Dark Fantasy presents “The House of Bread,” episode 6, originally broadcast December 26, 1941. This unusual Christmas-season installment was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George M. Hamaker, and originated on the NBC Red Network from WKY in Oklahoma City.

After an uncanny evening at his typewriter, writer Scott Bishop is drawn into a dreamlike search for the meaning of the cryptic “House of Bread.” Joined by Sonya, he follows a trail shaped by faith, doubt, and the possibility of finding a profound truth. Ben Morris stars as Bishop, with Eleanor Naylor Caughron as Sonya and Garland Moss as the mysterious Word.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
25:58 Closing

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Dark Fantasy presents “Rendezvous with Satan,” episode 28, originally broadcast on May 29, 1942. This NBC sustaining drama was written by Scott Bishop and produced by WKY in Oklahoma City.

At Carl Fisher’s funeral, a disturbing sign suggests that death may not have settled his accounts. Confronted by Satan, Fisher is offered a narrow chance to escape damnation—one that draws him back into the resentments, relationships, and moral debts of his ruthless life. Ben Morris stars as Carl Fisher, with Fred Wayne as Satan.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
29:28 Closing

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Dark Fantasy presents “Resolution” (also cataloged as “Resolution, 1841”), episode 7, originally broadcast January 2, 1942. This New Year-themed supernatural drama was written by Scott Bishop, a pseudonym of George M. Hamaker, and directed by producer John I. Prosser for the NBC Red Network.

On New Year’s Eve 1941, Laura Cabot and her friends gather at her centuries-old family cabin near Quincy, Massachusetts, where newcomer Duke Tobac seems strangely familiar with both Laura and the house. As snow and wind seal them in, an old Cabot family promise begins to shadow the holiday celebration. Minnie Jo Curtis stars as Laura Cabot, with Charles Carshon as Duke Tobac.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
25:00 Closing

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Dark Fantasy presents “Convoy for Atlantis,” episode 19, originally broadcast March 27, 1942. This NBC Red Network production originated from WKY in Oklahoma City and was written by Scott Bishop from an idea suggested by Ken Wright.

Reporter Harvey Adams and yacht owner Winston Everly investigate a baffling series of Atlantic ship disappearances. The missing vessels’ passengers are found alive in lifeboats but cannot recall what happened, leading the pair toward an unsettling encounter and the enduring legend of Atlantis. Ben Morris stars as Adams, with Murillo Schofield as Everly and Garland Moss as the enigmatic Siegfried. The surviving recording is damaged in places.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
21:50 Closing

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Dark Fantasy presents “Pennsylvania Turnpike,” episode 18, originally broadcast on NBC on March 20, 1942. Written by Scott Bishop, this supernatural roadside drama originated from WKY in Oklahoma City.

At a filling station on the then-new Pennsylvania Turnpike, an elderly hitchhiker unsettles the attendant with his old-fashioned ways, a curious gold coin, and one unwavering demand: he will ride only with a red-haired driver. When Ken Miner arrives looking for Pine Knob, Pennsylvania, a long-delayed journey—and an old mystery—begins to stir.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
27:46 Closing

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Dark Fantasy episode 27, “Dead Hands Reaching,” originally broadcast on NBC on May 22, 1942. This original radio tale was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George M. Hamaker, and directed and produced by John I. Prosser.

Office worker Alan Blaine begins to hear an unseen voice offering unsettling guidance about his career and personal life. After a painful rejection sends him into Chinatown, an opium den, and a drug-shadowed encounter with an ancestor’s diary, Alan is drawn toward an ominous legacy of buried secrets and dread. Ben Morris stars as Alan Blaine, with Eleanor Naylor Caughron as Judith West.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
25:12 Closing

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Dark Fantasy, “The Sleeping Death,” originally broadcast June 12, 1942, is episode 30 of the NBC Red Network supernatural-horror series. Written by Scott Bishop and directed by series producer John I. Prosser, it was adapted from the earlier Tales of the Witch-Queen story “The Deathmaker of Shillingham Road.”

Mr. Wentworth arrives at the isolated Fairchild Sanitarium with a worsening numbness in his leg and is told that surgery may be his only hope. Yet the sanitarium is said to have been closed for ten years, and its physician—played by Ben Morris—has an unsettling connection to Wentworth’s past. Only the first half of this broadcast is known to survive.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
16:25 Closing

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Dark Fantasy presents “The Cup of Gold,” episode 25, originally broadcast on May 8, 1942. This NBC sustaining broadcast from WKY in Oklahoma City was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George M. Hamaker, and produced and directed by John I. Prosser.

At a golf championship, a newly victorious player is shot moments before receiving a solid-gold trophy. Sportswriter Lee Saunders investigates the troubled Ruth Candish, a strange mailed parcel of incense, and an ornate cup bearing mysterious writing as a murder case takes an increasingly fantastic turn. Ben Morris stars as Lee Saunders, with Eleanor Naylor Caughron as Ruth Candish.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
25:06 Closing

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Dark Fantasy, episode 1, “The Man Who Came Back,” originally broadcast November 14, 1941. Written by Scott Bishop and produced by John Prosser, this premiere installment originated from WKY in Oklahoma City for the NBC Red Network.

At a masquerade ball in wealthy Keith Granger’s mansion, police officer Casey meets an evasive guest concealed behind a black domino mask. The stranger’s unsettling account of Granger, playwright Philip Blake, and Sylvia suggests that betrayal and violence have left a dangerous past unfinished. Eugene Francis appears as the masked stranger, with Ben Morris as Granger and Fred Wayne as Casey.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
26:06 Closing

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Dark Fantasy episode 10, “The Headless Dead,” originally broadcast January 23, 1942. This NBC supernatural thriller was written by Scott Bishop and produced and directed by John I. Prosser.

At the Tower of London, skeptical visitor Frederick Holman dismisses tales of ghosts until night watchman Mr. Swifte leads him into the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, where the Tower’s headless dead are said to rest beneath the flagstones. When Holman’s curiosity draws him toward the shadowed choir loft and its pipe organ, history and superstition begin to feel alarmingly close.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
26:06 Closing

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