N I G H T F A L L ----------------- 1980 - 1983 First Show: Jul 04, 1980 Last Show: Jun 24, 1983 Number Shows: 107 Audition Show: not known Series Description: NIGHTFALL was a horror series heard over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation first from July 4, 1980 to May 22, 1981 and then from November 20, 1981 to June 24, 1983. Thirty shows were selected from the first season to be rebroadcast on NPR from October 2, 1981 to June 25, 1982. Since it is a fairly modern series, most shows are available in stereo. Because it's a modern series, it's not widely available (copyright issues). This show may be the most horrifying series ever done. It was so terrifying, that many stations refused to play it or had to cancel the broadcasts due to listener complaints. This is a well done series and well worth searching for sources. Log Comments: An episode guide for the full series was posted to the Internet OTR Digest on November 20, 1995 by Kevin Hartnell. His information came from the CBC via Randy Minnehan. Show numbers are used for first airings. Repeats are not numbered. The log shows both Canadian broadcasts and the series broadcast in the US on NPR stations. Chronological Log: Date Num Title Author ------------ --- ----------------------------- ---------------- ...... aired Fridays ...... Jul 04, 1980 1 "Love & The Lonely One" John Graham Jul 11, 1980 2 "The Monkey's Paw" W.W. Jacobs Jul 18, 1980 3 "Welcome To Homerville" Don Dickenson Jul 25, 1980 4 "Hand's Off" John Graham Aug 01, 1980 5 "The Tell-Tale Heart" Edgar A. Poe Aug 08, 1980 6 "Late Special" Clint Bomphrey Aug 15, 1980 7 "Future Fear" John Graham Aug 22, 1980 8 "How Did You Get My Name?" Don Dickinson Aug 29, 1980 9 "The Body Snatchers" R.L. Stevenson Sep 05, 1980 10 "The Willoughby Obsession" G.R. Robertson Sep 12, 1980 11 "No Admittance-No Exit" Milo Ringham / Don Bailey Sep 19, 1980 12 "Wind Chill" David McCaughna Sep 26, 1980 13 "The Repossession" Arthur Samuels Oct 03, 1980 14 "The Stone Ship" W.H. Hodgson Oct 10, 1980 15 "Special Services" Martin Kinch Oct 17, 1980 16 "Buried Alive" John Graham Oct 24, 1980 17 "Last Visit" Ray Will Oct 31, 1980 18 "Ringing The Changes" Robert Aikman Nov 07, 1980 19 "The Devil's Backbone" S.D. Cameron Nov 14, 1980 20 "The Blood Countess", part 1 Raymond Canale Nov 21, 1980 21 "The Blood Countess", part 2 Raymond Canale Nov 28, 1980 22 "Deadly Developments" Arlene Ezrin Dec 05, 1980 23 "Where Does The News Come Jim Morris From?" Dec 12, 1980 24 "Where Do We Go From Here?" Max Ferguson Dec 19, 1980 25 "On Christmas Day In The M. Allingham Morning" Dec 26, 1980 26 "The Appetite Of Mr. Lucraft" Sir W. Besant Jan 02, 1981 27 "Guest Of Honor" P.S. Beagle Jan 09, 1981 28 "A Short Wave Goodbye" G.R. Robertson Jan 16, 1981 29 "They Bite" Len Peterson Jan 23, 1981 30 "Dark Side Of The Mind" Max Ferguson Jan 30, 1981 R "Welcome to Homerville" (repeat of 07-18-80) Feb 06, 1981 R "The Tell-Tale Heart" (repeat of 08-01-80) Feb 13, 1981 R "Late Special" (repeat of 08-08-80) Feb 20, 1981 R "The Monkey's Paw" (repeat of 07-11-80) Feb 27, 1981 31 "Wildcats" C. Noak Mar 06, 1981 32 "The Room" M. McCabe Mar 13, 1981 R "Windchill" (repeat of 09-19-80) Mar 20, 1981 33 "Angel's Kiss" John Graham / G.R. Robertson Mar 27, 1981 34 "The Book Of Hell" Mavor Moore Apr 03, 1981 35 "Mkara" M. McCabe Apr 10, 1981 R "The Repossession" (repeat of 09-26-80) Apr 17, 1981 36 "The Fatal Eggs" Arthur Samuels Apr 24, 1981 R ... title not known ... May 01, 1981 37 "Breaking Point" Max Ferguson May 08, 1981 R "Future Fear" (repeat of 08-15-80) May 15, 1981 38 "All-Nighter" Graham Pomeroy May 22, 1981 R "The Willoughby Obsession" (repeat of 09-05-80) ... last 1st series show ... .... no shows til 11-20 .... ...... second series ....... Nov 20, 1981 39 "Carmilla" John Douglas Nov 27, 1981 40 "In The Eye Of The Beholder" J.S. LeFany Dec 04, 1981 41 "Cemetary Stop" Margery Stewart Dec 11, 1981 42 "In The Name Of The Father" Janet Bonellie Dec 18, 1981 43 "Baby Doll" Larry LeClair Dec 25, 1981 44 "Dreamy" (Christmas Special) Len Peterson Jan 01, 1982 45 "Reunion At The Victory Cafe" Tom MacDonnel Jan 08, 1982 46 "Gerald" Bill Gray Jan 15, 1982 47 "Mindrift" Tom Clack Jan 22, 1982 48 "Your Fortune In Twenty Larry LeClair Words Or Less" Jan 29, 1982 49 "Teddy" Stephen Freygood Feb 05, 1982 50 "Child's Play" Arthur Samuels Feb 12, 1982 51 "The Club Of Dead Men" J. Wentworth Day Feb 19, 1982 52 "The Thinking Room" Tim Wynne-Jones Feb 26, 1982 53 "The Porch Light" Randy Brown Mar 05, 1982 54 "Volcano" Laurie Seligman Mar 12, 1982 55 "The Monkey's Raincoat" Charles Tidler Mar 19, 1982 56 "From My Appointed Place Sir Walter Scott Below" Mar 26, 1982 57 "The Old Post Road" Bill Lane Apr 02, 1982 58 "The Debt" J.R. Wright Apr 09, 1982 59 "Harris And The Mare" Stan Rogers Apr 16, 1982 60 "The Jogger" Tony Bell Apr 23, 1982 61 "The Screaming Skull" Marion Crawford Apr 30, 1982 62 "Mr. Agostino" Janet Bonellie May 07, 1982 63 "The Road Runs To The Sea" Tim Wynne-Jones May 14, 1982 64 "The Maid's Bell" Edith Wharton May 21, 1982 ... no show ... May 28, 1982 65 "A Glimpse Of Eternity" Ian Weir Jun 04, 1982 66 "Beyond The Law" Steve Petch Jun 11, 1982 67 "Turn Of The Blood" Thomas Hardy Jun 18, 1982 68 "Reverse Image" Arthur Samuels Jun 25, 1982 69 "Teig O'Kane And The Corpse" Douglas Hyde Jul 02, 1982 R "They Bite" (repeat of 01-16-81) Jul 09, 1982 R "Wildcats" (repeat of 02-27-81) Jul 16, 1982 R "Angel's Kiss" (repeat of 03-20-81) Jul 23, 1982 R "The Book of Hell" (repeat of 03-27-81) Jul 30, 1982 R "Mkara" (repeat of 04-03-81) Aug 06, 1982 R "The Thinking Room" (repeat of 02-19-82) Aug 13, 1982 R "Carmilla" (repeat of 11-20-81) Aug 20, 1982 R "Gerald" (repeat of 01-08-82) Aug 27, 1982 R "The Old Post Road" (repeat of 03-26-82) Sep 03, 1982 R "Last Visit" (repeat of 10-24-80) Sep 10, 1982 R "Where Do We Go from Here?" (repeat of 12-12-89) Sep 17, 1982 R "The Repossession" (repeat of 09-26-80) Sep 24, 1982 R "The Tell-Tale Heart" (repeat of 08-01-80) Oct 01, 1982 70 "This One Will Kill You" Arthur Samuels Oct 08, 1982 71 "Footsteps" Larry LeClair Oct 15, 1982 72 "Lifeline" Frank Moher Oct 22, 1982 73 "The Tie That Binds" Nika Rylski Oct 29, 1982 74 "The Dentist" Bill Gray Nov 05, 1982 75 "Assassin" John G. Fisher Nov 12, 1982 76 "Lazarus Rising" John Douglas Nov 19, 1982 77 "Young Goodman Brown" N. Hawthorne Nov 26, 1982 78 "But, Oh, What Happened To T.E. Sallows Hutchings?" Dec 03, 1982 79 "Daddy's Girl" Janet Bonellie Dec 10, 1982 80 "The Cruel Husband" Balzac Dec 17, 1982 81 "The Signalman" Charles Dickens Dec 24, 1982 ... no show ... Dec 31, 1982 82 "Watching" Bryan Wade Jan 07, 1983 83 "The Strange Odyssey Of Tim Wynne-Jones Lennis Freed" Jan 14, 1983 84 "Weather Station Four" Arthur Samuels Jan 21, 1983 85 "The Brides Of Olivera" Klara Elek Jan 28, 1983 86 "The Contract" J.R. Wright Feb 04, 1983 87 "Beauty's Beast" Burke Campbell Feb 11, 1983 88 "The Angel Of Death" Raymond Storey Feb 18, 1983 89 "Semi-Detached" Shawn Selway Feb 25, 1983 90 "A Glaze Of Perfect Beauty" Steven Freygood Mar 04, 1983 91 "No Quarter" Phil Savath Mar 11, 1983 92 "The Undertaker" Al Purdy Mar 18, 1983 93 "Private Collection" Warren Groves Mar 25, 1983 94 "The Hit" Laurence Gough Apr 01, 1983 95 "Walter's Dog" Larry LeClair Apr 08, 1983 96 "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus" Martin Kinch Apr 15, 1983 97 "The Wedding" Phil Savath Apr 22, 1983 98 "Hypnotized" Jesse Bodyan Apr 29, 1983 99 "After Sunset" Brian Taylor May 06, 1983 100 "Servants Of Cerberus" Mary Baldridge May 13, 1983 101 "Waters Under The Bridge" G. Charlebois May 20, 1983 102 "A Fall Of Moondust", Part 1 May 27, 1983 103 "A Fall Of Moondust", Part 2 Jun 03, 1983 104 "A Fall Of Moondust", Part 3 Jun 10, 1983 105 "The Chrysalids", Part 1 Jun 17, 1983 106 "The Chrysalids", Part 2 Jun 24, 1983 107 "The Chrysalids", Part 3 ... last 2nd series show ... NPR REBROADCASTS: Date Num Title ------------ --- ----------------------------------- ...... aired Fridays ...... Oct 02, 1981 1 "Love and the Lonely One" Oct 09, 1981 2 "The Body Snatchers" Oct 16, 1981 3 "The Willoughby Obsession" Oct 23, 1981 4 "No Admittance - No Exit" Oct 30, 1981 5 "The Repossession" Nov 06, 1981 6 "Wind Chill" Nov 13, 1981 7 "Last Visit" Nov 20, 1981 8 "Deadly Developements" Nov 27, 1981 9 "Where Does the News Come From?" Dec 04, 1981 10 "Where Do We Go from Here?" Dec 11, 1981 11 "Welcome to Homerville" Dec 18, 1981 12 "Hands Off" Dec 25, 1981 13 "The Appetite of Mr. Lucraft" Jan 01, 1982 14 "Guest of Honor" Jan 08, 1982 15 "Angel's Kiss" Jan 15, 1982 16 "The Book of Hell" Jan 22, 1982 17 "Mkara" Jan 29, 1982 18 "The Monkey's Paw" Feb 05, 1982 19 "Wildcats" Feb 12, 1982 20 "Ringing the Changes" Feb 19, 1982 21 "A Short Wave Goodbye" Feb 26, 1982 22 "They Bite" Mar 05, 1982 23 "The Tell-Tale Heart" Mar 12, 1982 24 "All Nighter" Mar 19, 1982 25 "Carmilla" Mar 26, 1982 26 "Late Special" Apr 02, 1982 27 "Child's Play" Apr 09, 1982 28 "The Fatal Eggs" Apr 16, 1982 29 "The Stone Ship" Apr 23, 1982 30 "Gerald" Apr 30, 1982 31 "Special Services" May 07, 1982 32 "Teddy" May 14, 1982 33 "The Thinking Room" May 21, 1982 34 "The Club of Dead Men" May 28, 1982 35 "In the Eye of the Beholder" Jun 04, 1982 36 "The Debt" Jun 11, 1982 37 "From My Appointed Place Below" Jun 18, 1982 38 "The Old Post Road" Jun 25, 1982 39 "Harris and the Mare" References: * "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514 Other Logs or Books: * NIGHTFALL log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com) Last Update: May 20, 2004 This log is informational only and does not imply that I have these shows for trade or sale. 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