Austin's Annual Halloween Spook-tacular!

“Nov 1” b/w “Halloween Candy” “Nov. 1” by Crackerbash I listen to this song every November 1st.  It’s by Crackerbash, a little known Portland band that I only got to see twice. https://ia801406.us.archive.org/7/items/nov-first/NovFirst.mp3   But they were really, really great. There’s some stuff available if you want to start digging.  I recommend this live set from … Continue reading “Nov. 1” by Crackerbash

HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE! A Night On Horror Island Somehow I have would up in Florida, but my good friend Bill Martin happens to own a boat there. Maybe he can help me get home, somehow, on his way to Horror Island? b/w The Creeping Terror! (We take WTBC Radio to new depths of bad horror … Continue reading HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE!

Something Written This Way Comes This week we continue our Ghost Story program with special guest, Obadiah Baird, who talks about editing The Audient Void, his favorite free horror movies, and then we read some poetry that is perfect for this time of year. In hour two, Nathan Carson and Erin Jane Laroue provide an … Continue reading Something Written This Way Comes

Victrola’s Tales! (or, “Cottage Street”) 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 – now in its 21st year, … Continue reading Victrola’s Tales! (or, “Cottage Street”)

The Black Cat & Other Frightening Tales (Featuring a four hour Halloween presentation of Diamanda Galás reading Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat!  Originally broadcast on 30 October 2010 on KPSU, and re-aired in 2015 and 2021.) Playlist & Footnotes: Join me for a special extended edition of Blasphuphmus Radio, just in time for the … Continue reading The Black Cat & Other Frightening Tales

“Nov. 1” by Crackerbash I listen to this song every November 1st.  It’s by Crackerbash, a little known Portland band that I only got to see twice. Playlist & Footnotes: * But they were really, really great. There’s some stuff available if you want to start digging.  I recommend this live set from a performance in … Continue reading “Nov. 1” by Crackerbash

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio Zine: Issue #17: Ghost Houses. Written by Robert Frost and O. Henry. Performed by Austin Rich. Issue #17, produced in October of 2020, featuring the future apparitions of stories, like, “Ghost House,” &, “The Furnished Room.” https://ia601404.us.archive.org/14/items/20201030-1030-radio-zine-017/20201030%201030%20Radio%20Zine%20017.mp3  

At The Movies w/ DJ Victrola! (Halloween Spook-tacular 2020!) (#208) Continuing our annual tradition, DJ Victrola and I put up a piece of plexiglass between us in the radio station lobby, and watch a bunch of old horror movies, talking about some of our favorite films. Then, keep listening, as Victrola offers up a reading … Continue reading At The Movies w/ DJ Victrola! (Halloween Spook-tacular 2020!) (#208)

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio Zine: Issue #16: Haunted Houses Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Mark Twain. Performed by Austin Rich. Issue #16, produced in October of 2020, featuring eerie structures, “Haunted Houses,” &, “A Ghost Story.” https://ia601403.us.archive.org/19/items/20201023-1030-radio-zine-016/20201023%201030%20Radio%20Zine%20016.mp3            

Somewhere In-Between: A Radio Zine: Issue #15: Beyond The Wall Written by Ambrose Bierce. Performed by Austin Rich. Issue #15, produced in October of 2020, featuring the strange encounters, “Beyond The Wall.” https://ia801407.us.archive.org/5/items/20201016-1030-radio-zine-015/20201016%201030%20Radio%20Zine%20015.mp3        

Issue #14: October Everywhere Written by Austin Rich & Richard Brautigan. Performed by Austin Rich. Issue #14, produced in October of 2020, featuring spooky current commentary like, “Wildfires,” “Rain,” and, ”1692 Cotton Mather Newsreel.” https://ia601407.us.archive.org/3/items/20201009-1030-radio-zine-014/20201009%201030%20Radio%20Zine%20014.mp3   Musical Selections (usually in excerpt): Eating Ash * Sadgasm The Scream * Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors

The Nightside of Eden (#205) I wander through a creepy forest to the Nightside of Eden, where Daona offer a unique studio session for our program. Enjoy! https://ia601406.us.archive.org/22/items/mutation-205/Mutation205.mp3 The Nightside of Eden HOUR 1 Part I:  01. ) A Creepy Forest * Mini-Mutations HOUR 2 Part II:  02.) Nightside of Eden * Daona Part III: Dimestore Radio … Continue reading The Nightside of Eden (#205)

The End of Fake Noose (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 5) (#173) It’s always nice to visit with friends when you’re having a party like this, at to wrap up our Holiday broadcasts this month, we have the incomparable DJ Victrola, joining us to help clean up the studio, and catch up regrading all things spooky. … Continue reading The End of Fake Noose (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 5) (#173)

The Last Radio Station On The Left (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 4) (#172) Join us for a very cool and rare treat: a re-creation of an electronic music radio program from the late ’80s and early ’90s, which was infamous for their Halloween Shows! Brian Magill is no stranger to our show, and has been … Continue reading The Last Radio Station On The Left (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 4) (#172)

Something Written This Way Comes (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 3) (#171) This week we continue our Ghost Story program with special guest, Obadiah Baird, who talks about editing The Audient Void, his favorite free horror movies, and then we read some poetry that is perfect for this time of year. In hour two, Nathan Carson … Continue reading Something Written This Way Comes (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 3) (#171)

To Haunt or To Haunt Not? (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 2) (#170) This time of year is a lot of fun when you can get some guests in the studio, and with that in mind, we got none other than Kylie Burbank, and her friend Elder Valik Grey of the local Vampire Council.. Enjoy! https://ia601402.us.archive.org/23/items/mutation170/Mutation170.mp3 … Continue reading To Haunt or To Haunt Not? (Ghost Stories 2019 Part 2) (#170)

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 Presenting four pulp fiction tales from the golden age of radio. Enjoy! https://ia801402.us.archive.org/32/items/20220128_20220128_2356/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 August 1946Continue reading "Dimestore Radio Theater!"

Dimestore Radio Theater! Presenting four pulp fiction tales from the golden age of radio. Enjoy! https://ia801402.us.archive.org/32/items/20220128_20220128_2356/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 (1944) 03.) AlwaysContinue reading "Dimestore Radio Theater!"

Dimestore Radio Theater! Presenting four pulp fiction tales from the golden age of radio. Enjoy! https://ia801402.us.archive.org/32/items/20220128_20220128_2356/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 * KFI RadioContinue reading "Dimestore Radio Theater!"

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)

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!

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

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

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

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 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!

The War Of The Worlds (Retrocast) (Where I rebroadcast the Mutual Network’s classic October 30th, 1938 episode of The Mercury Theater on The Air featuring Orsen Welles!) Halloween is just starting to take off, and stay tuned next week for one of my favorite Halloween Theme Shows: Lost In The Punk-In Patch! See ya in … Continue reading The War Of The Worlds (Retrocast)

NewsBlas 30 October 2014: The War of The Worlds Trailer (BlasphuphmusRadio.com Edit) 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. … Continue reading NewsBlas 30 October 2014: The War of The Worlds Trailer (BlasphuphmusRadio.com Edit)

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. 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 This link will remain active for a short period of time.     And this link goes with the former. A simple Google Search reveals a whole range of other … 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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!