Suspense and Horror – Retro Radio Podcast
Audio dramas from the era of classic radio. Chills, thrills, Suspense, ghost stories, and dark fantasy. Get your fix for creepy tales just like your grand parents used to do. Turn out the light and listen in the dark, if you dare.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Shadow – Message From The Hills. ep131, 380731
A pilot of a mail plane has a problem and finds his path has crossed with Margot Lane and Lamont Cranston. What weird things are going on in the hills?…
Sat 28 Jun 2025
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Hole in the Sky. ep978, 790509
Forced to take on a job smuggling contraband, an ace pilot must take a short-cut through a dangerous wormhole to get to his destination on schedule. –Find more at, CBS…
Fri 20 Jun 2025
The Shadow – Murders In Wax. 380724
At a circus side show, wax figures are on display. The figures are posed in a scene of a recent famous mobster coming to justice, but imagine the shock of…
Sat 14 Jun 2025
CBS Radio Mystery Theater – Letter of Love, Letter of Death. ep974, 790425.
A police detective puts his career on the line in order to prove the innocence of the rival of a murdered theatrical producer when he is accused of the crime.…
00:43:23 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
The Shadow – Aboard the Steamship Amazon(Reincarnation of Michael). ep129, 380717
Munitions for a band of revolutionaries are being smuggled on a luxury steamer. When orders are received that the munitions are no longer needed and are to be destroyed, one…
Fri 30 May 2025
The Shadow – White God. 380710
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows. Lamont Cranston, lawyer by day, but known to the underworld as the Shadow, fights crime with the…
Sat 24 May 2025
The Shadow – The White Legion. ep26, 380320
The White Legion is a vigilante group who dishes out judgement based on its own set of rules and standards. William Devons is their latest victim, and his case has…
Sat 17 May 2025
The Shadow – The Bride Of Death. ep110, 380306
Superstitious omens foretell the tragedy of death. A mysterious explosion has killed the reverend Colby, and ten others. Lamonte Cranston is on the scene with Margot Lane to investigate a…
Fri 09 May 2025
The Shadow – Death On The Bridge. ep189, 400303
Title: The Bridge of Tragedy. After six months off work, Bill comes home to tell his wife Myra that he has a new job. When she learns it’s the only…
Sat 03 May 2025
The Shadow – Death Is An Art. ep186, 400211
On the waterfront a cop spots a suspicious man. He is identified as previously trying to commit suicide, but tonight the melancholy man seems to be on a different mission.…
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Quiet Please – My Son John. ep76, 481128
Ernest Chapel plays a very lonely man who has a son who died. His narration goes on to talk about his son John, and how he went off to serve…
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Shadow – The Return Of Carnation Charlie. ep185, 400204
A gangster on death row who is known for wearing his lucky carnation, asks for the favor of wearing one as he’s marched to the death house. He claims the…
Fri 21 Mar 2025
The Shadow – Murder In The Death House. ep16, 400107
A citizens committee is organized to clean up crime, and corruption. Margot Lane is enthusiastic at being part of it, and drags her boss, Lamonte Cranston along to the meeting.…
Sat 15 Mar 2025
The Shadow – The Three Ghosts. ep6, 371031
Lamont Cranston needs a vacation after his recent exhausting adventures. He picks a resort that is said to be haunted. To combat the alleged supernatural killer ghosts, the Shadow uses…
Sat 01 Mar 2025
The Shadow (Mutual, Blue Coal) Death House Rescue. ep87, 370926
A man sent to death row is falsely accused, and it’s up to the Shadow to set things right.
00:29:08 |
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Suspense – The Singing Walls. ep56, 430902
A young man seems to have fallen in with a bad crowd. When he wakes up, he realizes his strange dream, was no dream at all. Feeling guilty, and being…
00:29:50 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
The Whistler – A Present for Ricky. ep228, 461007
Clyde is an aging dancer who learns that his younger dance partner and wife is looking to dump him. Who is Ricky? What can Clyde do to hang on to…
Mon 10 Feb 2025
The Shadow – Hounds In The Hills. ep22, 380220
A boy is in the woods near an old house that is said to be haunted. Dogs howl, and old Sadie give the house the reputation it deserves. Is the…
Sat 11 Jan 2025
The Shadow – The Poison Death. ep19, 380130
A rash of poisoning has broken out, and the mayor gets a letter claiming that the Shadow is fed up with crimefighting. The Shadow is now bent on holding the…
00:28:03 |
Sat 04 Jan 2025
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