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Welcome to The Cauldron, where midcentury horror radio lives with The Ghost of Radio as its medium. This week, we meet the "King of the World" through The Sealed Book. What do the evil deserve, and what do they get? Only one way to find out.
File under: Caesar
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You've returned to The Cauldron for more midcentury horror radio, at the beck and call of The Ghost of Radio, lighthouse guiding all horror hearts. This week, we reach "The Edge of Evil" with Macabre. Define it? Maybe.
File under: uncanny evil beauty
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where the fires of midcentury horror radio burn their brightest. The Ghost of Radio reaches in, and this week pulls out "Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison" from Theater Five. Not for the faint of heart.
File under: worse than fear
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio convenes all forms of midcentury horror radio in all modes of expression. This week, we have a special: Moods II, wherein your Ghost gathers five examples of mood-setting that defines the horror we seek.
File under: there is no fantasy
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We're back again at The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, awaiting whatever The Ghost of Radio pulls out for us to listen to, make sense of, and enjoy. This week, we meet "Brother John" with Suspense. You won't even need to pay attention for this one.
File under: unbelievable
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We're back around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, led by The Ghost of Radio into another bottomless pit of the genre. This time, we buy "Lot 132" with The Price of Fear. What story will our narrator choose to tell us? Only one way to find out.
File under: he's his own person
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We ring around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to reach in, pull out an episode, and make us all fall down. This week, we board "The Black Swan" from Murder at Midnight. Let's hope our journey is a quiet one.
File under: it's not the ship
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The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio boils near you, as The Ghost of Radio reaches in to revive another episode of the genre, just for your sake. This week, we learn, perhaps, that "The Old Ones are Hard to Kill", via The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
File under: hello and farewell
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Come close to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio awaits you, ready to guide you into, and perhaps back out of, another episode of this genre. This time, we go down in the "Bathysphere" with Lights Out, Everybody.
File under: time loop anguish
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Welcome back to Cauldronside where midcentury horror radio lives eternally, tended by The Ghost of Radio, your guide. This week, we attend an "inquest" with Quiet, Please. We really do.
File under: once in a lifetime
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We're gathered together around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to see what depths it will offer up to The Ghost of Radio, steady hand over this genre. This time, we analyze "Titles" and how they communicate telepathically with us as we choose episodes.
File under: obvious is not
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Welcome back to The Cauldron, where The Ghost of Radio offers you another round of midcentury horror radio to fall into. This week, we almost go on "The Last Trip" with Suspense. Or maybe it is our last trip with them. Only time will tell.
File under: maybe
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Step back from The Cauldron if you're not ready for one of the most astounding engagements with midcentury horror radio you'll ever encounter, courtesy of The Ghost of Radio. It's "A Man's Worth", from Beyond Midnight.
File under: no further comment
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, and to The Ghost of Radio, warning presence of all things related to this undying genre. This time around, we witness "Murder Three Times" from Suspense. Playing against type, or not?
File under: or four, or five...
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and the shadowy realm of The Ghost of Radio, your doorway to this remarkable genre. This time, we see "The Mask of Medusa" from Mystery in the Air. Unless we're lucky.
File under: it's coming
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The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio has lured you back, to where The Ghost of Radio waits with another adventure in this genre. This week. we hear a "Confession" from Escape. Or is it two? Only one way to find out.
File under: three options
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Back again around The Cauldon of midcentury horror radio with your guide, The Ghost of Radio, leading the way. This week, we consider "A Thing of Beauty" with Suspense, and enter a world of misdirection we may never return from.
File under: emphasis on thing
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It's the fateful return to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where we gather to witness The Ghost of Radio reach into its depths to bring us another episode. This time, it's "The New Order" from Theater Five. Sound hopeful?
File under: first time ever
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Returning to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio? The Ghost of Radio is waiting, of course, since our arrangement is "Till Death Do Us Part", with some help from The Sealed Book. A journey to an unknown destination, or the opposite? Only one way to find out.
File under: twice they do it
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio boils away under the hand of The Ghost of Radio. This week, there are "Deadly Developments" from Nightfall for us to witness--if not join in.
File under: that rarest of all midcentury entities
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where fear is always simmering. This week, The Ghost of Radio introduces you to "The Listener" from Inner Sanctum, and will just warn you it's not entirely what you expect.
File under: knock at the door
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The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio beckons you to the side of The Ghost of Radio, guiding spirit of the genre. This week, The Ghost details "The Fall of the House of Usher" from The Weird Circle. What's the cause of the disaster? Only one way to find out.
File under: what's not said?
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The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio is boiling, even as The Ghost of Radio reaches into it to pull out another episode. An example, perhaps of the "Survival of the Fittest", according to The Mysterious Traveler. How do we define fit? Only one way to find out.
File under: cats tell all
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio is eternal. The Ghost of Radio is here as always to be your guide, and this week you journey together into "To Have and To Hold" from The Sealed Book.
File under: tell me about it
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Welcome back to the mother of all Cauldrons, where midcentury horror radio is constantly reborn. Your midwife? The Ghost of Radio. This week, we see the birth of "The Hairy Monster", from The Witch's Tale. What kind of life does it hold? Only one way to find out.
File under: and then this happened
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We return once more to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, to experience come what may that which The Ghost of Radio pulls out from it. This week, we enter "The Dark Chamber" with Murder at Midnight. What makes it dark? Only one way to find out.
File under: time is telling
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Back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio we come, driven by The Ghost of Radio, presiding spirit of our listening. This time we encounter the wiles of a special episode devoted to the malevolent spirits behind all midcentury shows: "Sponsors".
File under: necessary evils
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Here we are again around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to take our chances alongside The Ghost of Radio, our curator. This week, we say "Come In, Eddie" with Quiet, Please. Does he take us up on that offer? Only one way to find out.
File under: welcome, Albert
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Back again at Cauldronside for another dose of midcentury horror radio, as administered by The Ghost of Radio? Very well: this time, we attend "Finishing School" from Suspense. What will we learn? Only one way to find out.
File under: which is it?
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We're back at The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, watching and waiting on The Ghost of Radio to draw out another episode for us to experience together. This week, we'll listen "Until Dead" with Lights Out, Everybody, and there's heavy work to be done.
File under: stand by it
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Gathered round again in the dark of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to let The Ghost of Radio lead you through another episode at random. This week, we see "The Black Seagull" from Inner Sanctum. Remember--you don't know what you don't know.
File under: leave it at the door
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Pulled back once again to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio? You're not alone. Many others join you, not least The Ghost of Radio, your host and guide. This week, we live through a "New Year's Nightmare" with The Mysterious Traveler. When does it end? Only one way to find out.
File under: favorite story
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We're here again, gathered round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to be led to our fate by The Ghost of Radio. That's the way of our world, and this week it comes "Out of the Mouths" via The Price of Fear. What is it we hear? Only one way to find out.
File under: this time it's a baby
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We're all back, gathering round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to listen, make sense, and enjoy, led by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we encounter "The Crystalline Man" from Macabre. It may not be everything you're expecting.
File under: so many changes
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Back at Cauldronside for more midcentury horror radio? The Ghost of Radio is ready to oblige. This week, we live in "Present Tense" with Suspense. No time like the present to redefine reality.
File under: so much worse
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, tended eternally by The Ghost of Radio. Your invitation to brave the worst is always honored, and this week tested by hearing from a "Heart of Gold" from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
File under: there's no way
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Back again at Cauldronside, ready for another dose of midcentury horror radio? You're in the right place. The Ghost of Radio is ready to reach in and bring out a "Curse of the Neanderthal", via Dark Fantasy. Think you know what you're getting?
File under: Clive
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You've returned to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to watch in anticipation as The Ghost of Radio reaches out to see which episode it sends us this time. And it's a special: The Ghost will choose two versions of a classic tale of deep horror to compare and contrast.
File under: can either comprehend the horror they're relaying?
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where episodes of midcentury horror radio abound beneath the hand of The Ghost of Radio. This week, we witness "Welcome Home" from The Sealed Book... hold the phone.
File under: not again
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Driven back to the fires of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio for light and heat, and the hand of The Ghost of Radio, we gather this time and ask "Whence Came You" with Quiet, Please. It's not all we'll ask before it's through.
File under: no, it's not that
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Welcome to the start of another journey round the full moon of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, guided by The Ghost of Radio. We begin this season with a "Baby Doll" from Nightfall. Careful of the edge, indeed.
File under: not what you're expecting
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No one approaches the final episode of our Origin Season without deep apprehension. We all know what The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio reserves for that final advance into horror, and even The Ghost of Radio must take care. The final episode this Season is "The Last Land Rush", from Theater Five.
File under: this really is the end
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Gather round The Cauldron of midcentury radio as you never have before; it's time for the end. This week, we're asked to be "Quiet, Please" by a ghost even more towering than The Ghost of Radio.
File under: thanks for listening to Quiet, Please
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It's Origin Season for The Ghost of Radio, the undying anniversary of the birth of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio. To continue the celebration, we say "Bon Voyage" with Lights Out, Everybody. We're the ones crying at the dock.
File under: they talk about it
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Origin Season--wherever and whenever you are now, it's October, when The Cauldron was born, and first filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio by The Ghost of Radio. To begin this season, we see how "The Good Die Young" with The Mysterious Traveler.
File under: very rough at the end
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Welcome back to the fires of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where episodes boil in anticipation. This week, The Ghost of Radio pulls out "Broadway Here I Come" from The Sealed Book. Who wants to be a star? Only one way to find out.
File under: the little foxes
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Round and round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio we go, and what The Ghost of Radio pulls out from it no one knows. This week, the answer it "I Always Marry Juliet" from Quiet, Please. Wrapping your heads around it not guaranteed.
File under: Juli-ette
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Back to The Cauldron for more midcentury horror radio stirred up by The Ghost of Radio? Very well--this week, we stand around "The Empty Chair" via Suspense. Who should be in it? Only one way to find out.
File under: the unexpected horror
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Back into The Cauldron for another dose of midcentury horror radio, overseen by your spirit guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, we encounter "The Flame" with Lights Out, Everybody. What will it require of us?
File under: define "willing" sacrifice
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The Cauldron, and the end of all journeys toward midcentury horror radio, awaits. What will the hand of The Ghost of Radio pull out of its depths? This week, it's "Take Your Partners", from Beyond Midnight. And a partner will be taken.
File under: but which one?
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Hello welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and The Ghose of Radio who offers its wares to you. This week, we Flip a Coin on an episode that provokes very mixed reactions. Is it sick, or is it horror? Only one way to find out.
File under: three sides of a coin or none
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Gather closer round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio so The Ghost of Radio knows you're ready for another round. This week, we enter "The House", with Beyond Midnight. You don't know and you aren't ready.
File under: oh yes
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Welcome back to The Cauldron, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio and eternally guarded by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we attend "The Masque of the Red Death" with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Who else will be there?
File under: Doreen
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio waits, ready to guide you into--and out of--midcentury horror radio. This week, we chase "The Woman in Black" with The Mysterious Traveler. What's her name again? Only one way to find out.
File under: who is death?
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The Cauldron is boiling, you are gathered round, and The Ghost of Radio is ready to reach in. Too late to stop now--this week, we climb "The Demon Tree" with Dark Fantasy. Is there anything more terrifying? Only one way to find out.
File under: it's not him
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Welcome back to The Cauldron, where the fires of midcentury horror radio forever burn. The Ghost of Radio is waiting for you as always, as your guide through the genre. This week, we see what happens "Wherever I Go", with Murder at Midnight. The usual? Only one way to find out.
File under: no return
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Driven once more to Cauldronside in search of midcentury horror radio in all its glory? The Ghost of Radio is here to receive you, This week, we spend the night with "The Waxwork," via Suspense. Heard it all before? Don't be too sure.
File under: it really was
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Back to The Cauldron you're driven, in search of all things midcentury horror radio. The Ghost of Radio is ready as always to oblige you. This week, we enter "The Dream" with Lights Out, Everybody. Let's try not to get trapped in it.
File under: this is no meme
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You're back again at the foot of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, hoping The Ghost of Radio will pull out a plum. Perhaps that's what "Romeo, Where Art Thou?", from Theater Five, will turn out to be. But looks can be deceiving.
File under: manservant gone wrong
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Welcome back to the unsafety of The Cauldon of midcentury horror radio, mediated only by the hand of The Ghost of Radio to guide you ship to shore. This week, we board "The Stone Ship" with Nightfall, and take our chances of being swamped by one evil or another.
File under: normal or supernormal
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Welcome back to the depths of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, guarded as ever by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we enter into a spectrum of the universe previously unknown with "The Midnight Horseman", and Macabre. You are not prepared for what lies there.
File under: you aren't
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Welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is your eternal guide to the highs and lows of this timeless genre. This week, we have a special: Dealbreakers, for when you know from the word go that an episode is so harmfully off-base you can't listen to more than 30 seconds of it.
File under: don't ignore this intuition
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You're back at the foot of The Cauldron, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio to explore, guided by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we wear "The Golden Bracelet of Amoniris", via The Hall of Fantasy. Can we go into the sealed tomb to find out what happens to those who wear it? Only one way to find out.
File under: is there?
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Gathering once more around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio as The Ghost of Radio reaches in for another episode to experience together. This week, we hear "And the Moon Be Still As Bright", from Dimension X, but will we understand this bit of verse?
File under: always an excuse
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It's time to gather once more around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, emperor of all genres. The Ghost of Radio is ready this week to guide you through "Leiningen versus the Ants" from Suspense. More than one story of will and desire will be told.
File under: not man-on-top
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always on guard. This week, we learn why "The Old Die Rich" on Tales of Tomorrow. Not your typical time-travel story; it' s a little too close to our time.
File under: what is that cage-shaped thing?
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where the fires of midcentury horror radio burn bright and burn through. This week, The Ghost of Radio guides you to "The Dunwich Horror" from Suspense. Should it be saved for Halloween? Only one way to find out.
File under: a day late and
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It's time to gather once again around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, watching as The Ghost of Radio reaches in to pull out the next episode. This week, we gaze up at "The Ash Tree" with The Black Mass for an encounter with physical terror.
File under: not a squirrel
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio tends all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we rent out "The Furnished Floor" from Suspense. Remember all those warnings about not listening if you frighten easily?
File under: don't listen if you frighten easily
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio lives and lives on. This time, The Ghost of Radio reaches into its depths to bring out an "Elixir of Death" from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Just what is the threat it poses? Only one way to find out.
File under: ...or is there?
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You're back again at Cauldronside, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to reach into its depths and pull out a poisoned plum of midcentury horror radio. And we won't disappoint: this week, we join a "Hunting Trip" with Suspense, where just exactly what trophy we'll come away with remains very unclear.
File under: we're so gullible
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always waiting for you. This week, we overdraw our "Living Credit" at Theater Five. Warning: what looks like a reflecting pool turns out to be a bottomless pit.
File under: what's worse than bureaucracy?
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, tended by The Ghost of Radio, your guide there and back. This week, we listen to a "Fugue in C Minor" played by Suspense. Are you a music-lover? Let's hope not.
File under: mouths everywhere
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Up from the depths of The Cauldron comes another episode of midcentury horror radio, thrust into the hand of The Ghost of Radio. This week, we consider "Hosts", in a special drawing from eight different series. We'll try not to get lost in the maze.
File under: you know who's top and who's bottom
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Welcome back to the side of The Cauldron, where sparks of midcentury horror radio fly. The Ghost of Radio is ready to reach into and grab out from its depths once again, and this week we will become "Man-Size in Marble" in The Hall of Fantasy. Why man-sized in particular? Only one way to find out.
File under: grim tales
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where all things midcentury horror radio are tended by The Ghost of Radio, your eternal guide to all that is supernatural and supernormal. This week, we hear "The Hollow Footsteps" of Nightmare. Who's following us? Only one way to find out.
File under: pretty kerchiefs
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio is waiting to push you into the deep end of midcentury horror radio. This week, we seem to hear "The Violin" in The Witch's Tale. But does anyone else hear it?
File under: depends on their looks
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You've returned to The Cauldron for another journey into the heart of midcentury horror radio, led by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we drink from "Death's Goblet" with Murder at Midnight. Will it change us? Let's find out.
File under: let yourself go
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Back once more at Cauldronside, looking for midcentury horror radio? The Ghost of Radio sees you. This week, you're on "The Search for Life", from The Hermit's Cave. Did he search hard enough for a life--of his own? Only one way to find out.
File under: tropes followed by tropes followed by tropes
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Time once again to huddle around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to guide you through the labyrinth of the genre. This week, we get a "Scoop" from Lights Out, Everybody. What's the story? Only one way to find out.
File under: are we all people together?
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It's Cauldron time again, as The Ghost of Radio reaches into its depths for another episode of midcentury horror radio. This week, we open the door to "The Room Where the Ghosts Live" with Quiet, Please. Enough said.
File under: it takes a long time to die
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio ceaselessly tends the boil of episodes for us to share each week. This time, we look through "The Diamond Lens" with Favorite Story. What will we see? Only one way to find out.
File under: a woman
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Back once more at the foot of The Cauldron, as The Ghost of Radio reaches in for another episode of midcentury horror radio. This week, we encounter "The Unburied Dead" from Inner Sanctum. Who and why? Only one way to find out.
File under: why Steve?
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Once more into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, relentlessly driven on by The Ghost of Radio to discover its depths. This week we travel with "The Summer People", via The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Into the depths on this one.
File under: old story, new horror
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You've returned to The Cauldron for another dive into midcentury horror radio with your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, we take the "Pennsylvania Turnpike" with Dark Fantasy to a destination we will work to define, with some help...? from a certain old-timer.
File under: of no value whatsoever
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Back around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio for another encounter with The Ghost of Radio, center of all webs of this genre. This week, we feel "The Hand of Botar", from The Hall of Fantasy. But what is its power? Only one way to find out.
File under: be quiet!
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Back again at the side of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ever-tended by The Ghost of Radio for your listening... pleasure? Sometimes. This week? When we visit the "Point of Impact" from Theater Five, we'll find out.
File under: Kathy all the way
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Welcome back to The Cauldron, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio and eternally watched over by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we hear an "Epitaph" from Suspense. Will it be everything we think it is? ...do we want it to?
File under: boy ______ girl
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You're back beside The Cauldron, ready to be led by The Ghost of Radio into and out of another dive into midcentury horror radio. Remember--it was your choice. This week, we encounter Sexism Fails IV, a monster from the depths of Suspense.
File under: it's her fault
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio waits for you always to join in the rituals of the genre. This week, we witness "The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan" with Creeps by Night. Will we get the call of the living? Only one way to find out.
File under: Ramsay
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The Cauldron shines with the light of many fires of midcentury horror radio, guiding you to The Ghost of Radio and the infinite experiences on offer. This week, we reap the consequences of "Profits Unlimited" from Lights Out, Everybody. Is there any way to right the wrongs we encounter? Only one way to find out.
File under: always islands
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio has another episode of midcentury horror radio boiling away for you. This week, we enter "The House where Death Lived," via Murder at Midnight. Does the door swing both ways? Only one way to find out.
File under: scary is the new spooky
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Starting off the new Cauldron year of midcentury horror radio with a special from The Ghost of Radio, your host and guide to this genre for another year and all years to come. This week, we explore single lines from six episodes that establish the heart-stopping mood we chase in midcentury horror radio.
File under: it's a game
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Back at the end of time for the origin season finale from The Ghost of Radio and the Halloween Cauldronette: this year, we go into and come out of "The Yellow Wallpaper" with Suspense.
File under: just a pattern
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You've been drawn back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to hear what The Ghost of Radio will be given next in our origin season. This week, we inhabit "The House in Cypress Canyon", from Suspense. Double shock? Try a higher number.
File under: it's a time loop for us, too
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Rooted with fright at Cauldronside, we await the next episode from this Origin Season, and it's a justified terror: this week, we read "Pages from a Diary" from Suspense. There's no way to come away from it unchanged.
File under: sometimes pathos is more shattering than anything else
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Wherever you are, whenever you are, while you listen to this episode it's October--Origin Season of The Ghost of Radio. This year as usual, The Cauldronette brings you special levels of horror beginning with "Some People Don't Die" from Quiet, Please. Remember--the first episode of October is the easiest to bear.
File under: ...this is not easy to bear
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You're back for another round of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio, keeper of The Cauldron filled with episodes to be plunged into each week at random. This week, we learn what happens "If You Believe", thanks to The Mysterious Traveler. Be ready to falter.
File under: it's all just a dream that it was all just a dream
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You've returned to The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, home of all things midcentury horror radio, to take your chances with the world's greatest genre. This week, we're introduced to "One Happy Little Family" by Suspense. Are we glad to make their acquaintance? Only one way to find out.
File under: what might have been
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, tended vigilantly by The Ghost of Radio, your guide to all that's right about wrong. This week, we meet "A Good Neighbor" via Suspense. The question is, good for whom?
File under: evil comes indeed
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You've found your way back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, hoping to find refuge there with The Ghost of Radio as you listen. No guarantees on that as we listen to "Hickory Dickory Doom" from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. What's that all about? Only one way to know for sure.
File under: not funny
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It's time again to gather round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and see what The Ghost of Radio pulls out of it. This week, we meet a "Killer Wife" through The Creaking Door. Will we want to pull that door closed before it's over? Only one way to find out.
File under: there's a killer... and there's a wife...
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You've returned once more to The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, epicenter of all things midcentury horror radio. This week, The Ghost introduces you to "The Author of Murder" via The Hermit's Cave. Just exactly what did he do and how did he do it? Only one way to find out.
File under: so bleak in every way
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Welcome to Cauldronside, where you find midcentury horror radio alive and unalive and well--just like your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, you meet "The Man Who Came Back" via Dark Fantasy. Why did he come back? Who is he? Only one way to find out.
File under: keep those questions coming
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Here you are, gathered round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to be guided into--and perhaps out of--another episode by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we hear a "Voice on the Wire" from Inner Sanctum. Where is that call coming from? Only one way to find out.
File under: the point of no return
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Welcome back the The Cauldron, home to The Ghost of Radio and all things midcentury horror. This week, we ask "What the Devil" via Lights Out, Everybody. Rusty old saw or source of true horror? Only one way to find out.
File under: no regrets--we mean it
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally tended by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we encounter "The Stranger" with Theater Five; why has he come to us, and why won't he leave?
File under: cannot or will not
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You know you've come to the right place when The Cauldron appears, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio for The Ghost of Radio to reach into, and pull out from. This week, we "Let the Lillies Consider", with Quiet, Please. Is a story about pretty flowers really horror material? Only one way to find out.
File under: love you
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where what you hear is what you get. This week, we get "An Eye for an Eye" from The Price of Fear, and this is very much an episode that delivers a very real, very sickening real-world horror.
File under: this is not clickbait
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Welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury radio, where it's all fun and games until The Ghost steps in to pull out an episode. This week, you attend an "Analytical Hour" with Suspense. Do not take lightly the warning to be on your guard for some unexpected shocks.
File under: patient notes
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You've been drawn back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, with or against your will. Whatever the case may be, The Ghost of Radio is ready as always to entertain you. This week, we endure "Sexism Fails III", focused on a single, famous, revered, horrible example of the worst of sexism in any genre.
File under: if you've always wondered what a "sick" episode is
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It's hot around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, as episodes boil in an unending bonfire for your listening... pleasure. This week, you'll hear "A True Ghost Story" from Beyond Midnight. What makes it true? More to the point, what makes it false?
File under: it's not always about evil
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It's time to gather around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio, your guide to the otherworld of aural experience. This week, meet "Your Devoted Wife", with Suspense. What's true, what's false? Who's good, who's evil?
File under: ask those questions four times each
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Hello and welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always waiting, always watching, always ready to lead you through another episode. This time, we are "Nameless", thanks to The Hermit's Cave. Will our souls ever find rest afterward? Only one way to find out.
File under: a choice of fates worse than death
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You've returned once more to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally beckoned by The Ghost of Radio. If any guide to this world can be reliable, The Ghost is. This week, we hear--we experience--"Six Tales by Lord Dunsany", from The Black Mass. Will we ever awaken? Only one way to find out.
File under: the charm of the curse
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Welcome back to The Cauldron, your home for midcentury horror radio as curated for you by The Ghost of Radio. This week we listen from "Twelve to Five" along with Quiet, Please. Will we find peace in the small hours of the night? Are you really asking?
File under: what is it about lonely disc jockeys...?
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio keeps watch over an infinite well of episodes of midcentury horror radio. This week, we make "The Last Visit" with Nightfall. It raises many questions about the nature of the end--and what lies beyond.
File under: why can't they know?
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Welcome back to another session of midcentury horror radio as we gather around The Cauldron to listen to what The Ghost of Radio pulls from it. This week, we suffer from "August Heat", via Suspense. Will we ever really know what was behind that particular hot day?
File under: your guess and mine
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It's Cauldron time again, unchanging in any season in its dedication to midcentury horror radio. The Ghost of Radio is here to present "Death Rings Down the Curtain", from The Sealed Book. Formula established--end unknown.
File under: what could go wrong?
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We gather with the mists around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to be led ever deeper into the genre by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we learn that our doom may still come from "Out of the Sky", whether or not it's from The Hall of Fantasy.
File under: we're sorry
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Welcome once more to Cauldronside, where you breathe in the vapors of midcentury horror radio as administered by The Ghost of Radio. This week, you look into a very dangerous "Crystal Ball" with Beyond Midnight. You'll want to turn away before the vision ends, but don't do it--more than one life depends on seeing it through to the end.
File under: no way back
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Welcome back, to the world of shadows that exists around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio. This time, The Ghost of Radio plays a "Nocturne" for you, via The Haunting Hour. It's all very sleepy until it's not.
File under: it ain't Kate Bush
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It's the return of The Cauldron, drawing near with its overflowing melee of midcentury horror radio, all for you, like it or not. This week, we "Give the Devil His Due" with the help of The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. What exactly will we lose? Only one way to find out.
File under: both sides of the coin
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio runneth over. The Ghost of Radio is ready to take you on an unspeakable journey by hijacking the "Special to Hollywood", from Lights Out, Everybody. Does the plane ever land? Only one way to find out. See you soon...
File under: hanging in midair
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It's Cauldron time again--like midcentury horror radio itself, you can never leave it behind. The Ghost of Radio makes sure of that. This week, you learn how "Death Writes a Letter" from The Mysterious Traveler. Is it addressed to you? Only one way to find out.
File under: an enormous claim awaits you
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Here we sit, around The Cauldon of midcentury horror radio, minds glowing in the light of the fires tended by The Ghost of Radio. This week, our journey into the genre involves us in a "Design for Death", by way of The Sealed Book. What happens when the role of victim keeps slipping from one person to another? Only one way to find out.
File under: the tables turn you in
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You've come back again to The Cauldron of midcentury radio, where The Ghost of Radio welcomes in all who seek the unknown. This week, we find it during a "Weekend at Gleebes", via Suspense. If you're seeking support and protection, you've come to the right place--if you know what not to do.
File under: a beautiful fairytale must be protected
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Welcome back, for better or worse, to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally tended by The Ghost of Radio, your guide to, if not protector from, all the far reaches of this genre. This week, we enter "The House in the Garden", with Macabre. What will we find inside? Only one way to find out.
File under: halfway through
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You're back beside The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready--or not--for whatever The Ghost of Radio retrieves from it. This week, we have a "Nightmare" from Murder at Midnight. Not for the faint of heart.
File under: you can't wake up
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Hello and welcome back to the eternal Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, and to The Ghost of Radio who makes it all boil. This week, we encounter "The Murder Prophet" in The Inner Sanctum. Is he marriage material? Only one way to find out.
File under: no, he's not
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Hello and welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, curated by The Ghost of Radio, your seeking craft of all things meant to leave you unsettled and rethinking your certainties. This week... we diverge. Into "Lights Out TV" of all things. It will be the exception that proves the rule.
File under: just this once
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You're back again in the company of The Ghost of Radio, guardian spirit of all entities midcentury horror radio. This week we "Return to Shadow Lake" with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Not a pleasure trip. Advance warning given.
File under: some stories are evil
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside and The Ghost of Radio, presiding over all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we play an "End Game" with Suspense. What lies at the end of that country road? We find out once and for all--but you may not like the answer.
File under: Dickens
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When you fall into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, never ask if you were pushed or if you jumped. Either way this week, The Ghost of Radio gives you the same thing: "William and Mary", from The Price of Fear. Each offers a trap; The Ghost offers a way out.
File under: you were never pushed
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio is always seated, brewing and brooding over a boiling mass of midcentury horror radio. Why? Well, to serve it up to you, of course. This week, we meet "The Man Who Died Yesterday," at Murder at Midnight. Will we save him, or will he save us? Only one way to find out.
File under: don't fear the reaper?
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Welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, and your host The Ghost of Radio, who gives you this week "World Enough and Time", by way of Theater Five. We hope you have nerves of steel.
File under: reversal of fortune
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Back beside The Cauldron, looking for another plunge into midcentury horror radio? The Ghost of Radio is ready for you--just "Don't Tell Me About Halloween". Quiet, Please will explain why.
File under: I can't remember her name
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Hello everyone, all around the world, whoever you are, come to gather round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio. This week, it seems appropriate to be "Back for Christmas" with Suspense. Well, not everyone is in the holiday spirit.
File under: introducing...
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Back for another ride through The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, with The Ghost of Radio at the helm. You know by now it won't be uneventful, especially when we meet "The Easy Victim" from Suspense. Ideally, we all return home again safe and sound and single.
File under: the whammy doubled
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If you're not here at The Cauldron of midcentury radio to be unnerved to your marrow, you should leave now. The Ghost of Radio has a particularly impactful visit to "Sagamore Cottage" lined up for you, by way of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Something about the faint of heart...
File under: she can hardly wait
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All together now, around The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, where midcentury horror lives and breathes on the airwaves. This week, we theorize about "Themes", in a special episode curated by The Ghost. Be ready to pass judgment.
File under: it's not about the date
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Hello and welcome to The Cauldron of The Ghost of Radio, presiding spirit over all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we meet a "Little Old Lady," via Lights Out, Everybody--or do we? Only one way to find out.
File under: who answers that door?
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You're back again at The Cauldron filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio, tended as always by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we meet "The Man who was Death" via Murder at Midnight. Will we survive the encounter? Only one way to find out.
File under: it's always the human that scares you
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio awaits our gathering. This week our journey into midcentury horror radio exposes us to a "Shortwave Goodbye" from Nightfall. Will it send us on our way? Only one way to find out.
File under: always echoes
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Welcome and enter if you will in the world of The Ghost of Radio, where the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio bubbles eternally with episodes to pull out and experience together. This week, we witness "The Juvenile Rebellion" by Suspense. Is it an armageddon we can get behind? Only one way to find out.
File under: every day is like Sunday
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Welcome to the end of the year, and the heights of terror as served up by The Ghost of Radio. As we conclude this Origin Season, we witness the end of it all when "Zero Hour" arrives, via Suspense. It doesn't get more intense than this.
File under: you saw it coming
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We're deep in our origin season journey, which can only mean that this week holds deeper terrors than last week. So what do we experience this week? "Atrophy", via The Black Mass. Don't worry--there's nothing you can do.
File under: prisons upon prisons
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You're back again, to honor the origin season of The Ghost of Radio by diving into the Cauldronette of specially curated episodes that represent the pinnacle of midcentury horror radio. This week the horror is delivered by way of the "Northern Lights" as described by Quiet, Please. Listen while you can still move.
File under: no accident ends the world
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Welcome into the October Cauldronette, curated for the origin season of horror by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we trade places with a "Spider" in the jungles of Lights Out, Everybody. Malevolent imprisonment and criminal execution were never so horribly described.
File under: Give us Kong!
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Hello and welcome into the heart of midcentury horror radio darkness that is The Ghost of Radio. This week, in honor of our origin season, we take you to "Them", via the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Hold on--the journey is just beginning.
File under: phase 1 of the October Cauldronette
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Hello and welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio presides over a full immersion experience. This week, we see what happens when a "Strange Coupe Stays Overnight", over at Lights Out, Everybody. There's more than one drastic surprise in this story, so stick around.
File under: origin story
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Welcome back to the deep waters of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ruled by The Ghost of Radio. Benevolent or malevolent, always a despot. This week, The Ghost makes you part of a "Convoy for Atlantis", by way of Dark Fantasy. Familiar with this legend? Let's hope so.
File under: I really want to believe--I'm trying to believe
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You've returned to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, looking for another guided tour of the unknown from The Ghost of Radio. Good thing, too, because this week we go "Out the Window" with Suspense. When will you know the ride is over? Who says you will?
File under: every name
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Back again at The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio? You must be waiting for The Ghost of Radio to lead you into another episode. And here it is: "Welcome to Homerville", from Nightfall. Will it be a round trip? Only one way to find out.
File under: they got the rights
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It's Cauldron time again, as you draw near to its boiling mass of midcentury horror radio. Don't take any chances: stand back and let The Ghost of Radio draw out an episode for you. This week, we witness "Death in the Depths" by way of Inner Sanctum. Will we be in any danger? Only one way to find out.
File under: don't talk fancy
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Hello and welcome back again to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and your guide into its depths, The Ghost of Radio. Happy to see you putting your trust in us still, after so many close calls. This week, we learn that "You Can Die Laughing", according to Suspense. What does that remind us of? Only one way to find out.
File under: never kid a kidder
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio waits an endless attendance on you--and on the spirits of this genre. This week, we meet "The Merry Widower" at Suspense. Will our eyes glisten as we listen? Stick around and find out.
File under: who are you?
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The Cauldron looms large once again as it boils over at the hands of The Ghost of Radio, presiding eminence of all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we count down to "Zero Hour" with The Mysterious Traveler. First of its kind? Maybe. Only one way to find out.
File under: the very beginning of the end of the world
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Hello and welcome into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio--The Ghost will see you now, and you will see "A Genuine Grenotte" as displayed by Theater Five. Nervous? Oh, you have every reason to be. Theater Five hates people.
File under: raining or wringing?
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Welcome back to The Cauldron, where you take your chances with the mystery wall that is midcentury horror radio. At least you have The Ghost of Radio to guide you. This is especially crucial when you run up against episodes that are dealbreakers from the word go. Who else can steer you clear of these pitfalls?
File under: how to make it out alive
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Welcome back to Cauldronside where midcentury horror radio reigns supreme and The Ghost of Radio is always near to lead you through it. This week, we encounter "The Oldest Man in the World", thanks to Quiet, Please. It's always a moment of high tension when that series is in the house, so come prepared.
File under: the more things change
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You've returned to The Ghost of Radio, who endlessly stirs The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio. This week, you discover "The Sensitive", thanks to The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Will we unravel the final mystery together? Only one way to find out.
File under: only one way to find out.
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Welcome back and back into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio overseen by your guide, The Ghost of Radio. We step into both the past and the present this time around with "Execution" from Lights Out, Everybody. Not for those who scare easily in either space.
File under: it's about justice, not revenge
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Hello and welcome back into the shades of The Cauldron, where midcentury horror radio seethes beneath a troubled surface. Lucky you have The Ghost here to guide you through a "Change of Address" this week, via The Mysterious Traveler. Otherwise, you might disappear and folks would never even question it.
File under: twice-told tales?
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It's Cauldron time again with The Ghost of Radio, keeper of all things midcentury horror radio, and your guide to same. This week, we wish we could take a good look at the "Man in the Mirror", from Macabre, but it's just not that simple... is anything?
File under: screaming doesn't make it so
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Back again at Cauldronside for more midcentury horror radio? Well, you get what you pay for when you take your chances with this genre. This week you find that "Death is My Caller", and that information comes from The Mysterious Traveler. Scared? Maybe you will be.
File under: the taunting hour
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where all is midcentury horror radio and it's always 1938. With The Ghost of Radio as your implacable and irreplaceable guide, what could go wrong? Well, you could end up "A Friend to Alexander", as described by Suspense. And you don't want that.
File under: listen to the 1956 version--it's crucial
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio keeps an eternal vigil with all who love and seek to understand this genre. This week, we meet "Goody Two Shoes", via The Price of Fear. Or should we say, we do all in our power not to meet her...
File under: not for the faint of heart
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Back again to dive into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and pull out an episode at random, led as always by The Ghost of Radio into whatever may come. This week, we have "A Thought" from The Haunting Hour. What will we think of it? Only one reliable means of finding out, so listen in.
File under: thought crime
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Welcome back to Cauldronside and The Ghost of Radio, here to guide you through everything that is midcentury horror radio. This week we spend "A Night in the Waxworks", with Beyond Midnight. Will we last the night and earn our money? Or will we succumb to the oldest fear in human history?
File under: look in the mirror
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Welcome back and into Season Six of The Ghost of Radio, your undying center of all things midcentury horror radio. We begin our new season with "A Dream of Death", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Is it a harbinger of a good season of horror to come? Only one way to find out.
File under: undead overdrive
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You've arrived here at the end of all things Season 5, and it seems fitting to go out with a bang not a whimper: "The Storm", from Suspense. Your nerve will be tested by man and Nature in this one, and you may not know who to root for.
File under: look out--it's Season 6 approaching!
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You're back again, Cauldronside, ready to be thrown into the bottomless pit of midcentury horror radio by your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, we'll be "Casting the Runes", courtesy of the series Escape. Make sure you listen in a temperature-controlled room.
File under: sometimes it just works
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You're back around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to pull out an episode--but this time round, it's another special episode of Compare and Contrast, featuring two takes on Daphne DuMaurier's short story "The Birds". Time to answer that old question: who wore it best?
File under: maybe it's who wore it last
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It's time to fall into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and see when and if The Ghost of Radio sets you back on dry land or leaves you to sink or swim. This week, you'll need to outrun a "Strange Passenger" you meet at Inner Sanctum. Maybe you can, if you drive fast enough.
File under: once again I am with you
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Hello and welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio makes sure you sit tight and listen. This week, you meet "Archer", from the series Lights Out, Everybody. Won't you? Yes? No?
File under: I grow weary
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You're back again, waiting for The Ghost to pull out another episode of midcentury horror radio from the Cauldron, and The Ghost is more than happy to oblige you. This week, it's "We Are All Alone", from the series Theater Five. Be ready to answer the unanswerable.
File under: which is it?
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The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio lies open at your feet, waiting for you to dive in with The Ghost and immerse yourself in all that is MCHR. This week, we're part of a "Reunion at the Victory Cafe", thanks to Nightfall. Will we return from this encounter, or is this a permanent engagement?
File under: who's the writer for this one?
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, your port in a storm of midcentury horror radio. This week, The Ghost of Radio introduces you to "The Thirteenth Sound", from the series Suspense. Spoiler--it stars the greatest voice actor in MCHR. Will the story live up to the star? Only one way to find out.
File under: which scream is worst?
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It's time to join your Ghost around the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to see what it holds for us. This week, it offers "I Am Your Brother", from the series Dark Fantasy. Who is our brother, and who are we? All questions we'll try to answer--all we can do is try.
File under: metaphor
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where all is midcentury horror radio. This week The Ghost has something very special lined up for you: "The Bronze Venus", from The Witch's Tale. Wonder why we haven't heard from this series before?
File under: going back and forth
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Hello and sit down, have a seat, and listen to the story of midcentury horror radio that The Ghost of Radio tells you--if you don't know any better. This week, we define "The Vampire's Desire", from The Hermit's Cave. Don't worry if you can't follow along; it will all be made clear to you.
File under: crumbling and cackling
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio waits for you each week to renew our pact to share midcentury horror radio. This week, we hear the call of "The Sending", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. A familiar story with a very unexpected impact, it's just what we're looking for--or just what's looking for us.
File under: why Debby?
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Welcome to The Cauldron, where The Ghost of Radio breathes new life into midcentury horror radio. This week, we encounter "The Man Who Knew Everything", via some mysterious mechanism of Quiet, Please. Don't waste your last moments trying to figure it out.
File under: was the coffee different?
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You're back again, knocking at the door of The Ghost of Radio, in search of another immersion in the supernatural world of midcentury horror radio. You're in luck: this week, you'll meet "The Ghost Makers", as found in The Sealed Book. Be prepared for an ending nothing prepares you for.
File under: does she survive after all?
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Another week has delivered you back to Cauldronside to take your chances with midcentury horror radio. Will The Ghost be able to protect you from all the unseen, unidentifiable dangers to be found this week in "The Story of Mr. Mags", from Lights Out, Everybody? You'll have to turn and look behind you to find out.
File under: it's not Agatha
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Welcome to the edge of The Cauldron, boiling full of episodes of midcentury horror radio, conjured up and out for you by The Ghost of Radio. This week we go in search of "A Room for the Night", and find it at The Creaking Door. What will be more horrible, spirits or living men?
File under: living men
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You're back at Cauldronside, waiting for a cloak of midcentury horror radio to cover you. This week, it's "The Black Band", from the series The Hermit's Cave. Will it shake your confidence in everything that makes you sane? Only one way to find out.
File under: we hate Dickens
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Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost sends you into the most dangerous places known to innocent travelers. This week, it's "Ringing the Changes", from the series Nightfall, and it asks the question, which is more frightening--the undead returned from the grave, or a young woman on her honeymoon?
File under: tonight?
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It's that time again--are you ready to gather round the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio? If so, The Ghost of Radio is ready to endanger you. This week, you're exposed to "Time On My Hands", from Suspense. How well you will weather it is very hard to tell; if only we could travel to the future and find out before we begin.
File under: please don't be a time loop
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where you gather at your own risk to plunge into midcentury horror radio. Luckily you have a guide: The Ghost of Radio, who expertly leads you to--and through--the most frightening experiences. This week, it's "The Man Who Stole a Planet", from the magnificent Quiet, Please. That's enough warning for anyone.
File under: what's the word we're looking for?
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Welcome back to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio tended weekly by The Ghost of Radio--the closest you can come to a trusted guide in a world of horror. This week, we inhabit a "House of Cards", from Theater Five, perhaps the least trustworthy series we can visit. Stay close and be prepared.
File under: you can't outlive it
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You're back at Cauldronside with The Ghost of Radio, waiting to re-enter the world of midcentury horror radio--if you ever left it. It gets harder and harder to leave as we go along. This week, our journey inward takes us to "The Picture of Dorian Gray", by the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Can it do justice to one of the most unsettling stories ever told? Only one way to find out.
File under: human nature known and unknown
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Enter the world of The Ghost of Radio, where midcentury radio is the be-all and end-all of our experience. This week, The Cauldron offers up a special episode where we are comparing one story as told by two different series: "Stranger in the House", by The Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book.
File under: Who wore it best?
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Unable to go on without some midcentury horror radio to get you thinking and questioning everything you know? Back to The Cauldron we go, then, to listen to another episode together. This week, we observe "The Mark of Shame", from The Hall of Fantasy. Will it come to us, or will we simply see it at a distance?
File under: ghosts and things
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio leads you through the unbekannt lands of midcentury horror radio. This week we enter "The House of Death", from The Mysterious Traveler. We'll also leave it once the story is done--which is more than we can say for everyone in the story.
File under: it's the lies that hurt
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Welcome to Year Three, Season Five around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio boiled up for you by The Ghost of Radio. We continue our journey with "The Black Room", from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Horrors real and imagined await us.
File under: you have to care a lot--about endings
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It's the close of October, and the world ends this week, with "The Lottery", from NBC's Short Story.
File under: not fiction
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It's October, it's almost the end of the month... it's dangerous territory around the October Cauldron. The Ghost of Radio is here to endanger and guide you through it, if you take up that very mixed offer. This October week it's "Knock at the Door", from Lights Out, Everybody. Not for the faint of heart, or weak of arm.
File under: why did she do that?
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You're back and it's October and it's the October Cauldron, with its special depths of horror for the season. October is our origin month, and so The Ghost of Radio is here to guide you through especially impactful stories--like "Tanglefoot", from Quiet, Please. All you have to hear is that it's October and Quiet, Please to know that this episode comes with a warning.
File under: listen as you will
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Welcome back to The Ghost of Radio, where everything about midcentury horror radio lives and breathes and sometimes creeps up into your soul. This week, we experience "Speciality of the House", from The Price of Fear. There will be 50 seconds you might want to skip; don't worry--we know.
File under: there is no rhyme or reason
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You're back again at Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio holds aural court over the realm of midcentury horror radio. This week we present the hypothesis that "Mars Is Heaven", from Escape (and Dimension X). Is it a sad story of loss, or a spooky story of brainwashing? and who exactly does it brainwash--the characters in the story, or the listener? Listen and find out.
File under: not universal travelers
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You're back again, gathering round the Cauldron for another round of midcentury horror radio, and like every round, this one's on The Ghost of Radio. But it's always wise to know exactly what's been put into your drink; this time, you should be carefully examining "The Honeymooners", from Beyond Midnight. Don't worry--we're all doing it.
File under: what's my motivation?
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You're back at the Cauldron with The Ghost of Radio, waiting to be led into the maw of another episode of midcentury horror radio. Why do you do it? That's up to you. This week, you choose to explore "The Creeping Wall", from The Inner Sanctum. Ever heard of the devil you know? This is the devil you don't.
File under: It's not me
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Hello and welcome to and from The Ghost of Radio, the ambivalent spirit who guides and guards the ways of midcentury horror radio. Each week we're lured into a different episode to discuss, survive, and--we hope--enjoy with a thrill of terror. This week, it's "Fatal Connection", from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. How will we fare? You'll have to join us around the Cauldron to find that out.
File under: it was Norma
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Welcome to the Cauldron, where The Ghost of Radio presides over a never-ending boil of midcentury horror radio, all for you. This week, we visit "The Island of Lost Souls", from The Creaking Door. Sound familiar? It may. Feel prepared for what we'll find there? You may. But remember the cardinal rule of MCHR: take nothing for granted.
File under: speakers hidden under the haystacks
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Hello and welcome to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, presided over by The Ghost of Radio. Together we immerse ourselves in the best and the worst of the genre. Will we sink this week or will we swim? Let's find out as we explore "The Last Letter of Dr. Bronson", from the series Suspense. No guarantees, as usual, of your safety, but you're here now, so let's get started.
File under: the six check is our credulity
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Welcome to midcentury horror radio, as served up by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we're ushered into another haunted space as we explore "The Jolly Corner", from the masterful series The Black Mass. Enter at your own risk, remembering that we all must be wary of the glamour of evil.
File under: it has its good and bad sides
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Welcome back to The Ghost of Radio, who awaits you each week at the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio. You're here of your own free will, so The Ghost is not responsible for what you may hear this week as we encounter "The Curse of the Mantle", from The Weird Circle. If there is a curse, we'll bear it together.
File under: how many shots?
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You're back at Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio throws you into the deep end of midcentury horror radio to see if you sink or swim. This week, you enter the waters of "The Meteor Man", from Lights Out, Everybody. Mixed metaphor, you say? Take The Ghost's word: you ain't heard nothing yet.
File under: doesn't get any deeper
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Welcome to The Ghost of Radio, where your Ghost leads you into the deepest and sometimes the darkest of spaces in the world of midcentury horror radio. This week we experience an "Incident at Apogee", from Theater Five. It set many horror bells ringing in many minds back in 1962, and for at least six years afterward, if you know what we mean.
File under: you either love the view or you hate it
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It's Cauldron time again, and we're gathering round it in our insatiable pursuit of all things midcentury horror radio. This week the Cauldron dishes up "The Kettler Method", from Suspense. The Ghost of Radio cannot guarantee your reaction to this episode; you'll have to take your chances with the rest of us--the "horror" in "midcentury horror radio" is not always where and what you're expecting.
File under: you need it so badly
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You're in with The Ghost of Radio and into the Cauldron filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio--just where you want to be. This week we find ourselves drawn to "The Paxton's House", courtesy of Beyond Midnight--that's if we're able to see the house down there in the valley of the glen. If you can't see it, don't worry--we'll call you to it.
File under: call again...?
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Hello and welcome to The Ghost of Radio, whose Cauldron boils over with episodes of midcentury horror radio. This week, we'll hear "The Ninth Removal", from The Price of Fear, and wonder once again what is real and what is fantasy and who is just a person and who is something we can't quite define, but we'll try to define it together.
File under: the fourth ending
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Welcome to the Cauldron, where The Ghost of Radio is serving midcentury horror radio, in every conceivable way. This week we're reaching in and pulling out "If I Should Wake Before I Die", from the inimitable series Quiet, Please. It's not for the faint of heart. Lucky for you you have your Ghost to get you through it.
File under: our minds on the moon and the moon on our minds
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio is always serving midcentury horror radio. This time, we're exploring a meme of said MCHR so atrocious, so terrible, that it's scarier than any episode could ever be. You'll have to listen in to find out what it is, but be warned--it's not for the faint of heart.
File under: [insert name here]
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Hello and welcome to The Ghost of Radio and our shared podcast. What's boiling in the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio today? It's "The Noon Stars", from the series Theater Five. Always a dangerous mix of good and bad on T5--always risky. You're very lucky to have your Ghost to guide you through this one; hopefully we'll have a starting place to return to when it's over.
File under: wait for it
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Welcome back, to this our shared podcast and Cauldron and shipping of midcentury horror radio. We're all in this together, and this week we lie down all together in "A Terribly Strange Bed", from the series Suspense. Anything with "terrible" in the title has to be good, right? in the world of horror? Let's hope so.
File under: if only it were indescribable
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You're back again, for another round of midcentury horror radio straight from the Cauldron, delivered by The Ghost. This week, it's "House of Doom", from ...a little show called The Inner Sanctum. Ever heard of it? Prepare to have your expectations annihilated by a truly unnerving story that delivers, over and over again.
File under: a not-to-be-looped, once in a lifetime plum
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Hello Cauldronites--welcome back to the unforgiving and heartless world of midcentury horror radio. Don't be afraid--your Ghost is with you. Not an iron-clad guaranty of your safety, but at least you won't suffer alone. This week, we suffer "Subbasement", from the epic series Lights Out, Everybody. Will this episode deliver, or is it really later than we think?
File under: check your watches
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It's Cauldron time again here with The Ghost of Radio, as we offer you another very close encounter with midcentury horror radio. This week? It's "The Sixth Button", from the show The Haunting Hour. A promising tale of revenge from beyond the grave all ready for us to make sense of together, if we dare.
File under: broken promises
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Welcome back to The Ghost of Radio and our Cauldron full of midcentury horror radio episodes to dive into. This week your Ghost guides you into the waters of "Wet Saturday", from the series Suspense, until you're right up to your neck in it. It's sink or swim after that--no guarantees of a return to the shore.
File under: two tables turning
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Hello and welcome--to the Cauldron, The Ghost, and the start of season 4. Midcentury horror radio never had it so good! This week, we turn our attention to "The Crawling Thing", from the series The Hall of Fantasy, which offers horror upon horror, as any good episode should. Will it be enough to make us forget how HOF begins and ends? We'll see--together.
File under: anger lightning strength
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Hello and welcome back to the Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, your guide and reliable narrator for all things midcentury horror radio. This week, The Ghost forces you to join them on a "Weekend", from the series Macabre. Golf, tennis, and fun-making, children, until the imagination takes over and who knows what may appear.
File under: inspiration fades into plagiarism
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Hello and welcome back to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio episodes that fuels our conversation, debate, and enjoyment each week. This time around, we're comparing and contrasting two versions of the same story, "The Burning Court", that were broadcast three years apart on the series Suspense. Who wore it best? Come with us on our journey of exploration and find out.
File under: horrification
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Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio awaits you. You're here of your own free will, right? You're not being drawn back here against your will by some force you can't explain or describe? Good--we wouldn't have it any other way. But "Stephanie's Room", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, feels otherwise.
File under: don't call anyone "Mama"
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Hello and welcome to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio! When we dive in, we never know where, when, or whether we will come up again. This week, we dive into "Banquo's Chair", from the series Suspense,where the question is not whether ghosts exist, but whether they do their work properly. And, perhaps, whether they are always the scariest entity in the room.
File under: twist endings not required, but appreciated
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio reigns supreme. We gather, listen, and make sense of a different episode each week, and this week it's the end--
"The Author and the Thing", from Lights Out Everybody. Lights Out always did like a good end of the world story, and this time Arch pulled out all the stops... too many stops...
File under: don't worry, it's not the end of our world
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where we explore midcentury horror radio, the best, the worst, and all points in between. Where do we land this week? You'll see. It's "Three Skeleton Key", from the series Escape. And just a warning not to listen if you can't handle sudden... silence.
File under: beware old friends appearing in their younger selves
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Hello and welcome to The Cauldron, hosted by The Ghost of Radio, where midcentury horror radio lives on and on. This week, we're exploring one of the most frightening aspects of MCHR--failure to frighten. Yes, it's episodes that leave you saying incredulously, "But there was no plot!" We'll break down four of them before they break us down.
File under: no, a story with a conclusion is not an "inferior" type of story
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Welcome back to Cauldronside and your Ghost of Radio, who always has something midcentury horror radio waiting for you. This week, The Ghost hopes you're ready for an extremely wild ride: it's "My Son John", from our oldest friend Quiet Please. So if you think you're ready, listen in. Are you ready?
File under: you're not ready
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside and The Ghost of Radio, where we discover and dissect all things midcentury horror radio. This week our hiding place is "Evening Primrose", from the series Escape. Featuring some real-world horror we'd rather not encounter, if you're ready.
File under: people who hide pay the price
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio never dies. This week, we walk with "He Who Follows Me", from The Hall of Fantasy. You know how we like an episode with two endings? Maybe that's only because we've never heard one with three endings before. Now's our chance--if we'll take it.
File under: it's the footsteps
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror lives and breathes and swims in a sea of our anticipation. This week, it's a simple fishing story from The Price of Fear called, of course, "Fish". Nothing to fear from your genial friend Vincent, right? He would never let you come into harm's way... ?
File under: simple stories are the most frightening
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Hello and welcome to The Ghost of Radio and to the Cauldron filled with midcentury horror radio episodes. What do we pull out at random this week? "Behind the Locked Door", from The Mysterious Traveler. Another story of ancient evil? or something truly different, something actually horrifying? You'll be the judge.
File under: actual horror
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where we imbibe midcentury horror radio at its best, worst, and irritatingest. What will we get this week? Well, the episode is "Death Robbery", from a show calling itself Lights Out--but we'll see about that. Ready to explore multiple horrors? You'll need to be.
File under: don't bring back the dead
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Welcome back to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio that is The Ghost of Radio. What horror will we experience this week? "The Thing in the Window", from the series Suspense. Just a word of advice--the window is not the one across the street. It's the one you're standing in.
File under: a very interesting monster indeed
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Welcome back, seekers of midcentury horror radio--you're always welcome around the Cauldron. This week we're in "The Waiting Room", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Will it be worth the wait? We won't be the only ones asking that question; we'll be in sizable (f not good) company as we look for an answer.
File under: plagiarism is a crime too you know
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Hang on to your hats this week as we gather around three different Cauldrons: two filled with midcentury horror radio, and one... well, one that we know we ought to understand, but can't quite get. It's "A Mile High and a Mile Deep" from the magisterial series Quiet, Please. Not for the faint of heart, or for anyone who doesn't want to acknowledge what living on this Earth means.
File under: won't we, partner?
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Welcome back to Cauldron-side, where we explore midcentury horror radio at its best and worst and in-betweenest. This week, it's "The Man Who Liked Dickens," from the series Suspense. Where will it fall on our sliding scale of horror? That's for you to listen and for us to find out.
File under: reading is fundamental(ly frightening)
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Back beside the Cauldron for another episode of midcentury horror radio? Always a wise decision, but especially wise this week, as we read through "The Diary of Sophronia Winters" from the series Suspense. Starring the greatest radio voice actor of all time, one of the most famous radio writers of all time, and the highest number of possible interpretations of an ending that we've ever encountered.
File under: no less than 8
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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio is ready to pull out another episode of midcentury horror radio for (y)our approval - but it turns out this time around the Cauldron is a little different: we're going to compare and contrast the ways two different shows told the same story, and judge who wore it best.
File under: silly, sick, spooky--how to choose?
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Hello and welcome to the Cauldron, where The Ghost of Radio gathers you together once more to pull out an episode of midcentury horror radio to consider. This week, it's "Five Strangers" from the series Theater Five. It promises to be quite a story; let's see if we get all of it.
File under: I think the file stopped uploading before it was through
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Time to welcome you back to the Cauldron for another go-round with midcentury horror radio. This week it's "The Line Is Dead" from Murder at Midnight, a truly "organic" series that we've enjoyed before. Will this week deliver the goods? We'll just have to listen and make that... call... together.
File under: lack of curiosity still kills the cat
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Hello and welcome to The Ghost of Radio - glad you came to join us around the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio episodes we have so lovingly brewed up. This week, we're pulling out "The Evil of Adelaide Winters", from the series Suspense. It's good and evil, it's true and a lie, it's every complicated double-edged sword you can imagine and it will fall on you like a ton of bricks. But don't worry--we'll all be here to help you through to... the other side.
File under: one thing is straightforward in every world and every time (or is it two things?)
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It's Cauldron time again here at The Ghost of Radio, where midcentury horror radio is our bread and butter. This week, we'll be visiting "Lanceford House", from the series Beyond Midnight. How long will we stay there before we make our choice about whether to bring about our own death--or before the choice is made for us?
File under: don't fear the realtor
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We're back again at Cauldron-side and pulling out another episode of midcentury horror radio. This time out, it's "Come to the Bank", from the mighty series Lights Out Everybody. Not found in Top 10 Scariest lists... but it should be. You'll enter this episode, but you won't come back out.
File under: who'll come back to save you once Miss Moss is gone?
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Welcome back once again to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio episodes carefully tended by your Ghost of Radio. This week, we pull out an episode from the series Macabre called "Final Resting Place." Will we be fans of this fanfic creation? That remains to be seen, to coin a phrase.
File under: why does she let the cab go?
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It's The Ghost of Radio One Year Anniversary part 2! Hello and welcome to Season 3--a new season that begins with a look back at our first year by sharing your Top Five episodes from Seasons 1 and 2. It's a list full of surprises, so it seems you have mastered the art of surprise and suspense, and your Ghost would expect nothing less.
File under: there's no way that my list could just have five
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It's The Ghost of Radio One Year Anniversary, part 1! How else to celebrate such a milestone than to listen together to the Mercury Theater on the Air present "The War of the Worlds", by H.G. Welles? Listen before you go trick-or-treating... then see if you go.
File under: nothing else like it
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Let's get down to business: it's an intensely frightening episode coming out of the Cauldron this week, and The Ghost of Radio warns you to be prepared as you listen to "The House in Cypress Canyon", from Suspense. It's been a source of horror memes since it first aired in 1946, and its impact seems to be eternal, endlessly possessing one listener after another...
File under: no way out
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Welcome back to the Ghost of Radio and their Cauldron of midcentury horror radio episodes. This week we'll be taking frozen steps through the episode "Poltergeist", from that series of series, Lights Out Everybody. Beware your own perception of real and fake, truth and consequences, because no path through the forest is ever safe.
File under: did those two men ever make it back home?
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It's welcome back to the Cauldron, where we have another particularly resonant episode of midcentury horror radio to share in: "Little Visitor", from the epic series Quiet, Please. What other series could tell a tale so subtly unnerving and unpleasant? Just right for we who gather at Cauldron-side.
File under: all of the other shows that echo
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Welcome back to Cauldron-side as we take a turn toward The Line; rest assured that we won't cross it, even as we listen to "The Rats in the Walls", by The Black Mass. Luckily we trust each other here at The Ghost of Radio to remain on the side of the civilized, and to stay out of the deepest grottoes.
File under: actual horror is always worse than imagined horror
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It's Cauldron time again here at The Ghost of Radio, and this week's dive into midcentury horror radio is "Spawn of the Subhuman", from the series Dark Fantasy. We're going to play a little drinking game this week--you'll figure out what it is; whenever you hear a certain repeated MCHR meme, take a drink. But not out of the Cauldron! That would be fatal.
File under: where did the original pilot go?
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Follow us back in time this week to a young Ghost's first encounter with MCHR (that's midcentury horror radio). It's "Murder in the Script Department", from who else but Lights Out. Maybe it's your first encounter, too, if this is your first time joining us around the Cauldron; if so, hold on tight.
File under: desks... desks
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Back around the Cauldron to bob for another episode of midcentury horror radio! This week, it's "Death Comes for Adolf Hitler", from the series The Mysterious Traveler. Will real world and radio mix in this story, or will we come away feeling like we crossed the wrong line? Only one way to find out.
File under: can you fire a gun inside a sub?
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Hello and welcome and it's into the Cauldron we go for another episode of midcentury horror radio. This week, it's "The Bog Oak Necklace" and it's from... it's from The Inner Sanctum. Well, we are here to embrace horror, not run from it, so we do what we have to do when the Cauldron says that we have to do it.
File under: VIP information at the end!
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It's back we are to Cauldron-side, ready to plunge in our bare hand to pull out another episode of mid-century horror radio. This week? It's "The Man Who Hated Scenes", from The Price of Fear. Surprises galore, from a revival series that actually got it right--they really understood the spirit of true MCHR, which this Ghost appreciates.
File under: Go watch Laura
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Welcome back to the Cauldron, and a special episode devoted to a particular category of sexism fails in mid-century horror radio: sponsor ads on the long-running series Suspense. What's so horrible about sponsor ads? Oh, you'll see; you will see...
File under: there's no place worse than home
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What's the difference between horror and terror? A return trip to Theater Five this week will tell us, as we fall into "The Talkers". The only question after that will be, did you really want to know the answer? Always a dark voyage when we sail in the waters of mid-60s mid-century horror radio, so be ready.
File under: a tiny piece of glass
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You're back for another hour round the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio episodes, hunkered firmly down on the ground with your Ghost of Radio--and let's keep it that way. This week we're talking about "Nothing Behind the Door", by (drumroll please) the epic series Quiet, Please. Warning you now: don't get caught in an infinite loop back to Season One.
File under: it's actually called the Large Hadron Collider
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Welcome back! We're Cauldron-side and ready for another foray into midcentury horror radio. This time, it's "The Happy Return", from the series Beyond Midnight. Ever been afraid of a ship? What kind? Before you answer, remember that there's always more to be reckoned with than you first thought when it comes to MCHR.
File under: it means you want a relationship even though it's not perfect
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Welcome back to the Cauldron and your Ghost and another dive into another episode of midcentury horror radio. What will we encounter? This week, it's "The Man the Insects Hated", from the series The Mysterious Traveler. Hop aboard a freight train that's rushing you toward an encounter with... well, you'll see.
File under: don't come creeping
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We're back at the Cauldron, overflowing with episodes of midcentury horror radio and what do we pull out this week? "Uncle Henry's Rosebush", from our old friend Suspense. With a title like that, what could we possibly expect?
File under: listen up for the warning after the intro
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You are back beside the Cauldron with your Ghost all ready to jump into some mid-century horror radio--and you're in luck: that's what we do. This week, it's "The Outsider" from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Be warned: it will trick you completely by accident.
File under: the most complicated simple in the world
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Time to set sail once again with your Ghost of Radio - this time, we climb aboard the cauldron for the show "Bon Voyage", from Lights Out, Everybody. Q: Does midcentury horror radio get more classic than this? A: what do you think?
File under: it does not.
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Welcome back if you dare to sit by cauldron-side and dive into another episode of midcentury horror radio. This week - "All Hallows", from The Black Mass. Be prepared to be unprepared, and brace yourself for the onslaught that is the end.
File under: is this Quiet Please?
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Welcome back to your Cauldron and your Ghost, both ready for a week's entertainment of all things midcentury horror radio. This time around it's "Melody of Death" from...yes, from Inner Sanctum, so as always, enter at your own risk.
File under: the cat doesn't do anything
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It's the return of the Cauldron and all the mysterious chance-taking that represents for listeners of The Ghost of Radio. This week? "Death's Worshipper", from the series Murder at Midnight. We'll be taking our chances with another trip to the "outside" world, so be prepared for the worst.
File under: the following message does not represent the views of this Ghost
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It's time to gather once again around the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio episodes and see what it serves up. This week, we're back with Nightfall, for their surprising episode "Guest of Honor".
File under: when it comes to horror radio, the 80s qualify as "mid-century"
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It's cauldron time again here with your Ghost of Radio, and we're ladling out "Bells", from the series Suspense! Will it be specially calculated to keep us in... suspense? or will we be tearing the computer out of the wall? Only one way to find out, so tune in.
File under: it's not ghosts!
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This week at the cauldron your Ghost of Radio offers you two shows from different times and different series: "Cemetery Stop", 1981, from Nightfalland "Take Me Out to the Graveyard", 1947, from Quiet Please. Which one wore it better? Which team are we on? Only those who gather with the Ghost will ever know.
File under: it's not a competition!
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We're back at the cauldron and pulling out a ghastly plum--"Ghost Hunt", from Suspense! Mirror, mirror on the wall, what's the fearfullest creature of them all? If only there could be a different answer once in a while.
File under: are haunted houses always made of wood or stone?
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We're back again together round the cauldron full of episodes of midcentury horror radio and we've pulled out a plum this time: "Is this Murder" from the good and the great series Quiet, Please.
File under: no question (mark)
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Welcome back, don't be afraid, come right in to see your Ghost and to dive into the cauldron for some midcentury horror radio. We're putting on a show, see? And it's supposed to be a good one: Super Feature, from Lights Out, Everybody. That's what the boys say, anyway.
File under: you'll find out
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It's hello and welcome back to the cauldron from your Ghost of Radio. This week, we enjoy the contemplation of, and heavy-mental-lifting caused by, "The House that Time Forgot," from the series Murder at Midnight. Make sure you return again this week!
File under: Make sure you return again this week!
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Welcome to a new season and a new story, both from your Ghost. We begin Season 2 by opening The Sealed Book and turning to the page called "I'll Die Laughing". And remember--the horror lies not within ancient Aztec caves, but within ourselves.
File under: I'm greedy!
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It's the Season One finale here at the Ghost of Radio and we're closing things in style with a look back, a look forward, and an infamous episode from Lights Out. Many surprises in store for the ready listener! Don't worry--we'll be back next week; a Ghost never sleeps.
File under: ready for video, or keep the lights out?
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Welcome - you're back again, this time to sit by my cauldron and listen to the tale "Sorry, Wrong Number" from the series Suspense!Yes that is "Suspense" with an exclamation mark, and there is plenty of exclaiming to be done in and about this episode. Rest assured--we will do it all.
File under: another welcome round with The Great One
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Welcome back to the Cauldron and your Ghost of Radio, who bring you this week the far-flung tale "Bring Back Her Bones", from the series The Creaking Door. Another South African series from the mid-60s, this one setting a story in Haiti... what could go wrong?
File under: drum or drum machine?
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It's a special day here at the Cauldron, for the Ghost of Radio has pulled a plum out of it: Lord Marley's Guest, by Lights Out, Everybody. A favorite in your Ghost's pantheon of episodes, it's guaranteed to remind or convince you of the joys of midcentury horror radio;
File under: strange weather we're having
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You have returned to your Ghost to walk with it through a house haunted only by questions about unclear motives and bad American accents. Why do these things have to happen? Come in to discuss and dissect this week's episode, from the mid-sixties South African series Beyond Midnight.
File under: never say Kitten again
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Welcome to this week's episode from your Ghost of Radio - a well-traveled mystery called "They Who Sleep". Look deep into my eyes and repeat, "I will be happy, I will be happy..."
File under: how to be a great sister-in-law
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Welcome back to the Ghost of Radio, who has a tale of witchcraft and irritating marital spats to share with you, from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. "The Young Die Good" is a claim open to dispute until we decide what's true.
File under: what is it about the boy next door?
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Welcome back to your Ghost of Radio, who brings you "The Sisters" this time, from Suspense! The great Ida Lupino matched with the epic Agnes Moorhead--what could go wrong?
File under: what happens to David?
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This week your Ghost welcomes you into the small dark room of your soul, turns a bright light on a corner where Quiet Please is lurking and asks, ever murdered someone?
File under: ...are you sure?
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It's time for your Ghost to haunt you with your first series, this on tracking sexism fails in six episodes of Suspense! Want to enjoy the show, but feel like you're being targeted? You may be on to something there.
File under: exactly which things don't ever change?
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The Ghost requests that you come to their mansion to talk about this week's episode--Murder Castle from Lights Out Everybody--and be sure bring your suitcase full of bonds, will you?
File under: taking care of business in a business-like way
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Do you enjoy the words "freshly dug"? Then step right in and lie down in your readied grave as we turn our attention to The Inner Sanctum. Tea optional.
File under: no, Raymond, no!
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Fly away from and into disaster with your Ghost of Radio as we consider another Quiet, Please episode--Very Unimportant Person.
File under: keep horror on the radio and out of reality
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Welcome! Right down this alleyway is Ep 13 - The Devil's Boutique, from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Better come in now; it may not be here later.
File under: cheaters never prosper
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Taking a trip to Ep 12 with the lesser-known series Theater Five. Don't judge a series by its short life: like your Ghost, this tale is unnerving from the word go.
File under: Roberts' Rules of Order
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Some midcentury radio shows go down in history--this is one.
It inspired Stephen King to be a horror writer. It appears on every "scariest story" list at Halloween. From August 9, 1948, your Ghost gives you "The Thing on the Fourble Board", from the classic epic horrific series Quiet, Please.
File under: don't sit down.
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It's Ep 10 from your Ghost, bringing you a Lights Out story from the Cauldron.
Do you like roses? Do you wish someone would create the perfect rose?
File under: never throw out the extra.
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Ever heard of Agnes Moorhead? She was the greatest female horror radio actor of the 20th century.
Ever heard people talk about her greatest episode, where she's on the phone the whole time? Sorry, wrong episode. Agnes Moorhead's greatest episode was the one your Ghost is about to unfold for you: The Trap.
File under: too believable to bear
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Ever heard of "The Well of the Skies"? You'll wish you hadn't. Join your Ghost for an episode from the great series Quiet, Please and learn about the end of the world coming tomorrow afternoon.
File under: they're coming
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Ready for a walk in the woods to see some granite outcrops covered in glacial markings? ...Ready to see the face of death? Come with your Ghost to the world of Lights Out Everybody, where it is indeed lights out for a group of would-be nature lovers.
File under: you'll wish they'd seen flowers
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Come with your Ghost to a "well-furnished" apartment somewhere in the South for another episode involving devil dating. Will Satan get to third base with yet another human lady--or her sister?
File under: don't date devils
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Improve on Agatha Christie? Yes. Join your Ghost for a Suspense episode that delivers self-alienation, scary nightingales, and the creepiest of creepy Orson Welles characters.
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This time, it's The Devil's Workshop, from Inner Sanctum, in which we find out what happens when the Devil gets a plastic face from a jerk named Tony.
File under: Devil dating
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Lights Out Everybody = gold standard of horror radio. Morality play, revenge cycle, hatred, antipathy, and inhumanity. It's wartime Lights Out and the horror is not reserved to radio--it's out there in the real world.
Go listen to They Met at Dorset somewhere online, then return here to meet your Ghost for a journey to England, WWII.
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From Suspense! the longest-running horror radio program in the U.S.
Go listen to "On a Country Road" somewhere online, and return ready to drive all over it with your Ghost.
File under: Sometimes, suspense sucks...
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Tales of horror and the supernatural used to rule American radio waves. But why? The Ghost of Radio is here to tell you. Join the Ghost for exploration, appreciation, and sometimes merciless critique of all things horror radio in this weekly podcast.