Summary: #66. NBC syndication. "The Thing In The Tunnel". A story based on "The Signalman," by Charles Dickens. What is the message the ghost on the railroad tracks is trying so hard to give? Listen that’s the long moaning whistle of the through express wailing through the lonesome night crying like a lost and angry soul in the mountains. Howard Kelsey had heard that mournful crying for ten years and each time it reminded him of McGregor who was the signalman. The Weird Circle was a syndicated series produced in New York and licensed by Mutual, and later, NBC's Red network. For two seasons, it cranked out 39 shows (78 total) consisting mostly of radio adaptations of classic horror stories The show's strength was stories from famous writers of the two genres, including Robert Lewis Stevenson, Victor Hugo, Edgar Alan Poe and even Charles Dickens. Most all of the stories came from the Victorian era or older. Shop for Classic Horror Shows
