Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

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

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A young London couple rent a room in a house that has stood unlivable for four hundred years, and the one woman who has ever managed to live there tells them the tenants who never left are already expecting them.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Double-Take” (July 28, 1978) ***WD
00:45:31.411 = The Weird Circle, “The House And Brain” (July 15, 1943)
01:12:40.459 = The Whistler, “Accident According To Plans” (May 07, 1945) ***WD
01:42:34.731 = Strange Wills, “Miser’s Gold” (October 05, 1946)
02:12:18.216 = Witch’s Tale, “Power of Lucifer” (February 22, 1934) ***WD(LQ)
02:38:53.520 = X-Minus one, “Caretaker” (January 30, 1957)
03:00:31.427 = ABC Mystery Time, “Suicide Club” (June 07, 1956) ***WD(LQ)
03:22:14.023 = Appointment With Fear, “And The Deep Shuddered” (November 20, 1945) ***WD
03:47:57.688 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Johnny Got His Gun” (March 09, 1940)
04:17:48.094 = Barrie Craig, “The Paper Bullets” (December 05, 1951)
04:47:10.982 = Tales of the Frightened, “Deadly Dress” (1957-1963)
04:51:49.238 = Beyond The Green Door, “Morton Gale – Vacation In Maine” (1966) ***WD
04:55:21.249 = Tales From The Tomb, “Do You Know Where The Children Are” (1960s)
05:00:31.667 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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A gentleman and a veiled lady took an empty first-class compartment on the Manchester Express out of London, and by the next station they'd vanished from the moving train, leaving behind a dead young man with no ticket, no labels in his clothing, and six American watches in his pockets.

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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 Cabinet of the Unsolved” (July 27, 1978) ***WD
00:45:18.840 = Suspense, “Palmer Method” (April 20, 1944)
01:14:52.189 = Tales of Tomorrow, “The Old Die Rich” (March 26, 1953) ***WD
01:46:39.153 = The Creaking Door, “Anna” (December 21, 1964) ***WD
02:13:31.289 = The Saint, “Old Man’s Car” (August 14, 1949)
02:37:57.359 = Theater 1030, “The Sandman” (October 31, 1954) ***WD(LQ)
03:04:57.439 = Two Thousand Plus, “Brooklyn Brain” (June 21, 1950) ***WD
03:33:38.132 = The Unexpected, “Mercy Killing” (1947-1948)
03:48:21.926 = Nick Carter Master Detective, “Death After Dark” (February 19, 1944) ***WD
04:17:37.622 = Dark Venture, “Chase” (August 03, 1946) ***WD(LQ)
04:45:57.158 = Beyond The Green Door, “Eddie Fox – Hobo In Oakdale” (1966)
04:49:48.810 = Tales From The Tomb, “Comfort Lies In The Dark” (1960s)
04:54:06.864 = Incredible But True, “The Man Who Saw Everything” (1950-1951)
04:57:22.155 = Strange Adventure, “John Friday Talks Fast” (1945) ***WD
05:00:37.595 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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In colonial Massachusetts, a dying woman made her husband lock her gowns and jewels in an attic trunk and swear that her sister would never open it – a promise Henry James turned into one of the coldest ghost stories he ever wrote.

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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 Locked Trunk” (July 21, 1978) ***WD
00:46:18.627 = Quiet Please, “Shadow Of The Wings” (April 17, 1949) ***WD
01:15:10.049 = Radio City Playhouse, “Wine Of Ora Paula” (December 18, 1949) ***WD
01:43:14.151 = Isn’t It Crime, “Speaking Of Murder” (December 14, 1945)
02:12:06.344 = Sam Spade, “The Rushlight Diamond Caper” (July 04, 1948) ***WD
02:39:41.697 = The Sealed Book, “Design For Death” (June 03, 1945)
03:09:05.253 = The Shadow, “A Pass To Death” (February 06, 1944) ***WD
03:37:48.563 = Sleep No More, “Homecoming And Aunt Cassie” (April 17, 1957) ***WD
04:06:34.356 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “Eat Your Heart Out” (October 20, 2007)
04:20:24.502 = Stay Tuned For Terror, “Lizzie Borden Took An Axe” (July 23, 1945) ***WD
04:33:21.990 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Man Who Knew Everything” (March 20, 1945) ***WD
04:45:31.119 = Strange, “Captain Robinson” (1955)
04:59:16.313 = 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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An old television set starts picking up broadcasts from years that haven't happened yet, and what the couple watching sees convinces them that some futures are worth killing to 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 Further You Go, The Less You Know” (July 20, 1978) ***WD
00:44:53.980 = CBC Nightfall, “Future Fear” (August 15, 1980) ***WD
01:09:30.588 = Nightmare, “Chance of a Ghost” (March 31, 1945) ***WD
01:31:33.891 = Obsession, “The Peacock Screen” (February 25, 1951)
01:54:31.492 = Origin of Superstition, “Whistling In The Dressing Room” (1935)
02:08:31.407 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Sam Tolliver” (April 09, 1949)
02:37:47.861 = Peril, “Showdown” (1953) ***WD
03:03:59.094 = Mystery Playhouse, “Yours Truly, Jack The Ripper” (February 27, 1945)
03:32:00.687 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Murder Needs An Artist” (May 06, 1950) ***WD
03:58:35.619 = Price of Fear, “The Ninth Removal” (April 20, 1974)
04:27:06.867 = Ellery Queen, “Nikki Reporter – Suspect” (March 05, 1947) ***WD
04:52:45.869 = Strange Adventure, “Death Wears Spurs” (1945) ***WD
04:56:02.016 = Tales of the Frightened, “Call at Midnight” (1957)
05:00:48.213 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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Two sisters walking the Overbury downs at dusk spot a quaint red brick house at the bend of the road in Brickett Bottom, and only one of them can see 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 Village of Fools” (July 13, 1978) ***WD
00:44:37.562 = Michael Shayne, “Body By The Piano” (June 25, 1945)
01:14:10.963 = Beyond Midnight, “Paxtons House” (November 08, 1968)
01:39:19.604 = MindWebs, “The Show Must Go On” (April 09, 1983) ***WD
02:01:42.972 = Dragnet, “Robbery – The Werewolf” (June 17, 1949)
02:31:10.374 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Rival Dummy” (November 01, 1946)
03:00:40.510 = Mr. Keen, “Nightmare Murder” (December 14, 1944) ***WD
03:30:58.716 = Murder at Midnight, “The Secret of XR3” (June 12, 1950) ***WD
03:57:05.838 = The Black Museum, “Two Bullets” (1952) ***WD
04:21:54.825 = Mysterious Traveler, “the Man Who Knew Too Much” (February 06, 1944)
04:50:44.386 = Tales of the Frightened, “White House” (December 20, 1957) ***WD
04:55:04.412 = Incredible But True, “Dead Man’s Mirror” (1950-1951) ***WD
04:58:44.964 = 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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Fifty dollars a month for a furnished mansion in the country seems like the bargain of a lifetime, right up until they hear organ music in the house where no organ can be found. 

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Guardian Angel” (July 11, 1978) ***WD
00:45:33.714 = Jeff Regan, “The House By The Sea” (September 04, 1948) ***WD
01:16:21.321 = The Key, “Robber Murdered” (1956)
01:41:38.565 = Lights Out, “Organ” (May 12, 1937) ***WD
02:11:28.449 = Lux Radio Theater, “Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13, 1939)
03:13:11.515 = Macabre, “Final Resting Place” (November 13, 1961) ***WD
03:40:43.170 = Philip Marlowe, “Man On Roof” (April 04, 1950)
04:10:18.530 = Clyde Beatty Show, “Zombie” (June 29, 1950) ***WD
04:37:37.333 = Black Mass, “A Disillusionment” (July 01, 1964)
04:51:28.654 = Strange Adventure, “The Captain’s Double” (1945) ***WD
04:54:46.946 = Beyond The Green Door, “Alfred Dix – All Hallows Eve” (1966)
04:58:47.759 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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The man who bought the twenty-room house next door to the Powells keeps no car, no telephone, and every light in the place burning through the night, and a neighbor's dog that trots up his front walk drops dead on it without a mark.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Sound Advice” (July 10, 1978) ***WD
00:46:00.024 = Theater Five, “Neighbor” (November 26, 1964) ***WD
01:06:44.069 = Columbia Workshop “Halfpint Flask” July 06, 1939)
01:36:02.931 = Harry Lime, “Golden Fleece” (October 12, 1951)
02:00:31.656 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Decoy” (July 26, 1980)
02:29:01.635 = The Haunting Hour, “Unidentified Body” (July 28, 1945) ***WD
02:53:50.416 = The Hermit’s Cave, “The Story Without End” (January 11, 1942) ***WD
03:16:45.483 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Stolen Rembrandts” (1945-1950) ***WD
03:41:07.269 = Sherlock Holmes, “Singular Affair of the Ancient Egyptian Curse” (March 10, 1947)
04:10:56.579 = Mystery House, “Bases Loaded” (June 14, 1946) ***WD
04:36:57.839 = Inner Sanctum, “No Coffin For The Dead” (February 20, 1945) ***WD
05:05:38.551 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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A man boards the 4:15 out of London in December of 1856, shares a locked compartment with a fellow passenger the whole way, and steps off to find that everyone insists he traveled alone.

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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 4:15 Express” (July 07, 1978) ***WD
00:44:56.311 = Danger Dr Danfield, “Harriet Miller” (September 29, 1946)
01:11:23.113 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Rocket From Manhattan” (September 20, 1945)
01:39:46.924 = Diary of Fate, “Matt Cooper” (July 20, 1948) ***WD
02:07:09.368 = Dimension X, “No Contact” (October 28, 1950) ***WD
02:36:43.929 = The Eleventh Hour, “Debt” (ADU)
03:01:35.365 = Escape, “Flood On The Goodwin” (November 01, 1949)
03:30:09.980 = Everyman’s Theater, “Cat Wife’ (October 18, 1940)
03:59:09.387 = Exploring Tomorrow, “The Stowaway” (April 30, 1958) ***WD
04:16:04.216 = Dark Fantasy, “The Demon Tree” (December 05, 1941) ***WD
04:40:50.714 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Judge’s House” (April, 1989)
05:09:59.925 = 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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Murdoch Glourie has walked the halls of his family's Scottish castle every midnight for two hundred years, and now an American grocery millionaire has bought the place and means to ship it – ghost included – to Florida.

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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 Good Times Express” (June 30, 1978) ***WD
00:43:19.189 = The Black Book, “My Favorite Corpse” (February 24, 1952) ***WD
00:57:46.529 = Globe Theater, “The Ghost Goes West” (August 21, 1944) ***WD
01:27:59.675 = Box 13, “Last Will and Nursery Rhyme” (February 06, 1949)
01:54:33.850 = Calling All Detectives, “The Times Bombing Case” (February 14, 1934)
02:23:57.194 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Christmas Shopping” (December 19, 1946)
02:53:24.508 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Mines of Falun-Tales of Hoffman” (July 14, 1967) ***WD(LQ)
03:20:00.334 = Chet Chetter, “The Bitter Pill” (1992)
03:49:37.627 = The Clock, “Amazon Island” (January 31, 1956)
04:14:07.041 = The Crime Club, “Corpse Wore a Wig” (May 08, 1947)
04:43:18.525 = Crime Classics, “Mr. Throwers Hammer” (August 03, 1953)
05:13:02.636 = 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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