Dark Fantasy
NBC
NBC · 1941–1942
Broadcasts
28
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1941
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1941–1942
- Surviving broadcasts
- 28
- Genre
- horror
Dark Fantasy was a short series with tales of the weird, adventures of the supernatural, created for you by Scott Bishop. The series aired as a horror drama on NBC between 1941 and 1942. Dark Fantasy was a series dedicated to dealings with the unknown.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1941, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Man Who Came Back · 14 Nov 1941
- 2. Demon Tree · 5 Dec 1941
- 3. The House of Bread · 26 Dec 1941
- 01
The Man Who Came Back
14 Nov 1941 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 14 November 1941. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 02
Demon Tree
5 Dec 1941 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 5 December 1941. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 03
The House of Bread
26 Dec 1941 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 26 December 1941. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 04
The Curse of the Neanderthal
9 Jan 1942 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 9 January 1942. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 05
The Headless Dead
23 Jan 1942 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 23 January 1942. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 06
The Sea Phantom
6 Feb 1942 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 6 February 1942. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 07
A Delicate Case of Murder
20 Feb 1942 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 20 February 1942. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 08
The Man with the Scarlet Satchel
6 Mar 1942 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 6 March 1942. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on NBC
NBC in 1941–1942
Other series the network carried while Dark Fantasy was on the air.
Same seasons
horror on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
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