The Ghost of Radio

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back again to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and your guide into its depths, The Ghost of Radio. Happy to see you putting your trust in us still, after so many close calls. This week, we learn that "You Can Die Laughing", according to Suspense .  What does that remind us of? Only one way to find out. File under: never kid a kidder...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio waits an endless attendance on you--and on the spirits of this genre. This week, we meet "The Merry Widower" at Suspense . Will our eyes glisten as we listen? Stick around and find out. File under: who are you? See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com  In...

Click here to text your Ghost The Cauldron looms large once again as it boils over at the hands of The Ghost of Radio, presiding eminence of all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we count down to "Zero Hour" with The Mysterious Traveler.   First of its kind? Maybe. Only one way to find out. File under: the very beginning of the end of the world See you soon... Contact your Ghost...

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio--The Ghost will see you now, and you will see "A Genuine Grenotte" as displayed by Theater Five .  Nervous? Oh, you have every reason to be. Theater Five hates people. File under: raining or wringing? See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com  Instagram @ghostofradio - alway...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron, where you take your chances with the mystery wall that is midcentury horror radio. At least you have The Ghost of Radio to guide you. This is  especially crucial when you run up against episodes that are dealbreakers from the word go. Who else can steer you clear of these pitfalls? File under: how to make it out alive See you soon... Cont...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside where midcentury horror radio reigns supreme and The Ghost of Radio is always near to lead you through it. This week, we encounter "The Oldest Man in the World", thanks to Quiet, Please .  It's always a moment of high tension when that series is in the house, so come prepared. File under: the more things change See you soon....

Click here to text your Ghost You've returned to The Ghost of Radio, who endlessly stirs The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio. This week, you discover "The Sensitive", thanks to The CBS Radio Mystery Theater . Will we unravel the final mystery together? Only one way to find out. File under: only one way to find out. See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com ...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back and back into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio overseen by your guide, The Ghost of Radio. We step into both the past and the present this time around  with "Execution" from Lights Out, Everybody . Not for those who scare easily in either space. File under: it's about justice, not revenge See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcent...

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back into the shades of The Cauldron, where midcentury horror radio seethes beneath a troubled surface. Lucky you have The Ghost here to guide you through a "Change of Address" this week, via The Mysterious Traveler . Otherwise, you might disappear and folks would never even question it. File under: twice -told tales? See you soon... Contac...

Click here to text your Ghost It's Cauldron time again with The Ghost of Radio, keeper of all things midcentury horror radio, and your guide to same. This week, we wish we could take a good look at the "Man in the Mirror", from Macabre , but it's just not that simple... is anything? File under: screaming doesn't make it so See you soon...  Contact your Ghost at midcenturyg...

Click here to text your Ghost Back again at Cauldronside for more midcentury horror radio? Well, you get what you pay for when you take your chances with this genre. This week you find that "Death is My Caller", and that information comes from The Mysterious Traveler .  Scared? Maybe you will be. File under: the taunting hour See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.co...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where all is midcentury horror radio and it's always 1938. With The Ghost of Radio as your implacable and irreplaceable guide, what could go wrong? Well, you could end up "A Friend to Alexander", as described by Suspense .  And you don't want that. File under: listen to the 1956 version--it's crucial See you soon....

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio keeps an eternal vigil with all who love and seek to understand this genre. This week, we meet "Goody Two Shoes", via The Price of Fear . Or should we say, we do all in our power not to meet her... File under: not for the faint of heart See you soon... Contact your Ghost at mid...

Click here to text your Ghost Back again to dive into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and pull out an episode at random, led as always by The Ghost of Radio into whatever may come. This week, we have "A Thought" from The Haunting Hour .  What will we think of it? Only one reliable means of finding out, so listen in. File under: thought crime See you soon... Contact your Ghost at...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside and The Ghost of Radio, here to guide you through everything that is midcentury horror radio. This week we spend "A Night in the Waxworks", with Beyond Midnight .  Will we last the night and earn our money? Or will we succumb to the oldest fear in human history? File under: look in the mirror See you soon... Contact your Ghost at...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back and into Season Six of The Ghost of Radio, your undying center of all things midcentury horror radio. We begin our new season with "A Dream of Death", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater .  Is it a harbinger of a good season of horror to come? Only one way to find out. File under:  undead overdrive See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcentury...

Click here to text your Ghost You've arrived here at the end of all things Season 5, and it seems fitting to go out with a bang not a whimper: "The Storm", from Suspense . Your nerve will be tested by man and Nature in this one, and you may not know who to root for. File under: look out--it's Season 6 approaching! See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com ...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back again, Cauldronside, ready to be thrown into the bottomless pit of midcentury horror radio by your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, we'll be "Casting the Runes", courtesy of the series Escape . Make sure you listen in a temperature-controlled room. File under: sometimes it just works See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcentury...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to pull out an episode--but this time round, it's another special episode of Compare and Contrast, featuring two takes on Daphne DuMaurier's short story "The Birds". Time to answer that old question: who wore it best? File under: maybe it's who wore...

Click here to text your Ghost It's time to fall into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and see when and if The Ghost of Radio sets you back on dry land or leaves you to sink or swim. This week, you'll need to outrun a "Strange Passenger" you meet at Inner Sanctum . Maybe you can, if you drive fast enough. File under:  once again I am with you See you soon... Contact your...

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio makes sure you sit tight and listen. This week, you meet "Archer", from the series Lights Out, Everybody .  Won't you? Yes? No?  File under: I grow weary See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com  Instagram @ghostofradio - always look for th...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back again, waiting for The Ghost to pull out another episode of midcentury horror radio from the Cauldron, and The Ghost is more than happy to oblige you. This week, it's "We Are All Alone", from the series Theater Five .  Be ready to answer the unanswerable. File under: which is it? See you soon...  Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gm...

Click here to text your Ghost The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio lies open at your feet, waiting for you to dive in with The Ghost and immerse yourself in all that is MCHR. This week, we're part of a "Reunion at the Victory Cafe", thanks to Nightfall .  Will we return from this encounter, or is this a permanent engagement?  File under: who's the writer for this one? See yo...

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, your port in a storm of midcentury horror radio. This week, The Ghost of Radio introduces you to "The Thirteenth Sound", from the series Suspense . Spoiler--it stars the greatest voice actor in MCHR. Will the story live up to the star? Only one way to find out. File under: which scream is worst? See you soon... Contact...

Click here to text your Ghost It's time to join your Ghost around the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to see what it holds for us. This week, it offers "I Am Your Brother", from the series Dark Fantasy .  Who is our brother, and who are we? All questions we'll try to answer--all we can do is try. File under: metaphor See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gma...