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The Midnight Exchange

with Ophelia Crane

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A night operator in a 1940s headset at a brass telephone switchboard, rain on the window behind her
Ophelia Crane, night operator at The Midnight Exchange
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Suspense, mystery and the macabre from old-time radio, whole stories back to back: Suspense, The Whistler, Escape, Inner Sanctum and more. Your night operator, Ophelia Crane, puts you through. A Stupid Potato show.

About The Midnight Exchange

2,304 complete radio episodes (1,080 hours) from 1941 to 1962, across 17 series:

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Questions

What is The Midnight Exchange?

Suspense, mystery and the macabre from old-time radio, whole stories back to back: Suspense, The Whistler, Escape, Inner Sanctum and more. Your night operator, Ophelia Crane, puts you through. A Stupid Potato show. Your host is Ophelia Crane.

Do I need an account or an app for The Midnight Exchange?

No. It is an internet radio channel, live 24 hours a day: press Listen live, no sign-up and no app needed.

How do I listen to The Midnight Exchange?

Press Listen live on https://stupidpotato.com/midnight-exchange/ , or open the stream address https://stupidpotato.com/midnight-exchange/live in any audio player (VLC, a smart speaker app, a car's web player).

What does The Midnight Exchange play?

2,304 complete radio episodes (1,080 hours) from 1941 to 1962: Suspense (911 episodes, 1943-1962), The Whistler (501 episodes, 1942-1955), Escape (250 episodes, 1947-1954), Inner Sanctum Mysteries (154 episodes, 1941-1952), Molle Mystery Theatre (71 episodes, 1943-1948), Mysterious Traveler (70 episodes, 1944-1952), Crime Classics (67 episodes, 1952-1954), The Black Museum (36 episodes), Murder at Midnight (34 episodes), Mystery House (32 episodes), Crime Club (31 episodes, 1946-1947), Obsession (30 episodes), Strange Wills (28 episodes), Dark Fantasy (27 episodes, 1941-1942), Sealed Book (26 episodes), Chet Chetter's Tales from the Morgue (21 episodes), Murder By Experts (15 episodes, 1949-1950).

Are the recordings on The Midnight Exchange remastered?

Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.

Who makes The Midnight Exchange?

The Midnight Exchange is a Stupid Potato channel (https://stupidpotato.com/), made by Stupid Potato Studios and powered by MonsterCast. The other channels and the Stupid Potato cartoons are at https://stupidpotato.com/.