The Witch's Tale

The Witch's Tale

"For the video game with a similar name, see A Witch's Tale."

"The Witch's Tale" was a horror-fantasy radio series which aired from 1931 to 1938 on WOR and Mutual and in syndication. The program was created, written and directed by Alonzo Deen Cole, who was born February 22, 1897 in St. Paul, Minnesota and died April 7, 1971.

Cole's spooky show was hosted by Old Nancy, the Witch of Salem, who introduced a different terror tale each week. The role of Old Nancy was created by stage actress Adelaide Fitz-Allen, who died in 1935 at the age of 79. Cole replaced her with 13-year-old Miriam Wolfe, and Martha Wentworth was also heard as Old Nancy on occasion. Cole himself provided the sounds of Old Nancy's cat, Satan. Cole's wife, Marie O'Flynn, portrayed the lead female characters on the program, and the supporting cast included Mark Smith and Alan Devitte.

For syndication, the shows were recorded live during broadcast and distributed to other stations. These recordings were destroyed by Cole in 1961, so few episodes survive. Cole was also the writer, producer and director of the radio mystery-crime drama, "Casey, Crime Photographer".

Television

An effort was made to bring the series to television. In 1958 Television Programs of America made plans to film a pilot with Cole as consultant and story supervisor. The associate story editor was Raymond Levy. However, the show never made it to TV.

Influence

EC Comics' publisher Bill Gaines was inspired by Cole's Old Nancy host to create the character the Old Witch, illustrated by Graham Ingels as the host of EC's "The Haunt of Fear".

Listen to

* [http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/witchstale.htm Radio Lovers: "The Witch's Tale" (four 1934-37 episodes)]

References

Cole, Alonzo Deen, edited by David S. Siegel with introduction by Miriam Wolff. "The Witch's Tale" (253 pages). Dunwich Press, 1998. 13 scripts plus episode log and biographical sketch of Cole. ISBN 1-891379-0101

External links

* [http://www.sfsite.com/01b/wit49.htm SF Site: Lisa DuMond review of "The Witch's Tale" script collection (1998)]
* [* [http://www.RadioHorrorHosts.com/witchtale.html RadioHorrorHosts.com profile of The Witch's Tale] "The Witch's Tale"]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/TheWitchsTaleOTRKIBM Internet Archive: The Witch's Tale]


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