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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October 26, 2025 38 mins

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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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October 12, 2025 46 mins

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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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October 5, 2025 46 mins

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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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September 28, 2025 30 mins

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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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September 21, 2025 40 mins

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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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September 14, 2025 39 mins

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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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September 7, 2025 32 mins

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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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August 31, 2025 36 mins

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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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August 24, 2025 46 mins

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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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August 17, 2025 37 mins

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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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August 10, 2025 37 mins

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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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August 3, 2025 38 mins

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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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July 27, 2025 36 mins

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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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July 20, 2025 35 mins

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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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July 13, 2025 36 mins

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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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July 6, 2025 45 mins

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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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June 29, 2025 27 mins

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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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June 22, 2025 34 mins

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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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June 15, 2025 42 mins

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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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