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'Who? 'Where?' It rivalled the search for the correct actress to play Scarlett O'Hara just a few years later. Originally hosted by the English Actress Adelaide Fitz-Allen the show almost ENDED with her death in 1935. Hosted by Nancy, the Old Witch of Salem it presented some CLASSIC tales of the macabre. 'In radio, of course, it was THE WITCH'S TALE that becamse the first weekly 'chill your blood before bedtime' broadcast. Hand so you can, at least, make a pretense of knowing the subject. I suggest you read TERROR ON THE AIR: HORROR RADIO IN AMERICA by Richard J. It was her laugh that got her the job as Nancy-she could do it even better than Adelaide Fitz-Allen). Not because she was 'cheap.' (She wasn't all THAT cheap, being an already established juvenile star on Let's Pretend. This does not mean the others aren't great programs too.Īnd, finally, 13 year old Miriam Wolfe does a terrific 'Nancy' which is why she got and kept the job until the end of the run. It paved the way for LIGHTS OUT and all the other programs that followed, including THE HERMIT'S CAVE, INNER SANCTUM, and DARK FANTASY. Mr Filow-everything I said about THE WITCHES TALE is true. No, LIGHT'S OUT was a great show.but it was no tapped into the audience already put in place by THE WITCH'S TALE and who wanted MORE SCARES!!!įour stars for quality, one star subtracted from five for not being the FIRST but trying to CLAIM that they were. Oddly enough, it wasn't another septuagenarian like was 13 year old Miriam Wolfe. But then, to Alonzo Deen Cole's delight (he was the creator of the show and played the cat Satan throughout the entire run of the series) he found an actress who could do 'Old Nancy's voice perfectly.

In radio, of course, it was THE WITCH'S TALE that becamse the first weekly 'chill your blood before bedtime' broadcast.

(Arch was also VERY intrigued with the idea of 3D movies and television and did a lot of work in that field in which he was ALSO a pioneer).

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Arch Oboler and Wyllis Cooper are often credited with INVENTING this format (they didn't) but they DID know how to scare the living daylights out of the listener.

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