"The 4:15 Express" (Aired January 17, 1944)
The primarily first-person narrative of most of the stories chosen made them relatively easy to convert into script form: introduce a narrator, establish the scene, and then carry on with the plot. And, of course, since they were out of copyright, there were no literary rights to be paid -- a sizeable cost savings for any producer looking to budget a weekly series, then or now. "The Weird Circle" was produced in New York City by the National Broadcasting Company, under the auspices of its Radio-Recording Division. Though best known for live programs over its Red and Blue Networks, NBC produced and recorded a great many shows for syndication to local stations.
THIS EPISODE:
January 17, 1944. Program #21. NBC syndication. "The 4:15 Express". Commercials added locally. A ghost on the train leads to robbery, and murder. The date is approximate. Amelia Edwards (author). 24:03. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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