''The Hall of Fantasy'' is an American

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dramatic anthology. It was broadcast on the

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from August 22, 1952, until September 28, 1953.

Format and background

''The Hall of Fantasy'' featured stories with supernatural themes. Radio historian John Dunning wrote in his reference work ''Tune in Yesterday:'' "The difference between this program and its competitors was that here, man was usually the loser. The supernatural was offered as something respectable, awesome, sometimes devastating and always frightening." An early version of the show was developed by Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson and broadcast on

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in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1949, Thorne revived the program on WGN in Chicago, enhancing the program's appeal with "unusually excellent production values" and sound effects. Stories adapted for the show included "

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", by Edgar Allan Poe, and "Green Tea" by Sheridan Le Fanu. Thorne also wrote original scripts for the program, with the series having about equal numbers of original stories and adaptations.

Personnel

As an anthology, ''The Hall of Fantasy'' had no continuing characters. Actors frequently heard in its episodes included Harry Elders,

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, Carl Grayson, and

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. Richard Thorne, who produced and directed, also appeared frequently. Leroy Olliger and Glenn Ransom also directed, and Harold Turner provided the music.

References

External links

Logs

Log of episodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from The Digital Deli Too
* ttp://www.otrr.org/FILES/Logs_txt/Hall%20of%20Fantasy.txt Log of episodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from Old Time Radio Researchers Groupbr>Log of episodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from radioGOLDINdexLog of episodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from Old Time Radio Program Logs

Scripts

Scripts of episodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from Generic Radio Workshop Vintage Radio Script Library

Streaming

Episodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from the Internet ArchiveEpisodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from OTR.Network LibraryEpisodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from Old Time Radio Researchers Group LibraryEpisodes of ''The Hall of Fantasy'' from Zoot Radio
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