Halloween is one of the better holidays, of course, if only for the added frission of liminality that spices up our standard spooky tales. I've been harvesting mp3s of some of the better Old Timey Radioshows out there in the interwebs, and I thought I'd share a few here!
There have been a few absolutely classic adaptions of Lovecraft's work for the radio. The Outsider is perfectly fine, though it pales in comparison to The Dunwich Horror, which uses a War-of-the-Worlds style news program structure to add to the fun. One of my particularly favorite Lovecraft stories has also been transformed into a quite good radio show: The Rats in The Walls, which is a pretty terrifying title on its own.
Another absolutely fantastic bit o' radio horror comes from good old Vincent Price's old show, The Price of Fear. Titled Specialty of the House, it is really a masterpiece of slow burn subtly and over-the-top fun that one would expect from Price.
FINALLY, a famous bit of horror radio, set on a Pennsylvanian drill rig, is The Thing on The Fourble Board, which has some excellent voice acting.
Happy Halloween!
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