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Day 18 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

Playlist, Oct 18, 2025:

  1. Intro: Telephone call
  2. Movie theme: Fright Night – “Come To Me” by Brad Fiedel (1985)
  3. Poem: Hamlet’s Soliloquy Act III Scene 2 l.380-91 read by Sir John Gielgud
  4. TV program segment: Boris Karloff – Dinah Shore Show (1957)
  5. Commercial: Nestle Halloween Candy with Frankenstein’s Monster Ad (1977)
  6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): A Phantom Toe: A Traditional Ghost Story from HorrorBabble
  7. Monster Song: Get Down Goblin (Special Treat) by Jan Terri
  8. Scenebite: You come to us – Phantasm
  9. Drive-In Trailer: Night of the Comet
  10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: Bela and Bologna
  11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “Herbert West – Reanimator” Pt. II – Dark Adventure Radio Theatre – hplhs.org/darthwr.php
  12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “Northern Lights” – Quiet, Please – Jan 30, 1949

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