Jeff McAleer
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - The Witch's Tale: The Hairy Thing (…
The first horror radio drama was The Witch's Tale which began out of WOR in New York City beginning in 1931. The series ran for seven years …
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Mystery In The Air: The Lodger (194…
We're got a treat tonight as we not only get Agnes Moorehead but also Peter Lorre in a weird tale. I've always found it interesting that Pet…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Suspense: August Heat (1945)
Tonight brings another first time offering for the Spooktacular with a 1945 episode from Suspense. Another of my favorite radio actors was R…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - The Mysterious Traveler: Death Is T…
A long running suspense show during the 1940s and 50s was The Mysterious Traveler. Each week the audience was invited to take a railway trip…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/18 The Lux Radio Theater The Birds…
We're going to take the Spooktacular in an unusual direction tonight and share a program which certainly wasn't known for horror tales; what…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/09 Escape - The Scarlet Plague (19…
I've got another first time entry to the Spooktacular tonight with an adaptation of an apocalyptic tale written by Jack London. I know you'r…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/13 Suspense On A Country Road 1950
By now you know Suspense was a favorite of listeners for over two decades. The radio engineers provided yeoman's work with the sound effects…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/05 Dimension X Mars Is Heaven (195…
When the late, great writer Ray Bradbury comes to mind, many people tend to think of the nostalgia of youth and small town Americana wrapped…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/08 Suspense - Bells (1961)
Tonight I'm bringing you a first time entry to the Spooktacular with an episode of Suspense from near the end of it's long run. One aspect o…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Quiet Please: The Thing On The Four…
We're past the halfway mark of this year's Spooktacular and there's no better time for me to share what I feel is the creepiest radio show I…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Quiet Please: Don't Tell Me About H…
It's time once again to turn to one of my favorite short lived series, Quiet Please. I think for my money, no series packed as many quality …
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Quiet Please: Northern Lights (1949)
One of the best remembered fantasy/SF/horror radio programs of the later 1940s is Quiet Please. Sadly, the show wasn't all too popular when …
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Quiet Please: Clarissa (1948)
Tonight brings our final episode of Quiet Please for the Spooktacular. It's a rather strange taste of the macabre as a near penniless writer…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Suspense: Fugue In C Minor (1944)
Tonight we're going to enjoy a real triple treat episode of Suspense starring Vincent Price and Ida Lupino in a radio play penned by the gre…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/14 Quiet, Please: Adam And The Dar…
Tonight it's time for another first time listen on the Spooktacular. I've talked before about how the underappreciated Quiet, Please was suc…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/15 Escape Bloodbath (1950)
Vincent Price is back! Yes, one of my favorite actors returns to the Spooktacular with another first time entry. Price always does so well w…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 E10/12 Inner Sanctum Mysteries The Bl…
Peter Lorre. Ah, yes... When I think of classic horror and suspense films of the 1940s, a trio of names immediately come to mind: Boris Karl…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/16 The Hall Of Fantasy: The Night …
We're at the halfway point of the Spooktacular and it's time for another first time listen. Once again we turn to The Hall of Fantasy, which…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/17 Lights Out: The Flame (1943)
Tonight it's time for another first time listen on the Spooktacular. We haven't tackled an episode of Lights Out yet and it just happens to …
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/06 Escape: Three Skeleton Key (195…
For my money, one of the finest radio actors was Vincent Price, although he's obviously far better remembered for his long film career. Fans…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/30 Suspense: Donovan's Brain Part …
I've mentioned some of my favorite radio actors throughout the Spooktacular but we've yet to hear from my all time favorite, Orson Welles. W…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Escape!: Leiningen Versus The Ants …
One actor who seemed to have been built for radio was William Conrad. In fact Conrad himself estimated he'd played 7,500 radio roles in his …
The Gaming Gang OTR - Dimension X: Mars is Heaven July 7th, 1950
A remastered episode of Dimension X. This time it's Mars is Heaven which originally aired on July 7th, 1950.
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater: You're G…
Ah yes, the Satanic Panic. Here in the United States - from the mid to late 1970s through the mid 1980s - newspapers, news shows, movies, TV…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater: Trial Fo…
Today happens to be my birthday and as a bit of a treat let's give a listen to a radio program which actually aired on my birthday. Of cours…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 Murder At Midnight The Kabbalah 1946
Another New York based suspense show, which had a short run, was Murder at Midnight. This was a syndicated show so it landed all over the di…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - The Weird Circle: The Warning (1944)
The Weird Circle was a modest little radio program produced out of the RCA Studios in New York for syndication. The program only ran for a c…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2022 10/11 Quiet Please: The Thing On The …
Tonight I'm bringing you what I consider to be more than likely the scariest episode of a radio program I have ever heard. This is a fantast…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - CBSRMT: I Warn You Three Times (197…
So far each of the episodes of this year's Spooktacular has featured shows i've shared in previous years. Tonight sees a new, old radio show…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Fear On Four: The Snowman Killing (…
Across the pond in the United Kingdom the art of radio drama has never completely died out as it has unfortunately here in the States. An in…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 - Lights Out: Death Robbery (1947)
Once again we're going to return to one of the premiere horror radio shows of all time, Lights Out. We discussed a little bit of the history…
TGG October Spooktacular 2022 10/03 Escape: Pollack And The Porroh Man (1947)
Escape was one of the most popular radio series of the 1940s and 50s. For the most part the series and its competitor Suspense pro…
TGG October Spooktacular 2022 10/02 - Macabre: The Edge Of Evil (1962)
Most people have heard of the American Forces Network and know how they provide television and radio to servicemen and women around the worl…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular CBSRMT: The Judge's House (1981)
Let's return once again to CBS Radio Mystery Theater for tonight's tale. I have to say I've always had a very soft spot for CBSRMT because w…
The Gaming Gang October Spooktacular 2021 – Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Creepi…
One radio program fondly remembered for it's chills and thrills is Inner Sanctum Mysteries (or known to many people as just Inner Sanctum) w…
The Gaming Gang OTR - Lights Out: Cat Wife April 6th, 1938
A remastered episode of Lights Out. Cat Wife from April 6th, 1938 featuring Boris Karloff.
TGG October Spooktacular 2022 10/04 The Hall Of Fantasy The Masks Of Ashor
The Hall of Fantasy began being produced in 1946 by radio station KALL out of Salt Lake City. The series was essentially a bare bonesmystery…