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This Week's Glowing Dial Program Schedule: Halloween Special Big John & Steve scare up a Halloween tribute to Edgar Allen Poe in EPISODE NET 37 of The Glowing Dial in which we present radio adaptations & dramatic readings of some of the works of ..... Edgar Allen Poe  The Hall of Fantasy - "The Cask of Amontillado" originally aired January 19, 1953 on MUTUAL Starring: Richard Thorne, Carl Grayson, Janice Jeffries, Paul Condless, George Bower announcing. Sponsor: unknown "The Cask of Amontillado" was originally published in the fall of 1846 in "Godey's Lady's Book".   Listen to Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Cask of Amontillado". Mystery in the Air - "The Black Cat" originally aired September 18, 1947 on NBC Starring: Peter Lorre, Laureen Tuttle, Henry (Harry) Morgan as the Voice of Mystery, Michael Roy announcing the commercials. Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes "The Black Cat" was originally published on August 19, 1843 in the "United States Saturday Post".   Listen to Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Black Cat". Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "The Tell-Tale Heart" originally aired August 3, 1941 on NBC Blue Starring: Boris Karloff, Everett Sloane, Santos Ortega, Raymond Edward Johnson as Raymond your host, Ed Herlihy announcing. Sponsor: Carter's Little Liver Pills "The Tell-Tale Heart" was originally published in 1843 in "The Pioneer".   Listen to Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart". Suspense - "The Pit and the Pendulum" originally aired November 10, 1957 on CBS Starring: Vincent Price, Ellen Morgan, Jay Novello, Ben Wright, John Hoyt, George Walsh  announcing. Sponsors: Kent Cigarettes, Pontiac, Ex-Lax, RCA Records "The Pit and the Pendulum" was originally written by Poe in June of 1842.   Listen to Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Pit and the Pendulum". The Columbia Workshop - "Metzengerstein" originally aired December 16, 1937 on CBS Starring: Stefan Schnabel, Karl Swenson, Kenneth Roberts announcing. Music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. Sustained Basil Rathbone performs dramatic readings of two Poe classics: "The Bells" first published in "Sartain's Union Magazine" in November, 1849 & "The Raven" first published in 1845 running time: 3 hours, 27 minutes, 38 seconds