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The Weird Circle

104 episodes · 1943–1945 · NBC, Syndicated · Thriller

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"In this cave by the restless sea, we are met to call from out of the past, stories strange and weird." The Weird Circle was a Ziv production recorded at RCA's New York studios and syndicated from 1943 to 1945, 78 half hours in all. It boiled down classics by Poe, Dickens, Mary Shelley, Stevenson and others to their eeriest parts, with very little music.

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Episodes

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194334 episodes
  • The Fall of the House of Usher July 8, 1943 · Syndicated · 26 min
    Poe's tale of Roderick Usher, his sister Madeline, and the doomed house they share.
  • The House and the Brain July 15, 1943 · NBC · 26 min
    An evil spirit kept alive for four hundred years haunts a house and kills the old woman who lives there.
  • Declared Insane (July 1943) July 22, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    From Balzac: a story of French justice and a man declared insane.
  • A Terribly Strange Bed (July 1943) July 29, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    A horror story about a cruel fat man who likes to squeeze people to death.
  • Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (August 1943) August 5, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    From Poe: a mad captain and a mutiny aboard a whaler.
  • What Was It? August 19, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    An invisible, flesh-eating creature is captured. But what is it?
  • The Knightsbridge Mystery August 26, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    A double murder that never happened, and a man seen in two places at once.
  • The Horla September 2, 1943 · Syndicated · 25 min
    Maupassant's story of a man haunted by something he can't see.
  • William Wilson (September 1943) September 9, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    From Poe: a rotten scoundrel is shadowed by a quiet stranger with his own name.
  • The Vendetta September 12, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • A Passion in the Desert September 16, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    From Balzac: a French soldier lost in the desert and a strange companion.
  • Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (September 1943) September 19, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Mateo Falcone September 23, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    From Mérimée: a fugitive runs from the law straight into Corsican justice.
  • Declared Insane (September 1943) September 26, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • A Terribly Strange Bed (October 1943) October 3, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Dr. Manette's Manuscript October 7, 1943 · NBC · 26 min
    From Dickens: a dying woman's strange accusation and what it really means.
  • What Was It October 10, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Knights Bridge Mystery October 17, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Expectations of an Heir (October 1943) October 21, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    Wealthy old Aunt Moira is once again the target of a murderer.
  • William Wilson (October 1943) October 31, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Great Plague (November 1943) November 4, 1943 · NBC · 27 min
    Three English villains up to no good.
  • Passion in the Desert November 7, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Jane Eyre November 11, 1943 · Syndicated · 24 min
    Charlotte Bronte's novel cut down to its Gothic core: the governess and the secret in the attic.
  • Matao Falcon November 14, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Murders in the Rue Morgue November 20, 1943 · NBC · 26 min
    Poe's classic Paris murder mystery and its surprise solution.
  • The Man Without A Country November 21, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Lifted Veil (1943) November 27, 1943 · NBC · 25 min
    From George Eliot: a man who can see the future, a maid with rat poison, and a serum to raise the dead.
  • Dr Manettes Manuscript November 28, 1943 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The 4:15 Express December 4, 1943 · NBC · 24 min
    A ghost on the train leads to robbery and murder.
  • The Great Plague (December 1943) December 5, 1943 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • A Terrible Night (1943) December 11, 1943 · NBC · 26 min
    Two friends lost in the north woods take shelter with a strange man named Joel.
  • Expectations of an Heir (December 1943) December 12, 1943 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Tell-Tale Heart December 18, 1943 · Syndicated · 27 min
    Poe's murderer insists he isn't mad, and then he hears the heartbeat.
  • The Hand December 19, 1943 · 24 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
194450 episodes
  • The Heart of Ethan Brand (January 1944) January 1, 1944 · NBC · 26 min
    From Hawthorne: an evil man searches for the unpardonable sin.
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue January 2, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Frankenstein January 8, 1944 · Syndicated · 25 min
    Mary Shelley's scientist and his creature, with plenty of liberties taken.
  • The Lifted Veil (1944) January 9, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Feast of Redgauntlet January 15, 1944 · NBC · 27 min
    From Walter Scott: a ghostly feast with the dead in the Scottish Highlands.
  • A Terrible Night (1944) January 23, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Niche of Doom February 6, 1944 · 27 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on February 6, 1944, the date used here.
  • The Murder of the Little Pig (February 1944) February 11, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
    A murder mystery whose only witness is a little dog.
  • The Heart of Ethan Brand (February 1944) February 13, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Feast of the Red Gauntlet February 27, 1944 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Murder of the Little Pig (March 1944) March 5, 1944 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Spectre of Tappington (March 12, 1944) March 12, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Strange Judgement March 19, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Spectre of Tappington (March 24, 1944) March 24, 1944 · NBC · 26 min
    A guest at a haunted house finds his trousers stolen every night, by a ghost.
  • Wuthering Heights (March 1944) March 26, 1944 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Curse of the Mantle April 2, 1944 · 24 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on April 2, 1944, the date used here.
  • The Strange Judgment April 7, 1944 · NBC · 26 min
    An honest fisherman and his good wife have an evil son, and judgment must be made.
  • The Cask of Amontillado (April 9, 1944) April 9, 1944 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Wuthering Heights (April 1944) April 14, 1944 · NBC · 27 min
    Emily Brontë's story of the old house on the moor and its dark secrets.
  • The Rope of Hair (April 1944) April 16, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Falkland (April 1944) April 23, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Cask of Amontillado (April 28, 1944) April 28, 1944 · Syndicated · 26 min
    Poe's tale of betrayal and revenge in a wine cellar.
  • The Trial for Murder April 30, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Rope of Hair (May 1944) May 5, 1944 · Syndicated · 29 min
    A man fetches a diary from the room where his friend's wife died, and the dead woman has her own ideas.
  • The Werewolf May 7, 1944 · 29 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Falkland (May 1944) May 12, 1944 · NBC · 27 min
    A man learns the secret of eternal life, and of eternal love.
  • The Old Nurses Story May 14, 1944 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Trial for Murder May 19, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
    From Dickens: a ghost story about a murder trial and the strange part played by the jury foreman.
  • The Middle Toe of the Right Foot May 28, 1944 · 30 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on May 28, 1944, the date used here.
  • The Old Nurse's Story June 23, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
    From Elizabeth Gaskell: an old nurse tells a tale of the supernatural and revenge.
  • The Phantom Picture (July 1944) July 14, 1944 · NBC · 26 min
    An artist, a grotesque painting and a murder.
  • The Bell Tower (July 1944) July 29, 1944 · NBC · 25 min
    From Melville: the Italian genius who built the world's most beautiful bell tower.
  • The Dream Woman September 3, 1944 · 30 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on September 3, 1944, the date used here.
  • The Phantom Picture (September 1944) September 10, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Ghost Touch September 17, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Bell Tower (September 1944) September 24, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Evil Eye October 1, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Mark of the Plague October 8, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Queer Client October 15, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Burial of Roger Malvin October 22, 1944 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Love Potion October 29, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Mad Monkton November 5, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Returned November 12, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Executioner November 19, 1944 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Rapacinis Daughter November 26, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Wooden Ghost December 3, 1944 · 28 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on December 3, 1944, the date used here.
  • Last Days of A Condemned Man December 10, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Warning December 17, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Doll December 24, 1944 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Diamond Lens December 31, 1944 · 25 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on December 31, 1944, the date used here.
194520 episodes
  • The History of Dr John Faust January 7, 1945 · 26 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on January 7, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Duel Without Honor January 14, 1945 · 26 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on January 14, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Spectre Bride January 21, 1945 · 26 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on January 21, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Tapestry Horse January 28, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The River Man February 4, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Ancient Mariner February 11, 1945 · 26 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on February 11, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Oblong Box February 18, 1945 · 25 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on February 18, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Mysterious Bride February 25, 1945 · 26 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on February 25, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Thing in the Tunnel March 4, 1945 · 27 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on March 4, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Moonstone March 11, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Pistol Shot March 18, 1945 · 24 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Possessive Dead March 25, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Black Parchment March 30, 1945 · NBC · 25 min
    Every wish comes true as the black parchment shrinks. The last show of the series.
  • The Goblet April 1, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Case of Monsieur Valdemar April 8, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Shadow April 15, 1945 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Bride of Death April 22, 1945 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde April 29, 1945 · 27 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on April 29, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Red Hand May 6, 1945 · 25 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on May 6, 1945, the date used here.
  • The Haunted Hotel May 13, 1945 · 25 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on May 13, 1945, the date used here.