Scary Radio Shows
Top 10 Scary Radio Shows:
The Thing on the Fourbleboard (Quiet Please)
The House in Cypress Canyon (Suspense)
The Ravine (Bradbury 13)
Ghost Hunt (Suspense)
The Monkey’s Paw (Nightfall)
Tap the Heat Bogdan (Quiet Please)
The Thing That Cries in the Night (I Love a Mystery)
William & Mary (Fear on 4)
Gobble Gobble (Fear on 4)
Where Do We Go From Here? (Nightfall)
He Who Follows Me (Hall of Fantasy)
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Lights Out
Valse Trieste – Two woman find themselves captured by a madman who wants to marry one of them…the other will die!
The Little People – A scientist murders, then shrinks the bodies of his wife and her lover.
Little Old Lady – A woman and her friend go to visit her aunt Harriet, only to discover something horrible about her cat.
Spider – Two men encounter a giant spider in the jungle.
Sub Basement – A mal-intending man takes his cheating wife to the sub basement of the department store where he works and discovers a horrible creature.
Cat Wife – A man discovers that his wife is a giant cat.
The Organ – A family rents a haunted house in the country.
The Dark – A weird “creeping darkness” turns people inside out.
Revolt of the Worms – A scientist experiments with growth hormones, invoking monstrous results
Suspense
Fugue In C Minor – Haunting tale featuring a pipe organ that plays itself. Starring Vincent Price.
The Pit and the Pendulum – The classic E. A Poe tale, starring Vincent Price.
Three Skeleton Key – Men are trapped in a lighthouse by malicious rats. Stars Vincent Price.
Most Dangerous Game – A man is stranded on an island which happens to the home of a most eccentric hunter. Stars Orson Welles.
The Death of Alexander Jordan – An old man insists that a button that rings a bell be placed in his hands when he is placed in the crypt upon his death.
Donovan’s Brain – An evil man’s brain is kept alive by a well meaning scientist. Yes, the classic tale.
The Dunwich Horror – The classic H.P. Lovecraft tale.
Hitchhiker – A mysterious hitchhiker stalks a traveler.
Ghost Hunt – A radio DJ pulls a “stunt” to help sell a haunted house by spending the night in it.
The House in Cypress Canyon – There is something scary in the house….locked inside the closet!
Witch’s Tale
The Devil’s Numbers – 13 drops of blood is all it takes to make the dead return to life in a spooky old castle on Friday the 13th.
Graveyard Mansion – Two brothers inherit an old mansion in Louisiana that is rumored to be haunted.
Hairy Monster 1&2 – The tale of a monster with 6 foot long hair.
Tourists Accommodated – A traveling couple is put up for the night by a strange woman in a spooky house.
X Minus One
Perigee’s Wonderful Dolls – A little girl obtains a most unusual doll.
The Parade – Martians hire an ad agency to promote a parade on Earth. But why?
Mars is Heaven – When a spaceship from Earth lands on Mars, the crew discovers the planet is inhabited by their dead loved ones.
Hostess – A woman plays hostess to an alien psycologist who may or may not have a hidden agenda.
Beyond Midnight
The Room – A man is offered money to stay overnight locked in a room in a creepy mansion by a strange widow.
Mercury Theater
War of the Worlds – The original “War of the Worlds” broadcast. Nothing like the real thing kiddies, this is the one that scared em!
Holiday Specials
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with Boris Karloff.
Our Miss Brooks – Episode “Halloween Party”. Walter talks Miss Brooks into throwing a Halloween party.
Life Of Riley – Episode “Haunted House”. Riley finds himself in a haunted house on Halloween.
Ozzie and Harriet – Episode “The Haunted House”. Ozzie visits a haunted house on Halloween.
Father Knows Best – Episode “A Spooky Cemetery”. Fun show has the “Father Knows Best” family stranded in a spooky cemetery on Halloween.
Jack Benny – Episode “Jack Benny throws a Halloween party.” Join Jack for Halloween fun!
Mysterious Traveler
Death is the Visitor – A man murders his mother in law, only to have her return, again and again!
If You Believe – A scientist creates a blob monster.
The Haunted Trailer – A light hearted haunting in, of all places, a trailer.
Behind the Locked Door – A man travels to the Grand Canyon, only to meet with a cave-dwelling, mutant.
Hermit’s Cave
Mystery of the Strange Thing – A woman, found wandering in the cemetery, dressed in ragged clothing and plagued with insomnia, marries the town doctor but is haunted by a mysterious spectre.
The Vampire’s Desire – Two men seeking shelter in a creepy old house uncover the home of a vampire.
House of Purple Shadows – The story of a house that absorbs people, leaving their tormented spirits to haunt it.
Spirits of Vengeance – Spirits of the dead come back to extract a confession.
House of Murder – A scientist’s house is haunted by a spirit that doesn’t want him to complete experiments.
Buried Alive – A woman’s spirit returns from the grave after being buried alive.
Quiet Please!
The Room Where Ghosts Live – A dying man tells a ghostly tale.
My Son John – A man is offered the chance to bring his dead son back to life.
Tanglefoot – A man takes a murderous giant fly as a pet.
Northern Lights – Two Scientists experiment by sending items through time with unusual results.
Clarissa – A man shares a house with another man who has a daughter that he keeps hidden.
The Thing on the Fourble Board – A man tells the tale of exactly who or what? he found on the fourble board.
Don’t Tell Me About Halloween – A lighter hearted tale of a witch who spies on her evil intending, philandering husband in a number of different guises.
Round The Horne
Movie Go Wrong – Frankenstein’s Monster – Hilarious take off on Frankenstein. Horror comedy fans, don’t miss this one!
Dark Fantasy
Coffin for Two – A husband and wife inherit a very creepy and dangerous estate, corpses and all.
The Thing from the Sea – A sea creature commandeers the ship of a film director, his actress daughter and her actor fiance.
The Man with the Scarlet Satchel – An electronics scientist finds a creepy way to extract revenge for his murder.
The Screen Directors’ Playhouse
The Ghost Breakers – Radio adaptation of the classic movie. Stars Bob Hope.
The Uninvited – Radio adaptation of the classic ghost story film. Stars Ray Milland.
The Sealed Book
To Have and to Hold – A woman visits her aunt and uncle who live in a creepy mansion and who no one have seen in forty years.
Stranger in the House – A young couple move into haunted Wickford Manor, whereupon the husband proceeds to fall in love with a resident female ghost.
Hall Of Fantasy
The Shadow People – Shadow people who kill in the darkness are after a young woman.
The Crawling Thing – A scientist experiments on a Tarantula with growth chemicals that cause it not only to increase in size, but also to become dangerously intelligent.
The Judge’s House – A man rents a house to find that it is inhabited by a giant rat with weird eyes.
The Cask of Amontillado – By Edgar Allan Poe. This story served as the basis for the middle story, about a vengeful wine connoisseur, in Roger Corman’s anthology, “Tales of Terror” (1962).
Dance of the Devil Dolls – Scary story about a witch and dancing voodoo dolls.
He Who Follows Me – A ghost follows those who trespass his tomb.
The Clock
The Past or Present – A couple take refuge in a strange house, filled with bizzare people. Could they be long gone figures from the past?
Darkness
Funhouse – Imagine being trapped in funhouse that is anything but…fun….
Lux Theater
Phantom of the Opera – Lux Theater presents the classic tale.
The Canterville Ghost – Radio adaptation of the classic. Stars Charles Laughton and Margaret O’Brien.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir – Radio adaptation of the classic ghost tale. Stars Charles Boyer.
Sorry, Wrong Number – Adaptation of the movie, originaly adapted from another radio show, “Suspense”. Stars Barbara Stanwyck.
Gaslight – Reinaction of the famous movie. Is a woman haunted by the spirit of her dead aunt? Or is it something far worse? Stars Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.
The Wizard of Oz – Flying monkeys, witches, freaky forrest, this classic might be for kids, but it has some great scary moments. Stars Judy Garland.
The Day The Earth Stood Still – The scifi classic, reinacted for radio. Paul Frees (famous voice over artist) acts as narrator.
The Creaking Door
The Dummy – A man is possessed by a ventriloquist dummy.
Cats Whiskers – The strange tale of a woman becoming a cat. Great ending. Creepy!
The Strange Dr. Weird
Summoning of Chandor – A mystic has the power to summon the dead.
Journey into the Unknown – A mad scientist is accidentally turned into an ape.
Weird Circle
Mad Monkton – A man goes in search of his uncle’s dead body, coffin in tow, to end a family curse.
The Wooden Ghost – A 300 year old ghost seeks to hear three words that will set him free.
The Ghost’s Touch – A woman’s scientist relative invents a serum that causes people to become impervious to pain, but the ghost of her dead fiance interferes.
The Case of Monsieur Valdemar – The famous Poe story. Vincent Price played Valdemar in Corman’s version.
The House and the Brain – A man and his wife can’t resist a night in a haunted house. They soon find out the bizarre secret behind the haunting.
The Werewolf – A boy discovers the terrible truth about his strange new stepmother.
What Was It – An invisibe flesh eating beast haunts a bording house.
Doll – A greedy man and a gypsy set out to create a living doll that will murder and rob.
Frankenstein – Weird Circle’s version of the classic tale.
Fear On Four
The Snow Man Killing – A family with 2 boys moves into a new house. One boy begins to see a snowman no one else can see, while the other develops an odd malady.
William and Mary – A scientific experiment involves keeping a man’s brain and eyeball alive after his death.
Escape
The Birds – Based on the same story as the Alfred Hitchcock film.
Dead of Night – A ventriloquist becomes convinced that his dummy wishes to abandon him for better things.
Mystery In The Air
The Lodger – A strange man takes a room in a family’s house. Starring Peter Lorre and Agnes Moorehead.
The Horla – A man becomes convinced he is being controlled by an entity. Stars Peter Lorre.
The Chase
Countess Treanna – A newlywed couple meet a strange foreign woman on their honeymoon who has weird and mysterious intentions for the husband.
The Price Of Fear
Eye for an Eye – A chef creates a fantastic new dish, live octopus. Unfortunately, revenge is on the dessert menu. Starring and hosted by Vincent Price.
Cat’s Cradle – A creepy tale of mother’s revenge, a kitten’s mother this is, starring Vincent Price as himself.
Miscellaneous
Interview with Vincent Price – Vincent Price discusses his radio career. Really interesting, a “don’t miss” for Price fans!
Inner Sanctum
The Tell Tale Heart – Classic Poe starring Boris Karloff.
The Wailing Wall – A man walls in his wife, but continues to hear her moans for years. Stars Boris Karloff.
