Campfire Radio Theater

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RIP Part II Oct 27, 2014

Show notes

Once again, we follow the bloody trail of Jack the Ripper and his victims as pub patron Old Jim weaves a grisly tale of London's Victorian Whitechapel and hints at an evil that may still lurk amongst the shadows of the East End.

Warning: Contains graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.

Written and Directed by Blaine Hicklin

Series Produced by John Ballentine

Cast

Rish Outfield http://dunesteef.com/

Gerti Steele

Alan Steele http://wadealansteele.com/

Robert Cudmore

Wendy Bilton Arbuckle

David Ault http://www.davidault.co.uk

Sasha Bibin

Caitlin Sneddon

Scott Zee

Matthew McLean

Jim Balfour

Helen Sykes

Fred Sykes

Mark Howard

Mino Rasic

Laurel Hicklin

Blaine Hicklin

Music by Kevin Hartnell

http://overlookhotelrecords.com/

Vocal arrangements performed by Lisa Greaves Taylor

Produced in association with Yap Audio http://www.yapaudio.co.uk/

Running Time 33:34

RIP Part I Oct 05, 2014

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Newlyweds on the final eve of their honeymoon are haunted by the ghosts of old Whitechapel as a mysterious pub patron breathes terrifying new life into the bloody terror that gripped the streets of Victorian London.

Warning: Contains graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.

Written and Directed by Blaine Hicklin

Series produced by John Ballentine

Cast

Rish Outfield http://dunesteef.com/

Gerti Steele

Alan Steele http://wadealansteele.com/

David Ault http://www.davidault.co.uk

Caitlin Sneddon

Robert Cudmore http://www.yapaudio.co.uk/

Matthew McLean

Wendy Bilton Arbuckle

Jim Balfour

Music by Kevin Hartnell and Kevin MacLeod

http://www.overlookhotelrecords.com/

Vocal arrangements performed by Lisa Greaves Taylor

Produced in association with Yap Audio. Special thanks to Rish Outfield of the Dunesteef Podcast and Alan and Gerti Steele.

Running Time 25:42

The Philadelphia Xperiment May 11, 2014

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Confined to a mental ward in 1951 and awaiting his impending lobotomy, an enigmatic WW2 veteran known only as Patient X recalls an ill-fated experiment to render a U.S. warship invisible resulting in nightmarish side effects for the survivors as well as uncovering a mind-bending temporal terror.

Warning: May contain explicit language and graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast

David Ault

Jack Kincaid

Joe Stofko

M Sieiro Garcia

John Ballentine

Blaine Hicklin

Glenn Hascall

Music by Kevin Hartnell, Kevin MacLeod, Richard Lainhart and ERH

http://www.overlookhotelrecords.com/

Running time 32:58

Dreaming of a Dead Christmas Dec 15, 2013

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Two college coeds returning home for the holidays unwittingly unleash a zombie outbreak at a truck-stop after running over a mysterious man on a desolate country road.

Warning: May contain explicit language and graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast

Tanja Milojevic

Shelby Sessler

John Ballentine

Teresa Ballentine

Blaine Hicklin

Joe Stofko

Music by Kevin MacLeod and Michael Hoffman

Songs by The Experiments, Reigning Sound, The Ravonettes, Out of Orion and Dott

Running time 29:22

The War of the Worlds Oct 27, 2013

Show notes

A young woman's cell phone diary chronicles the end of days first hand as deadly alien war machines emerge from fallen meteorites and rain fiery destruction upon an unsuspecting populace.

A new adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic!

Warning: May contain explicit language and graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.

Adapted, produced and directed for this series by John Ballentine

Cast

Shelby Sessler http://www.youtube.com/user/shelbeanie143?feature=watch

Joe Stofko http://www.harvestaudio.joestofko.com/home/

Jack Kincaid http://edictzero.wordpress.com/

Glenn Hascall http://www.freewebs.com/glennhascall/

John Ballentine

Blaine Hicklin

Julie Hoverson http://www.19nocturneboulevard.net/

Teresa Ballentine

Catherine Rinella http://midnightaudiotheatre.com/

Scott Spaulding http://decoratedair.com/

Music by Kevin MacLeod and Setuniman

Running time 37:07

The Dentist Sep 01, 2013

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A new dental assistant is drawn into a perplexing mystery as many of Dr. Stewart's patients emerge from the office in a dazed stupor... a dead look in their eyes. Paranoia and dread soon take hold as she begins to suspect her kindly boss may be engaging in a terrifyingly macabre practice.

Adapted from the NIGHTFALL classic!

Written by Bill Gray

Series produced and directed by John Ballentine

Cast

Kellie Floyd

Nathan Lowell

John Ballentine

Julie Hoverson

Tanja Milojevic

Jack Ward

Music by Kevin MacLeod, John Carl Toth and Frankum

Show Notes:

Special thanks to Bill Gray for allowing us to adapt his wonderfully chilling audio play from one of my favorite radio dramas of all time.

Please check out the websites of some of our friends who volunteered their time and remarkable voice talents.

Nathan Lowell http://nathanlowell.com/

Julie Hoverson http://19nocturneboulevard.net/

Tanja Milojevic http://lightningbolttheater.com/

Jack Ward http://www.evicuna.com/

Composer John Carl Toth http://johnietoth.weebly.com/

Running time 29:58

Hungry Hollow Feb 06, 2013

Show notes

On a weekend camping trip, three boyhood friends rescue an enchanting young hiker lost in the mountains but soon find themselves pawns in a dark ritual as old as the hills with lethal consequences. And as shadows grow longer, a hideous truth emerges regarding the campfire legends of a wrathful old woman said to inhabit the valley.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast

Blaine Hicklin

Shelby Sessler

John Ballentine

Alan Wells

Music by Kevin MacLeod, Zero V, Richard Lainhart, Cormi and Setuniman

Running time 31:10

Twilight Road Oct 22, 2012

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A young woman, pronounced dead hours earlier, springs to life on the embalming table. Haunted by disembodied voices and recollections of a shadowy afterlife, Cerina is desperate to escape the ghoulish confines of the city morgue. Might she suffer delusions due to her accident or is something far more grisly amiss?

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast

Diane Gilbert

Shelby Sessler

John Ballentine

Blaine Hicklin

Alex Pinnock

Teresa Ballentine

Music by Tom Cusack, Kevin MacLeod, Richard Lainhart, Ambient Fabric and Still Water

Running time 27:01

The Haunted Cell Jul 29, 2012

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Skeeter Dempsey went to the electric chair for murder and now they say when the lights are out in the old county jail, he comes back to visit his favorite cell. Locked up all alone in the dark, who would know if their cell mate was just a new arrival... or a dead man? A re-creation of the LIGHTS OUT classic! Written by Wyllis Cooper Series produced and directed by John Ballentine Cast Rob McCue Blaine Hicklin John Ballentine Glenn Hascall Scott Spaulding Music by Tom Cusack and Kevin MacLeod

Running time 26:41

The Master’s Hungry Children Mar 26, 2012

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As World War 2 draws to a close, a squad of bullying Nazis occupy a remote Romanian village populated by old men, women and livestock. But all is not as it appears as a bitter Winter night falls and the Germans find themselves stalked by something far more bloodthirsty than the pursuing Red Army.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast

John Ballentine

Blaine Hicklin

Dennis Kacsur

Tanja Milojevic

Glenn Hascall

Music by Kevin MacLeod

"Mournful Strings" by Hammerklavier

Running time 31:55