The Black Mass
1963 - 1970
Above image courtesy of Tune In For Terror © 1992
From KPFA (Pacifica radio) studios in Berkeley comes this series. They were dramatic readings of classic literature with dark themes. Authors included Ambrose Bierce, Bram Stoker, Henry James, Franz Kafka, Feddor Dostoyevski, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.P. Lovecraft, among others. A couple of the recordings were later released on Lp, ones with stories by H.P. Lovecraft (including Rats In The Wall). No host or series intro or credits were included on this record. The reader would narrate while music and sound effects played in the background. Voices of other characters would also appear, but the narration was dominant. Only 31 episodes are listed on broadcast logs. Whether that's because some were lost, or because they were only occasionally produced, is not currently verifiable.
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