Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A circus march dressed in red velvet and brass, sung by a barker who is selling something far worse than dolls — and a chorus of tiny voices that know exactly what he means.

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A personal favorite of mine! A Pentagon colonel, a doll shop that wasn't there yesterday, and a six-inch toy with a voice like a knife — one of the most quietly sinister half-hours ever broadcast on Dimension X, and it ends on a smile you will not forget. 

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Last Train Out” (November 01, 1977) ***WD
00:46:18.302 = Diary of Fate, “Paul Reese” (March 23, 1948) ***WD
01:14:19.632 = Dimension X, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (August 04, 1950) ***WD
01:43:22.573 = Strange Dr. Weird, “Tiger Cat” (January 02, 1945)
01:54:40.306 = Eleventh Hour, “Bitter Bit” (1960s-early 1970’s)
02:20:04.917 = Escape, “The Great Impersonation” (April 23, 1949) ***WD
02:49:24.987 = Murder By Experts, “Summer Heat” (June 13, 1949) ***WD
03:18:53.110 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Time Heals” (May 14, 1958)
03:42:20.118 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Darkness” (April 03, 1942)
04:06:04.413 = BBC Fear on 4, “Soul Searching” (March 26, 1989)
04:35:10.202 = Future Tense, “Zero Hour” (May 23, 1974) ***WD
04:53:45.205 = Show Close

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A New York con artist conspires to fake walking through 1,330-degree coals and rob an island of its golden god — but old gods have long memories.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Trial By Fire” (October 31, 1977)
00:47:09.400 = Box 13, “Look Pleasant, Please” (December 05, 1948)
01:14:02.409 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Sight Unseen” (November, 1967) ***WD
01:42:43.444 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Escape From The Mysterious Island, Part 1” (1990-92)
02:10:47.728 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Escape From The Mysterious Island, Part 2” (1990-92)
02:38:26.813 = The Clock, “The Helping Hand” (November 29, 1955)
03:02:46.744 = The Crime Club, “Death Blew Out a Match” (December 02, 1946)
03:32:43.447 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Death Tunes 790 Kilocycles” (January 12, 1947)
03:57:46.689 = CBC Deep Night, “The Intercom” (July 15, 2005)
04:31:44.409 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Hole” (December 03, 1971)
04:57:30.756 = Show Close

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“The Deep Shuddered”: An unfaithful husband, his wife, and his mistress find themselves aboard the same doomed ocean liner the night an iceberg opens its hull beneath them — and three decades later, one of them sits in a Gloucestershire asylum listening to the same record over and over and believing she is still at sea.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Question of Identity” (October 28, 1977) ***WD
00:45:51.957 = The Unexpected, “Passport To Danger” (March 07, 1948) ***WD
00:58:26.707 = Dark Venture, “Only Inhabitant” (November 19, 1946) ***WD
01:28:05.826 = The Weird Circle, “The Case of Monsieur Valdemar” (April 08, 1945)
01:55:30.599 = The Whistler, “Murder Is Legal” (February 05, 1945)
02:23:57.701 = Witch’s Tale, “Devil Doctor” (January 08, 1934)
02:48:51.122 = X-Minus-One, “Appointment In Tomorrow” (November 07, 1956)
03:16:17.007 = Zero Hour, “Some People Die Only Once” (May 14, 1974)
03:33:42.729 = ABC Mystery Time, “Sherlock Speckled Band” (May 01, 1956) ***WD
03:57:16.127 = Strange Adventure, “The White Shawl” (1945)
04:00:32.476 = Appointment With Fear, “The Deep Shuddered” (November 20, 1945) ***WD
04:26:15.896 = BBC Radio 4/7 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (October, 1978)
04:40:30.393 = Beyond The Green Door, “Richard Hearn Hunter” (1966)
04:44:39.483 = Boston Blackie, “The Worthington Ghost” (March 19, 1946)
05:11:09.086 = Show Close

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The Crown and Mitre Inn stands on the bones of an old abbey, and the man who bought the inn for what's buried under the cellar floor is about to find out he's not the only one who can call a ghost up the stairs.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The House By The Seine” (October 27, 1977)
00:48:21.264 = Sleep No More, “Waxwork Man and Snake” (January 09, 1957) ***WD
01:16:28.954 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Figures” (February 14, 1984)
01:54:50.053 = Strange Wills, “One Shining Night” (July 20, 1946)
02:24:24.864 = Strange, “Deadman’s Reef” (1955) ***WD
02:36:29.815 = Suspense, “Life Ends at Midnight” (February 17, 1944)
03:07:07.268 = Tales of the Frightened, “Hands of Fate” (December 09, 1957) ***WD
03:11:39.865 = The Creaking Door, “Inn Spectre” (July 27, 1964) ***WD
03:37:49.809 = The Saint, “Nursemaid” (July 15, 1951)
04:06:47.629 = Theater Five, “Deedle Deedle Dumpling My Son X-1” (November 13, 1964) ***WD
04:28:40.805 = Tales From The Tomb, “A Ghost Or a Vampire” (1960s)
04:34:07.376 = 2000 Plus, “Robot Killer” (August 30, 1950) ***WD (LQ)
05:02:34.445 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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