Horror Fest '22: Campfire Radio Theatre: The Dreams of Wolves

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of new, old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our 10th and final entry, we are proud to present The Dreams of Wolves from Campfire Radio Theatre.

During the Civil War, a small band of Union soldiers seek refuge for the night within the confines of a southern plantation home inhabited by three frightened residents, unaware they are closely stalked by a predatory beast. CAMPFIRE RADIO THEATRE

 Warning: Contains explicit language and frightening situations.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast:

Soren Narnia

Melissa Medina

Blaine Hicklin

Monique Sacay-Bagwell

Owen McCuen

Shelby Sessler

John Bell

Julie Hoverson

Original music score by Kevin Hartnell

"All the Pretty Little Horses" and "Wayfaring Stranger" performed by Melissa Medina

Horror Fest '22: THE CELLAR Miniseries 2, Episode 2: The Game, by John Bell & Becky Beach

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of new, old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our ninth, we are proud to present "The Game" by John Bell and Becky Beach, the Third Place winner in The Cellar's scriptwriting contest in 2019. 

In this new production, made especially for World Audio Drama Day 2022, a laid-back guy and his prudish date go to the home of a fun-loving couple for game night. Some experiments with a Ouija Board lead to the unexpected arrival of an uninvited guest, who insists on taking over the evening...and a few other things! NARADA RADIO COMPANY

CAST:

CADAVERA QUIVRY: Angela Young

ANNOUNCER: Robin Robbins

BOB:  Dana Gonsalves

ALTON:  Pete Lutz

SHARON: Angela Young

ELLEN:  Rachel Pulliam

THE STRANGER: John Bell

Directed by Pete Lutz

Produced by John Bell

Theme music composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons

Horror Fest '22: THE CELLAR Miniseries 2, Episode 1: Terror on Edge Island, by Adrian Cory

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of new, old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our eighth, we are proud to present "Terror on Edge Island" by Adrian Cory, the First Place winner in The Cellar's scriptwriting contest in 2019. 

In this new production, made especially for World Audio Drama Day 2022, a small band of climate scientists travel to an island off the coast of Norway to study the effect of climate change on its fjords and permafrost, with a secondary study of the prehistoric, primitive life that once thrived there. What else they find is something you'll soon find out for yourself! NARADA RADIO COMPANY

CAST:

CADAVERA QUIVRY: Angela Young

ANNOUNCER: Robin Robbins

PROFESSOR LINFORD NOBLE: Jordan Scavone

DR GUNTER SCHMIDT: Thomas Rippert

DR GARY STILES: Les Marsden

DR ANNE HOLLOWAY: Angela Young

CANUTE: Orlando Segarra

Produced & Directed by Pete Lutz

Theme music composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons

Horror Fest '22: Project Audion 23: The Whistler, "Man From the Morgue"

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our seventh, we are proud to present a remake of a radio play that was broadcast only once, in 1952: THE WHISTLER, "Man From the Morgue".

Appropriate to the Halloween month - but good anytime - Project Audion's latest premiere is an episode of old time radio's long-running (1942-1955) mystery anthology series, "The Whistler". Over 700 episodes were originally broadcast, but we're recreating one that doesn't survive: "Man from the Morgue," which aired January 13, 1952 and was since lost. Our coast-to-coast cast features outstanding performances all transcribed live via Zoom...

Jeff Billard in Massachusetts

Larry Groebe in Texas

Chris Hart in Florida

Kristen James, California

Ken Jeffries, California

John Mauldin, Tennessee

Rhiannon McAfee, Calfornia

Greg McAfee, Calfornia

Brad Oxnam, Tennessee

Sound patterns were performed by Ele Matelan in Illinois.

The show was directed by Jon Mauldin and produced by Larry Groebe.

(Orig. launched 10/8/21)

Horror Fest '22: Project Audion 35: Midworld

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our sixth, we are proud to present a remake of a radio play that was broadcast only once, in 1939: MIDWORLD, "Return of the Werewolf", from the Texas State Network.

Horror stories work so well as audio drama because all the awful deeds take place in your mind's eye. That's why radio spawned such classic shows as Lights Out, Quiet Please, Inner Sanctum, and...Midworld? Project Audion brings back to life a late-night radio horror show that has been dead for 83 years: a series which was only heard on the two dozen stations of the then-new Texas State Network. A single Midworld script is all that survives from it - a tale of werewolves and ghosts set in the Canadian wilderness. This is the first time the show has been performed since 1939. Watch our voice actors from across the US perform via Zoom, or close your eyes and just listen...if you dare!

CAST:

Bob Beaumont in California

George Taylor in Tennessee

Frank Guglielmeli in Pennsylvania

and helmed and produced by Larry Groebe in Texas

Horror Fest '22: Stay Tuned for Terror (double-feature)

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our fifth, we are proud to present the only two known-to-exist episodes of the series "Stay Tuned for Terror", written, selected and adapted by Robert Bloch. So here we present, as a single installment, episodes 31 and 32 of that late 1940s series:

"The Boogey Man Will Get You" and "Lizzie Borden Took an Axe". 

Neblett Radio Productions, Chicago, c. 1947

(Obtained from archive dot org.)

HORROR FEST '22: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting at least four radio programs originally aired on BBC radio. For our fourth, another dramatized tale by Ray Bradbury, "Something Wicked This Way Comes."

Composer ..... David Paul Jones
Sound ..... Paul Cargill
Produced/Directed by Pauline Harris

Set in 1960's Illinois this gem of modern Gothic literature is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and William Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a "dark carnival" one Autumn midnight. These two innocents, both aged 13, (Will is born one minute before Halloween, and Jim one minute after) save the souls of the town (as well as their own). This is a vivid variation on the eternal theme of the fight between Good and Evil. A thrilling, chilling, richly kaleidoscopic sound world ensues; a shimmering mirror maze that reflects your older or younger self, depending on your desires, and a magic carousel that plays Chopin's Funeral March forwards - with each rotation you gain a year, and rotating backwards - you get younger.

Cast:

Will: Theo Gregory

Jim: Joseph Lindsay

Charlie: Henry Goodman

Mr Dark: Kenneth Cranham

Mr Coogar: Gerard McDermott

Lightening rod salesman: Gerard McDermott

Miss Foley: Barbara Barnes

Dust Witch: Buffy Davis

Robert: Taran Stanzler

Young Miss Foley: Amelia Clarkson

Jed: Ethan Brooke

Originally aired 11/04/2011 on BBC Radio

(Obtained from archive dot org.)

HORROR FEST '22: The Chamois by Daphne du Maurier

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting at least four radio programs originally aired on BBC radio. Next up, another dramatized tale by Daphne du Maurier, "The Chamois."

HORROR FEST '22: The Alibi by Daphne du Maurier

In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting at least four radio programs originally aired on BBC radio. First up, a dramatized tale by Daphne du Maurier, "The Alibi."

(Obtained from archive dot org)

Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and Paul Arbisi; to determine whether or not it meets the following criteria:

1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.")

2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection?

So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our seventh installment (and a listener's choice from Joshua, a co-host of another OTR panel show), this episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries from 1949, "A Corpse for Halloween". We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it! 

To comment on how we might improve this podcast, or give suggestions for future discussions, please write to us at f6point3@gmail.com .

THE BYRON CHRONICLES – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – PART 2 of 2

Imagine if the world, as you know it, was nothing more than an illusion. What if creatures like elves, dragons, vampires, zombies, and werewolves walk amongst you every day. But you never see them. This is the world I walk in. I am called Byron, and these are my chronicles. Darker Projects

THE BYRON CHRONICLES – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – Part 1 of 2

Imagine if the world, as you know it, was nothing more than an illusion. What if creatures like elves, dragons, vampires, zombies, and werewolves walk amongst you every day. But you never see them. This is the world I walk in. I am called Byron, and these are my chronicles. Darker Projects

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links:

https://www.amazon.com/Get-Out-Here-Other-Plays/dp/B0BV49MHJC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/buy-get-me-out-of-here-pete-lutz/

OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at f6point3@gmail.com, and I'll tell you how to get one. Thanks!

MURDERADIO (HORROR)

Here's a re-release of a play that was originally launched 10/30/19,for World Audio Drama Day, on the Mutual Audio Network. It's called "MURDERADIO", written by Pete Lutz in September 2019; recorded, directed and produced by Pete Lutz in October 2019.

When a late-night talk-radio host invites listeners on Halloween Night to call in and tell him about their favorite murders, he gets more than he bargained for when one caller takes him a bit too... literally.

With the voices of:

Michael "Pudge" Aradillas (Host of "The Halftime Report" on KSIX AM & FM Radio in Corpus Christi, TX) as Chunk Chunkowski

Karim C. Kronfli as Caller Three

Austin Beach (of Broken Bard Productions) as Deputy Martinez

Plus the following Narada Radio Company members:

Jesirae Kesler as Caller One

Philboyd Studge as Caller Two

Jackie Ayers as Elaine

Ebony Rose as Jo'Dee

Your Announcer was Federal Stonecipher

RITES OF AUTUMN (HORROR) A young boy spends an autumn afternoon with his grandpa who passes on a few very unique and disturbing Halloween traditions. Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine. Campfire Radio Theater

WHISPERS FROM HELL (HORROR/HALLOWEEN) Harmless pranks turn dark as a young woman fears a voyeuristic predator may be stalking her from the shadows of peaceful suburbia where a dreadful secret lies in the cemetery next door. Warning: Contains explicit language and frightening situations not suitable for younger audiences. Campfire Radio Theater 

NIGHT DELIVERY (HORROR/HALLOWEEN) MATURE THEMES LANGUAGE A rookie late night radio DJ is entangled in the web of a beguiling young beauty in red and devilish reverse rock lyrics as a dark wave of violence sweeps 1980s Atlanta. Campfire Radio Theater

HALLOWEEN SHOW 2009 – PART 2 (HALLOWEEN/HORROR) Part Two of this terrifying anthology show features the stories ‘Silent Retreat’, ‘Hypnosis’, ‘The Dammed Thing’ and ‘The Thing on the Fourble Board’ . These original tales of horror were performed as a live broadcast on NPR Radio Station 91.1 WKNO-FM Memphis TN on October 31, 2009. Not for the faint of heart! Chatterbox Audio Theater

HALLOWEEN SHOW 2009 – PART 1 (HALLOWEEN/HORROR) Part One of this terrifying anthology show features the stories, ‘In The Rainbow Room’, ‘Boil’ and ‘The Download’. These original tales of horror were performed as a live broadcast on NPR Radio Station 91.1 WKNO-FM Memphis TN on October 31, 2009. Not for the faint of heart! Chatterbox Audio Theater

HALLOWEEN SHOW 2014 (HALLOWEEN/HORROR) Hungry demons, depraved murderers, lonesome spirits, vicious monsters, and other strange beings stalk this terrifying anthology show. These nine original tales were performed as a live broadcast on NPR Radio Station 91.1 WKNO-FM Memphis TN on October 31, 2014. Not for the faint of heart! Chatterbox Audio Theater

SCHOOL SPIRIT (HALLOWEEN/HORROR) After a night time brush with the supernatural, will Michelle's first day of high school be her last? Recorded live for broadcast on Halloween night.

VOICES IN THE WIND AUDIO THEATRE

MONSTER OF HIS MAKING (HALLOWEEN/HORROR) A scary Halloween tale created in the style of Old-Time Radio. Adapted, Directed and Produced by Pete Lutz.  Narada Radio Company 

VOLUME 1 – EPISODE 4 of 4

(HALLOWEEN/HORROR/MYSTERY)

Meet JarremLee, Ghost Hunter (or as he prefers to call it, a psychical detective). With the help of college student Arthur Bennett, he embarks on a series of spine tingling and exciting adventures in the world of the dead. Starring Jerry Robbins And The Colonial Radio Players

This Episode: A dying Professor has a plan to cheat death.

The Colonial Radio Theatre

VOLUME 1 – EPISODE 3

(HALLOWEEN/HORROR/MYSTERY)

Meet JarremLee, Ghost Hunter (or as he prefers to call it, a psychical detective). With the help of college student Arthur Bennett, he embarks on a series of spine tingling and exciting adventures in the world of the dead. Starring Jerry Robbins And The Colonial Radio Players

This Episode: A collector becomes obsessed with a strange statue that becomes more life-like each day.

The Colonial Radio Theatre

VOLUME 1 – EPISODE 2

(HALLOWEEN/HORROR/MYSTERY

Meet Jarrem Lee, Ghost Hunter (or as he prefers to call it, a psychical detective). With the help of college student Arthur Bennett, he embarks on a series of spine tingling and exciting adventures in the world of the dead. Starring Jerry Robbins And The Colonial Radio Players

This Episode:  A demon is trying to escape from a grave discovered during an archaeological dig.

The Colonial Radio Theatre