Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A young geologist drilling four miles into a Rocky Mountain ridge breaks through into a sealed chamber and finds something impossible: a fully furnished modern house, twelve billion years old, holding a library that has already written the history of a world exactly like ours — including the volume that tells how it ends.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Ninth Volume” (December 30, 1977)00:46:54.045 = Strange Wills, “Seven Flights to Glory” (August 03, 1946)01:16:39.826 = Strange, “Hillbilly Feud” (1955) ***WD01:30:56.519 = Suspense, “Sorry Wrong Number” (February 24, 1944)02:01:42.070 = Tales of the Frightened, “Ladder” (November 28, 1957)02:06:44.881 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD02:38:30.884 = The Creaking Door, “Girl, Gold, Getaway (1960s-1970s) ***WD03:08:23.441 = Theater Five, “Contract Maker” (November 17, 1964)03:28:37.136 = Theater 1030, “The Sandman” (October 31, 1954) ***WD (LQ)03:55:35.978 = Tales From The Tomb, “Do You Know Where The Children Are” (1960s)04:00:46.397 = 2000 Plus, “The Giant Walk” (November 05, 1950) ***WD (LQ)04:29:46.536 = The Unexpected, “Mirage” (October 24, 1948)04:41:54.647 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Mystery of the Zombie” (1936) ***WD04:56:22.751 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0681

“Hands of Death”: A wheelchair-bound collector of murder relics decides the only things missing from his macabre collection are a murderer and a victim — so he engineers his own killer brother's downfall to acquire both. But the dead don't always stay in their boxes, and a pair of severed hands may yet keep a promise of vengeance.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Witching Well” (December 23, 1977) ***WD00:47:28.447 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Armchair Detective” (march 27, 1946) ***WD (LQ)01:17:54.860 = Quiet Please, “Valentine” (February 13, 1949) ***WD01:48:08.576 = Radio City Playhouse, “Duet” (October 16, 1949) ***WD02:17:13.009 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD02:47:28.792 = Sam Spade, “Same And Guiana Sovereign Caper” (July 12, 1946) ***WD03:16:41.034 = The Sealed Book, “Hands of Death” (March 18, 1945) ***WD03:47:40.901 = The Shadow, “Death Rides a Broomstick” (March 02, 1941)04:16:17.053 = Sleep No More, “Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (January 30, 1957) ***WD04:45:27.614 = BBC Spinechillers, “Origami” (February 28, 1984) ***WD05:29:33.275 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0680

“Brothers of the Angle”: A grieving widow believes a stranger can carry messages from her dead husband — messages only the couple could have known. But in a story about baiting hooks and landing fortunes, the real question is who's fishing, and who's the catch.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Brothers of the Angle” (December 19, 1977) ***WD00:46:41.705 = Mystery House, “Laugh? I Thought I’d Die!” (April 14, 1946)01:11:23.715 = Night Beat, “Bell Perrin Amnesia Case” (July 06, 1951) ***WD01:41:38.347 = CBC Nightfall, “Hypnotized” (April 22, 1983)02:11:33.366 = Nightmare, “The Leech” (April 07, 1954)02:34:12.420 = “The Leech” by Static Wax (SONG: https://weirddarkness.com/music)02:36:59.340 = Obsession, “Surrender Is Farewell” (January 29, 1951)03:00:13.100 = Origin of Superstition, “No News Is Good News” (1935) ***WD03:15:10.285 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Jack of Clubs Better Encode” (February 20, 1949) ***WD03:44:34.186 = Peril, “Cup of Tea” (ADU) ***WD04:11:15.983 = Mystery Playhouse, “Challenge to Listener” (July 04, 1947) ***WD04:36:15.645 = Price of Fear, “Guy Fawkes Night” (November 17, 1973)05:04:00.821 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0679

A young Long Island couple discovers that the knife-wielding ghost stalking their cellar and terrorizing their four-year-old son may not be the threat they assumed.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Ghost With a Knife” (December 16, 1977) ***WD00:47:13.694 = Beyond Midnight, “The Party” (1968-1970) ***WD01:18:25.389 = MindWebs, “The Night He Cried” (1975-1984)01:39:31.543 = Voice In The Night, “Necklace” (June 14, 1948)02:09:24.196 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947)02:40:19.177 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Night Must Fall” (April 12, 1946)03:09:20.782 = Mr. Keen, “The Girl Who Flirted” (February 03, 1944)03:39:48.543 = Murder at Midnight, “The Man Who Died Yesterday” (June 30, 1947) ***WD04:06:14.829 = The Black Museum, “The Shopping Bag” (1952) ***WD04:33:04.964 = Mysterious Traveler, “Change of Address” (January 22, 1952)05:02:31.652 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0678

In Nazi-occupied France, German officers repeatedly try to execute a young French woman by hanging — but each time, she returns alive. The woman becomes less a normal person than an allegorical embodiment of France/liberty/resistance: the Nazis can murder bodies, but they cannot kill the spirit they are fighting.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Death Slot” (December 14, 1977) ***WD00:47:44.298 = The Key, “Dear John Letter” (1956) ***WD01:12:44.958 = Lights Out, “Execution” (April 27, 1943)01:42:40.945 = Lux Radio Theater, “Sorry Wrong Number” (January 09, 1950) ***WD02:42:19.825 = Macabre, “Final Resting Place” (November 13, 1961) ***WD03:09:51.480 = Philip Marlowe, “Long Arm” (February 07, 1950)03:39:16.182 = Theater Royal, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (September 13, 1954) ***WD03:59:23.539 = Black Mass, “All Hallows” (September 06, 1963)04:38:13.336 = Michael Shayne, “Pirates in San Francisco Bay” (April 30, 1945)05:07:46.083 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0677

Two American relic hunters ignore every warning and dig their way into a flooded Yucatán cavern the locals swear belongs to the dead — who, as it turns out, keep very careful inventory.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Lost Tomorrows” (December 05, 1977) ***WD00:47:01.586 = Big Town, “Fatal Joke” (March 01, 1949) ***WD01:16:27.616 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD01:42:44.816 = Harry Lime, “Clay Pigeon” (August 17, 1951)02:09:25.917 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Liberated Tiger” (July 21, 1984)02:36:33.133 = The Haunting Hour, “If The Shoe Fits” (April 28, 1945) ***WD03:00:48.355 = The Hermit’s Cave, “House of Purple Shadows” (November 10, 1940) ***WD03:25:16.362 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Case of 65 Women” (1945-1950) ***WD03:49:48.832 = Sherlock Holmes, “Darlington Substitution Case” (January 04, 1947)04:19:03.800 = House of Mystery, “Haunters and Haunted” (June 13, 1945) ***WD04:33:24.744 = Incredible But True, “The Wanderer” (1950-1951)04:37:02.657 = Inner Sanctum, “Silent Hands” (May 13, 1944) ***WD05:01:38.945 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0676

A friendship gift from across the Iron Curtain rode into orbit with five American astronauts, and the only thing that came back was the teddy bear.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Teddy Bear” (November 30, 1977)00:44:19.048 = The Eleventh Hour, “The Bitter End” (1963-1965)01:09:54.163 = Escape, “The Fourth Man” (July 07, 1949)01:38:40.425 = Everyman’s Theater, “This Precious Freedom” (October 04, 1940) ***WD02:05:55.966 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July 04, 1949)02:35:22.121 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Time Traveller, aka Meddler’s Moon” (May 21, 1958)02:53:02.191 = Faces In The Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD03:16:42.212 = Dark Fantasy, “Edge of Shadow” (April 10, 1942) ***WD03:41:21.216 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Beast With Five Fingers” (January 31, 1988)04:10:16.659 = Future Tense, “The Parade” (May 27, 1974) ***WD (LQ)04:36:17.087 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Black Stockings / Broken Mirrors” (April 08, 1992)05:19:57.526 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0675

Manhattan was bought from the Indians for twenty-four dollars, and now something in the widow Soames's mansion has come back to renegotiate the deal.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Indian Giver” (November 25, 1977) ***WD00:44:10.667 = Chet Chetter’s “Excursion In Fear” (1990-1992) ***WD01:11:08.616 = The Clock, “The Dentist’s Chair” (December 06, 1955)01:37:33.230 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944) ***WD02:05:07.188 = The Crime Club, “Mr. Smith’s Hat” (January 23, 1947)02:34:47.075 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Mental Hospital” (January 19, 1947) ***WD02:59:00.539 = CBC Deep Night, “Pig and Pepper” (July 22, 2005)03:28:00.191 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Live Forever” (December 10, 1971) ***WD03:52:58.180 = Diary of Fate, “Craig Norton” (April 20, 1948) ***WD04:21:32.113 = Dimension X, “The Castaways” (August 11, 1950) ***WD04:46:39.495 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Beauty And Beast” (January 16, 1945) ***WD04:58:12.538 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0674

Thirteen drops of blood spilled on three-hundred-year-old bones, and a footstep in the dark with only one foot to make it — the kind of Friday the thirteenth that earns the date its bad name.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Grain of Salt” (November 18, 1977)00:46:07.148 = Witch’s Tale, “Devil’s Number” (December 12, 1935) ***WD (LQ)01:11:46.898 = X Minus One, “Chain of Command” (November 21, 1956)01:40:10.474 = Zero Hour, “The Villainous Verdict” (May 16, 1974) ***WD01:56:50.784 = ABC Mystery Time, “Death By Proxy” (June 07, 1956) ***WD02:20:51.751 = Strange Adventure, “Murder Takes Note” (1945) ***WD02:24:06.540 = Appointment With Fear, “Morning Glory” (July 18, 1943) ***WD (LQ)02:50:43.270 = BBC Radio 4/Radio 7 Ghost Story, “The Haunted Doll’s House” (January 1988)03:05:10.194 = Beyond The Green Door, “Diver Fights For Life” (1966)03:09:20.309 = The Black Book, “Different Readings, Parts 1 and 2” (November 21, 1951) ***WD03:34:31.794 = Boston Blackie, “The Ghost of Flo Newton” (May 28, 1947)03:59:38.473 = Box 13, “The Haunted Artist” (December 12, 1948)04:26:28.295 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor” (December 1966) ***WD04:55:16.589 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0673

In a city of three million where every window glows with the flicker of a television screen, one man steps outside to walk the empty streets — and discovers that in 2053, a simple stroll after dark is enough to draw the attention of the law.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hunted Down” (November 17, 1977)00:45:28.123 = The Saint, “Miracle Tea Party (Audition Episode)” (July 25, 1945)01:10:39.087 = Theater Five, “City Manager” (November 16, 1964) ***WD01:32:13.773 = Theater 1030, “The Pedestrian” (1968-1971) ***WD01:57:57.483 = Tales From The Tomb, “Comfort Lies In The Dark” (1960)02:02:15.537 = 2000 Plus, “Green Thing” (September 27, 1950) ***WD02:31:55.279 = The Unexpected, “Voodoo Night” (1947-1948)02:44:00.712 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Lizzie Borden Case” (1936) ***WD02:57:50.107 = Columbia Workshop, “Carmilla” (July 28, 1940) (LQ)03:27:16.413 = Dark Venture, “The Man in 206” (December 02, 1946) ***WD03:56:36.806 = The Weird Circle, “Shadow” (April 15, 1945)04:23:51.471 = The Whistler, “Murder Opens a Gate” (February 06, 1945)04:53:25.838 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0672

Jack, Doc, and Reggie encounter a frightened young woman, Sunny Richards, who believes she is doomed by an old family curse tied to murder, money, and the Richards family fortune. The boys try to prove the “curse” is human-made, not supernatural, while the case spirals into attempted murder, desert danger, hidden motives, and a criminal plot behind the supposed curse. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 1” (December 12, 1949)00:14:57.538 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 2” (December 13, 1949)00:28:49.961 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 3” (December 14, 1949)00:41:22.522 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 4” (December 15, 1949)00:53:24.547 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 5” (December 16, 1949)01:06:07.897 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 6” (December 19, 1949)01:18:21.520 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 7” (December 20, 1949)01:30:48.517 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 8” (December 21, 1949)01:43:21.732 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 9” (December 22, 1949)01:55:56.514 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 10” (December 26, 1949)02:08:24.452 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 11” (December 27, 1949)02:20:38.133 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 12” (December 28, 1949)02:33:38.575 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 13” (December 29, 1949)02:46:21.925 = I Love a Mystery, “The Million Dollar Curse, Part 14” (December 30, 1949)02:59:22.082 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0671

“A Point of Time”: When a 90-year-old physicist is dragged away by the secret police of a dystopian regime, his frail sister pays a "harmless" visit to the dictator who ordered the arrest — armed with a single handshake that could rewrite history itself.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Point of Time” (November 15, 1977)00:46:35.294 = The Shadow, “The Chess Club Murders” (February 23, 1941)01:15:46.575 = Sleep No More, “I Am Waiting” and “Browdean Farm” (January 23, 1957)01:43:59.740 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “ Mrs. M” (February 21, 1984)02:28:27.887 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “The Bogey Man Will Get You” (October o1, 1945) ***WD02:43:00.304 = Strange Wills, “Midnight On The Moor” (July 27, 1946)03:12:57.607 = Strange, “Deja Vu in France” (1955)03:27:51.047 = Suspense, “Sorry, Wrong Number” (February 24, 1944) ***WD03:57:13.825 = Tales of the Frightened, “Just Inside The Cemetery” (December 06, 1957)04:02:08.487 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Other Now” (January 22, 1953)04:32:02.795 = The Creaking Door, “Yesterday You Died” (August 31, 1964) ***WD05:01:02.446 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0670

A Tale of Two Worlds: When a twenty-year-old soap opera actor learns his character is being killed off after thirteen years on the show, the line between the role he's played since childhood and the empty life waiting for him outside the studio begins to dissolve in dangerous ways.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Tale of Two Worlds” (November 10, 1977)00:46:15.153 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Lady From The Sea” (March 11, 1949) ***WD01:14:21.337 = Price of Fear, “Goody Two Shoes” (May 30, 1983) ***WD (LQ)01:41:21.809 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Message In Red” (November 07, 1945)02:10:49.473 = Quiet Please, “Tap The Heat Bogdan” (February 06, 1949)02:39:52.258 = Radio City Playhouse, “Plotters” (October 09, 1949)03:07:38.434 = Starlight Theater, “Man Hires Hit Man To Kill Him” (late 40’s-early 50’s) ***WD03:35:18.489 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Maltese Falcon” (February 08, 1943)04:32:57.676 = The Sealed Book, “Welcome Home” (May 20, 1945) ***WD (LQ)04:56:30.889 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0669

When a skeptical doctor is challenged to spend a midnight hour inside the abandoned mill his new patient swears is haunted, he begins a journey that will force him to question everything science has taught him about the world.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Haunted Mill” (November 08, 1977)00:46:03.754 = Mysterious Traveler, “Key Witness” (January 15, 1942)01:13:37.539 = Mystery House, “Subrosa Justice” (April 07, 1946)01:37:33.654 = Night Beat, “Byline For Frank” (June 29, 1951)02:06:52.463 = CBC Nightfall, “The Wedding” (April 15, 1983) ***WD02:37:26.781 = Nightmare, “Coincidence” (November 26, 1953)02:59:09.365 = Obsession, “Summer Evening” (January 22, 1951) ***WD03:21:53.060 = Origin of Superstition, “Ghost Ships” (July 30, 1947) ***WD03:36:07.573 = Pat Novak, “Death In Herald Square” (November 30, 1947)04:06:43.354 = Peril, “Assassin” (1953) ***WD04:32:40.665 = Mystery Playhouse, “Corpus Delicti” (January 17, 1947) ***WD04:56:50.543 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0668

A retired widower on the verge of a breakdown takes his son's strange advice to cure his nerves by adopting a cat and imitating its every move — until the night he discovers his beloved pet is something far stranger than she appears.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Therapeutic Cat” (November 07, 1977)00:45:02.263 = Beyond Midnight, “Mrs. Smiff” (1969)01:13:22.257 = MindWebs, “An Infinity of Loving” (February 12, 1983)01:39:53.623 = U.S. Steel Hour of Mystery, “Journey Into Fear” (June 09, 1946) ***WD02:38:33.283 = Mystery In The Air, “Crime And Punishment” (September 25, 1947) ***WD03:04:01.720 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Murder In City Hall” (April 05, 1946)03:33:25.029 = Mr. Keen, “The Girl Who Sang Too Well” (January 20, 1944) ***WD04:01:47.711 = Murder At Midnight, “Island of the Dead” (May 05, 1947)04:28:08.239 = The Black Museum, “The Sheath Knife” (January 28, 1952) ***WD04:57:16.252 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0667

A 1962-style monster mash novelty single with a Bloomsbury detective, every monster in the catalogue, and a mad scientist who'd rather be selling vegetables — proof that even Static Wax knows how to grin. Stick around to the end for a little something extra.GET “The Monster Wanted Cocoa” by Static Wax: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/staticwax/the-monster-wanted-cocoaGET “Monster Want Cocoa” by Dark Weirdness: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/darkweirdness/monster-want-cocoaEPISODE THAT INSPIRED THE SONG: https://weirddarkness.com/wdrr0666/MORE OF THE MUSIC: https://weirddarkness.com/musicHEAR THE WEIRD DARKNESS PODCAST: https://weirddarkness.com/listen

Round The Horne, Movie Go Wrong: Frankenstein’s Monster = When intrepid Bloomsbury detective Lyndon Baines Sinkplunger travels to Transylvania in search of a missing brother named Englebert, he finds himself dodging vampires, headless knights, and a tearful mad scientist who just wants to be left alone with his cocoa.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Final Judgement” (November 04, 1977)00:46:30.450 = Incredible But True, “Welcome Home” (1950-1951)00:50:13.222 = Inner Sanctum, “Melody of Death” (April 22, 1944) ***WD01:15:17.305 = The Key, “Child Murderer” (1956) ***WD01:40:49.511 = Lights Out, “Dream” (March 16, 1943)02:09:18.279 = Lux Radio Theater, “Smilin’ Through” (January 05, 1942)03:07:43.807 = Macabre, “Edge of Evil” (January 08, 1962) ***WD03:37:43.409 = Philip Marlowe, “Hairpin Turn” (January 28, 1950)04:06:13.826 = Round The Horne, “Movie Go Wrong: Frankenstein's Monster” (March 10,1968)04:17:56.834 = The Black Mass, “The Man In The Crowd” (July 29, 1964) ***WD04:28:58.936 = Michael Shayne, “Body In The Trunk” (April 23, 1945)04:58:28.784 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0666

Two scientists travel toward a remote village deep in Brazil. During the journey, they become stranded near an isolated settlement — often described in logs as a mysterious airport village populated by ancient people with strange customs and rituals. What begins as a scientific expedition turns increasingly unsettling as the travelers encounter a place that seems disconnected from ordinary reality. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Land of the Living Dead” (November 03, 1977) ***WD00:45:56.814 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “A Warden For All Saints” (April 29, 1992)01:29:37.398 = Barry Craig — Confidential Investigator, “Sneak Assassin” (November 21, 1945)01:58:53.759 = Hall of Fantasy, “Markheim” (April 24, 1947)02:24:56.192 = Harry Lime, “See Naples And Live” (August 10, 1951)02:50:31.703 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Channel Crossing” (July 14, 1984) ***WD03:17:06.208 = The Haunting Hour, “A Corpse There Was” (April 21, 1945)03:41:56.690 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Black Band” (1930s-1940s) ***WD04:06:03.980 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Buried Treasure” (1945-1950)04:29:32.110 = Sherlock Holmes, “Singular Affair of the White Cockerel” (December 28, 1946)04:58:52.931 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0665

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.GET THE SONG: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/staticwax/the-dolls-will-have-them-allEPISODE THAT INSPIRED THE SONG: https://weirddarkness.com/wdrr0664/MORE OF THE MUSIC: https://weirddarkness.com/musicHEAR THE WEIRD DARKNESS PODCAST: https://weirddarkness.com/listen

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. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Last Train Out” (November 01, 1977) ***WD00:46:18.302 = Diary of Fate, “Paul Reese” (March 23, 1948) ***WD01:14:19.632 = Dimension X, “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls” (August 04, 1950) ***WD01:43:22.573 = 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) ***WD02:49:24.987 = Murder By Experts, “Summer Heat” (June 13, 1949) ***WD03:18:53.110 = 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) ***WD04:53:45.205 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0664

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.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = 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) ***WD01:42:43.444 = 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(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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0663

“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.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Question of Identity” (October 28, 1977) ***WD00:45:51.957 = The Unexpected, “Passport To Danger” (March 07, 1948) ***WD00:58:26.707 = Dark Venture, “Only Inhabitant” (November 19, 1946) ***WD01:28:05.826 = 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) ***WD03:57:16.127 = Strange Adventure, “The White Shawl” (1945)04:00:32.476 = Appointment With Fear, “The Deep Shuddered” (November 20, 1945) ***WD04:26:15.896 = 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(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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0662

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.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = 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) ***WD01:16:28.954 = 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) ***WD02:36:29.815 = Suspense, “Life Ends at Midnight” (February 17, 1944)03:07:07.268 = Tales of the Frightened, “Hands of Fate” (December 09, 1957) ***WD03:11:39.865 = The Creaking Door, “Inn Spectre” (July 27, 1964) ***WD03:37:49.809 = The Saint, “Nursemaid” (July 15, 1951)04:06:47.629 = Theater Five, “Deedle Deedle Dumpling My Son X-1” (November 13, 1964) ***WD04:28:40.805 = 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(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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0661

“Northern Lights”: Two scientists built a time machine, and the cold thing that crawled back into the laboratory had every intention of staying.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Just To Keep Busy” (October 25, 1977)00:46:13.238 = Quiet Please, “Northern Lights” (January 30, 1949)01:15:51.524 = Radio City Playhouse, “Affliction” (September 25, 1949)01:44:22.690 = Mercer McLeod, “Blood On The Doorstep” (1946-1947)01:58:33.864 = Silver Theater: Dashiell Hammett’s “Maltese Falcon” (February 01, 1942)03:55:05.423 = The Sealed Book, “Death At Storm House” (April 22, 1945)04:25:16.859 = The Shadow, “The Phantom Voyage” (February 16, 1941)04:50:03.811 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0660

A writer is gifted the rope that hanged a notorious highwayman, and from that night forward, something with a face like impure wax begins following him through London — into his dreams, into his work, and finally into the jury box of a murder trial he was never meant to survive.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Trial For Murder” (October 24, 1977) 00:48:20.210 = CBC Nightfall, “The Wedding” (April 15, 1983) ***WD01:18:54.528 = Nightmare, “Chance of a Ghost” (March 31, 1945) ***WD01:40:57.831 = Obsession, “The Hangman” (January 15, 1951) ***WD02:10:47.211 = Origin of Superstition, “Breaking The Wishbone” (1935)02:25:03.766 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Lydia Reynolds Case” (November 23, 1947)02:54:53.127 = Peril, “A Matter of Honor” (1953) ***WD03:21:57.779 = Mystery Playhouse, “Two Men In a Furnished Room” (September 27, 1946) ***WD03:45:48.955 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Night Has a Thousand Eyes” (August 19, 1953) ***WD04:09:26.274 = Price of Fear, “Fish” (September 1973)04:38:04.873 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Nick Knife” (August 01, 1945) ***WD05:02:05.115 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0659

Five words from a faceless machine end Walter Hayes's career — and send him down a spiral where the only solution he can see is to be worth more dead than alive.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Sorry To Let You Go” (October 21, 1977)00:45:08.893 = MindWebs, “Letters From Underneath The Earth” (January 24, 1983)01:15:14.587 = Two On a Clue, “The Case of the Silent Witness” (October 03, 1944) ***WD01:29:41.774 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD01:55:27.900 = Molle’ Mystery Theater, “Creeper” (March 29, 1946)02:24:33.240 = Mr. Keen, “The Missing Witnesses” (January 13, 1944) ***WD02:52:57.583 = Murder at Midnight, “Ape Song” (April 13, 1947) ***WD03:19:33.899 = Black Museum, “Auto Service Card” (March 28, 1952) ***WD03:45:30.365 = Mysterious Traveler, “It’s Only Money” (January 08, 1952)04:14:43.412 = Mystery House, “Death Passed My Window” (March 31, 1946) ***WD04:40:59.457 = Night Beat, “Sanctuary” (June 22, 1951) 05:08:08.740 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0658

A curving Mississippi lake road after sundown, a wedding present on the passenger seat, and a quiet island resort across the water where the ferryman takes fifty cents — exact change only.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Island on Silvertree Lake” (October 19, 1977) 00:46:15.152 = Lights Out, “the Projective Mr. Drogan” (January 26, 1943)01:15:39.621 = Lux Radio Theater, “Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13, 1939)02:17:22.687 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD02:45:43.599 = Philip Marlowe, “Bid For Freedom” (January 21, 1950)03:14:29.567 = Results Inc, “Mummy’s Walk” (December 03, 1944)03:42:38.776 = Black Mass, “Shidah And Kuziba” (October 16, 1973) ***WD03:56:34.198 = Michael Shayne, “Date At Cliff House” (April 16, 1945)04:26:13.554 = Beyond Midnight, “Marble Room” (September 26, 1969) ***WD04:53:52.211 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0657

Two travelers seek refuge from a thunderstorm in a forbidding old house — where a mad woman's laughter, a warning to stay away from the bookcase, and a corpse that crumbles at a touch are only the beginning of what waits in the dark.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Return Engagement” (October 17, 1977) ***WD00:45:14.749 = Harry Lime, “Too Many Colors” (August 03, 1951)01:10:16.188 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Lamp” (July 07, 1984)01:35:55.862 = The Haunting Hour, “Ptolomey’s Grave” (April 14, 1945) ***WD02:00:46.453 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Vampire’s Desire” (July 17, 1941)02:25:28.357 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death Writes An Epitaph” (January 28, 1948) ***WD02:51:08.798 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Grand Old Man” (December 21, 1946)03:20:24.671 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD03:50:07.476 = Incredible But True, “Only A Miracle” (1950-1951)03:53:45.337 = Inner Sanctum, “The Skull That Walked” (April 15, 1944)04:21:32.456 = The Key, “Chicken” (1956) ***WD04:45:52.876 = (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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0656

An archaeology professor fixates on a stranger across the restaurant, his wife admits to a skill she's kept hidden for the twenty years they've been married, and what the two of them overhear at the man's table suggests he isn't from this planet. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Mystery Theater, “The People of Sissora” (October 14, 1977)00:45:53.743 = Murder By Experts, “It’s Luck That Counts” (August 29, 1949)01:15:23.858 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Speak No More” (May 07, 1958)01:34:57.034 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD02:05:56.415 = Dark Fantasy, “Convoy For Atlantis” (March 27, 1942)02:28:30.890 = BBC Fear on 4, “Survival” (March 19, 1989)02:57:27.374 = Future Tense, “Tunnel Under The World” (May 22, 1974) ***WD03:24:06.381 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992)04:08:08.795 = Ave Maria Hour, “St. Benedict of Nursia VS Poison And Witchcraft” (1939)04:31:51.450 = Hall of Fantasy, “Death In The Bayous” (March 06, 1947)05:01:47.886 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0655

Based on the story, "The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan" from the #RetroRadio episode, "The Burial of Alexander Jordan: The Coffin Bell That Rang Six Nights After the Funeral."  Find more music from Static Wax at https://weirddarkness.com/music. Old Alexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during one of his cataleptic fits, rigs a bell from his crypt to his nephew's bedroom — so that if he wakes inside the coffin, he can ring for help. But his nephew Ramsey has been waiting a long time to inherit the Jordan place, and a bell that rings in the dead of night can be silenced more than one way.ABOUT THE SONG: "The Dead Man's Bell" is a smoky funeral blues in the 1944 tradition — minor key, mournful muted trumpet, weeping clarinet, walking upright bass, brushed drums, and a tolling brass bell threaded through the arrangement like a second heartbeat. The narrator lays the tale out from a detached, knowing distance, the way a bartender or an undertaker might tell it across a quiet room after the lights go down. It's a song about a man who built his own escape hatch from the grave, the wicked nephew who silenced it, and the ironic fate that sealed them both inside a stone vault no living soul could open.ABOUT THE EPISODE" The song is drawn from Creeps by Night — "The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan," originally broadcast July 13, 1944, on the Blue Network and hosted by the anonymous "Dr. X." This episode starred celebrated English character actor Edmund Gwenn — who would later win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Miracle on 34th Street — in the role of Ramsey, with Everett Sloan as Alexander Jordan, Abby Lewis as Martha, and Gregory Morton as Dr. Rutledge. The story turns on one of the oldest human fears — premature burial — and the elaborate precautions a wealthy old man takes to make sure it never happens to him. Whether those precautions save him, doom him, or do something stranger still, you'll have to listen to find out. The full original episode airs on Weird Darkness Retro Radio.ABOUT STATIC WAX: Static Wax is a music project from Weird Darkness, where every track is an original song written and produced in the musical style of the era that produced the vintage radio episode it draws from. A 1944 horror drama gets a 1944-styled funeral blues. A 1955 tale gets doo-wop or rockabilly. A 1968 episode gets garage rock. The songs aren't covers, parodies, or pastiches — they're original compositions designed to feel like records that could have been pressed the same year as the broadcast they honor.ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS RECORDS: Static Wax is one of several music projects produced under Weird Darkness Records, the music arm of Marlar House Productions and the Weird Darkness brand. Sister projects include Dark Weirdness (modern dark music in a punk-pop-rock style), Crossroa

Old Alexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during one of his cataleptic fits, rigs a bell from his crypt to his nephew's bedroom — so that if he wakes inside the coffin, he can ring for help. But his nephew Ramsey has been waiting a long time to inherit the Jordan place, and a bell that rings in the dead of night can be silenced more than one way.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Case of the Chateau-Margaux” (October 12, 1977) ***WD00:45:49.691 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944)01:15:20.185 = The Crime Club, “Cupid Can Be Deadly” (October 16, 1947) ***WD01:43:49.472 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Mad Men Strike Swiftly” (January 05, 1947)02:08:13.766 = CBC Deep Night, “Birth” (July 08, 2005)02:39:10.152 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Vacation With Death” (November 26, 1971) ***WD03:07:52.353 = Diary of Fate, “Joe Mattuck” (March 16, 1948) ***WD03:36:20.390 = Dimension X, “Potters of Firsk” (July 28, 1950) ***WD04:03:51.650 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Stand-In For Death” (December 26, 1944) ***WD04:15:18.925 = The Eleventh Hour, “Bad Day for Big Ben” (1960’s – Early 1970’s) ***WD04:45:09.364 = Escape, “The Day The General Died” (April 16, 1949)05:14:36.099 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0654

Based on the #RetroRadio episode of the same title about a lineman who gets a strange call on a dead phone line while working on a telephone pole... a call from himself... from the future!

When telephone lineman Sam Yoder picks up an impossible call from himself ten days in the future, the tips start paying off — until future Sam steers him straight into the middle of a bank robbery he's told to watch, but not stop.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Actress” (October 10, 1977) ***WD00:46:36.193 = X Minus One, “Sam This Is You” (October 31, 1956)01:15:29.980 = Zero Hour, “An Arms Length” (May 13, 1940) ***WD01:32:52.045 = ABC Mystery Time, “The Tale” (1956-1957)01:56:19.779 = Strange Adventures, “Malay Magic” (1945) ***WD01:59:34.349 = Appointment With Fear, “The Clock Strikes Eight” (May 18, 1944) ***WD02:28:21.070 = BBC Radio4 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (October 29, 1978)02:42:35.566 = Beyond The Green Door, “Frederick Morton” (1966)02:46:35.493 = The Man In Black, “The Price Of The Head” (February 02, 1952) ***WD03:01:20.239 = Barry Craig, “Ghosts Don’t Die In Bed” (September 07, 1954)03:29:53.534 = Box 13, Double Right Cross” (November 28, 1948) ***WD03:56:39.464 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Mr Higginbothom’s Catastrophe” (1967) ***WD04:25:34.811 = The Clock, “The Hunter And The Hunted’ (November 22, 1955) ***WD04:51:37.696 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0653

All songs by Crossroads Haint can be found at https://hyperfollow.com/crossroadshaint.  All music from Weird Darkness Records can be found at https://weirddarkness.com/music. I forgot to finish up this song a few days ago after I posted the Retro Radio episode, "Pennsylvania Turnpike" so here it is now!  Better late than never?I typically only include songs by Static Wax in this RetroRadio podcast, but the versions of this song I created for that project just did not sound right to me.  They might've been authentic to the time, but I did not like the results.  I have found that Crossroads Haint has a great feel for dark storytelling though, so I used this as my backup plan and I kinda like the result.  I hope you do as well!

Get all songs from Static Wax at https://hyperfollow.com/staticwax.  All songs from Weird Darkness Records can be found at https://weirddarkness.com/music. This song is based on the title story from the Retro Radio episode, “Flying Saucers” Three Thousand Years of Operatives Walking Among Us" from May 7, 2026: https://weirddarkness.com/wdrr0652/

A New Mexico missile chief and his secretary discover the flying saucers over White Sands aren't curious neighbors — they're a recall notice from something that has been parked on the dark side of the moon for three thousand years, and it has come for them.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Sea Nymph” (October 05, 1977) ***WD00:45:37.293 = Tales Of The Frightened, “Dr. Harvey Cushing” (1957) ***WD00:49:57.029 = The Creaking Door, “Imposter” (July 20, 1964) ***WD01:16:50.797 = The Saint, “Missing Angel” (July 08, 1951) ***WD01:45:36.247 = Theater Five, “A Brand New Life” (November 12, 1964) ***WD02:05:44.156 = 2000 Plus, “Flying Saucers” (August 23, 1950) ***WD02:34:51.114 = The Unexpected, “Counterfeit” (October 10, 1948) ***WD02:46:34.747 = Unsolved Mysteries, “The Witch Doctor” (1936) ***WD03:01:30.997 = Dark Venture, “Chase” (August 03, 1946) ***WD (LQ)03:29:50.533 = Weird Circle, “Goblet” (April 01, 1945)03:57:06.111 = The Whistler, “Murder On Paper” (January 29, 1945) ***WD04:28:30.820 = Witch’s Tale, “Boa Goddess” (May 21, 1931) ***WD (LQ)04:53:37.621 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0652

In late-1800s Paris, an eighteen-year-old artist's model named Trilby suffers from headaches no doctor can touch. The cure, when it finally arrives, comes from the eyes of a strange musician named Svengali — and her friends are convinced she should never have let him near her.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Mystery Theater, “Trilby” (September 30, 1977)00:47:17.842 = Radio City Playhouse, “Mother” (September 11, 1949)01:17:06.447 = Max Haines Mystery, “Arthur Gusy” (Mid 1940’s)01:40:56.965 = The Sealed Book, “Escape By Death” (April 15, 1945) ***WD (LQ)02:11:50.125 = The Shadow, “The Man Who Lived Twice” (February 09, 1941)02:35:04.740 = Sleep No More, “Death of Oliver” and “Fishhead” (December 26, 1956) ***WD03:04:24.816 = BBC Spinechillers, “Cupboard Beneath The Stairs” (April 2006)03:18:28.728 = Strange Wills, “Treasure To Starboard” (July 13, 1946)03:48:08.450 = Strange, “Captain Robinson” (1955)04:01:53.644 = Suspense, “Suspicion” (April 03, 1948)05:00:47.763 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0651

A deckhand has just put his captain over the rail in ten fathoms of empty gulf and called it an accident. He thinks the worst is behind him, but he never accounted for the captain’s dog.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Solitary” (September 29, 1977) ***WD00:45:58.396 = CBC Nightfall, “Walter’s Dog” (April 01, 1983) ***WD01:15:07.573 = Obsession, “The Silver Cord” (December 18, 1950) ***WD01:38:20.761 = Origin of Superstition, “Lose Baby’s First Pair” (1935) ***WD01:52:39.682 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Mysterious Set of Books” (August 10, 1947) ***WD02:21:26.963 = Peril, “Wheelchair” (June 14, 1947) ***WD (LQ)02:45:54.810 = Mystery Playhouse, “Adventure of Fallen Angels” (June 14, 1946) ***WD03:10:54.656 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse” (September 18, 1951)03:40:22.498 = Price of Fear, “Family Album” (June 13, 1983) ***WD04:07:31.598 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Foul Tip” (July 15, 1944) ***WD04:34:28.750 = Quiet Please, “Summer Goodbye” (January 23, 1949) (LQ)05:03:20.329 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0650

The dead girl from Frank Baring's woods comes back every night with the same request, and he's running out of ways to refuse her.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Wintering Place” (September 27, 1977)00:45:49.645 = Tonight At Nine-Thirty, “Black Market Murders” (March 16, 1945)01:15:18.993 = Mystery In The Air, “Queen of Spades” (September 11, 1947)01:42:18.316 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Alibi For Murder” (March 22, 1946)02:11:55.779 = Mr. Keen, “The Moonless Night” (January 06, 1944)02:41:42.870 = Murder at Midnight, “The Line Is Dead” (April 07, 1947)03:08:09.496 = Black Museum, “Length of Sash Cord” (September 02, 1952) ***WD03:31:35.718 = Mysterious Traveler, “Christmas Story” (December 25, 1951)04:00:12.369 = Mystery House, “Nothing But Proof” (January 27, 1946) ***WD04:23:00.581 = Night Beat, “Otto, Music Man – aka Old Baldy” (June 15, 1951) ***WD04:51:18.305 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0649

When an airline president comes to the investigator Saladin after a black magician's extortion threat brings down one of his planes in mid-flight, the two old enemies meet again across a battlefield of stolen corpses, radio waves, and a cockpit where the pilot is already dead.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Guy De Maupassant Murders” (September 26,1977)00:46:24.618 = The Key, “Bank Robbery” (1956)01:10:49.539 = Lights Out, “Battle of the Magicians” (July 27, 1946)01:40:35.719 = Macabre, “The Avenger” (December 18, 1961) ***WD02:09:24.535 = Philip Marlowe, “Covered Bridge” (January 14, 1950)02:38:54.225 = Ranger Bill, “Abominable Snowman” (1957)03:07:55.179 = The Black Mass, “Judgment” (November 16, 1970) ***WD03:32:03.065 = Michael Shayne, “Haunted House” (April 09, 1945) ***WD04:01:34.428 = Beyond Midnight, “The Man Who Sold His Soul” (June 20, 1969) ***WD04:32:38.046 = MindWebs, “Apple” (September 02, 1979)04:58:16.689 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0648

When Elaine begins seeing a hulking shape that only appears in darkness and dissolves the instant a light comes on, an aging scholar of the supernatural warns her fiancé that something ancient has marked her — and is methodically removing everyone standing between it and her.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Burning Whirlwind” (September 23, 1977)00:45:38.236 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “History Of A Mug” (August 09, 1945) ***WD01:14:43.988 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Shadow People” (September 21, 1953) ***WD01:39:00.254 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Mists of Memory” (May 22, 1982)02:05:59.803 = The Haunting Hour, “Old Old Man” (April 07, 1945) ***WD02:30:49.195 = Hermit’s Cave, “It Happened On Sunday” (1940) ***WD02:54:04.404 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death is 1 3” (December 31, 1947)03:21:36.414 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Elusive Emerald” (December 14, 1946)03:50:53.749 = The House of Mystery, “The Ghost Who Forgot Halloween” (October 27, 1945) ***WD04:22:15.259 = Incredible But True, “Heads Up” (1950-1951)04:25:51.553 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Across The Board” (June 06, 1943) ***WD04:54:26.682 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0647

A filling station on a lonesome stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, an old man paying with colonial gold, a red-haired traveler asking directions to a town nobody has heard of, and a hitchhiker who has been waiting a hundred and eighty years for a ride.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Plan” (September 22, 1977)00:45:54.201 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “White Pearls of Terror” (December 19, 1944) ***WD00:57:33.290 = The Eleventh Hour, “Agent” (1941-1946)01:19:17.165 = Escape, “When The Man Comes, Follow Him” (April 09, 1949)01:48:43.375 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949)02:18:39.103 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Cold Equations (The Stowaway)” (April 30, 1958) ***WD02:36:18.577 = Faces In The Window, “Lightning Rod Man” (January 17, 1953) ***WD (LQ)02:59:58.903 = Dark Fantasy, “Pennsylvania Turnpike” (March 20, 1942)03:26:58.808 = BBC Fear on 4, “Green and Pleasant” (1990)03:55:36.858 = Future Tense, “The Old Die Rich” (May 21, 1974) ***WD04:24:30.858 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “The Boat Hook” (April 15, 1992)05:07:58.359 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0646

A radiation-scarred inventor has built a submarine that burrows through solid bedrock, parked it beneath the city, and aimed its torpedoes at the fault line — and the planets are sliding into position to help him pull the trigger.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Tunnel Man” (September 20, 1977)00:45:40.665 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” (January 1968) ***WD01:14:57.979 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Elmer Meets Death” (1990-1992) ***WD01:43:03.330 = The Clock, “The Hunter and the Hunted” (November 22, 1955) ***WD02:09:06.215 = Creeps By Night, “The Final Reckoning” (July 12, 1944) ***WD02:37:03.067 = The Crime Club, “Sentence of Death” (October 09, 1947) ***WD03:05:59.992 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Case of the Counterfeit $10 Bills” (December 22, 1946) ***WD03:31:06.412 = The Devil and Mr. O, “No Escape” (November 19, 1971) ***WD03:56:48.974 = Diary of Fate, “Trina Crowley” (March 09, 1948) ***WD04:25:17.920 = Dimension X, “Beyond Infinity” (July 21, 1950) ***WD04:54:28.084 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0645

A dollar at a dusty curio shop buys a mummified foot — and the thirty-century-old princess who comes with it.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Wind And The Flame00:46:57.579 = The Weird Circle, “Possessive Dead” (March 25, 1945)01:14:18.931 = The Whistler, “Seascape” (January 22, 1945)01:42:56.945 = Witch’s Tale, “Altar of Hate” (November 08, 1933) ***WD02:08:42.316 = X Minus One, “Pictures Don’t Lie” (October 24, 1956)02:36:06.053 = The Zero Hour, “The Violation” (May 10, 1974) ***WD02:53:37.216 = ABC Mystery Time, “Suicide Club” (June 07, 1956) ***WD (LQ)03:15:19.752 = Strange Adventure, “A Matter of Salvage” (1945)03:18:35.175 = Appointment With Fear, “Speaking Clock” (April 13, 1944)03:45:58.687 = BBC Radio 4/7 Ghost Story, “Lost Hearts” (December 28, 2007)04:00:13.483 = Beyond The Green Door, “Dillingsworth Diamond Corp” (1966) ***WD04:04:21.110 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02, 1952) ***WD04:18:50.973 = The Avenger, “The Subway Ghost” (March 07, 1946)04:48:49.580 = Box 13, “Diamond In The Sky” (November 21, 1948) ***WD05:15:38.566 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0644

An accountant on his first field assignment is the only man who can stop a catastrophe, and the project director has a debriefing schedule designed to bury him until it's too late.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Death On Project X” (September 16, 1977) ***WD00:46:12.808 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Metballs Are Murder” (November 08, 2006)00:59:57.050 = Strange Wills, “Prince of Broadway” (July 06, 1946)01:29:44.479 = Suspense, “Suspicion” (February 10, 1944)01:59:15.319 = Tales of the Frightened, “Don’t Lose Your Head” (December 17, 1957)02:03:46.026 = The Creaking Door, “Cat Woman” (December 14, 1964) ***WD02:32:10.595 = The Saint, “Cowboy” (July 01, 1951)03:00:57.876 = Theater Five, “World Enough And Time” (November 10, 1964)03:23:02.258 = Theater 1030, “Two Little Punctures” (July 12, 1953) ***WD03:50:03.008 = Two Thousand Plus, “Veteran Comes Home” (July 05, 1950) ***WD04:18:09.269 = The Unexpected, “Two Of A Kind” (1947-1948) ***WD04:29:57.657 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Rue Morgue Mystery” (June 17, 1942) ***WD04:44:51.349 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945)05:13:49.213 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0643

In a storm-bound country sanatorium, a brilliant scientist driven mad by one fatal mistake insists the immortal Count Cagliostro speaks to him from beyond the grave — guiding his hand toward an experiment that has already killed once before.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Passport To Freedom” (September 15, 1977)00:45:51.080 = Peril, “Undivided” (early 1950s) ***WD01:08:41.986 = Mystery Playhouse, “Female of the Species” (June 07, 1946) ***WD01:33:50.352 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Murder Need An Artist” (May 06, 1950) ***WD02:00:25.283 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Dead Man’s Cavern” (April 15, 1944) ***WD02:25:41.142 = Quiet Please, “Is This Murder” (January 16, 1949)02:54:03.552 = Radio City Playhouse, “Unguarded Moment” (August 29, 1949)03:22:02.393 = It’s Murder, “Picture Wire Murder” (August 10, 1944)03:36:41.570 = The Sealed Book, “Ghost Makers” (September 09, 1945)04:06:11.396 = The Shadow, “Nightmare at Gaelsbury” (February 02, 1941)04:30:25.714 = Sleep No More, “The Storm” (December 19, 1956) ***WD04:57:35.046 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0642

A scholar returns from the Indian jungle carrying a bronze idol, a borrowed god, and a body count that will follow him across an ocean. | #RetroRadio EP0641Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Way To a Duty Death” (September 13, 1977) ***WD00:45:52.224 = Mr. Keen, “Young Husband Who Thought His Wife Failed Him” (April 17,1941)01:00:40.882 = Murder at Midnight, “Death’s Worshipper” (March 10, 1947)01:27:00.036 = The Black Museum, “The Raincoat” (1952) ***WD01:55:52.412 = Mysterious Traveler, “Hide Out” (December 11, 1951) ***WD02:26:11.998 = Mystery House, “Murder In Paradise” (November 18, 1945) ***WD02:52:38.153 = Night Beat, “Search For Fred” (June 08, 1951)03:20:14.930 = CBC Nightfall, “Private Collection” (March 18, 1983)03:49:10.159 = Obsession, “A Question of Personality” (December 11, 1950)04:12:05.964 = Origin of Superstition, “Sing Before Breakfast” (1935) ***WD04:26:26.474 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Johnny Brown Gambling Ring” (August 03, 1947) ***WD04:55:45.899 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0641

When a geologist proved that human grief and human joy were being siphoned to the stars as fuel for somebody else's machine, the world spun into cults and suicides and small wars — but the professor had a wooden crate, a Cumberland cottage full of secrets, and a private answer he wasn't ready to share with the man writing the checks. | #RetroRadio EP0640Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “First Childhood” (September 12, 1977)00:46:21.651 = Philip Marlowe, “Torch Carriers” (January 07, 1950)01:15:58.500 = Pursuit, “The Loch Ness Killer” (ADU) ***WD01:40:29.807 = The Black Mass, “Bartleby the Scrivener” (September 14, 1965) ***WD02:14:04.032 = Michael Shayne, “Meet Me AT Oakland Depot” (April 02, 1945)02:43:45.557 = Beyond Midnight, “The Locked Room” (1969) ***WD03:13:19.062 = MindWebs, “The Machine In Shaft Ten” (1975-1984) ***WD03:41:42.191 = The Humphrey Bogart Theater, “Dead Man / Pilot Episode” (September 17, 1949)04:12:46.534 = Mystery in the Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD04:41:44.987 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Red Wine” (March 08, 1946)05:11:00.140 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0640

For seventy years the woman in the green silk dress hung quietly in an old man's house — long enough, as it turned out, to learn how to step down off the wall. | #RetroRadio EP0639Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Woman In The Green Dress” (September 09, 1977)00:46:22.185 = The Haunting Hour, “Bird of Death” (March 31, 1945)01:11:12.112 = Hermit’s Cave, “The Spirits of Vengeance” (March 16, 1947)01:35:56.698 = Mystery is My Hobby, “Death Has a Hot Foot” (December 24, 1947)02:00:49.021 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Coptic Compass” (December 07, 1946)02:30:00.596 = The House of Mystery, “Haunters And Haunted” (June 13, 1945) ***WD02:44:21.540 = Incredible But True, “Death Has a Will” (1950-1951)02:48:07.969 = Inner Sanctum, “Black Seagull” (March 07, 1943)03:17:50.145 = The Key, “Alexis” (1956) ***WD03:44:01.024 = Lights Out, “Poltergeist Gravestone” (October 20, 1942)04:09:27.539 = Macabre, “Midnight Horseman” (December 11, 1961) ***WD (LQ)04:36:36.346 = 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.CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0639

She rented the house for the view — for the ageless, indifferent sea outside every window, for the poems she planned to write, for the phone calls to the men she used to love. But the housekeeper wasn't a housekeeper. The groundsman wasn't a groundsman. The little pink pills weren't vitamins. And somewhere out past the fog, a great white ship was drifting closer to shore… carrying the one man she'd been waiting fifteen years to kill.ABOUT THE SONG: "Those Little Pink Pills" is a slow 6/8 waltz in the style of late 1960s orchestral chamber pop — the territory of Scott Walker's Scott 3 and Scott 4, Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's duet work, Serge Gainsbourg's most cinematic arrangements, and the psychological gravity of early Leonard Cohen. The song splits its narrative between two voices: a female lead carrying the verses in a breathy, close-miked, dreamlike register, and a male baritone delivering the choruses with cold clinical certainty. She sings from inside the delusion. He sings from outside it. The listener sits in the gap between them, knowing what she does not. The chorus catalogues the quiet lies surrounding her — the housekeeper who isn't a housekeeper, the groundsman who isn't a groundsman, the voices on the phone that were never really there — and lands each time on the small pharmaceutical instrument keeping her fifteen-year delusion intact. The arrangement is all strings, harpsichord, vibraphone, and muted low brass swelling like a distant foghorn. No rock drums. No electric guitar. No major-key resolution. The style was chosen because the source story is a Roman poet's thesis dressed in 1970s clothes — I hate and I love, and I am in torment — and that sentence needed a setting that could carry both the romance and the rot without flinching. Chamber pop circa 1968 was the only room big enough.ABOUT THE SOURCE EPISODE: The song is drawn from "Silent Shock," a 1977 episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater written by Elspeth Eric, directed by Himan Brown, and starring Mercedes McCambridge as Catherine Gunther. Catherine has rented a beautiful oceanside house — the kind of place, she says, where a woman can finally get her life together. She walks the beach, copies down poems about the sea from Shakespeare and Coleridge and Byron, and collects flat stones for skipping. Between the poems she telephones the men from her past: Larry, the lover she once ran off with, and John, the husband she left behind. A patient groundsman named Casper tends the shoreline. A kindly housekeeper named Harriet brings up dinner and little pink capsules from the kitchen. And one foggy evening, Catherine sees a great white ship drifting toward her through the mist — the ship, she is certain, that will finally bring her father home. Nothing at the oceanside house is what Catherine believes it to be. Harriet is not a housekeeper. Casper is not a groundsman. The pink capsules are not vitamins. The phone calls to Larry and John connect to no one. The man