”
Mar. 4, 1950“The Thing in the House”
Mar. 11, 1950“He Who Follows Me”
Mar. 18, 1950“The Beast with Red Eyes”
Mar. 25, 1950“You Shall Be Avenged”
April 1, 1950“The River of the Moon”
April 8, 1950“Creatures in the Darkness”
April 15, 1950“The Gold Bug”
April 22, 1950 “Eyes in the Dark”
April 29, 1950 “The Woman Who Lived Again”
May 1, 1950“The Cask of Amontillado”
May 8, 1950“The Passing Seconds”
May 15, 1950“Spirit of the Dead”
May 22, 1950
May 29, 1950“The Dream Woman”
June 5, 1950“The Tell-Tale Heart”
June 12, 1950“The Green Hand”
June 19, 1950“The Mechanical Brain”
June 26, 1950
July 3, 1950“The Tomb of Carmilla”
July 10, 1950“The Signalman”
July 17, 1950“Sound in the Night”
July 24, 1950“The Four Candles”
July 31, 1950
Aug. 7, 1950
Aug. 14, 1950
Aug. 21, 1950“One of Us in This Room”
Aug. 28, 1950“The Knight’s Room”
Sep. 4, 1950“From Beyond Space”
Sep. 11, 1950
September 18, 1950“The Red Cloth”
September 25, 1950“No Death for Me”
October 2, 1950“One by One You Shall Die”
October 9, 1950“Murder Follows Diamonds”
October 16, 1950“He Who Defiles My Tomb”
October 23, 1950
October 30, 1950“The Eyes of Doom”
November 13, 1950“The Crawling Thing”
November 20, 1950“The Right Index Finger”
November 27, 1950“Yellow Is the Color of Death”
Dec. 4, 1950“Death Walks with a Limp”
Dec. 11, 1950“The Man in Black”
Dec. 18, 1950“Footprints in the Snow”
Dec. 25, 1950
Jan. 1, 1951“The Gold Medallion”
Jan. 8, 1951“The Time Machine”
Jan. 15, 1951“The Dolls of Satan”
Jan. 22, 1951“The Moonpaw”
Jan. 29, 1951“The Wild Huntsman”
Feb. 5, 1951“And Not the Hunter”
Feb. 12, 1951“Strike Back in Anger”
Feb. 19, 1951“The Room Upstairs”
Feb. 26, 1951“The Night the Fog Came”
Mar. 5, 1951“Island of the Dead”
Mar. 12, 1951“And Death Was Here”
Mar. 19, 1951“There Is No Return”
Mar. 26, 1951“Death in the Night”
April 2, 1951“Death Has the Voice of Thunder”
April 9, 1951“Mirror of the Past”
April 16, 1951“A Game of Death”
April 23, 1951“The Hangman’s Rope”
April 30, 1951“The Dream Kingdom”
May 7, 1951“The Lost Valley”
May 14, 1951“To Attack and Destroy”
May 21, 1951“The Music of Death”
May 28, 1951“Until I Need Another”
June 4, 1951“The Blood Red Eyes of Durga”
June 11, 1951“The Visitor”
June 18, 1951“The Man Who Was Death”
June 25, 1951“And the Shadows Are Here”
July 2, 1951“Cry in the Night”
July 9, 1951“The Thing in the Picture”
July 16, 1951“The Judas Coin”
July 23, 1951“Iron Key to Terror”
July 30, 1951“The Girl in the Storm”
Aug. 6, 1951“Fear Is a Fragile Mirror”
Aug. 13, 1951“The Black Plain”
Aug. 20, 1951“The Day That Time Ended”
Aug. 27, 1951“They Follow My Steps”
Sep. 3, 1951“The Twisted Mind”
Sep. 10, 1951“The Little Wax Image”
Sep. 17, 1951“He Who Lives by Night”
Sep. 24, 1951“The Face of Death”
Oct. 1, 1951“The Mask of Gold”
Oct. 8, 1951“The House of Fear”
Oct. 15, 1951“Judge of the Dead”
Oct. 22, 1951“The Fires of Hate”
Oct. 29, 1951“The Thing in the Fog”
Nov. 5, 1951“The Black Circle”
Nov. 12, 1951“So Soon You Die”
Nov. 19, 1951“The Dark Power”
Nov. 26, 1951“The Grey Killer”
Dec. 3, 1951“The Jade Dagger of Yu Chuan”
Dec. 10, 1951“Man with the Face of Death”
Dec. 17, 1951“The Castle of Lavoca”
Dec. 24, 1951“The Haunted Man”
Jan. 14, 1952“The Devil’s Hand”
Jan. 21, 1952“The Voice of the Wind”
Feb. 4, 1952“The Man with the Cloak”
Feb. 11, 1952“The Book of Thoth”
Feb. 25, 1952“He Returned from Death”
August 22, 1952“The Castle of Lavoca”
Chicago Tribuneannounced as “The Legend of Drago”]
August 29, 1952“The Brown Plague”
object that lands on a nearby shore…”]
September 5, 1952“The Shadow People”
September 12, 1952“The Black Book of the Raven”
September 19, 1952“Steps That Follow Me”
September 26, 1952“The Crimson Hands of Kali”
October 2, 1952KGO [Modesto Bee]
October 10, 1952“The Shadow People”
January 5, 1953“The Hangman’s Rope”
January 12, 1953“The Day That Time Ended”
January 19, 1953“The Cask of Amontillado”
January 26, 1953“The Black Figurine of Death”
February 2, 1953“The Silver Flask”
Chuam from the sorcerer Chou Ming eventually makes its way to
America. Henry Stebbins obtains the cursed flask and becomes involve in
a game of death…”]
February 9, 1953“Dance of the Devil Dolls”
the subject of the story…”]
February 16, 1953“The Mummy’s Scarab”
Ammonra, one of the richest of Egyptian rulers…”]
February 23, 1953“The Stairway to Doom”
‘Stairway to Doom’…”]
March 2, 1953“The Balaci Treasure”
March 9, 1953“The Mask of Ashor”
and death. The story deals with the disappearance of the messenger’s
mask…”]
March 16, 1953“Saladin’s Mind”
to pursue his studies…”]
March 23, 1953“The Night the Fog Came”
discovered…”]
March 30, 1953“The Beast with Red Eyes”
April 6, 1953“The Return from Death”
terror results…”]
April 13, 1953“Demon of the Night”
with the sheriff and a newspaperman…”]
April 20, 1953“Out of the Sky”
coastline…”]
April 27, 1953“The Wild Huntsman”
folklore. A group of people are taken to a forbidden hunting area to bag
all the game they can, but are told to pay no attention to a wild
huntsman…”]
May 4, 1953“The Idol of Crom Croc”
occupied by a sect practicing human sacrifices to appease the gods. The
couple learn that they are to be so honored…”]
May 11, 1953“The Specter of Denston Castle”
Earl of Harcourt, but when he arrives to claim his inheritance, he is
greeted by an apparition of a woman in white who tells him about the
Denston curse…”]
May 18, 1953“The Crawling Thing”
May 25, 1953“The Twisting Weeds of Death”
June 1, 1953“The Tell-Tale Heart”
June 8, 1953“The Hand of Botar”
that it appears to have intelligence of its own…”]
June 15, 1953“The Jewels of Kali”
searching the continents for four rubies…”]
June 22, 1953“The Marquise of Death”
June 29, 1953“The Man in Black”
July 6, 1953“The Temple of Huitzilipochli”
July 13, 1953“The Snow Monster”
July 20, 1953“The Treasure of Kublai Khan”
July 27, 1953“The Automaton”
August 3, 1953“The Golden Bracelet of Amoniris”
August 10, 1953“The Man from Second Earth”
August 17, 1953“Stone’s Revenge”
blizzard in the cabin of his enemy.”]
August 24, 1953“The Sea Phantom”
help and see the ghost ship anchored in the bay, a skeleton lashed to the
wheel…”]
August 31, 1953“The Diamonds of Death”
September 7, 1953“The Room Beyond”
always vanish…”]
September 14, 1953“A Summons from Death”
September 21, 1953“Creatures in the Shadows”
September 28, 1953“The Night the Others Returned”
A mixture of new scripts and classic tales, including two by Algernon Blackwood…
ORIGINATION: World Service, London (BBC).
DURATION: Circa 1979, 1984.
PERSONNEL: Derek Hodinott (scriptwriter, producer, director), Patricia Mays (scriptwriter—
“Keeping His Promise”).
THIRTY MINUTE THEATRE—“HAUNTED” (WORLD SERVICE)
March 18, 1980“The Decoy”
[
“England (Kent): a haunted house where the ghost takes on the
form of the person about to die.”]
George Baker (John), Peter Baldwin (Mr. Gower), Susan Jameson
(Nancy), Peter Woodward (Harry).
September 17, 1984“Keeping His Promise”
[
“Haunted (#9)… Scotland (Edinburgh): ghost of a recently
deceased friend keeps an appointment.”
Eric Deacon (Marriott), Nigel Graham (Policeman/Student), David Griffin
(Green), Narissa Knights (Lady Field), Christopher Neame (Ambrose), Peter
Tuddenham (Lord Field).
[
“Prepare to have your spine tingled over the next three weeks as this World Service
drama series is broadcast for the first time in 30 years. A fine array of well-known authors and
actors bring the stories to life.”
February 10, 2013“Little Girl Lost”
[
“…After the death of her second husband, Mrs. Grove begins to
worry her family by talking to him as if he’s still alive in Rosemary
Timperley’s sinister tale…”]
John Carson, Ruth Dunning (Mrs. Grove), et al.
February 11, 2013“Walk on the Water”
[
“…Anna Cropper stars as Rachel whose imaginary friend has
been with her since childhood in this salutary tale by Rosemary
Timperley…”]
Anna Cropper (Rachel), Ursula Howells, Jack May, et al.
February 12, 2013“The Dream Woman”
[
“…After a disturbing dream, Isaac lives in constant fear of a
woman with a knife, but is she of [t]his earth? Charles Kay and Maureen
O’Brien star in Wilkie Collins’ unsettling 19th century tale…”]
Charles Kay (Isaac), Maureen O’Brien, et al.
February 13, 2013“Listen to the Silence”
[
“…Gwen Watford stars as Mary, a woman who’s terrified of
silence, but can she confront her fears from a strange voice claiming to be
her grandfather? Patsy Rowlands also features in Rosemary Timperley’s
chilling story…”]
Patsy Rowlands, Gwen Watford (Mary).
February 14, 2013“The Judge’s House”
[
“…When a young student hires an empty house, he learns the
truth about its former, murderous inhabitant. Nigel Havers and Nancy
Nevinson star in Bram Stoker’s atmospheric gothic story…”]