ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SHOW

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 25, 1980

SCREEN DIRECTOR’S PLAYHOUSE (11-25­-49) “The Spiral Staircase” stars Dorothy McGuire in a radio version of her 1946 motion picture. She offers a chilling portrayal of a mute servant in an errie household which is harboring a killer. John Dehner co-stars. Sustaining, NBC. (16:34; 14:05)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (10-24-39) The McGees attend a Hallowe’en party at the home of neighbor Throckmorton Gildersleeve. Cast includes Jim and Marion Jordan, Hal Peary, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph, Donald Novis, Billy Mills and the orchestra, and Harlow Wilcox who tells a ghost story. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (8:00; 11:30; 7:45)

HALL OF FANTASY 18-17-531 “Stone’s Revenge” is the tale of a haunted cabin to be used by a fishing party. Syndicated. (8:40; 7:00; 7:03)

MURDER AT MIDNIGHT (1946) “Death’s Goblet” is the story told at midnight, “the witching hour . . . when night is darkest, our fears are strongest, our strength at its lowest ebb. Midnight — when graves gape open and death strikes!” Arthur owns a goblet with a curse: pour your own wine, drink from the goblet and you will murder someone. Syndi­cated. (11:50; 13:35)

PLUS— throughout the afternoon on our special Ghost-to-Ghost network, we’ll hear blood-chilling cuts from Arch Oboler’s “Drop Dead! an exercise in horror!” including the famous “The Dark,” where victims are turned inside-out; “A Day At The Dentist’s” and “Chicken Heart.” ALSO: Boris Karloff’s “Tales of the Frightened” and a Spike Jones “Spooktacular in Screaming Sound.” Don’t miss it if you can!!