Birth (1918): Leonard Bernstein, composer. His dissonance shaped suspense atmospheres.
As an influence on horror, mystery, and OTR, Leonard Bernstein’s work is often cited for how it translated tension and character into purely aural storytelling. In broadcasts or adaptations, their voice and persona helped shape the way radio conveyed fear and suspense. Collectors still revisit episodes featuring their appearances for the clarity of performance and the period atmosphere they evoke.
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100 Audio Books of the works of HP Lovecraft including The Call of Chthulhu, The Crawling Chaos, At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror and many other favourites of Horror Fiction, added to the library Listen Now
“Are You One of The Frightened?” Tales of the Frightened features short stories read by the great horror film actor Boris Karloff lasting around 5 minutes per spooky vignette. Each episode of Tales of the Frightened is read masterfully by the uncanny Boris Karloff who projects a slow yet truly frightening sense of doom. The show also features sound effects of moaning, clanking chains, … Continue reading →
The Complete Works of Lovecraft in pdf courtesy of “Arkham Archivist” with a linked table of contents and “Return to Table of Contents” links following each story. Lcensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) (a formalization of the request initially made, merely putting it into legal terms). The book may be redistributed, torn apart, revised, etc, but please … Continue reading →