McGrath was a Broadway actor who turned to radio for a regular income. Host' (Berry Kroeger had substituted earlier for a total of four episodes). When Johnson left the series in May 1945 to serve in the Army, he was replaced by Paul McGrath, who did not keep the 'Raymond' name and was known only as 'Your Host' or 'Mr. Raymond's closing was an elongated 'Pleasant dreeeeaams, hmmmmm?' His tongue-in-cheek style and ghoulish relish of his own tales became the standard for many such horror narrators to follow, from fellow radio hosts like Ernest Chappell (on Wyllis Cooper's later series, Quiet, Please) and Maurice Tarplin (on The Mysterious Traveler). A spooky melodramatic organ score (played by Lew White) punctuated Raymond's many morbid jokes and playful puns. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, 'Your host, Raymond,' in a mocking sardonic voice. The anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense, and its tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler.

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