Witch's Tale

The run

Network

Australian commercial radio

Years active

1930–1960

Surviving broadcasts

24

Genre

horror

A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 53 Witches Tale Australian Version The original American series of The Witch’s Tale was significant as the earliest horror program produced for radio. It was first heard in May 1931 out of radio station WOR in New York City and was created by Alonzo Deen Cole, who wrote, produced and also acted in the series. Old Nancy the Salem Witch introduced a different story each week alongside her cat, Satan. The Brisbane Telegraph described the program in 1947 as ‘not the sort of radio program the timid would enjoy listening to when alone in the house after nightfall. This, obviously, is the Witch's aim, and this is the grizzly old lady's achievement.’ The opening Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.