Ron's Amazing Stories

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we extend The Month Of Spooky 2023 yet another week. My crack staff has  found another behind the scenes horror story from the OTR series Lights Out. This time Arch Oboler begs the question: What happens when a coffin salesman comes to the recording studio during a broadcast of the show? You won’t believe the answer! I am pretty sure you have never heard one like this before. Also on the show, we review the audiobook 50 Real Ghost Stories Of First Responders, and we have a new edition of These Are Your Stories. Featured Story - The Coffin In Studio B Our creepy story for today is called The Coffin In Studio B and as you might have guessed comes from Arch Olober and the series Light’s Out. I had never heard this before. It is another behind the scenes look at the show with some extreme horror thrown in for good measure. Oboler and company face a coffin salesman in a recording studio. Sounds crazy? Well, which would you pick, gold or silver handles for your mahogany casket? This amazing story first aired on July 7, 1946. Other Stories Include - The Door With No Number, Review - 50 Real Ghost Stories of First Responders, A Cleaning Horror, Reflections Of Me, The Swamp Orb, and The Coffin In Studio B. Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

On Ron’s Amazing Stories, we're back with more from the great mind of Arch Oboler. This week a man murders his buddy for money. However, he soon realizes that he made a big mistake and has to flee. The story takes a wild turn when he ends up on the high seas where he encounters the ghost. We also review another creepy audiobook, and we have a themed segment of These Are Your Stories. There are three of them, and they involve the infamous time-slip. So sit back, relax, and press that play button! Featured Story - Money, Money, Money Our featured story once again comes from the old time radio series Light’s Out. Arch Oboler was the master of the short, and was able to tell a complete story in just 30 minutes. It has suspense, action, creepy ghosts and even gold fever. Also, it has some of the best sound effects of the series. It is titled Money, Money, Money and first aired on August 5, 1938. Other Stories Include - The Red Wristband, Review - 101 True Scary Stories, Dying Twice, It’s midnight, already?, I Saved His Face, and Money Money Money Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

More scary stuff on the show this week as we continue The Month Of Spooky 2023. We have another Lights Out story from Arch Oboler. This time it is a traditional ghost story. A family rents an old mansion for two months for only a hundred dollars. That should send up red flags! To say this one a freaky adventure is an understatement. Also on the show we have more of your stories including another installment of These Are Your Stories - Special Edition.  Featured Story - The Organ Our featured story comes from Arch Olober and his old time radio series Lights Out. A family rents a ghostly old Victorian mansion from Service Supreme for two months. The cost is only 100 hundred dollars. Cheap even in the 1930s. But what will be the real cost? And what does the Oboler sense of horror have in store for us? You won’t believe the result. It is titled simply, Organ, and it first aired on May 12, 1937. Other Stories Include - Monsters Under My Bed, It Sounded Like A Puppy, The Flames Of Ghosts, The Organ, and Ghost In Cascadia State Park Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

The Spooky continues this week with a story about Arch Oboler and his battle with writer’s block. How scary can that be? Oboler was the man that came with a warning, these stories are not for the timid soul. Ron reviews the audiobook Ghosts, Goblins, Murder, & Madness. This anthology of stories has some of the most frightening tales you'll ever hear. We will continue the scary stuff with a collection of your stories guaranteed to send chills down your spine. Also, on the podcast 12 year-old Rhonda Elliott from San Antonio shares her own Halloween story in a work of fiction titled, Out Of Gas. So why not press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - Author And The Things Our featured story ties in with last week. On that podcast () we looked at the copywriter’s of Lights Out. This time we head into the very mind that created the show and what happens to him. Arch Oboler not only produced and directed the radio plays, but he wrote them as well. In fact he wrote (or maybe a better word is experienced) the story you’ll hear.  It’s a tale of writer's block turned into horror and first aired on September 9, 1943. Other Stories Include - Out Of Gas, Ghosts Goblins Murder & Madness - A Review, The White Cat’s Bones, My Beloved Black Cat, Author And The Thing, and A Ghoul’s Accountant Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

The Month Of Spooky 2023 continues with more amazing stories. The first comes from Oliver Robertson who is a ghost hunter from New York. His team investigates The William Floyd Estate and what they encounter isn’t human. Our featured story is from Arch Oboler and Lights Out. This time we visit his world and folks in the script department. Next, in a special edition of These Are Your Stories, Mary got together with me on the phone to tell the tale, The Thing At The Bottom Of The Stairs. We end the show with, Johnny Is It True - Your Stories II.  A collection of quick stories. So press that play Button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - Murder In The Script Department Our featured story is titled Murder In The Script Department. It comes from the demented mind of Arch Oboler and his OTR horror series Lights Out. It should make you wonder what life was really like in the script department at Light’s Out. Was Oboler a true master of the macabre? Were his stories based on real events? This one might make you think they were. It first aired on May 5, 1943. Other Stories Include - It’s Halloween, Classic Tales of Ghosts, The William Floyd Estate, Murder In The Script Department, The Thing At The Bottom Of The Stairs, and Johnny Is It True - Your Stories II Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

The Month Of Spooky 2023 continues with a special story from Curtis Henry. He encounters what can only be described as BigFoot. The problem is that Curtis is not from the states. This is a special story and one of the most frightening sasquatch adventures we have ever had on the show. Also, we revisit a series of These Are Your Stories from October of 2019. We have a haunted lighthouse, The Ghost Bride of Haynesville Road, and more! Finally, our featured story has been rated one of the creepiest of the golden age of radio. It is titled We Dug It Up and it reminds us that it just might be better to leave things underground.  Featured Story - Our featured story is unique, creepy and comes from one of the superstars of old time radio Arch Oboler. The series Lights Out was created by Wyllis Cooper and then eventually taken over by Oboler. He took the series to new heights and made some of the creepiest and scariest tales to ever be told on radio. Including the infamous classic Chicken Heart. You can listen that one on episode .  What we have is titled We Dug It Up and it reminds us that it just might be better to leave things underground. It first appeared on Lights Out, February 9, 1943 Other Stories Include - The Hag, True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends - Review, The Netherlands Bigfoot, We Dug It Up, The Seguin Island Horror, Ghost Bride of Haynesville Road, and The Wall Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

This is the first podcast of The Month Of Spooky 2023. On Ron’s Amazing Stories we have a tale from Rose about an old man hanging out on her porch. Then we head to Captain Doubloon’s Castle for an OTR classic tale from CBS Radio Mystery Theater. This is an extended story that should have you squirming like a worm. I am excited about the month and I think it is time to press that play button and enjoy. Featured Story - The Horror of Dead Lake Our featured story for this time is the stuff of nightmares. Sometimes science gives us amazing breakthroughs. However, sometimes they produce monsters. The story is titled The Horror Of Dead Lake. It comes from the third season of CBS Radio Mystery Theater and it has been suggested to be the most horrific of all of them. Upon hearing of their inheritance, Claude and Polly Baxter are thrilled to be the proud new owners of Captain Doubloon’s Castle and its mysterious lake. Is it a find or folly? This one first aired on CBS radio on February 9, 1976. Other Stories Include - Murder In The Tomb, Our First Halloween, and The Horror of Dead Lake Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

On Ron’s Amazing Stories Sylvia Shults joins us to share a story, and helps us review the audiobook Fractured Spirits (that she wrote!). She will also tell us all about her newest book, Gone On Vacation: Haunted Zoos, Museums, and Amusement Parks. Also we have a listener story from Germany that is nothing short of amazing. Then we end the show with a creepy story from the OTR series Inner Sanctum. It is titled The Listener.  A woman faces the ghost of her dead husband. Now that you know what’s in store, press that play button. About Sylvia Shults:  Sylvia  is a Librarian, Author, and Ghost Hunter. She has spent a lifetime in the pursuit of the weird and strange. Her non-fiction works include Ghost of the Illinois River, Fractured Spirits, Fractured Souls, 44 Years in Darkness, The Spirits of Christmas, Days Of The Dead, and her latest release Grave Deeds and Dead Plots. All of her books are available on Amazon and you can find out more on her blog page. Sylvia’s Links:  , , , Featured Story - The Listener Our featured story comes from the horror series Inner Sanctum. They had tales of mystery, terror, suspense, and of course the tongue-in-cheek introductions. The writing was fantastic and always brought chills with every broadcast. Our story is about a woman who faces the ghost of her dead husband that she may or may not have had a hand in his demise. It is titled The Listener and it first aired on July 20, 1950.  Other Stories Include - Horse Stable Murder, Audiobook Review - Fractured Spirits, Das Wohnzimmer, The 1880 Brown Train, and The Listener. Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

This time on Ron’s Amazing Stories we have a collection of your stories with the loose theme of the Skinwalker. There are five of them, all sent in by you for you. We review the audiobook Murder by Other Means which is book two of The Dispatcher. Our featured story comes from the OTR series Dark Fantasy. It is a creepy one with a few twists and turns, and there might even be a volcano. So press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Thing From The Sea Our featured story  comes from the old time radio archives of Dark Fantasy. This was a series dedicated to dealings with the unknown. It originated from radio station WKY, Oklahoma City, and it was written by Scott Bishop. Our story today is one of those. It is titled The Thing From The Sea. A newspaper reports on cinema star Philip Haywood vanishing from his private yacht. Where did he go? This one first aired in November of 1941. Other Stories Include - Snake Bite At The X-Bar Ranch, Murder by Other Means, The Incidents, The Black Dog, On Their Back Legs, The Coyote, The Wiggler, and The Thing From The Sea Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we are going to have some fun with science! I will review the audiobook A Grown-Up Guide to Planet Earth. Then it is Bigfoot week. We have three stories from you that are all about the big guy. We end the show with a story from the 1950s pulp magazine scene titled Invasion. If you were to judge this story by the title you might think that this is your typical alien conquering story. That is not what we have. This is a fresh look at an old story. So, press that play button to enjoy the show. Featured Story - Invasion Our featured story comes from the pages of Super-Science Fiction October edition 1958. For generations they had wandered about the universe looking for a planet on which to settle. And now at long last they seemed to have found a suitable home. But who owns this planet and what will it take to invade it? The story is titled Invasion and it was written by Arthur Bertram Chandler. It is expertly read for us by Dan Gurzynski. Other Stories Include - Rocky Stebbin’s Alibi, A Grown-Up Guide to Planet Earth, Catching Bigfoot, Susquatch In The Road, Bigfoot Took My Wallet, and Invasion. Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this time we review the halloween audiobook, A Night In The Lonesome October. Then we will hear three new listener stories on These Are Your Stories. Our featured story is about a man and his bid to steal a whole planet! And we will end the show with the story about World War II super spy Juan Garcia. So if that sounds amazing press that play button. Featured Story - The Man Who Stole A Planet Our featured story for this week comes from the series Quiet Please. This is one of the more strange stories I have heard from the show. A man collects bodies in his freezer, but he is not a serial killer, or an evil man. Or is he? It is titled The Man Who Stole A Planet and it first aired on July 26, 1948. Program Note: Our story today was in pretty sad shape. I have wanted it on the show in the past, but lacked the skill to restore it. However, I took another go at it and this is what I came up with. While far from perfect it can be followed. I highly recommend that you listen to it with headphones. Other Stories Include - Three Scarlet Letters, A Night in the Lonesome October, The shaking, My Mother Sees Dead People, The Night Of The Bagman, The Man Who Stole A Planet, and Not So Important Times In History - Juan Garcia.   Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this time we have a review of a brand new audiobook featuring that web crawling hero, Spiderman. Then we have a few stories sent in by you for you! We follow that with more stories from you in a special edition of Johnny Is It True. We end the show with a science fiction story from The Mysterious Traveler. So press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Planet Zevius Our featured story for this week is a true classic 1950’s style science fiction story. It comes from the OTR series The Mysterious Traveler. It was not known for science fiction, in fact it mostly played fantasy, straight crime dramas, mysteries and suspense. It was written and directed by Robert Arthur and David Kogan, and it began on the Mutual Broadcasting System in December of 1943. Our story is called The Planet Zevius. A ship is on a mission to explore the universe and the result is not what you might expect. It first aired on May 13,1950. Other Stories Include - Announcer’s Delight, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Fishing For UFOs, Cool Closet, Johnny Is It True - True Stories, and The Planet Zevius Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

On Ron’s Amazing Stories this time we have a full hour dedicated to one story. We will play Shadow Of  A Doubt starring Cary Grant. So, Press that play button and enjoy the show! Featured Story - Shadow Of A Doubt Our featured story for this week comes from the OTR series The Screen Directors Playhouse. We will play the full hour radio adaption of Shadow of a Doubt. It’s a 1943 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and originally starred Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Our radio version follows the same plot, but stars the great actor Cary Grant playing the leading role. Is he a serial killer? This one has more twists and turns than I could count. It first aired on November 9, 1950. Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we break from the normal format just a bit. I was going through the archives and found a short I did a while back. I read through it and decided that it was pretty good and that it needed to make a return. It is from A Moment In Time Series I did in January of 2019. It takes you through four stories from a four month period during the year 1944. Also, on the show today we will play a classic western from the old time radio series GunSmoke. Featured Story - Joe Phy Our featured story comes from the OTR series Gunsmoke. The story we will play today comes from the third season of the series. Dillion goes to find a gunman in a town in which the sheriff is not what he seems.  It is titled Joe Phy and first aired on August 9, 1954. Other Stories Include - Carnival Caper, Review - Dead Ringer, A Moment In Time - 1944, and Joe Phy Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we get back to the good stuff with all new content. We are going to review a brand new audiobook from the Star Trek Series: Strange New Worlds. Next up we have two listener stories from you, for you. Both follow the theme of unexplainable voices. Our featured story comes from the OTR series X-Minus One. It is a tale titled Jaywalker but it should have been titled, Things Not To Do With A Spaceship. I want to again thank everyone that sent me notes of encouragement and prayers for my mom. The surgery went well and she is rehab to start the recovery. I have told her about your support and it has meant a lot to her that you care. My sincere thanks to all of you. - Ron Featured Story - Jaywalker Our featured story is simply called, Jaywalker. We all know that a jaywalker is someone who walks across a street at a place where it is not allowed or without taking care to avoid the traffic. How does this relate to our story today? It takes jaywalking to a whole new level. What if space travel had a problem with jaywalkers? And what form would that take? The story first appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, the December issue, 1950. The tag for this one was, CAUTION HAVE YOU PASSED YOUR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION? Avoiding It May Cost Your Life! What we will hear is from the OTR series X-Minus One and it uses the same title. It first aired on NBC on April 17, 1956. Other Stories Include - Chicago To Denver, The High Country, The Ordeal At K’s House, But My Aunt’s Not Home, and Jaywalker Ron’s Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron’s Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links: