Mystery In The Air


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MYSTERY IN THE AIR was a Summer series consisting of 13 30-minute
mystery / horror shows.  The series was hosted by Mr. Peter Lorre
who also played the title role in a few of the shows.  The shows
were well done.  Fans of Peter Lorre in particular and mystery and
horror in general will want at least a few for their collection.

Of the 13 shows in the series, only the last eight appear to have
survived. 

 47/08/07    6  The Great Barastro by  Ben Hecht (Peter Lorre, Henry 
Morgan, Jane Morgan)The classic about the circus magician and his 
blind wife...and her ultimate horror.

 47/08/14    7  The Lodger (Peter Lorre, Agnes Moorehead, Henry Morgan)
A good adaptation of the classic story about Jack The Ripper. 
                                                                                                                             
47/08/21    8  The Horla by Guy de Maupassant (Peter Lorre, Henry 
Morgan, Howard Culver) 
The famous tale of the Frenchman tortured by an invisible creature. 

47/08/28    9  Beyond Good and Evil by Ben Hecht (Peggy Webber, 
Peter Lorre) An escaped convict kills a minister and takes his place 
in a small town while planning a bank robbery. A good story!

47/09/04   10  The Mask of Medusa by Nelson Bond (Peggy Webber, 
Peter Lorre) An excellent horror story about forty seven murderers 
frozen solid. They still possess active and seething minds, even though 
they remain in kept in a "wax" museum. The revenge of the walking dead!

47/09/11   11  The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin ( Peter Lorre, Rolfe Sedan)
A Russian officer kills to learn the secret of the playing cards that cannot lose.

47/09/18   12  The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (Peter Lorre)
The classic tale about the man who kills his wife and hides her body behind a brick wall. 
A feline nemesis!

47/09/25   13  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Peter Lorre, 
Herb Butterfield, Joseph Kearns)
The last show of the series. Nice try, but you can't do "Crime and Punishment" in a half hour. 
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