Austin's Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!

On The Corner of Haunt & Spookyway Drive (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 1) (#169) The Holiday season sneaks up on us sooner and sooner every year, and I almost forgot to get into the mood before October got here. Fortunately I was reminded at just the last minute, and so we have an excellent program … Continue reading On The Corner of Haunt & Spookyway Drive (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 1) (#169)

Ghost Stories 2018 (#121) As the Halloween Season comes to a close, join us as we bust on vintage LPs and scary stories, told by guests to our very program! Karen Holman (Hot Sheets, Cool Sheets & City of Pieces) and Denise Chelini (Holiday Special) each share their own incredible stories! This is one show … Continue reading Ghost Stories 2018 (#121)

Dimestore Radio Theater (19 October 2018) Presenting four pulp fiction tales from the golden age of radio. Enjoy! https://ia601509.us.archive.org/15/items/Dimestore4/Dimestore%204.mp3   Dimestore Radio Theater HOUR 1: Horror 01.) The Ghost Maker * The Sealed Book * 10 June 1945 * Mutual Broadcasting System (1945) 02.) The House That Time Forgot * Murder At Midnight * 18 … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater (19 October 2018)

Dimestore Radio Theater (12 October 2018) Presenting four pulp fiction tales from the golden age of radio. Enjoy! https://ia601505.us.archive.org/17/items/Dimestore3/Dimestore%203.mp3   Dimestore Radio Theater HOUR 1: Horror 01.) The Devil’s Saint * Suspense * 19 January 1943 * Columbia Broadcasting System (1943) 02.) The Heart of Ethan Brand * The Weird Circle * 13 February 1944 * Mutual Broadcasting … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater (12 October 2018)

Dimestore Radio Theater (5 October 2018) Presenting four pulp fiction tales from the golden age of radio. Enjoy! https://ia601508.us.archive.org/32/items/Dimestore2/Dimestore%202.mp3   Dimestore Radio Theater HOUR 1: Horror 01.) The Ghost in the Garden * Inner Sanctum * 10 February 1947 * The Blue Network (1947) 02.) The Phantom Rickshaw * Favorite Show * 28 February 1948 * … Continue reading Dimestore Radio Theater (5 October 2018)

More Stories About Shock-let & Ghouls (Ghost Stories Part IV w/ Branden Marshall, Arvo Zylo & Miss Rikki!) (#74) Closing out our Halloween-Spook-tacular this year is a delightful trio of conversations with excellent friends, each of whom enjoy this time of year, but all things dark and eerie. There’s a bit of ennui that sets in … Continue reading More Stories About Shock-let & Ghouls (Ghost Stories Part IV) (#74)

Lavender & Marc Kate, LIVE! (#73a) I am such a lucky radio host, in that there are a ton of groups coming through the area, and experimental music – in almost every form – is really beginning to get some notice in a way that is impressive, and very fun to watch. And, some weeks, … Continue reading Lavender & Marc Kate, LIVE! (#73a)

When This Crypt’s A-Rockin’, Don’t Bother Knockin’ (Ghost Stories Part III w/ Lavender, Marc Kate, Kylie Burbank, Emma Douglas, Austin Shippey, Miss Rikki & Jared Richert!) (#73) Whew! This show was starting to feel a little like the Christmas At Pee-Wee’s Playhouse special, where the list of special guests is improbably long, and yet, they all actually … Continue reading When This Crypt Is A-Rockin’, Don’t Bother Knockin’ (Ghost Stories Part III) (#73)

Victrola’s Tales! (or, “Cottage Street”) (Ghost Stories Part II) (#72) While we haven’t done all that many of these Ghost Stories shows, very few people have wanted to come into the studio and tell their stories live either. But DJ Victrola is not like other DJs, hosting her very own program – The Guitar Shop – … Continue reading Victrola’s Tales! (or, “Cottage Street”) (Ghost Stories Part II) (#72)

The Call Is Coming From Inside The Podcast! (Ghost Stories Part I) (#71) When October rolls around,  a long-held tradition on the program is to roll out all the old Halloween music and records that I know and love so much. But last year we stumbled upon a great idea: to tell Ghost Stories on … Continue reading The Call Is Coming From Inside The Podcast! (Ghost Stories Part I) (#71)

Ghost Stories II: Aircheck of The Damned (#23) I have to say, I’ve been doing Halloween Radio for years now, but these Ghost Stories episodes are some of the most fun things I’ve ever done for any radio program.  There was something about the idea of people calling in to talk about their own experiences … Continue reading Ghost Stories II: Aircheck of The Damned (#23)

Ghost Stories w/ Bob Bucko Jr., et. al. (#22) This week we pull out all the stops for a Halloween broadcast the likes of which you have never heard before!  It is one thing to play Halloween Music on the radio, and I’ve been doing that since 2003.  But this week I decided that it … Continue reading Ghost Stories w/ Bob Bucko Jr., et. al. (#22)

The Delerious Insomnica Free Form Radio Show (#21)  I will by honest: Arvo Zylo and I have never met.  And, furthermore, I was unfamiliar with his work – or the releases on his label, No Part Of It – until I heard it on Ricardo Wang’s What’s This Called?  But a good thing is hard to resist, … Continue reading The Delerious Insomnica Free Form Radio Show (#21)

It’s A Manual Pledge Drive (w/ Manual Sex Drive, LIVE!) (#20) When you do enough radio, you meet some incredible people who stick with you over the years.  I met Monty O’Blivion, Nick Feratu and NickDave when they toured through Closet Radio in 2012.  (Those three also play in an incredibly psychobilly group, The Limit Club.)  For … Continue reading It’s A Manual Pledge Drive (w/ Manual Sex Drive, LIVE!) (#20)

Closet Radio Episode 194: Space Terrors – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt.4 (10-27-15) Playlist: https://ia601501.us.archive.org/21/items/ClosetRadio194/ClosetRadio194.mp3 * “Moon Mist” – Blue Jeans – 1961 * “Girls In Orbit” – Messer Chups – The Surf Zombies “Amazons From Outer Space” – Batmobile – Amazons From Outer Space “Planet X Marks The Spot” – Dr. Steel – … Continue reading Closet Radio Episode 194: Space Terrors – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt.4

The Final Houdini Séance! (To close out our Annual Halloween Spook-tacular! this year, here’s a very rare recording from Halloween 1936, by Edward Saint & Mrs, Harry Houdini, and narrated by George L. Boston. Podcast as “#23.1” in 2016.) As a kid in the ’80’s, if you had any nerd proclivities, you go through a phase … Continue reading The Final Houdini Séance!

Roughly Translated, “Book of The Dead” (As a big fan of the work of both Sam Raimi & Bruce Campbell, WTBC Radio has decided to bring you an audio treat, in representing 1981’s “The Evil Dead” as part of our Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!) Playlist & Footnotes: There would be very few things anyone could say about The … Continue reading Roughly Translated, “Book of The Dead”

Closet Radio Episode 193: The Only Good Cowboy – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 3 (10-20-15) https://ia601501.us.archive.org/8/items/ClosetRadio193/ClosetRadio193.mp3   Playlist: “Moon Over Asbury” – Bouncing Souls – Maniacal Laughter “Hangin’ Me Tonight” – Bloodshot Bill – Trashy, Greasy, Rockin’ Billy “Now He’s Dead” – Hank Williams III – This Ain’t Country “Shoot First And Run … Continue reading Closet Radio Episode 193: The Only Good Cowboy – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 3

The Creeping Terror! (We take WTBC Radio to new depths of bad horror movies with this 1964 piece of schlock-o-rama.  Originally 15 October 2015, and as “#20.1” in 2016.) Here’s everything you need to know about this movie from 1964: there is no documented evidence that the film was ever shown to anyone – anywhere … Continue reading The Creeping Terror!

Closet Radio Episode 192: In The Underground – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 2 (10-13-15) https://ia601509.us.archive.org/34/items/ClosetRadio192/ClosetRadio192.mp3   “Dead and Happy” – Scarecrow – Maggotbox – 82 Records “A Dark Place” – The Hell Caminos – Lust “Young Men Dead” – The Black Angels – Passover “Dead Cool” – Chrome Cranks – Dead Cool * … Continue reading Closet Radio Episode 192: In The Underground – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 2