Strange Highways
119 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsKevin and Paul watch The Twilight Zone series in order and discuss each episode.
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Episodes
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
July 02, 2019 02:16 - 1 hour - 158 MBThis week Kevin and Paul come back from their summer break and dive into yet another episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? We meet Zeke Matthews, a high school science dip that is trying to get the attention of Clorice, a young lady on the swim team that needs to get her grades up to stay eligible. The only thing standing between them and young love is a foul smelling ghost that has a nasty habit drowning people in the high school pool...
The Manitou
June 07, 2019 11:42 - 1 hour - 234 MBThis week Kevin and Paul take a look at the 1978 film, The Manitou. This film has all of the following: a neck tumor that is actually a fast growing fetus, Tony Curtis as a fake psychic with a faker mustache, a laser that can't be controlled, astral projected animal spirits, and a room full of stars. Oh, and then it gets weird. Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
The Outer Limits S1, Ep. 1 - The Galaxy Being
May 31, 2019 12:20 - 1 hour - 150 MBThis week Kevin and Paul take a detour and check out the first episode of another popular 60's anthology series, The Outer Limits. They meet Mr. Alan Maxwell, a man obsessed with figuring out what a strange signal from outer space is trying to say... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
A Look Back on Season Three
May 24, 2019 12:01 - 1 hour - 208 MBWe take a look back at the highs, the lows, and the very wild swings that Season 3 of the Twilight Zone took us through. We discuss our 5 worst episodes, our 5 most frustrating ones, and then choose our top 5 for the season. Thanks again to all of you that have went with us on this journey. Three seasons down, two to go! Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 37 - The Changing of the Guard
May 17, 2019 12:32 - 58 minutes - 134 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stop by the Rock Spring School For Boys and meet Professor Ellis Fowler, a man who has taught multiple generations over his 50 year career. When he is told that his services are no longer needed, he begins to wonder if he actually did do anything of worth during his life... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 36 - Cavender is Coming
May 10, 2019 12:41 - 1 hour - 143 MBThis week Kevin and Paul jump out a bus window rather than meeting Mr. Harmon Cavender, a bumbling angel that is not quite good enough to earn his wings. He has been assigned to improve the life of Ms. Agnes Grep, a bumbling human that didn't ask for Cavender's assistance... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 35 - I Sing the Body Electric
May 03, 2019 12:04 - 1 hour - 192 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stop shooting marbles for a moment to look up at an odd sight coming down the sidewalk, an electric grandmother. She has been custom made to raise the Rogers children but not all of them are eager to see her... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 34 - Young Man's Fancy
April 26, 2019 14:04 - 1 hour - 140 MBThis week Kevin and Paul meet newlyweds Alex and Virginia Walker, who are on their way to their honeymoon but have to stop at Alex's late mother's house to pack and sign the paperwork to sell it. Virginia wants to get out of the house as soon as possible, but Alex keeps finding things that remind him of his mother... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 33 - The Dummy
April 19, 2019 12:04 - 1 hour - 171 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stop by a comedy club to catch the act of Mr. Jerry Etherson, a talented ventriloquist who believes that his knotty pine partner Willie is alive and acting on its own... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 32 - The Gift
April 12, 2019 12:19 - 1 hour - 153 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head on down to a small Mexican town to meet Pedro, a young orphan who is often caught staring up into the night sky. He knows there is life among the stars but doesn't realize how close it actually is... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
2019 S1, Ep. 1 - The Comedian
April 05, 2019 16:46 - 1 hour - 175 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stop by Eddies (no apostrophes!) and meet Mr. Samir Wassan, a struggling comedian that may have found the key to success but at what cost... This is the first episode of the new Jordan Peele produced Twilight Zone series. If you would like to hear our thoughts about the rest of this upcoming season, check out our Patreon at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 31 - The Trade-Ins
March 29, 2019 12:35 - 1 hour - 151 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stop by the New Life Corp. and meet Mr. and Mrs. Holt, an elderly couple that have been married for 50 years and want to keep living together for another 100. New Life can make it happen, but it comes at a cost that they may not be able to pay... Enjoy our show? Please consider supporting us at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 30 - Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
March 22, 2019 12:36 - 1 hour - 164 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head on down to the local general store and meet Mr. Somerset Frisby, a man who tells tall tales about his life while playing the harmonica badly. The locals don't really believe his stories, however, there are some folk not from around here that very interested in what he has to say...
S3, Ep. 29 - Four O'Clock
March 15, 2019 12:31 - 1 hour - 160 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stop by the apartment of Mr. Oliver Crangle, a man on a mission: to destroy evil. How? He isn't entirely sure but he knows that it will take place at exactly four o'clock... Also, we discuss the launch of our new Patreon account and how it will help us bring more great content to everyone. Please consider donating at patreon.com/Strangehighways
S3, Ep. 28 - The Little People
March 01, 2019 03:01 - 1 hour - 143 MBThis week Kevin and Paul have to make an emergency landing in a canyon of a rocky unknown world and meet Commander William Fletcher and Peter Craig, two men who need to fix their rocket in order to get back into space. Fletcher is focused on the task at hand, but Peter would rather grouse about the conditions and grumble about wanting to be the one in charge. Peter then hears what he believes are tiny human voices...
S3, Ep. 27 - Person or Persons Unknown
February 22, 2019 13:34 - 1 hour - 179 MBThis week Kevin and Paul wake up in bed with their suit and ties still on and meet Mr. David Gurney, a man that no one seems to know or remember at all...
S3, Ep. 26 - Little Girl Lost
February 13, 2019 13:10 - 1 hour - 167 MBThis week Kevin and Paul hear a dog barking in the middle of the night and meet Chris and Ruth Miller, distraught parents that can't find their young daughter. She sounds like she is in their house crying out to them, but they can't see her...
S3, Ep. 25 - The Fugitive
February 01, 2019 15:58 - 1 hour - 149 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head down to the park to play a game of Spaceman with Jenny, a young girl who doesn't let a leg brace slow her down, and with Old Ben, a kindly old man who isn't quite what he seems...
S3, Ep. 24 - To Serve Man
January 25, 2019 13:22 - 1 hour - 210 MBThis week Kevin and Paul stare up in confused wonder at the 9 foot tall alien race called the Kanamits. They bring to Earth the gifts of advanced technologies and the promise of peace. All they ask for in return is that we trust them and to please kindly step up onto this scale..
S3, Ep. 23 - The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
January 18, 2019 13:12 - 1 hour - 157 MBThis week Kevin and Paul go to the funeral of Jeff Myrtlebank to pay their respects but soon find out that he isn't quite as dead as everyone thought he was...
S3, Ep. 22 - A Piano in the House
January 11, 2019 13:53 - 1 hour - 159 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head to a birthday party that neither really wants to go to and meet Mr. Fitzgerald 'Jerry' Fortune, a mean spirited critic who purchased a player piano for his wife so she wouldn't have to learn how to play it. Jerry soon discovers, much to his horrible delight, that when the piano plays, people fall under its spell and reveal secret truths...
Tales from the Darkside - Seasons of Belief
December 24, 2018 11:32 - 1 hour - 139 MBThis week we celebrate the holiday season by dipping into the 1980's syndicated horror anthology series Tales from the Darkside and visit a family that is determined to have an old fashioned Christmas in which the parents tell their kids the story about the other figure that lives at the North Pole; the Grither...
S3, Ep. 21 - Kick the Can
December 21, 2018 13:29 - 1 hour - 153 MBThis week Kevin and Paul visit Sunnyvale Rest, home for the aged, and meet Mr. Charles Whitley, a resident at the home who doesn't want to spend his days being old and who begins to wonder if there is magic to be found in the games of his youth...
S3, Ep. 20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew
December 14, 2018 13:54 - 1 hour - 170 MBThis week Kevin and Paul end up on the set of a western TV show starring Rance McGrew, the fastest gun in the west and the most pretentious actor that ever did mosey into a saloon. Rance's self believed stature is soon called into question when a real gunfighter shows up to challenge him...
S3, Ep. 19 - The Hunt
December 07, 2018 13:42 - 1 hour - 174 MBThis week Kevin and Paul go out raccoon hunting with Mr. Hyder Simpson, a simple man that loves his dog Rip. After an accidental fall into a creek, Hyder and Rip find that no one can see or hear them...
S3, Ep. 18 - Dead Man's Shoes
November 22, 2018 14:50 - 57 minutes - 132 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head over to Crime Alley and meet Mr. Nathan Edward Bledsoe (of the Bowery Bledsoes), a hobo that has the good fortune to find a dead man with some really nice shoes that happen to fit him perfectly...
S3, Ep. 17 - One More Pallbearer
November 21, 2018 04:27 - 55 minutes - 127 MBThis week Kevin and Paul take an elevator 300 feet down to the s̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶ ̶l̶a̶i̶r̶ bomb shelter of Mr. Paul Radin, a millionaire who is trying to teach a lesson to those who have slighted him...
S3, Ep. 16 - Nothing In The Dark
November 09, 2018 13:26 - 1 hour - 149 MBThis week Kevin and Paul end up in the bad part of town and outside the door of Ms. Wanda Dunn, an elderly shut in who is terrified to go outside because she believes Mr. Death is waiting for her...
Strange Highways Live! 10.22.18
October 26, 2018 11:36 - 26 minutes - 59.9 MBTo get in the Halloween spirit, we decided to do a live version of our show but instead of talking about the Twilight Zone, we put together a radio play about two brothers going on a ghost hunt. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks again to everyone that made it possible. Now, let's go get ghosty...
S3, Ep. 15 - A Quality of Mercy
October 05, 2018 12:44 - 1 hour - 183 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head back to the last days of World War II and meet a group of beat down and worn out soldiers reluctantly tasked with clearing out a cave of wounded enemies. Enter Lt. Katell, a young and inexperinced leader looking to leave his mark no matter the cost...
S3, Ep. 14 - Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
September 28, 2018 11:28 - 1 hour - 146 MBThis week Kevin and Paul meet the Major, the Clown, the Ballerina, the Hobo, and the Bagpiper; five people that are all trapped in a large round room with no sense of their past and no idea why they are there...
S3, Ep. 13 - Once Upon A Time
September 21, 2018 10:22 - 1 hour - 159 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head back to 1890 to meet Mr. Woodrow Mulligan, a man who believes that where and when he lives is just too busy, loud, expensive, and rude. When given the opportunity to put on a time helmet, he decides to see if the future is any better...
S3, Ep. 12 - The Jungle
September 14, 2018 13:36 - 1 hour - 148 MBThis week Kevin and Paul meet Mr. Alan Richards, a very serious man who doesn't believe in superstition or faith and who has recently just come back from a business trip in Africa. He is going forward with his dam plan no matter what gets in his way, even the dead goat in his hallway...
S3, Ep. 11 - Still Valley
September 07, 2018 10:49 - 1 hour - 137 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head back to the Civil War and meet Sgt. Joseph Paradine, a Confederate soldier tasked with scouting out the valley below for any signs of Union activity. What he finds could end up being a means to win the war, but at a high cost...
S3, Ep. 10 - The Midnight Sun
August 24, 2018 12:58 - 1 hour - 169 MBThis week Kevin and Paul grab some glasses of warm grapefruit juice and meet Norma and Mrs. Bronson, the last two people in their apartment building. It is just a matter of days before the Earth completely falls into the Sun and it is getting hotter by the minute. Norma and Mrs. Bronson try to stay sane and civil as their world burns up around them...
S3, Ep. 9 - Deaths-Head Revisited
August 17, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBThis week Kevin and Paul are forced to meet Mr. Gunther Lutze, a former SS Captain and still current Nazi, who has returned to the Dachau concentration camp to relive some past glories. Little does he know that the past has been waiting for him to return as well...
S3, Ep. 8 - It's a Good Life
August 10, 2018 11:42 - 1 hour - 168 MBThis week Kevin, Paul, and special guest Steve King of the Saturday Night Slasher and Invasion of the Podcast, head to Peaksville, Ohio, where they meet Anthony Fremont, a monster in the form of a young boy. Anthony can do and make anything he wants, and he wants you to think happy thoughts or else you may end up in the cornfield...
S3, Ep. 7 - The Grave
August 03, 2018 12:15 - 1 hour - 161 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head back to the old west to pick up a bottle of Rye and Kevin's favorite plate and meet Mr. Conny Miller, a man hired by the townspeople to hunt down and kill the outlaw Pinto Sykes. Conny has just found out that the locals did the job for him and they are not so subtly saying that they believe Conny was too much of a coward to face Sykes while he was alive...
S3, Ep. 6 - The Mirror
July 27, 2018 11:25 - 46 minutes - 107 MBThe week Kevin and Paul head to South America and meet Mr. Ramos Clemente, a man who has just successfully overthrown the oppressive leader of his country with the aide of four of his closest friends and allies. The victory is short lived when Ramos learns that he inherits a mirror that shows him the faces of those that will betray him...
S3, Ep. 5 - A Game of Pool
July 13, 2018 12:14 - 1 hour - 150 MBThe week Kevin and Paul head on over to a pool hall on Randolph Street to meet Mr. Jesse Cardiff, a man that believes he is the best billards player alive. He can't seem to escape the shadow of 'Fats' Brown, the best billards player that ever lived. Jesse would give anything to play Fats just once...
S3, Ep. 4 - The Passersby
June 29, 2018 08:02 - 54 minutes - 124 MBThis week Kevin and Paul head on down the road and meet Mrs. Lavina Godwin, a Civil War widow who sits on the porch of her destroyed home and watches the walking wounded returning from the battlefield. There is something odd about these men and how they are compelled to just keep moving forward as if they are drawn to something...
S3, Ep. 3 - The Shelter
June 22, 2018 12:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBThis week Kevin and Paul attend the surprise birthday party for Mr. Larry Gates, a well respected doctor that is always thinking ahead, thrown by his very friendly and close knit neighbors. Everything is peachy keen until the radio announces the threat of unknown objects seen in the skies above...
S3, Ep. 2 - The Arrival
June 15, 2018 11:29 - 1 hour - 142 MBThis week Kevin and Paul, being sober and reliable, head out west to meet Mr. Grant Sheckly, a flight investigator brought in to solve an unusual case; a plane that has landed safely with no crew or passengers on it...
S3, Ep. 1 - Two
June 07, 2018 02:04 - 1 hour - 144 MBThis week we start off Season 3 of the Twilight Zone joined by friend of the show, El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, as we take a look at episode one, titled 'Two'. We meet a man and a woman on opposing sides of a conflict that has devastated the world. Will the color of their uniforms keep them from finding a common ground?
Telefon
June 01, 2018 11:55 - 1 hour - 243 MBThis week we take another detour and head back to 1977 to watch the Don Siegel film, Telefon. A Russian records keeper has fled the country with a top secret document that allows him to locate and activate deep cover sleeper agents in the United States. The Russian government, not wanting to let the US know about the 50+ seeded agents they have stateside, reaches out to the one man who can track down this rogue agent, Major Grigori Borzov aka Charles Bronson. His accent may not be strong but...
The Monster Club
May 25, 2018 12:42 - 1 hour - 238 MBThis week we take a look at 1981's The Monster Club, a weird little anthology hybrid horror/comedy/rock and roll show that stars Vincent Price, John Carradine, and Donald Pleasence. We learn what a Shadmock is, to beware of men with violin cases, and whatever the hell a Humgoo is. Monsters rule, Ok?
Rod Serling's Lost Classics
May 18, 2018 12:04 - 1 hour - 249 MBThis week Kevin and Paul take a look at the 1994 made for TV special Rod Serling's Lost Classics. Hosted by James Earl Jones, it presents two stories previously unpublished stories that Carol, Rod's wife, found in a trunk in their attic. The first tale, The Theater, is about a lady who ends up seeing parts of her past, and possible future, play out in front of her on a movie theater screen. The second tale, Where the Dead Are, is about a doctor in 1868 who views death as an opponent to be de...
Amazing Stories - Ghost Train and Mummy Daddy
May 13, 2018 18:02 - 1 hour - 222 MBThis week Kevin and Paul take a slight detour into the 1980's anthology series, Amazing Stories. First up is Ghost Train, directed by Steven Speilberg, which is about a grandfather that is convinced a train he missed as a child is coming back to pick him up. And the second one is Mummy Daddy, a story about an actor that is stuck in a mummy costume who is trying to get to the hospital in time for the bith of his child.
A Look Back on Season Two
April 27, 2018 12:21 - 1 hour - 230 MBJoin us as we take a step back and look at the Twilight Zone Season Two. We go over some highlights of the season, share our Bottom 5 and Top 5 episodes, and never forget about Hyperion, the dangers of windows, and the soft taste of Oasis cigarettes.
S2, Ep. 29 - The Obsolete Man
April 20, 2018 13:03 - 1 hour - 165 MBThis week Kevin, Paul, and special guest El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, meet Mr. Romney Wordsworth, a liabrian in a future where books are outlawed. He is standing before the Chancellor and the State facing the charge of becoming obsolete...