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Written and directed by celebrated author Wyllis Cooper, the widely acclaimed old time radio program Quiet, Please was first aired on June 8, 1947 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. In this period, several similarly themed anthologies graced the American airwaves. However, it was this series that garnered notoriety during the golden age of radio and was lauded as an innovative and creative work of genius by both critics and academics alike. In fact, Professor Richard J. Hand from Glamorgan University praised Quiet, Please as an “extraordinary body of work,” and its writer Cooper as “one of the greatest authors of horror radio.” Quiet, Please was a mish mash of several literary genres, with supernatural encounters gaining the most prominence. Tales of the absurd were narrated by Ernest Chappell, who portrayed most of the series lead characters. His talent in fleshing out the gristly and morbid narratives paved the way for this old radio show to gain popularity among its listeners. One of the most notable episodes in the anthology is “The Thing on the Fourble Board,” which tells the story of a roughneck oil driller who unearths an ancient and horrific creature during a routine dig. Chappell breathes such life into each tale and transports the listener into a surreal world where monsters and alien beings exist outside the imagination. Immerse yourself in the world Cooper created by listening to Quiet Please today! Click here to read more about Quiet Please

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Please enjoy these 90 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
03.06.1949	quiet please (090) the man who knew everything	"Rather dreadful," that is what Charles W. Afternoon tells you about your future. It seems impossibl...
03.13.1949	quiet please (091) dark rosaleen	Wayne finds no more reason to continue living the moment the doctor told him the news that Elizabeth...
03.20.1949	quiet please (092) the smell of high wines	The smell of high wines always brings a strong sense of nostalgia to a significant event that happen...
03.27.1949	quiet please (093) a time to be born, and a time to die	Life is just a cycle and throughout its course mistakes are made. A man starts his life as a determi...
04.10.1949	quiet please (095) dialogue for a tragedy	Roy sits in a room together with his killer who is pointing a gun at his head. Any moment now he kno...
04.17.1949	quiet please (096) shadow of the wings	A very sick little girl lies quietly on her bed, bravely contemplating on the possibility that she m...
04.24.1949	quiet please (097) the vail of glen cove
05.01.1949	quiet please (098) dark grey magic	Meredith buys a second hand book about black magic out of curiosity. He accidentally summons a demon...
05.08.1949	quiet please (099) other side of the stars	A man sets out an adventure across the sky to find gold and silver in Oso del cielo - the well of th...
05.15.1949	quiet please (100) the little morning	At the break of dawn, Francis Scott prepares himself for a long journey. A driver offers him a ride ...
05.21.1949	quiet please (101) the oldest man in the world	Lucas recounts an event 27 years ago when he and his friend Harry and Harry's wife trek the foothill...
06.04.1949	quiet please (103) tanglefoot	Herbie Butterworth desires to have a pet fly. It shouldn't be just any normal fly, he wants to breed...
06.11.1949	quiet please (104) the hat, the bed, and john j catherine	John J. Catherine is a frustrated actor, or so it seems. He wants to get a part in a stage play but ...
06.18.1949	quiet please (105) pavanne of the girl with the flaxen hair	Andrew has a heated debate with his friend regarding whether human life is just a script being acted...
06.25.1949	quiet please (106) quiet please	After the desolation brought by the countless wars, all life form is lost, except for Tor, the last ...

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One of the scariest shows that I have ever heard is "The Shadow People" from The Hall Of Fantasy. Listen with the lights out! Wyllis Cooper had written /Lights Out/ before Arch Oboler took it over. Later, in, I believe, the 40s (somebody correct me) Cooper revived his craft with the series /Quiet Please/. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.

Fred

The imagination of the listener adds a personal touch to the suspense. The mind of each individual listener contributes to the story in a manner that's unique to that listener, adding an intensity to the experience that enhances what the writers and actors created. They say that in all art forms, the difference between good and great is not what's included, but what's left out, for the viewer/listener to provide, drawing the audience into a relationship with the art. OTR and books provide room for the listener/reader to participate in the story. Sadly, most of today's movie and TV presents 100% of the audio and visual to the audience, leaving no room for the imagination of the audience to participate. This is why I love OTR and books more than modern-day TV and movies!

Sally

I think the horror shows that are really successful use good writing relying on the imagination (brain painting) plus aspects of audio medium that are unique, like sound fx - Oboler's short "The Dark" comes to mind. I think someone should tell a radio version of the film "Insidious" - that story has a lot going for it conversion-wise.

Edward

I used to listen to "Quiet Please" before going to sleep. Was it the late hour I listened to episodes or my age, but they were difficult to track. They seemed surreal to me. However, what I could understand the programs were unlike what I heard before and well crafted.

Scott

It's a great show that seems to exist only in low-quality episodes.

Micheal

love that 'quiet please' episode 'the thing on the forble board'.

Watson

^^^That's an OTR classic!

Tim

One of the scariest shows that I have ever heard is "The Shadow People" from The Hall Of Fantasy. Listen with the lights out!

Edward

Scott

My fav OTR show period

Jeff

Quiet please is one of the best if not the best.. Only problem is finding good quality recordings of this show.

Armand

My favorite love it.

Jodi

Quiet Please is my all-time favorite program.

David

love Quiet Please

Armand

Great episode

Armand

Liked it!! And the audio quality is surprisingly very good!

Daniel

Great episode!

David

I love "Quiet Please." I think it's the forerunner of "The Twilight Zone."

Shelley

Quiet Please is my favorite OTR series

David

I really like "Quiet Please."

Susan

Sounds good

Debra

I've heard several episodes of this show and what imprresses me is that each episode is completely different to all the others.

Michael

This dark fantasy radio series featured Ernest Chappell as host and star. It was created, written and directed by a master of horror, Wyllis Cooper. It was broadcast on Mutual and ABC from 1947 to 1949.

QUIET PLEASE

Listening to Quiet Please (“There Are Shadows Here”) and the perfume Russian Leather is repeatedly referenced. Never heard of it, so I went online. It’s a MAN’S cologne, first marketed in the 1960s. Quiet Please may have used it as a takeoff on the English Leather we’re familiar with, first marketed in 1949 (it may have been in articles in 1948, when the show was written). There IS an English Leather cologne for men, by Creed, first sold in 1791, by royal decree. Maybe Wyllis Cooper had heard of the Creed cologne and riffed on it.

Maggy