Scare Fm - Great Horror Radio

THE HAUNTING HOUR - THE HANDS OF MR. SMITHON THE AIR FROM: 1944 TO 1946"No... No... stay where you are. Do not break the stillness of this moment. For this is a time of mystery. A time when imagination is free, and moves forward swiftly, silently.... This is -- The Haunting Hour!"This old time radio show was billed as "Mystery at its Best" solves psychological mysteries, "whodunit" thrillers and crime crusades with a cast of network stars.The Haunting Hour is a very mysterious show. First, let's note that the Haunting Half-Hour would actually be correct, but an odd title for the show. So Haunting Hour it was.The second mystery is that, like so many of the great radio talents who labored in the background, unseen and unheralded, this show made for transcription has receded into the ethers of old time radio without a history. That is, the Magister Ludi of Old Time Radio himself, John Dunning, succinctly states in "On the Air, The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio,"There were no credits, so casts and production cre