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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 Something On His Mind The Man Who Sold His Soul The Party The Room The Signalman The Thing in the Cabin
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
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Call Me Mad The Demon Tree The Headless Dead The Man Who Came Back The Thing From The Sea
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 Death Laugh The Fog The Man From Yesterday The Melody of Death The Silent Hands The Skull That Walked 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
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. Plantation Mystery The House on Lost Man's Bluff Reflected Image Spirit Vengeance Vampire's Desire
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 Bride of Death The Fall of the House of Usher |