''Murder at Midnight'' was an
old-time radio
The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early ...
show featuring macabre tales of suspense, often with a supernatural twist. It was produced in New York and was syndicated beginning in 1946. The show's writers included Robert Newman,
[ Joseph Ruscoll, ]Max Ehrlich
Max Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was a German actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s.
Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including leadin ...
, and William Norwood, and it was directed by Anton M. Leder. The host was Raymond Morgan, who delivered the memorable lines of introduction over Charles Paul's effective organ theme: "Midnight, the witching hour
In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful. Definitions vary, and include the hour imm ...
when the night is darkest, our fears the strongest, and our strength at its lowest ebb. Midnight, when the graves gape open and death ''strikes''."
A total of 50 episodes were produced.
References
External links
''Murder At Midnight'' at archive.org
Copyright registration for ''Murder at Midnight'' showing 50 episodes
American radio dramas
1940s American radio programs
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