Beyond Midnight
Beyond Midnight was a South African radio horror anthology series that ran from 1968 to 1970 on Springbok Radio. The program "was a replacement series for SF'68. Michael McCabe served as producer, and adapted stories for both series'. Unlike its sci-fi predecessor, Beyond Midnight served up stories with a supernatural bent."[1]
Episodes
| Episode | Title [AKA] | Adapted by / based on story by | Airdate |
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| 1 | "The Marble Knights" | MIchael McCabe | November 1, 1968 |
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| 2 | "The Paxton's House [House At Brickett Bottom]" | MIchael McCabe | November 8, 1968 |
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| 3 | "The Monkey's Paw" | MIchael McCabe | November 15, 1968 |
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| 4 | "The Phantom Coach" | MIchael McCabe | November 22, 1968 |
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| 5 | "Spider-Phobia" | MIchael McCabe | November 29, 1968 |
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| 6 | "The Late Mr. Elsham" | MIchael McCabe | December 6, 1968 |
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| 7 | "Harry" | MIchael McCabe | December 13, 1968 |
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| 8 | "A Beautiful Viper" | MIchael McCabe | December 20, 1968 |
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| 9 | "Smee" | MIchael McCabe | December 27, 1968 |
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| 10 | "Short Circuit" | MIchael McCabe / Charles Eric Maine | January 3, 1969 |
| A steel fortress, Fasburger's fortress, impenetrable, impregnable. | |||
| 11 | "No-Name Baby" | MIchael McCabe | January 10, 1969 |
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| 12 | "The Honeymooners [Honeymoon]" | MIchael McCabe | January 17, 1969 |
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| 13 | "Lanceford House" | MIchael McCabe | January 24, 1969 |
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| 14 | "A Night In The Waxworks [Waxwork]" | MIchael McCabe / A. M. Burrage[2] | January 31, 1969 |
| I'd hate to sleep alone down there amongst them... you're in for a very uncomfortable night. | |||
| 15 | "Vulture People" | MIchael McCabe | February 7, 1969 |
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| 16 | "The Phantom Groom" | MIchael McCabe | February 14, 1969 |
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| 17 | "Insect Man [Insects]" | MIchael McCabe | February 21, 1969 |
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| 18 | "All At Sea" | MIchael McCabe | February 28, 1969 |
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| 19 | "Eloise's Whereabouts [40th Birthday]" | MIchael McCabe | March 7, 1969 |
| Thus, Robert Homes found himself with a sole possibility: in order for Eloise to die, he would have to kill her himself | |||
| 20 | "The Dream" | MIchael McCabe | March 14, 1969 |
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| 21 | "The House Was A Sphinx" | MIchael McCabe | March 21, 1969 |
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| 22 | "The Train" | MIchael McCabe | March 28, 1969 |
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| XX | "Unknown Episode" | MIchael McCabe | April 4, 1969 |
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| 23 | "The Evil Face [Let Me See Your Face]" | MIchael McCabe / A. M. Burrage | April 11, 1969 |
| It's a queer, and rather terrible story... no one but he knows what the sight was that sent him off his head for six months, and turned his hair as white as snow. "This is a South African radio adaptation of A.M. Burrage's story, though he is not credited.[3]" ""One Who Saw" was first published in Jarrolds in 1931.[4]" | |||
| 24 | "A True Ghost Story" | MIchael McCabe | April 18, 1969 |
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| 25 | "The Wedding" | MIchael McCabe | April 25, 1969 |
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| 26 | "Yarrow" | MIchael McCabe | May 2, 1969 |
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| 27 | "Hobart [A Man Called Hobard]" | MIchael McCabe | May 9, 1969 |
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| XX | "Unknown Episode" | MIchael McCabe | May 16, 1969 |
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| 28 | "Little Happenthatch" | MIchael McCabe | May 23, 1969 |
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| 29 | "Borneo" | MIchael McCabe | May 30, 1969 |
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| 30 | "The Yellow Room" | MIchael McCabe | June 6, 1969 |
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| 31 | "Arsenic" | MIchael McCabe | June 13, 1969 |
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| 32 | "Sir Dominic's Bargain [The Man Who Lost His Soul]" | MIchael McCabe / Sheridan Le Fanu | June 20, 1969 |
| ...it was there Sir Dominic Sarsfield first met the Devil... and a bad meeting it was, for him and his. | |||
| 33 | "The House [The Visits]" | MIchael McCabe | June 27, 1969 |
| Just remember that you've met an honest old man who has seen a ghost. More I cannot tell you, now. | |||
| 34 | "Sammy" | MIchael McCabe | July 4, 1969 |
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| 35 | "The Paul Henry Expedition [A Smile To Drive You Mad]" | MIchael McCabe | July 11, 1969 |
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| 36 | "The Jokester" | MIchael McCabe | July 18, 1969 |
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| 37 | "Under The Hull Tree [Under The Hav Tree]" | MIchael McCabe | July 25, 1969 |
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| 38 | "The Crystal Ball" | MIchael McCabe | August 1, 1969 |
| "The final chapter of any autobiography must remain...unwritten" | |||
| 39 | "Mrs. Taber's Killer" | MIchael McCabe | August 8, 1969 |
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| 40 | "Fellini The Great [The Great Fellini]" | MIchael McCabe | August 15, 1969 |
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| 41 | "The Happy Return" | MIchael McCabe | August 22, 1969 |
| We pulled into a small circular sea enclosed by gaunt cliffs... and then we were under the hull of the Happy Return. We clambered up on the deck of the ghost ship. | |||
| 42 | "Take Your Partners" | MIchael McCabe / Ronald Blythe | August 29, 1969 |
| When I was young, though, dancing was a serious thing, a serious thing. "Take Your Partners" was first published in The Third Ghost Book in 1955.[4] | |||
| 43 | "The Werewolf" | MIchael McCabe | September 5, 1969 |
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| XX | "Unknown Episode" | MIchael McCabe | September 12, 1969 |
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| 44 | "Radiation" | MIchael McCabe | September 19, 1969 |
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| 45 | "Turning To Marble" | MIchael McCabe | September 26, 1969 |
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| 46 | "A Man's Worth" | MIchael McCabe | October 3, 1969 |
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| 47 | "Something Haunts This House" | MIchael McCabe | October 10, 1969 |
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| 48 | "White Revised" | MIchael McCabe | October 17, 1969 |
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| 49 | "Storybook Man" | MIchael McCabe | October 24, 1969 |
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| 50 | "Uninvited Face" | MIchael McCabe | October 31, 1969 |
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| 51 | "The Cigarette Case" | MIchael McCabe | November 7, 1969 |
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| 52 | "Mexican Mario" | MIchael McCabe | November 14, 1969 |
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| 53 | "The Voice" | MIchael McCabe | November 21, 1969 |
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| 54 | "Rendezvous" | MIchael McCabe | November 28, 1969 |
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| 55 | "Watches By The Dead" | MIchael McCabe | December 5, 1969 |
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| 56 | "The Manor House" | MIchael McCabe | December 12, 1969 |
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| 57 | "Cliffs OF Bembridge" | MIchael McCabe | December 19, 1969 |
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| 58 | "The Door In The Wall" | MIchael McCabe | December 26, 1969 |
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| 59 | "Sarah" | MIchael McCabe | January 2, 1970 |
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| 60 | "Rupert Orange [What Happened To Rupert Orange]" | MIchael McCabe | January 9, 1970 |
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| 61 | "The Thirteenth Elephant" | MIchael McCabe | January 16, 1970 |
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| 62 | "The Bonanza" | MIchael McCabe | January 23, 1970 |
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| 63 | "The Visitors" | MIchael McCabe | February 3, 1970 |
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| 64 | "The 56 G's" | MIchael McCabe | February 20, 1970 |
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| 65 | "The Picture" | MIchael McCabe | February 27, 1970 |
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| 66 | "Impala" | MIchael McCabe | March 6, 1970 |
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| 67 | "The Incomplete Corpse" | MIchael McCabe | March 13, 1970 |
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| 68 | "Arthur's Return" | MIchael McCabe | March 20, 1970 |
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| XX | "Unknown Episode" | MIchael McCabe | March 27, 1970 |
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| XX | "Unknown Episode" | MIchael McCabe | April 3, 1970 |
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| 69 | "Mr. McGraw And His Victim [McGraw Shoots Stoney]" | MIchael McCabe | April 10, 1970 |
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| 70 | "An Evil Memory Of Julia Wright" | MIchael McCabe | April 17, 1970 |
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| 71 | "The Speciality Of The House" | MIchael McCabe | April 24, 1970 |
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References
- ↑ "Relic Radio". Relic Radio: Old Time Radio Show Info.
- ↑ "The Waxwork". Scary for Kids.
- ↑ "One Who Saw'/'Let Me See Your Face". YouTube.
- 1 2 "Beyond Midnight plotlines". The OTR Plot Spot.
External links
- Radio Horror Hosts
- OTR Plot Spot: Beyond Midnight - plot summaries and reviews.
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