Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

“The Enchanted Child”: A polite little boy keeps pushing away his favorite dessert at Sunday dinner — and every time he does, somebody in the family doesn't live to see Monday.

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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 Enchanted Child” (January 20, 1978) ***WD
00:47:10.132 = House of Mystery, “The Ghost Who Forgot Halloween” (October 27, 1945) ***WD
01:18:31.060 = Incredible But True, “The Stowaway” (1950-1951)
01:22:03.585 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Is a Joker” (June 10, 1944) ***WD
01:52:21.712 = Jeff Regan, “The Prodigal Daughter” (July 17, 1948) ***WD
02:22:26.847 = The Key, “Escape Artist” (1956) ***WD
02:48:46.905 = Lights Out, “Death Robbery” (June 16, 1947) ***WD
03:17:47.487 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Big Clock” (November 22, 1948)
04:18:09.933 = Macabre, “Weekend” (November 20, 1961) ***WD
04:45:27.936 = Show Close

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A skeptical census taker's idle curiosity about a mystic who can summon the dead draws his old friend's beautiful, restless daughter into the stranger's orbit — and she may never come back.
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Sophia And The Pilgrim” (June 19, 1978) ***WD
00:46:22.976 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “The Boat Hook” (April 15, 1992)
01:29:50.477 = Calling All Cars, “Triple Cross” (May 22, 1936) ***WD
02:00:23.302 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man-Size in Marble” (April 10, 1947)
02:26:39.527 = Harry Lime, “Ticket To Tangier” (August 24, 1951)
02:53:34.654 = Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Dead Man of Varley Grange” (July 28, 1984)
03:20:37.249 = The Haunting Hour, “Breakdown” (May 05, 1945) ***WD
03:34:56.875 = Hermit’s Cave, “Author of Murder” (May 02, 1937)
04:02:13.875 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Faithless Life” (1945-1950)
04:25:11.416 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Devil’s Foot” (January 11, 1947)
04:54:23.916 = Show Close

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Twenty years after she was locked away for taking a hatchet to her own sister, fragile Ann Pettigrew comes home obsessed with one desire — and on a storm-lit night, with candles burning and a circle drawn on the floor, she works a forbidden rite to summon back the only man she ever loved, no matter what comes walking up the veranda steps to answer.

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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 Model Murderer” (January 17, 1978) ***WD
00:47:24.875 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Survival Of The Fittest” (January 23, 1945) ***WD
00:59:08.508 = The Eleventh Hour, “Black Magic” (ADU)
01:23:55.381 = Escape, “The Drums of the Fore And Aft” (July 14, 1949)
01:53:55.440 = Everyman’s Theater, “Cat Wife” (January 18, 1940)
02:22:54.327 = Murder By Experts, “Murder By Prescription” (July 11, 1949)
02:53:20.176 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Hunting Lodge, aka Trouble With Robots” (May 28, 1958) ***WD
03:12:48.537 = Faces In The Window, “Lightning Rod Man” (January 17, 1953) ***WD (LQ)
03:37:34.837 = Dark Fantasy, “Letter From Yesterday” (May 01, 1942) ***WD
04:01:41.360 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (December 27, 1990) ***WD
04:31:41.320 = Future Tense, “The Defenders” (May 28, 1974) ***WD
04:57:56.341 = Show Close

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A scheming wife and her spineless lover pull off the perfect murder of her wealthy husband — until the dead man starts turning up in the snow, at the bar, waiting in the shadows, and refuses to stay buried.


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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “In Another Place” (January 16, 1978) ***WD
00:47:10.460 = The Clock, “Ghost Story” (December 13, 1955) ***WD
01:13:55.372 = Creeps By Night, “The Final Reckoning” (July 12, 1944) ***WD
01:43:11.958 = The Crime Club, “Fear Came First” (March 13, 1947) ***WD
02:13:07.451 = Crime Classics, “The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner” (December 03, 1952)
02:41:09.611 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “The Tunnel Smelled of Death” (January 26, 1947) ***WD
03:05:39.762 = CBC Deep Night, “Man Radio” (July 29, 2005)
03:40:38.324 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Going Down” (December 17, 1971)
04:09:19.922 = Diary of Fate, “David Dexter” (May 04, 1948) ***WD
04:40:36.758 = Dimension X, “The Martian Chronicles” (August 18, 1950) ***WD
05:09:57.556 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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Two wealthy couples settle in for a lavish Christmas dinner at a lovingly restored country cottage, until the lights die, the wine turns to blood, and the house itself seals them inside with something that remembers what once happened within its walls.

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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 Laughing Maiden” (January 13, 1978)
00:45:48.046 = BBC Radio 4/Radio 7 Ghost Story, “Exorcism” (December 28, 1992)
02:11:59.037 = Beyond the Green Door, “Ogden Family” (1966) ***WD
02:15:59.632 = The Black Book, “On Schedule” (February 17, 1952) ***WD
02:31:30.285 = Boston Blackie, “Lighthouse Ghost” (September 10, 1947)
02:55:56.212 = Box 13, “The Sad Night” (December 19, 1948)
03:23:36.223 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Case of the Switched Plates” (July 07, 1943)
03:52:57.163 = CBC Mystery Theater, ‘The Breaking Strain” (1968) ***WD
04:21:52.588 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “1-800-Big-Bang” (1990-1992) ***WD
05:17:51.890 = Show Close

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A betrothal feast turns to terror when the man who comes courting Lady Margaret may be the same Earl of Dunbar who was stabbed to death on the road to claim her — and a Highland prophecy that the last of her line would be the bride of death seems to be coming true.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater” (January 02, 1978) ***WD
00:47:10.839 = Nick Carter Master Detective, “Death After Dark” (February 19, 1944) ***WD
01:16:26.535 = Dark Venture, “Miser” (December 09, 1946)
01:46:44.791 = Weird Circle, ‘Bride of Death” (1945)
02:14:12.621 = The Whistler, “Dead Man Laughed” (February 19, 1945)
02:44:38.214 = Witch’s Tale, “Firing Squad” (August 31, 1931) ***WD (LQ)
03:10:47.939 = X Minus One, “The Castaways” (November 28, 1956)
03:33:51.090 = Zero Hour, “The Strange Odyssey” (May 17, 1945) (LQ)
03:51:09.995 = ABC Mystery Time, “Death Walked In” (1956-1957) ***WD
04:15:57.703 = Strange Adventure, “Damage Below” (1945)
04:19:33.278 = Appointment With Fear, “My Fate Cries Out” (December 04, 1976) ***WD
04:47:07.133 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Cliff” (April 29, 1939) ***WD
05:16:13.771 = Show Close


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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.

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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 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) ***WD
01:30:56.519 = 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) ***WD
02:38:30.884 = The Creaking Door, “Girl, Gold, Getaway (1960s-1970s) ***WD
03:08:23.441 = 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) ***WD
04:56:22.751 = Show Close

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“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.

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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 Witching Well” (December 23, 1977) ***WD
00:47:28.447 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Armchair Detective” (march 27, 1946) ***WD (LQ)
01:17:54.860 = Quiet Please, “Valentine” (February 13, 1949) ***WD
01:48:08.576 = Radio City Playhouse, “Duet” (October 16, 1949) ***WD
02:17:13.009 = The Croupier, “The Roman” (September 21, 1949) ***WD
02:47:28.792 = Sam Spade, “Same And Guiana Sovereign Caper” (July 12, 1946) ***WD
03:16:41.034 = The Sealed Book, “Hands of Death” (March 18, 1945) ***WD
03:47:40.901 = The Shadow, “Death Rides a Broomstick” (March 02, 1941)
04:16:17.053 = Sleep No More, “Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (January 30, 1957) ***WD
04:45:27.614 = BBC Spinechillers, “Origami” (February 28, 1984) ***WD
05:29:33.275 = Show Close

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“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.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Brothers of the Angle” (December 19, 1977) ***WD
00:46:41.705 = Mystery House, “Laugh? I Thought I’d Die!” (April 14, 1946)
01:11:23.715 = Night Beat, “Bell Perrin Amnesia Case” (July 06, 1951) ***WD
01:41:38.347 = 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) ***WD
03:15:10.285 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Jack of Clubs Better Encode” (February 20, 1949) ***WD
03:44:34.186 = Peril, “Cup of Tea” (ADU) ***WD
04:11:15.983 = Mystery Playhouse, “Challenge to Listener” (July 04, 1947) ***WD
04:36:15.645 = Price of Fear, “Guy Fawkes Night” (November 17, 1973)
05:04:00.821 = Show Close


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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.

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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 Ghost With a Knife” (December 16, 1977) ***WD
00:47:13.694 = Beyond Midnight, “The Party” (1968-1970) ***WD
01:18:25.389 = 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) ***WD
04:06:14.829 = The Black Museum, “The Shopping Bag” (1952) ***WD
04:33:04.964 = Mysterious Traveler, “Change of Address” (January 22, 1952)
05:02:31.652 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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