Moonlight Audio Theatre

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: Leviathan 99 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. Next up, a dramatized tale by Ray Bradbury, "Leviathan 99."

A fantastical adaptation of Moby Dick, Ray Bradbury takes audiences past the moon and the stars in search of the greatest and brightest comet in the universe. Join a deranged captain, an eight-foot-tall telepathic spider, and our reluctant hero. You can call him Ishmael. Originally aired on BBC Radio 3, 3 May 1968 Adapted and produced by H. B. Fortuin Stars Denys Hawthorne as Ishmael (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."

When Stephen decides to fly to Greece, it's for one reason only. He's determined to rid himself of a secret fear - a fear so painful that he'll try anything to conquer it... Stephen …. Christopher Cazenove Stephen's Wife …. Anna Cropper The Storekeeper …. Alexis Gallnos The Storyteller …. Gabriel Woolf Zus …. Nikolas Janis Dramatised by Michael Bartlett. Producer: Derek Hoddinott First broadcast on the BBC World Service in April 1974. (Obtained from archive dot org.)

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."

To change your life in middle age can be a traumatic experience. For James Fenton, his sudden decision leads him along a strange street into a strange house - and an experience from which he'll never recover. James Fenton …. Tony Britton Anna …. Sarah Badel Edna …. Katherine Parr The Inspector …. Geoffrey Beevers The Storyteller …. Gabriel Woolf Dramatised and produced by Derek Hoddinott. First broadcast on the BBC World Service in May 1974.

(Obtained from archive dot org)

In this original production written, directed and produced by Rachel Pulliam, a famous, blind host during the Golden Age of radio is fired when his beloved horror serial is canceled. Once he learns his replacement is a 12-year-old, will it destroy him, or can the show still go on?

This script was the 2020 First Prize Winner in the Marian Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Competition.

CAST: (in order of appearance)

ANNOUNCER: Rachel Pulliam

RITA: Raven Anderson

CECIL ELLIOTT: Glenn Hascall

VINCENT TIERNEY: John Bell

EMERSON CAMPBELL: Pete Lutz

SECURITY GUARD: Ian Shaffer

SANDRA TIERNEY: Marisha Tapera

RICHARD NESBIT: Boyd Barrett

LUCY HENSHAW: Delaney Brittingham

JUNE HENSHAW: Andrea Richardson

HOTEL CLERK: Bethany Baldwin

MARTY JENKINS: Joe Stofko

MISS EAGLE: Sharon Grunwald

'WESTON U' SPOT: Nicee Wagner

'WESTON U' SPOT: Jalen Frisbee

ALISTAIR BELLAMY ('THE COTTAGES' SPOT): Dan Ware

POLICEMAN: Jarman Day

Dedicated to the loving memory of Viktor Aurelius and Jeff Niles

Music: Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Sound effects: Gina Moravec and freesound.org

Art: Karl Nordman

An alternative universe where Dark Shadows and Strange Paradise meet....when the mysterious Betty Hanscombe arrives back in her hometown, one has to wonder what she is running away from and what new terrors lie in store for her...

Cast:

Announcer: Bruce Busby Betty Hanscombe: Rhiannon McAfee Elizabeth Collins: Meredith Jones Roger Collins: Nathan Woltering Bennet Hanscombe: Peter Wishinski Jason McGuire: Adam Blanford Victor Wells: Jake McAskill Train Conductor: Jerry Kokich

Originally released 7/17/22 for the Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, we present Rachel Pulliam and Sole Twin Audio's adaptation of "Ring Once for Death" from their Patchwork Classics series.

CAST Announcer/Host – Sharon Grunwald Whistling Man – Ross Bernhardt Edith Williams – Gina Moravec Dr. Mark Williams – Richard Braddock Sam Kee, Jr. – Caleb Bressler State Trooper – Stephen Murray Driver – Zachary Silva (right) Diana – Rachel Schumacher Voices – Charity Spencer, Billy Flynn, Sean Madsen, and Steve Fait

MUSIC Ross Bernhardt

Produced/Directed by: Rachel Pulliam

Originally released 7/31/22 for the Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, this remake of a 1980s Nightfall episode (that thrilling radio series from Canada) was produced by John Ballentine of the Campfire Radio Theatre. Enjoy!