I've been searching for this episode for almost 30yrs! I heard it on an old 8 track tape I found in a box of random cassettes, i didn't know the name of the episode but i remembered the introduction of "Suspense", some kind person was able to tell me the name of the episode in a reply to a comment i made on a random episode. Thanks for posting this!!
I haven't heard this one since 1969 from my collection. SUSPENSE was one of the best shows, with mostly famous actors with excellent stories for the most. I have over 1000 otr shows since 1969. I'm old enough to have heard these shows starting in the late 40's.
So I started listening to these when I began working a night cleaning gig over a year back. I started on this episode and got hooked, I went back and started over and now I’m on episode 690 and still going. It’s an amazing series.
@@Sheriff_GrimLawIt's basically a way of introducing or framing a discussion. It can be used to convey a certain level of enthusiasm. Lots of times it's used as a sort of transition, allowing people to set the tone for what comes next.
You might want to look up the essay I wrote about this episode. What is it that makes this episode so terrifying? What is in that closet? What could it represent? Why does Ellen, a seemingly nice woman, turn into a murderous monster? I try to answer these questions in my essay.
I was digging through my house when I was 8 or 9 and found a cassette tape. Those where obsolute at the time, but I was curious, so i continued digging and found a Walkman. I listenes to that cassette and on it was this story and fugue in c minor, two suspense stories. They genuinely traumatized me. They were so amazing and terrifying that even now I hid the cassette and it still give me chills just to look at it.
@@Misstess2010 Read the essay I wrote for Old Radio Times and you'll see there's A LOT going in this episode. Clue#1: The den is a "nice little room particularly for a man" and the closet is just off the den. The closet door is locked against the couple but easily opens for the cops. The blood oozes out and contaminates Ellen but can't be seen by the police. These thing and others add up.
Great story, and great sound quality! I've always wondered if it was inspired by William Hope Hodgson's _The House on the Borderland,_ as it shares a few similarities (though, admittedly, vague) and seems to fall more under the "weird fiction" umbrella than conventional horror. Also, I swear that the ghoulish howl must have been provided by Hans Conried, it really sounds like him, haha.
Some other notable actors here that help make it so good. Joseph Kearns as the narrator was a wonderful radio actor, who later made fame as Dennis the Menace Mr. Wilson. Paul Fress, the man of many voices on commercials and radio, and part of the crowd when the body is found is Jim Backus, of Mr.Magoo and Mr. Howell fame...
Tomcat?😱😱 time to go! This is a scary one to listen to just after midnight June 2020 pandemic! I had to stop and get some wine on this one. Wow good ones
I have this one on cassette tape. It was given to me by someone within my family and not just that I can present a story for you old people I would like to give you a suspense story on my own. Who is my dad? Your story, and hopefully radio can use it
I think-repeat-Think she turns into a cougar or leopard at night and wakes up w/out any memory. If you or any of your friends have another better idea please let me know. I'm still confused.
This one is genuinely chilling. Very good effort. 💚
When I was a boy, in the 1940’s, I listened to this program every week.
Props to this 83 year old to comment this or 95 year old
@@ronyaldana7410 actually 84 years old. I was born in 1939.
@@harrypowers9412 oh
@@ronyaldana7410 actually 84; almost 85.
My son and I used to listen to this on a zenith floor radio. Great times
I've been searching for this episode for almost 30yrs! I heard it on an old 8 track tape I found in a box of random cassettes, i didn't know the name of the episode but i remembered the introduction of "Suspense", some kind person was able to tell me the name of the episode in a reply to a comment i made on a random episode. Thanks for posting this!!
Thats awesome! Do you still have the 8 track?
I haven't heard this one since 1969 from my collection. SUSPENSE was one of the best shows, with mostly famous actors with excellent stories for the most. I have over 1000 otr shows since 1969. I'm old enough to have heard these shows starting in the late 40's.
I bet people were so much more sensitive to horror back then. This must have been terrifying.
So I started listening to these when I began working a night cleaning gig over a year back. I started on this episode and got hooked, I went back and started over and now I’m on episode 690 and still going. It’s an amazing series.
Why do people begin sentences with the word "so"?
I hear it all the time.
@@Sheriff_GrimLawIt's basically a way of introducing or framing a discussion. It can be used to convey a certain level of enthusiasm. Lots of times it's used as a sort of transition, allowing people to set the tone for what comes next.
You’re tuff ! I could never listen to this while cleaning a building in the dark at night!!
@@Sheriff_GrimLaw So what? lol 😀
That shriek is so disturbing I have heard this so many times but still unnerving
Standing in the kitchen making chaffles listening to this through my earbuds and my wife sneaks up behind me… I almost jumped out of my skin….
Probably the very first “glitch in the matrix” story. Fantastic.
This one has always freaked me out because it’s so bizarre, and the descriptions feeds the imagination and creates such a clear, horrific picture.
You might want to look up the essay I wrote about this episode. What is it that makes this episode so terrifying? What is in that closet? What could it represent? Why does Ellen, a seemingly nice woman, turn into a murderous monster? I try to answer these questions in my essay.
@denisenoe1534 where can one find this essay?
That's the whole idea of these radio shows. They make your imagination work overtime. I believe these shows would go over well today
How can we see your essay? Send us a link! @@denisenoe1534
I was digging through my house when I was 8 or 9 and found a cassette tape. Those where obsolute at the time, but I was curious, so i continued digging and found a Walkman. I listenes to that cassette and on it was this story and fugue in c minor, two suspense stories. They genuinely traumatized me. They were so amazing and terrifying that even now I hid the cassette and it still give me chills just to look at it.
There might be more than meets the ear. I wrote an essay on it published in Old Radio Times.
Dang! This is scarier listening to this than any blood filled graphic horror flick.
'Theater of the mind'
That it's 'scarier' is a great sign that you have a working Imagination!
Wow! I listened to this a few years ago, and even now it still managed to keep me in suspense.
One of my favorites
A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense!
Top 10 for sure
WOW another one that totally delivers, which is most of them!!! Still on Act I & creepin' right out! 🚪🛎💀☠
I've had this on a pre-recorded audio tape for years, & it scares the hell out of me every time I listen to it! Those howls!!!! 😱 👹
My parents and I used to listen to these on cassette at bedtime. This one always stuck with me
@@Misstess2010 Do you ever wonder what is in that closet? Why Ellen turns into a monster?
@@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755 Every time I hear it. I know what it implies, but the imagination runs wild into other crazy things
@@Misstess2010 Read the essay I wrote for Old Radio Times and you'll see there's A LOT going in this episode. Clue#1: The den is a "nice little room particularly for a man" and the closet is just off the den. The closet door is locked against the couple but easily opens for the cops. The blood oozes out and contaminates Ellen but can't be seen by the police. These thing and others add up.
Weird & Freaky. 😵 But brilliant. Thanks "Old Time Radio".
Very cool episode. Definitely the closest episode to having paranormal themes I’ve heard so far
Bone chilling story. And performance is perfect
What A Wonderful Way to End Halloween Night
Ah, but this is a CHRISTMAS story!
Great story, and great sound quality! I've always wondered if it was inspired by William Hope Hodgson's _The House on the Borderland,_ as it shares a few similarities (though, admittedly, vague) and seems to fall more under the "weird fiction" umbrella than conventional horror.
Also, I swear that the ghoulish howl must have been provided by Hans Conried, it really sounds like him, haha.
Some other notable actors here that help make it so good. Joseph Kearns as the narrator was a wonderful radio actor, who later made fame as Dennis the Menace Mr. Wilson. Paul Fress, the man of many voices on commercials and radio, and part of the crowd when the body is found is Jim Backus, of Mr.Magoo and Mr. Howell fame...
I always wondered why they never made a series show of the OTR, like The Twlight Zone, Hammer, Night Gallery... etc.
Thanks for the UpL!
Best sound quality
Tomcat?😱😱 time to go! This is a scary one to listen to just after midnight June 2020 pandemic! I had to stop and get some wine on this one. Wow good ones
R-O-M-A wine, I hope, LOL.
Great one. I mean a really great one.
Found this story via a mod for Fallout 4. It became my most Scottie story so far
I have this one on cassette tape. It was given to me by someone within my family and not just that I can present a story for you old people I would like to give you a suspense story on my own.
Who is my dad?
Your story, and hopefully radio can use it
'Jerry' sounds like Hans Conried. Wrongway Feldman!!
It is.
"It's just a tomcat." Well, now I know that the "Don't worry, sweetie, it's just the cat" trope has been around for a lot longer than I thought
Jerry may be the narrator on Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon show. How do you spell that wine , LOL.
Robert Taylor ❤️ 👌
Ty
2021 anyone
"Ellen, where is my AK-47?"😅 Very scary 😮
Man, that commercial break really kills the suspense.
truth
Time for "vintage" R-O-M-A wine.
I wasn't the only one!
Maybe. I do like the ads because it kinda puts you back in time, hearing it when first broadcast.
"Ellen, where's my AK-47?"😅 Very scary 😮
Odd horror story, involving warped time, deadly creatures, possession, and true life crime.
7-12-23❤ brooklynn nyc😊
WHAT is in that closet? What is really going on in this story?
"Old Radio Times" ran an article I wrote on "The House in Cypress Canyon."
Noice
😳
Don t listen to this alone and in the dark.
Detective Sam Spade!!!
Did she turn into a zombie?
I think-repeat-Think she turns into a cougar or leopard at night and wakes up w/out any memory. If you or any of your friends have another better idea please let me know. I'm still confused.
@@scottsmith2508 its still a good show. Creepy as hell though
sounds like a werewolf to me
@@mattbushnell4251 Other commentators have said werewolf. I discuss this in my essay.
@denisenoe3702 where is this essay?
Bob barker
Nope! Wasn't in any of these episodes 😅