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OTR THEATRE SERIES

(OLD-TIME-RADIO)

SUSPENSE'S

'The Dunwich Horror'

by HP LOVECRAFT

Starring

Ronald Coleman

One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills," and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era.

Plot Summary:

The plot revolves around the desire of Wilbur to acquire an unabridged Latin version of the Necronomicon ' his imperfect English copy ill-suited for his dark purpose ' so that he may open the way for the return of the mysterious (eldritch) "Old Ones", whose forerunner is the Outer God Yog-Sothoth. Thus, Wilbur and his grandfather have sequestered an unseen presence at their farmhouse; this being is connected somehow to Yog-Sothoth. Year by year, this unseen entity grows to monstrous proportions, requiring Wilbur and his patriarch to make frequent modifications to their residence. People begin to notice a trend of cattle mysteriously disappearing. Eventually, Wilbur's mother also disappears...

Lovecraft took pride in "The Dunwich Horror", calling it "so fiendish that [Weird Tales] editor Farnsworth Wright may not dare to print it." Wright, however, snapped it up, sending Lovecraft a check for $240, equal to $2800 in modern cash, the largest single payment for his fiction he had received up to that point.

Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls the story "an excellent tale.... A mood of tension and gathering horror permeates the story, which culminates in a shattering climax". Robert M. Price declares that "among the tales of H. P. Lovecraft, 'The Dunwich Horror' remains my favorite."

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Approximate play time of 1/2 hour.

This 1/2 hour radio drama was produced in the 1950's

and has the telltale hum and occasional crackle

of recordings of that era,

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