This was a 1946 effort which was syndicated with incredible success in the early sixties when the first radio revival was underway, and for many people this was their initial contact with the essence of old time radio. THE SEALED BOOK I dunno how you missed this one. Public domain) of a generally high - and terrifying - caliber.

Weird Circle: Syndicated dramatizations of 19th-century horror stories (read: But generally these plots seem stale to me and the Other people find nuggets of terror in the muck, and THE WEIRD CIRCLE A syndicated effort which I find inifinitly boring. Lights Out: The creepiest of all, because it relies less on narration than onĭialogue and internal monologues by the main character. Overtones are the primary focus of this show. Haunted houses, ghosts of evil dead, revenge with supernatural

The last of adequate musicalīridges and somewhat abbreviated sound effects greatly hurt this program as Even by the midįorties these stories were pretty pedestrian. Not by Cisco & Ebert, but nobody asked to give 'Squeaky Reel' awards either Bob TALES This was a very early effort, which was hot stuff in the mid thirties, but which dates very badly over the years. MYSTEROUS TRAVELER 'Behind The Locked Door' QUIET PLEASE 'The Thing On The Fourble Board'ĥ. SUSPENSE! 'Three Skeleton Key' w/Vincent Priceģ. The Scariest of OTR Nine Scariest Radio Episodes:ġ. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (with John Gielgud)ĭuffy's Tavern Fibber McGee & Molly Great Gildersleeveįran Striker (Lone Ranger, Challenge of the Yukon, Green Hornet, etc) Harlow Wilcox (Suspense, Fibber McGee and Molly, Amos and Andy) Jack Benny's spoof of The Whistler, called 'The Fiddler' The Mysterious Traveler, 'Only the Good Die Young' 02/27/44 Suspense (Duh!), 'A Little Piece of Rope' 10/14/48 Orson Welles (The Shadow, Lives of Harry Lime, Mercury Theater)Įzra Stone (Henry Aldrich, The Aldrich Family) Portland Hoffa (herself, Fred Allen Show)īurns and Allen, 'H & R Blockhead' 02/26/50 The Shadow, 'The Little Man Who Wasn't There' 04/08/45 and The Shadow, 'Touch of Death'Įve Arden (Connie Brooks, Our Miss Brooks) Most of this info was contributed by David Hassell and Paul Rask with stuff from other contributors as well.īoston Blackie Lum N Abner Weird Circleįred Foy (the narrator of The Lone Ranger)Īmos 'n Andy. This chart shows a running summary of what some readers think were the best and worst of (whatever) during The Golden Age of Radio. Internet OTR Digest readers sometimes are quite verbal about their likes and dislikes. The third table is a list of the most horrible of the horror stories.The second table is a list of the ten scariest radio episodes.The first table shows what some folks consider to be the 'best' and 'worst' of several parameters associated with OTR programs.

Chart of OTR's Best and Worst The Best and Worst and Most of OTR Three tables on this page attempt to list the 'Best', 'Worst' and 'Most' of OTR.

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