WGN 720 AM - Chicago, Illinois
From
webpage:
Friday, October 28
6 -10 pm: Dave Plier - Halloween Radio Special
6:20pm Lauren Lapka from the WGN Radio Newsroom will join Dave in studio to talk about reporting on the paranormal and her elaborate pumpkin carving
6:38pm Dave and Lauren welcome author Adam Selzer to chat about his new book ‘Graceland Cemetery: Chicago Stories, Symbols and Secrets’
7:07pm Chicago Ghostlorist Ursula Bielski continues her decade long tradition on WGN of sharing the hauntings of Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, Archer Avenue, The Willowbrook Ballroom, Montrose Point, the old lockup at the Maxwell Street Police Station, The Congress Hotel and Resurrection Mary
7:50pm Dave will share a Wally Philips Halloween tradition: Arch Oboler’s ‘The Dark’
8:07pm Author and movie historian David Skal will talk about about 31 classic horror movies from his book ‘Fright Favorites’
8:47pm Suspense: ‘On a Country Road’. Running out of gas on a foggy country road, a couple become frightened by a news report of a murderous woman who escapes from an asylum and is on the loose. Stars Cary Grant, Cathy Lewis and Jeanette Nolan
9:37pm This is History with Dave Schwan, featuring the late legendary Eddie Schwartz and ghost hunter Richard Crowe from the WGN Radio archives
Saturday, October 29
3pm: Dave Plier - Ghostly Stories and Frightful Tales
Join Dave as he welcomes radio historians Chuck Schaden, Steve Darnall and WGN Radio’s own Carl Amari to talk about the rich imagination of old time radio shows, specifically in the horror and mystery genre, as they showcase one of radio’s most memorable plays ‘Suspense: Sorry Wrong Number’ starring Agnes Moorehead. Plus… Jill Schultz, daughter of legendary cartoonist Charles Schulz on the legacy of ‘Peanuts’ and the origins of ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’.
9:30pm: Dave Plier After Dark - Chicago Hauntings and Terror on the Air
After tonight’s Blackhawks game, it’s a special late night Halloween edition of ‘The Dave Plier Show’ featuring conversations with Butch Patrick, Eddie Munster from classic TV comedy ‘The Munsters’; an exploration of Chicago’s most haunted places in and around our city; you’ll hear classic horror radio play ‘Suspense: The House in Cypress Canyon’ starring Robert Taylor and Cathy Lewis; plus… a deep dive into the award winning TV anthology ’The Twilight Zone’ and the legacy of series creator Rod Serling.
Monday, October 31 – Halloween
7pm: WGN Radio Theatre Halloween Spooktacular
Six-hour special hosted by Carl Amari featuring classic Halloween shows including “My Favorite Husband” starring Lucille Ball, “The Whistler”, “Our Miss Brooks” starring Eve Arden, “Suspense” starring Ronald Colman and more.