Jedediah Smith

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Day 17 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

Playlist, Oct 17, 2025:

  1. Intro: Horror Host Intro: Thriller Double Feature WXON TV20 Detroit Saturday 2pm 1983-93
  2. Movie theme: Martin – “The Calling” by Donald Rubinstein (1977)
  3. Poem: Ghost House by Robert Frost
  4. TV program segment: KABC promo reel for The Vampira Show
  5. Commercial: Wanda The Witch For Hidden Magic Hair Spray
  6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): The Cradle That Rocked by Itself by Maria Leach from Haunted House & Other Spooky Poems b/w Family Secrets by Midnight Syndicate
  7. Monster Song: The Ballad of Harry Warden by Paul Zaza from My Bloody Valentine (1981)
  8. Scenebite: The Second Inquisition from Jess Franco’s Les démons (1973)
  9. Drive-In Trailer: They Came From Within (1975)
  10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: Funky Fanfare with Boris Karloff
  11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “Herbert West – Reanimator” Pt. I – Dark Adventure Radio Theatre – hplhs.org/darthwr.php
  12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “Three Skeleton Key” – Escape – March 17, 1950

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