Theater 10:30
1968-1971
Known Episodes: 13
To quote Wikipedia: “Theatre 10:30 was a Canadian Old Time Radio show. The date of the broadcast for the episodes is generally unknown. The shows are in the genres of horror, fantasy and mystery. It was a production of CBC Radio.” Although all episodes are readily available to download, there is virtually no information out there about this show’s production.
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
An explorer sets sail to discover Avalon and passes through the mists to the West, where he meets Morgaine LeFay. Upon his return, he seeks his wife only to discover her long since dead.
Case of the Devil’s Foot, The
A dramatization of the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery. An entire family is discovered gibbering in insanity, the daughter dead, with no explanation. Is it the work of the Devil? [Adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle]
Castle by the Sea
An adulteress is caught in the act and her husband bricks up the closet as she watches. Years later, the caretaker alone keeps her Lady’s spirit company. [Adapted from De Balzac’s “La Grande Bretche”, also by The Hermit’s Cave and Nightfall]
Dr. McGregor & The Case of the Curious Bones
A doctor investigates a widow who doesn’t realize the light is still on in the closed off west wing of the mansion where a rival for her love once mysteriously disappeared.
Ghost Town Hermit
A reporter visits a ghost town named Coalsville and witnesses its last inhabitant line the local theater’s stage with candles. The hermit watches the spirit of the woman he loved singing on stage. He admits to murdering her brother… and she takes revenge!
Monkey’s Paw, The
A true adaptation of the classic. A working class couple wish for money on an old talisman and pay with their son’s life. [Adapted from W.W. Jacobs]
Pedestrian, The
Two guys go for an evening walk in this distopian sci-fi classic. Their true situation is slowly revealed as they reflect along the way… until they must hide from the police. [Adapted from Ray Bradbury]
Screaming Skull, The
A man is haunted by screaming sounds at night… and the skull of a friend’s murdered wife!
Thing in the Hall, The
A doctor summons an elemental of evil. When his friend witnesses his death at its hands, it follows the neighbor home! Poor sound quality. Cat is tortured.
Trespassers Will be Experimented On
The “Smartest Man in the World” faces off with his mentor in this tongue-in-cheek haunted house romp!
Two Little Punctures
An epidemic of anemia coincides with a vampire-bat migration change. An oil engineer’s wife is seen walking the strand in her nightgown. She slowly succumbs to the sickness. When the local native tribe sees her walking again, they tear up her grave!
Wendigo, The
Two men lost in the Northern wilderness lose their guide to strange sounds in the night. Well done adaptation reminds me of the book by Rick Yancey. [Adapted from Algernon Blackwood]
Yellow Wallpaper, The
Different actors, new script, same story as the version by Suspense. (Also Fear on Four)