TGG October Spooktacular – Suspense: ‘The House in Cypress Canyon’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Time for more Arch Oboler and Lights Out! During the 1930s, 40s, and 50s – in radio or film – if you wanted to scare 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
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
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
Tonight we have another Wyllis Cooper production and this time around it’s the well regarded – but sometimes underappreciated – Quiet, Please. I have to
One of the best of the early radio shows devoted to giving listeners the creeps was Lights Out. Although Inner Sanctum Mysteries gets a lot
While there were quite a few science fiction authors who found their work making its way to radio perhaps none found their tales resonating with
While Escape and Suspense are probably two of the best remembered long running radio shows, where horror stories would appear, there are other programs which