The Twilight Beacon

The Twilight Beacon

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The Twilight Beacon episodes

  • Immortal Voices: Orson Welles in The Hitch-Hiker & Richard Widmark in Make Ready My Grave
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon brings you two iconic voices of American radio and film, Orson Welles in The Hitch-Hiker from the 9/2/42 airing of Suspense and Richard Widmark in Make Ready My Grave from the 4/23/46 broadcast of Inner Sanctum.
    1 hr 6 min
  • The Legendary Boris Karloff: Death Robbery and The Wailing Wall
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon brings you a night dedicated to one of the most iconic performers in horror, Boris Karloff. We replay two of his most chilling radio appearances, Death Robbery from the 7/16/47 airing of Lights Out and The Wailing Wall from the 11/6/45 broadcast of Inner Sanctum.
    58 min
  • Sci-Friday: Planet Zevious and Kaleidoscope
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell hosts, with two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents Sci-Friday, with Planet Zevious from the 8/2/49 airing of The Mysterious Traveler and Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope, as performed on the 7/12/55 broadcast of Suspense.
    59 min
  • Jedediah’s Picks: The Thing on the Fourbleboard and The Signalman
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents two of Jedediah’s favorites, The Thing on the Fourbleboard from the 8/9/48 airing of Quiet Please and The Signalman, adapted from a Charles Dickens tale and performed on the 11/4/56 broadcast of Suspense.
    57 min
  • Classic American Authors: The Open Boat by Stephen Crane and The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents two stories adapted for radio programs from classic American Literature, Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat from the 7/19/53 airing of Escape and H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror from the 11/1/45 broadcast of Suspense.
    1 hr
  • Sci-Friday: The Green Plague and Oxychloride X
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. The Twilight Beacon presents its inaugural Sci-Friday with two stories about science experiments gone wrong, The Green Plague from the 6/17/52 airing of The Mysterious Traveler and Oxychloride X from the 2/16/43 broadcast of Lights Out.
    57 min
  • Tales for the Silver Screen: Leiningen Versus the Ants and The Birds
    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This episode features a pair of stories from the radio program Escape that were later adapted into Hollywood films, Leiningen Versus the Ants, from the 1/14/48 airing and The Birds, originally broadcast on 7/10/54.
    1 hr 5 min
  • The Twilight Beacon Premiere: Ghost Hunt and The Shadow People

    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents two classic tales of terror from his collection of recordings from the golden age of radio. This episode features Ghost Hunt, from the 6/23/49 airing of the radio program Suspense, with guest star Ralph Edwards. Also featured is The Shadow People, from Hall of Fantasy, originally broadcast on 9/5/52.

    57 min

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This October, step back in time with Jedediah D. Blackwell, transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest. Relive the golden age of radio horror & mystery, enjoy history's…