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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
01.26.1948	quiet please (034) green light	+ "Green Light". An excellent railroad story about a train wreck that never happened...or did it? ...
02.02.1948	quiet please (035) the pathetic fallacy	+ Program #33. "The Pathetic Fallacy". A scientist introduces his lovesick computer to the press, ...
02.09.1948	quiet please (036) a red and white guidon	+ Program #34. "A Red and White Guidon". A story of the U.S. Cavalry and the Indian Wars of the ol...
02.16.1948	quiet please (037) whence came you	+ "Whence Came You". An excellent horror story about a strange native woman in the lobby of Shephe...
02.23.1948	quiet please (038) wear the dead man's coat	+ "Wear The Dead Man's Coat". "Wear the dead man's coat...and nobody takes note." An easy path to ...
03.01.1948	quiet please (039) sketch for a screenplay	+ Program #37. "Sketch For A Screenplay". A movie about the war, and all too real! It's Christmas ...
03.08.1948	quiet please (040) never send to know	A detective is lured by his ghost client's money to find out his murderer. The ghost can offer only ...
03.22.1948	quiet please (042) a night to forget	For actor John H., dealing with the unexplainable is just another day for him at the office since he...
04.05.1948	quiet please (044) i always marry juliet	The story of Romeo and Juliet is supposed to end as a tragedy, because that's how Shakespeare wrote ...
04.12.1948	quiet please (045) twelve to five	A radio DJ knows his same old routine - talking with the people on the show, playing music for the l...
04.19.1948	quiet please (046) clarissa	From what used to be an ordinary shack that a lot of people consider as a haunted house, Jesse disco...
04.26.1948	quiet please (047) 13 and 8	Someone is trying to jump out of a window and that scene triggers a crowd of photographers. While ta...
05.03.1948	quiet please (048) how beautiful upon the mountain	This story recounts the attempts made by man to conquer Mt. Everest. It tells the unsuccessful attem...
05.10.1948	quiet please (049) there are shadows here	Shadow represents a state of mystery, the unknown, the uncertainty, and most of all fear. Woody real...
05.17.1948	quiet please (050) gem of purest ray	Dr. Moraitas is charged with multiple counts of murder and is about to be tried and likely executed ...
05.24.1948	quiet please (051) in the house where i was born	A dead man reflects on the life he used to have by going back once a year to the house where he was ...
06.14.1948	quiet please (054) not responsible after 30 years	You have a conversation with a man who has just been released from prison after serving three years ...
06.28.1948	quiet please (055) let the lillies consider	James is suspected of killing his own wife and burying her under an especially tall lilie in the gar...
07.05.1948	quiet please (056) wahine tahiti	Wahine Tahiti is the goddess and protector of the women tribe of Tahiti. She grants the prayers of h...
07.19.1948	quiet please (057) as long as i live	From what seems like an ordinary case of a relative trying to stay with another relative's house, th...
07.26.1948	quiet please (058) the man who stole a planet	The fate of the planet hangs in balance as an archeologist discovers the greatest treasure the world...
08.02.1948	quiet please (059) it's later then you think	People often attach extraordinary significance to their watches by controlling its time in accordanc...
08.09.1948	quiet please (060) the thing on the fourble board	+ Oil drilling creates the deepest holes inside the Earth in order to exhume rocks dating back milli...
08.16.1948	quiet please (061) presto change o, i'm sure	From what looks like a toy magic wand, a man has successfully made an elephant disappear. "Presto ch...
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...

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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