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Quiet, Please | Old Time Radio
by Old Time Retro Radio
Quiet, Please | Old Time Radio brings you haunting mystery, supernatural drama, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy from the golden age of radio. Enter eerie stories of strange encounters, impossible events, troubled characters, and the unsettling unknown. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Created by Wyllis Cooper and starring Ernest Chappell, Quiet, Please became one of radio’s most distinctive and atmospheric anthology series, known for intelligent writing and haunting storytelling. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, mystery, suspense, psychological drama, dark fantasy, and vintage radio.
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Quiet, Please - "How Are You, Pal?" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “How Are You, Pal?,” episode 14 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast September 10, 1947. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama was written, produced, and directed by Wyllis Cooper and features Ernest Chappell as Dane.Newly returned to New York, Dane speaks directly to an old friend over the radio, revisiting their shared youth, an old romance, and the uneasy memories between them. As his intimate account unfolds, hints about the years he has been away give the reunion an increasingly tense edge.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:48 Original Broadcast31:49 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Green Light" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Green Light,” episode 34 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast January 26, 1948.While waiting for a train to California, former railroad telegrapher Phil Conners recalls a lonely night shift at a small lumber-town depot decades earlier. An unexpected train, uneasy signals, and the darkness beyond the tracks turn a familiar railroad routine into an unsettling mystery. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, the episode stars Ernest Chappell as Phil Conners, with Anne Seymour as Addy Dorsey.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:43 Original Broadcast24:34 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Never Send to Know" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Never Send to Know,” episode 40 of Wyllis Cooper’s Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on March 8, 1948.Private detective Kramer receives an extraordinary client: a ghost with money to spend, but no memory of his own name or death. Drawn into a supernatural murder inquiry built from fragmentary clues, Kramer follows a shadowy trail in this noir-tinged mystery starring Ernest Chappell.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:38 Original Broadcast29:21 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Gem of Purest Ray" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Gem of Purest Ray,” episode 50 of the classic radio series Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on May 17, 1948. Written by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System, the episode stars Ernest Chappell as Dr. Moraitis.Questioned by Sergeant Papus after a series of killings, Dr. Moraitis recounts an obsession with old charts pointing toward Atlantis—and a deep-sea expedition undertaken with his assistant, Betty Chase. What begins as a police confession becomes an eerie tale of unfathomed waters, lost civilizations, and dangerous knowledge.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:53 Original Broadcast29:57 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "The Pathetic Fallacy" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “The Pathetic Fallacy,” episode 35 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on February 2, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System, the episode stars Ernest Chappell with Charita Bauer, Michael Fitzmaurice, and Vicki Vola.During a press demonstration of a vast electronic calculator, technician Mr. Quinn insists that the room-filling machine is only a mechanical tool. But when its answers begin to raise troubling questions, reporters Alice King and Sandy Burns follow a light, speculative fantasy about technology, intelligence, and an increasingly personal public embarrassment.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast29:54 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "I Have Been Looking for You" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “I Have Been Looking for You,” episode 2 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on June 15, 1947. This Mutual Broadcasting System drama was written, produced, and directed by Wyllis Cooper and stars Ernest Chappell and Claudia Morgan.In this intimate, melancholy supernatural romance, a man and woman who do not know one another’s names recall a lifetime of distant voices, dreams, chance glimpses, and near-misses. Their memories stretch from childhood through wartime and into postwar New York City, where crowded streets seem to keep drawing them toward an elusive connection.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction01:00 Original Broadcast30:46 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Rain on New Year's Eve" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Rain on New Year’s Eve,” episode 30 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on December 29, 1947. Written and directed by series creator Wyllis Cooper, this Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Ernest Chappell, with Muriel Kirkland and Pat O’Malley.On a rain-soaked California New Year’s Eve, an exhausted screenwriter and his secretary struggle to keep up with a demanding director’s constant rewrites on a low-budget horror film. As the pressure of the studio grind builds, the picture’s eerie monster begins to haunt the edges of a darkly comic supernatural tale.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast25:18 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "A Ribbon of Lincoln Green" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “A Ribbon of Lincoln Green,” episode 11 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast August 30, 1947. This local archival recording features a story written and directed by Wyllis Cooper.As Allied forces withdraw toward Dunkirk in May 1940, American Captain Robert “Bobbie” Hood of Britain’s King’s Royal Rifle Corps recounts desperate fighting amid the shattered ruins of Calais. Ernest Chappell stars in this wartime fantasy, where battlefield confusion and echoes of the Robin Hood legend converge.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:44 Original Broadcast29:34 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Let the Lilies Consider" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Let the Lilies Consider,” episode 55 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on June 28, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System, it stars Ernest Chappell as the troubled James Roderick.Questioned about his wife’s disappearance, Roderick recounts his unusual devotion to flowers—and the enormous lily growing in his garden. As a police statement becomes increasingly uneasy, this eerie domestic mystery explores the possibility that plant life may have feelings of its own.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast24:14 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Light the Lamp for Me" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Light the Lamp for Me,” originally broadcast on September 26, 1948. This is episode 67 of the classic ABC radio series, written and directed by Wyllis Cooper and featuring Ernest Chappell.Historical writer Manfred discovers an ancient bronze lamp at California’s San Fernando Mission—and its unsettling rules open a path to other times. A moody, reflective fantasy of history, memory, and possibility, the episode also features Pat O’Malley and Kathleen Niday.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:47 Original Broadcast30:05 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "The Evening and the Morning" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “The Evening and the Morning,” originally broadcast on November 14, 1948. This archival recording is episode 74 of Wyllis Cooper’s celebrated suspense series.At a cemetery following a funeral, a condemned man and his escort begin a tense, haunting journey shaped by grief, memory, and an unsettling superstition about flowers taken from graves. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for ABC, the episode features Ernest Chappell and reworks elements from Cooper’s earlier Lights Out! drama, Reunion After Death.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:39 Original Broadcast28:14 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Kill Me Again" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Kill Me Again,” episode 24 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on November 17, 1947. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System, this sustaining broadcast stars Ernest Chappell as hard-up writer Joe Davis, with James Monks as the businesslike Mr. Hellman.When Joe is offered an extraordinary bargain, he finds himself dealing with contracts, temptation, and a highly experienced businessman whose interests extend well beyond the ordinary world. A darkly comic supernatural tale in the Faustian tradition, it also features Peggy Stanley and Pat O’Malley.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast24:51 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Summer Goodbye" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Quiet, Please presents “Summer Goodbye,” episode 84 of the classic radio series Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on January 23, 1949.In late-summer Southern California, Noel and Madeleine race through the dry canyon country toward an isolated hideout known as Shangri-La, carrying stolen money and mounting fear. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, this rain-haunted suspense story features Ernest Chappell and Cathleen Cordell.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:40 Original Broadcast29:39 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Take Me Out to the Graveyard" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Take Me Out to the Graveyard,” episode 22 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on November 3, 1947. This early Mutual Broadcasting System installment was written and directed by series creator Wyllis Cooper and stars Ernest Chappell as cabdriver Julius Peterson.Julius recounts a disturbing run of nighttime fares from passengers who all want the same destination: the graveyard. As the requests grow more unsettling, an ordinary city cab route becomes a tense journey into fate and the supernatural.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:42 Original Broadcast25:17 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Three Thousand Words" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Three Thousand Words,” episode 62 of the classic radio series Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on August 23, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System, the drama stars Ernest Chappell with Anne Seymour, Don Briggs, Kathleen Deday, and Lon Clark.On a snowy winter night, Hubert and Virginia’s lucrative spiritualist scheme takes an unexpected turn when Hubert’s hard-pressed brother Monk arrives with a talent for woodworking. In a house devoted to fraudulent séances, the partners find new ways to persuade grieving clients—but mounting pressure tests their uneasy arrangement.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:46 Original Broadcast22:22 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Northern Lights" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Quiet, Please presents “Northern Lights,” episode 85 of the classic radio series Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on January 30, 1949. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, the ABC drama features Ernest Chappell as Paul, with Dan Sutter as his laboratory assistant, Norman.In a winter laboratory, Paul and Norman test an experimental device meant to displace objects through time. When a routine trial produces an unnervingly cold result—and an unexpected visitor appears as the aurora borealis burns outside—their scientific investigation takes on an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:49 Original Broadcast29:51 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Nothing Behind the Door" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Nothing Behind the Door,” episode 1 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on June 8, 1947. This local archival recording preserves the series premiere, written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System.Ross recalls a trip to Mount Wilson Observatory with two Cleveland associates, where a fenced-off corrugated-iron building, a locked door, and an astronomer’s unsettling insistence that it contains “nothing” spark their curiosity. Ernest Chappell stars as Ross, alongside Morton Thompson, Pat O’Malley, and James Van Dyk.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:47 Original Broadcast29:54 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Good Ghost" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Good Ghost,” episode 71 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on October 24, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for ABC, the episode features Ernest Chappell as Gus.In 1948 Chicago, Gus wakes to find himself in an alarming new state and sets out through the city to seek answers. His good-natured efforts to help the people caught up in his predicament make for a darkly comic, increasingly uneasy supernatural story.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:39 Original Broadcast30:08 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Where Do You Get Your Ideas?" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Quiet, Please presents “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?,” episode 88 of the classic radio series Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on February 20, 1949. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for ABC, this sustaining broadcast is preserved here from a local archival recording.Near closing time in a quiet bar, an insistent radio fan corners a reserved writer of fantastic stories with one persistent question: where do you get your ideas? Ernest Chappell stars as the increasingly tipsy Basil Gitlitz in this darkly comic, self-aware fantasy, with Kathleen Niday and Charles Egleston also featured.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:41 Original Broadcast27:49 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Come In, Eddie" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Come In, Eddie,” episode 26 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast December 1, 1947. Written, directed, and produced by Wyllis Cooper, this Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Ernest Chappell as Arnold and Les Tremayne as Jim Paxton.Late at night in the former home of Arnold’s deceased friend Eddie, Arnold and Jim Paxton share drinks by the fire while an old secret presses closer. As their conversation grows uneasy, strange signs suggest that Eddie’s presence may not be entirely in the past.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:50 Original Broadcast24:30 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Portrait of a Character" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Quiet, Please presents “Portrait of a Character,” episode 82 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on January 9, 1949. Written and directed by series creator Wyllis Cooper, this ABC-era drama features Ernest Chappell, Athena Lord, and Charles Eggleston.A talkative trumpet player brings his battered horn to an instrument-repair shop and waits for it to be fixed. As he talks, he recounts his growing concern over a man and woman whose disregard for his employer’s rules is met with an unsettling patience.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:44 Original Broadcast31:39 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "My Son, John" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “My Son, John,” episode 76 of the classic radio series, originally broadcast on November 28, 1948. Written and directed by series creator Wyllis Cooper for ABC, the drama stars Ernest Chappell as the father, with Warren Stevens and Cathleen Cordell.A lonely father, shattered by the loss of his only son in the Army, seeks help from a woman who claims knowledge of forces beyond ordinary understanding. This somber tale of grief, devotion, and dangerous hope unfolds largely in the shadows of the father’s home.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:36 Original Broadcast30:22 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "The Ticket Taker" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “The Ticket Taker,” episode 4 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on June 29, 1947. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, the Mutual Broadcasting System drama features Ernest Chappell.In sweltering Chicago, three underworld fugitives hide behind drawn shades with stolen money and mounting fear. As they arrange their separate escapes, a strange old man begins appearing at transit points, asking certain travelers for a ticket no one recalls carrying. Cooper turns a hard-boiled gangland setup into an unsettling tale of pursuit and dread.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:45 Original Broadcast30:20 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Camera Obscura" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Camera Obscura,” episode 19 of the classic radio series Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on October 13, 1947. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, the Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Ernest Chappell and Charita Bauer.In Santa Monica, a man named Si tells of a troubling secret tied to a missing man, a distraught young waitress, and the real camera obscura in Palisades Park. Within its darkened room, a lens and mirror project the living world outside—and perhaps bring the past uncomfortably close.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:39 Original Broadcast24:30 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Clarissa" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Clarissa,” episode 46 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on April 19, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System, the drama stars Ernest Chappell as Jesse, with Bruno Wick and Peggy Stanley.A young writer takes a cheap room in an isolated, decaying house, where its secretive longtime owner refuses to explain the faint sound of a child singing somewhere upstairs. As the cold, silent house and its guarded inhabitants deepen Jesse’s unease, his curiosity about the unseen Clarissa grows.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:47 Original Broadcast30:57 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "The Thing on the Fourble Board" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “The Thing on the Fourble Board,” episode 60 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System on August 9, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, this celebrated suspense drama stars Ernest Chappell as Porky, with Van Sutter and Pat O’Malley.At an isolated oil derrick, roughneck Porky recalls a night shift spent waiting for well cement to set. A deep core sample, an uneasy geologist, and strange sounds high on the rig’s narrow fourble board turn an ordinary shutdown into a mounting nightmare.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:45 Original Broadcast30:38 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Don't Tell Me About Halloween" (Old Time Radio, 1947)
Quiet, Please presents “Don’t Tell Me About Halloween,” episode 21 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on October 27, 1947. This Halloween supernatural fantasy was written and directed by series creator Wyllis Cooper for the Mutual Broadcasting System.On Halloween eve, Craig, a historian carrying a secret from colonial Salem, prepares for another visit from his enigmatic wife, Candace. As he recalls the strange rules that have shaped their centuries-long relationship, old Salem and a remote cottage become settings for a haunting tale starring Ernest Chappell and Charita Bauer.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:51 Original Broadcast25:39 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Thirteen and Eight" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Thirteen and Eight,” episode 47 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on April 26, 1948. Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, this Mutual Broadcasting System drama stars Ernest Chappell as news photographer Rocco.At a crowded breaking-news assignment, Rocco spots a suspicious figure trying to enter a newspaper photograph—but none of the other photographers can see him, and the developed image offers no proof. As the strange sightings continue, a familiar warning among press photographers takes on an unsettling new meaning.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:43 Original Broadcast29:50 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "Is This Murder?" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Quiet, Please presents “Is This Murder?,” episode 83 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on January 16, 1949. This ABC radio play was written and directed by Wyllis Cooper and features Ernest Chappell, Dan O’Herlihy, and Joyce Gordon.An inventor of artificial limbs seeks legal advice with an unsettling question about murder. In his workshop, his assistant’s fascination with Frankenstein and a mysterious mechanical man lead to an uneasy exploration of invention, identity, and the limits of human ambition.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:49 Original Broadcast29:30 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - "The room where the ghosts live" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
Quiet, Please presents “Theroomwheretheghostslive,” episode 32 of Quiet, Please, originally broadcast on January 12, 1948. This Mutual Broadcasting System supernatural drama was written and directed by Wyllis Cooper and features Ernest Chappell.A gravely ill man refuses to leave his old house for medical care, instead confiding in his doctor about the unsettling presence connected to a concealed room within the home. James Van Dyk and Claudia Morgan appear in this intimate, atmospheric ghost story.Quiet, Please presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:42 Original Broadcast25:01 ClosingSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - The Thing On The F Our B L E Board [episode 60] Broadcast 8/9/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - The Thing On The F Our B L E Board [episode 60] Broadcast 8/9/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - Its L At E R Than You T H In K [episode 59] Broadcast 8/2/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - Its L At E R Than You T H In K [episode 59] Broadcast 8/2/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - Themanwhostoleaplanet [episode 58] Broadcast 7/26/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - Themanwhostoleaplanet [episode 58] Broadcast 7/26/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - Aslongasilive [episode 57] Broadcast 7/19/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - Aslongasilive [episode 57] Broadcast 7/19/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - Letthelilliesconsider [episode 55] Broadcast 6/28/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - Letthelilliesconsider [episode 55] Broadcast 6/28/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - Gemofpurestray [episode 50] Broadcast 5/17/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - Gemofpurestray [episode 50] Broadcast 5/17/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - Howbeautifuluponthemountain [episode 48] Broadcast 5/3/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - Howbeautifuluponthemountain [episode 48] Broadcast 5/3/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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Quiet, Please - 13And8 [episode 47] Broadcast 4/26/1948
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Quiet, Please - 13And8 [episode 47] Broadcast 4/26/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, suspense, westerns, comedy, and unforgettable performances through sound alone. Source: OTRR dot org – Certified Public Domain Collection. Curated by Old Time Retro Radio. 🎧 Listen to Old Time Retro Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dFH0gZwZezNR6ByWIhFgb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quiet-please/id1852399494 📻 Search Old Time Retro Radio on your favorite podcast app to explore the complete collection. #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeBroadcast #ClassicRadio #VintageAudio #RadioTheaterSupport Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Quiet, Please | Old Time Radio brings you haunting mystery, supernatural drama, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy from the golden age of radio. Enter eerie stories of strange encounters, impossible events, troubled characters, and the unsettling unknown. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Created by Wyllis Cooper and starring Ernest Chappell, Quiet, Please became one of radio’s most distinctive and atmospheric anthology series, known for intelligent writing and haunting storytelling. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, mystery, suspense, psychological drama, dark fantasy, and vintage radio.
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