THE HALL OF FANTASY: THE SHADOW PEOPLE (SEPTEMBER 21, 1953)

The Shadow People...these are mysterious figures that lurk just beyond the reach of light, waiting for those they are bout to aclaim; their victims never survive.  This time, the victims could be a woman and her family...

Scripted by Richard Thorne and based on a story by Sheridan Le Fanu...well. not really; it's based on a character from Le Fanu's clssic novelella "Carmilla."  (Because Le Fanbu never wrote a story actually titled "The Shadow People," some have conflated this story with Margret St. Clair's much later novel The Shadow People (1969), or with Graham Masterton's 2022 novel of the same title.

The acrors for this show have never been credited.  Actors who frequently appeared in episode of The Hall of Fantasy included Harry Elders, Eloise Kummer, Carl Greyson, and Maurice copeland; Thorne himself would also occasionally act; it is possible that some of these actors appeared in "The Shadow People." 

A version of this program first aired on September 5, 1952; this version (which may have differed slightly) was repeated on December 5, 1953.

An earlier version of The Hall of Fantasy was developed by Richard Thorne and Carl Grayson, and first aired on KALL, a CBS affiluiate in Salt Lake City, from February 13, 1947 to May 4, 1947.  Thorne later revived the program, adding greater production values, for WGN, Chicago, for the Mutual Radio Network, from August 22, 1952 to September 28, 1953, after which some earlier shows from both series were reaired.  Thorne produced and directed most episodes, including this one,

Enjoy your goosebumps as you listen to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klu-ZlBEKhg