Great Ghost Tales

Serie TV
1961
30min

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThe last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, ... Leggi tuttoThe last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, many of which were adapted from stories by famous authors like Conrad Aiken and Edgar Alla... Leggi tuttoThe last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, many of which were adapted from stories by famous authors like Conrad Aiken and Edgar Allan Poe.

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Frank Gallop

Host

• 1961

Robert Duvall

William Wilson

• 1961

Lois Nettleton

Beatrice Dean

• 1961

Richard Thomas

Conradin

• 1961

Lee Grant

Lucy Morrison

• 1961

Walter Matthau

Defago

• 1961

Kevin McCarthy

Jerry

• 1961

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Emily Hunter

• 1961

Barbara Barrie

Paula

• 1961

Collin Wilcox Paxton

• 1961

Howard McNear

Innkeeper

• 1961

Arthur Hill

Horace Kipper

• 1961

William Hansen

• 1961

James Broderick

• 1961

William Redfield

• 1961

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10berserkcoyote

These stories haunted me for years!

I watched this show when I was 10 (I wasn't allowed to watch it, but my mom was at work so...). One episode concerned a mirror that held a lot more than one's reflection. For years afterwards I couldn't look in a mirror without real fear & a sense of dread. And The Monkey's Paw -- terrifying! I would love to watch them again & see if they were truly as scary as I remember. Maybe being "live" made them seem more real.

tomneiman

Similarity

This show was remarkably similar to Way Out which aired on CBS from 3/31/61 to 7/14/61. They both were televised live on video in New York City. They focused on the ghostly, the unexplainable, the supernatural. Just as Way Out was short lived with 14 episodes so was Great Ghost Tales with 12 episodes. Great Ghost Tales aired on NBC from 7/6/61 to 9/21/61.

Because both were short lived and have become obscure with the passing of time, I doubt if any video company will place them on market to the public. Maybe CBS and NBC could work out a deal with people like myself and others whose heart was big over the episodes of Way Out and Great Ghost Tales.

ryanerin-72028

"The Wendigo"

I think I only saw one or two episodes of this show, so long ago. But that episode was never forgotten: "The Wendigo", based on a story by Algernon Blackwood. The utter horror of this tale was something I had never encountered at that young age.

I found the story to read (it's easy to find) and it's even more horrific. A real nightmare.

Too bad, but the TV series was broadcast live, so few tapings of it are in existence. However, you never know when some archivist may turn up with unexpected copies that might be issued so we can all see this show again.

9djholman2002

Haunting series I've never forgotten

I was but a lad of 9 years when this series was broadcast. The individual episodes were uneven in quality, but the best (including "Number 13," "The Wendigo" and "Mr. Arcularis") gave me delightful nightmares. They were live broadcasts and at their best had a stark, riveting quality. The source materials included classic stories by Poe, Algernon Blackwood and other masters of horror. In fact, I was introduced to dark fantasy literature through TV shows like this and "Thriller." It would be great if someone could issue these on DVD or video, because their subtlety would be a revelation and an object lesson for those viewers used to the overly-explicit horror of recent decades.