THE UNBELIEVABLE

[RADIO-SERIES]

Cited inBroadcasting((March 15, 1937): “National Lead Co., New York (Dutch Boy white lead), is

starting on March 15 a 17-week test campaign in six markets, using a quarter-hour dramatic

program,The Unbelievable, dealing with phenomena that are strange and weird but nevertheless

true, transcribed by WBS.”

Variety: “Using transcribed dramatization of series of yarns about odd facts, discs will be heard

twice weekly over WCFH, Portland, Me., KRFT, Des Moines, WISN, Milwaukee, WBNS,

Columbus, WFBL, Syracuse, and WHP, Harrisburg, Pa.”

The show’s scriptwriting team of Dunn and Stringer followed up for the same company withThe

Secret City, a mystery-adventure serial “based on the Atlanteen myth...”

ORIGINATION:

Mertens & Price Inc., Los Angeles (electrical transcriptions).

DURATION:

March 15-July 7, 1937.

PERSONNEL:

Winifred Dunn (scriptwriter), Roderick Ainsworth Mays (director), Sparks Stringer

(scriptwriter).

SPONSOR:

National Lead Co. (Dutch Boy Paints).

EXTANT RECORDINGS:

None.