Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Stranded in the Nicaraguan jungle beside an ancient temple, three adventurers and their companions discover its priests serve a horror that's all too real — man-sized vampire bats with an appetite for human blood.

"Temple of Vampires," an installment of Carlton E. Morse's I Love a Mystery (originally aired January 02-27, 1950), follows adventurers Jack, Doc, and Reggie as they fly toward Central America with heiress Sonny Richards and a mysterious stowaway boy named Hermie. Water-tainted gasoline forces their plane down on the shore of Lake Nicaragua, near an ancient jungle temple. Exploring it, they find a blood-drained Indian corpse and a pit of human bones, then encounter the temple's inhabitants — a beautiful priestess named Angelina and a priest named Manuel — who claim to be servants of "sacred vampires," giant man-sized bats bred over generations for human sacrifice. Angelina fixates on carrying off Hermie for his pale skin, while Manuel abducts Sonny with designs of his own. Trapped by nightfall and a tropical storm, the comrades face a harrowing ordeal of rope-swings between dizzying high ledges, captures, and near-sacrifices as they fight to get everyone out of the temple alive.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 01”
00:18:09.039 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 02”
00:30:24.993 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 03”
00:42:29.450 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 04”
00:54:51.162 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 05”
01:08:25.386 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 06”01:20:09.836 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 07”
01:32:02.555 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 08”
01:46:00.195 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 09”
01:59:57.396 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 10”
02:12:07.077 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 11”
02:23:02.698 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 12”
02:35:06.736 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 13”
02:48:27.963 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 14”
03:01:52.639 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 15”
03:14:12.994 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 16”
03:32:42.168 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 17”
03:38:57.971 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 18”
03:51:41.050 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 19”
04:05:39.729 = I Love a Mystery, “Temple of Vampires – Part 20”
04:19:53.687 = Show Close

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A young samurai's forbidden love for a warlord's daughter follows him past the grave, when her returning ghost lures him into a fatal embrace no sacred charm can prevent.

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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 Golden Amulet” (March 21, 1978) ***WD
00:45:50.420 = Sam Spade, “The Calcutta Trunk Caper” (June 08, 1947)
01:10:25.646 = The Sealed Book, “Devil Island” (April 0, 1945) ***WD
01:39:45.947 = The Shadow, “Death Prowls At Night” (March 23, 1941)
02:05:40.407 = Sleep No More, “Thus I Refute Beezly” and “The Bookshop” (March 06, 1957) ***WD
02:34:17.055 = BBC Spinechillers, “Kappa” (1984)
02:59:07.403 = Strange, “Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD
03:12:02.153 = Suspense, “Narrative About Clarence” (March 16, 1944)
03:41:27.199 = Tales of the Frightened, “Never Kick a Black Cat” (1963)
03:46:04.004 = The Creaking Door, “White Scarf Strangler” (March 01, 1965) ***WD (LQ)
04:13:55.896 = The Saint, “Mr. Richie’s Loss” (October 29, 1947) ***WD
04:38:20.419 = Theater 1030, “Two Little Punctures” (July 12, 1953) ***WD
05:05:20.921 = Show Close

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A nightgown-clad stranger in a flying saucer repeats two nonsense words to everyone who'll listen—but only a lonely hospital cleaner can understand what he's really saying, and the warning is one no one wants to believe.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Identified Flying Objects” (March 17, 1978) ***WD
00:45:34.637 = Obsession, “Amnesia” (February 19, 1951) ***WD
01:08:44.909 = Origin of Superstition, “Throwing Salt” (1935)
01:23:20.108 = Pat Novak, “Fleet Lady” (March 06, 1949) ***WD
01:53:23.239 = Peril, “Killer” (1953) ***WD
02:16:39.256 = Mystery Playhouse, “Criminal At Large” (April 11, 1944) ***WD (LQ)
02:46:09.318 = Price of Fear, “Not Wanted On This Voyage” (1973-1983) ***WD
03:14:05.007 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Saga of Ruffy Rux” (November 27, 1947) (LQ)
03:42:57.592 = Quiet Please, “The Man Who Knew Everything” (March 06, 1949)
04:11:53.022 = Radio City Playhouse, “Problem Child” (November 13, 1949)
04:37:02.732 = Adventures In The Supernatural, “The Mysterious Carriage” (1932) ***WD
05:01:28.304 = Show Close

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When a corporate jet is torn through a fold in space and time, its passengers find themselves offered a second chance a thousand years from home — if they're willing to leave everything behind.

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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 Time Fold” (March 16, 1978)
00:45:45.739 = Beyond Midnight, “Signalman” (March 28, 1969)
01:14:36.277 = MindWebs, “Sword Game” (February 26, 1983)
01:37:43.928 = Mystery In The Air, “Beyond Good And Evil” (August 28, 1947) ***WD
02:06:30.486 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Murder Without Crime” (May 03, 1946)
02:35:54.321 = Mr. Keen, “Murder In The Air” (February 24, 1944) ***WD
03:04:51.982 = Murder at Midnight, “Murder Out of Mind” (September 15, 1947 – Never Aired)
03:31:07.980 = Black Museum, “The Spotted Bedsheet” (October 21, 1952)
03:57:04.381 = Mysterious Traveler, “Murder In 2952” (April 29, 1952)
04:27:01.192 = CBC Nightfall, “The Appetite of Mr Lucraft” (December 26, 1980)
04:58:34.157 = Show Close

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A locked-room death, a fragile heiress convinced her dead mother is beckoning her from the top of the marble stairs, and three witnesses who all swear they've seen the ghost as well.

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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 Impossible Is True” (March 14, 1978)
00:46:17.985 = Jeff Regan, “Lady With The Golden Hair” (July 31, 1948) ***WD
01:15:49.025 = The Key, “Gentleman Companion” (1956)
01:40:02.178 = Lights Out, “The Author And The Thing” (September 28, 1943)
02:03:11.287 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Canterville Ghost” (June 18, 1945)
03:02:19.887 = Macabre, “House In The Garden” (December 04, 1961) ***WD
03:29:59.456 = Philip Marlowe, “Big Step” (February 28, 1950)
03:59:32.488 = Black Mass, “Squaw” (January 24, 1964) ***WD
04:29:14.551 = Michael Shayne, “Murder Trial of Jack Holmes” (May 21, 1945) ***WD
04:58:07.194 = Show Close

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In a world that has finally outlawed war, every boy must still report for combat at fifteen — and Tom is about to learn exactly what that means.

“The Invisible Enemy” by Arnold Castle, originally published in “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” October 1954


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A mild-mannered chemistry teacher weighing a lucrative job offer against the quiet life he loves finds his decision complicated when a woman claiming to be from the Pleiades strolls into his house and refuses to leave, insisting to move in.

“A Matter of Ethics” by Russ Winterbotham, originally published by Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, April 1955

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An old villager's tale about a beautiful, undead noblewoman feels like harmless folklore to two visiting American brothers — right up until the night one of them meets her.

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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 Wheel of Life” (March 13, 1978) ***WD
00:46:42.838 = Crime And Peter Chambers, “Cemetery Attack” (April 20, 1954)
01:09:59.902 = Hall of Fantasy, “Marquis of Death” (June 22, 1953)
01:33:32.517 = Harry Lime, “Bohemian Star” (September 07, 1951)
01:57:55.866 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Little Girl Lost” (June 21, 1980)
02:24:28.027 = The Haunting Hour, “Hands of Mr. Smith” (May 19, 1945) ***WD
02:49:17.057 = Hermit’s Cave, “Spirit Vengeance” (December 08, 1946) ***WD
03:13:37.434 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death of an Old Prospector” (1945-1950)
03:37:36.810 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Dying Detective” (February 03, 1947)
04:06:49.592 = Mystery House, “Composite Killer” (May 05, 1946) ***WD
04:31:37.992 = Incredible But True, “Death Notice” (1950-1951)
04:35:19.365 = Inner Sanctum, “Voice On Wire” (November 29, 1944) ***WD
05:04:58.539 = Show Close

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A routine trip to claim an inheritance becomes a waking nightmare when a young couple discovers their own coffins waiting for them at a lonely, decaying estate.

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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 Red Scarf” (March 07, 1978) ***WD
00:45:52.916 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Dark Wings of Death” (February 06, 1945) ***WD
00:57:09.764 = The Eleventh Hour, “The Box” (ADU)
01:23:41.065 = Escape, “Snake Doctor” (August 18, 1949)
01:52:53.283 = Murder By Experts, “Dig Your Own Grave” (August 15, 1949)
02:22:47.621 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Stranger With Roses” (June 11, 1958)
02:40:30.113 = Dark Fantasy, “Funeral Arrangements Completed” (May 15, 1942)
03:04:28.637 = Fear on 4, “The Face” (February 21, 1988)
03:33:43.361 = Theater Five, “To Be Or No To Be, Maybe!” November 19, 1964) ***WD
03:53:12.113 = Future Tense, “Saucer of Loneliness” (May 30, 1974) ***WD
04:22:21.894 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “A Warden For All Saints” (April 29, 1992)
05:05:59.571 = Show Close

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“The House And The Brain”: A skeptical scientist who swears the supernatural is nonsense spends one night in a house no tenant will stay in—and discovers a terror that follows him out the door.

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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 House And The Brain” (March 06, 1978) ***WD
00:46:38.363 = Chet Chetter, “The Fall And Rise of the Master Constipator” (1992)
01:16:02.363 = The Clock, “The Other Woman” (December 20, 1955) ***WD
01:42:32.020 = The Crime Club, “Silent Witnesses” (March 27, 1947) ***WD
02:11:44.891 = Crime Classics, “Checkered Life and Death of Colonel James Fisk” (June 29, 1953)
02:41:17.429 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Ghost of Murdock’s Swamp” (February 09, 1947) ***WD
03:07:17.959 = CBC Deep Night, “Bonehouse” (August 12, 2005)
03:40:27.784 = Calling All Detectives, “Taxi Protection Racket” (April 15, 1947)
03:48:33.620 = The Devil and Mr. O, “The House is Haunted’ (August 16, 1952) ***WD
04:17:14.199 = Diary of Fate, “Philip Vale” (June 01, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
04:46:34.156 = Dimension X, “The Roads Must Roll” (September 09, 1950) ***WD
05:15:47.287 = Show Close

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