Broadcast 25 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1945–1947
- Surviving broadcasts
- 8
- Genre
- horror
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol. Lorre's unrestrained performances made the short second run one of the most-remembered horror series of the period. These recordings are public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: MysteryintheAir
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
2 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air, with 2 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1945
1946
1947
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Great Barastro · 7 Aug 1947
- 2. The Lodger · 14 Aug 1947
- 3. The Horla · 21 Aug 1947
The Great Barastro
7 Aug 1947 · 25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The Lodger
14 Aug 1947 · 25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The Horla
21 Aug 1947 · 25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
Beyond Good and Evil
28 Aug 1947 · 28 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The Mask of Medusa
4 Sep 1947 · 29 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The Queen of Spades
11 Sep 1947 · 27 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The Black Cat
18 Sep 1947 · 25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
Crime and Punishment
25 Sep 1947 · 25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
Same night on the air
25 Sep 1947
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 25 Sep 1947.
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 September 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1945–1947
Other series the network carried while Mystery in the Air was on the air.
Same seasons
horror on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The anthology of dread
A voice, a creaking door, and a self-contained story designed to frighten you in half an hour. Suspense and Lights Out built the grammar every horror anthology still uses.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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Modern series carrying this form forward.
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