The Ghost of Radio

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where all is midcentury horror radio. This week The Ghost has something very special lined up for you: "The Bronze Venus", from The Witch's Tale . Wonder why we haven't heard from this series before?  File under: going back and forth See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com  Instagram @ghostofrad...

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and sit down, have a seat, and listen to the story of midcentury horror radio that The Ghost of Radio tells you--if you don't know any better. This week, we define "The Vampire's Desire", from The Hermit's Cave . Don't worry if you can't follow along; it will all be made clear to you. File under: crumbling and cackling See you...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio waits for you each week to renew our pact to share midcentury horror radio. This week, we hear the call of "The Sending", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater .  A familiar story with a very unexpected impact, it's just what we're looking for--or just what's looking for us. File under: why D...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to The Cauldron, where The Ghost of Radio breathes new life into midcentury horror radio. This week, we encounter "The Man Who Knew Everything", via some mysterious mechanism of Quiet, Please . Don't waste your last moments trying to figure it out. File under: was the coffee different? See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail....

Click here to text your Ghost You're back again, knocking at the door of The Ghost of Radio, in search of another immersion in the supernatural world of midcentury horror radio. You're in luck: this week, you'll meet "The Ghost Makers", as found in The Sealed Book . Be prepared for an ending nothing prepares you for. File under: does she survive after all? See you soon......

Click here to text your Ghost Another week has delivered you back to Cauldronside to take your chances with midcentury horror radio. Will The Ghost be able to protect you from all the unseen, unidentifiable dangers to be found this week in "The Story of Mr. Mags", from Lights Out, Everybody ? You'll have to turn and look behind you to find out. File under: it's not Agatha See y...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to the edge of The Cauldron, boiling full of episodes of midcentury horror radio, conjured up and out for you by The Ghost of Radio.  This week we go in search of "A Room for the Night", and find it at The Creaking Door .  What will be more horrible, spirits or living men?  File under: living men See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back at Cauldronside, waiting for a cloak of midcentury horror radio to cover you. This week, it's "The Black Band", from the series The Hermit's Cave .  Will it shake your confidence in everything that makes you sane? Only one way to find out. File under: we hate Dickens See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com ...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost sends you into the most dangerous places known to innocent travelers. This week, it's "Ringing the Changes", from the series Nightfall, and it asks the question, which is more frightening--the undead returned from the grave, or a young woman on her honeymoon? File under: to night ?...

Click here to text your Ghost It's that time again--are you ready to gather round the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio? If so, The Ghost of Radio is ready to endanger you. This week, you're exposed to "Time On My Hands", from Suspense . How well you will weather it is very hard to tell; if only we could travel to the future and find out before we begin. File under: please do...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where you gather at your own risk to plunge into midcentury horror radio. Luckily you have a guide: The Ghost of Radio, who expertly leads you to--and through--the most frightening experiences. This week, it's "The Man Who Stole a Planet", from the magnificent Quiet, Please .  That's enough warning for anyone. File und...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio tended weekly by The Ghost of Radio--the closest you can come to a trusted guide in a world of horror. This week, we inhabit a "House of Cards", from Theater Five, perhaps the least trustworthy series we can visit. Stay close and be prepared. File under: you can't outlive it See you soon... Contact...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back at Cauldronside with The Ghost of Radio, waiting to re-enter the world of midcentury horror radio--if you ever left it. It gets harder and harder to leave as we go along. This week, our journey inward takes us to "The Picture of Dorian Gray", by the CBS Radio Mystery Theater .  Can it do justice to one of the most unsettling stories ever tol...

Click here to text your Ghost Enter the world of The Ghost of Radio, where midcentury radio is the be-all and end-all of our experience. This week, The Cauldron offers up a special episode where we are comparing one story as told by two different series: "Stranger in the House", by The Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book .  File under: Who wore it best? See you soon... Contact your G...

Click here to text your Ghost Unable to go on without some midcentury horror radio to get you thinking and questioning everything you know? Back to The Cauldron we go, then, to listen to another episode together. This week, we observe "The Mark of Shame", from The Hall of Fantasy .  Will it come to us, or will we simply see it at a distance? File under: ghosts and things See you soon......

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio leads you through the unbekannt lands of midcentury horror radio. This week we enter "The House of Death", from The Mysterious Traveler .  We'll also leave it once the story is done--which is more than we can say for everyone in the story. File under: it's the lies that hurt See you soon... Con...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to Year Three, Season Five around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio boiled up for you by The Ghost of Radio. We continue our journey with "The Black Room", from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater .  Horrors real and imagined await us. File under: you have to care a lot--about endings See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com  I...

Click here to text your Ghost It's the close of October, and the world ends this week, with "The Lottery", from NBC's Short Story . File under: not fiction See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com  Instagram @ghostofradio - always look for the five o'clock drop...

Click here to text your Ghost It's October, it's almost the end of the month... it's dangerous territory around the October Cauldron. The Ghost of Radio is here to endanger and guide you through it, if you take up that very mixed offer. This October week it's "Knock at the Door", from Lights Out, Everybody . Not for the faint of heart, or weak of arm. File under: why...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back and it's October and it's the October Cauldron, with its special depths of horror for the season. October is our origin month, and so The Ghost of Radio is here to guide you through especially impactful stories--like "Tanglefoot", from Quiet, Please .  All you have to hear is that it's October and  Quiet, Please to know that t...

Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Ghost of Radio, where everything about midcentury horror radio lives and breathes and sometimes creeps up into your soul. This week, we experience "Speciality of the House", from The Price of Fear . There will be 50 seconds you might want to skip; don't worry--we know. File under: there is no rhyme or reason See you soon... Contact y...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back again at Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio holds aural court over the realm of midcentury horror radio. This week we present the hypothesis that "Mars Is Heaven", from Escape (and Dimension X ). Is it a sad story of loss, or a spooky story of brainwashing? and who exactly does it brainwash--the characters in the story, or the listener?...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back again, gathering round the Cauldron for another round of midcentury horror radio, and like every round, this one's on The Ghost of Radio. But it's always wise to know exactly what's been put into your drink; this time, you should be carefully examining "The Honeymooners", from Beyond Midnight . Don't worry--we're all...

Click here to text your Ghost You're back at the Cauldron with The Ghost of Radio, waiting to be led into the maw of another episode of midcentury horror radio. Why do you do it? That's up to you. This week, you choose to explore "The Creeping Wall",  from The Inner Sanctum . Ever heard of the devil you know? This is the devil you don't. File under: It's not me See yo...

Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome to and from The Ghost of Radio, the ambivalent spirit who guides and guards the ways of midcentury horror radio. Each week we're lured into a different episode to discuss, survive, and--we hope--enjoy with a thrill of terror.  This week, it's "Fatal Connection", from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater .  How will we fare? You'll h...