Poe Theatre on the Air
Episodes
Some Words with a Mummy
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Poe Theatre on the Air presents one Poe’s comedic stories, “Some Words with a Mummy,” sponsored in part by a generous donation f...
A Valentines Day Special
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This special Valentine’s Day installment of Poe Theatre on the Air features Valentine’s Day and love poems from Poe — and a lesser known poem to...
The Spectacles
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Written by Jade Greene and performed and recorded live at the Poe Room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, “The Spectacles” is one of Poe’s comedie...
Hop-Frog
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this story, the physically disabled “Hop-Frog,” a victim of a war, is made to work for a cruel and brutish dictator. Together with his tiny lov...
Poe Theatre on the Air Presents “The Pit and the Pendulum” A Halloween Special
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Set during the Spanish Inquisition, this intense and pulse-pounding radio drama tells the story of an unnamed prisoner forced to choose between severa...
The Poe Theatre - The Beast in the Caves
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre was invited to take part in a project called “The Media of Mediumship,” with the University ...
The Poe Theatre On The Air - The Purloined Letter
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hear the third and final story in Edgar Allan Poe’s Auguste Dupin trilogy of mysteries! Dupin and his assistant help the Paris police find a stolen ...
The Masque of the Red Death and Shadow (a Parable)
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This Halloween special edition of Poe Theatre on the Air features two readings of the works of Edgar Allan Poe: “The Masque of the Red Death” and ...
The Mystery of Marie Roget
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The second of Poe’s Auguste Dupin detective stories, “The Mystery of Marie Roget” follows Dupin and his biographer as they unravel the case of a...
The Eye That Saw Death
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last year The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre was invited by The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival to adapt for the stage an early and...
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Recorded live at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon, The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre presen...
"The Bells," read by Helen Atkinson Wood
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we celebrate the anniversary of Poe’s well-known poem “The Bells,” written in May 1848 and published ...
The System Of Doctor Goudron And Professor Plume
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season One Finale! This story has been adapted into several international motion pictures (including one as recently as 2008), and was the musical sub...
The Fall of the House of Usher, Part Two
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Madeleine Usher is alive, after all. In this episode, we listen back to the story of how she was mistakenly entombed, and how that was the beginning o...
The Fall of the House of Usher, Part One
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summoned to the aid of an old college friend, our protagonist embarks on a journey to a mysterious ancestral home and encounters not only the unfortun...
Hop Frog
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Intrigue, revenge and death in the Royal Court! First published in 1849, the year of Poe’s death, this story has been adapted numerous times, includ...
Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Part Two
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! In the conclusion of this two-part series, the Author and Toby Dammit stumble upon a mysterious little man in a covered bridge. Toby ...
Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Part One
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toby Dammit was a man of questionable moral fiber. Coming home from a pub one night, he learns the consequences of a life of excess, and his trademark...
Poe Theatre On The Air - Edgar Allan, Part Two
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of our guest production “Edgar Allan” by The Coldharts,Edgar and his nemesis have the first meeting of their secret society...
Poe Theatre On The Air - Edgar Allan, Part One
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We take a brief holiday from Dr. Mallard and his patients with this very special two-part guest production of “Edgar Allan,” from The Coldharts. T...
Poe Theatre On The Air - Eldorado
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A man, found wandering in the desert, tells a harrowing tale of his failed efforts to find the fabled City of Gold with his eccentric partner. But wha...
Poe Theatre On The Air - The Premature Burial
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Of the many fears that plague humankind, claustrophobia and the unrelenting terror of being entombed alive may be the worst. In this episode, The Nati...
Poe Theatre on The Air - The Raven
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wear your headphones as we play with high and low frequencies and ASMR tricks to make you uncomfortable. Poe’s famous poem about love, lost hope, ob...
Poe Theatre On The Air - A Descent into the Maelstrom
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They say a life at sea changes a man, but this story takes that to the extreme. In this episode, The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre on the Air takes...
Poe Theatre on the Air - The Oval Portrait
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When obsession meets the creative impulse, it becomes almost impossible to know when to stop. Art should imitate life, not death. Meanwhile, it’s be...
Poe Theatre on The Air - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if a person is hypnotized at the moment of death? The horrifying consequences of cheating the Reaper are unraveled in a story that readers during...
Poe Theatre on the Air - A Predicament
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s always a price to be paid for arrogance. In one of Poe’s very few comedic short stories, a woman loses her head waiting for the time to co...
Poe Theatre on the Air - Berenice
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Love truly hurts. A beautiful woman, in love with her bookish and obsessive cousin, has a smile to die for. As the woman falls ill, her smile is all t...
Poe Theatre on the Air - The Cask of Amontillado
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Insulted once too often by a vain and pompous ----friend,---- a man lures his victim to the catacombs beneath his home with the promise of a rare bott...
Poe Theatre on the Air - Morella
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A man's love for his scholarly wife fades as her fascination turns to morbid themes. On her deathbed, she gives birth and curses the man to ensure tha...
Poe Theatre on the Air - The Black Cat
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A man brings home a cat for his animal-loving wife, to replace a cherished pet. When the new family addition becomes too annoying for the man, it lead...
Poe Theatre On The Air - The Tell-Tale Heart
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A housekeeper takes a job caring for an old man, and it seems like a dream for them both. But the dream becomes a nightmare when the housekeeper’s o...