Austin's Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!

Closet Radio Episode 191: Running The Hunted – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 1 (10-6-15) https://ia601500.us.archive.org/11/items/ClosetRadio191/ClosetRadio191.mp3   “Flypaper” – Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – Gorilla Rose “Hallowed Be My Name” – Alice Cooper – “Necrotina” – Motorpsychos – “Bad Things” – Andrew Jackson Jihad – People Who Can Eat People Are The … Continue reading Closet Radio Episode 191: Running The Hunted – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2015 pt. 1

The Return of The Living Dead! (As part of our Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!, we get Lost In The Punk-In Patch with Return of The Living Dead, a 60 minute audio essay for the holiday season. Re-aired in 2016.) Any good Spook-tacular! needs to be willing to kick things into high gear, to set the tone … Continue reading The Return of The Living Dead!

The Daily NewsBlas 31 October 2014: Happy Halloween! This Halloween Season was fantastic, and I really enjoyed all of the excellent places we have gone over the last month.  I will be honest: this shorter format was a lot of fun to play with, and I really got to introduce people to some of my favorite Halloween … Continue reading The Daily NewsBlas 31 October 2014: Happy Halloween!

NewsBlas 30 October 2014: The War of The Worlds Trailer This edit highlights some of my favorite moments from the original show.  Welles really pushed to make his program as much like a radio broadcast as possible for the first two-thirds of the show, and these are some of the best moments, in my mind. On 10 … Continue reading NewsBlas 30 October 2014: The War of The Worlds Trailer

The Daily NewsBlas 29 October 2014: Haunted House Ambience Mix From my crypt to yours, I offer the 2014 Haunted House Ambience Mix, constructed from a variety of “Spooky Sounds” LPs from my private collection.  While today’s NewsBlas is merely a sampling, I am offering to everyone a 60 minute mix using these LPs as … Continue reading The Daily NewsBlas 29 October 2014: Haunted House Ambience Mix

The Daily NewsBlas 28 October 2014: An Arrest This is a selection from the Ambrose Bierce collection, “The Ways of Ghosts.”  These stories are now in the public domain, and make for excellent holiday reading. Various effects edited and created by Austin Rich. Enjoy. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas28October2014.mp3   Mother Box 041

NewsBlas 27 October 2014: Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House “Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House” Released by Disneyland Records. Narrated by Laura Olsher A simple Google Search reveals a whole range of other listening options.  (And I recommend the image search view to check out the variety of album covers over the years.) … Continue reading NewsBlas 27 October 2014: Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House

NewsBlas 24 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part V of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas24October2014.mp3   Mother Box 039

NewsBlas 23 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part IV of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas23October2014.mp3   Mother Box 038

NewsBlas 22 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part III of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas22October2014.mp3   Mother Box 037

NewsBlas 21 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part II of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas21October2014.mp3   Mother Box 036

NewsBlas 20 October 2014: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (Part I of V, read by Vincent Price) A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake (1950) Read by Vincent Price Taken from the LP released by Caedmon Records in 1976. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas20October2014.mp3   Mother Box 035

NewsBlas 17 October 2014: Halloween Nuggets! You can purchase the album at Amazon.com. You can stream the entire thing at Spotify.  (I think you need to be logged in for that link to work.) It is also available in a number of other places, too. Watusi Zombi * Jan Davis * Halloween Nuggets Graveyard * The … Continue reading NewsBlas 17 October 2014: Halloween Nuggets!

NewsBlas 16 October 2014: Mad Monster Party? Mad Monster Party? on Wikipedia Blasphuphmus Radio Broadcast from 22 October 2011 Mad Monster Party Trailer [Excerpt] The Baron * Maury Laws * Mad Monster Party Soundtrack Mad Monster Party [Excerpt] * Ethel Ennis w/ Maury Laws * Mad Monster Party Soundtrack Pills Will Save The Day * Film … Continue reading NewsBlas 16 October 2014: Mad Monster Party?

NewsBlas 15 October 2014: Johnny Takes A Dare Johnny Takes A Dare (The More The Merrier) [Edit] * John Allen * Ghost Stories For Young People (Golden Records, 1960) https://ia801508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas15October2014.mp3 Mother Box 032

NewsBlas 14 October 2014: Frankie Stein And His Ghouls! Stoned (Monkey, Watusi) [Excerpt] * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Shock! Terror! Fear! (1964) Mummy’s Little Boy (Monkey, Twist) * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Ghoul Music (1965) Dance Of Doom (Monkey, Watusi) * Frankie Stein And His Ghouls * Monster Sounds And Dance Music (1965) Their page on … Continue reading NewsBlas 14 October 2014: Frankie Stein And His Ghouls!

NewsBlas 13 October 2014: A Cold Greeting This is a selection from the Ambrose Bierce collection, “The Ways of Ghosts.”  These stories are now in the public domain, and make for excellent holiday reading. Violin music provided by Béla Bartók, and performed by Gyorgy Pauk & Kazuki Sawa. Various effects edited and created by Austin Rich. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/NewsBlas13October2014.mp3 Mother Box … Continue reading NewsBlas 13 October 2014: A Cold Greeting

Closet Radio Episode 153: Six Six Six Sister – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2014 Part 1 (10-11-14) https://ia601508.us.archive.org/26/items/ClosetRadio153/ClosetRadio153.mp3 Carl Stalling -“Satan’s Waiting” **** Steve King – “Satan Is Her Name” Jean Knight – “I’m Evil Tonight” Regurgitator – “Devil Spell” Tom Waits – “Hell Broke Luce” Carole Bennett – “Haunted Lover” **** THAT Damned Band – … Continue reading Closet Radio Episode 153: Six Six Six Sister – Rikki Horror Picture Show 2014 Part 1

Coming Soon: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall (read by Vincent Price) October 20th – October 24th NewsBlas 035 – 039. Tune In as part of our HalloweenSpooktacular 2014 for the entire third week of October! https://ia601508.us.archive.org/1/items/NewsBlas29October2014/TheWaterGhostpreview.mp3   Only on BlasphuphmusRadio.com.

NewsBlas 9 October 2014: Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers! Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers! (discogs.com) Tarantula Ghoul discussion board (with articles and links) (monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.c0) “Pity the ghoul who’s never seen Tarantula Ghoul” (The Oregonian)  Tarantula Ghoul (facebook.com) An Image Search for Tarantula Ghoul yields excellent results. And yet another good Image Search turns up here. House of Horror! (KPTV … Continue reading NewsBlas 9 October 2014: Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers!