Gothic Fiction
Special Holiday Broadcasts: Dickens's A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly London businessman whose bleak view of Christmas is challenged by a …
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected physician whose experiments reveal a darker side of his nature i…
The Stalls of Barchester
“The Stalls of Barchester” is a supernatural story by M. R. James, set in the world of an English cathedral. The tale follows Archdeacon Hay…
The World's Greatest Short Stories
“Rappaccini’s Daughter” is a Gothic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne, set in a secluded garden where beautiful plants conceal a deadly secret. Th…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician whose experiments reveal a darker side of his …
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician whose experiments with human nature unleash the…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician whose experiments with human nature unleash th…
Best Plays
Outward Bound is a drama by Sutton Vane, set aboard a mysterious ocean liner whose passengers gradually discover that their voyage is unlike…
Columbia Workshop
Columbia Workshop was an experimental radio series that explored what the medium could do as a form of storytelling. Its broadcasts ranged a…
The Body Snatchers
Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Body Snatchers” is a dark tale of grave robbing and medical ambition, adapted here as a radio play. Its unsett…
Special Holiday Broadcasts
“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” is a supernatural tale by M. R. James, centered on an antiquarian whose curiosity leads him into…
Favorite Story
Favorite Story is a dramatic anthology in which host Ronald Colman introduces adaptations of literary works chosen as personal favorites by …
Living Fiction
Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost brings a playful supernatural tale to radio. When an American family moves into an English country house…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician whose experiments reveal a darker side of his n…
The World's Greatest Short Stories
“Markheim” is a radio presentation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story, a psychological tale set on Christmas Day. After a visit to an a…
Zorro: Ghost of the Mad Monk
Zorro, the masked defender of the oppressed, rides through a world of danger and injustice in this dramatic adventure. The title suggests a …
Sears Radio Theater
Sears Radio Theater is an anthology radio drama, with each installment presenting a self-contained story performed for the ear. Its broad ra…
Mercury Theatre on the Air
Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre company bring Bram Stoker’s Dracula to radio in a dramatic adaptation of the classic vampire story. The…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Gothic tale of a respected London doctor whose experiments expose a darker side of hum…
The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray follows a young man whose portrait bears the marks of the life he leads while his own appearance re…