Radio Horror Links

The Zoot Radio site has closed, disabled by spammers. But it's been reborn in the form of OTR@154.co. Not suc a snappy name, maybe, but useful for radio downloads.

I think the Fear on Four page has gone, but I got to it on time to download the ENTIRE SERIES. Something tells me that the shared file page shouldn't be openly accessible, but nonetheless it is. Find it here.

Presently available are Dark Venture, Dark Shadows. Sherlock Holmes and quite a bit more.

Later:

Want to listen to the Fear on Four episode with Stephen Gallagher's The Horn (a Best New Horror entry?

This page - apparently on the old Zoot Radio site - still offers free MP3 burnable files of the entire series of Fear on Four: Fear on Four.

Episodes include: The Horn by Stephen Gallagher, William and Mary by Roald Dahl, The Beast With Five Fingers by W F Harvey, The Judge's House by Bram Stoker. And probably best of all The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, read here by Anna Massey.

To save the files to your desktop, right-click, then Save Target As...

These files are not likely to be available long.

For a long time I've had the link above to the Old Time Radio Fans site, which has free MP3 downloads of old Shadow stories.

Recently I've found a whole lot more free OTR sites. I like this stuff because I can listen to it while I'm working. As far as I know, most of it is out of copyright - I'll avoid the more recent stuff.

One site linked below, Ear to the Weird, offers no less than 228 episodes of The Shadow, dating back to Season 4 (1937-38) with Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead:

Sep 26, 1937 - Mar 20, 1938
(26 Episodes, 8 episodes lost)

Cast:
Lamont Cranston/The Shadow: Orson Welles
Margo Lane: Agnes Moorehead
Announcer: Ken Roberts
Sponsor: Blue Coal
Network: Mutual Network
Broadcast Time: Sundays, 5:30-6:00pm EST

370926(01) The Death House Rescue (by Edward Hale Bierstadt)
371017(04) Murder by the Dead (recreation)
371024(05) The Temple Bells of Neban
371031(06) The Three Ghosts
371128(10) Circle of Death
371212(12) The Death Triangle
371226(14) The Voice of Death (by Carl Bixby)
380109(16) The League of Terror (IMPROVED)
380116(17) Sabotage
380123(18) The Society of the Living Dead
380130(19) The Poison Death
380206(20) The Phantom Voice
380213(21) The House of Horror
380220(22) Hounds in the Hills
380227(23) The Plot Murder
380306(24) The Bride of Death
380313(25) The Silent Avenger
380320(26) The White Legion
Apparently The Temple Bells of Neban is very popular. I'm listening to it now. Here's the link:

Ear To The Weird

Thanks Bingster!

I'd like to add my thanks to Bingster, too. That's an amazing selection. Just like the Vault, his OTR site is definitely enriching my life with its amazing choice of radio downloads.

I'd like to link a few of the Multiply blogs belonging to members of OTR@154.CA (these blogs frankly make most others seem limited - I was able to import all of my Blogger posts into mine with the touch of a button).

Jim's Site has over 40 playlists, each as long as your arm (literally) and a load of stuff on comics. Everything from Marvel Comics through Sam Spade radio shows, Johnny Dollar... it goes on. I don't know how this guy found the time to upload so much.

This Lights Out - Internet Archive has more to keep fans of that Arch Obler horror OTR show happy for a long time. There's a similar archive for Nightfall if I can find it again.

Incidentally, Dem, you were looking for a place to store things on the net? Look no further.

Ginger's Place has Creeps By Night, The Black Mass, The Avenger. Definitely my kind of girl. The Black Mass includes an adaptation of Henry James' The Jolly Corner which has excellent quality sound, and a pretty good version of Ambrose Bierce's The Boarded Window. Lovecraft's The Outsider isn't so clear, but worth hearing.

While I've been working at giving Justin a bad time by proofreading, Paperback Fanatic - AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW GOOD THIS COMING ISSUE IS GOING TO BE! - while I've been scrawling all over its pristine pages with a 5B pencil, these radio shows have been keeping me... well, keeping me reasonably cheerful, let's say.