Victoria’s  Must Listen Radio Plays for Halloween

 Halloween is quickly approaching and what better way is there to celebrate Halloween than listening to some spooky radio plays here are some of my favorites. The links are in the titles of each segment of this post. Enjoy and Happy Halloween in advance.

Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess

Synopsis: “Shock jock Grant Mazzy has, once again, been kicked-off the Big City airwaves and now the only job he can get is the early morning show at CLSY Radio in Pontypool Ontario, which broadcasts from the basement of the small town’s only church. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations, due to yet another massive snow storm, quickly turns deadly when reports start piling in of people developing strange speech patterns and evoking horrendous acts of violence start piling in. But there’s nothing coming in on the news wires. Is this really happening? Before long, Grant and the small staff at CLSY find themselves trapped in the radio station as they discover that this insane behaviour taking over the town is actually a deadly virus being spread through the English language itself. Do they stay on the air in the hopes of being rescued or, are they in fact providing the virus with its ultimate leap over the airwaves and into the world? Based on the novel Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess. Starring Stephen McHattie, Lisa Poole, Georgina Reilly, Rick Roberts, Hrant Alianak and Daniel Fathers.

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The road in front of Dr. Louis Creed’s rural Maine home frequently claims the lives of neighborhood pets. Louis has recently moved from Chicago to Ludlow with his wife Rachel, their children and pet cat. Near their house, local children have created a cemetery for the dogs and cats killed by the steady stream of transports on the busy highway. Deeper in the woods lies another graveyard, an ancient Indian burial ground whose sinister properties Louis discovers when the family cat is killed.

Adapted by Gregory Evans and stars John Sharian, Briony Glassco and Lee Montague. Directed by Gordon House.

The Thing on The Doorstep by H.P Lovecraft

Daniel Upton, the story’s narrator, explains that he has killed his best friend, Edward Derby, and that he hopes his account will prove that he is not a murderer. He begins by describing Derby’s life and career. He then tells of Asenath Waite, and how Derby and she wed. Asenath brings with her three unpleasant servants from her home in Innsmouth. Read by  Wayne June (?)

This is a horror radio show for the fans of the Tales from the Crypt or old school horror radio shows.

Speak Of The Devil, Horror Radio Show from CBS (Yeah not much information on this one but enjoy nonetheless)

A sentient space-exploration robot, lost years before, has apparently returned to Earth. One of its original designers has died under suspicious circumstances. Has the Hangman returned to kill its creators? The hero must find the Hangman and stop it, and time is running out. Although based on the same character as the other stories in this collection the theme is more closely related to the ideas Zelazny was developing in the short story "The Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current” from the collection Unicorn Variations. This story won the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Novella.