Do you remember when a horror host ruled Saturday nights — spinning "b" movies and cracking jokes between the scares? Those days are back. Welcome to Tennessee Macabre, where our crypt-dwelling cast brings you classic horror hosting on YouTube every week.
The haunting doesn't stop when the credits roll. Drop into The Dead Air Radio Crypt, our weekly radio show splicing Rockabilly, Punk, and Psychobilly with ghost-signal horror drama straight from the golden age of radio. And if you want to go deeper, our Patreon subscribers get exclusive quarterly delivery of Appalachian Book of the Dead — our horror e-zine featuring stories from the Southeast's best writers and artwork that'll make your skin crawl in the best way.
Wherever you want to start, the crypt is open below.
The Grim Reaper
What can we say about Grim. He has been around for millennia guiding the sould of the dead toward the light. That is a miracle of the first order because this southern fried psychopomp is usually so sloshed he can barely find the door! The only thing that Grim loves as much as cheap hooch is "b" movie horror and of course great rock and roll!
Ravennia
A vixen of a witch who adores the color purple, flirting with men (dead or alive), hexing those who bother her and making potions. She's a good time girl, but her main squeeze is always, always Dead john! She just adores her johnny! Her familiar is a black cat named Tituba, and you will often see Ravennia petting her and dressing her in the latest fashions, her catchphrase is "feathers and kisses!" and that really explains it all.
renfield
R.M. Renfield, Aetat 278. Sanquine temperament,great physical strength, morbidly excitable, blissful mind controlled servant assistant to the True Master of this world; Chef de insecta; real estate royalty; follow renfield for more trail mix recipes and reno how-to's; learned to play violin from the actual devil; keep out of reach of sharp objects.
INSIDE THE CELLAR
Professor Gilman-Gilman
Associate Professor of metaphysics and forbidden lore at the Innsmouth Community college. with a penchant for the arcane and the occult, he harangues his students with rambling tales of ancient mysteries and dark secrets. Despite his impressive knowledge, he prefers teaching introductory classes. Professor Gilman-Gilman also teaches a section of driver's education , a task he undertakes more out of necessity than passion. perpetually broke, the professor's salary barely covers his basic needs, let alone his fondness for a good brew. this financial struggle often leads him to the crypt where he can grab a friendly brew and watch a movie,
Dead John
One should never drink ravennia's tea if it smells like almonds! It smelled like almonds. john drank the tea! now he is Dead john! That's okay Dead john's un-life is more exciting than most folks lives! Dead John moves with grace and ease but no one ever sees how. He provides security services for the other members of the crew fighting off would be assassins and supernatural villains that seek to harm the denizens of the crypt1
TJ
Master director, tj is the glue that holds the show together she is the one the runs the films the show, sets up the crypt, and runs the "b" moves that we all love!
The Dead Air Radio Crypt
Tune the dial past the static, past the sign-off hour, into the frequency where the needle never quite lifts. The Dead Air Radio Crypt is a weekly descent into the crackling marriage of Rockabilly, Punk Rock, and Psychobilly — raw, riotous, and unrepentant — spliced together with ghost-signal transmissions from the golden age of radio horror. Think greaser ghouls and switchblade specters: the kind of show that plays like a drive-in double feature broadcast from beyond the graveyard gate.
Hosted by the Cast of Tennessee Macabre, every episode is part mixtape, part séance — spinning wax that snarls and stomps while old-time horror dramas hiss up through the dead air between tracks. It's equal parts sock hop and wake.
Catch the transmission:
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Saturdays, 10 PM CST / 11 PM EST — live on Weirdsistersradio.com
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Shortwave Gold — Saturdays at 17:00 UTC on 3975 MHz & 6160 MHz, and Sundays at 14:00 UTC on 6160 MHz
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Missed a broadcast? The Crypt never fully closes — dig through the archive on MixCloud [link] anytime the coffin lid creaks open.
Turn out the lights. Turn up the volume. The dead air is calling.
Appalachian Book of the Dead
Subcribe to Tennessee Macabre's Patreon and recieve your quarterly subscription to Appalachian Book of the Dead. Be the coolest ghoul in the crypt with
Tennessee Macabre's quarterly e-zine featuring horror stories Penned by some of the best writers in the Southeast. We also have the finest cover artist since Boris Vallejo. Each issue's cover is a technicolor trip into the surreal world of Appalachian Book of the Dead!
