When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page.
When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page.
A man notices a strange coin — a quarter in a new suit, dated nearly ten years into the future. After this anomaly, he’s haunted by visions of a future in which he murders his wife, and then other objects from the future begin showing up. He becomes desperate as the boundary between his present and that dreadful future starts to blur.
When eighteen-year-old Helen Todd seeks help from a mysterious mentor after being rejected by her boyfriend, she’s introduced to ancient rituals that promise to unlock her inner power and make her feel like a goddess. But as Helen begins invoking curses and testing the limits of her newfound abilities, she must confront a terrifying question: is her power real, or is she losing her grip on reality?
A retired sea captain inherits a lonely seaside cottage — and the skull of a murdered woman that refuses to rest. When he tries to throw it into the sea, the thing comes back screaming… and it wants revenge.
A Scottish ghost cursed to haunt his castle for 200 years finally gets his chance at redemption when an American grocery tycoon ships the entire structure—and its supernatural resident—across the Atlantic, where romance, mistaken identity, and an ancient blood feud collide in sunny Florida.
When a father relocates his family to an isolated cabin in the Hartz Mountains to escape his dark past, a mysterious white wolf begins stalking them—but the real horror lies in discovering what connection the creature has to their bloodline.
A mad scientist kidnaps a woman and steals a gorilla from the zoo, his plan is to transplant the woman’s brain into the gorilla. | The Shadow, “The House of Horror” | #RetroRadio EP0545
A woman plagued by terrifying nightmares that she’ll die on her 28th birthday seeks help from a psychiatrist to understand what the recurring dreams mean—and to identify the faceless figure who keeps trying to push her off a ledge. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Happy Death Day” | #RetroRadio EP0544
A dying man pays $15,000 to steal a priceless painting from a museum, believing that possessing “The Woman in Red” will somehow grant him immortality beyond the grave. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0543
When Tony reconnects with his old friend Sam after five years, he discovers Sam has transformed into “Kato”—a practitioner of dark arts who claims supernatural powers and harbors a disturbing obsession with Tony’s wife. As strange events unfold and Tony’s marriage begins to unravel, he must confront whether his old friend has truly become what he claims to be: the Son of Satan himself. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Son of Satan” | #RetroRadio EP0542
Alone in a dark, deserted theatre after closing time, a man expecting romance instead finds himself trapped in a deadly soundscape—where every whisper, echo, and recorded voice could be his last. | BBC Fear on 4, “Hearing Is Believing” | #RetroRadio EP0541
When a scientist discovers a formula that lets him move faster than the eye can see, he and a corrupt detective race toward ultimate power—only to find that time itself becomes their executioner. | The Devil and Mr. O, “Fast One” (aka “Speed”) | #RetroRadio EP0540
Deep in Rome’s ancient catacombs, among six million Christian dead, a terrified medium channels the spirit of martyred Saint Agnes—revealing the exact location of a hidden treasure buried centuries ago. Now a skeptical scientist has the chance to prove whether her visions are real, if he dares to dig where the ghost has directed. | Front Page Drama, “Ghost of the Catacombs” | #RetroRadio EP0539
In the moonlit shadows of Haiti, a young bride falls victim to a jealous curse. Three months after her wedding, Helen Strong is dead… or is she? When her husband discovers her grave has been opened and the casket stolen, he follows a terrifying trail into the sugarcane fields—where he finds his wife among the living dead, working mindlessly alongside other zombies. | #RetroRadio EP0538
Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) and Margot Lane visit a traveling carnival which has a wax-museum exhibit of historic death-scenes. While there, they discover a terrifying secret: the “statues” in the exhibit aren’t statues at all — they’re actually dead people substituted in for the displays. | #RetroRadio EP0537
A mild-mannered hobo named Chicken is mistaken for the legendary outlaw Black Eagle and must maintain the deadly charade when forced to lead a train robbery he has no idea how to execute. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0536
A cross-country driver realizes the hitchhiker he keeps impossibly encountering along his route might be the only one of them who’s still alive. | Mercury Summer Theater of the Air | #RetroRadio EP0535