Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A small-town Russian doctor who's given up on his filthy hospital starts spending hours in the ward for the insane out back, talking philosophy with one of the patients.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Ward Six” (December 13, 1978) ***WD
00:45:59.959 = Dimension X, “Universe” (November 26, 1950) ***WD
01:15:57.328 = The Eleventh Hour, “Explosives” (ADU) ***WD
01:45:27.736 = Escape, “Command” (December 06, 1949)
02:14:38.515 = Murder By Experts, “Murder By Prescription” (July 11, 1949)
02:45:04.700 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Dreams” (January 01, 1958) ***WD(LQ)
03:04:40.566 = Dark Fantasy, “House of Bread” (December 26, 1941)
03:29:31.612 = BBC Fear on 4, “Music Lovers” (January 24, 1988) ***WD
03:57:57.771 = Theater Five, “Fog” (December 03, 1964) ***WD
04:20:37.631 = Future Tense, “With Folded Hands” (May 14, 1974) ***WD
04:48:59.681 = Incredible But True, “The Lady And The Lake” (1950-1951)
04:52:29.652 = Strange Adventure, “Stepson of Satan” (1945) ***WD
04:55:44.204 = Tales of the Frightened, “Never Kick A Black Cat” (1963)
05:00:22.496 = 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.

In 1829 New Orleans, a shoemaker whose slippers are the softest in town turns down the fabric a wealthy father brings in for his daughter's debut and insists on using his own material.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Horror Story” (December 11, 1978) ***WD
00:46:40.028 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Strange History of David Swann” (1967) ***WD
01:16:14.887 = Chet Chetter, “Elmer Versus The Invaders” (1990-1992) ***WD
01:44:26.383 = The Clock, “Hollywood Heartbreak” (March 06, 1956)
02:08:58.723 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944)
02:38:28.841 = SONG: “Dead Man’s Bell” (based on “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan”) by Static Wax
02:44:34.766 = The Crime Club, “Hearses Don’t Hurry” (June 19, 1947) ***WD
03:13:26.903 = Crime Classics, “Torment of Henrietta Robinson And Why She Killed” (Sept 07, 1953) ***WD
03:42:42.874 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Diamond Pendant Stolen” (November 10, 1946) ***WD
04:07:59.278 = CBC Deep Night, “Man Radio” (July 29, 2005)
04:42:52.671 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Paris Macabre” (February 04, 1972) ***WD
05:11:27.053 = 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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In 1957, a young surgeon finds an aneurysm the size of a grapefruit on the chest X-rays of the man his sister is about to marry, and that night his dead father sits down across the fire to talk the case through.

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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 Exploding Heart” (December 08, 1978) ***WD
00:46:23.841 = ABC Mystery Time, “Death By Proxy” (June 07, 1956) ***WD
01:11:24.668 = Appointment With Fear, “Pit And The Pendulum” (September 18, 1943) ***WD
01:39:35.562 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Mr. Payle” (June 14, 1945) ***WD(LQ)
02:04:58.883 = Barry Craig, “Death of a Private Eye” (January 02, 1952)
02:35:08.636 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7 GhostStory, “Laura” (January 01, 1987)
02:49:56.334 = Night Beat, “Reformer” (June 26, 1952)
03:20:10.260 = The Black Book, “On Schedule” (February 17, 1952) ***WD
03:34:38.824 = Box 13, “One One Three Point Five” (March 20, 1949)
04:01:09.194 = Calling All Cars, “Hammers In Honduras” (April 18, 1934) ***WD
04:33:13.108 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Demon Miner” (March 20, 1947)
05:02:41.409 = 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/WDRR0795

Lord Carnavan's wife lends a visiting sheikh her carved Indian jewel box for one afternoon, and the morning after she wears her diamond necklace to Buckingham Palace, the necklace is gone from the locked box and her husband wants the psychic detective next door on the case.

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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 Devil’s Bargain” (December 06, 1978) ***WD
00:46:21.922 = The Saint, “Nineteen Santa Clauses” (December 25, 1949) ***WD
01:15:28.920 = 2000 Plus, “Green Thing” (September 27, 1950) ***WD
01:46:11.949 = The Unexpected, “Cargo Unknown” (1947-1948) ***WD
02:00:49.726 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Writing On The Wall” (October 05, 1949) ***WD
02:16:31.638 = Dark Venture, “Hideout” (January 07, 1947) ***WD
02:40:04.171 = The Weird Circle, “Terribly Strange Bed” (July 29, 1943)
03:08:10.615 = The Whistler, “Death Pays a Visit” (June 11, 1945)
03:37:46.860 = Strange Wills, “Singapore Liz” (November 02, 1946)
04:08:25.983 = Witch’s Tale, “Spirits Of The Lake” (January 02, 1933)
04:39:31.712 = X Minus One, “Real Gone” (February 27, 1957)
05:01:37.400 = 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.

The Shadow: A young chemist tells Lamont Cranston he woke in the night to find a skull burning green and grinning at him in the dark, and by the next morning he's vanished from his own house.
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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 Serpent of Saris” (December 04, 1978) ***WD
00:44:33.459 = Sam Spade, “Critical Author Caper” (August 15, 1948) ***WD
01:13:27.490 = The Sealed Book, “Death Rings Down The Curtain” (July 01, 1945)
01:43:56.502 = The Shadow, “The Case Of The Burning Skull” (March 18, 1945) ***WD
02:09:25.037 = Sleep No More, “The Man In The Black Hat” (December 05, 1956) ***WD
02:33:35.834 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Falling To Pieces” (April 2006)
02:45:51.849 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Dead Man’s Paradise” (April 17, 1945) ***WD(LQ)
02:57:48.298 = Strange, “Phantom Wagoneer” (March 21, 1955) ***WD
03:12:20.632 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 1” (May 18, 1944) ***WD
03:42:36.925 = Suspense, “Donovan’s Brain, Part 2” (May 25, 1944) ***WD
04:11:33.984 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD
04:41:19.375 = The Creaking Door, “Dummy” (June 08, 1964) ***WD
05:13:12.446 = 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/WDRR0793

Sonia Gale makes her living faking séances with rigged wires and trick voices, until a dead man's voice at her table tells a client where the money is hidden and Sonia swears she had nothing to do with it.
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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 Romany Revenge” (November 29, 1978) ***WD
00:46:05.868 = Nightmare, “Chance of a Ghost” (March 31, 1945) ***WD
01:08:09.171 = Obsession, “Case of the Living Dead Egyptian Curse” (1950-1952) ***WD(LQ)
01:33:55.797 = Origin of Superstition, “Friday the 13th” (1935) ***WD
01:47:50.274 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Shirt Mixup At Laundry” (May 07, 1949) ***WD
02:16:07.597 = Peril, “The Gamble” (November 07, 1947) ***WD
02:40:48.599 = Mystery Playhouse, “Angel Face” (October 05, 1945) ***WD
03:05:56.289 = Ellery Queen, “Circus Train” (March 27, 1943) ***WD
03:31:17.031 = Quiet Please, “The Oldest Man In The World” (May 21, 1949)
04:01:44.351 = Radio City Playhouse, “Of Unsound Mind” (July 17, 1948)
04:29:32.678 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD
04:59:31.694 = 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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Leaving Antelope Crossings, Nebraska, for a family funeral in 1958, a childless couple watch something spin out of the sky and into a ravine, and the only thing they find alive down there is a crying baby boy.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Alien Presence” (November 27, 1978) ***WD
00:46:00.878 = Mindwebs, “A Walk In The Dark” (October 01, 1976) ***WD
01:11:50.807 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Murder By Coincidence” (August 19, 1945) ***WD
01:42:45.663 = Mystery In The Air, “Lodger” (August 14, 1947)
02:12:19.688 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Triangle of Death” (March 28, 1947) ***WD
02:42:13.759 = Mr. Keen, “Murder With A Thousand Witnesses” (September 29, 1949) ***WD
03:11:50.360 = Murder At Midnight, “Mark of Cain” (September 06, 1946) ***WD
03:38:25.735 = The Black Museum, “Caliber Pistol” aka “Little Blue” (January 01, 1952) ***WD
04:04:04.367 = Mysterious Traveler, “Beware Of Tomorrow” (April 09, 1944) ***WD
04:33:23.191 = CBC Nightfall, “The Repossession” (September 26, 1980) ***WD
05:04:47.067 = 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/WDRR0791

Not long after a couple in ancient Macedonia buries their only daughter, their old servant looks in on a guest from the king's court and finds the girl asleep beside him.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Night Visitor” (November 24, 1978) ***WD
00:45:55.090 = Lights Out, “Battle of Magicians” (July 27, 1946)
01:15:41.270 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Big Clock” (November 22, 1948)
02:16:01.653 = Macabre, “Midnight Horseman” (December 11, 1961) ***WD(LQ)
02:43:08.743 = Philip Marlowe, “Sea Horse Jockey” (May 02, 1950)
03:13:25.378 = Have Gun Will Travel, “Monster On Moon Ridge” (March 08, 1959)
03:37:05.177 = The Black Mass, “Atrophy” (October 10, 1964) ***WD
04:04:36.460 = Michael Shayne, “Strange Business Call” (July 23, 1945)
04:35:19.862 = Beyond Midnight, “Insect Man” aka “Insects” (February 12, 1969) ***WD
05:02:26.573 = 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/WDRR0790

A 43-year-old London workaholic with high blood pressure races to King's Cross for the eleven o'clock train home, and the train won't leave the station.

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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 Grey Slapper” (November 22, 1978) ***WD
00:46:04.471 = Harry Lime, “Artis Long And Lime is Fleeting” (November 09, 1951)
01:10:54.373 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Late Departure” (August 23, 1980)
01:37:41.604 = The Haunting Hour, “Occupation Murder” (August 24, 1945)
02:02:40.099 = Hermit’s Cave, ‘The House On Lost Man’s Bluff” (October 26, 1941)
02:27:52.788 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Snowbound” (July 28, 1946)
02:52:47.698 = Sherlock Holmes, “Tolling Bell” (April 07, 1947)
03:19:01.934 = Mystery House, “Drop Me A Line” (July 26, 1946) ***WD
03:45:33.162 = Inner Sanctum, “Song Of Slasher” (April 24, 1945)
04:15:53.842 = Jeff Regan, “Too Many Mrs. Rogers” (October 09, 1948)
04:46:34.710 = The Key, “Suicide” (1956) ***WD
05:10:44.232 = 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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In the Missouri Ozarks of 1879, Charles May walks into the woods to dig a ditch on the morning his son swears he'll make him pay for a bloody nose, and he never walks back out.

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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 Thing at Nolan” (November 20, 1978) ***WD
00:46:36.423 = Dimension X, “Competition” (November 19, 1950) ***WD
01:15:42.732 = The Eleventh Hour, “Escape To Die” (ADU)
01:40:44.847 = Escape, “Letter From Jason” (November 29, 1949)
02:10:11.926 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July 04, 1949)
02:40:43.999 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Desert Object, aka The Alien, Nago” (December 25, 1957) ***WD
02:58:33.516 = Dark Fantasy, “Men Call Me Made” (December 19, 1941) ***WD
03:23:48.862 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Monkey’s Paw” (January 29, 1988) ***WD
03:51:34.254 = Theater Five, “Found Money” (December 02, 1964) ***WD
04:14:47.999 = Future Tense, “Pictures Don’t Lie” (May 09, 1994) ***WD
04:43:08.003 = Hall of Fantasy, “Markheim” (April 24, 1947)
05:09:09.878 = 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/WDRR0788