Awake at Midnight

Mystery Playhouse

 
Mystery Playhouse was an AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) horror program broadcast overseas for soldiers during WWII. Peter Lorre provided tongue-in-cheek introductions to popular re-broadcasts of shows like The Whistler, Inner Sanctum Mysteries and others. The regular series themes and introductions were edited out (along with any commercials) for our boys in uniform who were serving the war effort overseas. To the casual listener, this series sounded like its own production, with Lorre the ringmaster.

Sources:
     OTRR
     Wikipedia
     Radio Horror Hosts


Log:

43-02-03 (xxx) Mr District Attorney – The Case Of The Backstage Murder
43-07-05 (xxx) Nero Wolfe – The Last Laugh Murder
44-04-11 (008) Molle Mystery Theater – Criminal At Large
44-04-14 (001) Ellery Queen – Dead Man’s Cavern
44-04-25 (006) Creeps By Night – Those Who Walk In Darkness
44/04/12 (014) Mr And Mrs North – Gangster Douglas Grant
44-04-15 (016) Inner Sanctum – The Walking Skull
4x-xx-xx (018) Charlie Chan- Pearl Of Great Price (aka Daughter Is Kidnapped)
44-04-30 (003) Hermit’s Cave – Mr. Randall’s Discovery
44-04-xx (009) The Thin Man – Murder In The Record Shop
44-05-22 (007) Sherlock Holmes – Adventure Of The Superfluous Pearl
44-06-10 (005) Inner Sanctum – Death Is A Joker
44-06-11 (004) The Whistler – The Doctor Prescribed Death
44-07-11 (013) Creeps By Night – Six Who Did Not Die
44-07-23 (012) Whistler – Last Of The Devereaux
44-07-25 (023) Molle Mystery Theater – Fifty Candles
44/xx/xx (025) Mr And Mrs North – Murder Threatened (aka Pampered Blueblood)
44-08-02 (xxx) Mr And Mrs North – Pam Goes It Alone
44-08-04 (xxx) Mr District Attorney – Two Eccentric Old Ladies
xx-xx-xx (036) Big Town – Horn Player
xx-xx-xx (039) The Whistler – Finders Weepers
44-08-09 (047) Mr And Mrs North – Pam Solves It
44-10-02 (xxx) Whistler – Not If I Kill You First
44-10-06 (040) The Thin Man – Nora’s Night Out
44-10-07 (044) Inner Sanctum – Dead Man’s Vengenance
44-10-30 (056) Whistler – The Beloved Fraud
44-11-13 (045) Whistler – Beware The Bridegroom
44-11-20 (052) Whistler – Death Sees Double
44-11-28 (050) Molle Mystery Theater – Nightmare
44-11-29 (055) Inner Sanctum – Voice On The Wire
44-12-05 (xxx) ? – A Crime to Fit Punishment
44-12-06 (051) Inner Sanctum – The Color Blind Formula
44-12-12 (057) Molle Mystery Theater – The Bottle Imp
44-12-19 (054) Molle Mystery Theater – The Man In The Velvet Hat
44-12-26 (060) Molle Mystery Theater – The Letter
45-01-08 (064) Whistler – The Body Wouldn’t Stay In The Bay
45-01-17 (059) Mr. And Mrs. North – The Frisby Klisby Case
45-01-30 (xxx) Molle Mystery Theater – Deadline at Dawn.mp3
45-02-27 (082) Molle Mystery Theater – Yours Truly Jack the Ripper
45-03-12 (xxx) Whistler – Death Marks The Double Cross
45-04-03 (xxx) ? – The Eleventh Juror
45-04-12 (xxx) Mr And Mrs North – Gangster Douglas Grant
45-04-24 (xxx) Molle Mystery Theater – The Cask of Amontillado
45-05-15 (xxx) Molle Mystery Theater – Lady in the Morgue
45-07-22 (126) Nick Carter – The Alphabet Club
45-07-26 (xxx) Philo Vance – The Girl That Came Back
45-08-01 (120) Ellery Queen – Nick The Knife
45-08-10 (125) This is Your FBI – Robert Peary, Impersonator
45-09-03 (132) Whistler – Ambition Perilous
45-09-05 (xxx) Witness for the Prosecution
45-10-05 (129) Molle Mystery Theater – Angel Face
45-10-11 (xxx) Rogue’s Gallery – ?
45-10-12 (134) Molle Mystery Theater – A Death Is Caused
45-10-18 (137) Rogue’s Gallery – Blonde
45-10-19 (xxx) Molle Mystery Theater – Leg Man
45-11-08 (142) Rogue’s Gallery – Little Drops Of Rain
45-11-30 (155) Molle Mystery Theater – Corpus Delicti
45-12-11 (154) Inner Sanctum – The Dark Chamber
46-01-18 (163) Molle Mystery Theater – Ladies in Retirement
46-01-22 (xxx) Inner Santum – The Confession
46-02-11 (172) Whistler – Six Letter Word For Death
46-02-25 (177) Whistler – Murder In Haste
46-02-26 (175) Inner Santum – I Walk In The Night
46-03-26 (xxx) Inner Sanctum – Death Is A Double Crosser
46-03-29 (184) Molle Mystery Theater – The Creeper
46-04-05 (186) Molle Mystery Theater – Murder In The City Hall
46-04-08 (189) Whistler – Terror Stricken
46-04-09 (187) Inner Sanctum – Lady With A Plan
46-04-19 (190) Molle Mystery Theater – Follow That Cab
46-04-22 (193) Whistler – The Waterford Case
46-04-23 (191) Inner Sanctum – Make Ready My Grave
xx-xx-xx (196) Gangbusters – ?
46-05-06 (199) Whistler – Bright Horizon
46-05-10 (197) Molle Mystery Theater – The Futher Adventures Of Kenny Andrews
46-05-17 (202) Molle Mystery Theater – KIller Come Back To Me
46-05-31 (206) Molle Mystery Theater – Witness For The Prosecution
46-06-03 (211) Casey Crime Photographer – The Reunion
46-06-07 (210) Molle Mystery Theater – Female of the Species
46-06-14 (213) Molle Mystery Theater – The Adventure of the Fallen Angel
46-06-17 (214) Whistler – Affair At Stony Ridge
46-06-18 (215) Inner Sanctum – I Want To Report A Murder
46-07-26 (229) Mercury Summer Theater – Moat Farm Murder
46-08-05 (234) The Whistler – Bullet Proof
46-09-09 (xxx) Inner Sanctum – Murder Comes At Midnight
46-09-23 (xxx) Inner Sanctum – The Dead Laugh
46-09-27 (xxx) Molle Mystery Theatre – Two Men in a Furnished Room
46-11-01 (xxx) Molle Mystery Theater – The Other Dummy
46-11-04 (264) Inner Sanctum – Death’s Old Sweet Song
47-01-17 (xxx) Inner Sanctum – Corpus Delicti
47-02-10 (334) Inner Sanctum – The Ghost In The Garden
47-05-05 (xxx) Inner Sanctum – Don’t Dance On My Grave
47-06-08 (329) Sam Spade – The Calcutta Trunk Caper
47-07-04 (xxx) Challenge to the Listener
xx-xx-xx (xxx) Dark Venture – Boarder
xx-xx-xx (xxx) Dark Venture – Turnabout

 

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