Two crew members aboard a spaceship en route to Venus are thrust into fatal danger after a meteor strike severely depletes their oxygen reserves; it becomes clear there isn’t enough to support both of them for the journey… one one will survive, the other will perish in the cold of space. Hear the tale from CBC Mystery Theater with “The Breaking Strain” by Arthur C. Clarke! | #RetroRadio EP0477

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Killer’s Helper” (September 07, 1976)
00:45:31.449 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Breaking Strain” (1968) ***WD
01:13:07.073 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From the Morgue, “Interface To Terror” (1992) ***WD
01:40:48.885 = The Clock, “Deadlier Than The Male” (September 25, 1947) ***WD
02:07:45.163 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Johnson” (July 13, 1944)
02:37:15.657 = The Crime Club, “Topaz Flower” (April 24, 1947)
03:07:11.733 = CBC Deep Night, “The Intercom” (July 15, 2005)
03:41:09.673 = The Devil and Mr. O, “House Is Haunted” (December 31, 1971) ***WD
04:09:50.620 = Dimension X, “First Contact” (September 08, 1951)
04:32:08.552 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Secret Room” (February 13, 1945) ***WD
04:43:58.444 = The Creaking Door, “Face To Face Music of the Spheres” (1964-1965) ***WD
05:08:29.698 = The Eleventh Hour, “Sixth Sense Survivor” (1959-1971)
05:33:04.990 = Escape, “A Tooth For Paul Revere” (July 04, 1948)
06:02:30.977 = Murder By Experts, “The Big Money” (July 25, 1949)
06:31:56.698 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Scionic Uranium Prospector” (July 09, 1958) ***WD
06:51:03.491 = Dark Fantasy, “Letter From Yesterday” (May 01, 1942) ***WD
07:15:10.541 = Diary of Fate, “Rollie Andrews” (August 03, 1948) ***WD
07:42:07.593 = Fear on 4, “Invitation To The Vaults” (1988-1992)
08:10:50.029 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “The Masquerade” (late 1940s)
08:15:47.485 = Tales From The Tomb, “Do You Know Where The Children Are” (1960s)
08:20:57.904 = Future Tense, “With Folded Hands” (May 14, 1974) ***WD
08:49:20.216 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992)
09:33:24.032 = Show Close

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(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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