The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society

The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society Podcast revisits the great horror and suspense shows from the golden age of radio, including tales from Suspense, Lights Out Everybody, The Witch’s Tale, The Shadow, and more. Each episode features a classic, or maybe-not-so classic story from the scary old-time radio vault, complete with historical notes and nerdy trivia. At the end of each podcast, your hosts, Tim, Joshua and Eric discuss the merits of the story and decide whether or not it stands the test of time.

Episodes

Episode 386: Bury Your Dead, Arizona, Parts 3 and 4

September 19, 2025 • 47 mins

We continue our journey through “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” from I Love a Mystery! In parts 3 and 4 Jack, Reggie, and Doc are still travelling by box car and undergoing strange and inexplicable experiences, all apparently orchestrated...

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Episode 385: Bury Your Dead, Arizona, Parts 1 and 2

September 8, 2025 • 54 mins

Our Mysterious Patron Mark suggested we dive into “Bury Your Dead, Arizona,” one of two stories that survive in their entirety from I Love a Mystery. And we are up for the challenge! The series begins with Jack, Reggie, and Doc hoppin...

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Episode 384: The Judas Clock

September 1, 2025 • 53 mins

It’s time for us to listen to “The Judas Clock” from Inner Sanctum Mystery! It’s the story of a man hunting for a cursed clock, an Italian antique that only runs when the silver coins of Judas are placed inside. But his own obsession ...

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Episode 383: The Twenty Minute Alibi

August 26, 2025 • 52 mins

We’re paying our first visit to Casey, Crime Photographer with “The Twenty Minute Alibi”! The story features a man who apparently shot himself while on the phone with his insurance provider, confirming that his policy had not yet expi...

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Episode 382: The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway

August 18, 2025 • 50 mins

Our Mysterious Listener Mark recommended we check out the X Minus One adaptation of William Tenn’s short story, “The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway“! A struggling poet tells the story of his unscrupulous friend, a terrible visual artis...

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Patreon Preview A Podcast Named Dog

August 4, 2025 • 52 mins

We’re taking a little summer break, but we want to share a sneak peek at what awaits listeners when they become one of our Patreon supporters! Here is a pilot for a potential Columbo podcast called A Podcast Named Dog. If you’re not f...

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Patreon MORLS on Movies Preview

July 19, 2025 • 47 mins

We’re taking a little summer break, but we want to share a sneak peek at what awaits listeners when they become one of our Patreon supporters! Here is a pilot for a new pod to add to the Patreon rotation: MORLS on Movies. It’s an oppo...

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Episode 381: The Thirteenth Truck

July 4, 2025 • 65 mins

This week we are joined by our Patreon supporter Jeff who has brought us a story of wartime espionage from Escape entitled “The Thirteenth Truck”! A group of soldiers has been assigned to infiltrate a convoy and sabotage an enemy airf...

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Episode 380: The Ten Years

June 26, 2025 • 59 mins

According to The Suspense Project, Joan Crawford’s “mic fright” meant that “The Ten Years” needed to be created unlike any previous episode of Suspense! The story features Crawford as Clara who promised to stay with her sister after t...

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Episode 379: The Mystery of the Dog That Did and Didn’t & The Mystery of the Guest in Number Two

June 15, 2025 • 49 mins

Once again we’re checking out a series we’ve never featured before, Dr. Tim, Detective! We’re listening to two 15 minute episodes, “The Mystery of the Dog That Did and Didn’t” & “The Mystery of the Guest in Number Two,” both of wh...

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Episode 378: She

June 8, 2025 • 58 mins

Escape presents “She,” an adaptation of H. Rider Haggard’s iconic adventure novel set in a lost world in the African interior. After his father passed away, a son inherits an ancient artifact suggesting the location of a mythic city a...

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Episode 377: Love and the Lonely One

June 2, 2025 • 51 mins

Our Patreon supporter Simon recommended we check out the debut episode of Nightfall, “Love and the Lonely One”! A young surgical student uses a cadaver in a grisly prank. Shortly afterwards, he finds himself caught up in a troubling r...

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Episode 376: The Accusing Corpse

May 27, 2025 • 48 mins

The Mysterious Traveler has stopped by to share the story of “The Accusing Corpse”! The story features a jealous husband who shoots his unfaithful wife with the help of her brother. But not all is as it seems. What sinister plot is ha...

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Episode 375: The Red-Headed Woman

May 20, 2025 • 54 mins

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz star in this week’s episode, “The Red-Headed Woman” from Suspense! The story features a young woman who commits an impulsive crime and then crosses paths with a potentially dangerous man on the run. Does sh...

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Episode 374: The Chicago Fraud Matter

May 10, 2025 • 52 mins

We now complete our trilogy of actors who starred in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar during its initial run! This time, we’re listening to “The Chicago Fraud Matter” featuring John Lund in the title role! This story features an investigat...

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Episode 373: The April Fool’s Day Adventure

May 2, 2025 • 58 mins

Our Patreon listener Mark recommended we pay a visit to our Listener Library to check out “The April Fool’s Day Adventure” from The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes! Thanks, Mark! In this episode, Watson recounts one of his earliest ...

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Episode 372: Too Hot to Live

April 20, 2025 • 57 mins

Richard Widmark stars as a drifter named Jefferson in this episode of Suspense, “Too Hot to Live”! On a blisteringly hot summer day, Jefferson wanders into a small town only to lose his shoes and find a world of trouble. Did he commit...

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Episode 371: The Queen Anne Pistols Matter

April 14, 2025 • 51 mins

We are two-thirds of the way through our tour of actors who starred in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar during its initial run! This time, Edmond O’Brien is our titular investigator with the action-packed expense account in a story entitled...

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Episode 370: A Shipment of Mute Fate

April 7, 2025 • 63 mins

For this episode, our Patreon supporter Ryan joins your hosts Eric, Tim, Joshua, and special guest host Shanan live on stage at the Bryant-Lake Bowl! Ryan has brought us “A Shipment of Mute Fate,” an episode of Escape featuring Jack W...

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Episode 369: Candy’s Last Case

March 29, 2025 • 53 mins

We’re once again calling Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209! In what may be her final case, Candy discovers that her beau, Lt. Mallard, may be the target of her investigation. After Mallard is behaving suspiciously, Candy secretly follows him...

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