Episode #12 - Wind Chill

Wind Chill

#12

Written by David McCaughna				Length: 28:56*
Based on ---			Genre(s): Supernatural

Produced at CBC Toronto

Recording Date(s): ---

Original CBC AirDate: 9/19/1980
CBC Repeat(s): 4/13/1981

CBC FM Repeat: ---
Arts National Rebroadcast Date: 5/25/1984

Original NPR Tx Date: 11/6/1981

NPR Repeat Tx: 9/24/1982

NPR ID#: 811106

CBC Tape ID: 3NF-11

Released: 198x

Flipside Episode: "Child's Play"

DH Tape ID: DHP-7886
ISBN: 0-88646-886-8

Released: 1996

Flipside Episode: "Hands Off"

Cast & Crew
Elva Mai Hoover	as	Sue
Robert Haley	as	Barry Hefferman
Hadley Kay	as	the Ghost of the Child
Aileen Seaton	as	Beryl Hefferman
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Recording Engineer(s) John Jessop
Sound Effects Bill Robinson
Production Assistant(s) Nina Callaghan
Story Editor(s) John Douglas
Producer Bill Howell
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While driving to her friend's cottage, Sue has run off the road into a snowbank. As darkness begins to fall, she starts to panic, especially when she hears the sound of footsteps. Lucky for her, it's a polite young man who offers to put her up for the night at his parent's cottage. Or is it a young man? (DHPA)

A city girl's car breaks down in the country in the dead of winter, and chilling events start to occur in the cabin of the mysterious young man who offers her a place to stay for the night. (NPR)

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Research Notes

The Durkin-Hayes Paperback Audio cassette release of this story titles it "Windchill"; all other sources call it "Wind Chill". (Neil Marsh)

*The LENGTH is taken from this episode's entry in the NPR Quarterly Listings. (Neil Marsh)

Reader Comments

I'm a sucker for ghost stories so I really enjoyed this episode. I wasn't able to predict the ending either. They did a great job of conveying the solitude and isolation with fantastic work on the sound. This is one of my favorite Nightfall episodes! (Kevin Hartnell)

I recall listening to this episode after a Friday "As it happens" while driving on Highway 11 from Orillia to North Bay Ontario one fall evening. I vacationed in that area while young and was in grad school at the time. The episode really brought to life the sensations of winter in cottage country and the isolation one must feel. Thank you for the website. (Paul Buszka)

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