Posts Tagged 'weird circle'

Our horror favorite today comes from Sunny, who wanted to hear The Wooden Ghost by The Weird Circle.  This episode first aired September 9, 1943.

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Our horror favorite this week comes from Therese, who wanted to hear an adaptation of The Evil Eye from The Weird Circle.  The script was based on the Theophile Gautier story, and aired sometime in the mid 1940′s.

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We’ve got another incursion inside The Weird Circle for today’s show.  This one is titled The River Man, and aired sometime in the mid-1940′s.

Have a favorite episode you’d like to hear?  Send it along to [email protected] (please put Horror Favorite in the subject line) and I’ll be happy to share it with the rest of the class!

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Airing from 1943 to 1947, The Weird Circle adapted classic horror stories for radio from notable authors of the genre.  Our episode today features their version of Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Old Nurse’s Story, and aired in 1944.

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On today’s episode of The Horror we’ll hear an episode from The Weird Circle that’s based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe called Ligeia.  From November 12, 1944 here’s The Returned.

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The Weird Circle presents The Werewolf for our horror today.  It is based on a story by Frederick Marryat, and first aired May 7, 1944.

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We visit the cave by the restless sea today for an episode from The Weird Circle. Based on Ambrose Bierce’s 1891 short-story, we’ll hear The Middle Toe Of The Right Foot.  This one first aired May 21, 1945.

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For four years The Weird Circle brought horror and mystery stories to the Mutual network.  We’ll hear an episode from April 15, 1945 titled The Warning.

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We hear from The Weird Circle this week, and an episode based on a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne titled The Curse Of The Mantle.  This one first aired April 2, 1944.

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