I grew up listening to a Christian radio program aimed at kids called Adventures in Odyssey and I adored it. It gave me, a kid growing up in the 90s, a deep appreciation for a type of storytelling...
I grew up listening to a Christian radio program aimed at kids called Adventures in Odyssey and I adored it. It gave me, a kid growing up in the 90s, a deep appreciation for a type of storytelling (radio dramas) that had been mostly dead long before I was born.
Anyway, I just finished the first episode and I enjoyed that a lot! Thanks for sharing this :) Also, given the timeframes involved, I can't tell if this is influenced by Twilight Zone or if TZ was influenced by old radio dramas (I'd assume so). But there's definitely a Twilight Zone vibe to this!
Twilight Zone started in 1959, CBS Mystery Theater was a bit of a throwback to that era and a last huzzah of radio drama in general. If you're interested in contemporaries of the Twilight Zone,...
Twilight Zone started in 1959, CBS Mystery Theater was a bit of a throwback to that era and a last huzzah of radio drama in general.
If you're interested in contemporaries of the Twilight Zone, you might like Dimension X or X Minus One for the sci-fi angle, and Escape or Suspense for the thriller. There's a lot of old radio programs available from that era.
I grew up listening to a Christian radio program aimed at kids called Adventures in Odyssey and I adored it. It gave me, a kid growing up in the 90s, a deep appreciation for a type of storytelling (radio dramas) that had been mostly dead long before I was born.
Anyway, I just finished the first episode and I enjoyed that a lot! Thanks for sharing this :) Also, given the timeframes involved, I can't tell if this is influenced by Twilight Zone or if TZ was influenced by old radio dramas (I'd assume so). But there's definitely a Twilight Zone vibe to this!
Twilight Zone started in 1959, CBS Mystery Theater was a bit of a throwback to that era and a last huzzah of radio drama in general.
If you're interested in contemporaries of the Twilight Zone, you might like Dimension X or X Minus One for the sci-fi angle, and Escape or Suspense for the thriller. There's a lot of old radio programs available from that era.