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Murder at Midnight.
Midnight is the point at which an ordinary situation can become impossible to dismiss. Murder at Midnight presents macabre radio dramas with Raymond Morgan's introduction and Charles Paul's organ helping to set the scene.
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About the programme.
The stories change their characters and can turn towards crime, the supernatural or psychological fear. The listening pleasure is in following how an apparently manageable situation becomes threatening, without needing a continuing hero or a previous episode.
Programme at a glance.
- Broadcast history
- Recorded 1946; later syndicated transmissions
- Network or distribution
- World Broadcasting System syndication
- Programme cast
- Raymond Morgan, host
Broadcast history.
Louis G. Cowan developed the New York production, distributed by World Broadcasting System. The programmes were recorded in 1946 and circulated in syndication for years afterwards. Anton Leader directed. A later local transmission or modern upload is not the original production date.
Where to begin.
Try a complete story and let the framing introduction establish the mood. Compare its presentation with The Haunting Hour, or choose Quiet, Please for a more conversational approach to unease.
Choose your next episode.
Showing 1-20 of 34 episodes. Order follows the captured public catalogue, not a verified original broadcast chronology.
Trigger Man
26:06The Ace of Death
24:41The Line Is Dead
24:50The Ape Song
24:41The Kabbala
26:21Terror Out of Space
24:55Death Is No End
23:56The Secret of XR-3
26:17The Dark Chamber
22:39Death's Goblet
26:00Murder Out of Mind
26:33Red Wheels
25:15Island of the Dead
26:22Mark of Cain
25:33The Dead Hand
24:13The Creeper
25:03
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Sources and recording notes.
Historical programme reference:
Murder At Midnight - programme log ↗Historical programme reference:
Old Time Radio Researchers - programme and collection notes ↗Modern recording information:
Official Heritage Radio Vault programme ↗Historical references describe the programme. Spreaker supplies the selected Heritage Radio Vault titles, artwork, recording lengths and modern publication information. Anonymous public catalogue evidence was checked 4 November 2026. Syndicated transmission dates and surviving versions can differ.
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