7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Ghost to Ghost Matter”
Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted, it’s not just a haunted house.
(Original broadcast date May 18, 1958. CBS network. Running time 22:47)
7:30 p.m. Maxwell House Coffee Time
Master magician Chester Morris uses his magic act to help George scare Gracie. Does Gracie really know Houdini’s escape trick? (Original broadcast June 02, 1949. NBC network. Running time 28:24)
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
“Bloody Hands”
Marshal Dillon gets sick of killing and resigns his job. (Original air date April 02, 1955. CBS network. Running time 24:58)
8:20 p.m. The Final Houdini Seance, original broadcast October 31, 1936
8:30 p.m. Dragnet
“The Big Crazy”
Friday meets a man who brags he’s murdered his wife.
(Original air date August 30, 1951. NBC network. Running time 25:59)
9:00 p.m. Lights Out
“Poltergeist”
How’d you like to have your head squashed flat by a tombstone? (Original air date October 20, 1942. CBS network. Running time 26:20)
9:30 p.m. Escape
“Three Skeleton Key”
Many radio aficionados cite this as the best scary radio episode of all time. The rats return to the lighthouse. (Original air date March 17, 1950. CBS network. Running time 28:49)
10:00 p.m. Mercury Theatre of the Air
“The War Of the Worlds”
Orson Welles and John Houseman’s masterpiece; an immersive experience of Martians invading the earth. Sound effects by Ora Nichols. (Original air date October 30, 1938. CBS network. Running time 59:34)
*Note that running times are approximations.
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