Old Time Radio Horror Shows
Old time radio horror relied on voices, silence and sound effects to make the unseen frightening. The Golden Radio Hour archive ranges from early supernatural anthologies such as Lights Out and Dark Fantasy to later programs that mix horror with mystery and suspense.
Featured Programs
Program guides that represent this listening collection especially well.
PROGRAM GUIDELights Out
One of radio's landmark horror anthologies, using sound and surreal situations to explore ghosts, monsters, murder, the supernatural, and psychological terror in…
PROGRAM GUIDEInner Sanctum Mysteries
A horror and mystery anthology famous for its creaking-door opening, mixing murder, supernatural menace, psychological terror, and darkly playful host narration.
PROGRAM GUIDEDark Fantasy
An early-1940s supernatural anthology of ghosts, curses, strange legends, and psychological horror, written and produced for radio by Scott Bishop.
PROGRAM GUIDEBeyond Midnight
A South African horror and supernatural anthology built around standalone tales of ghosts, psychological terror, the uncanny, and other dark subject matter.
PROGRAM GUIDEThe Weird Circle
A supernatural and mystery anthology built largely from adaptations of classic literature by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and other authors…
PROGRAM GUIDEThe Sealed Book
A mystery and horror anthology in which the Keeper of the Book opens a sealed volume to reveal standalone tales of murder,…
PROGRAM GUIDECBS Radio Mystery Theater
Explore CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes featuring crime, horror, supernatural, science fiction and suspense radio drama.
PROGRAM GUIDEThe Mysterious Traveler
A mystery, suspense, and speculative-fiction anthology introduced by an enigmatic traveler who guides listeners into tales of crime, fate, the supernatural, and…
Start Listening
Representative recordings from the existing Golden Radio Hour episode archive.
167) Chicken Heart
A laboratory experiment revives a chicken heart that begins growing without limit, turning a small scientific curiosity into a spreading biological catastrophe.
Inner Sanctum The Tell-Tale Heart
A newly hearing man is driven to murder and tormented by an impossible heartbeat.
The Thing from the Sea
A stranded yacht encounters a resurfaced ancient land and rival supernatural forces seeking human bodies to inhabit.
The Phantom Coach
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…
The Fall of the House of Usher
A doomed family, a premature burial, and an uncanny bond between siblings bring the House of Usher to a terrifying end.
A Ring of Roses
A young couple witnesses a disturbing supernatural scene that pulls them into an old murder and a family curse.
Old Time Radio Horror Shows
This guide focuses on programs with sustained horror or supernatural material. Anthologies that cross genres are included only when horror is a meaningful part of their catalog identity.
Seasonal Christmas ghost drama is represented too, while the separate Christmas collection focuses on holiday listening across every genre rather than horror alone.
Performers to Explore
Performer links shown only where the Golden Radio Hour relationship catalog supports them.
Raymond Edward Johnson
Paul McGrath
Vincent Price
Agnes Moorehead