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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
08.23.1948	quiet please (062) 3000 words	A ventriloquist couple scams people by making it appear that they are making contact with their dece...
09.06.1948	quiet please (064) the third man's story	Two brothers are the exact opposite of each other - the elder brother is hard working and is the pri...
09.13.1948	quiet please (065) symphony in minor	"Symphony in D" is the most famous piece of Cesar Franck, and a short segment of it serves as the th...
09.19.1948	quiet please (066) anonymous	The psychological trauma of receiving a death threat from an anonymous person can change someone's l...
09.26.1948	quiet please (067) light the lamp for me	An old man reveals his secret on how he was able to come up with such detailed descriptions of the C...
10.03.1948	quiet please (068) meet john smith, john	John Smith loves the snow so much that he wishes to be in the snow when he dies. Suddenly, his whole...
10.10.1948	quiet please (069) beezer's cellar	Justice has its own unique way of dealing with evil people. It could sometimes take the form of evil...
10.17.1948	quiet please (070) and jeannie dreams of me	Dreams and reality are interconnected realms that cannot be separated from one another. Troy, the dr...
10.24.1948	quiet please (071) good ghost	The ghost of a newly dead person wanders around the town to look for his murderer. Unlike any other ...
10.31.1948	quiet please (072) calling all souls	Louis is sentenced to death and is about to get executed on all souls eve. His lawyer can no longer ...
11.07.1948	quiet please (073) adam and the darkest day	Chicago, what was once a lively city is now a barren wasteland, just like any other cities on Earth....
11.14.1948	quiet please (074) the evening and the morning	Dean confesses to his captor, Mr. Thorpe, the reason why he has murdered a woman. He also explains w...
11.21.1948	quiet please (075) one for the book	As fast as his promotions in the army, Captain Max Westlake tells the story of the rapid advancement...
11.28.1948	quiet please (076) my son john	After losing his son in World War II, a father desperately finds a way to bring back his only reason...
12.05.1948	quiet please (077) very unimportant person	A series of nuclear explosions desolated all life form on Earth. A man and his wife are able to esca...
12.26.1948	quiet please (080) berlin, 1945	The war is over and all that remains of the once proud city of Berlin is just destruction. As Americ...
01.02.1949	quiet please (081) the time of the big snow	The "Time of the Big Snow" departs a little from the usual Quiet, Please themes by incorporating a m...
01.09.1949	quiet please (082) portrait of a character	A stranger enters the shop to get his horn fixed. He thinks he's going to play soon in a big event, ...
01.16.1949	quiet please (083) is this murder	Dan is the assistant of a person who makes artificial limbs. But for Dan, his fascination from such ...
01.23.1949	quiet please (084) summer good bye	Nature has its own way of leveling things out, just like the repeating cycles of the seasons. A coup...
01.30.1949	quiet please (085) northern lights	"Northern Lights" is one of the most horrifying episodes of Quiet, Please and Chappell's opening nar...
02.06.1949	quiet please (086) tap the heat, bogdan	Bogdan is an obnoxious and selfish person. One day, he gets upset with his boss because of a quarrel...
02.13.1949	quiet please (087) valentine	Abe has been away from his home for a very long time. He misses a lot of places in his town but most...
02.20.1949	quiet please (088) where do you get your ideas	Wyllis Cooper is drinking in a bar one night when a man named Basil interrupts him and tries to star...
02.27.1949	quiet please (089) if i should wake before i die	He is the epitome of the word "mad scientist." This top scientist doesn't care whether his invention...

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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