We discuss "Short Order," from Suspense, originally broadcast August 18, 1945, three days after Japanese Emperor Hirihoto announced the Japanese surrender in World War Two.
Matt's audio sucks recording two days before moving across country without any gear, but otherwise we're back at it. From November of 1948, it's "One For the Book."
We're back after a brief hiatus! First up is "The Shadow People," from The Hall of Fantasy, 1952. It's a spooky one.Listen to surviving episodes of The Hall of Fantasy here.
We discuss arguably one of the three most important episodes of the entire show's run, "Adam and the Darkest Day," from early November 1948.Check out the Mindwebs archive here.
We're joined by Pete Lutz of the Narada Radio Company to discuss Good Ghost, which was originally broadcast on October 24th, 1948. Later in the episode we hear clips from Narada's recreation of the episode, which you can listen to here.Check ou
We're so excited to welcome back return guest Dr. Leslie McMurtry, Lecturer in Radio Studies at the University of Salford, Manchester to discuss our FIRST non-American and second (?) non-golden age program: Fear on Four. The episode is "The Sno
It's our first ever live episode! On his long drive back across the country moving from Providence, RI to Portland, OR, Matt stopped by Dave's in Minnesota to record a live, in person episode discussing Lucille Fletcher's "The Hitchhiker."We'll
We have a two-fer today as we cover a missing episode, "Motive," as well as a retelling of the story of Cain and Abel in "The Third Man's Story."With Paul Knierim and Kelly Prosen
We couldn't quit the Halloween spirit so we're giving you a bonus episode to close out the spooky season. From May of 1958, it's "The Ghost to Ghost Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
For our 2022 Halloween special we are joined by Professors Neil Verma (Northwestern University), Richard Hand (University of East Anglia), and Leslie McMurtry (University of Salford Manchester) to discuss the Suspense classic, "The House in Cyp
We have an extra-long episode diving into one of our favorite episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. From 1977, it's "The Ninth Volume." Climate change, Peak Oil, The End of the World, we've got it all here.
We discuss "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" from the 1945 season of The Shadow, written by Alfred Bester.Opening clip: Alfred Bester at the MidAmeriCon 74th World Science Fiction Convention, 1976.Outro music: "The Little Man Who Wasn't There,"
In our return from a brief Summer hiatus, we discuss a listener request of "Immortal Gentleman" from Lights Out! as well as Arch Oboler's Drop Dead! LP.