BONUS - Son of Halloween Hoopla!
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 236 minutes
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Summary
The moon is full, there's a chill in the air, and everything smells like pumpkin spice. It's time for the annual Down These Mean Streets spooktacular special! We're trick-or-treating through the golden age of radio with eight shows that will get you in the Halloween spirit. First, Orson Welles goes for a drive in "The Hitch-hiker" from Suspense (originally aired on CBS on September 2, 1942), and Jack Benny and Harold Peary as The Great Gildersleeve each attend Halloween parties (originally aired on NBC on October 29, 1939 and October 31, 1943). We'll learn about real-life psychic phenomena in "Report on E.S.P" from The CBS Radio Workshop (originally aired on CBS on March 9, 1956) and we'll witness a small town's dark tradition in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" from NBC Presents Short Story (originally aired on NBC on March 14, 1951). Abbott and Costello pay a visit to Peter Lorre's sanitarium (originally aired on NBC on January 13, 1944) and a recently departed soul learns the ropes in "Good Ghost," a darkly comedic tale from Quiet Please (originally aired on ABC on October 28, 1948). Finally, the world's greatest detective hunts for a supernatural suspect in "The Sussex Vampire" from The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (originally aired on Mutual on December 14, 1947).
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| 0:00.0 | How do you do? |
| 0:02.0 | Mr. Carlyley feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning. |
| 0:09.0 | I think it will thrill you. |
| 0:11.0 | It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not |
| 0:18.9 | care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to well we've warned you. |
| 0:27.0 | Happy Halloween and welcome to the annual Down These Mean Street's spook-tacular |
| 0:36.2 | special coming to you a little later than planned but still in time for |
| 0:42.1 | trick-or-treating. but still in time for trick or treating. |
| 0:44.0 | Now as long time listeners know, Halloween is my favorite holiday, |
| 0:50.0 | and each year I love to celebrate with a big bag full of old time radio shows. |
| 0:56.2 | Some a little silly, some pretty spooky, but all perfect for this time of year. |
| 1:04.0 | I've picked out some of my favorite shows of the season for you, |
| 1:08.0 | and I hope you enjoy this king-sized candy bar of an episode. We'll kick things off on a scary note with Orson Wells in one of the most |
| 1:18.8 | terrifying tales ever produced on suspense, The Hitchhiker. |
| 1:25.0 | Originally aired on CBS on September 2nd, 1942, |
| 1:29.8 | it's one of my all-time favorite radio shows, period, and it's a must listen for Halloween. |
| 1:37.8 | If you've never heard it before, well, first of all, I'm jealous that you get to hear it for the first time. |
| 1:44.3 | And second, no spoilers, except to say it stars Mr. Wells |
| 1:50.1 | as a man who makes a very fateful cross-country road trip. |
| 1:55.0 | Then we'll move into the world of comedy |
| 1:57.7 | as both Jack Benny and the Great Guildersleeve attend Halloween Parties. |
| 2:04.4 | Jacks aired on NBC on October 29th, 1939, |
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