Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

In order to save his dying wife from terminal cancer, a wealthy eccentric gives orders to have her cryogenically frozen until a cure is found. His plans to accompany her in deep freeze is disrupted when the ghost of a deceased relative takes possession of his body. *** This story and more in this #RetroRadio marathon of Old Time Radio episodes!

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “To Die Is Forever” (August 07, 1975) ***WD
00:47:00.219 = The Mysterious Traveler, “Death Is The Judge” (June 15, 1947) ***WD
01:16:22.249 = Mystery House, “Bases Loaded” (June 14, 1946) **WD
01:44:44.079 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Cable Car Incident” (1966-1968) ***WD (LQ)
02:11:32.369 = Night Beat, “Football Player And Syndicate” (June 12, 1950) ***WD
02:38:17.879 = Creeps By Night, “Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” (July 13, 1944)
03:08:01.269 = CBC Nightfall, “Deadly Development” (November 28, 1980)
03:37:19.959 = Mr. And Mrs. North, “Death Takes A Holiday” (June 02, 1943) **WD
04:07:27.289 = Obsession, “The Peacock Screen” (February 25, 1951)
04:30:35.469 = Origin of Superstition, “Don’t Turn Back” (January 14, 1935) ***WD
04:45:02.609 = Peril, “Wheelchair” (June 14, 1947) ***WD (LQ)
05:09:30.058 = Show Close

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A Halloween masquerade party is the scene of a planned murder. How many times can a person die in one evening?

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hung Jury” (August 05, 1975) ***WD
00:46:45.489 = Beyond Midnight, “The Visits” (June 27, 1969) ***WD (LQ)
01:15:25.719 = Mind Webs, “Webster” (May 12, 1978)
01:45:04.509 = Ellery Queen Minute Mysteries, “Bathtub Murder” (1939-1948) ***WD
01:46:14.089 = Dark Destiny, “Masquerade” (October 31, 1942) ***WD (LQ)
02:15:37.449 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD
02:44:48.689 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Ladies In Retirement” (January 18, 1946) ***WD
03:07:42.569 = Mr. District Attorney, “Backstage Murder” (February 03, 1943) (LQ)
03:32:53.819 = Murder At Midnight, “The Thirteenth Floor” (January 27, 1947)
03:59:34.579 = The Black Museum, “Auto Service Card” (March 28, 1952) ***WD
04:25:43.029 = Mysterious Traveler, “Mind Over Murder” (May 25, 1947) ***WD (LQ)
04:55:21.959 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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In a Caribbean resort city, a couturier steals designs from a boutique, leading to disastrous consequences after realizing they stole designs from the Devil himself.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Devil’s Boutique” (August 04, 1975) ***WD
00:47:00.579 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Eternal Triangle” (1945-1950) ***WD (LQ)
01:11:39.619 = Sherlock Holmes, “The Problem of Thor Bridge” (October 01, 1945) ***WD (LQ)
01:42:15.049 = Inner Sanctum, “Musical Score” (May 29, 1945)
02:12:55.059 = The Key, “The Moon Or Bust” (June 15, 1950)
02:37:33.579 = Lights Out, “Battle of the Magicians” (July 27, 1946)
03:07:32.729 = The LineUp, “The Mad Bomber” (January 11, 1951) ***WD
03:36:58.959 = Macabre, “Midnight Horseman” (December 11, 1961) ***WD (LQ)
04:04:18.769 = Philip Marlowe, “Restless Day” (January 08, 1949)
04:33:55.699 = The Black Mass, “The Squaw” (January 24, 1964)
05:03:32.936 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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After purchasing a strange curio at an antique store, a man and his wife are immediately blessed with good fortune. However, when their child perishes soon after, the woman begins to suspect that a great evil surrounds the supposed lucky charm.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Onyx Eye” (August 01, 1975) ***WD
00:47:19.169 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Monkey’s Revenge” (January 10, 1991)
01:17:00.319 = Five After The Hour, “Amid The Blaze of Noon” (June 20, 1945) (LQ)
01:41:28.849 = Five Minute Mysteries, “My Pal Patsy” (1947-1950)
01:46:35.199 = Gang Busters, “Rumbolt Vault Robbery $3-Million” (January 05, 1946) ***WD (LQ)
02:10:27.829 = The Green Hornet, “Pink Lemonade and Tan Bark” (June 22, 1939)
02:40:49.719 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (June 01, 1953) ***WD
03:04:43.329 = The Lives of Harry Lime, “Third Woman” (December 07, 1951) ***WD
03:30:01.239 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Dead Man of Varley Grange” (March 22, 1984)
03:57:16.509 = The Haunting Hour, “A Corpse There Was” (April 21, 1945)
04:22:18.719 = Have Gun Will Travel, “Winchester Quarantine” (February 22, 1959)
04:46:32.119 = The Hermit’s Cave, “The House of Murder” (April 13, 1947) ***WD
05:10:51.373 = Show Close

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(LQ) = Low Quality
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Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—a tale of forbidden desires, shadowy castles, and a female vampire's deadly and seductive spell.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:02:00.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Carmilla” (July 31, 1975) ***WD
00:47:03.509 = The Avenger, “The Cradle of Doom” (October 26, 1945) ***WD
01:15:33.739 = BBC Ghost Story, “The Waiting Wall” (ADU)
01:31:49.189 = Beyond The Green Door, “Mosley Searches for Schneider” (ADU)
01:36:47.669 = Beyond Midnight, “The Room” (March 21, 1969) ***WD
02:06:26.479 = The Black Book, “Vagabond Murder” (March 02. 1052)
02:21:10.189 = Box 13, “The Better Man” (January 02, 1949)
02:48:27.109 = Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue, “Elmer Versus The Mutant Rats” (1992)
03:13:52.709 = The Clock, “The Hitchhiker” (February 09, 1947) ***WD (LQ)
03:38:34.269 = The Sounds of Darkness, “You Never Know With Women” (December 24, 1967)
04:03:09.729 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Rocket From Manhattan” (February 11, 1972)
04:31:44.549 = The Diary of Fate, “John Haynes” (July 13, 1948) ***WD
04:58:21.509 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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A ghost on the train leads to robbery, and murder. They say that compartment 42a on the 4:15 express train is haunted as a man named Jones was killed there 10 years ago and his rather angry spiritual self is supposedly lingering around scaring people out of their wits.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:56.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “He Moves In Mysterious Ways” (July 30, 1975) ***WD
00:47:20.779 = Unsolved Mysteries, “12 Toll Bridge” (ADU) ***WD (LQ)
01:01:58.629 = Dark Venture, “Chase” (August 03, 1946) ***WD (LQ)
01:30:30.479 = The Weird Circle, “415 Express” (1943)
02:00:16.519 = The Whistler, “Thief” (January 17, 1943)
02:30:59.369 = Strange Wills, “East of Hudson bay” (October 12, 1946)
03:00:52.079 = The Witch’s Tale, “Wedding Gift” (March 29, 1938)
03:26:38.789 = Word Detective w/ Basil Rathbone, “Jack O’ Lantern” (October 26, 1959) ***WD
03:29:47.919 = X Minus One, “Child’s Play” (October 20, 1955)
03:53:03.869 = ABC Mystery Time, “Murder In Haste” (ADU) ***WD
04:17:00.479 = Strange Adventure, “Ghost Town” (ADU) ***WD
04:20:28.359 = Adventures of the Abbotts, “Deadwhite Lifeboat” (April 24, 1955) ***WD
04:49:44.889 = Appointment With Fear, “And The Deep Shuddered” (November 20, 1945) ***WD
05:15:27.996 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
(LQ) = Low Quality
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Melanie has man trouble and she's starting to fall apart at the seams – literally.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:56.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Lady Is a Jinx” (July 28, 1975) ***WD
00:47:25.259 = The Shadow, “Black Rock” (November 13, 1938) ***WD
01:12:39.689 = Sleep No More, “Marius” (ADU) ***WD (LQ)
01:28:17.209 = BBC Spine Chillers, “Falling to Pieces” (ADU)
01:40:47.759 = Strange, “Hillbilly Feud” (1955) ***WD
01:55:02.559 = Suspense, “Fear and Trembling” (February 16, 1943)
02:24:58.659 = Tales of the Frightened, “Man in the Raincoat” (1957)
02:30:07.539 = Tales From The Tomb, “Comfort Lies In The Dark” (ADU)
02:34:33.259 = Theater 5, “Fix” (September 02, 1964)
02:56:04.799 = CBC Theater 1030, “Two Little Punctures” (1968-1971) ***WD
03:23:16.229 = The Whisperer, “Strange Bed Fellows” (September 30, 1951) ***WD
03:52:25.729 = 2000 Plus, “Brooklyn Brain” (June 21, 1950) ***WD
04:21:17.739 = The Unexpected, “The Winfield Diamond” (August 15, 1948)
04:36:15.929 = Unit 99, “Attempted Suicide” (November 01, 1957) (LQ)
04:59:56.216 = Show Close

(ADU) = Air Date Unknown
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Vincent Price is “The Saint” – and gets two guns stuck in face while wearing a Santa Claus outfit to entertain the children of the neighborhood. What is “the stuff” these two people with guns keep asking for?

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:56.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Woman From Hell” (July 25, 1975) ***WD
00:47:43.559 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Leona’s Room” (February 25, 1949)
01:17:46.299 = The Price of Fear, “Guy Fawkes Night” (November 17, 1973)
01:45:43.149 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Singing Rat” (January 09, 1943) ***WD (LQ)
02:15:25.739 = Quiet Please, “Rain on New Year’s Eve” (December 29, 1947) ***WD
02:39:57.279 = Radio City Playhouse, “Unsound Mind” (July 17, 1948)
03:08:01.049 = Richard Diamond, “The Eddie Garret Case” (August 27, 1949)
03:37:27.069 = Ripley’s Believe It or Not, “Cliff Railway” (ADU) ***WD
03:38:39.219 = The Saint, “Nineteen Santa Clauses” (December 25, 1949) ***WD
04:07:57.839 = Sam Spade, ‘Wheel of Life Caper” (July 11, 1948)
04:36:35.129 = The Sealed Book, “Devil Island” (April 08, 1945)
05:05:56.407 = Show Close

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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:56.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Appointment in Uganda” (July 24, 1975) ***WD
00:49:27.639 = The Black Museum, “Length of Sash Cord” (ADU) (LQ)
01:14:07.169 = Mysterious Traveler, “Murder In Jazz Time” (April 20, 1947) ***WD
01:44:15.139 = Mystery House, “Murder Hires a Hall” (June 07, 1946) ***WD
02:08:33.809 = CBC Mystery Theater, “Breaking Strain” (ADU) ***WD
02:36:22.219 = Night Beat, “Girl From Kansas” (June 05, 1950) ***WD
03:01:37.279 = CBC Nightfall, “The Devil’s Backbone” (November 07, 1980) ***WD
03:28:10.369 = Mr. and Mrs. North, “Russian Restaurant Murder” (February 03, 1943) ***WD
03:57:50.469 = Obsession, “Little Man of Destiny” (ADU)
04:26:51.439 = Origin of Superstition, “Don’t Sail on a Friday” (ADU) ***WD
04:40:27.749 = Peril, “Undivided” (ADU) ***WD
05:03:18.203 = Show Close

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:56.000 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Poisoned Pen” (July 22, 1975) ***WD
00:49:24.289 = Lights Out, “Valse Trieste” (March 30, 1938) ***WD
01:19:35.529 = The LineUp, “The Case of Frankie and Joyce” (January 04, 1951) ***WD
01:49:16.069 = Macabre, “House in the Garden” (December 04, 1961) ***WD
02:18:53.389 = Philip Marlowe, “Old Acquaintance” (December 26, 1948)
02:48:28.889 = MindWebs, “Treasure Hunt” (ADU)
03:17:59.679 = Ellery Queen’s Minute Mysteries, “Bad Man’s Bad Man” (ADU) ***WD
03:18:51.818 = Mystery In The Air, “Beyond Good And Evil” (August 28, 1947) ***WD
03:47:53.739 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Not Quite Perfect” (November 09, 1945) ***WD
04:12:10.109 = Mr. District Attorney, “Hijacked Worker” (August 19, 1942) ***WD
04:42:05.309 = Murder At Midnight, “Death Tolls Requiem” (January 20, 1947)
05:08:32.964 = Show Close

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