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Halloween Specials on SiriusXM Classic Radio

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Orson Welles rehearsing The Mercury Theatre on the Air with his cast at a CBS Radio microphone in 1938
Orson Welles (above left) rehearses The Mercury Theatre on the Air in 1938. (Acme Telephoto, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

SiriusXM’s Radio Classics is playing all Halloween shows now through Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, including Orson Welles’ “Dracula,” “Frankenstein,” H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dunwich Horror” and Harry Houdini’s “Final Séance.”

Radio Classics is the home for quality programs from The Golden Age Of Radio. The channel has moved from channel 148 to channel 140 in car radios, and it is always available on the SiriusXM app.

The Halloween lineup mixes horror and suspense series such as Suspense, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Lights Out, Quiet, Please, The Weird Circle, Dark Fantasy and The Hermit’s Cave with Halloween episodes of comedies including Jack Benny, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, Our Miss Brooks and Ozzie & Harriet.

Halloween Highlights on Radio Classics

All times are Eastern. Shows air in two-hour blocks, so some programs start partway into the block.

  • Orson Welles’ “Dracula” from The Mercury Theatre on the Air (July 11, 1938), on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 4 am and Sunday, Nov. 1, at 8 pm. Both airings are followed by “Frankenstein” (1955) and Jack Benny’s “Trick or Treat.”
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dunwich Horror” on Suspense (Nov. 2, 1945), on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 8 pm and Saturday, Oct. 31, at 6 am.
  • Harry Houdini’s “Final Séance” (Oct. 31, 1936), on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8 pm, Thursday, Oct. 29, at 2 pm and Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, at 12 noon.
  • “Donovan’s Brain” with Orson Welles on Suspense (May 18, 1944), on Friday, Oct. 30, at 8 pm and Sunday, Nov. 1, at 12 midnight (late Saturday night).
  • Imagination Theatre’s “The Heart of Frankenstein” with Lauren Tewes (2007), on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 am and Saturday, Oct. 31, at 4 pm.
  • “The Werewolf” and “Jekyll & Hyde” from The Weird Circle, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 10 pm and Friday, Oct. 30, at 6 pm.
  • “The House in Cypress Canyon” on Suspense (Dec. 5, 1946), on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 2 pm, Friday, Oct. 30, at 2 am and Sunday, Nov. 1, at 10 pm.
  • Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” on Suspense (Nov. 19, 1957), on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4 am and Friday, Oct. 30, at 4 pm.
  • Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” from The Weird Circle (Jan. 30, 1944), on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 10 pm and Saturday, Oct. 31, at 2 pm.

Radio Classics posts its full weekly schedule, with Eastern and Pacific times, at: Radio Classics Weekly Schedule.

Tune into the channel now at: Radio Classics online

Note that SiriusXM also has Halloween music on Scream Radio, channel 300, through Nov. 4. Read more at: Halloween Music on SiriusXM

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If you don’t have SiriusXM you can get a free 3-month trial subscription to the car radio or app. You can sign up for the SiriusXM car radio free trial at:

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The car radio deal above also gives you free access to the SiriusXM app. If you just want the app, sign up for the SiriusXM app-only deal and get your first 3 months for free.

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