WTTV Channel 4 Bloomington Indiana had purchased the 'shock theater' package from Universal Studios and had originally aired it as Shock Theater and only included only still photographs punctuated by voice-over narrations by Bob during the commercial break. A sponsor told the station that they wanted the voice of Bob Carter to host the new Nightmare Theater. Bob invented the horror host Sammy Terry and the rest is history. The movies in the package were The Black Cat, Calling Dr. Death, The Cat Creeps, Chinatown Squad, Danger Woman, A Dangerous Game, Dead Man's Eyes, Destination Unknown, Dracula, Dracula's Daughter, Enemy Agent, Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, The Frozen Ghost, The Great Impersonation, Horror Island, House of Horrors, The Invisible Man, The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Ray, The Last Warning, The Mad Doctor of Market Street, The Mad Ghoul, Man Made Monster, The Man Who Cried Wolf, The Mummy, The Mummy's Ghost, The Mummy's Hand, The Mummy's Tomb, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Mystery of Marie Roget, Mystery of the White Room, Night Key, Nightmare, Night Monster, Pillow of Death, The Raven, Reported Missing!, Sealed Lips, The Secret of the Blue Room, Secret of the Chateau, She-Wolf of London, Son of Dracula, Son of Frankenstein, The Spider Woman Strikes Back, The Spy Ring, The Strange Case of Doctor Rx, Weird Woman, Werewolf of London, The Witness Vanishes, The Wolf Man.