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Hello and welcome to The Cauldron, hosted by The Ghost of Radio, where midcentury horror radio lives on and on. This week, we're exploring one of the most frightening aspects of MCHR--failure to frighten. Yes, it's episodes that leave you saying incredulously, "But there was no plot!" We'll break down four of them before they break us down.

File under: no, a story with a conclusion is not an "inferior" type of story

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Welcome back to Cauldronside and your Ghost of Radio, who always has something midcentury horror radio waiting for you. This week, The Ghost hopes you're ready for an extremely wild ride: it's "My Son John", from our oldest friend Quiet Please. So if you think you're ready, listen in. Are you ready?

File under: you're not ready

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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside and The Ghost of Radio, where we discover and dissect all things midcentury horror radio. This week our hiding place is "Evening Primrose", from the series Escape.  Featuring some real-world horror we'd rather not encounter, if you're ready.

File under: people who hide pay the price

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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio never dies. This week, we walk with "He Who Follows Me", from The Hall of Fantasy.  You know how we like an episode with two endings? Maybe that's only because we've never heard one with three endings before. Now's our chance--if we'll take it.

File under: it's the footsteps

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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror lives and breathes and swims in a sea of our anticipation. This week, it's a simple fishing story from The Price of Fear called, of course, "Fish".  Nothing to fear from your genial friend Vincent, right? He would never let you come into harm's way... ?

File under: simple stories are the most frightening

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Hello and welcome to The Ghost of Radio and to the Cauldron filled with midcentury horror radio episodes. What do we pull out at random this week? "Behind the Locked Door",  from The Mysterious Traveler.  Another story of ancient evil? or something truly different, something actually horrifying? You'll be the judge.

File under: actual horror

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Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where we imbibe midcentury horror radio at its best, worst, and irritatingest. What will we get this week? Well, the episode is "Death Robbery",  from a show calling itself Lights Out--but we'll see about that.  Ready to explore multiple horrors? You'll need to be.

File under: don't bring back the dead

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Welcome back to the Cauldron of midcentury horror radio that is The Ghost of Radio. What horror will we experience this week? "The Thing in the Window", from the series Suspense.  Just a word of advice--the window is not the one across the street. It's the one you're standing in.

File under: a very interesting monster indeed

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Welcome back, seekers of midcentury horror radio--you're always welcome around the Cauldron. This week we're in "The Waiting Room", from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Will it be worth the wait? We won't be the only ones asking that question; we'll be in sizable (f not good) company as we look for an answer.

File under: plagiarism is a crime too you know

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Hang on to your hats this week as we gather around three different Cauldrons: two filled with midcentury horror radio, and one... well, one that we know we ought to understand, but can't quite get. It's "A Mile High and a Mile Deep" from the magisterial series Quiet, Please. Not for the faint of heart, or for anyone who doesn't want to acknowledge what living on this Earth means. 

File under: won't we, partner?

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