Old School Radio: Frights From The Forties

The 40s, a simple time where men were men and women were women. When the usual fare of entertainment revolved around reading crime novels and radio shows. Radio drama covered from gun totting cow boys to hard boiled detectives and of course my favorite old school horror.

The Quiet, Please website

Quiet Please

Quiet, Please was radio fantasy and horrow program that ran from June 8, 1947 to June 25, 1949. Created by Wyllis Cooper and hosted by Ernest Chappell. Quiet, Please  featured non sequential stories that covered the usual fare of fantasy and horror of demise and dread. Exploring the boundaries of romance, science fiction, family drama with the usual humor from the 40s.
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You can listen and download the goodness and rather comical cheesiness of old school radio drama here.