“No… No… stay where you are. Do not break the stillness of this moment. For this is a time of mystery. A time when imagination is free, and moves forward swiftly, silently…. This is — The Haunting Hour!” The Haunting Hour (originally transcribed 1944-45) aired “The Mystery of the Southern Star” on September 29, 1945 …
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Read More...The Whisperer (1951) aired “Tea Time for Teenagers” on July 8, 1951 as the first of its 13 episodes. The man known as the Whisperer is in reality one Philip Galt, a lawyer who was in a terrible accident in which his vocal chords were crushed. He used this strange disability as a cover to …
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Read More...Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Shadow (1937-1954) aired “Death Stalks the Shadow” on October 9, 1938. Though only about 300 episodes are known to still exist out of over 800 (depending on how one counts), the number is subject to change as new episodes are unearthed …
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