Vintage Horror Radio

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 in The Saturday Evening Post on August 19, 1843.

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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 it up the best I could!  For more M.R. James check out the very first Vintage Horror Radio show.

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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.

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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, we'll probably hear more in the future.