Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A struggling young doctor answers a newspaper ad for a strong, steady-nerved beetle expert, and the lawyer who hires him at a hundred pounds a day won't tell him what the job is.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Never Answer An Advertisement” (October 18, 1978) ***WD
00:47:04.513 = Mr. Keen, “Yellow Talon Murder” (September 22, 1949)
01:16:44.287 = Murder At Midnight, “Death Across The Board” (September 18, 1946)
01:44:18.775 = The Black Museum, “The Wool Jacket” (July 13, 1952) ***WD
02:09:55.734 = Mysterious Traveler, “Out of the Past” (April 02, 1944) ***WD
02:35:02.637 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD
03:04:45.442 = CBC Nightfall, “Wind Chill” (September 19, 1980) ***WD
03:34:18.477 = Obsession, “Faith Is The Evidence” (May 12, 1952) ***WD
04:03:38.533 = Origin of Superstition, “Rabbit’s Foot” (1935) ***WD
04:18:10.056 = Pat Novak, “Wendy Morris” (April 30, 1949)
04:46:56.685 = Incredible But True, “The Playful Spirit” (1950-1951) ***WD
04:51:40.680 = Strange Adventure, “Squaw Gold” (1945)
04:54:58.161 = Tales of the Frightened, “Ladder” (November 28, 1957)
05:00:00.973 = 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/WDRR0782

A woman whose migraines have already cost her a husband and two children lets psychic healer Bryce Bond hypnotize her back through her past lives, and each life she lands in puts a man's death in her hands.

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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 Winds of Time” (October 16, 1978) ***WD
00:46:43.794 = Philip Marlowe, “High Collared Cape” (April 25, 1950)
01:16:12.284 = This Is Your FBI, “Ghost Town” (August 31, 1951) ***WD
01:46:42.690 = Black Mass, “A Country Doctor” (August 14, 1964)
02:10:42.099 = Michael Shayne, “Tire Oriental Lines” (July 16, 1945)
02:41:28.150 = Beyond Midnight, “A Night In The Waxworks” (January 31, 1969) ***WD(LQ)
03:07:11.263 = MindWebs, “A Place And A Time To Die” (September 24, 1976)
03:31:01.393 = High Adventure, “Snakes” (October 27, 1977)
04:00:25.877 = Mystery In The Air, “The Marvelous Barastro” (August 07, 1947)
04:30:46.165 = Molle Mystery Theater, “The Bride Wore Black” (April 07, 1947)
05:00:00.967 = 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/WDRR0781

A Washington legal secretary kneels on a Georgetown sidewalk with a dying stranger who names his killer only as the man in black, and by morning the police have no body, no blood, and no interest in anything she saw.

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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 Man In Black” (October 11, 1978) ***WD
00:46:04.265 = Sherlock Holmes, “Maltree Abbey” (March 31, 1947)
01:15:08.215 = Mystery House, “A Vacation From Murder” (July 12, 1946)
01:42:24.432 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17, 1945)
02:12:21.578 = Jeff Regan, “The Man With The Key” (October 02, 1948) ***WD
02:43:26.581 = The Key, “Subconscious Experiment” (1956) ***WD
03:08:27.268 = Lights Out, “Poltergeist Gravestone” (October 20, 1942)
03:34:57.305 = Lux Radio Theater, “Strangers On A Train” (December 03, 1951)
04:30:42.517 = Macabre, “House In The Garden” (December 04, 1946) ***WD
04:58:22.852 = 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/WDRR0780

Three months out of Dundee and anchored to unbroken Arctic ice, a whaling crew starts hearing something come aboard at night and go straight down into the captain's locked cabin.

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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 Captain of the Polestar” (October 06, 1978) ***WD
00:47:05.828 = Future Tense, “Cold Equation” (May 08, 1975) ***WD
01:10:30.076 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Mortmain” (April 22, 1992)
01:55:29.808 = Adventures of Superman, “Mystery Of The Walking Dead” (November 05, 1949)
02:25:18.151 = Hall of Fantasy, “Death In The Bayous” (March 06, 1947)
02:56:20.699 = Harry Lime, “Mexican Hat Trick” (November 02, 1951)
03:22:18.906 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Christina” (August 16, 1980) ***WD
03:49:42.160 = Haunting Hour, ‘People In The House” (August 17, 1945) ***WD
04:14:32.964 = Hermit’s Cave, “The House of Murder” (April 13, 1947) ***WD
04:39:58.868 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Monica Feels Threatened” (1945-1950)
05:03:28.357 = 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/WDRR0779

A man who can't bear to be touched, let alone loved, comes home one night convinced that something in the house has grown fond of 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, “Shadow of Love” (October 04, 1978) ***WD
00:47:11.996 = Dimension X, “Shanghaied” (January 12, 1950) ***WD
01:16:50.607 = The Eleventh Hour, “Engulf Cathedral” (ADU)
01:43:00.257 = Escape, “Maracas” (November 22, 1949) ***WD
02:11:45.075 = Murder By Experts, “Summer Heat” (June 13, 1949) ***WD
02:42:18.154 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Country Boy” (December 18, 1957)
03:00:48.514 = Faces In The Window, “Pit And The Pendulum” (January 24, 1953) ***WD
03:32:39.474 = Dark Fantasy, “Demon Tree” (December 05, 1941)
03:56:20.651 = Fear on 4, “Willam And Mary” (January 10, 1988)
04:26:04.060 = Theater Five, “Finders Can Be Losers” (December 01, 1964)
04:46:52.582 = Tales Of The Frightened, “Just Inside The Cemetery” (December 06, 1957)
04:51:47.243 = Beyond The Green Door, “Philip Baine In The Yukon” (1966) ***WD
04:55:27.633 = Tales From The Tomb, “Spirit Calling” (1960s)
05:00:01.495 = 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/WDRR0778

There's only one way out of the Forever Alley, a cop was parked in front of it all night, and the man inside still vanished.

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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 Forever Alley” (October 02, 1978) ***WD
00:47:30.644 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Screaming Skull” (April 01, 1968) ***WD
01:16:44.754 = The Clock, “Death Valley” (February 21, 1956)
01:42:13.284 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944) ***WD
02:09:47.242 = The Crime Club, “Murder Rents a Room” (June 05, 1947)
02:39:56.431 = Crime Classics, “Alsop Family, How It Diminished” (August 24, 1953)
03:09:33.593 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Death Paints a Picture” (October 20, 1946)
03:34:59.577 = Deep Night, “The Intercom” (July 15, 2005)
04:08:57.297 = The Devil and Mr. O, “The fast One / Speed” (January 05, 1943)
04:38:25.599 = Diary of Fate, “Darrel James” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
05:05:37.816 = 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/WDRR0777

Two men on a hunting vacation in the Adirondacks wake to find a small metal box sitting in their cabin doorway, a tag on top calling it a free promotional model of a brand-new kind of trap.

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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 Thousand Year Old Story” (September 29, 1978) ***WD
00:45:44.446 = X-Minus-1, “The Trap” (February 13, 1957)
01:07:38.102 = Appointment With Fear, “My Fate Cries” (December 04, 1976) ***WD
01:35:42.435 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Big Ben” (April 13, 1943)
01:58:28.249 = Barry Craig, “Ghost of a Chance” (December 19, 1951)
02:28:09.864 = BBC Radio 4/Radio 7 Ghost Story, “The Crowd” (December 30, 1986)
02:41:56.411 = Night Beat, “Jockey Brothers” (May 29, 1952) ***WD
03:11:11.673 = Nick Carter, “Legend of Shakespeare’s Ghost” (December 30, 1945)
03:40:48.518 = Box 13, “Hare And Hounds” (February 27, 1949)
04:08:16.744 = Calling All Cars, “The Spinoza Case” (March 28, 1934) ***WD
04:36:40.006 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Twenty Minute Alibi” (February 20, 1947)
05:06:08.757 = 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/WDRR0776

A young engineer brings his pregnant wife home to the Philippine mountains, where his grandmother insists the only thing that will quiet his beheaded grandfather's ghost is the head of his wife's grandfather.

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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 Head Hunters” (September 27, 1978) ***WD
00:45:52.459 = The Saint, “Unhappy Homicide” (November 06, 1949) ***WD
01:09:54.844 = Theater 1030, “Trespassers Will Be Experimented Upon” (1968-1971) ***WD
01:38:42.359 = 2000 Plus, “Flying Saucers” (August 23, 1950) ***WD
02:07:49.317 = The Unexpected, “Solid Citizen” (1947-1948)
02:23:16.951 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Lizzie Borden Case” (1936) ***WD
02:37:06.346 = Dark Venture, “The Man In 206” (December 02, 1946) ***WD
03:06:26.739 = The Weird Circle, “Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym” (1943) ***WD
03:34:00.029 = The Whistler, “Escape to Danger” (May 28, 1945)
04:04:39.189 = Strange Wills, “Autograph Girl” (October 19, 1946)
04:35:23.151 = Witch’s Tale, “Mannequin” (September 11, 1933) ***WD
05:00:00.000 = 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/WDRR0775

A physicist who has spent five years and twenty million dollars chasing one missing equation leaves his attaché case in a highway diner, where the seventeen-year-old at the cash register reads the twelve pages inside and understands every line.

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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 Conversion Factor” (September 22, 1978) ***WD
00:45:12.953 = Radio City Playhouse, “Reflection” (January 01, 1950) ***WD
01:14:57.212 = Mercer McLeod’s The Man With The Story, “Blood On The Doorstep” (1946-1947)
01:29:08.386 = Sam Spade, “Missing News Hawk Caper” (July 18, 1948) ***WD
01:59:52.584 = The Sealed Book, “Broadway Here I Come” (June 17, 1945) ***WD
02:29:21.088 = The Shadow, “The Drums of Doom” (March 19, 1944) ***WD
03:00:16.061 = Sleep No More, “Conquerors Isle” (November 21, 1956) ***WD
03:28:50.328 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “The Boy Who Cried Woof” (December 24, 1984)
03:43:36.519 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Devil’s Cavern” (April 03, 1945) ***WD(LQ)
03:55:30.259 = Strange, “Deja Vu in France” (1955)
04:10:23.699 = Suspense, “Dark Tower” (May 04, 1944)
04:39:06.093 = The Creaking Door, “Vagrant” (April 29, 1965) **WD
05:08:21.600 = 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/WDRR0774

A movie actress worn down by a lifetime of asthma puts her hand in a bald doctor's and agrees to let him remove her head, on his promise that a prettier one is on the way.

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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 Beheading” (September 20, 1978) ***WD
00:46:46.654 = CBC Nightfall, “Willoughby Obsession” (September 05, 1980)
01:14:40.820 = Nightmare, “The Leech” (April 07, 1954)
01:37:20.592 = Song, “The Leech” (based on the Nightmare episode) by Static Wax
01:40:07.933 = Obsession, “Cry Vengeance” (May 05, 1952) ***WD
02:10:24.576 = Origin of Superstition, “Two Walker” (1935) ***WD
02:23:04.029 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Rita Malloy” (April 23, 1949)
02:52:43.186 = Peril, “Squeeze Play” (1953) ***WD
03:16:26.722 = Mystery Playhouse, “Lady In Morgue” (May 15, 1945) ***WD
03:40:09.104 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Night Has A Thousand Eyes” (August 19, 1953) ***WD
04:04:47.576 = Price of Fear, “William And Mary” (September 08, 1973) ***WD
04:32:19.384 = Quiet Please, “The Other Side Of The Stars” (May 08, 1949)
05:01:42.559 = 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/WDRR0773