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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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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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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June 8, 2025 32 mins

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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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May 18, 2025 39 mins

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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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May 11, 2025 38 mins

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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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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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April 27, 2025 37 mins

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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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