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Unknown Broadcast | Classic Old Time Radio Horror: Leiningen vs the Ants, CBS Radio Mystery Theater & Suspense
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Unknown Broadcast returns with a full night of classic old time radio horror, vintage radio suspense, OTR mystery, Golden Age radio drama, and eerie anthology storytelling from four legendary radio programs: CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape, Suspense, and The Whistler.
Tonight’s transmission features “A Choice of Witnesses,” “Leiningen Versus the Ants,” “The King’s Birthday,” and “Patients for the Doctor” — four classic radio dramas about blackmail, murder, moral corruption, survival horror, killer army ants, Nazi-occupied Europe, hidden resistance, psychological suspense, medical horror, and a lonely mountain doctor whose patients may not be there by accident.
📸 “A Choice of Witnesses” — CBS Radio Mystery Theater / Henry Slesar
Gordon Bailey is a respectable married man with one secret mistake in his past. Unfortunately, a blackmailing photographer named Kellerman has proof — and he is not blackmailing Gordon alone. When another victim proposes the “perfect” murder, Gordon is pulled into a nightmare of guilt, conspiracy, eyewitness testimony, and the deadly question at the heart of every great CBS Radio Mystery Theater thriller: if murder could solve your problem, would you still say no?
🐜 “Leiningen Versus the Ants” — Escape / Carl Stephenson
One of the most famous survival thrillers in old time radio history. Deep in the Amazon jungle, plantation owner Leiningen refuses to flee when a massive army of ravenous ants marches toward his land. The district commissioner warns him that nothing can stop them, but Leiningen believes human intelligence can defeat any force of nature. What follows is a tense Escape radio drama of jungle terror, siege warfare, fire, water, courage, obsession, and millions of crawling killers.
👑 “The King’s Birthday” — Suspense / Louis Pelletier
Suspense takes us to Nazi-occupied Denmark, where Kronwald Castle becomes the stage for a strange and dangerous act of resistance. Anonymous notes claim that Count Victor will kill himself on the night of the king’s birthday, turning a private threat into a political weapon. With the Gestapo watching, a Nazi Gauleiter circling, and the Danish underground moving in secret, this vintage radio thriller becomes a story of betrayal, patriotism, false appearances, and one unforgettable midnight deception.
🩺 “Patients for the Doctor” / “Patience for the Doctor” — The Whistler
High in the Snoqualmie Mountains, Dr. James Harris lives with his wife Mary in an isolated cabin at the end of a dangerous road. When a storm, a landslide, and a sick traveler bring strangers to his door, they discover that something is terribly wrong with the doctor’s house, his welcome sign, his missing bridge, and his desperate need for patients. The Whistler turns medical duty into psychological horror, revealing a disturbing tale of obsession, injury, pyromania, and madness.
This episode is perfect for listeners searching for old time radio horror, classic OTR suspense, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape radio show, Suspense radio drama, The Whistler, E.G. Marshall, Henry Slesar, Carl Stephenson, Leiningen Versus the Ants, William Conrad, Dolores Costello, Martin Kosleck, George Zucco, Ian Wolfe, vintage horror radio, classic radio mystery, noir radio drama, supernatural suspense, psychological thriller, and Golden Age radio anthologies.
Four dramas. Four traps. A blackmailer takes the wrong picture, a jungle plantation faces a living flood of ants, a castle hides the truth behind a patriotic legend, and a doctor waits in the mountains for patients who may never leave.
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Tonight’s transmission features “A Choice of Witnesses,” “Leiningen Versus the Ants,” “The King’s Birthday,” and “Patients for the Doctor” — four classic radio dramas about blackmail, murder, moral corruption, survival horror, killer army ants, Nazi-occupied Europe, hidden resistance, psychological suspense, medical horror, and a lonely mountain doctor whose patients may not be there by accident.
📸 “A Choice of Witnesses” — CBS Radio Mystery Theater / Henry Slesar
Gordon Bailey is a respectable married man with one secret mistake in his past. Unfortunately, a blackmailing photographer named Kellerman has proof — and he is not blackmailing Gordon alone. When another victim proposes the “perfect” murder, Gordon is pulled into a nightmare of guilt, conspiracy, eyewitness testimony, and the deadly question at the heart of every great CBS Radio Mystery Theater thriller: if murder could solve your problem, would you still say no?
🐜 “Leiningen Versus the Ants” — Escape / Carl Stephenson
One of the most famous survival thrillers in old time radio history. Deep in the Amazon jungle, plantation owner Leiningen refuses to flee when a massive army of ravenous ants marches toward his land. The district commissioner warns him that nothing can stop them, but Leiningen believes human intelligence can defeat any force of nature. What follows is a tense Escape radio drama of jungle terror, siege warfare, fire, water, courage, obsession, and millions of crawling killers.
👑 “The King’s Birthday” — Suspense / Louis Pelletier
Suspense takes us to Nazi-occupied Denmark, where Kronwald Castle becomes the stage for a strange and dangerous act of resistance. Anonymous notes claim that Count Victor will kill himself on the night of the king’s birthday, turning a private threat into a political weapon. With the Gestapo watching, a Nazi Gauleiter circling, and the Danish underground moving in secret, this vintage radio thriller becomes a story of betrayal, patriotism, false appearances, and one unforgettable midnight deception.
🩺 “Patients for the Doctor” / “Patience for the Doctor” — The Whistler
High in the Snoqualmie Mountains, Dr. James Harris lives with his wife Mary in an isolated cabin at the end of a dangerous road. When a storm, a landslide, and a sick traveler bring strangers to his door, they discover that something is terribly wrong with the doctor’s house, his welcome sign, his missing bridge, and his desperate need for patients. The Whistler turns medical duty into psychological horror, revealing a disturbing tale of obsession, injury, pyromania, and madness.
This episode is perfect for listeners searching for old time radio horror, classic OTR suspense, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Escape radio show, Suspense radio drama, The Whistler, E.G. Marshall, Henry Slesar, Carl Stephenson, Leiningen Versus the Ants, William Conrad, Dolores Costello, Martin Kosleck, George Zucco, Ian Wolfe, vintage horror radio, classic radio mystery, noir radio drama, supernatural suspense, psychological thriller, and Golden Age radio anthologies.
Four dramas. Four traps. A blackmailer takes the wrong picture, a jungle plantation faces a living flood of ants, a castle hides the truth behind a patriotic legend, and a doctor waits in the mountains for patients who may never leave.
🎧 LISTEN NOW and subscribe for spine-tingling horror stories every week!
🎉 Unlock exclusive bonus episodes and support the show on Patreon!
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