Vintage Horror Radio (Old Time Radio Horror)
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This show features the radio adaptations of classic stories from horror authors, as well as the performances of horror icons like Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and others. The show won't stop there...we'll see what else it morphs into! Visit VintageHorror.com for more!
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Vintage Horror Radio 44 | Vintage Horror Radio returns, after another extended break, with another radio adaptation of a classic horror tale. This time it’s from Algernon Blackwood, and based on his story The Camp Of The Dog first published in 1908, and available to read here. This adaptation is titled The Night Of The Howling Dog, and first aired on | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 43 | Couldn’t let 2010 end without one more Vintage Horror Radio. This episode features the NBC University Theater’s adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s story The Withered Arm. The series ran from July of 1948 to February of 1951, with this episode airing February 14, 1951. The Withered Arm first appeared in Hardy’s 1888 collection of stories titled | 12/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 42 | We were scheduled for an episode from a different series, but I thought I’d throw this one in first. It’s the Molle Mystery Theater’s adaptation of Oliver Onion’s The Beckoning Fair One. As Lovecraft thought The Willows was Algernon Blackwood’s best story, both Lovecraft and Blackwood held this story as among the best. Download | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 41 | We’ll conclude the reading of The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood in this episode. Once again, special thanks to FNH from the Cthulhu Podcast for offering this reading for us to enjoy. Stop by his site and poke around, if you like what you hear here, he’s got plenty more of it! Download | 9/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 40 | Today’s show features the first of a two part reading of The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. First published in 1907, The Willows has the distinction of being considered by H.P. Lovecraft as the finest supernatural tale in English literature. We’ll hear the first half of the story today, and finish up on the next episode. | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 39 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio we’ll hear a radio adaptation of a film instead of the usual classic short story. Based on Dorothy MacArdle’s 1942 novel Uneasy Freehold, The Uninvited hit the big screen in 1944. We’ll hear the Screen Directors Playhouse version that originally aired November 18, 1949. Download | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 38 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio, we’ll hear the radio adaptation of Algeron Blackwood’s story Keeping His Promise. The original short story was first published in 1906, and included in the collection The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories. This radio version was produced for the series Haunted. Download | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 37 | We’re taking care of a request I got some time ago with today’s show. From Favorite Story we’ll hear their adaptation of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. This radio version is based on Washington Irving’s story first published in 1820, and one of few early examples of American fiction still read today. Favorite Story aired | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 36 | Our Halloween programming ends this week with another short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Berenice was first published in 1835 in the Southern Literary Messenger, and was the cause for many letters to their editor regarding the violence of the story. We’ll hear a radio adaptation done by the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Download | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 35 | This week we continue our Edgar Allan Poe radio adaptations with The Fall Of The House Of Usher. This story was first published in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine in 1839, then again a year later in the collection Tales Of The Grotesque And Arabesque. We heard a version from Escape a few shows back, this time | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 34 | We continue our October exploration of Edgar Allan Poe on radio this week. We’ll hear The Imp Of The Perverse, a short story first published in Graham’s Magazine in the July 1845 issue. A revised version would later be published in a gift book titled May-Flower in 1846. This radio adaptation was done by The | 10/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 33 | This October on Vintage Horror Radio we’ll hear four radio adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories. We begin this week with The Tell-Tale Heart, adapted for radio by NBC Short Story some time in the 1950′s. The original short story was published in The Pioneer magazine in January of 1843. This story was done many | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 32 | Hot on the heel of Matt’s article about a newly republished Le Fanu story, I thought we’d listen to an old one for this show. We’ll hear from The Weird Circle and an episode titled The Wooden Ghost. This episode was based on the short story Strange Event In The Life Of Schalken The Painter, | 9/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 31 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio we’ll hear again from Favorite Story and their adaptation of Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment. The original short story was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and first published as The Fountain Of Yonder in The Knickerbocker Magazine in 1837. Later that year it would be published again in his collection Twice | 8/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 30 | For the 30th episode of our show, we’ll feature an adaptation of The Inexperienced Ghost by H.G Wells. The story was written in 1902, and this episode of Authors Playhouse was heard first December 4, 1944. Download | 7/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 29 | On this show we’ll hear another fine episode from Suspense titled August Heat. Based on the story by W.F. Harvey, this episode first aired May 31, 1945. For more information on Harvey, read Matt’s article. Download | 5/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 28 | From Escape we’ll hear a radio adaptation of Confession by Algernon Blackwood. The story originally appeared in The Wolves Of God and Other Fey Stories published in 1921. The Escape episode first aired December 31, 1947. Download | 4/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 27 | Vintage Horror Radio returns after an extended absence with today’s show. Josh requested an episode of Lux Radio Theater based on The Phantom Of The Opera. This show first aired September 13, 1943 and it’s based on the movie released that same year. Both the movie and this radio show star Nelson Eddie and Susanna | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 26 | Vintage Horror Radio returns today with another radio version of an Edgar Allen Poe story. First published in Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine in September of 1839, The Fall Of The House Of Usher would also be included in Tales Of The Grotesque and Arabesque, a collection of short stories, published the following year. We’ll hear the | 10/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 25 | The weirdness continues on this episode of Vintage Horror Radio. We’ll hear a radio version of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask Of Amontillado. Poe’s story was first published in Godey’s Lady’s Book in November of 1846. Our story comes from the January 19, 1953 episode of The Hall Of Fantasy. Download | 10/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 24 | This week we’ll hear a radio adaptation of a story by Wilkie Collins titled The Ghost’s Touch. The story was first published in The Ghost’s Touch And Other Stories in 1885. Our radio version first aired September 17, 1944 on The Weird Circle. Download | 9/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 23 | This week it’s a classic from Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1886, The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde is said to be one of Stevenson’s best selling works. We’ll hear an adaptation of the story by CBS Radio Mystery Theater. It first aired June 18, 1974. Download | 9/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 22 | This week we’ll hear a story written by Guy de Maupassant titled The Horla. The story was first published in 1887, and praised by H.P. Lovecraft. It has been said that Lovecraft’s story The Call Of Cthulu was inspired by The Horla. We’ll hear a radio version from The Weird Circle that first aired October | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 21 | This week Vintage Horror Radio presents a story that isn’t quite as old as the usual stuff, but good just the same. The Lottery was written by Shirley Jackson, and originally published in The New Yorker in 1948. The story caused quite a bit of controversy for the magazine and Jackson, and was banned in | 8/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 20 | On this episode we’ll hear another audiobook style show featuring a story by M.R. James. Number 13 was first published in 1904 as part of the Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary collection of short stories. This recording comes from librivox.org. Download | 8/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 19 | Finally back with another great horror story from the pages of classic literature, and classic radio. This time it’s Dracula from the Bram Stoker novel first published in 1897. Our version today comes from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Download | 7/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 18 | Vintage Horror Radio is back with another example of old time radio based on horror short stories. This time it’s The Death Of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce. The story was published in The Wave (magazine?) in 1891. We’ll hear an adaptation done by The Black Mass and aired September 30, 1969. Download | 7/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 17 | You just can’t go wrong with Peter Lorre and a scary story can you? On this show, we’ll hear a radio adaptation of The Black Cat, as performed by Mystery In The Air starring Peter Lorre. This show first aired September 18, 1947. The Black Cat was written by Edgar Allen Poe and first published | 6/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 16 | More classic horror on this episode! We’ll hear another dramatized version of an M.R. James story this time around. First published in More Ghost Stories in 1911, Casting The Runes was featured on Escape for their November 19, 1947 show. I apologize in advance for the audio quality on this Escape episode, but I cleaned | 6/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 15 | The long overdue episode 15 has arrived! On today’s show we’ll hear from Suspense and their version of the A.M. Burrage story The Waxwork. Suspense did three versions of this show, ours first aired March 1, 1959 and stars Herbert Marshall. Don’t forget to check out Matt’s article on this author for more information. Download | 6/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 14 | On this show we revisit one of the greats. Frankenstein was first published anonymously in 1818, Mary Shelley finally took credit on the revised third edition, published in 1831. We’ll hear an old time radio version from Favorite Story that first aired December 13, 1947. There are many different versions of this story done by old time radio series, | 5/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 13 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio, we’ll hear a version of Oscar Wilde’s only published novel.The Picture Of Dorian Gray was first published in Lippincott’s Montly Magazine in 1890. Our version comes via the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, in a performance from August 7, 1974. Download | 5/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 12 | Vintage Horror Radio is back! This time around we again hear from the mind of Edgar Allen Poe. The Oblong Box is a short story first published in the Dollar Newspaper in Philedelphia on August 28, 1844. In 1952 this story was adapted for radio by NBC Short Stories, a series that ran from February 1951 to May | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 11 | As I mentioned on the last show, this show will feature a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1891, The Bottle Imp also appeared in the short story collection Island Night’s Entertainment which was published in 1893. Our version comes from Favorite Story, an old time radio series I have little information on other than | 3/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 10 | On this week’s show, we’ll hear again from CBS Radio Mystery Theater and an episode titled Don’t Die Without Me. This episode is based on a short story written by O. Henry called The Furnished Room. That short story was first published in Henry’s second short story collection The Four Million in 1906. Next week a radio version of a | 3/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 9 | The show this week is a bit of a departure from our normal dramatized versions of classic horror. This time we’ll hear a direct reading of Algernon Blackwood’s story The Empty House. It comes courtesy of Librivox, which is a free audiobook site, and features stories read by volunteers. This story was first published in 1906 in | 3/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 8 | This weeks show features Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart. Like with most of Poe’s stories on radio, it not only had been done many times but added to as well. I found four different versions, though more are probably out there, and chose one from The Weird Circle. This version first aired in January of 1944. | 3/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 7 | On the show this week, we’ll hear an old time radio version of The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens. This short story was originally published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 edition of All The Year Round, a literary magazine owned and edited by Dickens. The version of the story we’ll hear is from | 2/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 6 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio, it’s another dramamtized version of a short story from M.R. James. This story comes from his fourth collecton of ghost stories titled A Warning To The Curious And Other Ghost Stories. It’s titled An Evenings Enterainment, and comes to us from The Black Mass. Download | 2/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 5 | I got an email from Dale the other day asking about a radio version of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque Of The Red Death. The only version I was able to find was done by CBS Radio Mystery Theater in the early 1970′s. This version is a variation on the original. It takes place in the 1990′s and | 2/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 4 | Vintage Horror Radio is back with another fine/fun example of classic horror! This show features an episode from The Hall Of Fantasy titled The Judge’s House, taken from a short story written by Bram Stoker. Stoker’s story was first published in Holly Leaves Magazine in December of 1891. The radio version was first aired April 3, 1947 Download | 1/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 3 | The long awaited third episode is finally ready! On this episode we’ll hear the radio version of Ancient Sorceries. This short story was originally written by Algernon Blackwood in 1908. On February 15, 1948 the radio program Escape aired their version which shared the title with the original story. Download | 1/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 2 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio, it’s an adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Pit And The Pendulum. The version we’ll hear was adapted for radio by John Dickson Carr for Suspense. This is the third of four radio versions Suspense produced, I chose this one because it stars Vincent Price! Vincent Price would go on | 12/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vintage Horror Radio 1 | On this episode of Vintage Horror Radio, I’ll give you a quick idea about what the show is about, then we’ll get right into the old time horror. This show features an adaptation of M.R. James’ story The Ash Tree as done by The Black Mass. This radio version aired October 20, 1969. Download | 11/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Wow! Algernon Blackwood!
I found Vintage Horror Radio through a recommendation from Relic Radio's "The Horror" podcast. To my surprise and pleasure, one of your podcasts features a story written by the great Algernon Blackwood! I know many of his short stories were performed on both radio and television - some by the author himself. If you find any more of Algernon Blackwood's stories in radio format, I'd love to hear them.
I LOVE your readings of classic horror!
I hope you continue to include the reading of short horror stories from time to time in your program. The adaptations are fine...but I love being read to! Keep up the good work...you're doing a great job of hosting. I love it that you are not in any way campy. You keep it VERY classy...and I like that.
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I look foreward to listening to this each week. Keep up the great work!
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