Tag: old radio mystery shows

A mysterious criminal known only as THE VOICE uses radio broadcasts to announce his victims’ deaths before they happen. And once THE VOICE speaks your name over the airwaves, your fate is sealed. People begin dying exactly as predicted, and panic spreads fast — because now murder has a schedule! | The Shadow present, “The Voice of Death” | #RetroRadio EP0575

When a dying stranger leaves behind an ancient parchment said to answer any question about the future, Dr. Rudd and his friends discover the terrifying truth — some knowledge comes with a price that must be paid.

When a powerful publisher murders his mistress, he orders his best editor to hunt down the mystery man seen with her that night — not realizing he’s just asked the man to lead the investigation against himself.

A mysterious woman with unexplainable powers saves a half-blind gold prospector in the Klondike wilderness and follows him back to civilization — but when he abandons her and their children for a politician’s daughter, she reminds him that the same gifts that saved his life can just as easily destroy it.

In “The Imposter”, a woman, despite having no theatrical background, is suddenly inspired to write a full-length play — with the ghostly help of a long-dead actor. When the play turns out to be a hit, she tries to take all the credit for it. But the real author’s spirit isn’t having it and demands that her name be removed from the marquee.

After twenty years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, George Miller walks out a free man — and the gangster who framed him starts receiving dead rats in the mail. Ace Dinelli can run, but he can’t escape a revenge and “Final Reckoning” two decades in the making.

“Jobo” — a big-boned, simple-minded man from Texas – bears a striking resemblance to the mysterious stone figures of Easter Island. When an archaeologist (and later his daughter) catch wind of this uncanny likeness, each sets off on their own journey to uncover what it might mean. Along the way they encounter strange and compelling clues — including shiny silver medallions — that hint at an astonishing connection between Jobo and the ancient gods of that remote Pacific island.

A doctor begins treating a woman who insists that a glowing, supernatural figure — the Shining Man — has been appearing to her. She claims this radiant entity warns her of danger and even predicts deaths. At first the doctor chalks it up to stress and hallucination… until he starts encountering disturbing coincidences that match her visions. The deeper he digs, the more he’s pulled into a mystery that blurs the line between psychic prophecy and something genuinely otherworldly. Eventually he must confront whether “THE SHINING MAN” is a benevolent protector… or a harbinger of something far darker.

A teenage girl recovering from an illness begins hearing a disembodied voice begging to be let into a ruined building on the property. Her father and the family’s minister investigate the ruins to uncover the source of the voice.

A reporter arrives in a small country town investigating rumors that a man has returned from the dead. He uncovers that the supposedly resurrected man was actually murdered, and his daughter resurrected him via sorcery for vengeance. As the reporter digs deeper, he becomes entangled in a web of revenge and dark supernatural secrets. | “Lazarus Rising” from CBC’s Nightfall | #RetroRadio EP0566

A film crew ventures to a mysterious island where ancient legends prove terrifyingly real — and the giant ape they capture and bring back to civilization will make his final stand atop the tallest building in the world. | #RetroRadio EP0565

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the disappearance of a young woman. Their investigation draws them into the legend of a ghostly, hellish hound said to haunt the moors around the Baskerville estate, and they must unravel whether the curse-hound is real or part of a darker human plot. | “The Hound of the Baskervilles” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0564

He killed the cat he once loved, but something with familiar eyes returned to make sure his guilt would never stay buried. | “The Black Cat” by Edgar Alan Poe, presented by Faces In The Window | #RetroRadio EP0563

In this isolated prairie town, no one is allowed to leave — and teenage Eero has tried to escape five times. Each attempt brings harsher punishment, but what the town has planned for his sixth attempt is far worse than anything he’s faced before. He’s about to wish he had never tried to leave. | “Bonehouse” by CBC Deep Night | #RetroRadio EP0562

A dying man’s nightmares reveal a horrifying secret—one his daughter-in-law knows all too well, because he destroyed her family.

A woman, driven by vanity and greed, arranges to have her own portrait stamped on special gold coins. But things go very wrong — instead of her elegant image, the coins bear a hideous reflection of her avaricious nature.

A top-nuclear researcher recounts (in therapy) how she fell in love with a supposed alien, married him, and was later convicted of his murder. The question remains: is she a delusional murderer or the innocent victim of extraterrestrial manipulation? | “The Star Killers” – CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0559

A group of four actresses receives mysterious invitations to a remote, deserted house. Once there, they become trapped by a murderous madman (fiend) wearing a mask, who subjects them to terror and peril in a twisted game of hate and revenge.

A ventriloquist sits in a police cell, insisting that if the inspector wants to know why he shot a man, he should ask Toby—his ventriloquist dummy.