Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

“Leona’s Room”: He thought he'd committed the perfect murder — until a blind woman on a vaudeville stage looked straight at him and told the audience exactly what he'd done. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0624

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Secret of Laurels” (July 28, 1977)
00:46:11.039 = Pat Novak For Hire, “John St. John” (October 13, 1946)
01:15:11.996 = Peril, “The Wonderful Deception” (1953) ***WD
01:40:35.650 = Mystery Playhouse, “Turnabout” (May 20, 1946) ***WD
02:03:08.197 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Leona’s Room” (February 25, 1949)
02:31:59.540 = Price of Fear, “William And Mary” (September 08, 1973) ***WD
02:59:31.349 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Mischief Maker” (January 15, 1944) ***WD
03:24:56.152 = Quiet Please, “The Time of the Big Snow” (October 02, 1949)
03:53:50.734 = Radio City Playhouse, “Blackout” (August 15, 1949) ***WD
04:22:11.886 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Murder By Coincidence” (August 19, 1945) ***WD (Rare Mystery!)
04:52:06.936 = 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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“The Most Famous Man In The World”: The couple who rented the front room dressed wrong, paid in old money, and somehow had tomorrow's newspaper — and those were the least strange things about them. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0623

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Rockets Red Glare” (July 26, 1977)
00:46:21.041 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Gioconda Smile” (June 19, 1945) ***WD
01:15:19.942 = Murder at Midnight, “Black Curtain” (February 10, 1947) ***WD
01:42:21.903 = The Black Museum, “The Pink Powderpuff” (March 18, 1952)
02:08:24.235 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Most Famous Man In The World” (November 13, 1951) ***WD
02:37:17.029 = Mystery House, “Sauce For Goose” (September 30, 1945) ***WD
03:02:54.631 = Night Beat, “Fear” (May 25, 1951)
03:32:51.568 = CBC Nightfall, “No Quarter” (March 04, 1983)
04:01:03.850 = Nightmare, “Coincidence” (November 26, 1953)
04:22:46.434 = Obsession, “Cousin Charlie” (November 27, 1950) ***WD
04:47:47.931 = Origin of Superstition, “Lost Wedding Ring” (1935) ***WD
04:59:45.255 = 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/WDRR0623

“Spawn of Subhuman”: A famous soprano and her manager discover their plane is being piloted by a gorilla — and the madman who arranged their kidnapping has far worse plans waiting for them on the ground. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0622

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Rendezvous With Death” (July 21, 1977) ***WD
00:48:12.971 = Dark Fantasy, “Spawn of Subhuman” (February 27, 1942)
01:12:07.537 = 5 Minute Mysteries, “Fisherman’s Clue” (1947-1950)
01:17:05.841 = Future Tense, “Really Heavy” and “Third From The Sun” (May 15, 1974) ***WD
01:44:51.764 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “A Warden For All Saints” (April 29, 1992)
02:29:34.162 = Hall of Fantasy, “He Who Follows Me” (March 11, 1950)
02:54:34.132 = The Lives of Harry Lime, “Blue Caribou” (July 18, 1952) ***WD
03:20:03.747 = BBC’s Haunted, Tales of the Supernatural, “The Judge’s House” (May 01, 1982)
03:47:56.913 = The Haunting Hour, “Sixth Button” (1945-1946) ***WD
04:06:57.994 = Hermit’s Cave, “Mystery Of The Thing” (November 17, 1946) ***WD
04:30:55.900 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death Is a Grain of Salt” (November 26, 1947)
04:58:07.429 = 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/WDRR0622

“Ancestor”: Three killers have a woman locked in the dark, a river running below to swallow her body — but something far older than any of them just heard her crying. Something that died eight centuries ago. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0621

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Mysterious Island” (July 19, 1977)
00:45:37.418 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Snowbound No Opening Or Closing” (December 01, 1946)
01:10:06.910 = CBC Deep Night, “Ice Screams” (August 05, 2005)
01:44:05.143 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Ancestor” (July 21, 1945)
02:13:14.877 = Diary of Fate, “Darrell James” (August 10, 1948) ***WD
02:40:27.094 = Dimension X, “A Logic Named Joe” (July 01, 1950) ***WD
03:09:06.949 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Murder Comes Home” (November 28, 1944) ***WD
03:21:54.374 = The Eleventh Hour, “Blackmail And Love” (December 17, 1947) ***WD
03:47:06.328 = Escape, “Adaptive Ultimate” (March 26, 1949)
04:16:33.036 = Murder By Experts, “Two Coffins To Fill” (July 04, 1949)
04:46:02.102 = Exploring Tomorrow, “No Way Out, aka Overpopulation” (April 09, 1958)
05:04:42.572 = 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/WDRR0621

“The Bisara of Pooree”: Set in 1891 British India, Major John Churton is riding a streak of bad luck — a robbery, the death of his horse, a rejected invention — when he becomes engaged to the woman of his dreams, Millicent Hollis. His old friend Tom Futon recognizes the source of the trouble: a small silver box called the Bissara of Puri, containing a tiny eyeless wooden fish, which Churton unknowingly purchased in a bazaar. According to legend, the Bissara brings ruin to those who buy it — but grants the heart's desire to those who steal it. When the odious Captain Pack secretly steals the box and uses its power to bewitch Millicent into accepting his marriage proposal, Churton must arrange to steal it back before he loses everything. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0620

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Bisara of Pooree” (July 18, 1977) ***WD
00:48:08.906 = X Minus One, “Protective Mimicry” (October 03, 1956)
01:15:03.627 = ABC Mystery Time, “No One Will Ever Know (1956) ***WD
01:39:04.515 = Strange Adventure, “Border Incident” (March 22, 1955) ***WD
01:42:14.889 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7 Ghost Story, “The Revenant” (late 1980s) ***WD
01:56:29.875 = Beyond The Green Door, “George Davis’ Freak Show” (1966)
02:00:27.972 = Black Book, “Different Readings, Part 1” (November 21, 1951) ***WD
02:17:15.269 = Black Book, “Different Readings, Part 2” (November 21, 1951) ***WD
02:25:37.134 = All Star Western Theater, “Ghost In Little Dear Canyon” (November 29, 1947) ***WD
02:54:07.170 = Box 13, “Suicide or Murder” (October 31, 1948)
03:20:35.465 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (October 31, 1974) ***WD
03:46:24.408 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “It Came From Video” (1990-1992) ***WD
04:14:20.171 = The Clock, “The One-Eyed Cat” (November 01, 1955)
04:38:34.068 = The Crime Club, “Fish For Entree” (September 11, 1947)
05:08:30.369 = 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/WDRR0620

“The Kingdom Below”: When a wealthy American family accepts a lunch invitation from the mysterious Prince of Porto Corvo, they don't realize that sitting down at his table may cost them far more than they ever imagined — perhaps even their very souls. The locals have been warning strangers about this prince for centuries, and now it's too late to turn back. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0619

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Kingdom Below” (July 15, 1977) ***WD
00:46:22.572 = The Saint, “Military Instructor” (May 27, 1951) ***WD
01:15:01.218 = Theater Five, “20 Minutes In The Life of Melinda Madison” (November 05, 1964) ***WD
01:36:30.230 = Theater 1030, “The Sandman” (October 31, 1954) ***WD (LQ)
02:03:30.310 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Lick” (1960s)
02:06:59.765 = 2000 Plus, “Insect” (May 17, 1950) ***WD
02:36:23.975 = The Unexpected, “The Revere Cup” (January 30, 1948) ***WD
02:51:03.908 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Writing On The Wall” (October 05, 1949) ***WD
03:05:45.821 = Columbia Workshop, “Carmilla” (July 28, 1940) (LQ)
03:35:12.127 = The Weird Circle, “Thing In The Tunnel” (March 13,1944)
04:02:37.109 = The Whistler, “Two For The Money” (January 01, 1945)
04:32:02.700 = Witch’s Tale, “Four Fingers And A Thumb” (November 13, 1933) ***WD
04:58:35.013 = 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/WDRR0619

“Time On My Hands”: A broke and desperate drifter thinks he's found the answer to all his problems when a mysterious pawnbroker offers him $5,000 cash for something Joe has plenty of — time — but the true cost of that bargain doesn't reveal itself until it's far too late to walk away. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0618

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Matter of Conscience” (July 14, 1977)
00:46:23.042 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Case of the Glowing Eyes” (May 20, 1943) ***WD
01:15:04.198 = Sam Spade, “The Original Private Eye” (July 13, 1947) ***WD
01:43:25.353 = The Sealed Book, “Time On My Hands” (August 26, 1945) ***WD
02:12:49.638 = The Shadow, “The Ghost Building” (January 12, 1941)
02:42:24.438 = Sleep No More, “Mr. Mergenthirkers Lobblies” and “August Heat” (November 28, 1956) ***WD
03:06:41.428 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “The Light of the Moon” (December, 1980)
03:20:38.705 = Strange Wills, “Alias Doctor Svengali” (June 15, 1946)
03:50:34.623 = Strange, “The Flying Dutchman” (1955) ***WD
04:03:32.376 = Suspense, “A World of Darkness” (January 20, 1944)
04:33:20.092 = Tales of the Frightened, “White House” (December 20, 1957) ***WD
04:37:40.118 = Creaking Door, “Dummy” (June 08, 1964) ***WD
05:08:34.603 = 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/WDRR0618

“Semi-Detached”: When a foster child's arrival coincides with a rash of terrifying unexplained events in their home, a couple and the psychiatrist brought in to investigate begin to suspect the girl may be unleashing some kind of psychic force — but the truth behind the disturbances is far more disturbing than anyone imagined. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0617

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Colonel Chabert” (July 12, 1977)
00:47:53.658 = CBC Nightfall, “Semi-Detached” (February 18, 1983) ***WD
01:16:15.904 = Nightmare, “Chance of a Ghost” (March 31, 1945) ***WD
01:38:19.206 = Obsession, “Hunting Party” aka “Holiday House” (October 09, 1950) ***WD
02:01:23.719 = Origin of Superstition, “Itching Palm” (1935)
02:16:21.296 = Peril, “The Sidewalk Empire” (May 15, 1947) ***WD
02:41:02.044 = Mystery Playhouse, “Beautiful Science” (February 15, 1946)
03:04:35.278 = Price of Fear, “To My Dear Saladin” (June 06, 1983) ***WD
03:34:26.230 = The Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Vanishing Magician” (November 06, 1943) ***WD
04:04:13.032 = Quiet Please, “Berlin 45” (December 26, 1948)
04:34:40.454 = Radio City Playhouse, “Soundless Special” (August 11, 1948) ***WD
05:04:10.113 = 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.

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.


"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46


WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.


CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0617

“The Gift”: When Walter Powers helps his lover murder her wealthy husband, he thinks he's gotten away with the perfect crime — until the dead man shows up at his apartment that same night with a gift, a warning, and knowledge of secrets that no living person could possibly know. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0616

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Gift” (July 08, 1977)
00:45:40.701 = The Black Mass, “Moonlit Road” (November 30, 1970) ***WD01:18:07.702 = Beyond Midnight, “Hello Down There” (January 22, 1969) ***WD (LQ)
01:48:03.192 = MindWebs, “Kelle4rman’s Eyepiece” (March 07, 1977)
02:10:24.877 = Studio X, “Professor Goes For a Walk” (1956-57)
02:22:52.788 = Mystery In The Air, “Horla” (August 21, 1947) ***WD
02:52:44.613 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Beckoning Fair One” (June 05, 1945) ***WD
03:21:25.415 = Murder at Midnight, “Man With a Black Beard” (February 03, 1947) ***WD
03:46:45.257 = Black Museum, “A Pair of Spectacles” (January 27, 1951) ***WD
04:11:51.347 = Mysterious Traveler, “Behind The Locked Door” (November 06, 1951)
04:41:30.739 = Mystery House, “Well, Well, Another Body” (September 23, 1945) ***WD
05:07:28.032 = 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.

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.


"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46


WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.


CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0616

“A Stranger Among Us”: A chance encounter at a church social leads a widowed mother down a rabbit hole of missing time, stolen cars, and hypnotic revelations — and what she remembers from that lost night is only the beginning. | #RetroRadio #WeirdDarkness | EP0615

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Stranger Among Us” (July 07, 1977)
00:45:48.546 = House of Mystery, “Gift From The Dead” (August 03, 1947) ***WD
01:15:31.351 = Incredible But True, “Silent As a Tomb” (1949)
01:19:00.383 = Inner Sanctum, “The Strange Cat” (July 26, 1942) (Low Quality At End)
01:39:58.996 = The Key, “Woman Murdered” (1950s) ***WD
02:04:41.421 = Lights Out, “Lord Marley’s Ghost” (July 14, 1937)
02:34:22.869 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Canterville Ghost” (June 18, 1945)
03:33:32.909 = Macabre, “Man In The Mirror” (November 27, 1961) ***WD
04:02:35.329 = Philip Marlowe, “Kid On The Corner” (December 03, 1949)
04:31:51.019 = Let George Do It, “Ghost of Ireland Betty” (September 27, 1954) ***WD (LQ)
05:03:13.611 = 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.

ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robert Stack, and “In Search Of” with Leonard Nimoy.


"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46


WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.


CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0615