Austin's Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!

The Final Houdini Séance! (To close out our Annual Halloween Spook-tacular! this year, here’s a very rare recording from Halloween 1936, by Edward Saint & Mrs, Harry Houdini, and narrated by George L. Boston. Podcast as “#23.1” in 2016.) As a kid in the ’80’s, if you had any nerd proclivities, you go through a phase … Continue reading The Final Houdini ...

Roughly Translated, “Book of The Dead” (As a big fan of the work of both Sam Raimi & Bruce Campbell, WTBC Radio has decided to bring you an audio treat, in representing 1981’s “The Evil Dead” as part of our Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!) Playlist & Footnotes: There would be very few things anyone could say about The … Continue reading Roughly Translate...

Closet Radio Episode 193: The Only Good Cowboy – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 3 (10-20-15) https://ia601501.us.archive.org/8/items/ClosetRadio193/ClosetRadio193.mp3   Playlist: “Moon Over Asbury” – Bouncing Souls – Maniacal Laughter “Hangin’ Me Tonight” – Bloodshot Bill – Trashy, Greasy, Rockin’ Billy “Now He’s Dead” – Hank Williams III – This A...

Closet Radio Episode 192: In The Underground – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 2 (10-13-15) https://ia601509.us.archive.org/34/items/ClosetRadio192/ClosetRadio192.mp3   “Dead and Happy” – Scarecrow – Maggotbox – 82 Records “A Dark Place” – The Hell Caminos – Lust “Young Men Dead” – The Black Angels – Passover “Dead Cool” – Chrome Cranks...

The Creeping Terror! (We take WTBC Radio to new depths of bad horror movies with this 1964 piece of schlock-o-rama.  Originally 15 October 2015, and as “#20.1” in 2016.) Here’s everything you need to know about this movie from 1964: there is no documented evidence that the film was ever shown to anyone – anywhere … Continue reading The Creeping Terror!

Closet Radio Episode 191: Running The Hunted – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 1 (10-6-15) https://ia601500.us.archive.org/11/items/ClosetRadio191/ClosetRadio191.mp3   “Flypaper” – Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – Gorilla Rose “Hallowed Be My Name” – Alice Cooper – “Necrotina” – Motorpsychos – “Bad Things” – Andrew Jackson Jihad &#8211...

The Return of The Living Dead! (As part of our Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!, we get Lost In The Punk-In Patch with Return of The Living Dead, a 60 minute audio essay for the holiday season. Re-aired in 2016.) Any good Spook-tacular! needs to be willing to kick things into high gear, to set the tone … Continue reading The Return of The Living Dead!

The Daily NewsBlas 31 October 2014: Happy Halloween! This Halloween Season was fantastic, and I really enjoyed all of the excellent places we have gone over the last month.  I will be honest: this shorter format was a lot of fun to play with, and I really got to introduce people to some of my favorite Halloween … Continue reading The Daily NewsBlas 31 October 2014: Happy Halloween!

The War Of The Worlds (Retrocast) (Where I rebroadcast the Mutual Network’s classic October 30th, 1938 episode of The Mercury Theater on The Air featuring Orsen Welles!) Halloween is just starting to take off, and stay tuned next week for one of my favorite Halloween Theme Shows: Lost In The Punk-In Patch! See ya in … Continue reading The War Of The Worlds (Retrocast)

NewsBlas 30 October 2014: The War of The Worlds Trailer (BlasphuphmusRadio.com Edit) This edit highlights some of my favorite moments from the original show.  Welles really pushed to make his program as much like a radio broadcast as possible for the first two-thirds of the show, and these are some of the best moments, in my mind. … Continue reading NewsBlas 30 October 2014: The War of The W...

The Daily NewsBlas 29 October 2014: Haunted House Ambience Mix From my crypt to yours, I offer the 2014 Haunted House Ambience Mix, constructed from a variety of “Spooky Sounds” LPs from my private collection.  While today’s NewsBlas is merely a sampling, I am offering to everyone a 60 minute mix using these LPs as … Continue reading The Daily NewsBlas 29 October 2014: Haun...

The Daily NewsBlas 28 October 2014: An Arrest This is a selection from the Ambrose Bierce collection, “The Ways of Ghosts.”  These stories are now in the public domain, and make for excellent holiday reading. Various effects edited and created by Austin Rich. Enjoy. Mother Box 041

NewsBlas 27 October 2014: Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House “Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House” Released by Disneyland Records. Narrated by Laura Olsher This link will remain active for a short period of time.     And this link goes with the former. A simple Google Search reveals a whole range of other … Continue reading NewsBlas 27 October 2...

NewsBlas 24 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part V of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. Mother Box 039

NewsBlas 23 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part IV of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. Mother Box 038

NewsBlas 22 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part III of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. Mother Box 037

NewsBlas 21 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part II of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. Mother Box 036

NewsBlas 20 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part I of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. Mother Box 035

NewsBlas 17 October 2014: Halloween Nuggets! You can purchase the album at Amazon.com. You can stream the entire thing at Spotify.  (I think you need to be logged in for that link to work.) It is also available in a number of other places, too. Watusi Zombi * Jan Davis * Halloween Nuggets Graveyard * The … Continue reading NewsBlas 17 October 2014: Halloween Nuggets!

Mad Monster Party?! (Retrocast)  (Originally Broadcast on KPSU on 22 October 2011.) Mad Monster Party? on Wikipedia https://ia601501.us.archive.org/15/items/Episode137_201810/Episode137.mp3   Mad Monster Party?! 01.) Mad Monster Party Part I 02.) What Kind Of Ghoul Am I (Mashed Potato) * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Ghoul Music * Power Records 03.) Mad Monster Party Part II … Continue...

NewsBlas 16 October 2014: Mad Monster Party? Mad Monster Party? on Wikipedia Blasphuphmus Radio Broadcast from 22 October 2011 Mad Monster Party Trailer [Excerpt] The Baron * Maury Laws * Mad Monster Party Soundtrack Mad Monster Party [Excerpt] * Ethel Ennis w/ Maury Laws * Mad Monster Party Soundtrack Pills Will Save The Day * Film … Continue reading NewsBlas 16 October 2014: Mad Monster&#1...

NewsBlas 15 October 2014: Johnny Takes A Dare Johnny Takes A Dare (The More The Merrier) [Edit] * John Allen * Ghost Stories For Young People (Golden Records, 1960) Mother Box 032

NewsBlas 14 October 2014: Frankie Stein And His Ghouls! Stoned (Monkey, Watusi) [Excerpt] * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Shock! Terror! Fear! (1964) Mummy’s Little Boy (Monkey, Twist) * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Ghoul Music (1965) Dance Of Doom (Monkey, Watusi) * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Monster Sounds And Dance Music (1965) Their page on … Continue reading NewsBlas 14 Oct...

NewsBlas 13 October 2014: A Cold Greeting This is a selection from the Ambrose Bierce collection, “The Ways of Ghosts.”  These stories are now in the public domain, and make for excellent holiday reading. Violin music provided by Béla Bartók, and performed by Gyorgy Pauk & Kazuki Sawa. Various effects edited and created by Austin Rich. Mother Box 030

Closet Radio Episode 153: Six Six Six Sister – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2014 Part 1 (10-11-14) https://ia601508.us.archive.org/26/items/ClosetRadio153/ClosetRadio153.mp3 Carl Stalling -“Satan’s Waiting” **** Steve King – “Satan Is Her Name” Jean Knight – “I’m Evil Tonight” Regurgitator – “Devil Spell” Tom Waits &#...