{"id":36638,"date":"2021-10-16T01:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T05:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=36638"},"modified":"2021-10-15T11:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T15:32:52","slug":"getting-in-that-halloween-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/10\/16\/getting-in-that-halloween-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting in that Halloween Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/01\/20\/gaslight\/mystery_matinee\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35546\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/01\/20\/gaslight\/mystery_matinee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?fit=640%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,148\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mystery_Matinee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?fit=640%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35546\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?resize=640%2C148&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mystery Matinee\" width=\"640\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?resize=300%2C69&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/embed\/h_NjF5Z8j88\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>If you&#8217;re burning the midnight oil working on a Halloween costume and want some background noise in the spirit of the season, here is nearly 12 hours of old time radio shows that will give you the creeps. These are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lights_Out_(radio_show)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lights Out<\/em><\/a> program which ran on radio in one form or another from 1934 to 1947. There was also a short lived television program that aired during the dawn of television, but it was very tame compared to the radio program. It also had a tough time competing with <em>the theater of the mind<\/em> that audio dramas provided. Listeners&#8217; imaginations were always greater than the shoestring visuals of early television.<\/p>\n<p>To me, these are the obvious inspiration for some of the over-the-top horror tales illustrated in <em>EC Comics&#8217;<\/em> notorious classics such as <em>Tales from the Crypt<\/em> and <em>The Vault of Horror. <\/em>I don&#8217;t doubt that writers up against a deadline lifted an idea here and there from a <em>Lights Out<\/em> or <em>Suspense<\/em> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re burning the midnight oil working on a Halloween costume and want some background noise in the spirit of the season, here is nearly 12 hours of old time radio shows that will give you the creeps. These are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/10\/16\/getting-in-that-halloween-spirit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[82,176,5033,26],"tags":[497,3668,76,953,5173,2375,5172,3637],"class_list":["post-36638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween","category-holiday","category-mystery-matinee","category-stuff-joe-likes","tag-creepy","tag-halloween","tag-horror","tag-lights-out","tag-marathon","tag-old-time-radio","tag-otr","tag-spooky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9wW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4902,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/30\/chicken-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":36638,"position":0},"title":"The Chicken Heart","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"No video today. We are going to do something a little different and return to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Follow me as we enter the theater of the mind with a vintage radio drama! I first heard about this episode of the classic radio program Lights Out like a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HALLOWEEN-MOVIE-HEAD1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HALLOWEEN-MOVIE-HEAD1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HALLOWEEN-MOVIE-HEAD1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36717,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/36717\/","url_meta":{"origin":36638,"position":1},"title":"The Martians are Coming!","author":"Joe","date":"October 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As a treat for Halloween, here is a presentation of Orson Welles' notorious radio drama originally broadcast on October 30, 1938. Click on the arrow below to play the program. \ufeff Happy Halloween! \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mystery Matinee","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mystery_Matinee.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14782,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/11\/04\/i-want-my-retrotv\/","url_meta":{"origin":36638,"position":2},"title":"I Want My RetroTV!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We're having a little trouble letting go of Halloween at the Casa De Willceau. 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Maybe these will cheer you up! This\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crafts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crafts","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/crafts-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Swoop_splick.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19883,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/10\/31\/halloween-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":36638,"position":4},"title":"Halloween 2015","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Lloyd was a blaze of color of motion and color this October 31st which is what we've been doing for the past several Halloweens, but being that he has grown to an imposing size, we opted for something somewhat more sinister. Behold the fearsome Atomic Warrior! 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