Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Two enemy fighter pilots—one American, one Soviet—crash side by side in the frozen Arctic, drained of all power by something that fell from the stars and is patiently waiting for them to freeze.
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Arctic Encounter” (May 26, 1978) ***WD
00:44:08.465 = Quiet Please, “A Time To Be Born” (March 27, 1949)
01:13:26.009 = Radio City Playhouse, “Local Storm” (December 04, 1949)
01:37:38.711 = Hollywood Mystery Time, “Case of the Glowing Eyes” (May 20, 1943) ***WD
02:06:19.867 = Sam Spade, “Death Bed Caper” (June 20, 1948)
02:35:47.495 = The Sealed Book, “Out of the Past” (May1 3, 1945) ***WD
03:05:17.187 = The Shadow, “The Club of Doom” (December 19, 1943)
03:29:21.706 = Sleep No More, “The Bet Clerks Quest” (April 03, 1957)
03:58:42.609 = BBC Spine Chillers, “Ghosting” (January 22, 2004)
04:26:40.026 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “The Voice of Death” (March 06, 1945) ***WD (LQ)
04:39:07.050 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Raven” (1960s)
04:48:33.312 = Incredible But True, “The Man Who Walked Behind” (1950-1951)
04:51:44.006 = Strange Adventure, “Death Rides The Desert” (1945)
04:55:01.207 = Beyond The Green Door, “New Hebridos Fisherman” (1966)
04:58:48.586 = 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 Marine pilot vanished over the Atlantic in 1945 with no wreckage, no body, and no explanation — and more than thirty years later, forty people would swear he was still alive.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Window to Oblivion” (May 23, 1978)
00:44:05.587 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Visiting Corpse” (January 09, 1944)
01:12:38.749 = CBC Nightfall, “The Telltale Heart” (August 01, 1980)
01:40:47.122 = Obsession, “Solitary Genius” (July 30, 1951) ***WD (LQ)
02:04:08.135 = Origin of Superstition, “Knock On Wood” (1935) ***WD
02:17:51.431 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Joe Candono Blackmail Pictures” (March 27, 1949)
02:49:57.789 = Peril, “Man Against The City/Purple Death” (1953) ***WD
03:11:08.909 = Mystery Playhouse, “Man In Velvet Hat” (December 19, 1944) ***WD
03:39:06.839 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Leona’s Room” (February 25, 1949)
04:07:58.182 = Price of Fear, “Soul Music” (October 27, 1973) ***WD
04:36:05.849 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Three Frogs” (April 29, 1948) ***WD
05:04:54.373 = 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 Girl He Left Behind”: A young nurse turns down her soldier sweetheart's marriage proposal but keeps the ring he insists she hold onto, and when word arrives that he was killed on the drive back to base, she discovers that the dead do not always accept being refused.

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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 Girl He Left Behind” (May 22, 1978)
00:44:53.033 = Michael Shayne, “Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Briggs” (June 11, 1945) ***WD
01:14:29.830 = Beyond Midnight, “The Thing in Cabin 105” (February 28, 1969) ***WD
01:45:19.270 = MindWebs, “Gas Mask” (April 02, 1983)
02:08:37.602 = Chamber of Horrors, “The Waxwork” (ADU) ***WD
02:34:53.987 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947) ***WD
03:00:40.112 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Hands of Mr. Ottermole” (June 21, 1946)
03:30:03.061 = Mr. Keen, “The Woman In Blue” (June 15, 1944)
03:59:15.197 = Murder At Midnight, “Creeper” (May 15, 1950) ***WD
04:24:31.631 = The Black Museum, “The Telegram” (February 26, 1951) ***WD
04:48:07.485 = Calling All Detectives, “Jerry Witnesses a Murder” (July 08, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
04:56:12.567 = Tales of the Frightened, “Shakespeare’s Hometown” (December 17, 1957)
05:00:30.682 = 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 aging millionaire’s fixation on a battered toy car draws his family into a tense mystery rooted in a tragedy from the past.

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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 Hundred Dollar Difference” (May 19, 1978) ***WD
00:44:49.646 = Sherlock Holmes, “Horseless Carriage” (February 24, 1947) ***WD
01:13:45.557 = Mystery House, “A Killing In Market” (May 31, 1946)
01:39:11.056 = Inner Sanctum, “Death Is An Artist” (January 23, 1945)
02:08:47.121 = Jeff Regan, “The Man Who Came Back” (August 21, 1948) ***WD
02:37:47.050 = The Key, “Ninety-Three-Year-Old Man” (1956) ***WD
03:03:15.060 = Lights Out, “The Story of Mr. Maggs” (December 01, 1942) ***WD
03:29:48.621 = Macabre, “Crystalline Man” (January 01, 1962) ***WD
03:58:09.534 = Philip Marlowe, “Deep Shadow” (March 21, 1950)
04:27:44.319 = Blackstone The Magic Magician, “The Ghost That Trapped a Killer” (October 03, 1948) ***WD
04:39:26.334 = The Black Mass, “Death of Halpin Fraser” (May 20, 1964) ***WD
05:10:33.358 = 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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There is a story about a man who knew everything the world would ever know because he claimed to be born ten thousand years too soon — a man who could foresee every future but his own, and who spent his life searching for the one person alive who could tell him how he would die.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Time Out of Mind” (May 18, 1978) ***WD
00: 45:49.141 = Dark Fantasy, “I Am Your Brother” (June 05, 1942) ***WD
01:14:15.433 = BBC Fear on 4, “The Journey Home” (February 26, 1989)
01:42:40.384 = Theater Five, “Talkers” (November 24, 1964) ***WD
02:03:44.997 = Ave Maria Hour, “St Benedict of Nursia VS Poison And Witchcraft” (1939)
02:27:27.651 = The Hall of Fantasy, “The Shadow People” (September 21, 1953) ***WD
02:51:43.918 = Harry Lime, “Work of Art” (September 28, 1951)
03:16:46.504 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “Walk On The Water” (July 12, 1980)
03:42:17.928 = The Haunting Hour, “Thought” (June 10, 1945) ***WD
04:07:12.210 = Hermit’s Cave, “Hanson’s Ghost” (October 29, 1944)
04:35:22.568 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Death is a Grain of Sand, aka Murder At a Magic Show” (November 26, 1947) ***WD
04:57:45.862 = Beyond The Green Door, “Tom Dunlevy Wasts’ Abandoned Cabin” (1966)
05:01:59.177 = 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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Every time David Delano tries to propose to the beautiful Charlotte Marsden, a figure in old-fashioned evening dress appears in the room — visible only to him and to Charlotte's mother — and neither of them will explain who he is or why he keeps coming back.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Edmund Orme” (May 15, 1978) ***WD
00:46:57.073 = The Crime Club, “Topaz Flower” (April 24, 1947)
01:16:53.148 = Crime Classics, “Death Picture Hanger” (July 20, 1953)
01:46:38.330 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Nola Jerrold Wants To Kill Her Husband” (September 15, 1946)
02:10:54.934 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Three Thousand Dollars” (January 21, 1972) ***WD
02:36:19.806 = Diary of Fate, “Victor Wakeman” (June 29, 1948) ***WD
03:03:06.121 = Dimension X, “Dr. Grimshaw’s Sanitorium” (September 22, 1950) ***WD
03:32:38.297 = The Eleventh Hour, “Country Road” (ADU)
03:58:20.749 = Escape, “The Sure Thing” (October 15, 1949)
04:26:55.837 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Sourdough” (February 05, 1958)
04:46:02.408 = Tales of the Frightened, “Chung Ling Soo” (December 16, 1957) ***WD
04:50:22.457 = Tales From the Tomb, “The Lick” (1960s)
04:53:51.912 = Incredible But True, “Naked Man of Newbury” (1950-1951)
04:57:38.785 = Strange Adventure, “Crossroads” (1945) ***WD
05:00:55.441 = 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 bride's uncanny knowledge of history's deadliest catastrophes convinces her husband she's hiding something — but the truth behind her secret is older than he could ever imagine.

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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 Secret of Shen-Si” (May 22, 1978) ***WD
00:45:23.731 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7 GhostStory, “The Crowd” (December 30, 1986)
00:59:43.519 = Night Beat, “Expectant Father” (December 28, 1951) ***WD
01:27:08.605 = The Black Book, “Different Readings, Parts 1 & 2” (November 21, 1951) ***WD
01:52:20.091 = Challenge of the Yukon, “Magnanimous Ghost” (August 28, 1945)
02:06:45.867 = Box 13, “Three To Die” (January 23, 1949)
02:33:16.175 = Calling All Cars, “Missing Mexican Sheiks” (January 03, 1934) ***WD (LQ)
03:05:07.603 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Handkerchief” (September 05, 1946)
03:34:32.775 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 02, 1967) ***WD
04:00:52.848 = Chet Chetters, “If You Can’t Stand The Heat” (1992)
04:29:31.575 = The Clock, “Time In Reverse” (January 17, 1956)
04:53:57.175 = Beyond The Green Door, “Edgar Hayes – Amazon Trip Seek” (1966)
04:57:50.162 = Calling All Detectives, “Jerry Is Framed for the Murder of Mrs. Mayner” (July 07, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
05:05:52.977 = 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 killer holes up in a snowbound hotel room with a dead woman in the closet — and finds he can't stop talking to her.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Room 418” (May 09, 1978) ***WD
00:46:24.291 = SONG: “You Can’t Kill Me Twice” by Static Wax, inspired by ‘Room 418’ (July 30, 2026) *** https://weirddarkness.com/music
00:51:41.227 = The Whistler, “To Rent Danger” (April 16, 1945)
01:20:51.876 = Strange Wills, “They Met in Monte Carlo” (September 14, 1946)
01:50:12.816 = Witch’s Tale, “Violin” (May 03, 1934)
02:15:44.521 = X Minus One, “A Saucer of Loneliness” (January 09, 1957)
02:44:29.640 = Zero Hour, “Driving Sally Insane” (May 22, 1974) ***WD
03:01:45.934 = ABC Mystery Time, “Noe One Will Ever Know” (1956) ***WD
03:25:46.822 = Appointment With Fear, “Pit And The Pendulum” (September 18, 1943) ***WD
03:52:54.256 = Arch Oboloer’s Plays, “Bathysphere” (November 18, 1939)
04:22:18.566 = Barry Craig, “Dead On Arrival” (November 14, 1951)
04:50:29.917 = Tales From The Tomb, “The Girl Of His Dreams” (1960s)
04:54:03.798 = Incredible But True, “Premonition” (1950-1951)
04:57:39.831 = Strange Adventure, “John Friday Keeps Out” (1945) ***WD
05:00:56.402 = SONG: “Can’t Kill Me Twice” by Maggie Cross, inspired by ‘Room 418’ (July 30, 2026) *** https://weirddarkness.com
05:05:51.662 = 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 phony spiritualist who fakes contact with the dead to swindle grieving clients gets more than she bargained for when the voices calling back from Summerland might not be fake after all.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Death And Desire” (May 08, 1978) ***WD
00:45:30.201 = Sleep No More, “Woman in Grey” and “Suspicious Gift” (March 20, 1957)
01:14:18.462 = BBC Radio 4 Spine Chillers, “Fresh Blood Series: A Fare To Remember” (March 2006)
01:27:08.082 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Murder Will Out” (February 27, 1945) ***WD
01:39:45.502 = Suspense, “Cat And Mouse” (March 30, 1944)
02:09:03.700 = The Creaking Door, “Isle of Lost Souls” (November 23, 1964) ***WD
02:37:51.669 = The Saint, “Case of Unhappy Homicide” (March 03, 1948) ***WD
03:01:54.083 = 2000 Plus, “When Worlds Met” (May 03, 1950) ***WD
03:30:56.223 = The Unexpected, “Heard But Not Seen” (1947-1948)
03:43:03.263 = Unsolved Mysteries, “The Witch Doctor” (1936) ***WD
03:57:59.514 = Dark Venture, “Pursuit” (July 31, 1945) ***WD
04:27:44.521 = The Weird Circle, “Black Parchment” (1945)
04:55:17.899 = Tales of the Frightened, “The Vampire Sleeps” (1963)
05:00:07.048 = 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 man wakes up convinced he murdered someone in his sleep, and the marks on his own body say the dream might not have been a dream at all.

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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Show Open
00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Cool Killer Carl” (May 05, 1978) ***WD
00:46:18.874 = Mystery Playhouse, “Nightmare” (November 28, 1944)
01:15:15.928 = Price of Fear, “Remains To Be Seen” (September 01, 1973) ***WD
01:42:19.483 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Terrified Man” (January 15, 1948) ***WD (LQ)a
02:06:01.040 = Quiet Please, “The Smell of High Wines” (March 20, 1949) ***WD
02:35:22.653 = Radio City Playhouse, “Interval” (November 27, 1949) ***WD
03:03:46.860 = Half Hour To Kill, “Blackout Never Aired” (October 29, 1946) ***WD
03:32:04.765 = Sam Spade, “Adam Figg Caper” (October 05, 1947) ***WD
03:55:50.400 = The Sealed Book, “Stranger In The House” (May 06, 1945) ***WD
04:25:19.830 = The Shadow, “Bubbling Death” (December 05, 1943) ***WD
04:50:39.793 = Strange Adventure, “Title Unknown – Episode 69” (1945) ***WD
04:53:57.077 = Calling All Detectives, “Jerry Investigates a Mysterious Increase in Hospital Deaths” (July 06, 1948) ***WD (LQ)
05:01:43.438 = 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/WDRR0728