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WKGF Presents The Witching Hour is a fully scripted podcast series disguised as a late-night radio call-in show from the 80s, hosted by the fun-loving rock 'n roll DJ Max Thorn, straight from the corner booth at WKGF Bakersfield.
Each episodes blends character-driven storytelling with a nostalgic feel, as Max opens the phone lines to listeners desperate to share their brushes with the bizarre - from haunted arcades and cursed VHS cassettes to impossible memories and vanishing children. Some calls are intense, some are absurd, some seem to hit a little too close to home, but Max wants to hear them all.
Between phone calls, the broadcast sometimes shifts without warning, the frequenncy distorts, the dial turns, and you're plunged into fully produced audio-dramas that exist within the world of the show. These short form dial shifts blur the line between fiction and transmission - as if the radio is picking up something it shouldn't, giving YOU the real story!
Whether you're here for creepy midnight confessions, cheap laughs, audio dramas ranging from creepy to uplifting to straight up campy, the ongoing mystery of the show itself, soaked in analog delight, or just a good ol' fashion good time, WKGF Presents The Witching Hour is for you!
Season 2 premiers June 19th, 2026... In the world of the show, that date is November 3rd, 1989, with new episodes following that same timeline coming every Friday night through summer. Each episode features nostalgic, in-world ads direct from 1989, but other than that, The Witching Hour will be completely AD FREE!
Follow the show on Instagram @wkgf.thewitchinghour and if you're enjoying your time here, please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast platform. It really helps the show!
WKGF Presents The Witching Hour - Coast to Coast & Beyond is fully produced and written by Grant Fieldgrove, author of Meet Me at Jimmy's Arcade, and The Archie & Elise Mysteries.
Each episodes blends character-driven storytelling with a nostalgic feel, as Max opens the phone lines to listeners desperate to share their brushes with the bizarre - from haunted arcades and cursed VHS cassettes to impossible memories and vanishing children. Some calls are intense, some are absurd, some seem to hit a little too close to home, but Max wants to hear them all.
Between phone calls, the broadcast sometimes shifts without warning, the frequenncy distorts, the dial turns, and you're plunged into fully produced audio-dramas that exist within the world of the show. These short form dial shifts blur the line between fiction and transmission - as if the radio is picking up something it shouldn't, giving YOU the real story!
Whether you're here for creepy midnight confessions, cheap laughs, audio dramas ranging from creepy to uplifting to straight up campy, the ongoing mystery of the show itself, soaked in analog delight, or just a good ol' fashion good time, WKGF Presents The Witching Hour is for you!
Season 2 premiers June 19th, 2026... In the world of the show, that date is November 3rd, 1989, with new episodes following that same timeline coming every Friday night through summer. Each episode features nostalgic, in-world ads direct from 1989, but other than that, The Witching Hour will be completely AD FREE!
Follow the show on Instagram @wkgf.thewitchinghour and if you're enjoying your time here, please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast platform. It really helps the show!
WKGF Presents The Witching Hour - Coast to Coast & Beyond is fully produced and written by Grant Fieldgrove, author of Meet Me at Jimmy's Arcade, and The Archie & Elise Mysteries.
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Show Notes: Season 2 finale. It's Friday night January 5th, and the first show of the new decade - 1990! The moon is the Waxing Gibbous phase, Born on the Fourth of July took the top spot at the box office, and Another Day in Paradise and Do They Know It's Christmas continued their chokehold on the music charts!
Its Friday, December 29th and wonderful 1980s are coming to a close! The moon is in a Waxing Crescent phase, Wayne Gretzy and Martina Navratilova were just named Athletes of the Decade, Do The Know It's Christmas has taken over the airwaves, and The War of the Roses beat out Tango & Cash as the number one movie in America. The Bizarre End of Cooper McNeely guest stars Aleksandra Tarasyeva, Kat Deo, and XxNerfy. If you're enjoying the show, please consider leaving a review or rating on your favorite podcast site, or tell your friends... or both!
It's Friday, December 22nd, 1989. The moon is in a Waning Crescent phase, Back to the Future Part II retook the number 1 spot at the box office, Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins overtook the number one slot on the Billboard 100, and you have just two shopping days left before Christmas! May we suggest a Teddy Ruxpen? How about some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures? Perhaps some Micro Machines, Lil' Miss Makeup, or any Batman movie tie-ins? They're all sure to please this holiday season!
It's December 15th, 1989, the moon is in the Waning Gibbous phase, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the number one movie in America, Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire sits atop the Billboard 100, and Max Thorn has had a very hard, very exhausting week... But he's here... taking your calls on this foggy Friday night!
It's Friday night, December 8th, 1989, and something very, very weird is happening! Starring Grant Fieldgrove and Riss Halbwachs
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