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Madison's Mad Facts Madison's Mad Facts are now PATREON EXCLUSIVES. These bonus features for our episodes premiere the 10th of every month. This Mad Facts is from our adaptation of "Have Gun - Will Travel" episode 49 released November 2024. Madison talks about writers utilizing real Old West locations and other period specific things to bring a more real feel to OTR. Get the NEW Madison's Mad Fact...

The PINK Beetle fights for justice! Madison takes a special assignment to look into reports of a sea serpent terrorizing bathers in the tourist town of Breaker City. The beachfront hotels are losing business and the owners fear bankruptcy, but no one seems to be able to catch the mythical monster. Even the oceanic specialist, Professor Meredith, comes up empty. It will take a lady reporter, a ratt...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! The PINK Beetle fights for justice! Madison takes a special assignment to look into reports of a sea serpent terrorizing bathers in the tourist town of Breaker City. The beachfront hotels are losing business and the owners fear bankruptcy, but no one seems to be able to catch the mythical monster. Even the oceanic specialist, Professor Meredith, comes up empty. It will...

Madison's Mad Facts are now PATREON EXCLUSIVES. These bonus features for our episodes premiere the 10th of every month. Madison's Mad Facts This Mad Facts is from our adaptation of Inner Sanctum's "A Tell-Tale Heart" ep. 48 released October 2024. Madison talks about Hollywood's "Lost Years of Horror" in the 1930s and again in the late 1940s, and how we almost lost the horror genre in films! Get th...

FEED DROP! Just in time for Halloween, Madison is happy to showcase OctoberPod AM, hosted by Edward October, the podcast showcases true/true-ish & classic tales of horror and the paranormal. Find more episodes here:  https://www.octoberpodvhs.com/home

Nearly 10 years before Hitchcock brought this thriller to the silver screen, the radio anthology series, “Escape,” adapted Daphne du Maurier’s short story, “The Birds.” This adaptation is closer to the original story (Hitchcock took the concept and completely reworked it). Set in the rural seaside of Southern England, Deborah Hawkins and her two young children, along with hired governess, Madison,...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Nearly 10 years before Hitchcock brought this thriller to the silver screen, the radio anthology series, “Escape,” adapted Daphne du Maurier’s short story, “The Birds.” This adaptation is closer to the original story (Hitchcock took the concept and completely reworked it). Set in the rural seaside of Southern England, Deborah Hawkins and her two young children, along wi...

Madison's Mad Facts Mad Facts are now PATREON EXCLUSIVES. These bonus features for our episodes premiere the 10th of every month. This Mad Facts is from episode 47, "The Adventures of Maisie" released September 2024. For our episode of "The Adventures of Maisie" Madison discusses the Women's Army Corp (WAC). The struggle to include women as active army soldiers, the slander campaign against them,...

Madison finally travels to “Ricky Ricardo’s” Cuba! It’s Havana circa 1951. There she joins up with hotel owner Slate Shannon. Shannon agrees to pilot a boat from Havana to Batabanó for a young couple to make some cash and so Madison can play tourist. But when they arrive in Batabanó, they find themselves the perfect patsies for a murder rap! Can Madison and Shannon get to the truth while the Batab...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison finally travels to “Ricky Ricardo’s” Cuba! It’s Havana circa 1951. There she joins up with hotel owner Slate Shannon. Shannon agrees to pilot a boat from Havana to Batabanó for a young couple to make some cash and so Madison can play tourist. But when they arrive in Batabanó, they find themselves the perfect patsies for a murder rap! Can Madison and Shannon get...

Madison takes the train from Chicago to New York to fill in for Nikki Porter, the assistant to Ellery Queen. On the trip, a bank robber corners her in her compartment, demanding that she be a mule for his heist money. But when that robber ends up shot dead, Madison will be on the hook by the police for the murder. And to make things worse, the other robbers from the bank job think she has the miss...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison takes the train from Chicago to New York to fill in for Nikki Porter, the assistant to Ellery Queen. On the trip, a bank robber corners her in her compartment, demanding that she be a mule for his heist money. But when that robber ends up shot dead, Madison will be on the hook by the police for the murder. And to make things worse, the other robbers from the ban...

Madison and the entire town of Elk Point are in lockdown. The notorious bank robber, Stacy Gault, has been reported heading their way. Madison has been holding up at Ma Benson’s rooming house when Britt Ponset, the easy going nomad of the West known for his justice and quick draw, stops by. Ma thinks he’s the answer to the town’s problems. Madison thinks he’s hogging the potatoes. But when a hands...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison and the entire town of Elk Point are in lockdown. The notorious bank robber, Stacy Gault, has been reported heading their way. Madison has been holding up at Ma Benson’s rooming house when Britt Ponset, the easy going nomad of the West known for his justice and quick draw, stops by. Ma thinks he’s the answer to the town’s problems. Madison thinks he’s hogging th...

Buck Rogers, a coal miner from 1919, finds himself in the future and quickly adapts to what the 1930s thought the 25th Century might be like. But neither century was expecting Madison. When a test rocket carrying new Martian technology mistakenly launches with Madison -- and the evil criminal, Killer Kane -- aboard, will Buck Rogers be able to stop the villain from using a mad scientist’s mind con...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Buck Rogers, a coal miner from 1919, finds himself in the future and quickly adapts to what the 1930s thought the 25th Century might be like. But neither century was expecting Madison. When a test rocket carrying new Martian technology mistakenly launches with Madison (and the evil criminal, Killer Kane!) aboard, will Buck Rogers be able to stop the villain from using a...

Madison returns for her fifth adventure with Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately when she arrives, the door is locked! She quickly realizes she and Harry (who was fired last year as the Sponsor-Dude) have both been written out of the sequel to “The Scandal in Bohemia” from Year One. Refusing to take it lying down, Madison drags Harry to 1909 where Sherlock has retired to the country as a beekeeper. Whe...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison returns for her fifth adventure with Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately when she arrives, the door is locked! She quickly realizes she and Harry (who was fired last year as the Sponsor-Dude) have both been written out of the sequel to “The Scandal in Bohemia” from Year One. Refusing to take it lying down, Madison drags Harry to 1909 where Sherlock has retired to the...

Madison wakes up from an all-night bender only to realize she’s promised to cover for Miss Connie Brooks as a substitute high school English teacher! Madison’s day starts out in pouring rain and gets worse when student Walter Denton’s homework, an SCR shortwave radio receiver, announces a warning about an approaching hurricane. Left in charge of the entire school when the principal, Mr. Conklin, i...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison wakes up from an all-night bender only to realize she’s promised to cover for Miss Connie Brooks as a substitute high school English teacher! Madison’s day starts out in pouring rain and gets worse when student Walter Denton’s homework, an SCR shortwave radio receiver, announces a warning about an approaching hurricane. Left in charge of the entire school when t...

Madison’s latest boyfriend comes home from his job with a surprise. He’s stolen a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewels from his work! There’s no turning back, so Madison takes charge as the two prepare to leave the country with the loot. But when her boyfriend’s new manager stops by their apartment, panic will lead to some really bad decisions. Then things go from bad to worse when Mike Wa...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison’s latest boyfriend comes home from his job with a surprise. He’s stolen a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewels from his work! There’s no turning back, so Madison takes charge as the two prepare to leave the country with the loot. But when her boyfriend’s new manager stops by their apartment, panic will lead to some really bad decisions. Then things go fr...

It’s Madison’s 4th Anniversary episode! To kick off our 5th year, Madison will travel back farther than she has to date… to the lush green Sherwood Forest of Merry Ol’ England in the time of Robin Hood. From the 1949 presentation by The Family Theater, join Robin Hood, his Merry Men, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Maid… Madison? Come ye all, gentle folk, and indulge thine ears upon the tale of...

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! It’s Madison’s 4th Anniversary episode! To kick off our 5th year, Madison will travel back farther than she has to date… to the lush green Sherwood Forest of Merry Ol’ England in the time of Robin Hood. From the 1949 presentation by The Family Theater, join Robin Hood, his Merry Men, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Maid... Madison? Come ye all, gentle folk, and indul...

The OG, king of them all, PSA on drugs is “Reefer Madness.” But those filmmakers weren’t the only ones warning their audience against the evils of marijuana use! “Hot Copy” – a 1940’s radio series featuring a hard-hitting female reporter – decided to make their own campaign against the dangerous narcotic. Reporter Anne Rogers agrees to go undercover to try and catch a “Mary Jane Peddler” who has b...