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Dark Fantasy - "The Thing from the Darkness" (Old Time Radio, 1942) (opens the original)
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Dark Fantasy presents “The Thing from the Darkness,” episode 20, originally broadcast April 3, 1942. This sustained NBC production was written by Scott Bishop. Freelance pilot Donald Thurman accepts a paid desert flight to Mantilla, only to be forced down by a blinding sandstorm. Rescued into the isolated settlement of Santea and left temporarily unable to see, he encounters Princess Ilana, King Tinasi, and the warrior Eivan amid forbidding customs, mounting suspicion, and the menace of a royal
Dark Fantasy - "The Sea Phantom" (Old Time Radio, 1942) (opens the original)
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Dark Fantasy presents “The Sea Phantom,” episode 12, originally broadcast February 6, 1942. This supernatural seafaring drama was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of series writer George Marion Hamaker, and produced and directed by John I. Prosser for the NBC Red Network. A voyage in search of the legendary Sea Phantom’s lost gold takes a disturbing turn when Isaac discovers an impossible visitor in Captain Strong’s locked cabin—and a cryptic message written on the captain’s slate. As Capt
Dark Fantasy - "The Edge of the Shadow" (Old Time Radio, 1942) (opens the original)
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Dark Fantasy presents “The Edge of the Shadow,” episode 21, originally broadcast April 10, 1942. This original radio play was written by Scott Bishop and produced and directed by John I. Prosser for the NBC Red Network. On a Vermont dairy farm, Steven Fuller is troubled by a vivid nightmare whose details seem to reappear in his waking life. As strange signs gather around the barn, his marriage and the low-flying aircraft overhead take on an increasingly ominous significance. Ben Morris stars as
Dark Fantasy - "Death Is a Savage Deity" (Old Time Radio, 1942) (opens the original)
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Dark Fantasy presents “Death Is a Savage Deity,” episode 11, originally broadcast on January 30, 1942. This NBC production, originating from WKY in Oklahoma City, was adapted from Scott Bishop’s novel of the same name. After tragedy strikes a wealthy household, Dolores and those around her face a mounting series of unsettling misfortunes. Attention turns toward her stern Aunt Juana, whose years in Haiti are shadowed by whispers of witchcraft and black magic. As the family’s lawyer searches for a
Dark Fantasy - "The Curse of the Neanderthal" (Old Time Radio, 1942) (opens the original)
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Dark Fantasy presents “The Curse of the Neanderthal,” episode 8, originally broadcast January 9, 1942. This 25-minute supernatural drama aired on the NBC Red Network and was written by Scott Bishop, the pseudonym of George Marion Hamaker. When artist Amanda Loveland is stranded by a landslide in haunted Nanaw Canyon, a mysterious apparition leads her toward safety—and an unsettling figure begins to appear in her unfinished painting. Joined by her husband and a friend, Amanda returns to the canyo
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