The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society

The Shadow People have emerged from the Hall of Fantasy and the Society has a lot to say about it! In this chilling tale, a woman and her family are terrorized by strange beings that live side by side with humanity, watching and waiting from the darkness. Does she have any hope of survival? Will you recognize the reference to the Horla? Does the show retain shadow cred or has it gone to the dead place? Listen for yourself and find out!

This week, the Society crosses paths with The Shadow and there’s a lot of excitement over the mysterious crimefighter! This episode features a script written by Alonzo Deen Cole, creator of The Witch’s Tale. Is the story worth all the Shadow nerd love or have our minds been clouded? Is gibbering inherently scary? Monkeys? In New Hampshire? Listen for yourself and find out!

Join the Society for a visit to The Black Museum! Orson Welles was the host of this unique anthology of crime stories inspired by real events. “The Gas Receipt” is based on the case of Frederick Browne and William Kennedy—a grisly murder archived in Scotland Yard’s legendary Crime Museum. Although the museum is normally only open to law enforcement, some of the disturbing exhibits were recently displayed at the Museum of London! How does the gas receipt fit into this story? How does this show compare to modern police procedurals? Did someone record Orson Welles taking a nap? Listen for yourself and find out!

Old Nancy from The Witch’s Tale provides the Society with this week’s episode, The Devil Doctor! The Witch’s Tale was the first horror series ever produced for radio, and writer/director Alonzo Deen Cole set the standard for everything that was to follow. Is this show an innovative work of frenzied genius or does the mad pace push the story from horror to farce? Can a character be defined both by reason and faith? Is this cast actually receiving rewrites as they perform? Listen for yourself and find out!

The Society travels to Dimension X for this week’s episode—an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt! Imagine a strange dystopia where children are more interested in the virtual world provided by their technology than they are in the real…oh. Do modern conveniences diminish the human experience? What understanding of death do children really have? Can humanity survive without darning socks? Listen for yourself and find out!

Only three episodes in and all the rules have been thrown out the window. Join the Society as they listen to an episode of the BBC’s The Price of Fear from…1974? That’s long after the end of the Golden Age of Radio! What’s going on? Can theme stand in the place of plot? Has Vincent Price carried the torch of classic radio horror into the 70’s? Or is that burning smell melted polyester? Listen for yourself and find out!

The Society delves into a gem from the Arch Oboler era of Lights Out! In the story, Edna, Florence, and Kay take a sleigh ride through the country and cross paths with a very ill-tempered supernatural force. Will this story still send a chill down your spine? How long will it take to go from cabaret to prayer?  What can ironized yeast do for you? Listen for yourself and find out!

The Society delves into a gem from the Arch Oboler era of Lights Out! In the story, Edna, Florence, and Kay take a sleigh ride through the country and cross paths with a very ill-tempered supernatural force. Will this story still send a chill down your spine? How long will it take to go from cabaret to prayer? What can ironized yeast do for you? Listen for yourself and find out!