WBW Theater

The wireless is interrupted by a special bulletin. "Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates the gas to be hydrogen which is moving towards the earth at enormous velocity". What is this unexplained phenomena? Most definitely the most famous radio drama ever broadcast and still as gripping today as ever.

Starring: Orson Welles, Frank Readick, Kenny Delmar, Ray Collins

Broadcast Date: October 30, 1938

Sorry Wrong number is the dramatic and tense story of an invalid woman, Mrs Stevenson who is all alone at home and trying desperately to contact her husband by telephone. When she contacts the operator to connect her she accidentally overhears a conversation about death and strives frantically to prevent murder from claiming an innocent victim.

Starring: Agnes Moorehead

Broadcast Date: May 25, 1943

The dogs of old Dunwich village have been barking for three days and three nights and the horror to which their barking portents, this unbelievable horror must be made believable to you and must occur tonight the eve of old Hallows for tomorrow it will be too late…

The story begins with the birth of Wilbur Whitley. It was the night of February the 2nd 1921 toward dawn when Lavinia Whitley a deformed albino woman about 35 years old gave birth to her dark gawkish looking son in the crumbling Whitley farmhouse north east of the village. No one attended her; no one was with her except her aged half insane father who was known as Wizard Whitley so who knows what incantations Wilbur came in to this world to.

Starring: Ronald Colman

Broadcast Date: November 1, 1945

You are alone in your book lined study listening to the idiot gibberings of a parrot and beside you caressing you is an invisible thing, a loathsome thing, from which you must escape.

Starring: William Conrad, Paul Frees

Broadcast Date: February 22, 1948

"I'm going to kill my wife tonight, or maybe tomorrow night. I mean I'm gonna kill one of my wives. I'd better, or something is gonna happen to me that won't be good. Well, Halloween is almost here. Halloween is the deadline. She has to be dead before Halloween."

Starring: Ernest Chappell

Broadcast Date: October 27, 1947

For Randy Stone of the Chicago Star story's begin in many ways. This one began with a Halloween killing and ended with a black cat sweet revenge...

Starring: Frank Lovejoy

Broadcast Date: November 3, 1950

Again it’s early evening as we look in on the Andrew’s home in Riverdale and we find Mrs. Andrews sitting in the living room sewing when Archie arrives home excitedly. He wants to have a Halloween party there tonight, as it would really impress Veronica. His mum agrees but when Mr. Andrews arrives home from a hard days work he’s expecting a quiet relaxing night!

Cast: Bob Hastings

Broadcast: October 31, 1949

The story of a strange mysterious mansion and of the women who entered its doors and were never seen alive again…

Starring: Arch Oboler

Broadcast Date: August 3, 1943

David is a scientist, with a very supportive wife. Ruth is so supportive, in fact, that in order to prove his scientific progress in the testing of resurrection, she volunteers herself as a subject in his studies should anything happen to her. 714 times David has performed his experiment, and resurrected guinea pigs, rats and monkeys. Will it work on a human? Will Ruth triumph over death?

Starring: Boris Karloff, Lurene Tuttle

Broadcast Date: July 16, 1947

If your doorbell rings tonight and you answer it and find no one there you remember that this Halloween and that you too were a youngster yourself and you might suspect Henry Aldrich as having something to do with the prank because he’s a real boy from your own neighborhood. Tonight we find Henry in the Aldrich living room with his friend Toby…

Cast: Ezra Stone

Broadcast: October 31, 1940