T H E   G R I P   O F   T E R R O R
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                                 1977

First Show: ??? ??, 1977                      Last Show: ??? ??, 1977
Number Shows: 12?                                 Audition Show: none


Series Description:

THE GRIP OF TERROR was the product of Professor Eli Segal, who
produced and directed the series.  The shows were heard on WMUK-FM,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, the college radio station of Western Michigan
University.  This series of 30-minute shows were mostly adaptations
of scripts from shows of radio's Golden Age.  You'll find titles that
you may remember from SUSPENSE, ESCAPE or INNER SANCTUM.  Although
amateur casts were used, the productions are still quite decent.

Actual dates of the broadcasts are not known nor is the number of
shows in the series.

Besides THE GRIP OF TERROR, Professor Segal also produced FUTURE TENSE
(1974 & 1976), AUDION THEATRE (1990), a series on radio history which
included interviews with Fred Foy, Bud Collyer, Jackson Beck and
others (1976) and many others.


Log Comments:

There is little information available on these shows.  Fortunately,
the J. David Goldin database had enough information to provide this
start of a log.  Additional information was obtained from corrections
to "Science Fiction On Radio: A Revised Look At 1950-1975" by James F.
Widner and Meade Frierson III found on Jim's web site.

The "Avl" column means "Available".  If "yes" appears in the column,
the show appeared in the GOLDINdex.  Since it was cataloged, it is
hoped that it is available to collectors.  I have not seem these shows
listed anywhere else.


Chronological Log:

Num  Title                           Avl  Script Used On    Dates
---  ------------------------------  ---  ----------------  ---------
  1  "Present Tense"                 yes  SUSPENSE          03-03-57
                                          ESCAPE            01-31-50
  2  "The Search For Henri LeFevre"       SUSPENSE          07-06-44
  3  "Song Of The Slasher"           yes  INNER SANCTUM     04-04-45
  4  "Star Bright"                        X MINUS ONE       04-10-56
  5  "Dead Ernest"                   yes  SUSPENSE          08-08-46,
                                                            05-08-47,
                                                            03-24-49
  6  Two Stories:
     "Three Skeleton Key"                 ESCAPE            11-15-49,
                                                            03-17-50,
                                                            08-09-53
                                          SUSPENSE          11-11-56,
                                                            10-19-58
     "Born Of Man and Woman"              HALLOWEEN HORROR  10-??-74
  7  "On A Country Road"             yes  SUSPENSE          11-16-50,
                                                            01-04-54,
                                                            10-09-54,
                                                            05-10-59
  8  "Fugue In C Minor"                   SUSPENSE          06-01-44
  9  title not known
 10  "Come Back"                     yes  original
 11  title not known
 12  "Only The Dead Die Twice"       yes  INNER SANCTUM     03-21-49


References:

* Corrections to "Science Fiction on Radio: A Revised Look At 1950-
  1975" by James F. Widner and Meade Frierson III.
  (http://www.otr.com)

* GOLDINdex database, J. David Goldin, Box 542, Newtown, CT 06470
  (http://www.radiogoldindex.com)


Last Update: May 20, 2004


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