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The Weird Circle | Old Time Radio brings you eerie horror, supernatural mystery, suspense, and dark fantasy from the golden age of radio. Enter haunting adaptations of classic stories filled with ghosts, madness, murder, strange forces, and encounters with the unexplained. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. The Weird Circle became a memorable supernatural anthology, adapting works by celebrated authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others into atmospheric radio drama. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, gothic fiction, mystery, suspense, dark fantasy, and vintage radio.

  1. 22h ago

    The Weird Circle - "Declared Insane" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle, episode 5, “Declared Insane,” originally broadcast September 26, 1943. This early syndicated literary-horror adaptation draws on Honoré de Balzac’s L’Interdiction, also known as The Commission in Lunacy. In France, troubling financial dealings lead an estranged wife and her brother to petition the court to have a man declared insane. As Judge Popinot weighs the case, private resentments, money, and family pressure complicate the question of sanity. Written by Peggy Mayer, the drama is part of The Weird Circle’s first cycle of literary adaptations. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:48 Original Broadcast 25:50 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "Declared Insane" (Old Time Radio)

  2. 1d ago

    The Weird Circle - "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle presents “Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym,” episode 4, originally broadcast September 19, 1943. This syndicated horror anthology adaptation draws on Edgar Allan Poe’s unfinished novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Answering a notice for experienced hands on a whaling voyage, Arthur Gordon Pym meets the wary sailor Peters and learns of troubling doubts surrounding Captain Bernard. The story carries Pym from Boston onto a whaling ship, where mounting tension aboard the vessel gives Poe’s maritime adventure a dark and unsettling edge. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:40 Original Broadcast 26:01 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" (Old Time Radio)

  3. 2d ago

    The Weird Circle - "The House and the Brain" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle, “The House and the Brain,” originally broadcast September 5, 1943, is episode 2 of the syndicated supernatural anthology series. Adapted from Edward George Bulwer-Lytton’s 1859 tale The Haunted and the Haunters; Or, The House and the Brain, this early installment was produced by Ziv Productions. At a London art auction, Sandra and Paul are disturbed by an ancient portrait called “The Ancient Cutthroat.” With their occult-minded friend Jim, they investigate the grim reputation of the portrait’s former owner and his long-deserted house on Orchard Street—where curiosity soon tests their disbelief. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:45 Original Broadcast 26:26 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "The House and the Brain" (Old Time Radio)

  4. 3d ago

    The Weird Circle - "The Possessive Dead" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle, “The Possessive Dead,” originally broadcast March 25, 1945, is episode 69 of the supernatural anthology series. This archival drama adapts Théophile Gautier’s fantastical tale “Le Pied de momie,” commonly known as “The Mummy’s Foot.” On the eve of their wedding, Eleanor and Michael disregard an old superstition and visit a dusty antique shop, where Michael becomes fascinated by an unusual Egyptian relic: a mummified foot used as a paperweight. The dealer’s troubling account of its former owner, Princess Hermonthus, soon lends an ominous air to the couple’s plans. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:42 Original Broadcast 25:45 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "The Possessive Dead" (Old Time Radio)

  5. 4d ago

    The Weird Circle - "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle presents “The Fall of the House of Usher,” episode 1, originally broadcast August 29, 1943. This syndicated NBC Radio-Recording Division production adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic. When the ailing Madeline Usher summons Charles Wilson to her isolated ancestral home, he finds himself caught between Madeline, her domineering twin brother Roderick, and their cousin Dinah. As blood-red rain falls around the mansion and its shadowed catacombs, the House of Usher seems to harbor an ancient and terrible secret. Adapted for radio by Peggy Mayer. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:50 Original Broadcast 27:34 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Old Time Radio)

  6. 5d ago

    The Weird Circle - "The Haunted Hotel" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle, episode 76, “The Haunted Hotel,” originally broadcast May 13, 1945. This late-series adaptation is based on Wilkie Collins’s Victorian mystery novel The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice. In Venice, Henry Westwick checks into a hotel converted from an old castle to investigate the suspicious death of his brother, Philip. Taking the same canal-side room, Henry meets fellow traveler Elaine James as recurring, unsettling dreams draw him toward the hotel’s shadowed past. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:33 Original Broadcast 25:24 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "The Haunted Hotel" (Old Time Radio)

  7. 5d ago

    The Weird Circle - "The Trial for Murder" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle, episode 36, “The Trial for Murder,” originally broadcast April 30, 1944. This Ziv Productions adaptation draws on the Victorian ghost story “The Trial for Murder,” conventionally credited to Charles Dickens, though Charles Allston Collins’s contribution has long been debated. In a strange murder case, juror Hugh Trilani becomes foreman at the trial of Peter Cook, accused of killing John Talbot. As testimony unfolds in the shadowy courtroom, Trilani alone senses an unnerving presence connected to the dead man, turning the search for justice into a chilling supernatural mystery. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:41 Original Broadcast 29:05 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "The Trial for Murder" (Old Time Radio)

  8. 5d ago

    The Weird Circle - "the Moonstone" (Old Time Radio)

    The Weird Circle, episode 67, “The Moonstone,” originally broadcast March 11, 1945. This 30-minute syndicated production was produced and distributed by NBC’s Radio-Recording Division. Adapted from Wilkie Collins’s landmark 1868 mystery, the story follows a legendary diamond stolen from the head of an Indian god. As the Moonstone passes into Western hands, its ominous curse casts suspicion and supernatural dread over all who possess it. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:36 Original Broadcast 25:18 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

    The Weird Circle - "the Moonstone" (Old Time Radio)
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The Weird Circle | Old Time Radio brings you eerie horror, supernatural mystery, suspense, and dark fantasy from the golden age of radio. Enter haunting adaptations of classic stories filled with ghosts, madness, murder, strange forces, and encounters with the unexplained. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. The Weird Circle became a memorable supernatural anthology, adapting works by celebrated authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others into atmospheric radio drama. Rediscover classic old time radio horror, supernatural stories, gothic fiction, mystery, suspense, dark fantasy, and vintage radio.

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