Mystery House
Syndicated
Syndicated · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
32
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 32
- Genre
- mystery
MYSTERY HOUSE Mystery House -- that strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn -- where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff, before it is accepted for publication. Mystery House was a program in the 1950s, but not your "run of the mill"-type program. Actually, it was more of a proving ground for novels. Dan and Barbara Glenn owned a publishing company named "Mystery House" located at 70 Park Avenue, New York City. Dan and Barbara decided to test some of their novels on a real listening audience. Each episode was taken from a novel they were planning on publishing. The entire staff at Mystery House was involved, everyone doing their part, whether it was rewriting to adapt it to radio, playing the parts, or doing sound effects -- everyone joined in. Sadly, not a lot is known about this series. Only fifteen episodes are known to exist. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Mystery_House_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
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
8 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 9 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1945, in original transmission order.
- 1. Mystery House 45-08-19 (079) A New Lease On Death · 19 Aug 1945
- 2. Mystery House 45-09-02 (081) A Short Life for Mary · 2 Sep 1945
- 3. Mystery House 45-09-16 (083) Complete with Quartet · 16 Sep 1945
- 01
Mystery House 45-08-19 (079) A New Lease On Death
19 Aug 1945 · 26 min
- 02
Mystery House 45-09-02 (081) A Short Life for Mary
2 Sep 1945 · 26 min
- 03
Mystery House 45-09-16 (083) Complete with Quartet
16 Sep 1945 · 26 min
- 04
Mystery House 45-09-30 (085) Sauce for the Goose
30 Sep 1945 · 26 min
- 05
Mystery House 45-10-14 (087) Danger--Man at Bay
14 Oct 1945 · 25 min
- 06
Mystery House 45-11-18 (092) Murder in Paradise
18 Nov 1945 · 26 min
- 07
Mystery House 46-03-31 (111) Death Passed My Window
31 Mar 1946 · 26 min
- 08
Mystery House 46-04-14 (113) Laugh - I Thought I'd Die
14 Apr 1946 · 26 min
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