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This week on the Shiver Show, we are doing a deep dive into the classic noir radio drama, Sunset Boulevard. This Lux Radio Theater production is based on the film, which won several academy awards, and ranks as one of the greatest films of all time.  The radio production features most of the original cast, including Gloria Swanson and William Holden, and a suspenseful adaptation of the original 'killer' script by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and D. M. Marshman Jr.  Join Greg and Mary as they talk about the wonderful story, Greg's desert lunch with William Holden, and cleft chins.  It's sad, it's a bit seedy - it's terrific.   Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, we take you on a wander down the foggy streets of Victorian London with The Lodger (1948) - a chilling episode from the legendary Suspense series. Set in the working-class district of Whitechapel, fear grips the city as a shadowy killer known only as “The Avenger” stalks the night. Into this atmosphere of dread comes a mysterious new tenant—Mr Sleuth, played (and narrated) by Robert Montgomery. Quiet, intensely religious, and more than a little unsettling, Mr Sleuth arrives with few possessions, a stack of identical suits, and a habit of quoting scripture.  Jeanette Nolan delivers a strong performance as Ellen Bunting, the wary landlady, while Peggy Weber plays her step-daughter Daisy, whose naivety adds to the tension. Lucien Moraweck’s haunting music underscores this dread tale. Written by Marie Belloc Lowndes, an English author and suffragette, The Lodger is a masterclass in suspense. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

There's a storm brewing this week on The Shiver Show, as Mary and Greg brace for the storm, and hunker down in the tense, claustrophobic world of Key Largo. This radio adaption for the Lux Radio Theatre, first broadcast on CBS in 1949, following the 1948 noir film classic. At the centre is the unforgettable Edward G. Robinson, reprising his role as gangster Johnny Rocco—a man as dangerous as the hurricane bearing down on the Florida Keys. He’s joined by Claire Trevor, also returning as Gaye Dawn, the tragic, alcohol-soaked torch singer—a performance that won her an Academy Award in the film. Edmond O’Brien steps into the role of reluctant hero Frank McLeod (originally played by Humphrey Bogart).  Mary and Greg explore the story’s fascinating evolution—from Maxwell Anderson’s 1939 Broadway play (written in blank verse!) to its transformation into a tightly wound wartime noir set against the backdrop of a raging hurricane, which seems like a character itself.  With gangsters, guns, and rising tension, Key Largo is a masterclass in atmosphere and character. So batten down the hatches because when the storm hits, it's going to be a bumpy night. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week with Project Mastodon, we’re travelling back to a time when mastodons roamed and mosquitoes were… frankly, terrifying. This 1956 episode from the brilliant X Minus One series, based on a story by Clifford D. Simak, blends satire, suspense, and big ideas in equal measure. When a group of entrepreneurs discover a gateway to the distant past, their first instinct isn’t scientific curiosity—it’s opportunity. Why stay in the modern world with all its rules and restrictions when you can head back 50,000 years and start fresh? Their solution: establish a brand-new civilisation in prehistoric times, free from government interference and full of commercial potential. But while Mastodonia might seem like the perfect escape, the present-day world isn’t quite ready to let it go. What unfolds is a clever and often funny exploration of time travel, capitalism, and control.  As always, X Minus One delivers a high-concept story with real bite. It’s imaginative, thought-provoking, and surprisingly modern in its themes. Step into the past—and see what the future makes of it. And don't forget the bug repellent! Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn cinch up their trench coats once again and step into the shadowy world of wartime espionage with “Five Fingers” from Lux Radio Theatre (1952). Starring the incomparable James Mason, reprising his film role, this stylish spy drama is based on the real-life story of the infamous spy with the code name Cicero. Mason plays Ulysses Diello, a suave and deeply opportunistic valet working at the British Embassy in Ankara during World War II. By day, he’s the model servant. By night, he’s photographing top-secret documents and selling them to the Germans. Loyalty is negotiable, and everyone—especially Diello—has a price. Mary and Greg unpack the fascinating true story of Albanian valet Elyesa Bazna, whose daring espionage earned him a fortune… paid in counterfeit money. Not exactly a retirement plan. They also explore the film’s legacy, from its glamorous 1952 cinema release (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz) and shot in Istanbul. Expect clipped accents, coded messages, and plenty of intrigue—though perhaps not perfect sound quality this time! Still, Mason’s velvet performance carries the day. Please join us for this terrific spy thriller.  Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn bring you The Voice on the Wire, a delicious tale of psychological suspense. At the centre of the story is Geraldine Reeves, played by Lesley Woods, a lonely widow living on a narrow island near the ruins of her former home. Years earlier, her husband—a composer—died in a tragic fire that destroyed the house.  Night after night she hears something impossible: her late husband’s unfinished musical composition drifting through the darkness, accompanied by the eerie howling of a dog. No one is there—or so it seems. Then one evening the telephone rings, and a mysterious voice calmly informs Geraldine she has just four hours to live. Written by Robert Sloane, the story plays almost like a radio version of Clue—everyone seems suspicious, everyone denies everything, and someone is clearly lying. Is it supernatural revenge… or something far more calculated? Tune in and decide for yourself—The Voice on the Wire delivers a double helping of suspense. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

Join us this week on The Shiver Show, as Mary and Greg enter a time warp with “Time and Time Again.” This unforgettable episode of X Minus One, aired on the NBC Radio Network (1956), and is based on the 1947 novel by H. Beam Piper. The story follows Allan Hartley, a 43-year-old soldier wounded during the Siege of Buffalo in World War III. It’s 1975. The world is fractured. Then—without warning—Allan wakes up in 1945… inside his own 13-year-old body. Armed with knowledge of Hiroshima, the course of World War II, Allan faces an extraordinary moral puzzle: Can he change the future? Should he? Or does time resist interference? Author H. Beam Piper was fascinated by time distortion and alternate histories, themes he explored across numerous short stories and novels. Mary and Greg explore the episode’s haunting central question: If you could return to your 13-year-old self for one hour… what would you do? Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, we turn up the temperature with “August Heat,” a 1945 episode of Suspense. Adapted from the 1910 short story by W. F. Harvey, this deliciously eerie tale is understated and unsettling. The episode stars Barry Kroeger as the artist, James Clarence Withencroft, whose automatic sketching leads him wander the streets of London until he meets a mason who has just finished a headstone. The heat presses in. Their fates are tied. With an immersive soundscape and a lush, haunting score the oppressive atmosphere unfolds. August Heat is a slow burn tale that will have you fanning yourself in fright. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, we bring you deceit and deadly intentions with “A Blueprint for Murder” from Lux Radio Theatre (1954), adapted just one year after the successful 1953 film, directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters. This golden era radio episode features Dan Dailey as Cam, and Dorothy McGuire as Lynn, the dreaded stepmother with secrets to spare. McGuire is terrific here, proving she can go dark, despite Hollywood often casting her as the “nice girl.” The supporting cast is terrific too, with Barney Phillips as Captain Detective Pringle, Jack Kruschen as Lieutenant Cole, and William Conrad as the district attorney.  This is a compelling mystery with a slow-burn tension and meticulous clues. Join us for secrets, suspicion, and a blueprint that doesn’t quite go to plan. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn do the time warp with “The Thirty-Second of December” (1958), a clever and unsettling episode from the legendary Suspense series. Starring Frank Lovejoy as Joe, the story leans heavily on Lovejoy’s everyman intensity. Drowning in gambling debt, Joe makes a disastrous choice: he pawns his fiancée Molly’s engagement ring… then impulsively spends the money on a strange watch from a deeply unsettling pawnshop owner, played to perfection by Barney Phillips.  Things go rapidly downhill when Joe discovers the watch can control time—and decides to use it to rob a bank. The robbery succeeds. The debt is gone. But Molly is gone and Joe still hasn't learned his lesson at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.  Mary and Greg unpack the episode’s dark irony, its cautionary take on shortcuts and second chances. A morality tale with a supernatural sting— The 32nd of December is quietly cruel. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

Get ready for a real treat with this noir crime classic, Double Indemnity. This episode is packed with star power: a sultry Barbara Stanwyck, a tough and conniving Fred MacMurray, a commanding William Conrad and the writing of Jame M. Cain. This episode has it all.   Join us! Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn return to the streets of New York with “The Andrew Jenkins Case” (1949), a taut episode from Broadway Is My Beat, originally broadcast on CBS. Anthony Ross stars as Detective Danny Clover, offering a more mature, seasoned take on the character—world-weary, reflective, and quietly authoritative. It’s a fine performance that suits the darker emotional undercurrent of the case. Ross is joined by Charlotte Holland as Grace and Jean Carson as Sally, whose flirty exchanges with Danny add warmth and levity in this bleak world. Mary talks about the superb sound design in this episode - the rich ambient sound of the auctioneer’s room, or the visceral fight scene. Greg does the numbers on the 2025 value of the stash and the pawned watch!  As Detective Danny Clover reminds us, “It’s Broadway – it’s a merry-go-round, where you can’t tell if the guy in front of you is thinking about a milkshake or murder.”  Listen now! Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn head back to the mean streets of New York City with “The Floyd Decker Murder Case” from the hard-boiled radio series Broadway Is My Beat. Written by the sharp crime-writing team of Morten Fine and Larry Friedkin, this episode delivers everything fans love about the series: gritty dialogue, weary cops, broken dreams, and a murder that cuts close to the bone. At the centre of it all is Detective Danny Clover, played by Larry Thor, whose performance perfectly captures the exhaustion and quiet decency of a man who’s seen too much. The atmosphere is pure noir, helped along by the moody score from Alexander Courage, and the soundscape of David Light, a true legend of radio sound design.  Mary and Greg unpack the writing, performances, and craftsmanship that make Broadway Is My Beat such an enduring classic. If you like your crime drama tough and soaked in melancholy, “The Floyd Decker Murder Case” is one you won’t want to miss. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn invite you into a quiet English home where manners are impeccable, secrets are deadly… and the rain simply will not stop. Our featured episode is Wet Saturday, a deliciously twisted classic in which the sinister wit of John Collier meets the suspenseful genius of old-time radio at its finest. Set in a rain-drenched English town, the story begins with a sudden, shocking murder. Charles Laughton stars as the calculating patriarch determined to protect his family at any cost.  Originally aired on December 16, 1943, on the legendary Suspense series, Wet Saturday is a dark comedy. Adapted from Collier’s 1938 short story, the episode crackles with dry British humour and moral ambiguity.  Mary and Greg talk about Laughton’s masterful performance, Collier's intriguing story, and whether croquet is a dangerous game. So settle in, listen closely, and remember—on a wet Saturday, even the most respectable household can become very dangerous indeed. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

This week on The Shiver Show, co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn shine a flickering torch into the darkness with a chilling gem from classic radio horror: “The Shadow People” (1953), from the cult-favourite series The Hall of Fantasy. When a young woman becomes convinced she’s being stalked by the same supernatural entities responsible for her father’s mysterious death, fear turns to desperation. Shadows move where they shouldn’t. Shapes linger just beyond the edge of vision. Unsure whether she’s facing something otherworldly or losing her grip on reality, she turns to a paranormal expert for answers. What follows is a deeply unsettling descent into unseen menace, where the darkness itself seems alive. Mary and Greg unpack what makes this episode so effective, starting with the terrific sound design. Footsteps, whispers, and encroaching silence are used with precision, proving once again that radio horror doesn’t need visuals to crawl under your skin. The Hall of Fantasy, produced and directed by Richard Thorne, ran from 1952 to 1953 and built a loyal following for its moody adaptations of horror, fantasy, and suspense. Though cast credits were often sparse or unbilled, the series featured a rotating troupe of seasoned radio actors who delivered consistently high-quality performances across its short but memorable run. If you enjoy vintage horror that whispers rather than screams—and leaves you glancing nervously at the corners of the room—this episode is for you. Tune in… because The Shadow People truly deliver the shivers. Thank you for listening!   If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments! Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcast Follow The Shiver Show  https://www.facebook.com/theshivershow or check out our website at  https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow