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Weird Tales - Old Time Radio episode The Curse Of Nagana

Thanks to Rand’s Esoteric OTR for originally posting this radio rarity. Weird Tales was a series (or perhaps a proposed series) recorded in Hollywood in 1932 and based on stories in the famous horror anthology magazine . So far, discs from the series haven't turned up - until now. (If you’d like more rare radio Weird Tales , take a look at the Robert Bloch series Stay Tuned for Terror .) Here’s what Rand had to say about the show: I obtained this disc from Jim Blackson and would like to thank him for the transfer you're listening to here - the disc is almost 17" across and just too large for my transcription player. Jim had two of these discs, both with blank Columbia labels like this and both part 2 of "The Curse of Nagana". However, they seem to be different takes. He saved a copy of both so we could compare the discs. I'd also like to send a shout-out to Stephen Haffner for help with this post. Haffner is the proprieter of the Haffner Press , a publisher of mystery fiction that was offering a limited edition set of stories by a "Weird Tales" author - the set included, as a bonus, a reproduction of the flyer sent to radio stations promoting the series. He was generous enough to f

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