Weird Circle otr


(4.8 stars; 65 reviews)

Old Time Radio Programs, Weird Circle

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Fall of the House of Usher 25:48
The House & the Brain 25:40
The Vendetta 25:25
Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym 25:03
Declared Insane 25:01
A Terribly Strange Bed 25:11
What Was It 24:58
Knight's Bridge Mystery 25:03
The Horla 24:32
William Wilson 24:56
Passion in the Desert 25:10
Matao Falcon 25:00
The Man Without a Country 25:20
Dr Manette's Manuscript 27:01
The Great Plague 26:59
Expectations of an Heir 25:09
The Hand 24:21
Jane Eyre 23:51
Murders in the Rue Morgue 24:52
The Lifted Veil 24:48
The 415 Express 24:08
A Terrible Night 26:20
The Tell-tale Heart 26:59
The Niche of Doom 27:19
The Heart of Ethan Brand 25:49
Frankenstein 25:28
Feast of the Red Gauntlet 27:18
The Murder of the Little Pig 27:38
The Spectre of Tappington 26:11
The Strange Judgement 25:14
Wuthering Heights 27:26
The Curse of the Mantle 24:06
The Cask of Amontillado 29:24
The Rope of Hair 25:18
Falkland 25:36
The Trial for Murder 26:03
The Werewolf 28:56
The Old Nurse's Story 28:17
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot 29:40
The Dream Woman 28:48
The Phantom Picture 26:02
The Ghost Touch 25:49
The Bell Tower 25:18
The Evil Eye 25:35
The Mark of the Plague 25:59
The Queer Client 26:09
The Burial of Roger Malvin 26:57
The Love Potion 24:49
Mad Monkton 25:34
The Returned 25:22
The Executioner 25:33
Rapacini's Daughter 25:16
The Wooden Ghost 27:02
Last Days of a Condemned Man 25:21
The Warning 25:16
The Doll 25:01
The Diamond Lens 24:53
The History of Dr John Faust 25:13
The Duel Without Honor 26:01
The Specter Bride 25:35
The Tapestry Horse 25:04
The River Man 24:55
The Ancient Mariner 25:24
The Oblong Box 24:25
The Mysterious Bride 24:39
The Thing in the Tunnel 27:04
The Moonstone 24:42
The Pistol Shot 24:13
The Possessive Dead 25:03
The Goblet 25:02
The Case of Monsieur Valdemar 25:21
The Shadow 24:42
The Bride of Death 26:08
Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde 24:40
The Red Hand 24:35
The Haunted Hotel 24:50
Markheim 24:57
The Black Parchment 25:01

Reviews

YES!!!


(5 stars)

Finally found Weird Circle!!! Love it all! This is my favorite otr horror , and I listen to them all..you will love it too!

Oh yeah


(5 stars)

Hip says heck yeah

Great Horror/Mystery


(5 stars)

Truly an overlooked gem for this genre. I sincerely recommend this to anybody who is a big fan of horror OTR.

Love these


(5 stars)

Some of the best, minus some music

Perfect


(5 stars)

You want this at bedtime!

A Magnificent Series


(5 stars)

Along with Inner Sanctum, Lights Out, and significant portions of Escape and Suspense, this fine series is a direct ancestor of TV's Twilight Zone. Recommended listening for all fans of good horror and sci-fi. The production values, excellent for the 1940s, hold up well today.

Quite good


(4 stars)

Unlike some of the other OTR 'horror' shows, this one often did classic stories. Many OTR shows played with supernatural stories, but would end up with rational explanations. Weird Circle gives the goods.

Absolutely outstanding series - the poetry of the gothic era is captured so wel…


(5 stars)

This brief series really had it all. I love "Escape" so much - but that was mostly geared toward "adventure", with some nods to horror. I liked mid-to-late'50s "Suspense", but that show was (sadly) devoted to crime. insurance fraud/murder stories. "The Weird Circle" was distinct, different and special. The material is often drawn from classic writers - not just Poe, but Colridge, Du Maurier, many more. This choice of material shows the ambition of the show's creators - they really must have been dedicated to the poetry of horror, not any ritualized violence. The Gothic period, as opposed to Gothic kids at the mall. Sometimes the actors are over-earnest, or very "American" for the material - their intensity matches the material so well. Like many seasons of "Escape", this show apparently could not find a sponsor. This suits the recordings well, as there is rarely an advertisement to break up the mood. It probably added to the available audio time, allowing for a longer script. One thing the dedicated listener of 2012 will notice is how strong the female characters of this late '40s show are, as well as the actresses who played them. The show is also a reflection - like the very best shows "Escape"/"Gunsmoke"/early '50s "Suspense" - of how much radio voices, plot lines and daring changed immediately after World War II. I think veterans and their families were ready for darker edgier stuff, most importantly abandoning the sing-song fey radio voices that dominated pre-war radio. This did not mean that radio and it's shows lost their values and became seedy - not at all - they just embraced a stronger tone, a tone that has aged very well indeed. Best episodes (and there are many): 1. Ancient Mariner. 2. The Goblet. 3. Mad Monkton. 4. The Niche of Doom. (Very affecting and sad.) 5. The Thing in the Tunel (aka Charles Dickens' "Hello Down There"/"The Signalman" 6. The History of Dr. John Faust (sadly, very poor sound, but worth the effort) 7. Passion in the Desert. 8. The Oblong Box. 9. The Horla. 10. The Pistol Shot. I'm really just scratching the surface. The quality standards of this show were so high - the fact that we know nothing about it beyond that it was the late 1940's only adds to the gothic enigma. I love this show, and I have no doubt you will love it too.