Suspense and Horror – Retro Radio Podcast

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Audio dramas from the era of classic radio. Chills, thrills, Suspense, ghost stories, and dark fantasy. Get your fix for creepy tales just like your grand parents used to do. Turn out the light and listen in the dark, if you dare.

Keith Heltsley

Illinois

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    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Letter of Love, Letter of Death. ep974, 790425.

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    A police detective puts his career on the line in order to prove the innocence of the rival of a murdered theatrical producer when he is accused of the crime.…

    The Shadow – Aboard the Steamship Amazon(Reincarnation of Michael). ep129, 380717

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025


    Munitions for a band of revolutionaries are being smuggled on a luxury steamer. When orders are received that the munitions are no longer needed and are to be destroyed, one…

    The Shadow – White God. 380710

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025


    Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows. Lamont Cranston, lawyer by day, but known to the underworld as the Shadow, fights crime with the…

    The Shadow – The White Legion. ep26, 380320

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025


    The White Legion is a vigilante group who dishes out judgement based on its own set of rules and standards. William Devons is their latest victim, and his case has…

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Golden Girl. ep972, 790418

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025


    The Shadow – The Bride Of Death. ep110, 380306

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025


    Superstitious omens foretell the tragedy of death. A mysterious explosion has killed the reverend Colby, and ten others. Lamonte Cranston is on the scene with Margot Lane to investigate a…

    The Shadow – Death On The Bridge. ep189, 400303

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025


    Title: The Bridge of Tragedy. After six months off work, Bill comes home to tell his wife Myra that he has a new job. When she learns it's the only…

    The Shadow – Death Is An Art. ep186, 400211

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025


    On the waterfront a cop spots a suspicious man. He is identified as previously trying to commit suicide, but tonight the melancholy man seems to be on a different mission.…

    Quiet Please – My Son John. ep76, 481128

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025


    Ernest Chapel plays a very lonely man who has a son who died. His narration goes on to talk about his son John, and how he went off to serve…

    Shadow – The Return Of Carnation Charlie. ep185, 400204

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025


    A gangster on death row who is known for wearing his lucky carnation, asks for the favor of wearing one as he’s marched to the death house. He claims the…

    The Shadow – Murder In The Death House. ep16, 400107

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025


    A citizens committee is organized to clean up crime, and corruption. Margot Lane is enthusiastic at being part of it, and drags her boss, Lamonte Cranston along to the meeting.…

    The Shadow – The Three Ghosts. ep6, 371031

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025


    Lamont Cranston needs a vacation after his recent exhausting adventures. He picks a resort that is said to be haunted. To combat the alleged supernatural killer ghosts, the Shadow uses…

    The Shadow (Mutual, Blue Coal) Death House Rescue. ep87, 370926

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 29:08


    A man sent to death row is falsely accused, and it’s up to the Shadow to set things right.

    Suspense – The Singing Walls. ep56, 430902

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 29:50


    A young man seems to have fallen in with a bad crowd. When he wakes up, he realizes his strange dream, was no dream at all. Feeling guilty, and being…

    The Whistler – A Present for Ricky. ep228, 461007

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025


    Clyde is an aging dancer who learns that his younger dance partner and wife is looking to dump him. Who is Ricky? What can Clyde do to hang on to…

    The Shadow – Hounds In The Hills. ep22, 380220

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025


    A boy is in the woods near an old house that is said to be haunted. Dogs howl, and old Sadie give the house the reputation it deserves. Is the…

    The Shadow – The Poison Death. ep19, 380130

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025


    A rash of poisoning has broken out, and the mayor gets a letter claiming that the Shadow is fed up with crimefighting. The Shadow is now bent on holding the…

    Quiet Please – Rain on New Years Eve. ep30, 471229

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 24:29


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    Inner Sanctum Mysteries – Murder Faces East. 481213

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 23:51


    After a few morbid bits of humor about freezing to death, the feature gets started. A recently arrested man sits in a gloomy jail cell. In flashback and narrative, we…

    The Shadow – League Of Death. 380109

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024


    A courtroom decision puts a man behind bars, but Lamonte Cranston and Margot Lane think it’s a case for the Shadow to be involved with. The sentenced man leaves a…

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – The Charnel House. ep970, 790411

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 44:25


    To discover the truth about her father’s death, a young woman becomes a staff member in the rest home in which he resided. There she uncovers a horrifying and gruesome…

    Hermit's Cave – Reflected Image of The Desert. ep3, 1930's

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024


    Two men are on foot in the desert, struggling with a battle of thirst. Is their vision of a woman a mirage, or has she directed them to a source…

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Permanent Man. ep969, 790409

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 58:12


    A scientist performs heinous experiments on a human subject on the planet Neptune with disastrous consequences. –Find more at, CBS Radio Mystery Theater Episode Guide.

    Lights Out – The Cliff. 390429

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 29:08


    At the edge of a cliff, a dame holds Mack Weather at gunpoint, forcing him to jump. In flashback, we learn that Weather is a gangster and counterfeiter. Joe is…

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Voyage to Intrastar. ep967, 790402

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 41:06


    Title: Voyage of Intrastar Plot: The dream world has given a grieving psychologist a chance to reunite with his deceased wife. When he becomes convinced that he has discovered an…

    Quiet Please – Inquest. ep7, 470803

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 28:42


    Audio is good, even with the usual record static noises. Ernest Chapel is Mr Ross, and is facing a coroner’s inquest. Not being a legal counsel, he isn’t granted an…

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Enemy from Space. ep965, 790326

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 43:12


    Title: Enemy from Space Plot: In an attempt to start a nuclear war, alien beings kidnap the president and send back a double to take his place. Aware of the…

    The Shadow – house that death built ep432, 480125

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024


    A lunatic retired executioner has died and left a haunted house, filled with death traps and murders.

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Masks. ep964, 790321

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 41:21


    Title: Masks Plot: When a retired Hollywood producer is relieved of a precious cigarette case during a train ride, his quest to reclaim the stolen item plunges him into danger.

    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – The Unseen Watcher. ep963, 790319

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 43:53


    Title: The Unseen Watcher Plot: A gambler dreams up a desperate scheme to “off” his bookie in order to escape his huge debts. To fund his addiction, he kills his…

    The Whistler – The Brass Ring. ep225, 460916

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024


    The scene is set in the carnival atmosphere of the circus. Mr Bundy is a wealthy older man who has taken a shine to Georgia, or Babe, as she is…

    Suspense – The Night Before Christmas(Greer Garson). 531221

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 29:54


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    Whistler – Brief Pause For Murder. 460911

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 28:48


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    Whistler (CBS) Christmas Bonus. 441225

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    Michael Cobb fell into a bad crowd at a young age, and before he knew any better. After serving time, he is out, and wants to put it all behind him, like a forgotten chapter in a book. With supportive relatives, this looks to be a real Merry Christmas for Mike. However, cash has been found missing, and employees are called to the carpet. Will it keep them from getting their Christmas bonuses? Though Mr Humbolt is pleased with Mike's work over the past months, he is forced to let him go. Suspicion has fallen firmly on Mike.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023


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    Quiet Please – Very Unimportant Person. ep77,481205

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023


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    CBS Radio Mystery Theater – The Love God. ep962, 790314

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 43:53


    Title: The Love God Plot: A spirited and opinionated woman alienates her intended with her brash and outspoken ways so she prays to the Indian god of love to remedy…

    Dark Fantasy – The Thing From The Sea. ep3, 411128

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 24:03


    A movie crew has set out on the Pacific to film a movie about a sea monster that rises from the sea. When nothing has been heard from the crew,…

    Creaking Door – Dangerous Dive

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 27:07


    Audio resolution is a little less than desirable. You may want to pass on this one. Disaster has been striking a diving company. Is it just a rash of bad…

    Hall Of Fantasy – Markheim. 470424

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 26:41


    An adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Markheim was a gambler with an addiction that he couldn’t control. Does the love he has for Angela stand a chance…

    Hermit's Cave – The Story Without End. ep2, 1930's

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 22:59


    Two soldiers in the heat of a battlefield talk about their girlfriends back home. Dave is certain that the spirit of his girlfriend is somehow protecting him. Is it possible…

    Arch Oboler's Plays – The Ways Of Men Past, Present, And Future. 390415

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 30:07


    A trilogy of stories takes a look at war. In a time gone by, a grandfather tries to tell his grandson about war. Men recruited, and pressed into service to…

    Mysterious Traveler – Beware of Tomorrow. ep19, 440409

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 28:12


    a young scientist is dropped off at the country home of a former mentor, Dr. Clark, and his latest assistant. Do his experiments in artificial intelligence, and a robotic man…

    Quiet Please – I Remember Tomorrow. ep6, 470727

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 29:01


    Audio is good for a change, only a little record noise and static. As Ernest Chapel recounts today’s tale, he is showing the effects of drinking heavily. He is leaving…

    The Shadow – Inventor Of Death. 391112

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 25:01


    An inventor, George Aldrin, has created a mechanical man, and Lamonte Cranston is in the audience to watch the demonstration. Henry the robot responds to mental commands from the inventor,…

    Suspense – The Kings Birthday. ep55, 430828

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 28:28


    A story played against the background of modern Europe. Which in 1943, means war torn, Nazi Europe. A plot to kill the king at his birthday celebration has been uncovered.…

    The Whistler – The Broken Chain (East Coast Broadcast). 460821

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 29:13


    Arnold is a respectable businessman, but there’s something that has been bothering him. He has been brewing a plan to murder his wife, Evelyn. The worst you might say for…

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