Eno Crime Clues "The Petticoat Ghost" recreation of pioneering March 1936 mystery audio drama

About this episode

This episode recreates a forgotten 1936 mystery audio drama from the classic era of audio storytelling.

From the early days of the classic era of audio drama, Project Audion recreates a unique ghost-story/murder-mystery taken from a radio drama which is now so forgotten that it, too, might well be a ghost. But in the early 1930s "Eno Crime Clues" was a major radio hit, following the adventures of detective Spencer Dean (known as "The Manhunter") and his partner, Dan Cassidy. Our lost script from 1936 took the show in a new direction. You know how Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" made such an impact by making the story sound like a genuine on-the-spot broadcast? Well, he wasn't the first. This Crime Clues episode tried the same trick over two years earlier, using a real location, the show's genuine announcer and director, and a remote broadcast which -- well, you'll just have to listen... Our cast: TOM KONKLE in California PAUL ARBISI in Illinois HOLLY ADAMS in NY DOUGLAS HERMAN in California PAUL PATTERSON in Georgia DAVID RIES also in Georgia KEN RANEY in Texas PAUL KOVIT in New York and LARRY GROEBE, directing from Texas

People in this episode

Host: LARRY GROEBE

Guests: TOM KONKLE, PAUL ARBISI, HOLLY ADAMS, DOUGLAS HERMAN, PAUL PATTERSON, DAVID RIES, KEN RANEY, PAUL KOVIT

Topics covered

• audio drama
• mystery
• ghost story
• recreation
• historical drama

Keywords

• audio drama
• mystery
• ghost story
• Eno Crime Clues
• 1936

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Eno Crime Clues, The Petticoat Ghost, War of the Worlds

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