Suspense and Horror – Retro Radio Podcast
197 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsSharing family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Shadows from the Grave. ep958, 790228
October 10, 2022 14:20 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBTitle:Shadows from the Grave (‘Wilkie Collins classic’) Plot:A photographer and his wife move into his uncle’s house upon his death. When the local priest denies his blessing, the estate grounds…
The Whistler – Treasure Hunt. ep191, 460121
October 06, 2022 11:22 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBRobert Bolton was an egotist who felt the world owed him a living. He lived a charmed life, taking anything he could to gain from it, and dodging the pitfalls.…
Quiet Please – Light The Lamp For Me. ep67, 480926
October 04, 2022 13:20 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBThe setting is the old pueblo mission of San fernando. A modern visitor takes in the sights. The grafiti on the wall, the signs of years of wine making in…
Quiet Please – The Third Mans Story. ep64, 480906
September 27, 2022 13:25 - 21 minutes - 5.01 MBA story of a typical family. A loving dad and mom, and a family with two sons. Well, as normal as it gets in a program like Quiet Please. As…
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Shock of His Life. ep955, 790219
September 26, 2022 14:21 - 45 minutes - 10.5 MBTitle:The Shock of His Life. Plot:A gambling addict receives the power to predict the outcome of sporting events when he is electrocuted while fixing his television. He uses his new…
Weird Circle – The Werewolf. 440507
September 20, 2022 08:21 - 29 minutes - 6.66 MBA detective investigates the appearances of a great white wolf. Is it just one of the local superstitions? To be married, a man is forced to recite a strange marriage…
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Sinister Shadow. ep953, 790212.
September 19, 2022 14:23 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBTitle:The Sinister Shadow. Plot:An unusual tale of how a timid woman chanced upon her doppelganger in a seedy bar, and how her double turned against her. Episode:0953. Air Dates: First…
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Ring of Evil. ep971, 790416
September 12, 2022 14:25 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBWhen a young woman is witness to a murder, the only detail she can recall is that the killer possessed a unique ring. Strangely, she soon sees the same ring…
The Shadow – Man Who Murdered Time. ep153, 390101
August 27, 2022 14:04 - 28 minutes - 6.56 MBLamonte Cranston celebrates the New Year, and a new hope for everyone. Things aren’t so happy though when a death threat from a man claiming to have a time machine…
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Love After Death. ep951, 790205.
August 25, 2022 14:21 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBTitle:Love After Death. Plot:For the past thirty years, a gifted but terminally ill concert pianist has searched for her lost husband, refusing to believe the reports that he had perished…
The Shadow – black rock 381113
August 20, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBAn embezzler who is absconded with over two million dollars has apparently died over the ocean, but the Shadow believes he can be found on the desolate island Black Rock.
The Shadow – Sabotage. 380116
August 14, 2022 13:09 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBA ship sends out a frantic SOS after an explosion onboard. Someone is sabotaging Navy ships, and Lamonte Cranston decides it’s time for the Shadow to come to the aid…
The Shadow – prelude to terror. 390129
August 06, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBA gangster has a professor killed to obtain an explosive he has developed. The explosive is then planted in light bulbs all over the city, leaving chaos and terror in their wake.
The Shadow – society of the living dead. ep18, 380123
July 30, 2022 13:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBLamont looks into what he believes is a connection between a passport forgery ring and the supposed suicide of a broker linked to a recent stock swindle.
The Shadow – oracle of death. ep198, 401020
July 23, 2022 15:20 - 29 minutes - 6.69 MBA man who was accidentally hit by Shrevie's cab appears to be a bit out of joint with time, as he seems to think it is a day later than it actually is and tells of crimes he says he read about which end up happening later. Lamont is more inclined to believe that he knows of them because he is in on them rather than possession of any psychic abilities.
The Shadow – precipice called death. ep183, 400121
July 16, 2022 15:20 - 25 minutes - 5.76 MBA friend of Lamont's is alarmed when a strange man breaks in and attempts to strangle a servant, leaving behind a note that possibly refers to his shady past.
The Shadow – curse of shiva. ep204, 401201
July 09, 2022 15:20 - 24 minutes - 11 MBA skeptic broker is told by a mystic that he willl die shortly and the prediction comes true. During a seance, he starts to reveal to the Shadow who the killer was but he is shot by one of the participants before he can do so.
The Shadow – laughing corpse. ep190, 400310
June 25, 2022 15:20 - 25 minutes - 5.9 MBA scientist is killed by a poison that induces laughter before death. But it is a mystery to the Shadow on how it was administered.
The Shadow – can the dead talk. 390319
June 18, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 12.4 MBAn anarchist with genuine psychic powers who has been using them as a stage magician learns the identity of the Shadow during a performance Lamont and Margot are attending.
The Shadow – death on the bridge. ep189, 400303
June 11, 2022 15:20 - 24 minutes - 5.63 MBThere is trouble and death on the new bridge as men hear voices and die immediately after. Lamont gets a job on the bridge and is apparently the next to die.
The Shadow – dead men talk. 390924
April 30, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBWhen Lamont decides to look into the disappearance of a gangster associated with a political boss, the boss dies rather suddenly of allegedly pneumonia.
The Shadow – The House Of Horror. ep21, 380213
April 23, 2022 13:02 - 26 minutes - 7.64 MBA gorilla is stolen from a zoo. As they take a cab ride, Lamonte and Margot learn all the details of the theft from the cabbie. Later Lamonte hears of…
The Shadow – phantom voice. ep20, 380206
April 16, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBA philanthropist Senator is on trial for the seeming absurd charge of accepting a bribe from a deceased gangster. But the case becomes unexpectedly solid when the prosecution presents some motion picture evidence of the alleged incident.
The Shadow – power of the mind. 380424
April 09, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBA spy has been torturing a scientist to tell him the formula of a new explosive, but instead causes his mind to snap. So he kidnaps a fellow countryman psychiatrist Lamont just met and demands that he repair the mental damage done.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – The Believers. 790404
April 04, 2022 14:30 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBWhen a nosy neighbor becomes curious about the strange incidents that go on at the house next door, she sends her son over to investigate. He soon discovers a parallel…
The Shadow – Appointment With Death. 390312
March 12, 2022 15:05 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBA man is released from prison, but claims to the warden that he’ll get the man who put him behind bars. Back with his gang, the gangsters plan is to…
CBS Radio Theater – Everybody Does It. ep952, 790207
February 07, 2022 15:16 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBTitle:Everybody Does It. Plot:In order to augment his income, a hard-up drama critic turns to a life of crime. When he is found dead, his actress ex-wife becomes the center…
Whistler – Hit And Run. ep190, 460114
January 14, 2022 15:40 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBTake a ride on a foggy night as a young woman runs out on her ailing husband to get a divorce. Mildred and her lover, Hillary speed through the night…
Lights Out – Across the Gap. ep10, 360812
January 09, 2022 12:05 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBAlternate Title: Neanderthal. A banker and a diplomat disagree on their politics, but the trouble at hand seems to be in getting their broken down car to start. As they…
Whistler – The Thin Line. ep189, 460107
January 07, 2022 13:21 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBMark is a man who has found love, but no matter how he looks at it, it’s a decision he made too late. He doubts his wife’s asthema is for…
The Shadow – The Cat That Killed. ep180, 391231
December 31, 2021 15:02 - 26 minutes - 5.98 MBMost likely the wrong date, probably from 1949 instead. Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane are on a scavenger hunt on a foggy, creepy night. A scream from a warehouse has…
Suspense – Finishing School. ep72, 431230
December 30, 2021 09:21 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBIt’s an all female cast of stars that present tonights drama. The Nash Institution is a finishing school where the rumor mill has it that a young lady has killed…
Suspense – Back For Christmas, with Peter Lorre. ep71, 431223
December 23, 2021 09:23 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBFeatures Peter Lorre. Peter plays Herman, a professer of biology who is digging in the basement to prepare his devils garden, a type of orchid garden. His wife is upset…
Whistler – The Deadly Penny. ep233, 461111
November 11, 2021 12:20 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBA secretary at a financial investment firm isn’t content with earning money the honest way. With the help of a shady friend, they plan on making their own enhancements to…
Quiet Please – The Room Where The Ghosts Live. ep32, 480112
October 30, 2021 13:25 - 24 minutes - 5.54 MBRefusing to leave his house, the doctor can’t help his aging patient, played by Ernest Chapel, the way he would like. The wound received from the old, black powder gun…
Lights Out – Money, Money, Money. ep9, 360805
October 30, 2021 11:11 - 3 BytesIf you frighten easily, turn off your radio now… or podcatcher, as the case may be. What’s wrong with the world today… money. Nobody ever has enough, and all they…
Inner Sanctum Mysteries – Death Watch in Boston. 481115
October 29, 2021 13:21 - 3 BytesIn Boston, a man has a horrifying tale to tel. The man, a medical doctor, has a box that contains the head of another man. He goes to a tatoo…
Mysterious Traveler – Death Is The Judge. ep108, 470615
October 28, 2021 12:20 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBRetracing the steps of their honeymoon, John and his bride revisit a quaint old curio shop in Chinatown. A after 20 years it looks virtually unchanged. What should they pick…
Whistler – Broken Chain. ep208, 460520
October 28, 2021 11:20 - 29 minutes - 6.69 MBArnold is a man who is contemplating leaving his wife. He helps around the house, and responds to his talkative wife’s every request. Evelyn is more heartbroken over her broken…
Lights Out – The Word. 430914
October 23, 2021 08:26 - 3 BytesA story with no terror, but of a strange and wonderful day. At the time this show was produced, World War 2 was raging. It was probably becoming hard to…
Inner Sanctum Mysteries – Death Of A Doll. 481018
October 22, 2021 13:23 - 25 minutes - 5.87 MBOur gruesomely punny host presents a newspaper story. A story of a man, the doll of a dead girl, and the devil. How did such a scene come to be?…
Whistler – Masquerade. ep230, 461021
October 21, 2021 11:21 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBSam is a gangster who lays it on the line for a gal who is dating his brother. He wants her to leave him alone and break it off. Will…
The Shadow – Death From The Deep. 371003.
October 19, 2021 12:04 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBa pirate with a submarine is terrorizing the shipping lanes. The Shadow has a plan and investigates. The submarine inventor has been having regrets about his role in the pirate’s…
Suspense – The Night Reveals. ep69, 431209
October 19, 2021 08:21 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBThe story begins two weeks ago. Robert Young is an investigater for an insurance company. His wife had stepped out to an all night drugstore, but she’s missing. When she…
Quiet Please – Come In Eddie . ep26, 471201
October 16, 2021 12:24 - 23 minutes - 5.42 MBErnest Chapel is a man who has just moved into a house. It used to be Eddie's house. Is there a problem with that? Eddie's stuff, Eddie's piano, but it all belongs to Ernest now. Murder is involved, and spooky things begin to happen. Has Eddie come back to haunt his killers?
Lights Out – Uninhabited Christmas Story 1918. 371222.
October 16, 2021 12:00 - 3 BytesA tale about a Christmas from the last war. That means World War 1. A train comes to a halt at a railroad station in France. Both Austrailian and French…
Inner Sanctum Mysteries – Murder By Prophecy. 480927
October 15, 2021 13:23 - 3 BytesIn an old cemetary outside a New England town, a man finds himself trapped in a mausoleum. Flashback: The man is in need of cash to bail him out of…
Whistler – Weak Sister. ep229, 461014
October 14, 2021 11:20 - 27 MBTwo elderly spinsters live alone, near a cemetary. Amanda is the pushy one who takes care of most of the household business, while herer sister is weak, frail, and usually…
Suspense – The Black Curtain (Carrey Grant). ep68, 431202
October 13, 2021 08:20 - 27.5 MBFeatures Carrey Grant. A man has an accident, when he falls on a sidewalk. Suddenly it’s three years later, and he can’t remember a thing that has happened in that…
The Shadow – chill of death. ep429, 480104
October 12, 2021 13:20 - 11.6 MBLamont looks into the possibility of insurance fraud mixed with murder by an elderly couple whose maids have a curious tendency to die of pneumonia shortly after being employed.