Strange Tales (Old Time Radio)

We’ll hear this week from The Mysterious Traveler and a tale called Death Comes For Adolf Hitler.  This one first aired March 24, 1945 which incidentally was just over a month before death did come for Hitler via a self inflicted bullet to the head. Download StrangeTales65

Wyllis Cooper and Quiet, Please provide our strange tale this week.  From August 3, 1947 we’ll hear Inquest.  As is sometimes the case with this series, the audio has some issues but is still quite listenable. Download StrangeTales64

Vincent Price stars in a strange tale from Suspense for this week’s show.  We’ll hear Present Tense, which first aired March 3, 1957. Download StrangeTales63

This week’s strange tale is a fun little story from Murder At Midnight.  First airing January 13, 1947 we’ll hear The House That Time Forgot. Download StrangeTales62

We visit the Inner Sanctum for this week’s tale.  What lies beyond the creaking door?  The Lonely Sleep, an episode that first aired September 25, 1945. Download StrangeTales61

Theater Five presents The Welcome Lady on this week’s show.  This series aired from 1964 to 1965 over ABC radio stations.  The Welcome Lady first aired April 5, 1965. Download

We hop on the train and catch The Mysterious Traveler for this week’s tale.  This series ran from 1943, to 1952 and produced 370 episodes.  We’ll hear The Most Famous Man In The World, which first aired November 20, 1951. Download

The Creaking Door brings us Inn Spectre for this week’s strange tale.  This series originated in South Africa and aired from the mid 1960′s to perhaps 1970. Exact dates are unknown for the series run, but this episode aired July 27, 1964. Download

We’ll hear from Dimension X for our strange tale this week.  The story is titled Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls and first aired August 4, 1950. Download

How about a visit to the Inner Sanctum this week?  First airing December 4, 1950 we’ll hear Beyond The Grave. Next week it’s a strange tale from Dimension X! Download

Ronald Coleman presents Favorite Story for us on this weeks show.  We’ll hear their adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment. The story was first published in 1837, while this adaptation aired May 15, 1948. Download

Our strange tale comes from The Haunting Hour this week.  There isn’t tons of information about this show, but many of the episodes survive.  We’ll hear The Uptown Express, which first aired sometime in 1945. Download

Authors Playhouse aired on the NBC network from March 1941, to June of 1945.  From it we’ll hear Johnny Cartwright’s Camera, which first aired July 22, 1944. Download

This week Escape brings us Evening Primrose, a story they produced three times for the series.  We’ll hear the first version which aired November 5, 1947. Download

We’ve got one more from Suspense this week for our strange tale.  From May 3, 1954 it’s The Giant Of Thermopylae. Download