Lively discussion, critique, and love of midcentury horror radio, all in a weekly podcast.
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Click here to text your Ghost Back around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio for another encounter with The Ghost of Radio, center of all webs of this genre. This week, we feel "The Hand of Botar", from The Hall of Fantasy. But what is its power? Only one way to find out. File under: be quiet! See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturygh…
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Click here to text your Ghost Back again at the side of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ever-tended by The Ghost of Radio for your listening... pleasure? Sometimes. This week? When we visit the "Point of Impact" from Theater Five, we'll find out. File under: Kathy all the way See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com …
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio and eternally watched over by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we hear an "Epitaph" from Suspense. Will it be everything we think it is? ...do we want it to? File under: boy ______ girl See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmai…
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Click here to text your Ghost You're back beside The Cauldron, ready to be led by The Ghost of Radio into and out of another dive into midcentury horror radio. Remember--it was your choice. This week, we encounter Sexism Fails IV, a monster from the depths of Suspense. File under: it's her fault See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio waits for you always to join in the rituals of the genre. This week, we witness "The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan" with Creeps by Night. Will we get the call of the living? Only one way to find out. File under: Ramsay See you soon..…
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Click here to text your Ghost The Cauldron shines with the light of many fires of midcentury horror radio, guiding you to The Ghost of Radio and the infinite experiences on offer. This week, we reap the consequences of "Profits Unlimited" from Lights Out, Everybody. Is there any way to right the wrongs we encounter? Only one way to find out. File u…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio has another episode of midcentury horror radio boiling away for you. This week, we enter "The House where Death Lived," via Murder at Midnight. Does the door swing both ways? Only one way to find out. File under: scary is the new spooky See you soon... Contact your…
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Click here to text your Ghost Starting off the new Cauldron year of midcentury horror radio with a special from The Ghost of Radio, your host and guide to this genre for another year and all years to come. This week, we explore single lines from six episodes that establish the heart-stopping mood we chase in midcentury horror radio. File under: it'…
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Click here to text your Ghost Back at the end of time for the origin season finale from The Ghost of Radio and the Halloween Cauldronette: this year, we go into and come out of "The Yellow Wallpaper" with Suspense. File under: just a pattern See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com Instagram @ghostofradio - always look for th…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've been drawn back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to hear what The Ghost of Radio will be given next in our origin season. This week, we inhabit "The House in Cypress Canyon", from Suspense. Double shock? Try a higher number. File under: it's a time loop for us, too See you soon... Contact your Ghost at…
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Click here to text your Ghost Rooted with fright at Cauldronside, we await the next episode from this Origin Season, and it's a justified terror: this week, we read "Pages from a Diary" from Suspense. There's no way to come away from it unchanged. File under: sometimes pathos is more shattering than anything else See you soon... Contact your Ghost …
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Click here to text your Ghost Wherever you are, whenever you are, while you listen to this episode it's October--Origin Season of The Ghost of Radio. This year as usual, The Cauldronette brings you special levels of horror beginning with "Some People Don't Die" from Quiet, Please. Remember--the first episode of October is the easiest to bear. File …
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Click here to text your Ghost You're back for another round of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio, keeper of The Cauldron filled with episodes to be plunged into each week at random. This week, we learn what happens "If You Believe", thanks to The Mysterious Traveler. Be ready to falter. File under: it's all just a dream that it was al…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've returned to The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, home of all things midcentury horror radio, to take your chances with the world's greatest genre. This week, we're introduced to "One Happy Little Family" by Suspense. Are we glad to make their acquaintance? Only one way to find out. File under: what might have be…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, tended vigilantly by The Ghost of Radio, your guide to all that's right about wrong. This week, we meet "A Good Neighbor" via Suspense. The question is, good for whom? File under: evil comes indeed See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com I…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've found your way back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, hoping to find refuge there with The Ghost of Radio as you listen. No guarantees on that as we listen to "Hickory Dickory Doom" from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. What's that all about? Only one way to know for sure. File under: not funny See you s…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's time again to gather round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and see what The Ghost of Radio pulls out of it. This week, we meet a "Killer Wife" through The Creaking Door. Will we want to pull that door closed before it's over? Only one way to find out. File under: there's a killer... and there's a wife... S…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've returned once more to The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, epicenter of all things midcentury horror radio. This week, The Ghost introduces you to "The Author of Murder" via The Hermit's Cave. Just exactly what did he do and how did he do it? Only one way to find out. File under: so bleak in every way See you so…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to Cauldronside, where you find midcentury horror radio alive and unalive and well--just like your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, you meet "The Man Who Came Back" via Dark Fantasy. Why did he come back? Who is he? Only one way to find out. File under: keep those questions coming See you soon... Contact y…
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Click here to text your Ghost Here you are, gathered round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to be guided into--and perhaps out of--another episode by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we hear a "Voice on the Wire" from Inner Sanctum. Where is that call coming from? Only one way to find out. File under: the point of no return See you soon…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back the The Cauldron, home to The Ghost of Radio and all things midcentury horror. This week, we ask "What the Devil" via Lights Out, Everybody. Rusty old saw or source of true horror? Only one way to find out. File under: no regrets--we mean it See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com I…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally tended by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we encounter "The Stranger" with Theater Five; why has he come to us, and why won't he leave? File under: cannot or will not See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com Instagram @ghostofradio…
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Click here to text your Ghost You know you've come to the right place when The Cauldron appears, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio for The Ghost of Radio to reach into, and pull out from. This week, we "Let the Lillies Consider", with Quiet, Please. Is a story about pretty flowers really horror material? Only one way to find out. File…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where what you hear is what you get. This week, we get "An Eye for an Eye" from The Price of Fear, and this is very much an episode that delivers a very real, very sickening real-world horror. File under: this is not clickbait See you soon... Contact your Ghost a…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury radio, where it's all fun and games until The Ghost steps in to pull out an episode. This week, you attend an "Analytical Hour" with Suspense. Do not take lightly the warning to be on your guard for some unexpected shocks. File under: patient notes See you soon... Contact your Ghos…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've been drawn back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, with or against your will. Whatever the case may be, The Ghost of Radio is ready as always to entertain you. This week, we endure "Sexism Fails III", focused on a single, famous, revered, horrible example of the worst of sexism in any genre. File under:…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's hot around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, as episodes boil in an unending bonfire for your listening... pleasure. This week, you'll hear "A True Ghost Story" from Beyond Midnight. What makes it true? More to the point, what makes it false? File under: it's not always about evil See you soon... Contact yo…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's time to gather around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio, your guide to the otherworld of aural experience. This week, meet "Your Devoted Wife", with Suspense. What's true, what's false? Who's good, who's evil? File under: ask those questions four times each See you soon... Contact you…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always waiting, always watching, always ready to lead you through another episode. This time, we are "Nameless", thanks to The Hermit's Cave. Will our souls ever find rest afterward? Only one way to find out. File under: a ch…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've returned once more to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally beckoned by The Ghost of Radio. If any guide to this world can be reliable, The Ghost is. This week, we hear--we experience--"Six Tales by Lord Dunsany", from The Black Mass. Will we ever awaken? Only one way to find out. File under: the ch…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron, your home for midcentury horror radio as curated for you by The Ghost of Radio. This week we listen from "Twelve to Five" along with Quiet, Please. Will we find peace in the small hours of the night? Are you really asking? File under: what is it about lonely disc jockeys...? See you soon..…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio keeps watch over an infinite well of episodes of midcentury horror radio. This week, we make "The Last Visit" with Nightfall. It raises many questions about the nature of the end--and what lies beyond. File under: why can't they know? See you soon... Cont…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to another session of midcentury horror radio as we gather around The Cauldron to listen to what The Ghost of Radio pulls from it. This week, we suffer from "August Heat", via Suspense. Will we ever really know what was behind that particular hot day? File under: your guess and mine See you soon... Contact…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's Cauldron time again, unchanging in any season in its dedication to midcentury horror radio. The Ghost of Radio is here to present "Death Rings Down the Curtain", from The Sealed Book. Formula established--end unknown. File under: what could go wrong? See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com …
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Click here to text your Ghost We gather with the mists around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to be led ever deeper into the genre by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we learn that our doom may still come from "Out of the Sky", whether or not it's from The Hall of Fantasy. File under: we're sorry See you soon... Contact your Ghost at m…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome once more to Cauldronside, where you breathe in the vapors of midcentury horror radio as administered by The Ghost of Radio. This week, you look into a very dangerous "Crystal Ball" with Beyond Midnight. You'll want to turn away before the vision ends, but don't do it--more than one life depends on seeing it th…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back, to the world of shadows that exists around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio. This time, The Ghost of Radio plays a "Nocturne" for you, via The Haunting Hour. It's all very sleepy until it's not. File under: it ain't Kate Bush See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com Instagram…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's the return of The Cauldron, drawing near with its overflowing melee of midcentury horror radio, all for you, like it or not. This week, we "Give the Devil His Due" with the help of The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. What exactly will we lose? Only one way to find out. File under: both sides of the coin See you soon...…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio runneth over. The Ghost of Radio is ready to take you on an unspeakable journey by hijacking the "Special to Hollywood", from Lights Out, Everybody. Does the plane ever land? Only one way to find out. See you soon... File under: hanging in midair Con…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's Cauldron time again--like midcentury horror radio itself, you can never leave it behind. The Ghost of Radio makes sure of that. This week, you learn how "Death Writes a Letter" from The Mysterious Traveler. Is it addressed to you? Only one way to find out. File under: an enormous claim awaits you See you soon... C…
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Click here to text your Ghost Here we sit, around The Cauldon of midcentury horror radio, minds glowing in the light of the fires tended by The Ghost of Radio. This week, our journey into the genre involves us in a "Design for Death", by way of The Sealed Book. What happens when the role of victim keeps slipping from one person to another? Only one…
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Click here to text your Ghost You've come back again to The Cauldron of midcentury radio, where The Ghost of Radio welcomes in all who seek the unknown. This week, we find it during a "Weekend at Gleebes", via Suspense. If you're seeking support and protection, you've come to the right place--if you know what not to do. File under: a beautiful fair…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back, for better or worse, to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally tended by The Ghost of Radio, your guide to, if not protector from, all the far reaches of this genre. This week, we enter "The House in the Garden", with Macabre. What will we find inside? Only one way to find out. File under: hal…
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Click here to text your Ghost You're back beside The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready--or not--for whatever The Ghost of Radio retrieves from it. This week, we have a "Nightmare" from Murder at Midnight. Not for the faint of heart. File under: you can't wake up See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmail.com Instagram @gho…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to the eternal Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, and to The Ghost of Radio who makes it all boil. This week, we encounter "The Murder Prophet" in The Inner Sanctum. Is he marriage material? Only one way to find out. File under: no, he's not See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, curated by The Ghost of Radio, your seeking craft of all things meant to leave you unsettled and rethinking your certainties. This week... we diverge. Into "Lights Out TV" of all things. It will be the exception that proves the rule. File under: just this on…
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Click here to text your Ghost You're back again in the company of The Ghost of Radio, guardian spirit of all entities midcentury horror radio. This week we "Return to Shadow Lake" with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Not a pleasure trip. Advance warning given. File under: some stories are evil See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gm…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to Cauldronside and The Ghost of Radio, presiding over all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we play an "End Game" with Suspense. What lies at the end of that country road? We find out once and for all--but you may not like the answer. File under: Dickens See you soon... Contact your Gho…
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Click here to text your Ghost When you fall into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, never ask if you were pushed or if you jumped. Either way this week, The Ghost of Radio gives you the same thing: "William and Mary", from The Price of Fear. Each offers a trap; The Ghost offers a way out. File under: you were never pushed See you soon... Cont…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio is always seated, brewing and brooding over a boiling mass of midcentury horror radio. Why? Well, to serve it up to you, of course. This week, we meet "The Man Who Died Yesterday," at Murder at Midnight. Will we save him, or will he save us? Only one way to find ou…
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