Weird Circle - Chills! Thrills! Suspense!

The Weird Circle was a syndicated radio drama series produced in New York and originally broadcast between 1943-1945.

It lasted two seasons, 39 shows each, and all of which are available on RUSC. The shows consisted mostly of radio adaptations of classic horror stories from the pens of the world's best known and respected supernatural fiction authors like Edgar Alan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Charles Dickens. 

Today you can download the last of the Weird Circle shows in the RUSC collection, a thriller called Markheim.

I remember reading Markheim as a child and then being introduced to it by accident once more as a young man when I bought an anthology of short stories called "Ghosts for Christmas."

As with many supernatural thrillers or tales with a twist it is difficult to adequately write a review without giving away the plot. I could for instance tell you that the original story might have been a potential precursor for "A Christmas Carol" if it were not for the fact that the Dickensian novella predated it by 41 years. 

We can be safe to say though, that although the literary Markheim may not be the parent of the better known "Scrooge" he is very much the sibling.

In this radio version (which departs considerably from the original text), Markheim is a man who discovers the truth of his soul and the strange force that has been propelling him ever forward. A voice from the darkness within him holds the key to his deceit and will not easily let him escape...

Happy listening my friends,