We keep surpassing Patreon goals! This week, we are cerebrating with episodes featuring the beginning and end of Suspense! For the first part, we listen to the (sort-of) audition episode presented as part of the Forecast series in July of 1940. Alfred Hitchcock (sort of, not really) presented this adaptation of the short story and novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, the same source material he adapted for his 1927 silent film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. Based on the Jack the Ripper murders, this story depicts a mysterious zealot who who rents a room a working class London couple. Could this stranger be the murderous figure known as the Avenger? Why did this episode receive so many complaints? Are we being stalked by Bromo-Seltzer? Listen for yourself and find out!
Macabre wasn’t one of the best known series from the golden age of radio, but its odd origins contribute to some remarkable results. This...
UPDATE: The date we give for the episode's initial broadcast is incorrect! The actual date was March 9, 1953 and was rebroadcast on November...
After a long stretch of recording remotely, we finally assembled in the same room for this week’s episode! It features a story entitled “Cat’s...
