Rappaccini's Daughter (by Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Man and the Snake (by Ambrose Bierce) The Tell Tale Heart (by Edgar Allan Poe) THE WORLD’S GREATEST SHORT STORIES La Grande Bretèche (by Honoré de Balzac) I’ve also posted episodes of Olmsted’s other series Nelson Olmsted’s Playhouse (1946), Story for Tonight (1947), Nelson Olmsted’s Short Stories (1947) and Sleep No More (1956). While I’ve managed to track down several episodes in high quality FLAC (lossless) and Mp3 pulled from good sources, unfortunately most are in low quality sound, which I’ll replace if I find better versions. From Horror Stars on Radio by Ronald L. Voice-over artists who often recorded for the burgeoning spoken arts labels-performers such as Alexander Scourby, Norman Rose and Martin Donegan - did not use the technique. In this regard, he was one of the last narrators showing the influence of old-time radio.
Olmsted did, his voice tightening up as if he actually did have two hands around his throat. Most actors, reading a Fitz-James O'Brien line like, "I felt two sinewy hands grasp me around the throat endeavoring to choke me," would not act it out. Olmsted's skill at narration, and in assuming the voices of each character as he told the tale, led to a variety of programs, such as Story for Today and World's Greatest Stories. By 1940 the storytelling show was on NBC for a 10 year run.” That was way back in 1939 - and it worked. WBAP gave me some time with which to experiment.
Especially the work of that great dramatist who never wrote a play - Edgar Allan Poe. The cheapest drama for radio I could think of was good literature, read aloud. What to do about it? Dramatic shows cost money and there were no budgets. the announcer's life seemed endlessly sterile. For the album notes on his Sleep No More album, he offered a bit of biography: on Januin Minnesota, he was raised in Texas, where he became an announcer for local radio stations. Nelson Olmsted was one of the last great radio horror performers.
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