Podcast

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Drama, Fiction, History

Welcome to Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark! I bring you classic radio dramas from the darker side of the Golden Age of Radio: horror and the macabre, mysteries and crime, and some dark science fiction. 5-hour marathons go up seven days a week, each one packed with a variety of shows, so turn down the lights before you press play!

Episodes
855
Releases
Daily
Typical length
5 hr 6 min
On air since
2023
Latest episode
1 day ago

Episodes

855 episodes, newest first

  1. SHADOWS FROM THE GRAVE: The Uncle Who Knew He'd Be Dead In A Week | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    An uncle in Fresno tells his nephew, a Hollywood photographer, that he'll be dead within a week, then leaves him everything on one condition: he has to check the locks on the family mausoleum every single day.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Shadows From The Grave” (February 28, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:46.506 = Dark Fantasy, “Curse Of Neanderthal” (January 09, 1942) (LQ)
    01:11:51.129 = Fear on 4, “Mind Well The Tree” (February 28, 1988) ***WD
    01:42:18.285 = Theater Five, “Bug Off” (December 07, 1964) ***WD
    02:04:22.312 = Future Tense, “Born Of Man And Woman” (May 16, 1974) ***WD
    02:33:19.190 = Ave Maria Hour, “St Benedict of Nursia VS Poison And Witchcraft” (1939)
    02:58:01.100 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (June 01, 1953) ***WD
    03:22:42.796 = Harry Lime, “Farthings Your Thoughts” (November 30, 1951)
    03:48:47.742 = Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “Keeping His Promise” (September 13, 1980)
    04:18:49.070 = The Haunting Hour, “Nocturne” (September 15, 1945)
    04:44:42.637 = Hermits Cave, “Spirits Of Vengeance” (March 16, 1947)
    05:09:26.379 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 10 min
  2. THE CLOCK THAT NEVER CHIMES: A $200 Garage Sale Bargain | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Charlie and Charlotte Tucker pay two hundred dollars for a dead minister's grandfather clock at a garage sale, and the seller swears it doesn't chime, though it struck one as they walked past. Once it's home, the air inside the case stays cool and damp, the cat won't set foot in the house, and the clock starts striking in the middle of the night.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hickory Dickory Doom” (February 26, 1979) ***WD(LQ)
    00:46:58.058 = The Devil And Mr. O, “Neanderthal” (September 04, 1971) ***WD
    01:16:42.741 = Diary of Fate, “Peter Drake” (February 23, 1948) ***WD
    01:47:07.584 = Dimension X, “Mars Is Heaven” (January 07, 1951) ***WD
    02:12:54.970 = The Eleventh Hour, “Ghost On Chertains Corner” (ADU) ***WD
    02:34:22.627 = Escape, “Figure A Dame” (December 20, 1949)
    03:03:48.396 = Everyman’s Theater, “This Precious Freedom” (October 04, 1940) ***WD
    03:32:06.564 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949)
    04:03:05.690 = Exploring Tomorrow, “First Contact” (January 15, 1958)
    04:24:33.594 = Faces In Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD
    04:48:13.156 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    4 hr 49 min
  3. STAY TUNED FOR TERROR: A Halloween Old Time Radio Marathon | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Halloween horror the way radio told it, with an organ sting, a host’s voice coming out of the dark, and a story nobody wanted to switch off before the end.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = The Whistler, “Break Away” (March 09, 1952)
    00:30:56.299 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933)
    01:01:08.275 = Dark Fantasy, “Death Is a Savage Deity” (January 30, 1942) ***WD
    01:24:48.378 = Escape, “Three Skeleton Key” (November 15, 1949) ***WD
    01:53:44.931 = Inner Sanctum, “Corpse For Halloween” (October 31, 1949) ***WD
    02:19:48.620 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Has Cold Breath” (March 29, 1949) ***WD
    02:45:21.725 = Quiet Please, “The Thing on Fourble Board” (August 09, 1948)
    03:10:29.512 = The Weird Circle, “Heart of Ethan Brand” (February 13, 1944) ***WD
    03:36:14.507 = Witch’s Tale, “Frankenstein” (July 17, 1935) ***WD
    04:03:58.982 = Dark Fantasy, “Man With The Scarlet Satchell” (March 06, 1942) ***WD
    04:28:34.436 = Escape, “Bloodbath” (June 30, 1950) ***WD
    04:56:21.988 = Mysterious Traveler, “Fire In The Sky” (August 28, 1951) ***WD
    05:25:42.312 = Quiet Please, “Very Unimportant Person” (December 05, 1948) ***WD
    05:55:16.741 = Suspense, “Fugue in C Minor” (June 01, 1944)
    06:24:50.387 = The Weird Circle, “Doll” (December 24, 1944) ***WD
    06:49:55.660 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942) ***WD
    07:14:25.535 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 1” (November 05, 1950) ***WD
    07:43:09.730 = Escape, “Earth Abides, Part 2” (November 12, 1950) ***WD
    08:12:02.276 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949) ***WD
    08:40:58.836 = Suspense, “House in Cyprus Canyon” (December 05, 1946) ***WD
    09:07:39.198 = Dark Fantasy, “Coffin For Two” (May 15, 1942) ***WD
    09:30:57.215 = Weird Circle, “Feast of Red Gauntlet” (February 27, 1944) ***WD
    09:58:20.779 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    https://weirddarkness.com/halloween-radio-dramas-stay-tuned-for-terror

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    9 hr 59 min
  4. STATIC FROM THE GRAVE: A Halloween Old Time Radio Marathon | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Ghosts, killers, and things that knock on the door after dark, played by the actors and sound-effects crews of radio's golden age for audiences who had nothing to look at but the dial.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = Inner Sanctum, “Wailing Wall” (November 06, 1945)
    00:28:37.696 = Lights Out, “It Happened” (May 11, 1938)
    00:57:53.236 = Mercury Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD
    01:24:06.274 = Murder at Midnight, “Kabalah” (December 30, 1946)
    01:50:09.311 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last” (September 24, 1944)
    02:17:12.677 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD
    02:45:56.196 = Quiet Please, “Pathetic Fallacy” (February 02, 1948) ***WD
    03:14:58.799 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 2, 1944)
    03:44:43.607 = The Unexpected, “Mercy Killing” (April 11, 1948) ***WD
    03:59:03.157 = The Weird Circle, “A Terrible Night” (January 23, 1944)
    04:25:30.416 = The Whistler, “Witness at the Fountain” (September 09, 1946)
    04:54:49.939 = Dark Fantasy, “The Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942) ***WD
    05:19:16.968 = Escape, “Country of the Blind” (March 20, 1949) ***WD
    05:48:52.483 = The Hall of Fantasy, “Idol of Kromm Kroc” (May 04, 1953) ***WD
    06:13:34.310 = Inner Sanctum, “Undead” (December 18, 1945) ***WD
    06:39:51.483 = Lights Out, “Death Robbery” (July 16, 1947)
    07:09:40.247 = Mysterious Traveler, “Visiting Corpse” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
    07:37:50.085 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD
    08:05:24.288 = Quiet Please, “Whence Came You” (February 16, 1948) ***WD
    08:34:50.793 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD
    09:02:40.318 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD
    09:31:17.532 = The Weird Circle, “Tell-Tale Heart” (January 30, 1944)
    09:58:23.227 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    https://weirddarkness.com/old-time-radio-horror-static-from-the-grave

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    9 hr 59 min
  5. DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL: A Halloween Old Time Radio Marathon | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Old radio horror for Halloween, from the years when the monsters came out of a wooden cabinet in the living room and every listener had to picture them on their own.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941)
    00:26:18.983 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947)
    00:57:11.121 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)
    01:24:40.416 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (1940)
    01:48:21.509 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17, 1945)
    02:18:38.356 = Mercury Theater, “Dracula” (July 11, 1938)
    03:15:23.124 = Murder at Midnight, “Murder Is a Lonely Business” (December 16, 1946)
    03:42:51.934 = Mysterious Traveler “Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944)
    04:13:29.633 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947)
    04:43:30.690 = Quiet Please, “Don’t Tell Me About Halloween” (October 27, 1947)
    05:08:58.161 = Suspense, “The Most Dangerous Game” (September 23, 1943)
    05:39:46.747 = The Unexpected, “The Cripple” (August 29, 1947)
    05:55:53.399 = The Weird Circle, “Hand” (December 19, 1943)
    06:21:07.918 = The Whistler, “Death Comes at Midnight” (October 18, 1942)
    06:51:02.956 = X-Minus One, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (June 05, 1955)
    07:19:57.851 = The Black Museum, “A Piece of Iron Chain” (July 29, 1952)
    07:45:51.009 = The Clock, “Lefty and Delilah” (October 09, 1947) ***WD
    08:10:40.715 = Dimension X, “Green Hills of Earth” (December 24, 1950)
    08:36:45.232 = Escape, “Casting Runes” (November 19, 1947)
    09:07:33.540 = Hall of Fantasy, “Wild Huntsman” (April 27, 1953)
    09:32:45.475 = Hermit’s Cave, “House of Purple Shadows” (1940)
    09:56:17.124 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    9 hr 57 min
  6. TRESPASSERS WILL BE EXPERIMENTED UPON: The Genius Who Finally Met His Equal | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Stranded on the Saskatchewan prairie with his world-famous wife, a five-time Nobel Prize winner refuses to fix their stalled car, certain that tonight he'll finally meet his equal, and a castle rises out of the mist with its drawbridge lowering over a moat full of piranhas.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Great Brain” (February 21, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:25.997 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Box of Death” (April 17, 1947)
    01:16:54.096 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Trespassers Will Be Experimented Upon” (February 11, 1981) ***WD
    01:48:21.283 = Chet Chetter, “Elmer Versus The Mutant Rats” (1991-1992) ***WD
    02:14:51.310 = The Clock, “Guilty As Always” (March 20, 1956) ***WD
    02:42:06.586 = The Creaking Door, “Cat Woman” (December 14, 1964) ***WD
    03:11:29.346 = The Crime Club, “Death at 7:10” (July 03, 1947)
    03:41:32.154 = Crime Classics, “Hangman William Palmer Who Won” (October 07, 1953)
    04:13:09.770 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Snowbound No Opening Or Closing” (December 01, 1946)
    04:38:39.263 = Deep Night, “Bonehouse” (August 12, 2005)
    05:11:49.087 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 14 min
  7. THE SHOCK OF HIS LIFE: One Jolt From The TV And He Knew Every Winner | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A Queens bar owner takes a jolt from his TV set that stops his heart, then wakes up able to read tomorrow's front page in his head, and the first thing he does is call his bookie.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Shock Of His Life” (February 19, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:46.815 = X Minus 1, “The Lights On Precipice Peak” (March 13, 1957)
    01:08:44.881 = ABC Mystery Time, “Four Fatal Jugglers” (1957) ***WD
    01:33:26.820 = Appointment With Fear, “The Clock Strikes Eight” (May 18, 1944) ***WD
    02:03:10.532 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “History of Mug” (August 09, 1945)
    02:33:43.616 = Barry Craig, “Fatal Appointment” (January 16, 1952)
    03:03:35.906 = Ghost Story, “The Linen Mill” (October 24, 2005)
    03:19:18.098 = Night Beat, “Taste of Peaches” (July 17, 1952) ***WD
    03:49:23.611 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02, 1952) ***WD
    04:05:14.111 = Box 13, “Tempest In A Casserole” (April 03, 1949)
    04:32:35.789 = Calling All Cars, “Murder Of A Soul” (June 13, 1934)
    05:01:53.368 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 3 min
  8. THE MISSING DAY: A Twenty-Minute Drive Home That Took Twenty-Four Hours | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A man who runs a plant that builds nuclear reactors calls his wife to say he'll be home in twenty minutes for their anniversary dinner, walks in a full day later with wilted flowers in his hand and sure it's still Tuesday, and the next morning a truckload of uranium whose schedule only he knew is found hijacked beside the highway.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Missing Day” (February 14, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:41.949 = The Saint, “Case of Lonesome Slab” (January 22, 1950) ***WD
    01:15:27.653 = 2000 Plus, “Giant Walks” (November 08, 1050) ***WD
    01:45:11.323 = The Unexpected, “Revenge” (1948) ***WD
    02:00:52.339 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Indian Fakir” (February 17, 1944) ***WD
    02:15:32.547 = Dark Venture, “Elizabeth Is Frightened” (July 22, 1947)
    02:46:27.292 = Weird Circle, “Knightsbridge Mystery” (October 17, 1943)
    03:14:55.705 = The Whistler, “Deadly Innocent” (July 02, 1945)
    03:46:26.717 = Strange Wills, “Dance Director” (November 16, 1946)
    04:17:24.458 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933) ***WD
    04:48:29.881 = Incredible But True, “Footprints In The Sand” (1950-1951)
    04:52:03.249 = Strange Adventure, “The Peace Maker” (1945)
    04:55:21.485 = Tales of the Frightened, “The Vampire Sleeps” (1963)
    05:00:09.335 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 1 min
  9. THE SINISTER SHADOW: She Met Her Doppelanger In A Bar And Grill | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    On her walk home from the bank, Dory hears her mother's voice in her head, throws her shoulders back, and holds her head high, then looks down to find her shadow still hunched over like a dwarf.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sinister Shadow” (February 22, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:41.621 = Radio City Playhouse, “Special Delivery” (August 07, 1948) ***WD
    01:16:43.793 = Sam Spade, “The Lawless Caper” (August 29, 1948) ***WD
    01:47:30.325 = The Sealed Book, “Man With The Stolen Face” (July 15, 1945)
    02:17:50.951 = The Shadow, “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There” (April 08, 1945)
    02:48:09.118 = Sleep No More, “The Storm” (December 19, 1956) ***WD
    03:16:17.498 = Spinechillers, “Meatballs Are Murder” (November 08, 2006)
    03:31:06.603 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “The Man Who Played Death” (May 01, 1945) ***WD
    03:44:53.602 = Strange, “Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD
    03:59:12.894 = Suspense, “Case History of Edgar Lowndes” (June 08, 1944)
    04:29:35.987 = The Creaking Door, “Face To Face Music of the Spheres” (June 01,1964) ***WD
    04:55:10.430 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Raven” (1960s)
    05:04:35.820 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 6 min
  10. LAST VISIT: Lost In The Newfoundland Fog At The Eternity Cove Hotel | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Lost in the Newfoundland fog on the way to see their daughter and baby grandson, a couple from Brampton, Ontario, picks up a hitchhiker who sends them to the Eternity Cove Hotel and Lounge, where the man behind the desk already knows their names.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Everybody Does It” (February 07, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:36.858 = Nightfall, “Last Visit” (October 24, 1980) ***WD
    01:14:14.307 = Nightmare, “The Leech” (April 07, 1954)
    = SONG, “The Leech” by Static Wax (based on the story from Nightmare)
    01:40:32.231 = Obsession, “Shadow of Huntley House” (February 26, 1951)
    02:04:55.681 = Origin of Superstition, “Crossing Your Fingers” (1935) ***WD
    02:19:39.383 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Give Envelope To John St. John” (May 21, 1949)
    02:50:37.999 = Peril, “The Wonderful Deception” (1953) ***WD
    03:17:06.552 = Mystery Playhouse, “Leg Man” (October 19, 1945) ***WD
    03:43:37.489 = Price of Fear, “Fish” (September, 1973)
    04:13:37.333 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Vanishing Magician” (November 06, 1943) ***WD
    04:44:24.135 = Quiet Please, “Tanglefoot” (June 04, 1949) ***WD
    05:13:43.832 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 15 min
  11. A NIGHT IN THE WAXWORKS: The Wax Doctor Who Was Never Hanged | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A broke freelance journalist talks his way into a night alone in the cellar of Marriner's Waxworks, sitting with his back to the wax figure of a Paris throat-cutter the police never caught.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Dominant Personality” (January 26, 1979) ***WD
    00:47:27.527 = Beyond Midnight, “A Night In The Waxworks” (January 31, 1969) ***WD
    01:14:35.093 = MindWebs, “Moth Race” (November 19, 1976)
    01:44:31.614 = Isn’t It A Crime, “Speaking of Murder” (December 14, 1945)
    02:14:15.391 = Mystery In The Air, “Beyond Good And Evil” (August 28, 1947) ***WD
    02:44:02.395 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Double Cross” (May 30, 1947)
    03:14:30.743 = Mr Keen. “Silver Dagger Murder” (October 13, 1949) ***WD
    03:44:13.514 = Murder at Midnight, “Dead Hand” (September 16, 1946)
    04:14:03.087 = The Black Museum, “Bath Tub” (January 15, 1952)
    04:37:25.476 = Mysterious Traveler, “Queen of the Cats” (July 02, 1944)
    05:07:06.405 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 9 min
  12. THE BURNING BOUGH: A Mother Pulls Her Son's Fate Out Of The Fire | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    On a stormy night with the phone lines down and her baby barely breathing, Madeline Hunter drags a blazing log out of the fireplace without knowing why, and only afterward remembers the Greek myth she'd lectured on that very morning, in which a mother did the same thing to keep her son alive.
    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Bough” (January 24, 1979) ***WD
    00:48:00.567 = Jeff Regan, “The Guy From Gower Gulch” (November 13, 1948) ***WD
    01:18:47.691 = The Key, “The Cellar” (1956) ****WD
    01:45:34.182 = Lights Out, “Dream” (March 16, 1943)
    02:14:59.018 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD
    02:44:23.318 = Philip Marlowe, ‘Cloak of Kamehameha” (May 16, 1950)
    03:14:50.811 = Let George Do It, “Ghost On Bliss Terrace” (August 16, 1948) ***WD
    03:45:36.781 = The Black Mass, “Jolly Corner” (November 28, 1966) ***WD
    04:25:55.017 = Michael Shayne, “Missing Body” (August 06, 1945) ***WD
    04:56:57.079 = Beyond The Green Door, ‘Theodore Kane Buried Alive” (1966)
    05:00:33.353 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
    ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing.

    More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com/.

    5 hr 1 min
  13. A PAIR OF HANDS: The House In Cornwall That Cleans Itself | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A woman rents a cheap, secluded house in Cornwall that comes with a housekeeper she isn't allowed to turn away, and she can't work out how a kitchen she left a wreck late at night is spotless by morning.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Let The Buyer Beware” (January 22, 1979) ***WD
    00:47:19.125 = Future Tense, “Really Heavy” and “Third From The Sun” (May 15, 1974) ***WD
    01:15:38.951 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man-Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)
    01:42:47.242 = Harry Lime, “Horseplay” (November 23, 1951) ***WD
    02:09:06.828 = Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “A Pair of Hands” (September 06, 1980) ***WD
    02:37:07.458 = The Haunting Hour, “Death By Request” (September 08, 1945) ***WD
    03:03:04.221 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Search For Life” (April 12, 1942) ***WD
    03:28:48.436 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Lion’s Mane” (April 21, 1947)
    04:00:34.450 = Mystery House, “Murder Is An Art” (August 09, 1946)
    04:27:40.870 = Inner Sanctum, “Black Art” (May 15, 1945) ***WD
    04:57:15.865 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    4 hr 58 min
  14. ALLEY CAT: He Called His Wife A Cat Until She Became One | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A husband's furious insult that his wife is nothing but a heartless white cat starts coming true in front of him, and their doctor wants to tell the world.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Side Effects” (January 19, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:26.764 = Devil And Mr. O, “Alley Cat” (September 17, 1971) ***WD
    01:16:36.301 = Dimension X, “The Green Hills Of Earth” (December 24, 1950) ***WD
    01:43:42.714 = The Eleventh Hour, “Flying Coffin” (ADU)
    02:08:44.816 = Escape, “Border Town” (December 13, 1949)
    02:39:01.401 = Murder By Experts, “The Big Money” (July 25, 1949)
    03:09:31.058 = Exploring Tomorrow, “The Escape” (January 08, 1958)
    03:29:40.395 = Dark Fantasy, “Resolution” (January 02, 1942)
    03:55:38.664 = Fear on 4, “Every Detail But One” (February 07, 1988) ***WD
    04:25:36.810 = Theater Five, “Sound Track of a Happy Family” (December 04, 1964)
    04:46:38.564 = Murder Is My Hobby, “Murder In The Ring” (1945-1947)
    05:10:35.142 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 11 min
  15. THE LONG, LONG SLEEP: Fifty-Fifty Odds And His Own Name On A Grave | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Days before an operation he has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving, Norman Hill finds his office stripped bare, gets a call from a funeral parlor, and reads his own name on a grave.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Long Long Sleep” (January 15, 1979) ***WD
    00:46:03.456 = Calling All Cars, “Gentle Kidnapping Case” (May 16, 1934)
    01:15:57.384 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Girl On The Dock” (April 03, 1947) ***WD
    01:44:22.358 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Wendigo” (1968) ***WD=SONG: “Don’t Listen To The Thing That Calls Your Name” by Crossroads Haint (based on “The Wendigo”)
    02:16:47.273 = Chet Chetter, “Return of the Master Constipator” (1990-1992) ***WD
    02:41:18.259 = The Clock, “The Perfect Crime” (March 13, 1956) ***WD
    03:08:32.006 = The Crime Club, “Death Never Doubles” (June 26, 1947)
    03:38:26.216 = Crime Classics, “Bloody Bloody Banks Falls River” (September 30, 1953)
    04:08:03.615 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Case of Whirling Mirrors” (November 25, 1946)
    04:33:29.348 = Deep Night, “Ice Screams” (August 05, 2005)
    05:07:26.147 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 8 min
  16. THE SEVENTH VICTIM: A Legal Killer Finds His Target Sitting In The Open | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    In a future where the government runs legal murder, a clothing man on his seventh hunt tracks his victim to a sidewalk cafe in New York and finds her sitting alone with both hands on the table.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Complete Recovery” (January 01, 1979) ***WD
    00:47:03.252 = Witch’s Tale, “The Priest of Sekhet” (February 27, 1933) ***WD(LQ)
    01:13:22.062 = X Minus One, “Seventh Victim” (March 06, 1957)
    01:36:47.331 = ABC Mystery Time, “Death Walked In” (1956-1957) ***WD
    02:00:48.532 = Appointment With Fear, “The Speaking Clock” (April 13, 1944)
    02:29:08.838 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Truth” (June 28, 1945) ***WD
    02:57:20.767 = Barry Craig, “Murder Island” (January 09, 1979) ***WD
    03:27:38.576 = Ghost Story, “The Tower” (January 02, 1987)
    03:41:19.292 = Night Beat, “Old Itch” (July 03, 1952)
    04:10:21.392 = The Black Book, “My Favorite Corpse” (February 24, 1952) ***WD
    04:24:48.069 = Box 13, “Dan And The Wonderful Lamp” (March 27, 1949)
    04:53:16.118 = Strange Adventure, “the Jade Ring” ( ***WD
    04:56:30.783 = Tales of the Frightened, “Voice From The Grave” (1957-1963)
    05:01:17.266 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 2 min
  17. THE DEAD HOUSE: Thirty-Six Corpses Wired To A Bell, And Mark Twain's Errand | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Mark Twain's errand on the Mississippi began in a Munich morgue, where 36 shrouded corpses lie wired to a bell and a dying American asked him to save his soul.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Dead House” (December 29, 1978) ***WD
    00:46:13.308 = Suspense, “Fugue In C-Minor” (June 01, 1944) ***WD
    01:16:07.828 = The Creaking Door, “Haunted Hangman” (May 25, 1964) ***WD
    01:45:44.388 = The Saint, “Real Gone Guy” (July 30, 1950) ***WD
    02:14:27.824 = 2000 Plus, “The Giant Walks” (November 05, 1950) ***WD(LQ)
    02:43:19.062 = The Unexpected, “Find The Man” (1947-1948)
    02:59:11.818 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Toll Bridge” (1936) ***WD
    03:15:35.171 = Dark Venture, “Coverup” (February 24, 1947)
    03:45:22.054 = The Weird Circle, “What Was It” (October 10, 1943) ***WD
    04:13:45.720 = The Whistler, “Death Watch” (June 25, 1945) ***WD
    04:43:21.733 = Strange Wills, “Crosswinds” (November 09, 1946)
    05:12:56.628 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 14 min
  18. NO WAY OUT: The Number 2172 Kept Finding Edgar Logan | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    Edgar Logan lives at 21 South 72nd, and 2172 is the number on the taxi that sideswipes his car, on the lunch check his nephew adds up for him, and on the pink telephone in the apartment he's just gotten for a girl who reads destiny in numbers.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “No Way Out” (December 27, 1978) ***WD
    00:46:19.059 = Ellery Queen, “World Series of Crime” (October 02, 1943) ***WD
    01:17:07.604 = Quiet Please, “In The House Where I Was Born” (May 28, 1949)
    01:47:23.500 = Radio City Playhouse, “Whistle Daughter, Whistle” (July 31, 1948) ***WD
    02:14:58.191 = Sam Spade, “Vafio Cup Caper” (August 22, 1948)
    02:45:12.315 = The Sealed Book, “Till Death Do Us Part” (July 08, 1945) ***WD
    03:14:36.434 = The Shadow, “The Destroyer” (March 25, 1945) ***WD
    03:44:07.078 = Sleep No More, “Three O’Clock” (December 12, 1956)
    = SONG: “Three O’Clock” by Static Wax
    04:16:52.114 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Inner Critic” (April 2006)
    04:32:45.322 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Ghost Ship” (April 24, 1945) ***WD
    04:44:47.003 = Strange, “Greenwood Acres” (October 10, 1955) ***WD
    04:57:19.846 = Incredible But True, “The Woman Upstairs” (1950-1951)
    05:00:51.525 = Show Close
    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 2 min
  19. THE POWER OF EVIL: The Woman Who Bankrolled A Gambler In Macau | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A clerk at the American consulate in Hong Kong turns down a marriage proposal from the wealthy woman who's been bankrolling his roulette system in Macau, then agrees to one last ride with her in the big yellow rickshaw her family has kept for years.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Power Of Evil” (December 22, 1978) ***WD
    00:45:41.645 = The Black Museum, “Calibre Bullet” (January 08, 1952) ***WD
    01:09:49.608 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Accusing Corpse” (April 16, 1944) ***WD
    01:39:31.376 = CBC Nightfall, “Buried Alive” (October 17, 1980)
    02:04:14.112 = Nightmare, “Coincidence” (November 26, 1953)
    02:25:56.696 = Obsession, “Raised From The Dead” (February 19, 1951) ***WD
    02:49:34.633 = Origin of Superstition, “Picking Up a Pin” (1935) ***WD
    03:03:24.598 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Geranium Plant” (May 14, 1949) ***WD
    03:32:59.307 = Peril, “The Sidewalk Empire” (May 15, 1947) ***WD
    03:58:43.627 = Mystery Playhouse, “Death Is Caused” (October 12, 1945) ***WD
    04:23:01.946 = Price of Fear, “Family Album” (June 13, 1983) ***WD
    04:50:11.046 = Beyond The Green Door, “Tyner And The Ape” (1966)
    04:55:56.317 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Lick” (1960s)
    04:59:17.885 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 1 min
  20. AN EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT: The Blackberry Lane Granny Won't Let Them Near | #RetroRadio

    Show notes

    A classic tale by M.R. James adapted for radio theater. On a stormy night by the fire, a grandmother forbids her grandchildren to pick a single blackberry in the little lane past Collins's cottage, and when they beg for the reason, she tells them about the hill at the top of it.

    CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
    00:00:00.000 = Show Open
    00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “It Has To Be True” (December 20, 1978) ***WD
    00:46:09.566 = The Black Mass, “An Evening’s Entertainment” (October 31, 1964)
    01:17:10.741 = Michael Shayne, “Museum Theft” (July 30, 1945)
    01:48:19.048 = Beyond Midnight, “Hobart” (May 09, 1969) ***WD
    02:15:32.318 = MindWebs, “When We Went To See The End Of The World” (November 12, 1976)
    02:38:15.669 = Hollywood Theater, “Sitting Duck” (December 17, 1952) ***WD
    03:07:11.952 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD
    03:38:06.693 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Kenny Angles And The Queen of Diamonds” (April 18, 1947)
    04:06:58.224 = Mr. Keen, “The Man Who Invented Death” (October 06, 1949) ***WD
    04:36:14.018 = Murder at Midnight, “Red Wheels’ (September 13, 1946)
    05:03:21.642 = Show Close

    (ADU) = Air Date Unknown
    (LQ) = Low Quality
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    5 hr 6 min

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