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A Passion For Horror
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Old Radio ShowsBeyond MidnightBeyond Midnight was produced in South Africa in the late 1960s by Michael McCabe and the show was broadcast at half-past-nine on a Friday night. Most of the shows could be classed as being in the horror genre and the series included adaptations of classic tales like The Signalman, The Phantom Coach and The Monkey's Paw. 40th Birthday Dear Ghost Let Me See Your Face The Party The Room The Signalman XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dark FantasyDark Fantasy was first aired in November 1941. It originated from the radio station WKY in Oklahoma City and was aired on NBC stations on a Friday night. Only 31 episodes were recorded and the final episode aired in June 1942. Debt from the Past Men Call Me Mad Rendezvous
With Satan Superstition be Hanged The Cup of Gold The Demon Tree The Edge of the Shadow The House of Bread The Letter From Yesterday The Man with the Scarlet Satchel The Thing From The Sea W is for Werewolf XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Inner Sanctum MysteriesInner Sanctum Mysteries was first broadcast in January 1941 and by the time the final show was aired in October 1952. There were 526 shows in the series. The early shows were introduced by Raymond Edward Johnson. When Johnson left the show in 1945 and enlisted in the army he was replaced by the Broadway actor Paul McGrath. Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a very popular show in its day and stars like Boris Karloff , Peter Lorre, Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith gave fine performances. Heck, even old Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, was happy to lend his voice to an episode: Enchanted Ghost. Death
is a Joker The
Colour
Blind Formula The Man From Yesterday The Melody of Death The Silent Hands The Skull That Walked
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Mystery in the AirThe radio series Mystery in the Air was aired in 1947 and every show was introduced by Harry Morgan's never failing announcement that Mystery in the Air starred Peter Lorre and was presented by Camel Cigarettes. I always remember Peter Lorre best for his role as Ugarte in the film Casablanca and he has such a distinctive voice that, once heard, it is never forgotten. I must admit, though, that I think that Lorres' acting in Mystery in the Air comes across as a little forced at times. This was, however, quite a popular show in its day and included dramatizations of works by authors like Guy de Maupassant and Edgar Allan Poe. The shows listed below are in alphabetical order, to see the shows listed in order of their broadcast date see the Episode Index. The Horla The Black Cat The Lodger The Marvellous Barastro The Mask of Medusa XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Sealed BookThe Sealed Book radio series was originally aired between March 18th and September 9th, 1945. The show was produced and directed by Jock MacGregor and every Sunday night listeners could tune in and listen for the sound of the great gong that heralded another strange and exciting tale from the sealed book. The Hands of Death The Queen of the Cats XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Devil's ScrapbookThe Devils Scrapbook radio series was broadcast in 1936. The show was very similar to The Hermit’s cave. Even the introduction sounded similar except that the presenter was supposed to Satan instead of the Hermit. Like The Hermit’s Cave, The Devil’s Scrapbook also had the sound of the wind and howling dogs in the introduction and even the devils opening spiel sounded the same:"I am the devil. From my
inferno of
boiling cauldrons and smoking brimstone, I come to Earth each Monday
night to tell you a story from my scrapbook. And it's full of them.
Ghost stories. Weird tales of the supernatural. Yes, and murders too!
All the horrible tales of the centuries are here in my scrapbook.
Listen, if you've got the nerve. Ah, but first, turn out your lights.
Turn them off! There now, listen..."
Although many episodes of The Hermits Cave have been saved in archives, only one episode of The Devils Scrapbook has ever turned up online: The Conquest of David Rugg XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Hermit's CaveThe Hermit's Cave was a weekly radio show sponsored by Olga Coal. The series was first aired in 1935 and was not discontinued until about a decade later. The Hermit presented each show from his cave while, outside, the wind and the wolves competed to see who could howl the loudest. Inside the cave the sound of the Hermit cackling as he introduced the evening's story was much more unnerving than either. Several actors played the Hermit, through the years, but John Dehner is probably the one most famous for it. Buried Alive From Another World House of Murder It Happened on Sunday Plantation Mystery The Author of Murder The Black Band The Gypsy's Curse Reflected Image Spirit Vengeance XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Weird Circle was broadcast between 1943 and 1947 and there were a total of 78 shows in the series, including dramatizations of famous classic tales of horror like Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Guy de Maupassant's The Hand. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Ancient Mariner The Fall of the House of Usher |