Beyond Midnight was a 30-minute radio mystery program and radio horror anthology series that ran from 1968 to 1970 on Springbok
Radio. The program "was a replacement series for SF'68. Michael McCabe
served as producer, and adapted stories for both series. Unlike its sci-fi predecessor,
Beyond Midnight served up stories with a supernatural bent." The show was
sponsored by Biotex and futured the tagline "Just Soak, Just Soak, Just
Soak in Biotex."
This series was produced in South Africa.
It was a replacement for another series McCabe produced, called SF68. That
series adapted famous Sci-fi stories to radio, and it seems to have been the
place where McCabe honed his craft. The subject matter to Beyond Midnight was
more horror oriented, including madness, murder, and supernatural sleuths! What
survives today doesn't involve a horror host per se, but a few include framing
narration (by someone involved in the plot) while others just start up the
story with no announcer or lead-in whatsoever. So it's possible regular host or
announcer was left off the recordings.
There is no much more information about this radio show, though its number of chapters is about 70.
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