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The Black Mass Radio Program
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Pacifica Radio logo circa 1964
Pacifica Radio KPFK logo circa 1964

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Series Derivatives:

 Erik Bauersfeld's KPFA/KPFK Dramatic Presentations
Genre: Anthology of Golden Age Radio Supernatural Dramas
Network(s): KPFA/KPFK
Audition Date(s) and Title(s): Unknown
Premiere Date(s) and Title(s): 1943-45 Run [Unknown]
Summer 1945 Run [Unknown]
1948-50 Run: 48-07-13 The Eagle Murder Case
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Protagonist(s): None
Author(s): None
Writer(s) Eric Bauersfeld
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Musical Theme(s): Unknown
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Provenances:

Hickerson Guide, KPFA Folios.

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The Black Mass Program Log
Date Episode Title Avail. Notes
63-06-12
1
 Diary of a Madman
Y
 Nikolai Gogol
63-09-xx
2
 All Hallows
Y
 Walter de la Mare
63-12-02
3
 The Renegade
Y
63-12-18
4
 The Ash Tree
Y
64-01-04
5
 The Squaw
Y
 Bram Stoker
64-01-18
6
 Nightmare
Y
 Alan Wykes
64-01-29
7
 The Witch of the Willows
Y
 Lord Dunsany
64-02-07 The Renegade 64-02-07 KPFK Folio
2:30 THE RENEGADE: Camus in English this time, a story concerning a missionary who is converted to barbarism, read by Eric Bauersfeld. (December)
64-02-11 The Burrow - Part 1 64-02-11 KPFK Folio
2:30 THE BURROW—I: The burrow is a nervous little animal whose whole life is devoted to securing his labyrinthine establishment against dangers from without—and within. Kafka's parable, read by Eric Bauersfeld in three installments. (July)
64-02-12
8
 Oh Mirror, Mirror - Shiddah and Kuziba
Y
64-02-12
9
 The Boarded Window
Y
 Ambrose Bierce
64-03-04
10
 Oil of Dog
Y
 Ambrose Bierce
64-03-06
11
 Diary of A Madman
Y
64-03-15
12
 Evening Primrose
Y
 64-03-15 KPFK Folio
10:15 BLACK MASS: Beginning this loathsome ritual on a bi-weekly basis in conformance with FCC rules of balanced programming. Erik Baursfeld conducts the service consisting of cautionary tales, lore and occasional formulae. Today: Evening Primrose by John Collier. This series is produced by Jack Nessel; technical production by Fred Seiden, both of KPFA.
64-03-22
13
 The Flies
Y
 Anthony Vercor

64-03-22 KPFK Folio
10:15 BLACK MASS: The loathsome ritual continues safe within the protected circle. Today Erik Baursfeld relates Anthony Vercor's tale, The Flies. Produced by Jack Nessel with technical production by Fred Seiden.
64-05-10 14 All Hallows
Y
 64-05-10 KPFK Folio
10:15 BLACK MASS: Not witchcraft, but fiction. Erik Bauersfeld, with technical assistance by John Whiting, reads Walter de la Mare's All Hallows, an account of a cathedral possessed by demonic forces.
64-05-20
15
 The Death of Halpin Frayzer
Y
 Ambrose Bierce
64-05-24
16
 The Squaw
Y
 64-05-24 KPFK Folio
10:15 BLACK MASS: The Squaw. Grand Guignol radio, based on a short story by Bram Stoker, and performed by Erik Bauersfeld and Jan Dawson. Technical production by John Whiting.
64-06-07
17
 The Ash Tree
Y
 64-06-07 KPFK Folio
10:15 BLACK MASS: The Ash Tree. This dramatization of M. R. James' classic tale of spectres and sudden death is performed by Erik Baursfeld and Marion Winch, with technical production by John Whiting.
64-06-20
18
 A Predicament - Tell-Tale Heart
Y
 Edgar Allan Poe
64-06-21
19
 Six Tales By Lord Dunsany
Y
 64-06-21 KPFK Folio
10:15 BLACK MASS: Six Tales by Lord Dunsany is performed by Erik Bauersfeld and Bernard Mays in a production by John Whiting.
64-07-03
20
 Rats in the Walls
Y
64-07-05
N
 64-07-05 KPFK Folio
10:00 BLACK MASS: While your host, Erik Baursfeld, takes time out for a transfusion, we offer a special treat: Lights Out, Everyone, by the master of radio horror. Arch Oboler. (Cap ST 1763)
64-07-29
21
 The Man in the Crowd - MS. Found in a Bottle
Y
64-08-14
22
 A Country Doctor
Y
 Franz Kafka
64-09-xx
23
 Esmé
Y
 Saki
64-09-06
24
 A Haunted House - Proof Positive
Y
 Virginia Woolf and Graham Greene

64-09-09 KPFK Folio
10:30 BLACK MASS: Virginia Woolf's A Haunted House and Graham Greene's Proof Positive. Adapted by Erik Bauersfeld. Music by Peter Winkler, and production by John Whiting.
64-09-20
25
 A Predicament - The Tell-Tale Heart
Y
 Edgar Allan Poe

64-09-20 KPFK Folio
10:3a BLACK MASS: Edgar Allan Poe's The Predicament and The Tell-Tale Heart, read by Pat Franklyn and Erik Bauersfeld, with technical production by Fred Seiden.
64-10-04
26
 Disillusionment - The Feeder
Y
 Thomas Mann and Carl Linder

64-10-04 KPFK Folio
10:2o BLACK .MASS: Bernard Mayes and Erik Bauersfeld perform material by Thomas Mann. Edgar Allan Poe, and Carl Linder, with technical production by John Whiting and Christine Stone.
64-10-10
27
 Atrophy
Y
 J. Anthony West
64-10-17 Esme - The Witch of the Willows 64-10-17 KPFK Folio
12:00 p.m. BLACK MASS: Saki's Esme and Lord Dunsany's The Witch of the Willows with Bernard Mayes and Pat Franklyn, adapted by Eric Bauersfeld.
64-10-31
28
 An Evening's Entertainment
Y
 M. R. James
64-11-xx
29
 The Jolly Corner
Y
 Henry James
64-11-06
30
 A Country Doctor
Y
 Franz Kafka
64-11-06
31
 Candoles, Commissioner
Y
64-11-07
32
 Atrophy
Y
64-11-14
33
 The Rats In the Walls
Y
 H. P. Lovecraft

64-11-14 KPFK Folio
12:16 THE BLACK MASS: Erik Bauersfeld and Bernard Mayes are heard in H. P. Lovecraft's horrible "The Rats in the Walls."
64-11-28
34
 The Death of Halpin Frayzer
Y
 64-11-28 KPFK Folio
12:15 BLACK MASS: The Death of Halpin Frayzer by Ambrose Bierce. performed by Erik Bauersfeld, Pat Franklyn and Bernard Mayes, with music by Peter Winkler. Technical production of the Bauersfeld adaptation by John Whiting.
64-12-12
35
 Evening Primrose
Y
 64-12-12 KPFK Folio
12:15 BLACK MASS: Evening Primrose by Jean Collier, adapted and read b.v Erik Bauersfeld, with Jan Dawson as Ella. Technical production by Fred Selden.
64-12-16
36
 Diary of a Madman Nikolai Gogol
64-12-26
37
 The Imp of the Perverse - MS. Found In A Bottle
Y
 Edgar Allan Poe

64-12-26 KPFK Folio
12:00 BLACK MASS: Erik Bauersfeld performs "The Imp of the Perverse" and "Manuscript Found in A Bottle," by E. A. Poe. John Whiting produced.
65-01-07
38
 The Jolly Corner
65-01-09
39
 The Renegade
Y
65-01-16
40
 Atrophy
Y
65-01-23
41
 An Evening's Entertainment
Y
65-01-30
42
 Disilllusionment - The Man In the Crowd - The Feeder
Y
65-02-13
43
 On the Harmlessness of Tobacco
Y
65-02-20
44
 Oil of Dog - The Death of Halpin Frayzer
Y
65-03-20
45
 Oh Mirror, Mirror - The Witch of the Willows
Y
65-04-03
46
 The Flies
Y
65-04-17
47
 The Ash Tree
Y
65-05-15
48
 Oh Mirror, Mirror - The Witch of the Willows
Y
65-05-29
49
 On the Harmlessness of Tobacco - Proof Positive - The Man In the Crowd
Y
65-06-12
50
 Shiddah and Kuziba - The Imp of the Perverse
Y
65-09-14
51
 Bartleby The Scrivner
Y
 Herman Melville
65-10-xx
52
 The Outsider
Y
 H. P. Lovecraft
65-11-xx
53
 The Moonlit Road
Y
 Ambrose Bierce
65-11-25
54
 Bartleby the Scrivener
Y
68-11-20
55
 The Outsider
Y
70-11-13
56
 Oil of Dog - Esme
Y
70-11-30
57
 Moonlit Road
Y
58
 An Evening's Entertainment
Y
59
 The Boarded Window
Y

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