Originally broadcast on NBC, 29 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1947–1954
- Surviving broadcasts
- 70
- Genre
- horror
started as a local series out of Utah. It found its way onto the airwaves sporadically from 1947 to 1952. This anthology was picked up for national syndication by the Mutual network and broadcast from mid-52 through mid-53.
1954 · 131953 · 32
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 2 of 45Listenable · 20 of 45Rough but complete · 23 of 45
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: 470213ThePerfectScript
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
11 dated broadcasts across 8 years on the air, with 6 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1950
1951
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1953
1954
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
- 1. Demon of the Night · 13 Apr 1953
- 2. Out of the Sky · 20 Apr 1953
- 3. The Wild Huntsman · 27 Apr 1953
Castle Of Lavoca
29 Mar 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 29 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Jewels Of Kali
22 Mar 1954 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 22 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Stone's Revenge
15 Mar 1954 · 22 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 15 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Hand Of Botar
8 Mar 1954 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 8 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Golden Bracelet Of Amoniris
1 Mar 1954 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 1 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Hangmsn's Rope
22 Feb 1954 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 22 February 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Treasure Of Kubla Kahn
15 Feb 1954 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 15 February 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Automaton
8 Feb 1954 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 8 February 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
29 Mar 1954
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 29 Mar 1954.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 29 March 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Mutual
Mutual in 1947–1954
Other series the network carried while The Hall of Fantasy 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.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Hall of Fantasy
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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