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Episode 12

October Favorites

1. Resurrection Mary by Richard Crowe with Eddie Schwartz on WGN Radio 10/31/1988

2. The Ballad of Resurrection Mary by Guy Gilbert 1977

3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Lionel Barrymore by Hallmark Playhouse 10/26/1950

4. Raking Leaves by Fibber McGee & Molly 10/17/1939

5. Raking Leaves by The Great Gildersleeve 10/07/1945

6. Fall of the House of Usher by Escape 10/22/1947

7. Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 10/16/1975

Classic Halloween Cartoons and TV Specials 🎃:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUeuRlmBXHr9w3eBYa7IDRXMwFvrLt_d9&si=InzGgz2Q_kO8JAGo

Richard Crowe interview on WFLD TV 10/29/1983:

https://youtu.be/UigM78-2dT0?si=YGA6w2Eo00BzRGmc 

Richard Crowe interview on WMAQ TV 02/08/1986: 

https://youtu.be/nT9uhg09Gqw?si=PLYIOBUZylWdfmyp

Haunted History: Chicago by The

History Channel 04/06/2001:

https://youtu.be/nVl1QQyaknA?si=Ezp5CSdiosDITNum

Resurrection Mary - Searching for Chicago’s Most Famous Ghost by Grimm Life Collective 11/24/2022:

https://youtu.be/GNDWnCSmLBM?si=Gbp9kM0Hj5UPbi0b

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Episode 11

Carnival Special

Cotton Candy by Dinah Shore 1950

1. Street Carnival by Fibber McGee & Molly 04/22/1947

2. House of Fun by The Shadow 10/22/1939

3. The Giant of Thermopylae by Suspense 05/03/1954

4. Mentallo, the Marvel by Night Beat 05/01/1950

5. Something Wicked This Way Comes by BBC Radio 2011

6. Tattooed for Murder by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 11/20/1974  

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Episode 10

Spooky Sea Stories

1. Bon Voyage by Lights Out 11/10/1942

2. The Stone Ship by Nightfall 10/03/1980

3. Sea Fever by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 02/19/1974

4. The Strange Voyage of the Lady Dee by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 11/18/1974

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Episode 9

Body Snatchers

1. If a Body Needs a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare by Crime Classics 12/02/1953

2. The Body Snatchers by Suspense 11/24/1942

3. The Body Snatchers by Nightfall 08/29/1980

4. The Body Snatchers by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 12/05/1974  

The Killings of Burke and Hare by History Hit 2025: https://youtu.be/-JGDnkq5EgI?si=kmSumIYOG-NMrHix  

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Episode 5

August Favorites

1. Murder Castle by Lights Out 08/03/1943

2. The Sub-Basement by Lights Out 08/24/1943

3. The Thing on the Fourble Board by Quiet Please 08/09/1948

4. Dead Earnest by Suspense 08/08/1946

5. The Onyx Eye by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 08/01/1975 


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Episode 6

Lizzie Borden

1. The Lizzie Borden Case by Unsolved Mysteries 1936

2. The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River by Crime Classics 09/30/1953

3. The Fall River Tragedy by Suspense 01/14/1952

4. Goodbye, Miss Lizzie Borden by Suspense 10/04/1955

5. Second Look at Murder by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 06/10/1981

Lizzie Borden Took an Axe by 48 Hours 03/28/2020:

https://youtu.be/XYDiEcyDUBU?si=0703KefXfj4kCKog

Visiting the Lizzie Borden House with The Grimm Life Collective 11/23/2011: https://youtu.be/QHfGURMhF_0?si=c_-aPxb3TUDSGbBo

The Lizzie Borden Society Virtual Museum: https://lizzieandrewborden.com

Famous Trials: https://famous-trials.com/lizzieborden

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Episode 2

July Favorites

1. The Long Night by Suspense with Frank Lovejoy 07/13/1958

2. The Man the Insects Hated by The Mysterious Traveler 07/27/1947

3. The Locomotive Ghost by The Mysterious Traveler 07/07/1947

4. The Ghost at High Noon by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 07/29/1974

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Episode 4

Hot Summer Special

1. The Midnight Sun with Kim Fields by The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas 2003

2. Too Hot to Live with Richard Widmark by Suspense 10/26/1950

3. Inferno by Suspense 10/16/1960

4. The Summer People by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 10/24/1975  

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Episode 3

Independence Day Special

1. Lexington and Concord 1775 by You Are There! 08/22/1948

2. Declaration of Independence 1776 by You Are There! 03/21/1948

3. Mutiny in the Continental Army 1781 by You Are There! 01/16/1949

4. 4th of July Picnic by The Great Gildersleeve 06/09/1946

5. The Headless Hessian by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 09/23/1975

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Episode 1

June Favorites

1. The Hitch-Hiker from Mercury Summer Theater with Orson Welles 06/21/1946

2. The Whole Town Is Sleeping by Ray Bradbury from Suspense 06/14/1955

3. Sanctuary from Night Beat 06/22/1951

4. Escape! Escape! from CBS Radio Mystery Theater 06/24/1974  

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Episode 23

Ghosts

1. Famous Ghost Stories! LP by Wade Denning 1975

The Headless Horseman  The Ghost Ship The Tell-Tale Heart  The Railroad Signal-Man The Hitch Hiker  A Visit To Transylvania The Bloody Tower The Haunted Gold Mine The Specter The Miser's Gold

2. The Skinny Toe and The Golden Arm from Scary Spooky Stories LP 1973

3. Ghost Hunt by Suspense 06/23/1949

4. The House of Purple Shadows by The Hermit's Cave 1940

5. He Who Follows by The Hall of Fantasy 10/26/1953

6. Shadows from the Grave by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 02/28/1979

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Episode 22

Mummies

1. The Mummy from An Evening with Boris Karloff & Friends LP 1967

2. Whence Came You? by Quiet Please 02/16/1948

3. The Golden Bracelet of Amun Iris by The Hall of Fantasy 08/03/1953

4. The Possessive Dead by The Weird Circle 03/25/1945

5. The Pharaoh's Curse by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 04/02/1974

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Episode 21

Mad Scientists

1. The Invisible Man Film 1933

2. Revolt of the Worms by Lights Out 10/13/1942

3. Oxychloride X by Lights Out 02/16/1943

4. Donovan's Brain with Orson Welles by Suspense May 1944

5. I Thought I Saw a Shadow by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 03/10/1976

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Episode 20

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

1. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Film 1931

2. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Radio 1931

3. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde with William Conrad by Favorite Story 01/10/1948

4. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde with Frederic March by Theater Guild On the Air 11/19/1950 

5. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 06/18/1974

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Episode 8

Football Special

1. The Football Game by My Favorite Husband 10/28/1950

2. The Community Chest Football Game by The Great Gildersleeve 10/04/1950

3. The Football Player & the Syndicate by Night Beat 06/12/1950

4. The Reluctant Killer by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 01/02/1975

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Episode 7

September Favorites

1. The Vengeful Corpse by Inner Sanctum Mysteries 09/12/1949

2. The Black Cat with Peter Lorre by Mystery In the Air 09/18/1947

3. The Shadow People by The Hall of Fantasy 09/21/1953

4. The Judge's House by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 09/25/1981

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Episode 17

Vincent Price Special

1. Three Skeleton Key by Escape 03/17/1950

2. Blood Bath by Escape 06/30/1950

3. Fugue in C Minor by Suspense 06/01/1944

4. The Hunting Trip by Suspense 09/12/1946

5. Night of the Wolf by BBC Radio 1975  

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Episode 18

Boris Karloff Special

1. An Evening with Boris Karloff & Friends LP 1967

2. The Dream by Lights Out 03/23/1938

3. Death Robbery by Lights Out 07/16/1947

4. The Tell-Tale Heart by Inner Sanctum Mysteries 08/03/1941

5. The Wailing Wall by Inner Sanctum Mysteries 11/06/1945  

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Episode 14

Chicago Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe with Eddie Schwartz on WGN Radio

1. WGN Radio Halloween 1987 2. WGN Radio Halloween 1989 3. WGN Radio Halloween 1990 4. Halloween: The Rest of the Story by Paul Harvey 5. WGN Radio Halloween 1991

Richard Crowe interview on WFLD TV 10/29/1983:

https://youtu.be/UigM78-2dT0?si=YGA6w2Eo00BzRGmc 

Richard Crowe interview on WMAQ TV 02/08/1986: 

https://youtu.be/nT9uhg09Gqw?si=PLYIOBUZylWdfmyp

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Episode 13

Chicago Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe on WIND Talk Radio with 

Eddie Schwartz, Steve King, and Johnnie Putnam

1. Richard Crowe with Eddie Schwartz on WIND Talk Radio 1979

2. Richard Crowe with Steve King on WIND Talk Radio 1980

3. Richard Crowe with Johnnie Putnam on WIND Talk Radio 1981

Richard Crowe interview on WFLD TV 10/29/1983:

https://youtu.be/UigM78-2dT0?si=YGA6w2Eo00BzRGmc 

Richard Crowe interview on WMAQ TV 02/08/1986: 

https://youtu.be/nT9uhg09Gqw?si=PLYIOBUZylWdfmyp

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Episode 15

Chicago Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe with Steve & Johnnie

1. The Ballad of Resurrection Mary by Guy Gilbert 1977

2. WGN Radio Halloween 2008

3. WGN Radio Halloween 2010

4. WGN Radio Halloween 2011

Richard Crowe interview on WFLD TV 10/29/1983:

https://youtu.be/UigM78-2dT0?si=YGA6w2Eo00BzRGmc 

Richard Crowe Interview on WMAQ TV 02/08/1986: 

https://youtu.be/nT9uhg09Gqw?si=PLYIOBUZylWdfmyp 

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Episode 16

Chicago Murder Castle HH Holmes Special

1. Chicago Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe with Steve & Johnnie on WGN Radio Halloween 2008

2. Chicago Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe with Steve & Johnnie on WGN Radio Halloween 2011

3. HH Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer 2022

adamselzer.com

4. Murder Castle by Lights Out 08/03/1943 

Chilling Story of America’s First Serial Killer, H.H. Holmes 2005:

https://youtu.be/UFSkNY-Nb-k?si=Tg6JMmF9ZGbV4Eo6

Haunted History: Chicago Murder Castle by The History Channel 07/25/2013:

https://youtu.be/msh7tsq6HWk?si=9vdjl6whL5hfMoQ3

Site of the Murder Castle and Body Dump in Chicago by Grimm Life Collective 04/09/2022:

https://youtu.be/7S7JD5RxgZw?si=G4QQskt2KYaKSFDz

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Episode 24

Werewolves

1. The Wolf Man Film 1941

2. The Wolf Man from An Evening with Boris Karloff & Friends LP 1967

3. The Werewolf by The Weird Circle 06/1944

4. Taboo by Escape 12/03/1947

5. Dreams of Wolves by Campfire Radio Theater 10/23/2022

6. The White Wolf by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 01/26/1977

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Episode 25

Vampires

1. The Vampire Sleeps by Boris Karloff from Tales of the Frightened LP 1963

2. The Vampire's Desire by the Hermit's Cave 1937

3. My Son, John by Quiet Please 11/28/1948

4. The Blood Countess by Nightfall November 1980

5. Sunrise to Sunset by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 04/25/1974

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Episode 19

Great Chicago Fire Special

1. You Are There with Walter Cronkite 1955

https://youtu.be/ebLhijWHB6g?si=lTojK7UkP5kKOOkB

2. The Essential Great Chicago Fire by William Pack 2020

https://youtu.be/BOA0cr-67qw?si=N4s0nyDFm1eAmqet

3. Windy City Historians interview with William Pack 2021

https://windycityhistorians.com/tag/second-star/

4. The Rest of the Story by Paul Harvey

Great Chicago Fire by WTTW: 

https://youtu.be/fp0YeVAfwNQ?si=Sow8mkAejW7kzHQD

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Episode 27

Frankenstein

1. Frankenstein from An Evening with Boris Karloff and Friends LP 1967

2. Frankenstein by Suspense 11/03/1952

3. Frankenstein by The Weird Circle 02/20/1944

4. Frankenstein by BBC Radio October 1994

5. Frankenstein Revisited by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 03/19/1974

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Episode 26

Dracula

1. Dracula from An Evening with Boris Karloff and Friends LP 1967

2. Dracula with Orson Welles by Mercury Theatre 07/11/1938

3. Hammer Horror Presents Dracula Narrated by Christopher Lee 1974

4. Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula 2017

5. Dracula by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 05/02/1974

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Episode 30

1940s & 1950s Halloween Radio Special

1. Halloween by Baby Snooks 11/01/1946

2. Trick-or-Treating by Jack Benny 10/31/1948

3. The Haunted House by Ozzie & Harriet 10/31/1948

4. Halloween Surprise Party by My Favorite Husband 10/28/1949

5. The Spooky Cemetery by Father Knows Best 10/26/1950

6. The Black Cat by Night Beat 11/01/1950

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Episode 29

Radio Detectives Halloween Special

1. Three Ghosts by The Shadow 10/31/1937

2. Gibbering Things by The Shadow 09/26/1943

3. The Farleigh-Bright Caper by Sam Spade 10/31/1948

4. The Green Witch by Phillip Marlowe 10/29/1949

5. The Witch of Mill Hollow by Let George Do It 06/05/1950

6. The Ghost to Ghost Matter by Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 05/18/1958

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Episode 31

1973 WKBW Halloween Radio Special

1. War of the Worlds 1971

2. The Vampires

3. The Darkness

4. The Monkey’s Paw

5. The Bed

6. People, Places & Things

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Episode 28

Witches

Broadcast on WBBM Chicago NewsRadio 78

1. Burn, Witch, Burn by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 12/15/1975

2. Triptych for a Witch by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 10/30/1975

3. Black Widow by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 04/29/1975

4. Queen of Cats by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 10/31/1976

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Episode 32

Halloween Radio Special

1. Rites of Autumn by Campfire Radio Theater 10/24/2016

2. Don't Tell Me About Halloween by Quiet Please 10/27/1947

3. Corpse for Halloween by Inner Sanctum 10/31/1949

4. Ringing the Changes by Nightfall 10/31/1980

5. Witches' Sabbath by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 10/30/1976

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Episode 34

Veterans Day Radio Special

1. The Veteran Comes Back by Words at War 09/05/44

2. The Best Years of Our Lives by Screen Guild Theater 11/24/47

3. The Best Years of Our Lives by Screen Director's Playhouse 04/17/49

4. Mission Completed by Suspense 12/01/49

5. Only the Dead Remember by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 04/15/74

6. The Bullet by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 01/08/74

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Episode 33

US Army 250th Anniversary Veterans Radio Special

1. Bob Hope at Camp Wheeler 1944 & Bearcat Base Vietnam 1967

2. The Thirteenth Truck by Escape 08/16/53

3. A Walk in the Sun by The Cavalcade of America 08/07/44

4. Dangerous Memory by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 10/24/79

5. Delta Sly Honey by BBC Radio 02/07/2002