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The Hall of Fantasy

Mutual

Mutual · 1953–1954

Broadcasts

70

Cadence

Twice weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1953

The run

Network
Mutual
Years active
1953–1954
Surviving broadcasts
70
Genre
horror

started as a local series out of Utah. It found its way onto the airwaves sporadically from 1947 to 1952. This anthology was picked up for national syndication by the Mutual network and broadcast from mid-52 through mid-53.

1953 · 91952 · 11947 · 2

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Clean transfer · 2 of 45Listenable · 20 of 45Rough but complete · 23 of 45

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: 470213ThePerfectScript

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

12 dated broadcasts across 8 years on the air, with 5 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. The Perfect Script · 13 Feb 1947
  2. 2. Mark of Shame · 1 May 1947
  3. 3. The Steps that Follow Me · 19 Sep 1952
  • 01

    The Perfect Script

    13 Feb 1947 · 26 min

  • 02

    Mark of Shame

    1 May 1947 · 27 min

  • 03

    The Steps that Follow Me

    19 Sep 1952 · 24 min

  • 04

    The Dance of the Devil Dolls

    9 Feb 1953 · 24 min

  • 05

    Return From Death

    6 Apr 1953 · 22 min

  • 06

    Spectre of Denston Castle

    11 May 1953 · 23 min

    Originally broadcast on Mutual, 11 May 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 07

    The Jewels Of Kali

    15 Jun 1953 · 22 min

    Originally broadcast on Mutual, 15 June 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 08

    Treasure of Kublai Khan

    20 Jul 1953 · 27 min

    Originally broadcast on Mutual, 20 July 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

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