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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 darkest tales, and catch the signal from the Twilight Beacon.

Jason and Jacob Burgess


    • Nov 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    Halloween Special: The Cask of Amontillado, Zero Hour, The Tell-Tale Heart, Three Skeleton Key and The War of the Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 168:58


    The Twilight Beacon is on the air. Transmitting from an unknown location in the American southwest, Jedediah D. Blackwell presents a special extra-length Halloween episode, featuring the best and most terrifying classic radio programs we have to offer, Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontillado, Ray Bradbury's Zero Hour, Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, Vincent Price in Three Skeleton Key and Orson Welles in The War of the Worlds.

    Sci-Friday: The Outer Limit and No Contact

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 58:22


    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 Sci-Friday episode features two science fiction stories of encounters with strangers from space, The Outer Limit from the 3/17/57 airing of Suspense and No Contact from the 4/29/50 broadcast of Dimension X.

    Metafiction from Lights Out: Murder in the Script Department and The Coffin in Studio B

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 56:51


    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 two metafiction stories from the radio program Lights Out, Murder in the Script Department from the 5/11/43 airing and The Coffin in Studio B from the 7/13/46 broadcast.

    Death of an Austrian Artist: Death at 50 Fathoms and Time On My Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 58:27


    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 two stories reimagining the fate of a certain failed Austrian artist who became the most hated man in the world, Death at 50 Fathoms from the 4/18/50 airing of The Mysterious Traveler and Time On My Hands from the 9/25/60 broadcast of Suspense.

    Sci-Friday: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Northern Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 65:21


    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. It's Sci-Friday on The Twilight Beacon, when we brings you two science fiction stories that will thrill you and chill you, Isaac Asmiov's NIghtfall from the 9/29/51 airing of Dimension X and Northern Lights from the 1/30/49 broadcast of Quiet Please.

    Immortal Voices: Orson Welles in The Hitch-Hiker & Richard Widmark in Make Ready My Grave

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 65:36


    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.

    The Legendary Boris Karloff: Death Robbery and The Wailing Wall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 57:28


    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.

    Sci-Friday: Planet Zevious and Kaleidoscope

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2021 58:54


    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.

    Jedediah's Picks: The Thing on the Fourbleboard and The Signalman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 56:45


    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.

    Classic American Authors: The Open Boat by Stephen Crane and The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 59:40


    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.

    Sci-Friday: The Green Plague and Oxychloride X

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 56:39


    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.

    Tales for the Silver Screen: Leiningen Versus the Ants and The Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 64:19


    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.

    The Twilight Beacon Premiere: Ghost Hunt and The Shadow People

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 56:17


    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.

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