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S10 Ep 3: Leiningen versus the Ants
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39:30Click here to text your Ghost It's time to gather once more around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, emperor of all genres. The Ghost of Radio is ready this week to guide you through "Leiningen versus the Ants" from Suspense. More than one story of will and desire will be told. File under: not man-on-top See you soon... Contact your Ghost at…
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S10 Ep 2: The Old Die Rich
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38:02Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always on guard. This week, we learn why "The Old Die Rich" on Tales of Tomorrow. Not your typical time-travel story; it' s a little too close to our time. File under: what is that cage-shaped thing? See you soon... Contact your Ghost …
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S10 Ep 1: The Dunwich Horror
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37:28Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where the fires of midcentury horror radio burn bright and burn through. This week, The Ghost of Radio guides you to "The Dunwich Horror" from Suspense. Should it be saved for Halloween? Only one way to find out. File under: a day late and See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturygh…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's time to gather once again around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, watching as The Ghost of Radio reaches in to pull out the next episode. This week, we gaze up at "The Ash Tree" with The Black Mass for an encounter with physical terror. File under: not a squirrel See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midce…
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S9 Ep 25: The Furnished Floor
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49:23Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio tends all things midcentury horror radio. This week, we rent out "The Furnished Floor" from Suspense. Remember all those warnings about not listening if you frighten easily? File under: don't listen if you frighten easily See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midce…
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S9 Ep 24: Elixir of Death
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37:32Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where midcentury horror radio lives and lives on. This time, The Ghost of Radio reaches into its depths to bring out an "Elixir of Death" from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Just what is the threat it poses? Only one way to find out. File under: ...or is there? See you soon... Contact your…
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Click here to text your Ghost You're back again at Cauldronside, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to reach into its depths and pull out a poisoned plum of midcentury horror radio. And we won't disappoint: this week, we join a "Hunting Trip" with Suspense, where just exactly what trophy we'll come away with remains very unclear. File under: we're so g…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always waiting for you. This week, we overdraw our "Living Credit" at Theater Five. Warning: what looks like a reflecting pool turns out to be a bottomless pit. File under: what's worse than bureaucracy? See you soon... Contact your Gh…
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S9 Ep 21: Fugue in C Minor
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39:09Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, tended by The Ghost of Radio, your guide there and back. This week, we listen to a "Fugue in C Minor" played by Suspense. Are you a music-lover? Let's hope not. File under: mouths everywhere See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] Instagra…
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Click here to text your Ghost Up from the depths of The Cauldron comes another episode of midcentury horror radio, thrust into the hand of The Ghost of Radio. This week, we consider "Hosts", in a special drawing from eight different series. We'll try not to get lost in the maze. File under: you know who's top and who's bottom See you soon... Contac…
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S9 Ep 19: Man-Size in Marble
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43:57Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to the side of The Cauldron, where sparks of midcentury horror radio fly. The Ghost of Radio is ready to reach into and grab out from its depths once again, and this week we will become "Man-Size in Marble" in The Hall of Fantasy. Why man-sized in particular? Only one way to find out. File under: grim tale…
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S9 Ep 18: The Hollow Footsteps
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36:20Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where all things midcentury horror radio are tended by The Ghost of Radio, your eternal guide to all that is supernatural and supernormal. This week, we hear "The Hollow Footsteps" of Nightmare. Who's following us? Only one way to find out. File under: pretty kerchiefs See you soon... Cont…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio is waiting to push you into the deep end of midcentury horror radio. This week, we seem to hear "The Violin" in The Witch's Tale. But does anyone else hear it? File under: depends on their looks See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] Instag…
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S9 Ep 16: Death's Goblet
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37:50Click here to text your Ghost You've returned to The Cauldron for another journey into the heart of midcentury horror radio, led by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we drink from "Death's Goblet" with Murder at Midnight. Will it change us? Let's find out. File under: let yourself go See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] Inst…
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S9 Ep 15: The Search for Life
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36:51Click here to text your Ghost Back once more at Cauldronside, looking for midcentury horror radio? The Ghost of Radio sees you. This week, you're on "The Search for Life", from The Hermit's Cave. Did he search hard enough for a life--of his own? Only one way to find out. File under: tropes followed by tropes followed by tropes See you soon... Conta…
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Click here to text your Ghost Time once again to huddle around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, waiting for The Ghost of Radio to guide you through the labyrinth of the genre. This week, we get a "Scoop" from Lights Out, Everybody. What's the story? Only one way to find out. File under: are we all people together? See you soon... Contact yo…
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S9 Ep 13: The Room Where the Ghosts Live
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35:45Click here to text your Ghost It's Cauldron time again, as The Ghost of Radio reaches into its depths for another episode of midcentury horror radio. This week, we open the door to "The Room Where the Ghosts Live" with Quiet, Please. Enough said. File under: it takes a long time to die See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected]…
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S9 Ep 12: The Diamond Lens
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41:39Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio ceaselessly tends the boil of episodes for us to share each week. This time, we look through "The Diamond Lens" with Favorite Story. What will we see? Only one way to find out. File under: a woman See you soon... Contact your Ghost at mid…
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S9 Ep 11: The Unburied Dead
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35:16Click here to text your Ghost Back once more at the foot of The Cauldron, as The Ghost of Radio reaches in for another episode of midcentury horror radio. This week, we encounter "The Unburied Dead" from Inner Sanctum. Who and why? Only one way to find out. File under: why Steve? See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] Insta…
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S9 Ep 10: The Summer People
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43:08Click here to text your Ghost Once more into The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, relentlessly driven on by The Ghost of Radio to discover its depths. This week we travel with "The Summer People", via The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Into the depths on this one. File under: old story, new horror See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturygho…
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S9 Ep 9: Pennsylvania Turnpike
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38:56Click here to text your Ghost You've returned to The Cauldron for another dive into midcentury horror radio with your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, we take the "Pennsylvania Turnpike" with Dark Fantasy to a destination we will work to define, with some help...? from a certain old-timer. File under: of no value whatsoever See you soon... Con…
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S9 Ep 8: The Hand of Botar
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31:12Click here to text your Ghost Back around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio for another encounter with The Ghost of Radio, center of all webs of this genre. This week, we feel "The Hand of Botar", from The Hall of Fantasy. But what is its power? Only one way to find out. File under: be quiet! See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturygh…
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S9 Ep 7: Point of Impact
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30:54Click here to text your Ghost Back again at the side of The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ever-tended by The Ghost of Radio for your listening... pleasure? Sometimes. This week? When we visit the "Point of Impact" from Theater Five, we'll find out. File under: Kathy all the way See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] …
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio and eternally watched over by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we hear an "Epitaph" from Suspense. Will it be everything we think it is? ...do we want it to? File under: boy ______ girl See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost@gmai…
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S9 Ep 5: Sexism Fails IV
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33:24Click here to text your Ghost You're back beside The Cauldron, ready to be led by The Ghost of Radio into and out of another dive into midcentury horror radio. Remember--it was your choice. This week, we encounter Sexism Fails IV, a monster from the depths of Suspense. File under: it's her fault See you soon... Contact your Ghost at midcenturyghost…
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S9 Ep 4: The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan
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37:46Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio waits for you always to join in the rituals of the genre. This week, we witness "The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan" with Creeps by Night. Will we get the call of the living? Only one way to find out. File under: Ramsay See you soon..…
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S9 Ep 3: Profits Unlimited
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35:38Click here to text your Ghost The Cauldron shines with the light of many fires of midcentury horror radio, guiding you to The Ghost of Radio and the infinite experiences on offer. This week, we reap the consequences of "Profits Unlimited" from Lights Out, Everybody. Is there any way to right the wrongs we encounter? Only one way to find out. File u…
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S9 Ep 2: The House where Death Lived
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38:45Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to Cauldronside, where The Ghost of Radio has another episode of midcentury horror radio boiling away for you. This week, we enter "The House where Death Lived," via Murder at Midnight. Does the door swing both ways? Only one way to find out. File under: scary is the new spooky See you soon... Contact your…
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Click here to text your Ghost Starting off the new Cauldron year of midcentury horror radio with a special from The Ghost of Radio, your host and guide to this genre for another year and all years to come. This week, we explore single lines from six episodes that establish the heart-stopping mood we chase in midcentury horror radio. File under: it'…
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S8 Ep 26: The Yellow Wallpaper
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54:41Click here to text your Ghost Back at the end of time for the origin season finale from The Ghost of Radio and the Halloween Cauldronette: this year, we go into and come out of "The Yellow Wallpaper" with Suspense. File under: just a pattern See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] Instagram @ghostofradio - always look for th…
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S8 Ep 25: The House in Cypress Canyon
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42:22Click here to text your Ghost You've been drawn back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio to hear what The Ghost of Radio will be given next in our origin season. This week, we inhabit "The House in Cypress Canyon", from Suspense. Double shock? Try a higher number. File under: it's a time loop for us, too See you soon... Contact your Ghost at…
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S8 Ep 24: Pages from a Diary
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40:43Click here to text your Ghost Rooted with fright at Cauldronside, we await the next episode from this Origin Season, and it's a justified terror: this week, we read "Pages from a Diary" from Suspense. There's no way to come away from it unchanged. File under: sometimes pathos is more shattering than anything else See you soon... Contact your Ghost …
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S8 Ep 23: Some People Don't Die
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43:31Click here to text your Ghost Wherever you are, whenever you are, while you listen to this episode it's October--Origin Season of The Ghost of Radio. This year as usual, The Cauldronette brings you special levels of horror beginning with "Some People Don't Die" from Quiet, Please. Remember--the first episode of October is the easiest to bear. File …
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S8 Ep 22: If You Believe
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43:22Click here to text your Ghost You're back for another round of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio, keeper of The Cauldron filled with episodes to be plunged into each week at random. This week, we learn what happens "If You Believe", thanks to The Mysterious Traveler. Be ready to falter. File under: it's all just a dream that it was al…
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S8 Ep 21: One Happy Little Family
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29:55Click here to text your Ghost You've returned to The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, home of all things midcentury horror radio, to take your chances with the world's greatest genre. This week, we're introduced to "One Happy Little Family" by Suspense. Are we glad to make their acquaintance? Only one way to find out. File under: what might have be…
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S8 Ep 20: A Good Neighbor
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36:17Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, tended vigilantly by The Ghost of Radio, your guide to all that's right about wrong. This week, we meet "A Good Neighbor" via Suspense. The question is, good for whom? File under: evil comes indeed See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] I…
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S8 Ep 19: Hickory Dickory Doom
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36:18Click here to text your Ghost You've found your way back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, hoping to find refuge there with The Ghost of Radio as you listen. No guarantees on that as we listen to "Hickory Dickory Doom" from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. What's that all about? Only one way to know for sure. File under: not funny See you s…
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Click here to text your Ghost It's time again to gather round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio and see what The Ghost of Radio pulls out of it. This week, we meet a "Killer Wife" through The Creaking Door. Will we want to pull that door closed before it's over? Only one way to find out. File under: there's a killer... and there's a wife... S…
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S8 Ep 17: The Author of Murder
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34:16Click here to text your Ghost You've returned once more to The Cauldron and The Ghost of Radio, epicenter of all things midcentury horror radio. This week, The Ghost introduces you to "The Author of Murder" via The Hermit's Cave. Just exactly what did he do and how did he do it? Only one way to find out. File under: so bleak in every way See you so…
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S8 Ep 16: The Man Who Came Back
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36:34Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to Cauldronside, where you find midcentury horror radio alive and unalive and well--just like your guide, The Ghost of Radio. This week, you meet "The Man Who Came Back" via Dark Fantasy. Why did he come back? Who is he? Only one way to find out. File under: keep those questions coming See you soon... Contact y…
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S8 Ep 15: Voice on the Wire
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36:33Click here to text your Ghost Here you are, gathered round The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, ready to be guided into--and perhaps out of--another episode by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we hear a "Voice on the Wire" from Inner Sanctum. Where is that call coming from? Only one way to find out. File under: the point of no return See you soon…
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S8 Ep 14: What the Devil
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43:17Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back the The Cauldron, home to The Ghost of Radio and all things midcentury horror. This week, we ask "What the Devil" via Lights Out, Everybody. Rusty old saw or source of true horror? Only one way to find out. File under: no regrets--we mean it See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] I…
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Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, eternally tended by The Ghost of Radio. This week, we encounter "The Stranger" with Theater Five; why has he come to us, and why won't he leave? File under: cannot or will not See you soon... Contact your Ghost at [email protected] Instagram @ghostofradio…
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S8 Ep 12: Let the Lillies Consider
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36:03Click here to text your Ghost You know you've come to the right place when The Cauldron appears, filled with episodes of midcentury horror radio for The Ghost of Radio to reach into, and pull out from. This week, we "Let the Lillies Consider", with Quiet, Please. Is a story about pretty flowers really horror material? Only one way to find out. File…
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S8 Ep 11: An Eye for an Eye
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33:42Click here to text your Ghost Welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where what you hear is what you get. This week, we get "An Eye for an Eye" from The Price of Fear, and this is very much an episode that delivers a very real, very sickening real-world horror. File under: this is not clickbait See you soon... Contact your Ghost a…
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S8 Ep 10: Analytical Hour
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32:59Click here to text your Ghost Welcome to The Cauldron of midcentury radio, where it's all fun and games until The Ghost steps in to pull out an episode. This week, you attend an "Analytical Hour" with Suspense. Do not take lightly the warning to be on your guard for some unexpected shocks. File under: patient notes See you soon... Contact your Ghos…
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S8 Ep 9: Sexism Fails III
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36:33Click here to text your Ghost You've been drawn back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, with or against your will. Whatever the case may be, The Ghost of Radio is ready as always to entertain you. This week, we endure "Sexism Fails III", focused on a single, famous, revered, horrible example of the worst of sexism in any genre. File under:…
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S8 Ep 8: A True Ghost Story
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30:16Click here to text your Ghost It's hot around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, as episodes boil in an unending bonfire for your listening... pleasure. This week, you'll hear "A True Ghost Story" from Beyond Midnight. What makes it true? More to the point, what makes it false? File under: it's not always about evil See you soon... Contact yo…
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S8 Ep 7: Your Devoted Wife
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33:29Click here to text your Ghost It's time to gather around The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio with The Ghost of Radio, your guide to the otherworld of aural experience. This week, meet "Your Devoted Wife", with Suspense. What's true, what's false? Who's good, who's evil? File under: ask those questions four times each See you soon... Contact you…
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Click here to text your Ghost Hello and welcome back to The Cauldron of midcentury horror radio, where The Ghost of Radio is always waiting, always watching, always ready to lead you through another episode. This time, we are "Nameless", thanks to The Hermit's Cave. Will our souls ever find rest afterward? Only one way to find out. File under: a ch…
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