The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society

31/05/2024

This week Boris Karloff plots revenge in "The Final Reckoning" from Creeps by Night!

Boris Karloff stars in this week’s episode, “The Final Reckoning” from Creeps by Night! After a convict has his life sentence commuted, his long-planned path of revenge can begin. Soon the man who put him in prison finds a dead rat on his doorstep and is looking for someplace to hide! Will thi...

21/05/2024

A new MORLS installment, featuring an episode of Obsession!

We’ve been compelled to revisit Obsession! This time for a story entitled “Shadow of Huntley House” (also known as “On the Wild Seas”), a story about a woman reuniting with her estranged twin sister, who was recently widowed. But rather than familial support, the reunion is thick with jeal...

14/05/2024

We're listening to "Wild Jack Rhett," an episode of Escape that contributed to the creation of Gunsmoke!

This week we’re listening to “Wild Jack Rhett,” an episode of Escape set in a small frontier town in the Old West! When the town’s previous sheriff dies, the citizens need to decide what kind of man they want to hire to replace him. But electing to a hire a steely-eyed killer like Wild Jack ...

06/05/2024

We've got a new episode of Quiet Please featuring some unimaginable computational device, "The Pathetic Fallacy"!

This sci-fi themed episode of Quiet Please was recommended to us by our Patreon supporter Lance. Thanks, Lance! Appropriate to the story’s title, “The Pathetic Fallacy” is the story of a scientist who has created machine capable of computing fantastically complex mathematical problems, but the...

29/04/2024

Our latest episode was recommended to us by our Patreon supporter, Simon. Thanks, Simon! This is a Gideon Fell mystery entitled "The Clock Strikes Eight" from Appointment with Fear!

Our Patreon supporter Simon recommended we make another Appointment with Fear for an episode entitled, “The Clock Strikes Eight”! Thanks, Simon! John Dickson Carr’s corpulent detective, Gideon Fell, is summoned to meet a woman about to be executed for murder. But this woman has lost all her me...

22/04/2024

What could possibly make an episode of the Shadow even better? A SUBMARINE! This week we're listening to "Death from the Deep"!

The seas aren’t safe while a madman commands the crew of a submarine, sinking whatever ships it finds! But Lamont Cranston is on the case as The Shadow in this episode entitled “Death from the Deep!” But before he can stop this submarine, the Shadow will need to find it! What motivates the kil...

14/04/2024

Our most recent episode was recorded live at the Bryant-Lake Bowl! This is "The Wailing Wall" from Inner Sanctum Mystery!

This episode was recorded live at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis with special guest, Shanan Custer! We’re listening to “The Wailing Wall” from Inner Sanctum Mystery, starring Boris Karloff! The story features a murderous husband who can’t seem to escape his crimes! What is the source of...

09/04/2024

It's an episode of Dragnet with an actual dragnet! "The Red Light Bandit"!https://www.ghoulishdelights.com/2024/04/09/episode-330-the-red-light-bandit/

01/04/2024

The Stages of MN posted a preview of our upcoming shows! Have a look!

This month The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (MORLS) have two live shows. Faithful readers and listeners will know that a fan I am of this group, not only their live performances of classi…

30/03/2024

New episode from The MORLS! We're checking out another Philo Vance Mystery! This time, it's "The Cipher Murder Case!"

Philo Vance returns to the podcast! S.S. Van Dine’s classic detective pits his wits against a gang of robbers targeting upper class house parties in “The Cipher Murder Case.” When one of these robbers kills his own partner, a cipher is found on the dead man’s body that could unmask the maste...

26/03/2024

Congratulations to friend of the podcast and foley artist extraordinaire, Ele Matelan! She rocks!

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Ele Matelan (Foley Design) – “The SpongeBob Musical” – Kokandy Productions

23/03/2024

Here's our B Side of last week's episode, "A Night to Forget" from Quiet Please!

This week, we’re presenting one of our B Sides of the Mysterious Old Radio, an example of the sort of bonus content we make available to our supporters on Patreon! Each B Side is a companion piece to an episode presented as part of our usual podcast. In this case we’re listening to “A Night [....

14/03/2024

It's a Lights Out episode about an episode of Lights Out! This week, the MORLS listen to "The Coffiin in Studio B"! https://www.ghoulishdelights.com/2024/03/13/episode-327-the-coffin-in-studio-b/

04/03/2024

It's our first visit to The Man Called X!

This week we meet The Man Called X! Herbert Marsall starred as the title character in this series of espionage thrillers. During this episode, “Storm Over the Alps,” X’s investigation into a counterfeiting ring brings him to the Swiss Alps, specifically an area of the mountains with peculiar w...

25/02/2024

It's time for another mystery from the Australian series that is itself a mystery, The Key! This is "Showgirl Murdered"!

We’re revisiting the Australian series, The Key, about which not much is known. This episode, “Showgirl Murdered,” tells the story of a man seemingly framed for the murder of his former girlfriend. As the trial proceeds, a variety of circumstances align to prevent him from proving his innocenc...

17/02/2024

It's a new episode, featuring Barbara Stanwyck's one and only appearance on Suspense!

This week we’re listening to Barbara Stanwyck’s lone appearance on Suspense, “The Wages of Sin”! Stanwyck stars as a hard-boiled woman being used to help cover up a murder. But once the police become involved she comes up with a scheme to secure a sizeable payday for herself! Will she succes...

06/02/2024

We've got a new episode up! This is "Gerald" from Nightfall, recommended to us by our mysterious listener, Tim. Thanks Tim!

Our mysterious listener (and Patreon supporter and artist) Tim sent us down to the Listener Library for an episode of Nightfall entitled, “Gerald”! Thanks, Tim! This story features a young boy who is drawn down a dark path by a mysterious figure, someone who can’t always be seen or heard. As t...

30/01/2024

It's our third of three inaugural episodes! This time it's the audition episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, "Milford Brooks III" starring Dick Powell!

We conclude our trio of inaugural episodes from classic radio series! This time we’re listening to “Milford Brooks III,” the audition episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar! In this initial story, Johnny has to keep the holder of a two-million-dollar life insurance policy holder from committing...

24/01/2024

We have another inaugural episode this week, this time from Escape!

For the second of our trio of inaugural episodes from classic radio series, we present “Dead of Night,” the audition episode for Escape! This story of a British ventriloquist plagued by paranoia and delusions was adapted from one section of a the classic horror anthology film of the same name. W...

14/01/2024

New episode up featuring the debut episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater, "The Old One are Hard to Kill!"

In the hopes of launching 2024 with some auspicious beginnings, we’re presenting a trio of first episodes from classic radio series! Our mysterious listener Glenn starts us out by celebrating 50 years of CBS Radio Mystery Theater with the series’ debut episode, “The Old Ones are Hard to Kill!....

27/12/2023

The Stages of MN will be joining us at Crooners Supper Club tomorrow night, and you can too!

Just a quick post about one last opportunity to get out and enjoy some live theater in 2023. The last week of December and the first week of January are always slow periods in theater. Giving actor…

10/12/2023

In this episode, Rob Dunkelberger interviews the members of the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (MORLS) podcast and theater group: Tim Uren, Joshua English Scrimshaw, Shanan Custer, and Eric Webster. They chat about their love for old-time ...

08/12/2023

The Twin Cities Theater Bloggers invited us to chat in their most recent podcast episode! Check out our conversation about our secret origin and vague plans for the future!

In this episode, Rob Dunkelberger interviews the members of the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (MORLS) podcast and theater group: Tim Uren, Joshua English Scrimshaw, Shanan Custer, and Eric Webster. They chat about their love for old-time ...

16/11/2023

The Stages of MN posted a great preview of our show at the BLB this Sunday! The Twin Cites' theater bloggers are awesome!

The newly renamed The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society Workshop performances at Bryant-Lake Bowl are always a great introduction to newcomers of this unique groups talents. The latest perform…

11/04/2023

Our Mysterious Listener Tim provided us with some new designs for our swag at Threadless, including the long-awaited "DEATH TO CARROTS!" Thank you, Tim!

Death to Carrots on Men's T-Shirt – An original design by our Mysterious Listener Tim! Thanks, Tim! Inspired by "A Pride of Carrots," from CBS Radio Workshop, this is a great way to declare your loyalty to Onions and The MORLS!