Big John & Steve scare up a Halloween tribute to Edgar Allen Poe
in
EPISODE NET 37
(first run between October 16, 2005 and January 14, 2006)
of
The Glowing Dial
in which we present radio adaptations & dramatic readings of some of the works of .....

                    
Edgar Allen Poe
Peter Lorre stars in "Mystery In the Air" Boris Karloff stars in "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" Vincent Price stars in "Suspense" Bernard Herrmann composed music for "Columbia Workshop" Basil Rathbone performs dramatic readings of some of Poe's works

 The Hall of Fantasy - "The Cask of Amontillado"
originally aired January 19, 1953 on MUTUAL
Starring: Richard Thorne, Carl Grayson, Janice Jeffries, Paul Condless, George Bower announcing.
Sponsor: unknown
"The Cask of Amontillado" was originally published in the fall of 1846 in "Godey's Lady's Book".
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Mystery in the Air - "The Black Cat"
originally aired September 18, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Peter Lorre, Laureen Tuttle, Henry (Harry) Morgan as the Voice of Mystery, Michael Roy announcing the commercials.
Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes
"The Black Cat" was originally published on August 19, 1843 in the "United States Saturday Post".
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Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Tell-Tale Heart"
originally aired August 3, 1941 on NBC Blue
Starring: Boris Karloff, Everett Sloane, Santos Ortega, Raymond Edward Johnson as Raymond your host, Ed Herlihy announcing.
Sponsor: Carter's Little Liver Pills
"The Tell-Tale Heart" was originally published in 1843 in "The Pioneer".
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Suspense - "The Pit and the Pendulum"
originally aired November 10, 1957 on CBS
Starring: Vincent Price, Ellen Morgan, Jay Novello, Ben Wright, John Hoyt, George Walsh  announcing.
Sponsors: Kent Cigarettes, Pontiac, Ex-Lax, RCA Records
"The Pit and the Pendulum" was originally written by Poe in June of 1842.
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The Columbia Workshop - "Metzengerstein"
originally aired December 16, 1937 on CBS
Starring: Stefan Schnabel, Karl Swenson, Kenneth Roberts announcing.
Music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Sustained

Basil Rathbone performs dramatic readings of two Poe classics:
"The Bells" first published in "Sartain's Union Magazine" in November, 1849
&
"The Raven" first published in 1845

running time: 3 hours, 27 minutes, 38 seconds

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