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The Weird Circle - "The 415 Express"

The Weird Circle presents “The 415 Express,” episode 21, originally broadcast January 16, 1944. This syndicated suspense anthology was produced by NBC’s Radio Recording D

Molle Mystery Theatre - "Ghost with the Gun Afrs Myst Phs 138" (1945)

Molle Mystery Theatre presents “Ghost with the Gun,” originally broadcast October 26, 1945. This surviving presentation is Armed Forces Radio Service Mystery Playhouse #1

Dark Fantasy - "The Sleeping Death" (1942)

Dark Fantasy, “The Sleeping Death” (episode 30), originally broadcast June 12, 1942, on the NBC Red Network. Written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George M. Hamaker,

The Devil and Mr. O - "Paris Macabre" (1972)

The Devil and Mr. O presents “Paris Macabre,” episode 21, originally broadcast February 4, 1972. This installment repackages Arch Oboler’s 1943 Lights Out drama “The Ball

The Sealed Book - "Murderer Unknown"

The Sealed Book presents “Murderer Unknown,” episode 23, originally broadcast on August 19, 1945. In this Mutual Broadcasting System chiller, the Keeper of the Book is pl

Escape - "Two and Two Make Four" (1954)

Escape presents “Two and Two Make Four,” episode 223, originally broadcast on CBS on August 21, 1954. This final-season suspense tale was written by Walter Brown Newman a

The Whistler - "Grave Secret Ep Afrs" (1949)

The Whistler presents “Grave Secret,” originally broadcast February 27, 1949. This circulating AFRS version is commonly cataloged as episode 351. Written by Steve Hampton

The Devil and Mr. O - "Vacation with Death" (1971)

Old Time Horror Radio presents The Devil and Mr. O, episode 11, “Vacation with Death,” originally broadcast November 26, 1971. A family’s bargain summer rental in an old

Dark Fantasy - "The Thing from the Sea" (1941)

Dark Fantasy presents “The Thing from the Sea,” originally broadcast November 28, 1941. In this third known episode of the NBC Red Network supernatural anthology, Hollywo

The Weird Circle - "Declared Insane"

The Weird Circle presents “Declared Insane,” episode 5, originally broadcast September 26, 1943. Adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s L’Interdiction, this literary suspense dr

The Sealed Book - "Devil Island"

The Sealed Book presents “Devil Island,” episode 4, originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on April 8, 1945. Hosted by Philip Clarke as the Keeper of the

The Devil and Mr. O - "Nature Study" (1971)

The Devil and Mr. O presents “Nature Study,” episode 8, broadcast November 5, 1971. Hosted and written by Arch Oboler, this syndicated presentation rebroadcast Oboler’s e

Suspense - "Death Notice" (1959)

Suspense presents “Death Notice,” episode 789, originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 8, 1959. Victor Jory stars in this late-run drama, directed and produced by W

Molle Mystery Theatre - "The Man Who Murdered in Public Afrs Myst Phs" (1945)

Molle Mystery Theatre, episode 75, presents “The Man Who Murdered in Public,” originally broadcast on March 6, 1945. Adapted from Roy Vickers’ Department of Dead Ends mys

Dark Fantasy - "Death Is a Savage Deity" (1942)

Dark Fantasy presents “Death Is a Savage Deity,” originally broadcast on NBC on January 30, 1942. Identified in surviving reference listings as episode 11, this supernatu

Escape - "A Tooth for Paul Revere" (1948)

Escape, “A Tooth for Paul Revere,” originally broadcast July 4, 1948, is episode 45. This Fourth of July historical fantasy adapts Stephen Vincent Benét’s 1937 short stor

The Weird Circle - "The Curse of the Mantle"

The Weird Circle presents “The Curse of the Mantle,” episode 32, originally broadcast April 2, 1944. This supernatural suspense drama adapts Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1838 ta

The Devil and Mr. O - "Mr Freak" (1971)

The Devil and Mr. O presents “Mr Freak,” episode 5, originally broadcast October 15, 1971. This syndicated presentation retitles Arch Oboler’s earlier drama “The Ugliest

The Sealed Book - "The Accusing Corpse"

The Sealed Book, “The Accusing Corpse,” originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on April 29, 1945. This is episode 7 of the 30-minute mystery anthology, ho

Molle Mystery Theatre - "Nightmare Afrs Myst Phs" (1944)

Mollé Mystery Theatre presents “Nightmare,” originally broadcast November 28, 1944. This surviving Armed Forces Radio Service presentation aired as Mystery Playhouse #50,