Ghost stories and supernatural radio occupy the space where mystery turns uncanny. The recordings gathered here emphasize hauntings, curses, strange visitors, occult threats and stories where the explanation is meant to remain beyond the ordinary.
Focused on explicitly supernatural listening; broader fear and crime material remains in Horror and Suspense.
A South African horror and supernatural anthology built around standalone tales of ghosts, psychological terror, the uncanny, and other dark subject matter.
A supernatural and mystery anthology built largely from adaptations of classic literature by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and other authors…
A horror and mystery anthology famous for its creaking-door opening, mixing murder, supernatural menace, psychological terror, and darkly playful host narration.
One of radio's landmark horror anthologies, using sound and surreal situations to explore ghosts, monsters, murder, the supernatural, and psychological terror in…
Himan Brown's hour-long dramatic anthology revived radio mystery for a later generation with stories of crime, horror, the supernatural, science fiction, and…
A mystery and horror anthology in which the Keeper of the Book opens a sealed volume to reveal standalone tales of murder,…
A mystery, suspense, and speculative-fiction anthology introduced by an enigmatic traveler who guides listeners into tales of crime, fate, the supernatural, and…
An early-1940s supernatural anthology of ghosts, curses, strange legends, and psychological horror, written and produced for radio by Scott Bishop.
Representative recordings from the existing Golden Radio Hour episode archive.
Lost on snowy northern moors, hunter James Murray takes shelter with an eccentric recluse before setting out for a mail coach that can return him to his waiting…
A couple exploring a notorious haunted house discovers an evil influence that appears able to survive death itself.
Shipwreck survivors board a treasure ship and discover a horrifying truth about their fate.
During a bitter marriage dispute, a husband's cruel wish seems to transform his wife into a predatory cat-like creature, and his attempts to deal with the impossible change…
A young couple witnesses a disturbing supernatural scene that pulls them into an old murder and a family curse.
Two paranoid elderly sisters believe relatives want their money and flee their home in a desperate escape that ends with grim irony.
This collection overlaps with Horror and Mystery, but its focus is narrower: explicitly supernatural listening rather than every frightening crime story or psychological thriller.
Golden Radio Hour also holds later BBC and international supernatural material, allowing this page to connect Golden Age American radio with compatible dramatic traditions without pretending they all came from the same era.
Performer links shown only where the Golden Radio Hour relationship catalog supports them.
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