The Ghost of Radio

The Ghost of Radio

Lively discussion, critique, and love of midcentury horror radio, all in a weekly podcast.

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May 4, 2025 37 mins

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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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April 20, 2025 49 mins

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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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April 13, 2025 37 mins

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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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April 6, 2025 38 mins

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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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March 30, 2025 35 mins

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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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March 23, 2025 39 mins

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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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March 16, 2025 40 mins

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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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March 9, 2025 43 mins

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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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March 2, 2025 36 mins

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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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February 23, 2025 34 mins

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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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February 16, 2025 37 mins

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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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February 9, 2025 36 mins

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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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February 2, 2025 38 mins

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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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January 26, 2025 35 mins

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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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January 19, 2025 41 mins

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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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January 12, 2025 35 mins

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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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January 5, 2025 43 mins

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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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December 29, 2024 38 mins

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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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December 22, 2024 31 mins

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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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