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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Quiet Please – One For The Book. ep75, 481121
October 09, 2021 13:20 - 13.5 MBA story about an Air base that has been built on an old dry lake bed. Lake Muroc now hosts all sorts of test planes, fighters, bombers, and even ground…
Lights Out – The Author And The Thing. ep52, 430928
October 09, 2021 08:21 - 10.6 MBStories of the supernatual, and supernatural fantasy. If you are the type to scare easily, we urge you to turn off your radio now. In other words, don’t even think…
Suspense – Philomel Cottage (Orson Wells). ep61, 431007
October 07, 2021 08:21 - 27.3 MBOrson Wells is back in this radio presentation of a short story by Agatha Christy. A married couple spend their honeymoon in a jungle paradise. Memories of the last week…
Whistler – Urge to Kill. ep21, 421004
October 04, 2021 07:23 - 27 MBPhil Putnam and Henry Drake had built their factory, and with war demands production has tripled. Henry has been absent minded, forgetting where important papers are, and where he has…
Quiet Please – The Evening And The Morning. ep74, 481114
October 02, 2021 13:20 - 12.6 MBErnest Chapel relates a story from a cemeteary. He’s handcuffed, held at gun point, and visiting the grave of the person he’s convicted of killing. The odd situation is explained…
Suspense – The Most Dangerous Game (Orson Wells). ep59, 430923
September 23, 2021 08:20 - 13.8 MBFeatures Orson Wells. A pleasure trip on a yacht turns into a desperate case of cat and mouse. When the yacht sinks, and the only survivor washes up on a…
Suspense – The Cross-Eyed Bear. ep58, 430916
September 16, 2021 08:22 - 27.9 MBA young woman answers an ad about a job for a beautiful girl. She goes to the interview to learn about the unusual, and dangerous job. A wealthy eccentric has…
The Shadow – they kill with a silver hatchet. ep373,0460526
August 11, 2021 08:20 - 13.4 MBthe shadow
Quiet Please – Cornelia. ep5, 470720
July 20, 2021 12:20 - 6.97 MBAudio is fairly clear. Maybe even good. Ernest Chapel goes into flashback, and tells about a special girl. Cornelia held a special place for Ernest. Then there’s Barbara, a romance…
The Whistler – The Blind Bet. ep213, 460624
June 24, 2021 11:21 - 12.9 MBTom Braiden lurks in the bushes, watching the luminous dial of his wristwatch. Is he trying to get back at his partner, John Warren, and keep all their gambling profits…
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Look Who’s Coming. 790611
June 11, 2021 14:23 - 21.2 MBA long time married couple bicker over their tastes in television shows. Harry prefers science fiction shows for their escapist style, and detachment from reality. Florence prefers serials and soap…
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – The Pardon. 790606
June 06, 2021 14:41 - 20.6 MBSome people just seem to never get a break, and have nothing but bad luck. Jack is a middle aged man who has been forced to leave his coal mining…
Suspense – Sorry Wrong Number (East Coast). ep43, 430525
May 25, 2021 11:21 - 27 MBFeatures Agnes Moorehead. A story of a woman who overheard a telephone conversation when lines get crossed. She hears plans for a murder. What should she do? The phone operators…
Suspense – The ABC Murders (Charles Laughton). ep42, 430518
May 18, 2021 11:22 - 26.1 MBFeatures Charles Laughton. A mild-mannered man and the initials ABC are the center of an organized set of murders. A story by Agatha Christie. A traveling salesman who has had…
Suspense – Mister Markham Antique Dealer. ep41, 430511
May 11, 2021 11:20 - 26.7 MB— Strange happenings in a London curio shop. A story of a man who commits murder, and gets away with it. A young lady goes to an antique shop where…
Suspense – Death Flies Blind. ep40, 430504
May 04, 2021 11:24 - 26.9 MBA Naval officer finds himself in a remarkable predicament. The officer’s fiancee is worried as the plane is boarded. The plane is full of distinguished, and important gentlemen. The men…
The Whistler – Last of the Devereaux. ep114, 440723
March 08, 2021 10:23 - 27 MBThe Devereaux family has made their wealth on a sugar plantation. After years of relying on promissory notes, the creditor comes to demand payment from the old man. The stress…
Whistler – The Doctor Prescribes Death. ep108, 440611
February 01, 2021 10:22 - 13.5 MBHosted by Peter Lorrie as a feature of AFRS, Mystery Playhouse. A psychologist presents his idea for his next book, but the publisher sends him packing. There’s no way he’ll…
The Whistler – Death Demands a Payment. ep83, 431219
January 29, 2021 09:22 - 27.2 MBTwo convicts in prison. One desiring to go straight, the other with a devious plan. Elsewhere on a dark and stormy night, a young couple need to seek shelter when…
Whistler – Next Year is Mine. ep239, 461223
December 30, 2020 12:20 - 13.5 MBThe newspaper had a special edition to get out, but the editor takes time to listen to the choir’s sing Christmas carols in the next building. Johnny Hale is a…
The Shadow – The Stockings Were Hung (MBS). 391224
December 26, 2020 15:00 - 11.4 MBLooking in on the Grover family, we find they are a family in need. Margot, and Lamont learn from the newsboy about the business loss, and the single father who…
Whistler – Double-Cross. ep33, 421227
November 16, 2020 08:28 - 27.1 MBJoe is a man who has fallen on hard times, and recently released from prison, he helps his brother Steve. While Steve works, Joe watches Timmy, and tells him about…
Quiet Please – Berlin 1945. 481226.
November 14, 2020 14:21 - 13.6 MBA group of soldiers are around a table talking about Christmas. Being away from home for the holiday, they compare notes on how their holiday would be spent bac home,…
Suspense – Statement Of Employee Henry Wilson. ep64, 431102
November 02, 2020 09:21 - 27.1 MBA tale that recounts the final moments of a man’s life. A gent named Henry Wilson is a little, nervous man. Through voice over, he narates the drama of his…
Suspense – The Diary of Sophronia Winters (Agnes Mooorehead). ep39, 430427
October 31, 2020 08:21 - 26.4 MBA spinster takes a vacation after the passing of her father. After a dedicated life as her father’s care taker, the naive Sophronia is thrilled with the sensuous life of…
Whistler – Patients for the Doctor. ep79, 431121
October 29, 2020 08:23 - 27.1 MBOn a stormy night, a doctor is worried for his patients. So why does his wife refuse to let him out of the house? Meanwhile, traveling a lonely road, a…
Mysterious Traveler – Queen of the Cats. ep31, 440702
October 24, 2020 09:22 - 6.77 MBA frustrated 22 year old Miss Jane Elliot is worried about her fiancee. How will Mr Chris Arnold take it when she brings home a doctor to examine him? In…
Suspense – Fear Paints a Picture (Nancy Coleman). ep37, 430413
October 21, 2020 08:21 - 27.3 MBFeaturing Nancy Coleman. After the death of Benjamin Powell, he makes his high strung and neurotic daughter his heir. As long as she doesn’t go insane before her 23rd birthday.…
Suspense – Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble. ep36, 430406
October 14, 2020 08:22 - 27.1 MBIn keeping with the famous Shakesperean play, old hags speak the opening line. For this production, we learn the hags are actually young women who set the stage. They notice…
Whistler – Jealousy. ep20, 420927
September 27, 2020 07:21 - 13.5 MBNightmares plague Lucia, but are the dreams preminitions of what’s going on between her husband and er sister Beverly? Gil brings her a tonic from the family doctor, but is…
Suspense – The Dead Sleep Lightly (Susan Hayward). ep35, 430330
September 24, 2020 08:23 - 27.2 MBAfter attending services at a cemetery, a businessman is suddenly paranoid that he is being followed. Seeking advice from a friend who has written books on the supernatural, Templeton shares…
The Whistler – Fog. ep19, 420920
September 20, 2020 07:21 - 27 MBOn a night with thick fog, Captain Fowler, and Danny, make their way to collect on a debt. A trip in the fog, and a thump on the head gives…
Mysterious Traveler – The Accusing Corpse. ep20, 440416
September 17, 2020 09:21 - 6.54 MBIn the home of Philip Drake, wealthy stockbroker, his friend Roger is called on to keep Vivian from walking out on Philip’s marriage. Tensions rise, and a gun is produced.…
Lights Out – The Sea. ep15, 360916
September 16, 2020 11:06 - 10.1 MBAn old woman, on her death bed, tells about her two sons. In flashback, the Irish woman recalls the wedding day of her son, Thomas. The ever scrappy Paddy convinces…
Suspense – The Customers Like Murder (Roland Young). ep34, 430323
September 16, 2020 08:22 - 13.3 MBRoland Young plays a mystery writer, Blackstone. He dictates to his nbacktalking secretary. In order to solve an argument over the kind of poison used in the latest mystefy, the…
The Whistler – Mirage. ep18, 420913
September 13, 2020 07:21 - 27 MBFred Adams is an attorney. Involved with the underworld, he is taken to the manager of a night club, Gloria. Has Fred turned against his benefactor, and manager of the…
Lights Out – The Author and the Thing. ep14, 360909
September 09, 2020 11:05 - 10.6 MBIn the radio production offices, Arch Oboler tries to meet his deadline in writing the script for the season finale. Will he get the plot worked out in between phone…
Suspense – The Hangman Won’t Wait (First half). ep28, 430209
September 09, 2020 08:21 - 6.95 MBFeaturing Sidney Greenstreet. A lawyer tells a tale of a crime where neither the defense or prosecution had it right. Though the date with the hangman is near, the young…
The Whistler – House of Greed. ep17, 420905
September 05, 2020 07:21 - 27 MBA taxi rolls through the night. John learns from his brother Frank that his wife, Mary is gone. Is she out of her mind for walking out on the marriage? John…
Suspense – In Fear and Trembling. ep29, 430216
September 02, 2020 08:22 - 27.5 MBFeaturing, Mary Aster. lucia is a woman who begins to feel a chill in her marriage. Her husband drifts away to spend more time in his writing, and her visiting…
Lights Out – Immortal Gentleman. ep48, 430831
August 31, 2020 08:28 - 4.04 MBIf you frighten easily, be warned. Turn off your radio now. Don’t even think about downloading this episode. A man discusses his lifelong fear of death with a woman. He…
Suspense – The Doctor Prescribed Death (Bella Lugosi). ep27, 430202
August 26, 2020 08:22 - 27.2 MBA psychologist has a theory, and a book he wants to propose to his publisher. Can his theory be proved that a suicidal person can be shifted to committing murder?…
Whistler – Delivery Guaranteed. 460819
August 19, 2020 11:21 - 27 MBCathy breaks the news to Philip that she wants a divorce, and is sick of the sniveling, clingy affections of the man. In his attempt to stop her, he accidentally…
Suspense – The Devil’s Saint (Peter Lorrie). ep25, 430119
August 16, 2020 08:21 - 27.3 MBAt a costume party, a young man and girl fall in love. The hold out on a marriage for Ned is Elona’s eccentric Hungarian uncle. How will uncle Stephan handle…
Whistler – Stolen Murder. 460812
August 12, 2020 11:21 - 13.2 MBKen and Tom are friends, but among other things, Ellen complains about Tom. He has been acting strangely, and we learn its because Tom has a terminal illness. When Ken…
Whistler – Bullet Proof. 460805
August 05, 2020 11:21 - 26.4 MBHoward and Andrea are a married couple with problems. She insists on leaving him, but Howard has become a successful businessman on her wealth and refuses to let her have…
Suspense – The Pit and the Pendulum. ep24, 430112
July 12, 2020 08:21 - 26.4 MBEdgar Allen Poe's classic tale, formatted for radio with a script by John Dixon Carr. In the times of the Inquisition, a prisoner of war faces his sentence, after untold days of confinement in the dungeon. His charges involve a proposed marriage to a young lady. Does military law supersede God's law in these troubled times? In the darkness of his prison cell, the voice of his young lover comes to him for encouragement. John is free to explore his pitch dark environment. Will his visions lead ...
The Whistler – Blind Alley. ep71, 430924
July 09, 2020 08:21 - 27 MBAfter an auto accident, only Jerry, Henry, and Nalla know the truth. Henry stands to hold the bag and is being blackmailed by Jerry. Grandfather is upset with Henry but isn’t sure why Henry has once again overdrawn his account. Details about the blackmail scheme Nalla’s brother Jerry has over Henry come out, and grandfather is willing to help. Nalla tells how the accident went down, and the case of manslaughter. Is there anything to be done, even if the truth comes to light? When cops come ro...
Mysterious Traveler 0- House of Death. ep9, 440130
July 07, 2020 09:21 - 6.35 MBA pair of old ladies have to move out of their home, and under the care of their nephew and his wife. Though they are being treated well, its just not home, and the ladies want to pack up their cats and go back to the life they are used to. Reading about friends who have died, or who have had to be sent to the poor house for care, Martha and Elouisse begin to think their nephew is mishandling their estate. Are the younger relatives up to no good? It doesn't help matters when each of their cat...
Whistler — Notes in the Night. ep7, 420627
June 28, 2020 07:28 - 20.6 MBAmbrose begins finding notes written in his own hand, urging him to kill his best friend Henry. Going to a doctor, he is advised to stop over working himself, and is prescribed nerve pills. Soon his friend and business partner, Henry, recommends he take a vacation. Frustrations build, and Ambrose is ready to get away, and packs his bags. Getting away to his mountain cabin, will Henry get rest, or continue to slowly go insane? When the doc arrives, he brings word that Henry has been shot, and ...