Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

When Death himself arrives at a dying millionaire's bedside, the two strike an unthinkable bargain — they swap places. | “Come Away, Death” | #RetroRadio EP0583

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Come Away Death” (April 21, 1977) ***WD
00:46:28.211 = Beyond Midnight, “Death Wish” (September 20, 1968) ***WD
01:12:41.136 = MindWebs, “A Dream At Noonday” (1975-1984)
01:41:56.188 = Stand By For Adventure, “Swamp” (ADU) ***WD
01:52:45.160 = Molle’ Mystery Theater, “Homicide For Hannah” (December 28, 1943) ***WD
02:21:15.335 = Barrie Craig: Confidential Investigator, “Never Murder a Mummy” (March 30, 1955)
02:45:57.154 = Murder at Midnight, “Ace of Death” (January 06, 1947)
03:12:05.494 = The Black Museum, “The Mandolin String” (July 26, 1952)
03:35:54.513 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Visiting Corpse” (January 09, 1944)
04:04:27.675 = CBC’s Nightfall, “Daddy’s Girl” (December 03, 1982) ***WD
04:34:20.720 = Obsession, “A Question of Personality” (October 09, 1950) ***WD
04:56:19.852 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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A year after her controlling husband's death, a terrified widow watches priceless jewels appear one by one on her dressing table — gifts, she believes, from beyond the grave. | House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” | #RetroRadio EP0582

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Book of Abaca” (April 19, 1977) ***WD
00:46:15.185 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD
01:15:57.990 = Incredible But True, “The Phantom Army” (1950-1951)
01:19:37.419 = Inner Sanctum, “Hell Is Where You Find It” (October 19, 1941)
01:44:51.363 = The Key, “What Happens When You Die” (1956) ***WD (LQ)
02:09:08.058 = Lights Out, “The Story of Mr. Maggs” (December 01, 1942) ***WD (LQ)
02:35:41.620 = Lux Radio Theater, “Strangers On A Train” (December 03, 1951)
03:30:29.515 = Philip Marlowe, “Green Witch” (October 29, 1949) ***WD (LQ)
03:58:39.598 = Let George Do It, “Voice of the Giant” (July 31, 1950) ***WD
04:28:22.011 = Black Mass, “Jolly Corner” (November 28, 1966) ***WD
05:06:43.881 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0582

In a future where war has been replaced by government-sanctioned murder, a veteran hunter is assigned his seventh victim — a young woman sitting in the open with no spotters, no gun, and no will to fight back. As he gets to know her, he finds himself falling for the one person he's supposed to kill. | The Seventh Victim | #RetroRadio EP0581

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A House Divided” (April 18, 1977) ***WD
00:46:06.703 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Murder In Cairo” (1947-1950)
00:51:10.847 = Future Tense, “The Seventh Victim” (May 06, 1974) ***WD
01:12:13.163 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “A Warden For All Saints” (April 29, 1992)
01:55:53.747 = Columbia Workshop, “Half Pint Flask” (July 06, 1939)
02:25:12.609 = Hall of Fantasy, “Markheim” (April 24, 1947)
02:51:14.491 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Esmerelda” (August 30, 1980)
03:17:25.099 = The Haunting Hour, “Nocturne” (1945-1949)
03:44:41.426 = The Hermit’s Cave, “The Story Without End” (January 11, 1942) ***WD
04:07:36.717 = Murder Is My Hobby, “Murder Can Sometimes Be Pleasant” (September 19, 1947)
04:31:26.712 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Original Hamlet” (November 02, 1946) ***WD
05:00:32.233 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0581

Twenty years after a Civil War tragedy burned his mansion to the ground, a vengeful father's ghost still waits by the river bend for the girl who will replace the daughter he lost. | “The Phantom House” | #RetroRadio EP0580

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Phantom House” (April 14, 1977) ***WD
00:45:18.483 = Fear on 4, “Making Sacrifices” (October 09, 1997)
01:29:06.977 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Alibi In Red” (1947-1950)
01:34:07.777 = Future Tense, “The Seventh Victim” (May 06, 1974) ***WD
01:55:11.129 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992)
02:39:13.110 = Casey, Crime Photographer, “Graveyard Gertie” (September 11, 1947)
03:08:42.122 = Hall of Fantasy, “Death In The Bayous” (March 06, 1947)
03:38:38.558 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Late Departure” (August 23, 1980)
04:05:38.208 = The Haunting Hour, “Occupation Murder” (August 25, 1945) ***WD
04:32:56.990 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (September 15, 1940)
04:57:24.957 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0580

When an American couple rents a charming Scottish cottage to escape tragedy, they discover a chilling local legend: the marble statues of two murderous knights rise from their tombs every Halloween night and return to the home that was once theirs. | Man-Sized In Marble | #RetroRadio EP0579

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Man-Sized In Marble” (April 12, 1977) ***WD
00:45:31.204 = Dimension X, “To The Future” (May 27, 1950) ***WD
01:15:12.081 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Revenge From The Grave” (May 15, 1945) ***WD
01:27:20.451 = The Creaking Door, “Anna” (December 21, 1964) ***WD
01:54:12.587 = 11th Hour, “Let the Play Begin” aka “Invitation to Death” (January 28, 1960) ***WD
02:19:27.249 = Escape, “Conqueror’s Isle” (March 05, 1949)
02:48:53.811 = Everyman’s Theater, “Cat Wife” (October 18, 1940)
03:17:53.218 = Murder By Experts, “The Big Money” (July 25, 1949)
03:47:18.939 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Made In Avak” aka “Fair Fight” (March 12, 1958) ***WD
04:03:07.393 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD
04:34:06.774 = Dark Fantasy, “Headless Dead” (January 23, 1942)
04:58:26.224 = 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.
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.
= = = = =
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
= = = = =
WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.
= = = = =#ParanormalRadio #ScienceFiction #OldTimeRadio #OTR #OTRHorror #ClassicRadioShows #HorrorRadioShows #VintageRadioDramas #WeirdDarkness
CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0579