The Horror! (Old Time Radio)

The Black Mass aired in the mid-1960′s, and adapted classic horror stories for radio.  We’ll hear their adaptation of the M.R. James short story, An Evening’s Entertainment.  This one aired October 31, 1964. Download TheHorror388

Our horror favorite today comes from Bill, who wanted to hear Dracula from the Mercury Theater On The Air.  This episode, the first of the series, aired July 11, 1938. Download TheHorror387

Today, The Weird Circle brings us their adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s story The House And The Brain.  The story was written in 1859 – this audio version first aired July 15, 1943. Download TheHorror386

On today’s show, we’ll hear from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater with their episode from April 24, 1974 titled The Hand. Download TheHorror385

We’ll hear another episode from Beyond Midnight on today’s show.  The Werewolf first aired September 5, 1969. Wednesday is another horror favorite.  Send in the name of your favorite show, or request one you’d like to hear again!  The email address is relicradio@gmail.com. Download TheHorror384

We’ll hear from one of my favorite series on today’s show.  Beyond Midnight brings us A True Ghost Story, which first aired April 18, 1969. Read more about Beyond Midnight on the wiki. Download TheHorror383

We join ol’ Nancy on this episode for a serving of The Witch’s Tale.  This one is titled Share And Share Alike, and first aired January 11, 1932. Learn more about this series on the Relic Radio Wiki. Download TheHorror382

Dark Fantasy was a short-lived series that aired for 31 episodes between November 1941, and June of 1942.  From it we’ll hear The Thing From The Darkness, which first aired April 3, 1942. Download TheHorror381

Hosted by Peter Lorre, Nightmare aired from 1953 to 1954.  The episode we’ll hear is titled The Hollow Footsteps, and first aired February 3, 1954. Download TheHorror380

We’ll hear an episode from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater on today’s show.  As suggested by Richard, here’s The Crack In The Wall from May 20, 1974. Download TheHorror379

We’ll hear from the first series of The Hall Of Fantasy today, with an episode from April 20, 1947.  Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, here’s Markheim. Download TheHorror378

On this episode, we’ll hear an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oblong Box as done by The Weird Circle.  This episode aired sometime in 1944. Download TheHorror377

As suggested by Mike, we’ll hear an episode from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater this week.  From the late 1970′s, here’s Hickory, Dickory, Doom. Send in your suggestion, or favorite, to relicradio@gmail.com (please put “horror favorite” in the subject line) and I’ll play it as soon as I can! Download TheHorror376

Our horror tale on this episode comes from the Columbia Workshop.  From September 5, 1937 here is S. S. San Pedro. Download TheHorror375

As suggested by skinner in the Relic Radio Forum, here’s an episode from Mystery In The Air featuring Harry Morgan, who passed away earlier today.  This one also features Peter Lorre, and Agnes Moorehead.  Here’s The Lodger, which first aired August 14, 1947. Download TheHorror374