In Breaking Walls Episode 84, it’s the Simple Art of Macabre, to your ears from the mouths of some of the best who ever produced radio’s stuff of nightmares.

Highlights:

• Why Do We Like To Be Scared?


• What pre-dated the radio horror program in the United States of America?


• The Witch’s Tale
• Cooper, Oboler, and Lights Out


• Orson Welles, Himan Brown, and Bill Spier


• Macabre Programming during World War II


• How Transcription Advanced the radio mystery program


• Escape, The Saint, and Vincent Price


• ABC and The Clock


• Quiet Please and Crime Classics


• The Decline of the American audio drama in the 1950s


• Attempts at horror revivals


• Where we are today

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The reading material used in today’s episode was:


• The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning

• The Witch's Tale: Stories of Gothic Horror from the Golden Age of Radio - by Alonzo Dean Cole

• The CBS Radio Mystery Theater Handbook by Martin Grams Jr’s and Gordon Payton

• Forecast: Is there a Sponsor in a House by Martin Grams Jr.

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling

Today’s episode of Breaking Walls could not have been done without the interviews by Dick Bertel, Ed Corcoran, John Dunning, SPERDVAC, and Chuck Schaden.

• The Society To Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy will be having their next convention this coming November 1st through 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 3131 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, CA. For more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com

• Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran’s Golden Age of Radio programs can be found at goldenage-wtic.org

• John Dunning’s Interviews can be found through the Old-Time Radio Researcher’s Library at OTRRLibrary.org.

• Chuck Schaden’s interviews can be found at his site, SpeakingofRadio.com




Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was:

• Seance on a Wet Afternoon composed by John Barry and rerecorded by Nic Raine

* I’ve Got You Under My Skin - by Frank Sinatra

A Special Thank you to:

Ron Baron

Ryan Kramer

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Rebecca Shield

WallBreakers Links:

Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers

Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

URL - thewallbreakers.com

Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

In Breaking Walls Episode 84, it’s the Simple Art of Macabre, to your ears from the mouths of some of the best who ever produced radio’s stuff of nightmares.

Highlights:

• Why Do We Like To Be Scared?


• What pre-dated the radio horror program in the United States of America?


• The Witch’s Tale
• Cooper, Oboler, and Lights Out


• Orson Welles, Himan Brown, and Bill Spier


• Macabre Programming during World War II


• How Transcription Advanced the radio mystery program


• Escape, The Saint, and Vincent Price


• ABC and The Clock


• Quiet Please and Crime Classics


• The Decline of the American audio drama in the 1950s


• Attempts at horror revivals


• Where we are today

The WallBreakers:

http://thewallbreakers.com

Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.

To support the show:

http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers




Special thanks to our Sponsors: 


• Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight

https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com

• The Fireside Mystery Theatre

https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com



• The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society
http://www.ghoulishdelights.com/series/themorls/



The reading material used in today’s episode was:


• The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning

• The Witch's Tale: Stories of Gothic Horror from the Golden Age of Radio - by Alonzo Dean Cole

• The CBS Radio Mystery Theater Handbook by Martin Grams Jr’s and Gordon Payton

• Forecast: Is there a Sponsor in a House by Martin Grams Jr.

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling

Today’s episode of Breaking Walls could not have been done without the interviews by Dick Bertel, Ed Corcoran, John Dunning, SPERDVAC, and Chuck Schaden.

• The Society To Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy will be having their next convention this coming November 1st through 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 3131 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, CA. For more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com

• Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran’s Golden Age of Radio programs can be found at goldenage-wtic.org

• John Dunning’s Interviews can be found through the Old-Time Radio Researcher’s Library at OTRRLibrary.org.

• Chuck Schaden’s interviews can be found at his site, SpeakingofRadio.com




Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was:

• Seance on a Wet Afternoon composed by John Barry and rerecorded by Nic Raine

* I’ve Got You Under My Skin - by Frank Sinatra

A Special Thank you to:

Ron Baron

Ryan Kramer

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Rebecca Shield

WallBreakers Links:

Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers

Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

URL - thewallbreakers.com

Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

In Breaking Walls Episode 83, we focus the radio industry of the 1930s and 40s—especially on the career of David Sarnoff, as RCA’s network, NBC begins to lose its grip on the top spot in the broadcasting industry while they introduce Television. We’ll also focus on the introduction of new talent to the industry, and the CBS talent raids of 1948-1949.

Highlights:

• David Sarnoff announces the birth of TV at The 1939 World’s Fair


• Edwin Howard Armstrong Invents FM


• Television Experiments in the 1920s and 1930s


• Sarnoff and Armstrong’s Crumbling Friendship

• How World War II Stopped Television’s Commercial Expansion


• William S. Paley’s Plan to make CBS the #1 Network


• The Rise of Arthur Godfrey


• Sarnoff’s Court Battles


• The Death of Edwin Howard Armstrong


• The CBS Talent Raids of 1948-49


• Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis


• The Simple Art of Macabre


The WallBreakers:

http://thewallbreakers.com

Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.

To support the show:

http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers




Special thanks to our Sponsors:



• Join The Party


https://www.multitude.productions


• Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight

https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com

• The Fireside Mystery Theatre

https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com

The reading material used in today’s episode was:

• The General: David Sarnoff & The Rise of the Communications Industry - by Kenneth Bilby

• The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning

• Empire: William S. Paley & The Making of CBS - by Lewis J. 


• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling

• The Network - by Scott Wooley

• As well as an article on Martin & Lewis from the August 2018 issue of SPERDVAC’s Radiogram, by Michael Hayde



Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was:

• Mr. Lucky, by Si Zentner

• Begin the Beguine, by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

• Seance on a Wet Afternoon, arranged by John Barry

I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network, and if you’re going to be in California this November, SPERDVAC - The Society To Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy—will be having their next convention this coming November 1st through 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 3131 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, CA.

For more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com

A Special Thank you to:

Ron Baron

Ryan Kramer

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Rebecca Shield

WallBreakers Links:

Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers

Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

URL - thewallbreakers.com

Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

In Breaking Walls Episode 83, we focus the radio industry of the 1930s and 40s—especially on the career of David Sarnoff, as RCA’s network, NBC begins to lose its grip on the top spot in the broadcasting industry while they introduce Television. We’ll also focus on the introduction of new talent to the industry, and the CBS talent raids of 1948-1949.

Highlights:

• David Sarnoff announces the birth of TV at The 1939 World’s Fair


• Edwin Howard Armstrong Invents FM


• Television Experiments in the 1920s and 1930s


• Sarnoff and Armstrong’s Crumbling Friendship

• How World War II Stopped Television’s Commercial Expansion


• William S. Paley’s Plan to make CBS the #1 Network


• The Rise of Arthur Godfrey


• Sarnoff’s Court Battles


• The Death of Edwin Howard Armstrong


• The CBS Talent Raids of 1948-49


• Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis


• The Simple Art of Macabre


The WallBreakers:

http://thewallbreakers.com

Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.

To support the show:

http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers




Special thanks to our Sponsors:



• Join The Party


https://www.multitude.productions


• Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight

https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com

• The Fireside Mystery Theatre

https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com

The reading material used in today’s episode was:

• The General: David Sarnoff & The Rise of the Communications Industry - by Kenneth Bilby

• The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning

• Empire: William S. Paley & The Making of CBS - by Lewis J. 


• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling

• The Network - by Scott Wooley

• As well as an article on Martin & Lewis from the August 2018 issue of SPERDVAC’s Radiogram, by Michael Hayde



Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was:

• Mr. Lucky, by Si Zentner

• Begin the Beguine, by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

• Seance on a Wet Afternoon, arranged by John Barry

I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network, and if you’re going to be in California this November, SPERDVAC - The Society To Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy—will be having their next convention this coming November 1st through 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 3131 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, CA.

For more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com

A Special Thank you to:

Ron Baron

Ryan Kramer

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Rebecca Shield

WallBreakers Links:

Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers

Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

URL - thewallbreakers.com

Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

In Breaking Walls episode 82 we focus on the state of the radio broadcasting industry in the late 1930s and early 1940s, as Broadcasting booms while the world goes to War. 

Highlights:

• Early days at NBC’s Radio City in New York

• How Press Associations caused NBC and CBS to launch a news service

• The Birth of the Mutual Broadcasting System and their Struggles

• NBC Red and NBC Blue

• The FCC and US Justice Department Get Involved with Radio

• The Murrow Boys and Encroaching War in Europe

• The War Comes Home

• NBC sells The Blue Network

• Norman Corwin and His World War II Work

• Bing Crosby, Philco Radios, and Network Transcription

• The Talent Raids of 1949




The WallBreakers:

http://thewallbreakers.com

Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.

To support the show:

http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers

Special thanks to our Sponsors:

• Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight

https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com

• The Fireside Mystery Theatre

https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com

The reading material used in today’s episode was:

• The General: David Sarnoff & The Rise of the Communications Industry - by Kenneth Bilby

• The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning

• Beating The Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC - by Leonard H. Goldenson with Marvin J. Wolf

• Empire: William S. Paley & The Making of CBS - by Lewis J. Paper

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling

As well as four articles from the archives of TIME Magazine:

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MBS - September 15, 1941

• Old Law v. New Thing - January 12, 1942

• Black & Blue - January 11, 1943

• Network Without Ulcers - April 21, 1947

Norman Corwin was with Chuck Schaden on August 8th, 1976. You can stream this interview and many others for free on Chuck’s site, Speakingofradio.com

Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was:

• Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare A Dime

• Jaqueline Schwab - The Minstrel Boy & The Battle Cry for Freedom

• Bing Crosby - Blues in the Night & Don’t Fence Me in with The Andrews Sisters

I’d like to especially thank Larry and John Gassman as well as Walden Hughes for continued help and support. They host a program on the Yesterday USA Radio Network, which you can visit at http://www.yesterdayusa.com. The three gentleman are also members of SPERDVAC - The Society To Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy.

They’re having their next convention this coming November 1st through 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 3131 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, CA for more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com

A Special Thank you to:

Ron Baron

Ryan Kramer

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Rebecca Shield

WallBreakers Links:

Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers

Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

URL - thewallbreakers.com

Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

In Breaking Walls episode 82 we focus on the state of the radio broadcasting industry in the late 1930s and early 1940s, as Broadcasting booms while the world goes to War. 

Highlights:

• Early days at NBC’s Radio City in New York

• How Press Associations caused NBC and CBS to launch a news service

• The Birth of the Mutual Broadcasting System and their Struggles

• NBC Red and NBC Blue

• The FCC and US Justice Department Get Involved with Radio

• The Murrow Boys and Encroaching War in Europe

• The War Comes Home

• NBC sells The Blue Network

• Norman Corwin and His World War II Work

• Bing Crosby, Philco Radios, and Network Transcription

• The Talent Raids of 1949




The WallBreakers:

http://thewallbreakers.com

Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts.

To support the show:

http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers

Special thanks to our Sponsors:

• Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight

https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com

• The Fireside Mystery Theatre

https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com

The reading material used in today’s episode was:

• The General: David Sarnoff & The Rise of the Communications Industry - by Kenneth Bilby

• The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning

• Beating The Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC - by Leonard H. Goldenson with Marvin J. Wolf

• Empire: William S. Paley & The Making of CBS - by Lewis J. Paper

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling

As well as four articles from the archives of TIME Magazine:

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MBS - September 15, 1941

• Old Law v. New Thing - January 12, 1942

• Black & Blue - January 11, 1943

• Network Without Ulcers - April 21, 1947

Norman Corwin was with Chuck Schaden on August 8th, 1976. You can stream this interview and many others for free on Chuck’s site, Speakingofradio.com

Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was:

• Rudy Vallee - Brother Can You Spare A Dime

• Jaqueline Schwab - The Minstrel Boy & The Battle Cry for Freedom

• Bing Crosby - Blues in the Night & Don’t Fence Me in with The Andrews Sisters

I’d like to especially thank Larry and John Gassman as well as Walden Hughes for continued help and support. They host a program on the Yesterday USA Radio Network, which you can visit at http://www.yesterdayusa.com. The three gentleman are also members of SPERDVAC - The Society To Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy.

They’re having their next convention this coming November 1st through 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 3131 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa, CA for more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com

A Special Thank you to:

Ron Baron

Ryan Kramer

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Rebecca Shield

WallBreakers Links:

Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers

Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

URL - thewallbreakers.com

Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

Previously on A Man Named Marlowe: At 4:30 in the morning the woman who hired Marlowe comes to his hotel room in Spokane. She explains what happened and why she lied to Phillip. Her real name is Janice Thomlinson. Marlowe decides he’s still working for her and will try to protect her against Benny Chance and John Moriarity. She stays in his room overnight. The next day he goes to see William W. Powell Jr. who owns mining property around Spokane. He lies about his reasons for the visit and arranges a meeting with William T. Phillips. Phillips and Marlowe meet at the lobby bar of the Davenport hotel. After the meeting Marlowe goes back up to his room when he’s slugged and knocked out.

In Episode 6, it’s the finale! The Windup… and what a windup!

The complete cast for this series was:

Will Benson as Benny Chance

Christopher Bradley as Lou Parker & Gus

Javan Ivey as Joe Briggs

Dr. David Linton as William T. Phillips

Olga Lysenko as The Telephone Operator

Dan Mountain as Bernie Ohls

Fernando Sanabria as The Homicide Detective

Brett Solimine as Miles The Desk Clerk

Sam T. Wilson as Henry Long & William W. Powell Jr.

With

Nancy Pop as Janice Tomlinson

Gustavo Rodriguez as John Moriarity

and

James Scully as Philip Marlowe

Featured Music in this episode:

On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple

Rockin’ Chair - The Mills Brothers

Ain’t Misbehavin - Fats Waller and His Rhythm

A Man Named Marlowe has been available in the same feed as Breaking Walls. Subscribe on iTunes and everywhere else you get your podcasts by searching for Breaking Walls or at TheWallBreakers.com.

If you enjoyed A Man Named Marlowe, give a quick i-tunes rating so more people can discover this show and Breaking Walls, The podcast on the history of American Radio Broadcasting. Episode 82 will premiere 8.1.2018 and focus on the state of the radio industry between 1932 1945, as broadcasting booms while the world goes to War. 

To support these shows for as little as $1 per month, please go to patreon.com/TheWallBreakers.

Previously on A Man Named Marlowe: At 4:30 in the morning the woman who hired Marlowe comes to his hotel room in Spokane. She explains what happened and why she lied to Phillip. Her real name is Janice Thomlinson. Marlowe decides he’s still working for her and will try to protect her against Benny Chance and John Moriarity. She stays in his room overnight. The next day he goes to see William W. Powell Jr. who owns mining property around Spokane. He lies about his reasons for the visit and arranges a meeting with William T. Phillips. Phillips and Marlowe meet at the lobby bar of the Davenport hotel. After the meeting Marlowe goes back up to his room when he’s slugged and knocked out.

In Episode 6, it’s the finale! The Windup… and what a windup!

The complete cast for this series was:

Will Benson as Benny Chance

Christopher Bradley as Lou Parker & Gus

Javan Ivey as Joe Briggs

Dr. David Linton as William T. Phillips

Olga Lysenko as The Telephone Operator

Dan Mountain as Bernie Ohls

Fernando Sanabria as The Homicide Detective

Brett Solimine as Miles The Desk Clerk

Sam T. Wilson as Henry Long & William W. Powell Jr.

With

Nancy Pop as Janice Tomlinson

Gustavo Rodriguez as John Moriarity

and

James Scully as Philip Marlowe

Featured Music in this episode:

On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple

Rockin’ Chair - The Mills Brothers

Ain’t Misbehavin - Fats Waller and His Rhythm

A Man Named Marlowe has been available in the same feed as Breaking Walls. Subscribe on iTunes and everywhere else you get your podcasts by searching for Breaking Walls or at TheWallBreakers.com.

If you enjoyed A Man Named Marlowe, give a quick i-tunes rating so more people can discover this show and Breaking Walls, The podcast on the history of American Radio Broadcasting. Episode 82 will premiere 8.1.2018 and focus on the state of the radio industry between 1932 1945, as broadcasting booms while the world goes to War. 

To support these shows for as little as $1 per month, please go to patreon.com/TheWallBreakers.

Previously on A Man Named Marlowe: After Marlowe’s meeting with nightclub owner and gangster Benny Chance, he drives to his friend Lou’s automat only to find that Lou has been murdered. Marlowe goes to his office building where he finds the elevator boy also dead. In Marlowe’s office is an older man with a gun. The two talk. Afterwards Marlowe drives to Spokane, Washington to try to solve the case. When he gets there, the woman who hired him knocks on his hotel room door.

In Episode 5, Spokane begins to yield some answers as Marlowe makes a new friend, and pretends to be interested in buying land before getting ambushed.

Heard in this episode:

Nancy Pop as Janice Tomlinson

Sam T. Wilson as William W. Powell Jr.

Dr. David Linton as William T. Phillips

James Scully as Philip Marlowe

Featured Music:

In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington

A Picture of Me Without You - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra w/ Ken Darby

Don’t Let It Happen Again - Isham Jones & his Orchestra w/ Joe Martin

On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple

A Man Named Marlowe is available in the same feed as Breaking Walls. Subscribe on iTunes and everywhere else you get your podcasts by searching for Breaking Walls or at TheWallBreakers.com.

… and if you enjoy A Man Named Marlowe, tune in to Breaking Walls, a documentary series on the history of American Radio Broadcasting. The most recent episode—number 81—delivers an in-depth look at comedian Fred Allen’s career, complete with interviews, show clips. fights with executives, and a good feud or two.

Both of these shows are available by searching for Breaking Walls wherever you get your podcasts or by going to TheWallBreakers.com

To support these shows for as little as $1 per month, please go to patreon.com/TheWallBreakers.

Previously on A Man Named Marlowe: After Marlowe’s meeting with nightclub owner and gangster Benny Chance, he drives to his friend Lou’s automat only to find that Lou has been murdered. Marlowe goes to his office building where he finds the elevator boy also dead. In Marlowe’s office is an older man with a gun. The two talk. Afterwards Marlowe drives to Spokane, Washington to try to solve the case. When he gets there, the woman who hired him knocks on his hotel room door.

In Episode 5, Spokane begins to yield some answers as Marlowe makes a new friend, and pretends to be interested in buying land before getting ambushed.

Heard in this episode:

Nancy Pop as Janice Tomlinson

Sam T. Wilson as William W. Powell Jr.

Dr. David Linton as William T. Phillips

James Scully as Philip Marlowe

Featured Music:

In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington

A Picture of Me Without You - Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra w/ Ken Darby

Don’t Let It Happen Again - Isham Jones & his Orchestra w/ Joe Martin

On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple

A Man Named Marlowe is available in the same feed as Breaking Walls. Subscribe on iTunes and everywhere else you get your podcasts by searching for Breaking Walls or at TheWallBreakers.com.

… and if you enjoy A Man Named Marlowe, tune in to Breaking Walls, a documentary series on the history of American Radio Broadcasting. The most recent episode—number 81—delivers an in-depth look at comedian Fred Allen’s career, complete with interviews, show clips. fights with executives, and a good feud or two.

Both of these shows are available by searching for Breaking Walls wherever you get your podcasts or by going to TheWallBreakers.com

To support these shows for as little as $1 per month, please go to patreon.com/TheWallBreakers.