Terror on the air!
Subtitle: horror radio in America, 1931-1952
By: Richard J. Hand ; with a foreword by David Kogan.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Horror radio programs -- United States -- History.
Description: "This full-length study of golden age horror radio focuses on six representative programs, starting with The Witch's Tale in 1931 and ending with The Mysterious Traveler in 1952. Each chapter provides a critically and historically informed study of one series. The book ends with a look at the demise of horror radio and its influence"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Horror beyond horror : horror radio in the golden age of American broadcasting; title: Hosts and music, sound and silence : narrative techniques and formal strategies in horror radio; title: The cult of the actor : acting and genre in horror radio of the golden age; title: The grandmother of horror radio : Alonzo Deen Cole and The witch's tale (1931-1938); title: The ultimate in horror : Lights out (1934-1947), Arch Oboler and horror; title: Exploring horror form and genre : the Hermit's Cave (1935-1944); title: The paradigm of horror radio : Himan Brown and Inner sanctum mysteries (1941-1952); title: The eclectic horrors of Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan : The mysterious traveler (1943-1952); title: The unsettling universe of Wyllis Cooper and Ernest Chappell : Quiet, please (1947-1949).