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Episode 377 – One Good Scream Deserves Another

Talk about building excitement in a horror story: we have a storied tale about a building that appears to have a life of its own. That’s the inescapable conclusion of one poor delivery driver who serves this ominous edifice as part of his otherwise-normal route. “Intruder” unveils the truth behind the driver’s towering fear; it’s our first feature tonight as we bring you this second episode from Folxlore. Folxlore is a queer horror series from Scotland that’s beautifully free of queer-phobia tropes; the terror arises naturally and organically in audio drama from Tin Can Audio and In the Works — a group with strong rootsRead More →

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On June 19, 2021
In Episodes

Episode 376 – Queer as Folxlore

We have a triple play of terror to excite your ears. Each one sets its own distinct chill on the horror genre, forging a fresh perspective on making your blood run cold. First up is Folxlore. This critically acclaimed series dives deep into queer horror with stories set above the subway lines of Glasgow’s inner city. Created by an all-queer team, each story subtly sucks you in to an atmosphere of fear…without the usual queerphobic tropes. In the Works — which produced Folxlore with Tin Can Audio — is a Scottish spoken word theater company; their collaboration with poet and performer Syd Briscoe brings aRead More →

By admin
On June 12, 2021
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Episode 365 – Death’s at the Door (but Nobody’s Answering)

We’re back with another host of haunting stories for Halloween month, returning to the mysterious asylum in which the Poe Theatre on the Air stages tales from their namesake master of the macabre.  The premise:  many of Edgar Allan Poe’s familiar characters have taken up residence in the asylum for treatment. In early 2019, Poe Theatre began producing adaptations of the works of Edgar Allan Poe as original audio drama productions, first heard on radio via WYPR in Baltimore.  Their commitment and dedication to these works — including live performances and educational programs — has received acclaim from the theatre community and the 2020 HearRead More →

By admin
On October 17, 2020
In Episodes, Holiday

Episode 362 – A Suspenseful End

We’ve been celebrating quite the Summer of Suspense – both in real life with the vagaries of the COVID pandemic, and in our imaginations with some fist-clenching stories of horror, mystery, and mayhem.  With Autumn on the horizon, we’ll continue that motif one more time, but with a local eye. Midnight Audio Theatre is produced in Columbus, Ohio.  This final jaunt into the genre kicks off with a series produced in the Columbus neighborhood, and it’s new to the show:  Distress Frequency.  This is a horror, sci-fi and adventure anthology series that harkens back to the Golden Age of Radio, yet with a modern flair.  Read More →

By admin
On September 12, 2020
In Episodes

Episode 359 – Marionettes, Mommy, & Murder

Scared yet? If you’ve been checking out the last couple of episodes, you’ve been treated to pulse-pounding thrillers marked by murder and mayhem.  This next tale is perfect listening for a hot summer day, because it will send a chill right down your spine. Campfire Radio Theater returns with “Blood Puppets.”  If you think clowns are creepy, just wait until you hear the puppets of a local television show invade the dreams of an anxiety-ridden single mother – giving her a taste of horrifying events soon to be part of her waking world.  Will there be a price to pay, or will these puppets doRead More →

By admin
On July 25, 2020
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Episode 358 – Tales from our BFFs (Best Fiends Forever)

New stories from old friends – that’s what’s in store for you in this episode.  We’re continuing our horror motif with some heart-pounding terror from our buddies at Campfire Radio Theater. Campfire Radio Theater specializes in horror, and their expertise shows in this adaptation of the spine-tingling short story by Joe R. Lansdale, “Incident On and Off a Mountain Road”.  Lansdale wrote the comedy-horror novella Bubba Ho-Tep, which became a cult-classic movie with Bruce Campbell. There’s no room for humor in this piece, though — it’s all harrowing suspense when the heroine, Ellen, is figuratively running from a bad relationship.  But after a night-time car crash inRead More →

By admin
On July 18, 2020
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Episode 356 – Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Demons Spy

Fantastic fantasy continues as we bring you the next two episodes of Rainbow Demons, just to make sure you get good and hooked on this creative tribute to the fantasy genre and video games – especially Legend of Zelda. The series started as a creative test…but with a couple of episodes under his belt, creator Klim Levene decided the concept was sound, so he enlisted both students and pros to take Rainbow Demons to the next level.  That quality really shines through as you listen to episodes three and four, “Demons & Wizards” and “The Forgotten City.” Once again, we’ll follow that with chapter twoRead More →

By admin
On May 2, 2020
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Episode 355 – Beautiful Downtown Vancouver: Inspiration for Fantasy!

Fantasy fans, it’s time to tickle your ears with a tantalizing tale that twists the typical into a triumph of storytelling! Rainbow Demons follows the formula of a fantasy quest story, but takes its cues from the real world.  For example, with so much rainy weather in Vancouver – where creator Klim Levene lived at the time he started the series – rainbows as supernatural occurrences were…well, a natural!  In this case, rainbows contain coins scattered within themselves, instead of being all together in a pot at the rainbow’s end.  And Vancouver’s fog?  Levene’s story makes that the whispered work of a demon.  Then thereRead More →

By admin
On April 25, 2020
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Episode 352 – Sci Fi Is All Relative

Everything is relative.  That includes literary genres.  For example, is space opera science fiction, or is it fantasy in a sci-fi setting? Our feature in this installment of Midnight Audio Theatre faces that relative classification conundrum.  You’ll hear the beginning of the sci fi series Relativity by Lee Shackleford…except it might really be a mystery.  Relativity is the story of a man marooned in space, and the woman hell-bent on rescuing him (albeit “by the book”).  The big mystery to be solved if he’s going to make it home:  how was his ship sabotaged, and why? This series is lovingly produced by Shackleford.  It’s trulyRead More →

By admin
On March 28, 2020
In Episodes, Support

Episode 349 – Freedom Is as Fragile as a Butterfly’s Wings

Midnight Audio Theatre’s features festival is roughly midstride as we present you with a world premiere.  Every year, we’re amazed at the incredible quality and creativity of the works submitted in our annual scriptwriting competition.  Last year (2019) was no exception. You’re about to hear “Wingbeats” by K.S.Dearsley.  Dearsley is an accomplished writer in multiple media – including plays, books, short fiction and poetry.   A Doctor Who fan, she loves to create speculative fiction. In “Wingbeats,” young Katya is sent to live with her aunt in a foreign country after weather ruins the crops in her impoverished farming village.  Her aunt, though, is not theRead More →

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On February 29, 2020
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