Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

A merchant seaman on his first voyage walks out of a candlelit shop in Libya with a solid gold coin he can't pawn, sell, gamble away, or throw into the sea, and then a shipmate is found dead with the coin missing.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Devil’s Gold” (September 04, 1978) ***WD
00:47:43.536 = Barrie Craig, “Death And The Purple Cow” (December 12, 1951) ***WD
01:17:08.212 = BBC Radio 4/Radio 7 Ghost Story, “Midnight Express” (December 29, 1986)
01:30:06.504 = Night Beat, ‘Death Of Riley” (May 15, 1952) ***WD
02:00:25.506 = The Black Book/Man In Black, “The Price Of The Head” (February 02, 1952) ***WD
02:15:10.251 = Let George Do It, “Graystone Ghost” (March 24, 1952) ***WD
02:45:11.736 = Box 13, “Flash Of Light” (February 20, 1949) ***WD
03:12:23.023 = Calling All Cars, “The Chloroform Murders” (March 14, 1934) ***WD
03:41:44.552 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Grey Kitten” (February 06, 1947)
04:11:11.997 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Old Nurses Story” (1966-1968) ***WD
04:39:49.689 = The Clock, “The Past Or The Present” (February 14, 1956)
05:05:27.883 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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A magazine writer who has spent a week seducing an ironmaster's wife in a Pennsylvania mill town accepts her husband's offer of a midnight tour of the blast furnaces, the night before she's due to run away with 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, “Flash Point” (September 01, 1978) ***WD
00:44:58.073 = Two Thousand Plus, “Veteran Comes Home” (July 05, 1950) ***WD
01:13:38.923 = Dark Venture, “Only Inhabitant” (November 19, 1946) ***WD
01:43:18.042 = The Weird Circle, “The Vendetta” (1943)
02:10:34.180 = The Whistler, “The Man Who Bought Death” (May 21, 1945)
02:40:04.994 = Strange Wills, “East of Hudson Bay” (October 12, 1946)
03:09:43.018 = Witch’s Tale, “Priest Of Sekhet” (May 08, 1936)
03:36:20.706 = X Minus 1, “Venus Is A Man’s World” (February 06, 1957)
03:57:52.005 = ABC Mystery Time, “The Tale” (1956-1957)
04:21:19.983 = Appointment With Fear, “Morning Glory” (July 18, 1943) ***WD(LQ)
04:47:56.713 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Adolph And Mrs. Runyon” (June 21, 1942) ***WD
05:20:20.563 = 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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A young heiress starts getting stomach cramps after her kindly cousins move in with her, and the only one who warns her is the imaginary playmate she made up as a child.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Will The Real Amy Stand Up” (August 28, 1978) ***WD
00:46:34.060 = The Shadow, “Death To The Shadow” (March 12, 1944) ***WD
01:15:36.982 = Sleep No More, “The Evening Primrose” (April 24, 1957) ***WD
01:44:29.770 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “The Blue Room” (February 27, 1984)
01:57:31.362 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “He Woke Up Dead” (March 27, 1945)
02:09:45.611 = Strange, “Deadman’s Reef” (1955) ***WD
02:21:50.562 = Suspense, “Death Went Along For The Ride” (April 27, 1944)
02:52:17.174 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Other Now” (January 22, 1953)
03:22:46.409 = The Creaking Door, “Three Wishes” (September 09, 1964) ***WD
03:50:13.934 = The Saint, “Color-Blind Killer” (September 18, 1949) ***WD
04:14:22.255 = Theater 1030, “The Thing In The Hall” (1968-1971) ***WD
04:43:45.325 = The Unexpected, “Birthday Present” (1947-1948)
04:58:31.555 = 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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A cash-strapped couple inherits Great Aunt Hester's country manor on one sole condition: her cat, Saladin, lives out its days there in the style to which it's accustomed, and the new master of the house has no patience for a pampered pet.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Cross Fire” (August 21, 1978) ***WD
00:46:44.221 = Peril, “Sidewalk Empire” (1953) ***WD
01:10:02.717 = Mystery Playhouse, “Cask of Amontillado” (April 24, 1945) ***WD
01:38:57.010 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse” (September 18, 1951)
02:08:59.394 = Price of Fear, “To My Dear Saladin” (June 06, 1983) ***WD
02:38:17.909 = Quiet Please, “Dark Gray Magic” (May 01, 1949) ***WD
03:07:49.740 = Radio City Playhouse, “Twas The Night Before Christmas” (December 25, 1949)
03:37:07.621 = Max Haines, “Arthur Gusy” (mid 1940s)
04:00:58.139 = Sam Spade, “Wheel of Life Caper” (July 11, 1948) ***WD
04:30:18.915 = The Sealed Book, “Ghost Makers” (June 10, 1945)
04:59:48.346 = 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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Three Army scientists in a shack on the Jersey cliffs bounce the first radio signal off the moon, and a few nights later the generators start switching themselves on at midnight.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Our Own Jailer” (August 18, 1978) ***WD
00:46:05.646 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Radio Patrol” (November 29, 1946) ***WD
01:16:48.631 = Mr. Keen, “Murder And Star Of Death” (June 09, 1949) ***WD
01:44:21.607 = Murder at Midnight, “Terror Out Of Space” (July 17, 1950) ***WD
02:09:35.838 = Black Museum, “Walking Stick” (1952) ***WD
02:34:47.335 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Good Die Young” (February 27, 1944) ***WD
03:03:36.646 = House of Mystery, “Haunters and Haunted” (June 13, 1945) ***WD
03:17:57.590 = CBC Nightfall, “The Body Snatchers” (August 29, 1980)
03:44:19.043 = Nightmare, “Coincidence” (November 26, 1953)
04:06:01.627 = Obsession, “Kiss Of Kismet” (October 03, 1950) ***WD
04:28:28.149 = Origin of Superstition, “Horseshoe Over Door” (1935) ***WD
04:42:29.902 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Go Away Dixie Gillian” (April 16, 1949) ***WD
05:12:36.043 = 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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A Navy-trained scuba diver hired to hunt a Spanish treasure ship reaches the end of his guideline 175 feet down, sees something no one else on the crew can explain, and asks for more rope.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Raptures of the Deep” (August 16, 1978) ***WD
00:45:45.897 = Lux Radio Theater, “Smilin’ Through” (January 05, 1942)
01:44:11.425 = Philip Marlowe, “Anniversary Gift” (April 11, 1950)
02:13:37.460 = Clyde Beatty Show, “Land of the Giants” (1950-1951) ***WD
02:41:08.963 = Black Mass, “Rats In Walls” (July 08, 1964) ***WD
03:13:06.280 = Michael Shayne, “Malcolm Boyd Case” (July 02, 1945)
03:42:50.365 = Beyond Midnight, “Harry” (December 13, 1968) ***WD
04:09:07.436 = MindWebs, “The Show Must Go On” (April 09, 1983)
04:31:24.705 = Guests of Doom, “Programs 11 and 12” (1930s) ***WD
04:57:07.416 = 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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Hours from the electric chair for the murder of a nightclub singer, gangster Duke Malone rebuilds his whole life in his head — starting at fourteen in a pool hall, refusing the job that ruined him — and builds it all the way up to the night a floor show puts Jeannie Daniels back in front 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, “The Sixth Commandment” (August 07, 1978) ***WD
00:45:33.785 = The Haunting Hour, “Second Chance” (August 03, 1945)
01:10:31.600 = The Hermit’s Cave, “Reflected Image” (November 17, 1940) ***WD
01:35:44.085 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Ticket To Murder” (1945-1950)
02:00:51.534 = Sherlock Holmes, ‘Strange Case of Professor Presbury” (March 17, 1947) ***WD
02:29:55.821 = Mystery House, “Time To Kill” (June 21, 1946) ***WD
02:55:50.344 = Inner Sanctum, “Mrs. Bluebird” (March 27, 1945)
03:10:11.418 = Jeff Regan Investigator, “Cain, Able and the Santa Maria” (September 11, 1948) ***WD
03:40:07.559 = The Key, “Seppi And Pancho” (1956) ***WD
04:05:39.703 = Lights Out, “Lord Marley’s Ghost” (July 14, 1937)
04:35:21.150 = Macabre, “Weekend” (November 20, 1961) ***WD
05:02:40.856 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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Kitty Morgan designed every room of the mansion her lover built in the Adirondacks, and when he ended it between them, she made him a promise about that house and then kept it. A century on, the place is worth millions, and nobody in the family will spend a night in 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 Avenging Ghost of Kitty Morgan” (August 04, 1978) ***WD
00:44:56.640 = SONG: “Services Rendered” by Alena Ingram, inspired by “The Avenging Ghost of Kitty Morgan”
00:50:34.967 = Exploring Tomorrow, “The Escape” (January 8, 1958)
01:09:45.398 = Faces In The Window, “Black Cat” (November 22, 1952) ***WD
01:33:25.419 = Dark Fantasy, “Man Who Came Back” (November 14, 1941)
01:57:22.748 = BBC Fear on 4, “Net Suicide” (September 04, 1997)
02:24:11.420 = Theater Five, “Lesson” (November 27, 1964)
02:44:28.178 = Future Tense, “The Seventh Victim” (May 06, 1974) ***WD
03:05:31.138 = BBC Ghosts From The Past, “Black Stocking And Broken Mirrors” (April 08, 1992)
03:49:12.826 = Crime And Peter Chambers, “Cemetery Attack” (April 20, 1954)
04:12:31.327 = Harry Lime, “Blue Bride” (October 19, 1951)
04:36:56.336 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Listen To The Silence” (August 02, 1980) ***WD
05:04:10.652 = 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/WDRR0760

A rookie phenom hitting .392 takes a fastball to the head, and comes out of the coma carrying a stranger's offer he can't shake and a batting slump he can't break.

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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 Brew” (August 02, 1978) ***WD
00:45:46.577 = The Clock, “Pretty Cousin Amy” (February 07, 1956)
01:09:45.192 = The Crime Club, “Murder On Margin” (May 22, 1947) ***WD
01:36:16.796 = Crime Classics, “Axe Droot Family, How They Feared” (August 10, 1953)
02:06:02.814 = Danger Dr Danfield, “Red Jacoby” (October 06, 1946) ***WD
02:31:15.303 = The Devil And Mr O, “Hollywood Visitor” (February 18, 1972) ***WD(LQ)
02:59:43.294 = Diary of Fate, “Stanley Becker” (July 27, 1948) ***WD
03:25:10.256 = Dimension X, “No Contact” (October 28, 1950) ***WD
03:54:45.792 = The Eleventh Hour, “Desperado In Rain” (ADU)
04:20:18.578 = Escape, “Plunder of the Sun” (November 08, 1949)
04:49:22.497 = Beyond The Green Door, “Alfred Porter, Ghosts, Vampires” (1966) ***WD
04:53:08.307 = Tales From The Tomb, “Don’t Drink With Strangers” (1960s)
04:56:48.055 = Incredible But True, ‘The End of David Lang” (1950-1951) ***WD
05:00:11.758 = 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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A gust of wind shuts John Greenwood out of his own Christmas Eve party, and the constable who finds him climbing back in through a broken window says the house has been empty and shut up for years.

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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 Vanishing Point” (July 31, 1978) ***WD
00:45:34.754 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7 Ghost Story, “The White Carnation” (December 16, 1990)
01:43:08.351 = Night Beat, “Long Live The Clown” (May 08, 1952)
02:11:42.011 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02, 1952) ***WD
02:26:11.875 = Let George Do It, “Ghosts On Bliss Terrace” (August 16, 1948) ***WD
02:55:51.297 = Box 13, “Delinquent’s Dilemma” (February 13, 1949) ***WD
03:22:18.967 = Calling All Cars, “Killer Hudson” (February 28, 1934)
03:50:46.096 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Surprising Corpse” (January 16, 1947)
04:20:12.992 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Monkey’s Paw” (May 05, 1938) ***WD
04:47:24.619 = Incredible But True, “Human Atmosphere” (1950-1951)
04:51:16.534 = Strange Adventure, “Oasis of Death” (1945)
04:54:29.772 = Tales of the Frightened, “Don’t Lose Your Head” (December 17, 1957)
04:59:00.479 = 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/WDRR0758