Best Ghoulish Entertainment Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 376: The Accusing Corpse 48:23

3d ago48:23

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The Mysterious Traveler has stopped by to share the story of “The Accusing Corpse”! The story features a jealous husband who shoots his unfaithful wife with the help of her brother. But not all is as it seems. What sinister plot is happening behind the scenes? How can a corpse accuse its killer? Which room […]…

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Episode 375: The Red-Headed Woman 54:57

10d ago54:57

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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz star in this week’s episode, “The Red-Headed Woman” from Suspense! The story features a young woman who commits an impulsive crime and then crosses paths with a potentially dangerous man on the run. Does she have the nerve and the wits to get away with her crime? Who will get […]…

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Episode 374: The Chicago Fraud Matter 52:25

20d ago52:25

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We now complete our trilogy of actors who starred in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar during its initial run! This time, we’re listening to “The Chicago Fraud Matter” featuring John Lund in the title role! This story features an investigation into the sudden death of a life insurance policy holder. But the dead man seemed to have not […]…

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Episode 373: The April Fool’s Day Adventure 58:41

28d ago58:41

58:41

Our Patreon listener Mark recommended we pay a visit to our Listener Library to check out “The April Fool’s Day Adventure” from The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes! Thanks, Mark! In this episode, Watson recounts one of his earliest escapades with the famed detective, in which the doctor joins a conspiracy to make Holmes the […]…

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Episode 372: Too Hot to Live 57:42

1M ago57:42

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Richard Widmark stars as a drifter named Jefferson in this episode of Suspense, “Too Hot to Live”! On a blisteringly hot summer day, Jefferson wanders into a small town only to lose his shoes and find a world of trouble. Did he commit the murder that he’s accused of committing? If not, is there any […]…

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Episode 371: The Queen Anne Pistols Matter 51:18

2M ago51:18

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We are two-thirds of the way through our tour of actors who starred in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar during its initial run! This time, Edmond O’Brien is our titular investigator with the action-packed expense account in a story entitled “The Queen Anne Pistols Matter.” This episode sees Dollar hired to accompany the delivery of a […]…

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Episode 370: A Shipment of Mute Fate 1:03:00

2M ago1:03:00

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For this episode, our Patreon supporter Ryan joins your hosts Eric, Tim, Joshua, and special guest host Shanan live on stage at the Bryant-Lake Bowl! Ryan has brought us “A Shipment of Mute Fate,” an episode of Escape featuring Jack Webb as a passenger transporting dangerous cargo aboard a ship at sea! What deadly thing […]…

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Episode 369: Candy’s Last Case 53:36

2M ago53:36

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We’re once again calling Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209! In what may be her final case, Candy discovers that her beau, Lt. Mallard, may be the target of her investigation. After Mallard is behaving suspiciously, Candy secretly follows him only to discover a dead body! Is Mallard truly up to something illegal? Is this truly her […]…

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Episode 368: Bathysphere 58:54

2M ago58:54

58:54

Arch Oboler takes us deep into the oceanic depths for this episode of Lights Out entitled “Bathysphere,” recommended to us by our Patreon supporter, Mark. Thanks, Mark! The story features an authoritarian leader attempting to dive down to a record-breaking depth beneath the ocean’s surface. Accompanied only by a doctor experienced in such dives, hi…

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Episode 367: Men Call Me Mad 50:54

3M ago50:54

50:54

We return to test our courage and our sanity in the mysterious dream realm of Dark Fantasy for an episode entitled, “Men Call Me Mad”! The story features a scientist who has discovered a strange other world and the means to transport himself there. What adventures await him there? What unforeseen challenges must he face […]…

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Episode 366: The Thing in Cabin 105 53:43

3M ago53:43

53:43

Our Patreon supporter, Zach, recommended we listen to “The Thing in Cabin 105” from Beyond Midnight, and we did! Thanks, Zach! The production adapts F. Marion Crawford’s short story, The Upper Berth, which tells the story of a passenger aboard a cruise ship whose cabin seems to have unnatural effects on its inhabitants. But even […]…

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Episode 365: The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There 50:23

3M ago50:23

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We’re diving far back into the history of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar to listen to “The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There” featuring the first actor to play the iconic insurance investigator on the air, Charles Russell! The story features a man who claims to be taking revenge on an insurance company by killing off […]…

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Episode 364: First Contact 46:42

4M ago46:42

46:42

It’s another trip to our Listener Library! This time we’re checking out “First Contact” from X Minus One, recommended to us by our Patreon support, Mark. Thanks, Mark! The story features the initial meeting between Earthlings and aliens, who find themselves trapped in a détente, each unable to understand or trust the other. Can their […]…

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Episode 363: Iron Curtain Express 52:36

4M ago52:36

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We’ve returned to The Chase! In this episode, an American reporter who has made himself unwelcome in Russia finds himself traveling by train to Nuremberg, sharing a car with an important figure in Soviet politics. After speaking together, the reporter soon finds himself in the custody of Russian agents. What information did he learn from […]…

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Episode 362: The First Year 50:53

4M ago50:53

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For our first proper episode of the new year, we left the decision to fate! We chose at random from a collection of New Years’ themed episodes and wound up listening to “The First Year,” from The Whistler! The story features a wedded couple whose marriage began on New Year’s Eve and ended with murder […]…

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Patreon Secrets Preview: Random Notes 51:57

5M ago51:57

51:57

We’re starting the new year off with a sneak peek at what awaits listeners when they become one of our Patreon supporters! Our current members voted on their favorite bonus content in the past year and this episode of Frontier Gentleman, “Random Notes,” tied for the top selection! Our supporters on Patreon already know what […]…

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Episode 361: The Thing in the Tunnel (The Signal-Man Year 8) 52:03

5M ago52:03

52:03

Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s that heartwarming time of year when we gather around the tunnel and try to discern the ghostly message being relayed from beyond. It’s another adaptation of Charles Dickens’ other famous ghost story, “The Signal-Man”! This year we gather in The Weird Circle for their version which they retitled, “The Thing […]…

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Episode 360: The Tip 53:19

5M ago53:19

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We’re spending Boxing Day with Lurene Tuttle in this Suspense episode, “The Tip”! In this production, she plays a devoted wife being held at gunpoint by a desperate man. This intruder intends to kill her husband as revenge for crimes unknown to her. As the two wait for his intended victim to come home, she […]…

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Episode 359B: Leftovers Special 25:34

6M ago25:34

25:34

Thanksgiving has passed but it’s too soon for Christmas, and that means it’s time for leftovers! Specifically, it means another live Q&A at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in which special guest Shanan Custer asks your Mysterious Old Hosts all the leftover questions from our previous Q&A! Tim, Eric, and Joshua share their opinions about classic monster […]…

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Episode 359: Gremlins and the Future 1:05:07

6M ago1:05:07

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We were joined by Shanan Custer for this live recording of our podcast at the Bryant-Lake Bowl! She brought a couple episodes of Ceiling Unlimited for us to check out! The series features Orson Welles in patriotic tales of flight sponsored by Lockheed-Vega! The first of these two scripts was written by Lucille Fletcher and […]…

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Episode 358: The Target 1:02:11

6M ago1:02:11

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This week’s episode, “The Target” was the penultimate episode of Escape and featured Whitfield Connor as Vic Kennedy, a hard-boiled insurance investigator scouring South America to track down a man named Arthur Matson. Soon the case leads Vic to a dead body and a femme fatale, as well as deceptions and accusations. Will he track […]…

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Episode 357: The House of Horror 49:18

6M ago49:18

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And with this, Joshua finally concludes his trilogy of ape-themed episodes of The Shadow with “The House of Horror”! The story features a kidnapped gorilla, a fortune teller, and a series of wealthy young socialites who vanish in a taxidermist’s shop! And a plot happens! What will young women be willing to do to find […]…

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Episode 356: Little Old Lady 51:33

7M ago51:33

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Our thanks to our Patreon supporter, Lance, who suggested this week’s episode, “Little Old Lady” from Lights Out! Thanks, Lance! The story features a young college student and her friend paying an unannounced visit to her elderly aunt. But once there, the two find themselves menaced by a large cat and their aunt is behaving […]…

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Episode 355: The Fall of the House of Usher 1:09:13

7M ago1:09:13

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Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating the spooky season with CBS Radio Mystery Theater’s adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”! Kevin McCarthy stars in this story of Roderick Usher, a man consumed by nameless fears even as his sister falls in and out of catatonic states indistinguishable from death. […]…

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Episode 354: The Book of Hell 59:39

7M ago59:39

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Our Patreon supporter Zachary sent us to the Listener Library to check out “The Book of Hell” from Nightfall! Thanks, Zachary! The episode features a publishing house struggling to survive which is presented with a strange manuscript from an author who apparently died two years ago. Allegedly, the text is an actual message from hell! […]…

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LONG LEGS: Subverting Expectations with Creepy Dolls and Cult Mysteries 32:57

7M ago32:57

32:57

Welcome to the season two finale of Horror Rewind! Join us on this spine-tingling journey as we explore the eerie world of "Long Legs," a thriller starring Nicolas Cage that masterfully combines serial killer chills, cult mysteries, and supernatural spookiness, all set in the nostalgic 1980s. We discuss how the retro setting enhances the suspense a…

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Episode 353: The Dark Mirror 59:58

7M ago59:58

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This week we’ll be reflecting upon the Screen Director’s Playhouse adaptation of the film, “The Dark Mirror”! Olivia_de_Havilland recreates her dual role as a set of identical twins who come under suspicion for murder. But it’s unclear which was at the scene of the crime, and which had an alibi— and the twins refuse to […]…

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Episode 352: The Earth Men 57:04

8M ago57:04

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For this week’s trip to the Listener Library, one of our Patreon supporters sent us to Mars! Thanks, Mark! We’re listening to Escape’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Earth Men”! A band of brave astronauts have arrived on Mars and, while they wait to report back to Earth, they encounter the planet’s inhabitants. But the […]…

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MAXXXINE: The Allure of Hollywood Horror Nostalgia 35:13

8M ago35:13

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Ready for a ball-crushing journey through the realms of fame, fear, and nostalgia with our latest episode of Horror Rewind? In this jam-packed episode, we kick things off with an in-depth analysis of Ty West's latest masterpiece, "Maxxxine." As the thrilling conclusion to his renowned horror trilogy, we dive into its 1980s setting, connections to "…

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Episode 351: The Night Marauders 1:00:48

8M ago1:00:48

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It’s time for another thrilling adventure of The Shadow! This time we’re listening to “The Night Marauders,” in which a series of home invasions attracts Lamont Cranston’s attention when the perpetrators break into Margo’s home! Even as their crimes grow more brutal, the police remain unable to solve the crimes! Will Commissioner Weston accept Lamo…

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Episode 350B: Questions and Answers 31:40

8M ago31:40

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Our 350th episode celebration continues with a live Q&A at the Bryant-Lake Bowl! Special guest Shanan Custer interviews your Mysterious Old Hosts to find out the true origin of the MORLS and to learn their secret opinions on a wide range of topics! We collected questions from Patreon and the audience and here are the […]…

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The Heartfelt Horror of 'A Quiet Place Day One' 30:30

8M ago30:30

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Ever wondered how the quietest films can evoke the loudest emotions? This week, we delve into the unexpectedly touching "A Quiet Place Day One," exploring its emotional depth, powerful performances, and unique storytelling. 🔍 Episode Highlights: Emotional Support Cat: Our initial jitters about the emotional support cat and celebrating its survival.…

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Episode 350: The Most Dangerous Game 1:04:02

8M ago1:04:02

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It’s our 350th episode and we’re celebrating with live recording of our podcast at the Bryant-Lake Bowl! Our audience joined us for the Suspense adaptation of “The Most Dangerous Game” based on the short story by Richard Connell! The production features Orson Welles as General Zaroff, an eccentric big game hunter who lives a reclusive […]…

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Vampires, Ballet, and Jim Carrey: A Journey Through Horror and Comedy 54:08

9M ago54:08

54:08

This episode is a rollercoaster ride through the eerie elegance of vampire-themed ballet, the surprising twists in dark comedies, and a nostalgic dive into Jim Carrey's early career. Chapter Highlights: Horror and Ballet Discussion (0:00:01) - Analyzing "Abigail" and our mixed feelings about traditional ballet. Vampire Tropes and Dark Comedy (0:07:…

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The Best and Worst of 2023 Awards 1:08:33

9M ago1:08:33

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It’s that time again! Join us as we celebrate the glorious triumphs and the embarrassing whoopsies of 2023! We’re revisiting all the episodes we listened to last year. Then, based on listener polls, the keen insights of esteemed special guests, and our own incoherent ramblings, one episode shall travel a Long Distance to The Black […]…

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Episode 349: David Dexter 52:53

9M ago52:53

52:53

This week, we take a gamble on a new-to-us series, Diary of Fate! “David Dexter” is the story of a grifter trying to con a recently remarried widow. But Fate has other plans for the man who calls himself David Dexter! When past crimes come back to haunt him, there are no guarantees for who […]By Ghoulish Delights

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Episode 348: The Gorilla Man 58:59

9M ago58:59

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Joshua’s old college friend John suggested we listen to “The Gorilla Man” from The Shadow. So we did! Thanks, John! The story features a man who takes care of a large gorilla at the zoo. He finds himself growing to resemble the beast in his care, and the more he does, the further he retreats […]By Ghoulish Delights

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Surrealism in Animated Horror | A Look at STOPMOTION on Shudder 1:00:56

9M ago1:00:56

1:00:56

We're thrilled to bring you another spine-chilling and nostalgia-infused episode of Horror Rewind! This week, your ghoulish hosts, Kelly and Meg, are taking you on a captivating journey from heartwarming childhood classics to mind-bending surreal horror. We delve into the emotional and psychological layers of today's feature film, STOPMOTION's, nar…

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Episode 347: The Lifeboat Mutiny 59:01

9M ago59:01

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This week we’re listening to an episode of X Minus One recommended to us by our Patreon supporter, Evan. Thanks, Evan! “The Lifeboat Mutiny” is an adaptation of the Robert Sheckley story of the same name. The plot features a crew of space travelers who get a bargain on a used lifeboat. But when the […]…

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FRENCH FRIGHTS: Exploring French Horror & Under Paris 54:52

10M ago54:52

54:52

Bonjour, Horror Rewind fans! 🌹🕷️ Get ready for a spine-tingling journey into the world of French horror films! This week, we're reminiscing about our Parisian adventures and diving deep into some of the most chilling films that French cinema has to offer. 🍷🍸 Episode Highlights: 🕯️ Boulevardiers & Banter: Sip on a sophisticated Boulevardier as our m…

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Episode 346: The Tomb 47:40

10M ago47:40

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We’re checking out a new-to-us series this week, The Eleventh Hour for an episode entitled “The Tomb!” Robbers take a hostage to help them break into a jewelry shop’s safe, but lives are on the line when the plan takes a turn for the worse! Will their hostage survive? Will the heist ultimately succeed? Is […]…

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Episode 345: The Mad Scientist Caper 53:57

10M ago53:57

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This week we pay our first visit to The Adventures of Sam Spade for an episode entitled “The Mad Scientist Caper”! The story features Dashiell Hammett’s famous detective working for an inventor who believes that that the secrets of one of his creations have been stolen. But the inventor himself may be a bit unhinged! […]…

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HORROR ROADTRIP: Exploring The X-Files, Quirky Horror, and Gothic Travels 48:30

10M ago48:30

48:30

Feature: Horror Road Trip Travels of Terror Rewind: Motel Hell Hotel Hell Trailer Fast Forward: Blood Relavites trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlSf89gwDo Bones and All trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMt1MIk2EA Special Features: Amanda Kolhhofer, KreativeKDesigns on Etsy, KreativeKDesigns on Etsy An Evening at the Movies YouTube …

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Episode 344: August Heat 59:48

10M ago59:48

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As we head into August, we’re listening to the Suspense adaptation of W.F. Harvey’s story, “August Heat”! Ronald Colman stars as an illustrator who inexplicably starts drawing a man on trial. It’s a man the artist has never seen before. Caught up in a strange sense of foreboding, the artist wanders out into the oppressive […]…

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Episode 343: The Edge of the Shadow 54:52

10M ago54:52

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Special guest Shanan Custer joined us at the Bryant-Lake Bowl for this live recording of the MORLS as we listened to “The Edge of the Shadow” from Dark Fantasy! The story features a farmer investigating a strange cut on his cow’s leg, which of course leads to a romantic betrayal, strange omens of the future, […]…

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In a Violent Nature: Unveiling Horror, Gender Dynamics, and Theatrical Triumphs 48:53

11M ago48:53

48:53

Hey horror junkies, we hope you're ready for another spine-chilling and thought-provoking episode of Horror Rewind! This week, we're diving deep into the dark and eerie world of slasher cinema with our latest episode feature: In a Violent Nature. 🎬 Here's what to expect: Who could forget the electrifying audience reactions during our Atlanta screen…

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Episode 342: The Search for Life 47:53

11M ago47:53

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This week we’re paying a visit to the Hermit’s Cave to listen to “The Search for Life”! A scientific breakthrough has enabled a doctor to extend human life, but he may also be able to raise the dead! His colleague hopes to step away from the work, as a way to show his devotion to […]By Ghoulish Delights

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Patreon Live Performance Preview: The MORLS at Crooners! 1:09:54

11M ago1:09:54

1:09:54

Your hosts are taking the weekend off to celebrate July 4th, but we do have a treat for you! We’ve been performing live radio shows on stage at Crooners Supper Club for a while now, and here’s two examples of our work, starring Shanan Custer, Joshua English Scrimshaw, Tim Uren, and Eric Webster ! First, […]…

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Nostalgia and Nightmares: Unpacking "I Saw the TV Glow" and Celebrating Horror Films 1:00:34

11M ago1:00:34

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Join us 🫴 on a thrilling journey as we dive deep into the mesmerizing world of horror nostalgia. Today we passionately dissect the latest horror sensation, "I Saw the TV Glow," and explore its profound themes, including media's influence on identity and the impact of childhood trauma. 📺✨ Here's what you can expect: 🔸 Revisiting 90s TV and Modern Ho…

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Episode 341: The Burning Court 58:23

11M ago58:23

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Suspense began its run with an adaptation of John Dickson Carr’s novel, “The Burning Court” and this week, we’re tuning in to give it a listen! A man discovers an image of a notorious 17th century poisoner who looks like exactly like his wife. And as fate would have it, his friend’s uncle has just […]…

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