MYSTERY IN THE AIR

PETER LORRE - "NARRATOR"
HARRY MORGAN - "ANNOUNCER"

From Radio Horror Hosts: Regular listeners to the Abbot and Costello Show must have been a bit shocked when they heard the summer replacement for their weekly comedy. Mystery In The Air first aired in 1945, and for two summers, it was a crime series about Detective Stonewall Scott. In 1947, it became a horror series of psychological/ supernatural tales starring Peter Lorre. PETER LORRE The announcer was Harry Morgan of "Dragnet" and later, "M*A*S*H" fame. HARRY MORGAN Lorre was the weekly narrator and raging psychopath. Only eight different shows from this series are known to have survived. Known surviving episode titles are: Beyond Good and Evil Crime and Punishment The Black Cat The Great Barastro The Horla The Lodger The Mask of Medusa The Queen of Spades Portrait of "Peter Lorre" in the 1935 creepy film, "Mad Love", by Dave Dunlap.

Peter Lorre was also the host for "Mystery Playhouse" and "Nightmare".

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size="4"The Great Barastro (aka The Marve;ous Barrastro)	size="4"The Lodger	size="4"The Horla	size="4"Beyond Good and Evil
07 August 1947	14 August 1947	21 August 1947	size="4"28 August 1947
size="4"The Mask of Medusa	size="4"The Queen of Spades	size="4"The Black Cat	size="4"Crime and Punishment
4 September 1947	11 September 1947	18 September 1947	25 September 1947

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