Sci Fi x Horror

The Weird Circle | Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (ep 4) | Broadcast: September 19, 1943 Written by: Edgar Allan Poe A mad sea captain and mutiny aboard a whaler. Gordon Pym was reading the shipping news when read an old friend, Benjamin Bernard, wanted experienced whalers to man his ship. He arrived six hours earlier and met with a guy named Peters who had a very bad opinion of Captain Bernard an...

Adventures in Research | Scream You Scream -- Broadcast: Tuesday, March 2, 1943; Yesterday's Secret Weapon -- Broadcast: Tuesday, March 9, 1943 Each tells the story of an important discovery or invention, and dramatizes the words and actions of those involved in the discovery. Paul Shannon was the host and it was sponsored by Westinghouse and Phillip Thomas, a Westinghouse physicist, who wrote the...

Inner Sanctum | Death Has Claws | Broadcast date: December 28, 1941 Story: A cat-lover sharpens his claws. Starring: Santos Ortega : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels inclu...

Journey Into Space (BBC) | Operation Luna (eps 3, 4, 5, 6) | Broadcast: 5, 12, 19, 26 October 1953 Episode 3: Jet is appointed the rocket's pilot, and he and Lemmy travel to Australia to meet Mitch at the secret Operation Luna base. On arrival, Mitch takes them to meet Smitty, the team's doctor, but he is found dead. Episode 4: Doc Matthews replaces Smitty (who died from a coronary), and Lemmy is...

Ray Bradbury | ABC Radio Workshop | Mars is Heaven | Broadcast: 1953 "Mars is Heaven!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, originally published in 1948 in Planet Stories. NOTE: This is "ABC Radio Workshop" not Think, apologies. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my...

Dark Fantasy | Resolution, 1841 (ep. 7) | Broadcast: January 2, 1942 Featuring: Scott Bishop (writer); Charles Carshon; Eleanor Naylor Corin; Mary Jo Curtis : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other p...

Lights Out | The Little People | Broadcast date: April 14, 1937 Plot: Weird and heavily accented guy is eventually left by his gallivanting wife to finally join her boyfriend. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S...

Journey Into Space (BBC) | Operation Luna (eps 1-2) | These aired: Monday,  September 21, 1953 and Monday, September 28, 1953 Episode 1 -- The year is 1965, and Jet's father (Sir William Morgan) launches his A.24 rocket from the Rocket Research Station at Poker Flats. But something goes wrong, and the rocket heads towards Las Vegas, out of control. Episode 2 -- The rocket hits Las Vegas, kill...

Ray Bradbury on Escape | Zero Hour | Broadcast date: Sunday, October 4, 1953 The classic tale about "Drill" and the game of "Invasion." All across the city children under eleven are excitedly playing a game they call Zero Hour. Zero Hour is 5:00pm when the Martians are planning to invade earth. The script aired on "Dimension X" on June 17, 1950; "Escape" on October 4, 1953; then "X Minus One" on D...

Future Tense | Martian Death March | Broadcast: May 7, 1974 NOTE: On the audio I said May 6, that episode had not so good audio, so I changed it to the May 7 episode. WMUK-FM, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "The Martian Death March". The often repeated story of man's inhumanity to Martians. The script was previously used on "Dimension X" on Janaury 14, 1951 and on "X Minus One" on September 8, 1955 and Nove...

The Creaking Door | Cat Woman | Broadcast date unknown, but the series aired from 1964-1965 Julia is fooled into thinking that she has turned in to a murderous cat, by her brother, Carl, who is determined to steal her money once she has been declared insane. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through m...

Macabre | The Man In The Mirror | November 27, 1961 Story: A man injured in a traffic accident and about to die is given a chance to live by a strange voice. Featuring: John Buey; Mitzi Hennessey; Carolyn Johnston; Al Lepage (announcer); Milton Radmilovich; Walt Sheldon; William Verdier (director) : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and pos...

Ray Bradbury | NBC Presents: Short Story | episode, 26, The Rocket |This episode aired, Friday, January 4, 1952 Plot: Fiorello Bodoni, a poor junkyard owner, spends nights admiring nearby rocket launches bound for outer space. His family unable to travel together, Fiorello purchases a mock rocket for a trip will "remember... for always." : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast...

The Day of the Triffids [BBC] | The World Narrows ; Strategic Withdrawal | These aired on Wednesday, 30 October 1957; Wednesday, 6 November 1957 Six part radio serial by Giles Cooper from the novel by John Wyndham Starring: Patrick Barr (Bill Masen); Monica Grey (Josella Playto); Malcolm Hayes (Coker); Arthur Young (Col. Jacques); John Sharplin (Michael Beadley); Molly Lumley (Ms. Durrant); Gabrie...

Exploring Tomorrow | episode, 04 - Dreams | This episode aired, January 1st, 1958, Wednesday While it is possible to recognize something you've seen long ago, you cannot recognize what you have not yet seen! : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.co...

CBS Radio Workshop | episode, 07, Report on E.S.P. | Broadcast date: Friday, March 9, 1956 Dramatizations of true cases of telepathy and discussions of investigations into the possibilities of extra sensory perception. This is radio’s distinguished series dedicated to man’s imagination, the theatre of the mind and tonight it brings Report on ESP, a study of clairvoyance telepathy and extra sensory...

The Day of the Triffids [BBC] | The Day of the Triffids | These aired, October 1957 Starring: Patrick Barr (Bill Masen); Monica Grey (Josella Playton); Malcolm Hayes (Coker); Arthur Young (Col. Jacques); John Sharplin (Michael Beadley); Molly Lumley (Ms. Durrant); Gabrielle Blunt (Susan); Richard Martin (Denis Brent); Shelia Manahan (Mary Brent); Adapted by Giles Cooper Story: Bill Masen, a&n...

Ray Bradbury | Dimension X, episode 48, Kaleidoscope | Broadcast - September 15, 1951 Story: After a space ship explodes, the surviving crew members have a last conversation as they drift to their deaths. Featuring: Joan Alexander; Joe DeSantis; Leon Janney; Bill Rippe (announcer); Fred Weihe (director, transcriber) : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put in...

Dimension-X | (04) No Contact | Broadcast: Saturday April 29, 1950 Plot: June 2, 1987, space men first discovered the great galactic barrier. After 10 years nearby rocket travel, man travels to distant Volta. Five ships disappeared into an invisible wall that became known as the wrecker of spaceships, the Galactic Reef. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I pu...

2000 Plus | When Worlds Met | This episode aired, May 3, 1950 Story: Two astronauts hear a noise, they manage to track the noise to the planet Mars. Further analysis uncovers a strange message from an intelligent race. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://ww...

The Day of the Triffids [BBC] | The End Begins; A Light in the Night | These aired on Wednesday's, 2 & 9 October 1957 Starring: Patrick Barr (Bill Masen); Monica Grey (Josella Playton); Malcolm Hayes (Coker); Arthur Young (Col. Jacques); John Sharplin (Michael Beadley); Molly Lumley (Ms. Durrant); Gabrielle Blunt (Susan); Richard Martin (Denis Brent); Shelia Manahan (Mary Brent); Adapted ...

Ray Bradbury | Dimension X | ep 46, Marionettes, Inc. | This episode aired August 30, 1951 Story: In 1990, friends Braling and Smith are conversing abou how they'd like some time away from their clingy wives. Braling reveals that he's been using a robot duplicate of himself, "Braling Two," to achieve his 'me' time. Only to learn Brailing Two might be too popular with his wife. The short story was...

Quiet Please | Inquest | (11) | This episode aired, August 30, 1947 William Ross finds himself in a large room surrounded by strange people. He doesn't know where he is, how he got there, or how long he has been there. A man identifying himself as the coroner tells him that it is an inquest, and immediately he remembers the violent struggle with his sister and brother-in-law. Confident, he tells t...

The Weird Circle | episode 3, The Vendetta | This episode aired in 1943 (There no exact known month and day) The Weird Circle was produced in New York and originally broadcast between 1943 and 1945. The series was a Ziv Production, produced at RCA's  New York  studios and licensed by the Mutual Broadcasting System, and later, Red network on NBC. : : : : : You can dona...

Orbiter X | ep 14, The Final Round | aired, 28 December 1959 Orbiter X aired on BBC Light Programme [BBC] station and written by B. D. Chapman. The series aired on Monday evenings from 28 September 1959 to 28 December 1959. CAST (partial): Captain Bob Britton (John Carson); Captain Douglas McClelland (Andrew Crawford); Flight Engineer Hicks (Barrie Gosney); Colonel Ke...