'Dear Old Phosphorescent Foolishness': End-of-Life Programs on American Radio.

The article explores the history of crime, horror, and science fiction programs in U.S. radio broadcasting that dealt with themes of death, burial, and the supernatural. Emphasis is given to topics such as the return of the dead to life, depictions of corpses, and retribution in radio programs produced by broadcasters such as Alonzo Deen Cole.