Halloween Spooktacular 2017 – Darkness: ‘Life Span’
In Life Span, a bogus anti-aging formula shocks its con artist creators when it actually works. It works but with less than, shall we say, beneficial side effects.
In Life Span, a bogus anti-aging formula shocks its con artist creators when it actually works. It works but with less than, shall we say, beneficial side effects.
Today’s Spooktacular entry is an especially interesting one as not only is the story pretty scary but it’s also loosely based on fact.
In The Captain of the Pole-Star, based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a doctor hires on to a whaling ship only to be aboard the vessel when it becomes locked in ice during its travels.
In this tale, a traveler stops to fill up at a gas station and encounters a strangely out of place elderly man who happens to be heading his way.
In today’s Spooktacular entry, Wear the Dead Man’s Coat, a rather cruel beggar does just that and finds more than invisibility as part of the bargain.
Kick back and enjoy a scary tale of a mad scientist as it aired on Dimension X on September 22nd, 1950.
Tonight let’s celebrate Friday the 13th with one of the more interesting stories produced during the entire run of CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
Today we’ll give a listen to two great talents of the macabre; Edgar Allan Poe and Boris Karloff.
This episode of Suspense is a rather creepy one wherein a reporter offers to spend the night in the infamous murderers wing of a wax museum.
This episode focuses on a woman who constantly dreams her husband is a vampire. The Undead originally aired on December 18th, 1945.
Airing on November 13th, 1961, a young groom accepts a carnival bet to remain buried in a grave for five days in Final Resting Place.
This is an interesting episode in which a young man is promised unimaginable wealth simply if he purchases an odd bottle from a dying relative.
In The Repossession – which aired on September 26th, 1980 – a conjoined twin begins having conversations with the spirit of his brother; a brother who died at birth.
In George Lefferts’ The Parade, an advertising agency exec is approached by a man looking to promote the upcoming Martian arrival on Earth.
Few radio shows could meld humor and horror in the way Quiet, Please could during it’s relatively short run. Today’s Spooktacular entry is certainly no exception.