Dead Air

Join WQED all season for a hauntingly good line-up of programs sure to send a shiver down your spine!

Every Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. we’re celebrating Pittsburgh’s unique connection to horror, Halloween, and the wonderfully weird – with local horror films and documentaries, resurrected clips from the archives, spooktacular new episodes of Nebbin’ Around Town and Lucky to Live in Pittsburgh, and more.

And if that isn’t enough to make you sleep with the lights on, the un-dead are coming for you. George A. Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead was filmed just outside Pittsburgh and cemented the region as the birthplace of modern horror. Experience this genre-defining film with back-to-back airings on WQED-TV on Halloween night and a special live screening on October 27.

Dead Air Broadcast Schedule

Thursday, Oct 1

8-9pm – Local Films Part 1: “Groundskeeper”, “Haunted Melodies”, and “TrueLink”

Thursday, Oct 8

8-9pm – Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Madness

The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart

Thursday, Oct 15

8-9pm – A Cemetery Special

Thursday, Oct 22

8-9pm – Local Films Part 2

Thursday, Oct 29

8-8:30pm – Lucky to Live in Pittsburgh #106 “Cemeteries”

8:30-9pm – George Romero & the City of the Living Dead

9-10pm – Stephen King, A Necessary Evil

10-10:30pm – Tom Savini (Master of Metamorphosis)

10:30-11p – Nebbin’ Around Town Halloween

11p-12a – The WQED Archives Resurrected

Friday, Oct 30

10:30p-12a – The Last Man on Earth

Saturday, Oct 31

12-12:30p – Lucky to Live in Pittsburgh #106 “Cemeteries”

12:30-1pm – George Romero & the City of the Living Dead

7-7:30pm — Tom Savini – Master of Metamorphosis

7:30-8p – Nebbin’ Around Town Halloween

8-9pm – Stephen King, A Necessary Evil

9-10:35pm – Night of the Living Dead

10:35p-12:10a – Night of the Living Dead

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About Your Hosts

High above on the slopes of Swissvale, Pennsylvania, Trundle Manor opens its doors to all those curious and daring enough to scale the crumbling steps of this Pittsburgh institution. Mr. Arm and Velda Von Minx, a “definitely not eternal” pair of peculiarly joyous monsters, curate a wunderkammer of local proportions. Murky jars of unimaginable beasts, absurd medical tools resting on silver platters, strange devices full of blinking lights and “science-y” magic, and a vague threat of becoming part of the collection fill every moment inside these walls. Those who take the tour or join in their revelry may all be unique, but those who exit will never be the same.

Mr. Arm and Velda Von Minx in Trundle Manor

Night of the Living Dead Screening

Tuesday, October 27, 2026
7-9p.m. Doors at 6:30 p.m.
The Oaks Theater, 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont, PA 15139

See the 4k remaster of George A. Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead on the big screen and enjoy every blood-curdling scream surrounded by fellow horror fans.

Feel free to come dressed as your favorite monster, ghost, witch, or in the spirit of the film, zombie.
The screening is free, but registration is required at the link below. Space is limited.

Register Today

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