Dark Venture is an American radio anthology thriller series that was broadcast on ABC's West Coast network beginning on May 30, 1945.
[2] The first episode of Dark Venture began with an introduction by Lake: “Over the minds of mortal men come many shadows… shadows of greed and hate, jealousy and fear.
Darkness is absence of light… so in the sudden shadows which fog the minds of men and are to be found in the strange impulses which urge them on to their venture…in the dark.”[citation needed]The introduction had subtle changes in different episodes to reflect the journeying into the unknown.
Killers devised cruel mind games such as tricking a wife into believing she was going insane, or manipulating a business associate into thinking he was being stalked by a lover who did not exist.
[3] Actors who appeared on the series included Bill Johnstone,[4] Dwight Hauser, and Betty Moran.