This set the pattern for Oboler's run of two horror episodes followed by a drama on more serious subjects dealing with moral, social and political issues Click here to read more about Lights Out. A sailor murders his buddy who strikes it big at the lottery but managed to escape the authorities w Arch Oboler host A story told by an old dying lady about her two sons, one good and the other a villain.
The good son Also known as "Speed", this old time radio broadcast tells a story about two men who have the supern A dying patient begs the doctor to prolong her life just until her youngest son arrives. As the doct Program 6. CBS net origination, syndicated rebroadcast. How'd you like to have you A couple excitedly spends summer with their son in a vacant home which is unoccupied for 20 years.
A man nearing his execution date escapes from prison and swears revenge on the man who framed him fo A meteorite is found by a stargazing couple. Opening it, they find it is made of flesh and transform The story is a diversion from the typical when the doctor informs his wife that she is pregnant.
A rich man is hooked on his mistress and leaves his wife. Their affair ends tragically in a boating Three soldiers of different nationalities party on a train on a Christmas Day after their tour of du Once she has your rapt attention, she begins to tell you - with a gleeful cackle - her tales of ghosts, devils, and curses.
The narratives she weaves convey countless examples of how jealousy, revenge, greed and ambition can result in circumstances as frightening as any caused by supernatural beings. From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment!
Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, and Edgar Allan Poe! By: John Dickson Carr , and others. The show was heard only on the West Coast and had Signal Oil as the main sponsor. There were attempts to broadcast the show on the East Coast, one in July to September and the other in March to September , with Campbell Soup and Household Finance as the suggested sponsors.
By: J. Donald Wilson. When the history of horror comics was written, one name stood and still stands above the rest: EC Comics. By: Johnny Craig , and others.
Wilkie Collins was one of Victorian England's best-loved and best-selling authors, and a crime-fiction pioneer. His enthralling 'sensation novels' such as The Woman in White paved the way for today's thrillers and his tour de force The Moonstone is one of the first, and greatest, modern-detective stories.
Also included are adaptations of three of Collins' other major novels. By: Wilkie Collins. Close your eyes and see the future. Radio often explored the issues of the day by imagining the days to come - and never did it better than in the stories you'll hear in this collection!
By: Robert Heinlein , and others. If you are a lover of old-time radio and a fan of Orson Welles, you won't want to miss this treasure chest of legendary Orson Welles radio broadcasts! With his flair for the sensational and innovative, Welles captured audiences' attention with his s CBS weekly drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, later renamed The Campbell Playhouse, which featured hour-long dramatizations of classic books. His production, The War of the Worlds an H.
Wells adaptation was especially memorable, as were many other productions, each featuring talented voices and actors. By: Orson Welles. Horror stars, action heroes, matinee idols, leading ladies - Suspense offered them all a showcase that expanded and emphasized their distinctive talents.
Peter Lorre and Edward G. Robinson were particular favorites and appear here in tortured, desperate roles and never failing to wring every bit of tension from the scripts in their hands.
Popular comedians - like Bob Hope and Milton Berle - were also regularly featured. Cast hard against type, the audience was forced to view them in an entirely different light and were left gasping in their wake. Radio's premier showcase for heart-stopping horror is presented in this collection of 20 great episodes of Lights Out! Produced, written, and directed by broadcasting legend Arch Oboler - and starring Boris Karloff, Mercedes McCambridge, Dinah Shore, Gloria Blondell, and more - these tales are devilishly devised to keep you up all night!
Radio, more than any other medium of popular entertainment, is an ideal vehicle for dark tales of dark deeds. Perhaps that's because the greatest fears in the back of our minds are the terrors we can't see Drogan Big Mr. Radio's premier showcase for heart-stopping horror is presented in this collection of 20 great episodes of Lights Out!
Produced, written, and directed by broadcasting legend Arch Oboler - and starring Boris Karloff, Mercedes McCambridge, Dinah Shore, Gloria Blondell, and more - these tales are devilishly devised to keep you up all night! By: Arch Oboler. Encounter the death who walks, rats, descents into madness, ghosts, mad scientists, crimes against nature, and much more in this classic collection presenting 22 tales of the supernatural from authors such as Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, and Ambrose Bierce.
Features performances from Peter Lorre, Hal Holbrooke, Boris Karloff, and the work of many leading radio directors, writers, and actors of the day. Also included are episodes from Strange , a rarely heard series narrated by Walter Gibson, creator and author of The Shadow. By: Original Radio Broadcast. X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, to January 9, , in various time slots on NBC.
The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field. By: Ray Bradbury. Agonizing predicaments, stellar sound effects, and high wattage Hollywood star power combine in radio's top thriller.
The tension and excitement of this Peabody Award-winning series are well calculated to keep you in From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment! Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, and Edgar Allan Poe!
By: John Dickson Carr , and others. The screams Sounds in the dark come strange, mysterious, and terrifying in 21 episodes of such classic series as Lights Out , Inner Sanctum , Suspense , and many more.
By: Guy de Maupassant , and others. He takes the same train every week at this time, with tales to thrill you a little and chill you a little! Here's Maurice Tarplin as The Mysterious Traveler, your sardonic seatmate on the fast track to mystery!
By: David Kogan , and others. The only program on the air to combine pitch-dark horror with sardonic humor, sending forth its undead monstrosities with rotting tongue pressed firmly into cheek. The razor-voiced Raymond Edward Johnson handles his hosting duties like an oily insurance salesman with a sideline in ax murder, while playful Paul McGrath brings forth an effortlessly exaggerated sense of black comedy.
Come in! Once she has your rapt attention, she begins to tell you - with a gleeful cackle - her tales of ghosts, devils, and curses. The narratives she weaves convey countless examples of how jealousy, revenge, greed and ambition can result in circumstances as frightening as any caused by supernatural beings. Close your eyes and see the future. Radio often explored the issues of the day by imagining the days to come - and never did it better than in the stories you'll hear in this collection!
By: Robert Heinlein , and others. When the history of horror comics was written, one name stood and still stands above the rest: EC Comics. By: Johnny Craig , and others. In the darkest reaches of the human psyche, there is no corner quite so dark as the fear of nameless, inevitable Fate.
With its startling twists and its mocking laughter, Fate can take any of us at any time. We confront this fear by taking a grim satisfaction with the cruelties that Fate metes out to others.
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