A mysterious stranger appears on a doctor’s doorstep, arriving aboard the 5:16 train—a train that supposedly no longer stops in town. Only he and his daughter have ever seen the man. Despite the train’s schedule, he continues to stop in, even when the train doesn’t. | #RetroRadio EP0472

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Train Stops” (August 23, 1976)
00:45:02.836 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD
01:14:03.471 = Ripley’s Believe It or Not, “Dancing Corpses” (1930) ***WD
01:15:05.432 = Sam Spade, “2512353679 Caper” (December 15, 1950) ***WD
01:43:10.233 = The Sealed Book, “King of the World” (March 25, 1945)
02:13:06.805 = The Shadow, “Death On The Bridge” (March 03, 1940) ***WD (LQ)
02:37:41.473 = Sleep No More, “Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobblies” and “August Heat” (November 28, 1956) ***WD
03:01:58.463 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” (1984)
03:15:53.075 = Stay Tuned for Terror, “Lizzie Borden Took an Axe” (July 12, 1945) ***WD
03:28:50.563 = Strange Wills, “Emeralds Come High” (August 24, 1946) ***WD
03:58:33.655 = Strange, “Greenwood Acres” (October 10, 1955) ***WD
04:11:06.498 = Suspense, “King’s Birthday” (August 28, 1943) ***WD
04:39:13.512 = Tales of the Frightened, “Story of Wood” (December 18, 1957)
04:43:33.169 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD
05:15:20.133 = The Saint, “Fight” (December 17, 1952)
05:44:15.872 = Theater Five, “I’m Sorry Mom” (October 09, 1964)
06:04:11.491 = 2000 Plus, “The Giant Walks” (November 05, 1950) ***WD (LQ)
06:32:05.818 = The Unexpected, “Find The Man” (1948)
06:46:52.621 = Nick Carter, “Death After Dark” (February 19, 1944) ***WD
07:16:08.317 = Dark Venture, “Ten Dollar Bill” (August 14, 1945)
07:45:06.181 = The Weird Circle, “Queer Client” (October 15, 1944)
08:12:29.361 = The Whistler, “Last of Devereaux” (July 23, 1944)
08:41:54.325 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933) ***WD
09:12:00.571 = X Minus One, “Sea Legs” (May 01, 1956)
09:40:13.075 = Show Close

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