Retro Static Radio

Pour yourself a warm drink and get cozy for this quick and silly fun read of the timeless classic by Clement Clarke Moore. Voice acted and read by Megan Klodnicki. Guest starring the Stuffed Animal Social Media Crew: Dawn the Squishmallow Fawn, Nigel the Black Cat, and Priscilla the Yarn Dragon. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight! Happy Holidays from Retro Static Radio! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

In 1898, H.G. Wells released the novel. In 1938, the Mercury Theater aired their radio adaptation, directed and starring Orson Welles. And now, in 2020, a couple days after the 81st anniversary of the broadcast, on an Election Day that many people fear, Retro Static Radio recreates the infamous broadcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Beware to not fall for the spider's cunning and clever ways! The web of lies is waiting for its next victim... Join our Ghost Hostess, Megan, as she reads the tragic poem of "The Spider and the Fly" written by Mary Howitt. We appreciate any kind of support, so please share us around! We hope you enjoy this spooky tale as part of our Halloween episodes. Thank you! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Halloween is coming up soon and to sate the appetite of listeners until next week's three special episodes, A.J. Carey reads a cornerstone of haunting poetry with The Raven. But to liven it up a little, it's actually done in the style of Mark Hamill's Joker, with a bit of Kevin Michael Richardson thrown in. With our Ghost Hostess, Megan Klodnicki! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

In the first Retro Static Radio Theater production, we proudly bring to life one of the true classic pulp novels and one of the greatest noir films. Private eye Sam Spade is drawn into the wild web of scoundrels as they all aim to claim the priceless Maltese Falcon. Adapted from the Lux Radio Theater production based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. Don't forget to check out all the shows we gave glorious shoutouts! Film on the Rocks: www.stitcher.com/podcast/film-on-the-rocks 3 AM Podcast: www.the3ampodcast.com/ On Second Watch: www.stitcher.com/podcast/on-second-watch ODDentity: www.stitcher.com/podcast/haunt-heads-podcast Mysterious Chicago: www.facebook.com/mysteriouschicago/ (Tell them that Thor is best cat!) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Season 1 may be done, but we return once again to Duffy's Tavern at the behest of our gracious followers - well, follower. And what better way to show our true gratitude for our very first fan-commissioned episode, it's time for Archie the Manager to fudge the books - I mean balance the books! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The season officially wraps the way it started, with a masterpiece by Lucille Fletcher. Is Amanda Peabody's new beau a widower, a murderer or are the ghosts of his past resonating in the organ pipes of his home? Find out in this last episode of the season. Based on the original radio play by Lucille Fletcher. Adapted by Arthur Carey. CAST Megan Klodnicki - Amanda/Mrs. Chumley/Daphne A.J. Carey - Theodore/David *Ezra Carey was slated to play the role of DAVID. However, he currently is having a bout of allergies that is kicking his six-year-old butt* --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? THE SHADOW KNOWS! When an innocent man is framed for a bank robbery and murder, the law sentences him to death. Can The Shadow clear his name before it is too late? Adapted from The Shadow radio serial by Arthur Carey. CAST A.J. Carey - Paul Gordon/Lamont Cranston/The Shadow/Additional Megan Klodnicki - Margot Lane/Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

It's summertime for our English teacher and she gets to spend a weekend with both her would-be boyfriend and her boss. Hilarious. CAST Megan Klodnicki - Miss Brooks/Mrs. Davis/Mrs. Conklin/Harriet A.J. Carey - Boynton/Conklin/Walter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

There is always something creepy about life-like dolls. Doubly so when it can walk and talk by itself. What's the mystery of this strange doll and how can such a thing destroy so many lives? CAST Megan Klodnicki - Alma/Cindy/Toto A.J. Carey - Henry/Snowy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The crime-solving couple Pam and Jerry North have a new mystery when someone from Pam's college years reappears with a new name. Is he just a doppleganger or is he truly her old friend? CAST Megan Klodnicki - Mrs. North/Additional A.J. Carey - Mr. North/Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The turmoil of the White family knows no end, and yet Meta Bauer-White finally takes steps to get her son, Chuckie, to see a specialist despite what his father says. Today's Sponsor: https://www.wooddragonsgarden.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The turmoil of the White family knows no end, and yet Meta Bauer-White finally takes steps to get her son, Chuckie, to see a specialist despite what his father says. Today's Sponsor: https://www.wooddragonsgarden.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

We return to Madison High School as our Miss Brooks is forced into taking care of a massive great dane, Peanuts! As always, Megan Klodnicki stars as Miss Brooks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

We come again to past futurism with a Ray Bradbury penned episode, set in the futuristic year of 1990 about the downfalls of humanoid robots and artificial emotions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Megan Klodnicki returns as Jo Friday, with her partner Ben Romero, to find the murderer of an average woman, Helen Corday. Special Random Shout Out to THE 3 AM PODCAST! https://www.the3ampodcast.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

A man finds his wife looks like a 17th century poisoner. Another man's uncle is murdered. The locked room mystery takes front and center on this SUSPENSE. Based off the story by John Dickson Carr, this Suspense has the air of a locked room mystery surrounded by the supernatural. Sean Klodnicki stars as Ted Stevens, with special guest Shari Ambord as Gaudin Cross and Megan Klodnicki as Marie D'Aubrey. CAST Shari Ambord - Gaudin Cross Sean Klodnicki - Ted Stevens Megan Klodnicki - Marie D'Aubrey A.J. Carey - Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Finally! The second part of Season 1 begins with what felt like an episode that took a lot longer to get finished than what will ever be admitted. Archie writes an opera for television, and has the esteemed Deems Taylor read and perform it with the gang! CAST - A.J. Carey - Archie/Eddie/Deems Taylor Megan Klodnicki - Miss Duffy Zach Cassidy - Finnegan --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

After the month-long hiatus, Retro Static Radio is back with the second part of Season One! Packed with classic and what are sure to be classics, Part 2 of Season 1 is sure to be dynamite! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

In the final Retro Static Radio National Poetry Month Hiatus Special, Megan Klodnicki and A.J. Carey read poems for all-ages. Poems Epilogue of Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelous Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer Check out National Poetry Month - https://poets.org/national-poetry-month --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

While Retro Static Radio takes a small hiatus, we celebrate National Poetry Month (that's April) with poetry readings alongside our announcements! Poems Little John Bottlejohn by Laura E. Richards Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe The Rhime of the Ancient Mariner SPONSOR - https://www.facebook.com/Paddy.Nappers/ Check out National Poetry Month - https://poets.org/national-poetry-month --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

While Retro Static Radio takes a small hiatus, we celebrate National Poetry Month (that's April) with poetry readings alongside our announcements! Announcements - Patreon Contest, Stuffies Playhouse on social media accounts, we're on a pseudo-hiatus for a month. Poems To Earthward by Robert Frost Love is a thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson I taste a liquor never brewed by Emily Dickinson A Selection of Poems by Thomas Dean Check out National Poetry Month - https://poets.org/national-poetry-month --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

We interrupt the previously scheduled Duffy's Tavern episode with an episode of Our Miss Brooks! Just in time for the week after April Fool's Day, Walter and Harriet are helping Miss Brooks woo Mister Boynton with a special new talent. CAST Megan Klodnicki - Miss Brooks/Mrs. Davis/Harriet/Additional A.J. Carey - Boynton/Conklin/Walter/Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The iconic radio play of lines being crossed and an impending murder comes back to the airwaves with Megan Klodnicki as Mrs. Stevenson. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The ensemble cast of RSR returns to that fan-favorite dive, Duffy's Tavern! This time, Archie writes a literary lecture for the Lord Byron Ladies' Literary Society. It does not go that well for "special guest", Clifton Fadiman! CAST A.J. Carey - Archie/Eddie/Clifton Fadiman Megan Klodnicki - Miss Duffy/Mrs. Piddleton Zach Cassidy - Finnegan/Crackpot O'Toole --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The historic Guiding Light daytime radio drama has been revived at the very beginning as Meta Bauer-White and her husband feud over the future of their son, Chuckie. SPONSORED BY WOOD DRAGON'S GARDEN! http://www.wooddragonsgarden.com/ Cast Megan Klodnicki - Meta Bauer-White Sean Klodnicki - Ray Brandon/Bill Bauer Jessica Libby - Bert Bauer Ezra Carey - Chuckie White A.J. Carey - Ted White --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The historic Guiding Light daytime radio drama has been revived at the very beginning as Meta Bauer-White and her husband feud over the future of their son, Chuckie. SPONSORED BY WOOD DRAGON'S GARDEN! http://www.wooddragonsgarden.com/ Cast Megan Klodnicki - Meta Bauer-White Ezra Carey - Chuckie White Sean Klodnicki - Ross Boling A.J. Carey - Ted White --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

A madman is loose in the city, attacking and robbing women nightly. It is up to Jo Friday and her partner to catch the woman-beating menace that the papers have dubbed The Werewolf. CAST Megan Klodnicki - Jo Friday A.J. Carey - Romero/Backstrand/Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

We return to the hole-in-the-wall Duffy's Tavern with special impressions of Susan Hayward and Frank Buck! Can Archie bluff Susan Hayward into thinking he's a big game hunter? Of course not but boy is it a fun trainwreck to listen to! SPONSOR - https://www.facebook.com/NerdZReZin/ CAST A.J. Carey - Archie/Frank Buck Megan Klodnicki - Miss Duffy/Susan Hayward Zach Cassidy - Finnegan/Officer Clancy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The harsh laws of space are not man-made but we have to obey them or else the ultimate penalty is paid. A stowaway is about to learn the true coldness of space and science. Based on the short story, "The Cold Equations", by Tom Godwin. Adapted from the radio play by Arthur Carey. CAST Zach Cassidy - Barton/Additional Megan Klodnicki - Marilyn A.J. Carey - Commander/Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

It's our Valentine's Day episode as we go to Madison High School with Our Miss Brooks as she navigates her way through a bad case of Puppy Love. Eva Arden brought the character to life decades ago, and now Megan Klodnicki takes up the reins in the titular role! We also would like to thank teachers all over the world. CAST Megan Klodnicki - Miss Brooks/Mrs. Davis/Harriet A.J. Carey - Mr. Boynton/Mr. Conklin/Walter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Hi ho, Silver! The Lone Ranger rides into view as Retro Static Radio proudly presents the return of the masked righter of wrongs. When a kind man is falsely accused, it's up to the Lone Ranger to save his new friend! Based on the radio show created by Fran Striker (or George Trendle). Adapted by Arthur Carey. CAST A.J. Carey - The Lone Ranger/Sheriff/Additional Zach Cassidy - Jeb/Cal/Additional --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Listen as Zach talks about the origins of Retro Static Radio, Megan talks about her first time voice acting and A.J. rants about doing the music for the station! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The second episode of Retro Static Radio goes to the opposite end of the spectrum to rejuvenate the comedic gold of Duffy's Tavern. Archie the Manager decides to bolster sales by cutting the price 10%. Yes, even in 1950, inflation was a burden. Based on the broadcast created by Abe Burrows and Ed Gardner. Adapted by Arthur Carey. CAST A.J. Carey - Archie/Eddie Megan Klodnicki - Miss Duffy Zach Cassidy - Finnegan --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

Ronald Adams is driving cross-country for a job interview, but a strange hitchhiker begins to appear again and again. Is it just his mind playing tricks with the long hours on the road and no company, or is it much more macabre than that? The Hitch-Hiker, written by the wondrous Lucille Fletcher, originally aired on the 17th of November, 1941, starring the unparalleled Orson Welles. Today, A.J. Carey steps into the lead role of Ronald Adams, a man haunted by a mysterious hitch-hiker. CAST: A.J. Carey - Ronald Adams/Additional Megan Klodnicki - Hitch-Hiker Girl/Mrs. Adams/Mrs. Whinney/Operator Based on the original screenplay by Lucille Fletcher for SUSPENSE. Adapted by A.J. Carey. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support

The schedule for season 1. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrostaticradio/support