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This radio series is a light mystery and suspense show that would be acceptable for some younger listeners sponsored by Post Toasties.

Produced by United States Steel, this program puts the writing of well-known authors in the hands of esteemed radio actors such as Fred Allen and Roger Pryor. The legendary Laurence Olivier also stars.

Humans have evolved to avoid things that scare them, but nothing is as much fun as the fright of a Good Horror Story! For many listeners, radio was at its finest when they listened late at night, hiding under the sheets, hoping that the monsters wouldn't get them! Relive the days and nights of radio horror with these Horror Listener Favorites.

This compilation of spooky tales of freaky freeways, rocky roads, and terror on the turnpikes, this collection is filled with murderers, joyriders, hitchhikers, and kidnapping from Inner Sanctum, X Minus One, Big Town, Dragnet, Suspense, and more.

A realistic adventure series featuring real-life sound effects and excellent scripts en par with other smart adventure shows like Suspense and Escape.

Creeping out of the mouth of a shambled cave is the Old Hermit warning the faint of heart not to listen.

When the weather outside heats up, so does the drama, crime, and even comedy in old time radio!

This compilation includes a variety of radio shows, Heart Attacks in old time radio will break your heart!

"Mystery at its Best" solves psychological mysteries, "whodunit" thrillers and crime crusades with a cast of network stars.

Haunted houses are a common theme in horror old time radio shows.Radio is the perfect medium for a good haunting story because not seeing the ghost is almost equally as frightening as seeing one.

Orson Welles played the lovable scoundrel Harry Lime in the film noir The Third Man, and later brought the role to radio in The Adventures of Harry Lime. Whether he is more lovable more scoundrel is open to debate, but he is always entertaining.

Stories and dramas of amateur radio service operators during the age of old time radio.

This Halloween remember the gh'oul times with Henry Aldrich, Jack Benny, and all your comedic friends on their Halloween radio specials.

Ghosts and goblins and spooks! You'll be too scared to even reach into the candy bowl when the Trick Or Treaters knock at your door if you are listening to the Halloween Scary Sampler.

Halloween had a resurgence in popularity in the early 20th century America and after the sugar rations of WWII, Trick-or-treating came back into favor in America and in media including radio shows.

Follow average men and women face the terrors of "the supernatural, the unusual, and the unknown."

National Guard Sponsored the Musical Program with Host Martin Block with Guest Stars Nat King Cole, Xavier Cugat, Dean Martin and other Greats!

At some level, Greed drives us to improve our lot in life, but when it comes at the cost of our spiritual needs, Greed is a sin which we cannot afford.

The grave is a place that everyone is just dying to go.

Creepy shows contrasting the innocent victims with the super evil villains find their home in the theater of the mind.

Before the days of OPEC, terrorists and big oil, the Middle East was a land of mystery filled with mosques, bazaars, palaces and magic. It was also the stomping grounds of KC Smith and The Ghost Corp.

laugh along with Kingfish and other characters from old time radio shows are doing to earn easy money fast and quick.

An anthology to Gerald Mohr, this extensive collection contains almost 300 radio appearances on various detective shows, horror-dramas, and radio comedies.

The Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu is a diabolically fun mystery serial from the late 1930's.

Unlucky Friday the 13th is discussed in a wide variety of shows including Origins Of Superstitions, The Witch's Tale, Suspense, Our Miss Brooks, and more...

a very prolific practitioner of the science fiction branch of the genre, churning out nearly twenty-five pulp novels in his career, in addition to his numerous short stories.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was written in response to a challenge laid down at a party and was later adopted by many radio renditions.

First Auditions for future shows like Suspense, Duffy's Tavern and a mix of surprise shows hoping to be added to the lineup!

Five Minute Mysteries were a popular series of puzzlers which got the listeners thinking not only about the mini-mystery, but the products and services pitched by the local sponsors.

in the vain of anthologies such as Escape, Suspense and Quiet Please, enjoy this well done drama series from Chicago; Five After The Hour was the brainchild of the exceptional radio writer Les Weinrott.

featuring the meanest ladies of old time radio. From murderesses to poisoneresses from wicked queens to wicked witches, this collection is sure to prove that the fairest sex can be pretty scary, too.

Ken Nordine, with his rich, deep, resounding voice, read from the Gothic horror works of Poe, Balzac, Dostoevsky and others.

An Arch Oboler production, this old time radio show attracted a "Who's-Who" of pre-war Hollywood Talent: Bette Davis, Boris Karloff, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, and more.

For many of us, an ocean voyage will be the ultimate Escape.

A sister show to the classic Suspense, Escape drew upon great tales from literature to take listeners away from the everyday world. Upgrade: few additional episodes, sound quality upgrades

A minute is all you need to solve a mystery, at least it is if you are as smart as Ellery Queen! The character had novels and a popular weekly radio show, but Ellery Queen's Minute Mysteries were a great way for local stations to fill some airtime and pull people in for the big show.

This spooky thriller from South of the Equator is a must for horror fans. Tombs, Gloom, and doom! This is the eleventh hour, and you are invited to listen to these tales of adventure if you dare!

A star of stage and screen, E.G. Marshall made many radio appearances most memorably as the host of CBSRMT.

Macabre Tales from the Spookiest Favorite American Author

these psycho horror recordings will leave you at the edge of your seat or hiding under your bed.

a literary radio show from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and other horror and mystery writers.

Crooks are crooked, and they do crooked things. It is part of their job descriptions, just like cheaters cheat.

Identical Twins seem so cute when they are young and both wearing the same jammies, but things get very uncomfortable when one or both twins turn out to be Evil.

A downright doggone good collection of canine-themed shows from the friendly mutt to the scary werewolf.

Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde is an interesting study of the duality in every man, as well as a marvelously tense tale of suspense and terror.

Pull the sheets over your head to hide from the nightmares! Diary of Fate is a late night thriller that will stand your hair on end.

In this collection the Devil himself actually shows up perhaps as a stand-ins for "the evil which lurks in the hearts of men."

Enjoy this horror-filled radio series by Arch Oboler.

Capital punishment was the Law of the Land for centuries including the wild west.

Mankind's oldest fear is the darkness of night and the things that go bump therein!

A psychological thriller old time radio show that keeps you at the end of your seat.

Broadcast long after the children went to bed, Dark Fantasy featured grim horror, menacing murder, and science fiction.

Larger than Life Horror Greats Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre Creep Around in the Night.

An OTRCAT original compilation: Turn the lights down low and sit as close as you can to your sweetheart when this spookiest, scariest collection plays!

The long creak at the opening of The Inner Sanctum was one of the most recognizable and scary effects in broadcasting. When Springbok Radio recreated the series for South African Audiences, it was a natural title.

OTRCAT.com original collection features hand-picked episodes with a variety of crazy mama and insane mother-in-laws.

One of the greatest authors of his generation, Cornell Woolrich's stories were sought out by radio and film producers alike.

Secrets, schemes, plots and intrigue, we've conspired to make this collection a secret worth sharing.

An OTRCAT original compilation: Hear your favorite comedians including Lucille Ball, Desi Arnez, Ozzie & Harriet, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and more in ways that you would never expect!

Columbia Workshop features high radio art with the newest sound technologies and top notch radio directing of its day.

Who says the Mysteries of the Season shouldn't make your hair stand on end?

Did you ever have the feeling there was a severed limb in your Christmas stocking? Listen to the best Christmas shows from Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills!

The Chase is an Exciting escapade show that always involves a wild Chase!

Evil doers and nogoodniks, beware! "CHANNNNNDOOOOOOO … the Magician!" is on the alert to thwart your nefarious schemes! Broadcast during the Depression and again in 1949, Chandu The Magician combines the best of crime fighting and Eastern Mysticism.

The CBS Radio Workshop called "radio's distinguished series to man's imagination" was an experimental old time radio show and varied in its genre. The first two shows starred Aldous Huxley narrating an interpretation of 'Brave New World.'

Created after the Golden Age of Radio, this popular and long-standing mystery radio program includes 1399 episodes.

The Cat's Out of the Bag! Requested by our Mascot cat and you, an anthology of Cat Tails and We're Not Lion!

Morse's greatest successes were One Man's Family and I Love a Mystery. This collection contains many of his mystery anthology and some rare Carlton E Morse recordings.

This collection includes two South African shows sponsored by Carling Beer: Carling Country and Challenge of Space. Carling Country tells stories of courageous folks around the world while Challenge of Space is a fun show that combines the feeling of a western with the adventures of outer space.

Civilized men from industrial society are sometimes at their best but often at their worst when they are faced with primitive peoples.

Escape the pressures of everyday life into the woods with this multi genre collection featuring camping.

written by the master of "locked room" mysteries, this collection contains the existing episodes of the series widely considered to be one of the best mystery old time radio shows as well as the two episodes of SUSPENSE CABIN B-13.

The human brain is one of the most marvelous objects in nature, and we are still learning its secrets. It is a case where fact can be as fascinating as fiction, and science fiction has always held the brain in special regard.

Best known for his roles in horror films, Boris Karloff was billed as "Karloff the Uncanny."

An OTRCAT original compilation: Shudder and Laugh! Our favorite screen scream stars (Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, and Vincent Price) having fun with our favorite radio comedians.

Ghost Stories are some of the best fun in OTR, but not all the stories are for the faint-hearted. Let's get spOoooOoooooky with old time radio shows featuring Ghosts!

Old Time Radio horror and mystery shows about blindness, losing one's vision, and people with visual impairment.

Orson Welles stars in "The Black Museum. A Repository of Death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where every day objects ... all touched by murder."

dark tales featuring adaptions by Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovecraft, and Gogol.

Enjoy these rare and scary horror series recordings.

Hear from our feathered friends about birds who tell us secrets, Birds which scare us, and birds that are good to eat!

Five-minute snippets of science fiction fun, supernatural terror, and mad-scientists getting their just desserts, written by Nebula Award winner Robert Sheckley and read by the immortal Basil Rathbone.

Journey "into the land that lies beyond midnight, into a world of ghost hunters, men going mad, and DEATH DEATH DEATH!"

One of the most popular and best Mystery shows in the history of old time radio, The Whistler ran for 15 straight years. This collection includes the best of The Whistler.

With more than 900 available episodes there is a lot of "Suspense" to get through, we have selected just over 100 of our favorite "Suspense" episodes.

Best Inner Sanctum shows with host Raymond."Pleasant Dreeeeeams, hmm?"

We've handpicked the best of shows in some of the most popular horror and mystery series. Make a pot of Lipton Tea, we've got two new surprises for you.

Featuring hand-picked radio shows from Escape, one of the best drama anthologies on the air.

There were 1,399 original episodes of CBSRMT recorded, and this collection is of fifty of the very best.

Ben Gage was an athletic, tall, good looking fellow from Chicago who worked as a radio announcer and served in WWII where he met Esther Williams whom he later married.

In a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, he was cast as Count Dracula. He subsequently appeared in the 1931 Universal Pictures classic, Dracula, which kick started his horror movie career. Lugosi also starred in several old time radio shows including Candid Microphone, Crime Does Not Pay and Suspense!

Of all the evildoers and Nogoodniks who people Old Time Radio, Arsonists and Firebugs are among the most despicable.

Enjoy some of the best works of author Arch Oboler dramatic plays starring Joan Crawford and more.

Enjoy the great radio plays in this anthology of the eccentric horror fiction writer, Arch Oboler, who is best known for pushing the medium of radio in sound production, writing, and programming.

penned by John Dickson Carr and often dubbed the British version of "Suspense," this collection contains all known existing episodes of the mystery program.

Survive in style the end of the world. It includes five of our favorite world's end collections!

Hear Duck and Cover, Plagues, Robot Attacks, Time Travel, Annihilation, Cold War Speeches, and more in this OTRCAT original collection of tales about THE END OF THE WORLD!

A compilation of old time radio shows featuring amnesia and memory loss which was a common plot device in all genres of radio from comedy to detective shows.

includes science fiction old time radio's versions of aliens, UFOs, Martians, and little green men, including many adaptations from science fiction writers.