The Late Late Horror Show

JUST ANOTHER GREAT SPOOKY OLD TIME RADIO SHOW.

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.

“ The Good Die Young ” — This episode could perhaps be the most unnerving of this list (and in fact was voted as such in a popular old time radio forum). A father brings home a new wife, much to the surprise and chagrin of his teenage daughter. The new stepmother is loving, caring, even doting — but, she’s taken some of the father’s attention that used to be for his daughter only. So, the daughter...

Sgt. Howie travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers that the locals are weird and unhelpful, and becomes determined to get to the bottom of the disappearance.

"The cat saw everything with its yellow eyes..." in this classic horror episode sponsored by Lipton Tea:  Boris Karloff  is a man is haunted for forty years by moans of his strangled wife!

 "Devil Island". Sustaining. A young girl is stranded on island with three people who are trying to drive her crazy. 

A scientist recovers the brain of a recently deceased tycoon and decides to use it for his experiments. Soon the brain’s power is reaching out to control the will of the man studying it. This adaptation of Curt Siodmak’s novel hit the airwaves almost a decade before the story served as the basis for the cult sci-fi film starring Lew Ayres. And the radio play is scarier. Way scarier. Let’s just say...

A scientist recovers the brain of a recently deceased tycoon and decides to use it for his experiments. Soon the brain’s power is reaching out to control the will of the man studying it. This adaptation of Curt Siodmak’s novel hit the airwaves almost a decade before the story served as the basis for the cult sci-fi film starring Lew Ayres. And the radio play is scarier. Way scarier. Let’s just say...

A man nearing his execution date escapes from prison and swears revenge on the man who framed him for his crime... not even death can stop him! Frank Lovejoy and Mercedes McCambridge appear in mid-commercial. Alternatively titled: "No Escape" and "The Luck Of Mark Street." Old Time Radio Broadcast Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast and Molle Shaving Cream. Mac Rogan is put on trial for the brutal knife...

Lights Out, The Dream. Boris Karloff plays a man who never dreams, until a woman appears to him at night, instructing him to kill. The woman's laugh/scream will chill your spine!

“ Pollock and the Porroh Man ” — Originally a short story by the famed H.G. Wells, the tale opens with a man named Pollock being visited by a friend in London. The pair had traveled to Africa some months back, during which Pollock was a normal, if arrogant, fellow. Now, however, it was obvious to the friend that Pollock was disturbed — clearly the events in Africa had gotten to him. You see, Pollo...

“ Three Skeleton Key ” — This rat-infested tale is set on a lonely island-lighthouse off the coast of South America. Originally a short story, this adaptation first appeared on Escape in 1949, and it was re-performed three times on that show, and another two times on Suspense. Narrated by famous radio man Vincent Price, it tells the tale of three men who are manning the lighthouse. They see a seem...

THIS EPISODE WE TALK HORROR OF DRACULA AND BRIDES OF DRACULA. HAMMER HORROR. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Little-Monsters-Movie-Podcast/353829338139775

"Dracula". Sustaining. The first show of the series. + Columbia gave the famous young Orson Welles the chance to bring his celebrated repertory company from Broadway to "The Broadway of The Air". In this first of these excellent shows you are treated to the most famous horror story in the world, Bram Stokers Dracula. The recording is a little crackly, but even after over 60 years it is still well...

“ Knock at the Door ” — There’s something especially haunting about a dainty-sounding woman becoming psychotic and pushing her mother-in-law down a well. This tale is narrated by Ella, our murderer, as she describes her descent into madness — how she married a nice fellow named Jay, how Jay brought his mother home unannounced to live with them, and how Ella soon felt pushed out of the way by their...

“ Murder Castle ” — An especially chilling episode, “Murder Castle” is unique because it’s based on the true story of  H. H. Holmes  — the mass murderer who haunted Chicago during the time of the 1893 world’s fair. The story was made famous more recently by Erik Larson’s book, The Devil in the White City . This particular dramatization features a young woman, Ella Malone, who’s been picked up by p...

“ Sorry, Wrong Number ” — This episode of Suspense was its most popular and successful, eventually being not just re-aired, but re-performed seven times after its original premiere in 1943. It’s a fairly simple tale of a woman trying to call her husband’s office at night to check in and find out when he’s coming home. The telephone switchboard wires get crossed somehow and she ends up listening in...

“ Tanglefoot ” — A tale that deals with the classic horror niche of giant insects. A plumber finds a way of growing a common fly to giant proportions. It’s cute at first, as a pet, but as you can imagine, things get out of hand quickly. Some of the sound effects are so realistic, I had to actually do a double take that they weren’t coming from my house. The eerie music also provides some extra goo...

“ The Thing On the Fourble Board ” — This episode that aired in August of 1948 is widely regarded as the finest piece of radio horror to ever hit the airwaves. It starts fairly slowly, with a man, Porky, describing working on an oil derrick. His friend comes to join him for some pork chops, and they discover … something … that’s come up from a mile below the earth. I listened to this during the ve...

A twisted treasure from Hollywood’s pre-Code horror heyday, Island of Lost Souls is a cautionary tale of science run amok, adapted from H. G. Wells’s novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. In one of his first major movie roles, Charles Laughton is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked man (Richard Arlen) w...

A young couple is new to the LA area, and needs a house to rent. They stop by a realtor’s office, find a place they like, and move in. All seems well, until they find a locked closet that has no key. They write it off, but in the middle of the night they hear noises, seemingly emanating from this closet. After closer inspection… and that’s where I’ll stop and let you listen to this episode.

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