Jedediah Smith

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  • Day 5 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

    1. Intro: Creature Features crypt full
    2. Movie theme: Creepshow – Welcome to Creepshow (Main Title) by John Harrison (1982)
    3. Poem: The Bat by Theodore Roethke (read by Paul Hecht)
    4. TV program segment: Silver Scream Spook Show opening
    5. Commercial: Creep Phone 900 Number Hotline
    6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): The Marble Hands by Bernard Capes
    7. Monster Song: At The Devils Ball by Maurice Burkhart (1913)
    8. Scenebite: Spirit Store Animatronic Voices: Haunted Shovel Tombstone
    9. Drive-In Trailer: Madhouse – Vincent Price (1974)
    10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: Preview Time (English) You can’t beat a good film (1970s)
    11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “Angel’s Kiss” – Nightfall – 1982
    12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “Casting the Runes” – Escape – Nov 19, 1947

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  • Day 4 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

    1. Intro: Intro – Doomsday is Coming
    2. Movie theme: The Day the Earth Stood Still Prelude by Bernard Herrmann (1951)
    3. Poem: When Chaugnar Wakes by Frank Belknap Long
    4. TV program segment: Gravedale High intro song
    5. Commercial: Boris Karloff – A1 Steak Sauce
    6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit by Barry Pain
    7. Monster Song: The Evils Of Frankenstein by Choctaw John
    8. Scenebite: The Omega Man – they destroyed the world
    9. Drive-In Trailer: Last Man on Earth Radio Spot
    10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: Feature Attraction with Paul Frees
    11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “Hearing Is Believing” – BBC Fear On Four
      https://youtu.be/RLvVyYJ39Z4?si=MtOpiH43Dhu2bf4v
    12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “The Hounds of Tindalos” – Blue Hours: Suspense – November 21, 2014
      https://youtu.be/J0WtQYbJoKQ?si=Hb7pEJrnjwkzzOxp

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  • Day 3 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

    1. Intro: This concludes our broadcast / trick or treat
    2. Movie theme: Salem’s Lot – Holy Water [Main Title No.1] by Harry Sukman
    3. Poem: The Vampire by Charles Baudelaire (read by Tom O’Bedlam)
    4. TV program segment: Creature Feature Crematia Mortem Show Horoscope
    5. Commercial: Electronic Dracula handheld game by Epoch
    6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): Tales of the Frightened told by Boris Karloff – The Vampire Sleeps
    7. Monster Song: The Duponts – Screamin’ Ball (At Dracula Hall)
    8. Scenebite: From Dusk Till Dawn – Every kind of pussy
    9. Drive-In Trailer: The Vampire Lovers trailer (1970)
    10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: Funky Fanfare with Adam West
    11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “Dracula” – Mercury Theater – Nov 7, 1938
    12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “The Black Figurine of Death” – Hall of Fantasy – Dec 28, 1953

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  • Day 2 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

    1. Intro: It’s time for Shocktober! W/the Technobrats
    2. Movie theme: Munsters theme with rare vocals
    3. Poem: Real Gone Munster Beat Poetry
    4. TV program segment: Disney’s Halloween Treat Opening (1982)
    5. Commercial: The Spooky Stories 976 Line (1988)
    6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): Cereal Flexi-Disc – Alpha Bits – The Mysterious Trailer From Space (1977)
    7. Monster Song: The Loch Ness Monster by Thurl Ravenscroft (1966)
    8. Scenebite: The Lost Boys – “Brother is a Vampire”
    9. Drive-In Trailer: Madman (1981) – Drive-In Radio Spot
    10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: And now our Feature Presentation – Thurl Ravenscroft
    11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “The Chimes of Midnight” – Fear on 4
    12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “Mindrift” – Fear on 4 – 1981

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  • Day 1 of 10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry

    Hard to believe, it’s that time of year again, but here it is: Shocktober! And in my house, that means every night of the month up through the Big Day itself, we listen to a homemade mix of Old Time Radio, classic ghost stories, horror movie clips, and long forgotten monster songs that together make up the “10th Annual Shocktober Insomniacs Bedtime Old Time Radio and Audio Gallimaufry.”

    I’ll be posting the playlists, day by day. So, here is Oct 1, 2025.

    1. Intro: This is my Happening and it Freaks me Out!!!
    2. Movie theme: Disney Haunted Mansion theme – Grim Grinning Ghosts
    3. Poem: medley from Scholastic Records’ “The Haunted House & Other Spooky Poems & Tales”
    4. TV program segment: Muppets – Happy Halloween from Janice & Uncle Deadly!
    5. Commercial: Slime Monster Board Game by Mattel 1977
    6. Short (Article/Sketch/Story): 3,000-Year-Old Secret Behind The Gingerbread Man
    7. Monster Song: Johnny Frankenstein by Tony Carr And The Riff Riders (Southern Sound 1961)
    8. Scenebite: from The Devil Rides Out: “The power of mind over mind…”
    9. Drive-In Trailer: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
    10. Retro Baby Buggy Bumper: ABC Movie of the Week opening sequence, created in 1969
    11. Old Time Radio Feature 1: “Thus I Refute Bealsley” & “The Book Shop” – Sleep No More – March 6, 1957
    12. Old Time Radio Feature 2: “The Devil’s Doctor” – The Witch’s Tale – January 8, 1934

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