
The Ghost of Radio
Lively discussion, critique, and love of midcentury horror radio, all in a weekly podcast.
Episodes
233 episodes
S9 Ep 22: Living Credit
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 botto...
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Season 9
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Episode 22
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35:42

S9 Ep 21: Fugue in C Minor
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:...
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Season 9
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Episode 21
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39:09

S9 Ep 20: Hosts
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 20
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40:22

S9 Ep 19: Man-Size in Marble
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 Fanta...
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Season 9
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Episode 19
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43:57

S9 Ep 18: The Hollow Footsteps
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 foll...
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Season 9
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Episode 18
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36:20

S9 Ep 17: The Violin
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: d...
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Season 9
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Episode 17
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34:36

S9 Ep 16: Death's Goblet
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...
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Season 9
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Episode 16
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37:50

S9 Ep 15: The Search for Life
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 fin...
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Season 9
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Episode 15
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36:51

S9 Ep 14: Scoop
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 on...
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Season 9
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Episode 14
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38:07

S9 Ep 13: The Room Where the Ghosts Live
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:...
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Season 9
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Episode 13
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35:45

S9 Ep 12: The Diamond Lens
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? On...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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41:39

S9 Ep 11: The Unburied Dead
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.
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Season 9
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Episode 11
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35:16

S9 Ep 10: The Summer People
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.<...
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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43:08

S9 Ep 9: Pennsylvania Turnpike
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...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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38:56

S9 Ep 8: The Hand of Botar
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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31:12

S9 Ep 7: Point of Impact
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.Fi...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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30:54

S9 Ep 6: Epitaph
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?
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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33:33

S9 Ep 5: Sexism Fails IV
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
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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33:24

S9 Ep 4: The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan
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 ge...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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37:46

S9 Ep 3: Profits Unlimited
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...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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35:38

S9 Ep 2: The House where Death Lived
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? ...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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38:45

S9 Ep 1: Moods I
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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29:13

S8 Ep 26: The Yellow Wallpaper
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 patternSee...
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Season 8
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Episode 26
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54:41

S8 Ep 25: The House in Cypress Canyon
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 n...
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Season 8
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Episode 25
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42:22
