Starring Richard Thorne (12 half-hour episodes / 6 hours via digital download)
There were several series under the “Hall of Fantasy” banner, all produced by Richard Thorne. The first originated from radio station KALL in Salt Lake City, Utah. Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson were announcers for the station and co-produced the rather bare bones horror series beginning in 1946. Written or adapted by Robert Olson and directed by Thorne, the stories were mostly murder mysteries with traditional endings. This first series ended in 1947 when Thorne and Greyson went their separate ways. “The Hall of Fantasy” was revived in 1949, when, by pure coincidence, Thorne and Greyson found themselves working together at WGN in Chicago. This time the series featured stories involving struggles against the supernatural where man was usually the loser, specializing in shock endings. In Chicago, Don’s brother Jim Ameche, sometimes appeared in the episodes. In 1952, “The Hall of Fantasy” went nationwide, over the Mutual network, with Thorne writing original horror stories and adapting classics of literature, like “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
