BONUS‌ ‌-‌ ‌Halloween‌ ‌Hoopla‌!

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Turn down the lights and grab your candy - it's time for the Down These Mean Streets Halloween Special! Join me for a king-sized trick-or-treating trip through the golden age of radio for some comedies and chillers designed to get you in the Halloween spirit. Enjoy Bob Hope recreating his role in <em>The Ghost Breakers</em> as presented on <em>The Screen Directors' Playhouse</em> (originally aired on NBC on April 3, 1949). Then, it's a pair of terrifying tales from Edgar Allan Poe - "The Tell-Tale Heart" from <em>NBC Presents Short Story </em>(1951) and "The Black Cat" from Peter Lorre's <em>Mystery in the Air</em> (originally aired on NBC on September 18, 1947). We'll hear a trio of Halloween comedies from <em>The Jack Benny Program (</em>originally aired on CBS on October 31, 1948), <em>My Favorite Husband</em> (originally aired on CBS on October 28, 1949) and <em>Our Miss Brooks</em> (originally aired on CBS on October 30, 1949). <em>Escape</em> presents an adaptation of <em>The Birds</em> that aired a decade before Hitchcock brought the story to the big screen (originally aired on CBS on July 10, 1954). Finally, Ernest Chappell stars in a wry chiller from Wyllis Cooper in "Don't Tell Me About Halloween" from <em>Quiet Please</em> (originally aired on Mutual on October 27, 1947).</span></p>