Who would have ever thought Suspense would have introduced a horror tale featuring Dashiell Hammett's legendary detective Sam Spade. Well, truth be told Spade isn’t a character in the main story though. The House in…
I thought I'd bring an episode from our neighbors to the north for tonight's Spooktacular with the Canadian Broadcasting Company's Nightfall. Nightfall was a show which aired from 1980 through 1983 and featured…
While most radio drama died off during the late 1950s and early 1960s here in the U.S., the Brits across the pond have continued the great tradition of great stories carried through the airwaves. One series which aired for a…
A program back in the 1950s which could provide some nice chills was The Hall of Fantasy. While the series is probably not one of the best remembered (or regarded by some) since it didn’t employ big name actors and the slim…
I know a lot of people dug the edit I put together of At the Mountains of Madness BBC Radio 4 did a few years back and now, as a Spooktacular treat, here's the BBC production of The Shadow Over Innsmouth - another of…
We hear from the pen of Ray Bradbury once again on one of the first science fiction programs to make a bow on radio, Dimension X. While a lot of episodes of Dimension X went a bit overboard with heavy handed moralizing, every…
Talk about an episode which has nearly everything - Orson Welles; A script by Lucille Fletcher; Atmospheric (and unusually minimal) sound effects. The Hitch-Hiker, which is spelled in the style of the day, is surely one of my…
Time for more Arch Oboler and Lights Out! During the 1930s, 40s, and 50s - in radio or film - if you wanted to scare the audience you gave Boris Karloff a call. I get a kick that by all accounts Karloff was the epitome of the…
What has to be no doubt one of the most famous radio stories of all time (outside of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds) has to be Sorry, Wrong Number. The radio play was performed eight times from 1943 through 1960 with Agnes…
TGG’s October Spooktacular – Lights Out: ‘Poltergeist Once again we’ll take a spin with Lights Out for some scary fun. You have to appreciate how most episodes of the series start out innocently enough and then begin to ramp…
H.P. Lovecraft’s stories didn’t make too many appearances on radio back in the day but every once in while you’d actually catch a tale here or there. While I can’t say the Cthulhu Mythos translated overly well to a thirty…
Jeff shares his review of the fifth edition of the venerable fantasy roleplaying game Chivalry & Sorcery from Britannia Game Designs Ltd.
Spider-Man: Black Suit and Blood and Spider-Society conclude for Marvel Comics this week as fresh issues of Avengers, X-Factor, and X-Men arrive at your FLCS.
This week DC Comics rolls out first issues of Absolute Superman, Batgirl, JSA, and Little Batman Month One as My Adventures with Superman concludes.
Mirka Andolfo's Sweet Paprika: Open for Business launches for Image Comics this week as new issues of Free Agents, Gunslinger Spawn, and Saga hit shop shelves.
IDW Publishing launches My Little Pony Classics Reimagined The Odyssey alongside new Monster High New Scaremester and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nightwatcher.
Disney DuckTales launches for Dynamite Entertainment as fresh issues of Disney Gargoyle's Quest, Disney Hercules, and Red Sonja Death and the Devil also arrive.
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