Crime Before Podcasts
Detective radio: the form true crime grew out of, seventy years before the download.
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Warming up…Another way in
The Night of the Martians
Orson Welles, the Mercury Theatre and the panic broadcast of 30 October 1938 — plus everything else that aired that Halloween season.
I Have Twelve Minutes
Short transfers only. A single bulletin, a serial chapter, a song and out.
One Commute
Half-hour broadcasts — the standard length of American network radio, and the length of most journeys to work.
Something To Fall Asleep To
Slow talk, late music and long unhurried programmes with no sudden noises.
Lights Out
Horror written for the dark, when radio was the only screen and it was inside your head.
Before the Laugh Track
Comedy played to a live studio audience with nowhere to hide.