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The Twilight Beacon

35 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

This October, step back in time with Jedediah D. Blackwell, transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest. Relive the golden age of radio horror & mystery, enjoy history's darkest tales, and catch the signal from the Twilight Beacon.

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Episodes

Halloween Special 2023 - Edgar Allen Poe Mysteries

November 01, 2023 03:35 - 1 hour - 138 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents our 2023 Halloween special, with four vintage radio broadcasts of Edgar Allen Poe stories: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, The Gold Bug and Never Bet the Devil Your Head.

Classic Literature with Escape

October 31, 2023 17:21 - 1 hour - 142 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Escape adapted from classic literature: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story, The Lost Special and Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game.

The Spider and the Fly with Lights Out and Quiet Please

October 31, 2023 16:45 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts with stories of oversized crawling creeps: The Spider from Lights Out and Tanglefoot from Quiet Please.

Haunted House Stories from The Mysterious Traveler and Suspense

October 30, 2023 04:26 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts with stories of haunted houses: Stranger in the House from The Mysterious Traveler and Bells from Suspense.

Fearsome Beasts with Hall of Fantasy

October 29, 2023 04:42 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Hall of Fantasy: The Masks of Ashor and Demon of the Night.

Sci-Friday: Robert Heinlein on Dimension X and radio relics of the Korean War

October 28, 2023 07:28 - 1 hour - 145 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Dimension X featuring adaptations of Robert Heinlein stories: Destination Moon and The Green Hills of Earth. Also included in these episodes from 1950, radio relics of the Korean War, a live announcement of the start of hostilities between North and South Korea and then a Christmas Message from Harry S. Truman as the ho...

Strange Tales with Lights Out and Boris Karloff

October 27, 2023 03:40 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Lights Out: He Dug it Up and Cat Wife with Boris Karloff.

Adventures in the Afterlife with Quiet Please

October 26, 2023 04:57 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Quiet Please: Kill Me Again and Never Send to Know.

Twists of Fate from The Mysterious Traveler

October 25, 2023 05:05 - 1 hour - 145 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of The Mysterous Traveler: If You Believe and The Man in the Black Derby.

The Father of Science Fiction, H.G. Wells

October 24, 2023 06:12 - 55 minutes - 127 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the heart of Appalachian America, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts with stories by H.G. Wells: Jimmy Goggles, the God and The Country of the Blind, featuring Raymond Burr.

Cursed Lives: Casting the Runes and Papa Benjamin

October 23, 2023 00:17 - 1 hour - 146 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of the radio program Escape: Casting the Runes and Papa Benjamin.

Sci-Friday, Tales from the Red Planet

October 21, 2023 23:54 - 1 hour - 138 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Dimension X: And the Moon Be Still as Bright from Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles and The Martian Death March.

Under the Waves: The Black Seagull and Death in the Depths

October 21, 2023 03:31 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two vintage radio broadcasts of Inner Sanctum: The Black Seagull, featuring Peter Lorre and Death in the Depths.

Christmas Special 2022: The Spirit of Christmas

December 25, 2022 07:34 - 1 hour - 123 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two of the most beloved Christmas broadcasts of all time: The Charles Dickens literary masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, starring Lionel Barrymore and Orson Welles followed by It's A Wonderful Life, with James Stewart and Donna Reed reprising their roles from the iconic film by Frank Capra.

Halloween Special 2022: The Ghosts of Halloweens Past

November 01, 2022 05:16 - 1 hour - 116 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents four tales of terror that orignally aired as Halloween episodes: Calling All Souls, A Corpse for Halloween, Don't Tell Me About Halloween and Lazarus Walks. These vintage broadcasts of the programs Suspense, Inner Sanctum and Quiet Please feature original episodes from radio's golden age.

Tragic Adventures in History: The Wreck of the Old 97 and It Is Later Than You Think

October 19, 2022 07:09 - 54 minutes - 124 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two stories of adventure directly from the pages of history: The Wreck of the Old 97 and It Is Later Than You Think. These vintage broadcasts of the programs Suspense and Quiet Please feature original episodes from radio's golden age.

Saturday Sci-fi with X Minus One: The Defenders and Cold Equations

October 19, 2022 06:57 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two favorite episodes of X Minus One: Philip K. Dick's The Defenders and Tom Godwin's Cold Equations. These vintage broadcasts feature adapted episodes from this science fiction series of radio's golden age.

Tales from Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum and The Fall of the House of Usher

October 14, 2022 05:42 - 1 hour - 142 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic radio episodes featuring stories by Edgar Allan Poe. These vintage broadcasts feature original episodes from radio's golden age.

Legendary Voices of Hollywood: The Shadow of Death with Richard Widmark and Blood Bath with Vincent Price

October 12, 2022 05:44 - 58 minutes - 133 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic radio episodes featuring impressve guest stars, The Shadow of Death from Inner Sanctum, with Richard Widmark and Blood Bath from Escape, starring Vincent Price. These vintage broadcasts feature original episodes from radio's golden age.

Saturday Sci-Fi with Dimension X: With Folded Hands and Mars Is Heaven

October 09, 2022 05:43 - 59 minutes - 137 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two favorite episodes of Dimension X: Jack Williamson's With Folded Hands and Ray Bradbury's Mars Is Heaven. These vintage broadcasts feature adapted episodes from the premiere science fiction series of radio's golden age.

Absurdity and Terror from Hall of Fantasy: The Night the Fog Came and The Crawling Thing

October 07, 2022 03:23 - 51 minutes - 118 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two favorite episodes of Hall of Fantasy: The Night the Fog Came and The Crawling Thing. These vintage radio broadcasts feature original scripts from the outrageous and entertaining horror series that originated in Utah before getting syndicated acress the U.S.

Grim Tales from Quiet, Please: Take Me Out to the Graveyard and How Beautiful Upon the Mountain

October 05, 2022 05:18 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two favorite episodes of Quiet, Please: Take Me Out to the Graveyard and How Beautiful Upon the Mountain These vintage radio broadcasts feature original scripts by Wyllis Cooper and compelling performances by Ernest Chappell.

Halloween Special: The Cask of Amontillado, Zero Hour, The Tell-Tale Heart, Three Skeleton Key and The War of the Worlds

November 01, 2021 01:51 - 2 hours - 147 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents a special extra-length Halloween episode, featuring the best and most terrifying classic radio programs we have to offer, Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, Ray Bradbury’s Zero Hour, Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, Vincent Price in Three Skeleton Key and Orson Welles in The War of the Worlds.

Sci-Friday: The Outer Limit and No Contact

October 30, 2021 05:57 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This Sci-Friday episode features two science fiction stories of encounters with strangers from space, The Outer Limit from the 3/17/57 airing of Suspense and No Contact from the 4/29/50 broadcast of Dimension X.

Metafiction from Lights Out: Murder in the Script Department and The Coffin in Studio B

October 28, 2021 05:34 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This episode features two metafiction stories from the radio program Lights Out, Murder in the Script Department from the 5/11/43 airing and The Coffin in Studio B from the 7/13/46 broadcast.

Death of an Austrian Artist: Death at 50 Fathoms and Time On My Hands

October 26, 2021 05:20 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This episode features two stories reimagining the fate of a certain failed Austrian artist who became the most hated man in the world, Death at 50 Fathoms from the 4/18/50 airing of The Mysterious Traveler and Time On My Hands from the 9/25/60 broadcast of Suspense.

Sci-Friday: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Northern Lights

October 23, 2021 05:45 - 1 hour - 150 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. It’s Sci-Friday on The Twilight Beacon, when we brings you two science fiction stories that will thrill you and chill you, Isaac Asmiov’s NIghtfall from the 9/29/51 airing of Dimension X and Northern Lights from the 1/30/49 broadcast of Quiet Please.

Immortal Voices: Orson Welles in The Hitch-Hiker & Richard Widmark in Make Ready My Grave

October 21, 2021 05:24 - 1 hour - 150 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon brings you two iconic voices of American radio and film, Orson Welles in The Hitch-Hiker from the 9/2/42 airing of Suspense and Richard Widmark in Make Ready My Grave from the 4/23/46 broadcast of Inner Sanctum.

The Legendary Boris Karloff: Death Robbery and The Wailing Wall

October 19, 2021 05:25 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon brings you a night dedicated to one of the most iconic performers in horror, Boris Karloff. We replay two of his most chilling radio appearances, Death Robbery from the 7/16/47 airing of Lights Out and The Wailing Wall from the 11/6/45 broadcast of In...

Sci-Friday: Planet Zevious and Kaleidoscope

October 16, 2021 07:07 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell hosts, with two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents Sci-Friday, with Planet Zevious from the 8/2/49 airing of The Mysterious Traveler and Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope, as performed on the 7/12/55 broadcast of Suspense.

Jedediah’s Picks: The Thing on the Fourbleboard and The Signalman

October 14, 2021 02:39 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents two of Jedediah’s favorites, The Thing on the Fourbleboard from the 8/9/48 airing of Quiet Please and The Signalman, adapted from a Charles Dickens tale and performed on the 11/4/56 broadcast of Suspense.

Classic American Authors: The Open Boat by Stephen Crane and The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft

October 12, 2021 03:58 - 59 minutes - 137 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents two stories adapted for radio programs from classic American Literature, Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat from the 7/19/53 airing of Escape and H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror from the 11/1/45 broadcast of Suspense.

Sci-Friday: The Green Plague and Oxychloride X

October 09, 2021 00:45 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents its inaugural Sci-Friday with two stories about science experiments gone wrong, The Green Plague from the 6/17/52 airing of The Mysterious Traveler and Oxychloride X from the 2/16/43 broadcast of Lights Out.

Tales for the Silver Screen: Leiningen Versus the Ants and The Birds

October 07, 2021 01:11 - 1 hour - 147 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This episode features a pair of stories from the radio program Escape that were later adapted into Hollywood films, Leiningen Versus the Ants, from the 1/14/48 airing and The Birds, originally broadcast on 7/10/54.

The Twilight Beacon Premiere: Ghost Hunt and The Shadow People

October 05, 2021 01:44 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This episode features Ghost Hunt, from the 6/23/49 airing of the radio program Suspense, with guest star Ralph Edwards. Also featured is The Shadow People, from Hall of Fantasy, originally broadcast on 9/5/52.