Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

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.

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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
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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.

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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.

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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.

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