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Dark Fantasy was a horror/ suspense thriller old time radio program that consisted of thirty-one (31) short episodes that aired from November 21, 1941 until June 19, 1942 broadcasting from Station WKY in Oklahoma City. Though the anthology barely made a year of air time, it managed to capture a huge audience due to the creepy and disturbing nature of its narratives. Each story in the series dealt with the secrets of the unknown, ranging anywhere from bone-chilling tales from the crypt, science fiction and murder mysteries.

In the golden age of radio, Dark Fantasy was the breath of fresh air that revived interest in the horror genre. Also known for his work on The Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book, Scott Bishop managed to merge the supernatural with science fiction, and injected it with a twist of old-fashioned folklore. As old radio shows went, Dark Fantasy was way ahead of its time. Thrill yourself with the spine-tingling adventures in the Dark Fantasy anthology! Click here to read more about Dark Fantasy


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Please enjoy these 27 old time radio episodes:

Air Date Title Synopsis Rating
 02.13.1942 w is for werewolf

+ Program #13. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "W Is For Werewolf". A visit to an old frie...
 11.28.1941 the thing from the sea

+ Philip Hayward young Hollywood film star and his actress friend Judy Johnson had set sail for New ...
 04.03.1942 the thing from the darkness

+ Program #20. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Thing In The Darkness". The story is a...
 06.12.1942 the sleeping death

 02.06.1942 the sea phantom

+ Program #12. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Sea Phantom". Sustaining. + Isaacs is surpr...
 03.06.1942 the man with the scarlet satchel

+ Program #16. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Man With The Scarlet Satchel". "The st...
 11.14.1941 the man who came back

+NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Man Who Came Back". A killing after an argument abou...
 05.01.1942 the letter from yesterday

+ Program #23. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Letter From Yesterday". Sustaining. + T...
 12.26.1941 the house of bread

+ Program #6. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The House Of Bread". A writer of supernatur...
 01.23.1942 the headless dead

+ Program #10. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Headless Dead". Sustaining. + The Tower...
 04.10.1942 the edge of the shadow

+ Program #21. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Edge Of The Shadow". There's murder in...
 12.05.1941 the demon tree

+ Program #3. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Demon Tree". A well-written story about...
 05.08.1942 the cup of gold

+ Program #25. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Cup Of Gold". Sustaining. + Truman Davi...
 03.13.1942 superstition be hanged

+ Program #17. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Superstition Be Hanged". A trapeze artist ...
 02.27.1942 spawn of the sub human

+ Program #15. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Spawn Of The Subhuman". "The nation's favo...
 01.02.1942 resolution 1841

+ Program #7. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Resolution 1841". Sustaining.
 05.29.1942 rendezvous with satan

+ Program #28. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Rendezvous With Satan".Sustaining. + Carl F...
 03.20.1942 pennsylvania turnpike

+ Program #18. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Pennsylvania Turnpike". An aged hitch-hike...
 12.19.1941 men call me mad

+ Program #5. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Men Call Me Mad". A scientist shrinks himse...
 06.05.1942 i am your brother

+ Program #29. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "I Am Your Brother". Sustaining. + In Julius...
 05.15.1942 funeral arrangements completed aka coffin for two

+ Program #26. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Funeral Arrangements Completed". A visit t...
 01.16.1942 debt from the past

+ Program #9. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Debt Of The Past". "A strange and weird adv...
 01.30.1942 death is a savage deity

+ Program #11. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Death Is A Savage Diety". A tale of witchc...
 05.22.1942 dead hands reaching

+ Program #27. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "Dead Hands Reaching". "The picturization o...
 01.09.1942 curse of the neanderthal

+ Program #8. NBC net, WKY, Oklahoma City origination. "The Curse Of The Neanderthal". "The story o...

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Chris

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This show always frightens me.

Scott

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One of the best horror shows

Mark

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One of my favorites.

David

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I love Dark Fantasy

Ken

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I love Dark Fantasy!

Ken

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Featuring this anthology series that was dedicated to dealings with the unknown with stories of horror, science fiction and murder. It originated from WKY-Oklahoma City, and was broadcast on the NBC network from 1941 to 1942. Writer for the series was Scott Bishop, and Keith Payton was the announcer.

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The Dark Fantasy Radio Program
NBC-Red Key Station WEAF New York began airing Dark Fantasy simultaneous to its broadcast from WKY from Episode No. 1 and through the entire run
1942 WKY promo for Dark Fantasy
Article on Dark Fantasy from May 16 1942 issue of Movie-Radio Guide. The article is itself promoted in Dark Fantasy Episode No. 26 Funeral Arrangements Completed.
WKY Radiophone letterhead from 1928
WKY Radio microphone and flag from 1930s
WKY became affiliated with NBC circa 1935
George Kilgen & Son Pipe Organ, circa 1930
WKY's New Studios (circa 1936)
Oklahoma's Skirvin Towers circa 1937 In 1920, radio station 5XT went on the air as an experimental radio station in Earl Hull’s home in Oklahoma City. Mr. Hull and his partner, H.S. Richards, had learned their radio experience from their service in World War I. Indeed they first 'powered' their radio with a reported 'three pint jars containing a solution of borax and water, into each of which was placed a pair of lead electrodes'. In 1921, Hull and Richards, were granted the call letters 'WKY' for a radio station at 1040 kilocycles. The listed owner was 'The WKY Radio Shop'. By 1922 radio station WKY was granted a federal license for Oklahoma City, OK. Edward King Gaylord's Oklahoma Publishing Company purchased the license in 1925 for a reported $5,000.00 and began broadcasting as WKY, Oklahoma City, as the Radiophone Company, a subsidiary of the Oklahoma Publishing Company, publisher of The Daily Oklahoman. The station reopened in the Plaza Court Building at Northwest Tenth Street, and Classen Drive. Its broadcast tower and transmitter stood two miles away, near Northwest Thirty-ninth Street. The station made a profit throughout the early years of the Great Depression. In response to this early success, Gaylord added state-of-the art technology in 1936, making it one of the Nation's most sophisticated broadcasting facilities of its day. Mr. Gaylord's gamble was viewed as a reported 'beacon of hope' during the dustbowl years of The Great Depression. He also observed the extraordinary success of the highly popular early Grand Ole Opry broadcasts from WSM-AM from Nashville, KY. WKY also moved to the Skirvin Towers in downtown Oklahoma City in 1936, at Broadway and N.W. 1st Street, installing a new Kilgen pipe organ, and three new studios. The Kilgen Pipe Organ is the source of the eerie organ music heard at the opening of each episode of Dark
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