Suspense: The Dunwich Horror
I am a big fan of Old Time Radio, or OTR, and my two favorite shows are Suspense and Lux Radio Theatre. Luckily for all of us, Archive.org has a ton of them to stream or download! This episode from...
View ArticleEscape: Three Skeleton Key
Debuting on March 17, 1950, Three Skeleton Key on the Escape radio program was an adaptation of a short story by George G Tuodouze. It became known by people who would write into the program as “That...
View ArticleSuspense: The Thing in the Window
Joseph Cotten brings you the tale of The Thing in the Window, one of the better known episodes of Suspense. Originally airing in December of 1946, this may be the most disturbing episodes of a radio...
View ArticleOTR: Escape – The Time Machine
This episode of Escape from May 1948 is an adaptation of HG Wells’s immortal novel The Time Machine and predates any film adaptation of the book. I think you know why it is posted here. Besides, a...
View ArticleOTR: Suspense – Stranger With My Face
Continuing with our time travel motif this month we present the Old Time Radio offering Stranger With My Face, a tale well-calculated to keep you in…SUSPENSE! Or not. I’ve never heard this one before....
View ArticleOTR: Escape – Present Tense
This episode of Escape from January 31, 1950 stars…well, it’s Vincent Price, again! Surely you’re not complaining! Vincent Price and radio were made for each other. Actually, Vincent Price and most...
View ArticleOTR: The House In Cypress Canyon
This is one of the singularly most famous OTR episodes ever recorded, and for good reason. It’s so good and so recommended that I’ve seen OTR snobs all over the Internet claim they don’t like it...
View ArticleOTR: Lux Radio Theatre – Miracle on 34th Street
This episode of Lux Radio Theatre from December 20, 1948 is well worth a warm listen because it features the cast from a great Christmas movie telling a great Christmas story. Anyways, here it is:...
View ArticleOTR: Escape – The Abominable Snowman
This episode from Escape dated September 13, 1953 is called The Abominable Snowman. I think if you give it a listen, you’ll find it a bit more grisly than the Bumble from Rudolph the Red-Nosed...
View ArticleOTR: Lux Radio Theatre – The Thin Man
What could be sweeter than a radio production of one of the best movies ever made? I think you’ll find that Myrna Loy and William Powell work just as well on radio as they did in the movies (though...
View ArticleOTR: Suspense – Hitchhike Poker
This episode of Suspense from 1948 is about a young veteran (Who wasn’t then, actually?) who is taken on a wild ride in one of the better mindscrambles presented on Suspense! Hitchhike Poker stars...
View ArticleOTR: Lux Radio Theatre – Destry Rides Again
If you haven’t seen the film this episode of Lux Radio Theatre is based on, you’re missing one of the better roles from Jimmy Stewart, and that’s saying a lot! He goes from “Aw, shucks ma’am.” to...
View ArticleOTR: Lux Radio Theater – I Love You Again (1941)
So, if you’ve seen the original film this is based on, it is a pretty fantastic pairing of William Powell and Myrna Loy where their last names AREN’T “Charles“. The radio presentation of the film...
View ArticleOTR 2018 #1: Lux Radio Theater – Tom, Dick, and Harry (1941)
After her Academy award winning turn in Kitty Foyle (which, admittedly, is somewhat of a downer), Ginger Rogers lightened it up a bit with Tom, Dick, and Harry. Some might say she lightened it up a...
View ArticleOTR 2018 #2: Suspense – The Hitch-Hiker (1942)
Orson Welles was well known for this radio work long before he became a famous actor and well-renowned director. Here, we take a look at a Suspense episode which is really a retread of an episode of...
View ArticleOTR 2018 #3: X Minus 1 – Mars Is Heaven
From August 1955 (which may just be a rebroadcast) comes this Ray Bradbury story that has become one of the single most influential horror/sci fi stories ever written. You can’t shut Stephen King up...
View ArticleOTR 2018 #4: Escape – The Fourth Man
This fantastic bit of radio drama was presented on the Escape show in August of 1947. This is one of the more famous episodes of that show, and paired with Three Skeleton Key, is usually used as an...
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