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by Darren Marlar
Welcome to Retro Radio: Old Time Radio In The Dark! Here I bring you shows from the Golden Age of Radio in the darker genre. I’ll have classic radio of the macabre and horror, mysteries and crime, and even some dark science fiction.
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- 3 days ago5h 6m
THE FOREVER ALLEY: What Happens To A Bowling Alley After Midnight? | #RetroRadio
There's only one way out of the Forever Alley, a cop was parked in front of it all night, and the man inside still vanished.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Forever Alley” (October 02, 1978) ***WD00:47:30.644 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Screaming Skull” (April 01, 1968) ***WD01:16:44.754 = The Clock, “Death Valley” (February 21, 1956)01:42:13.284 = Creeps By Night, “Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944) ***WD02:09:47.242 = The Crime Club, “Murder Rents a Room” (June 05, 1947)02:39:56.431 = Crime Classics, “Alsop Family, How It Diminished” (August 24, 1953)03:09:33.593 = Danger Dr. Danfield, “Death Paints a Picture” (October 20, 1946)03:34:59.577 = Deep Night, “The Intercom” (July 15, 2005)04:08:57.297 = The Devil and Mr. O, “The fast One / Speed” (January 05, 1943)04:38:25.599 = Diary of Fate, “Darrel James” (August 10, 1948) ***WD05:05:37.816 = 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/WDRR0777
- 4 days ago5h 6m
THE TRAP: A Free Sample Arrives At The Hunting Cabin Door | #RetroRadio
Two men on a hunting vacation in the Adirondacks wake to find a small metal box sitting in their cabin doorway, a tag on top calling it a free promotional model of a brand-new kind of trap.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Thousand Year Old Story” (September 29, 1978) ***WD00:45:44.446 = X-Minus-1, “The Trap” (February 13, 1957)01:07:38.102 = Appointment With Fear, “My Fate Cries” (December 04, 1976) ***WD01:35:42.435 = Arch Oboler’s Plays, “Big Ben” (April 13, 1943)01:58:28.249 = Barry Craig, “Ghost of a Chance” (December 19, 1951)02:28:09.864 = BBC Radio 4/Radio 7 Ghost Story, “The Crowd” (December 30, 1986)02:41:56.411 = Night Beat, “Jockey Brothers” (May 29, 1952) ***WD03:11:11.673 = Nick Carter, “Legend of Shakespeare’s Ghost” (December 30, 1945)03:40:48.518 = Box 13, “Hare And Hounds” (February 27, 1949)04:08:16.744 = Calling All Cars, “The Spinoza Case” (March 28, 1934) ***WD04:36:40.006 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Twenty Minute Alibi” (February 20, 1947)05:06:08.757 = 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/WDRR0776
- 5 days ago5h 1m
GRANDFATHER'S SEVERED HEAD: He Wants Another One Buried With Him | #RetroRadio
A young engineer brings his pregnant wife home to the Philippine mountains, where his grandmother insists the only thing that will quiet his beheaded grandfather's ghost is the head of his wife's grandfather.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Head Hunters” (September 27, 1978) ***WD00:45:52.459 = The Saint, “Unhappy Homicide” (November 06, 1949) ***WD01:09:54.844 = Theater 1030, “Trespassers Will Be Experimented Upon” (1968-1971) ***WD01:38:42.359 = 2000 Plus, “Flying Saucers” (August 23, 1950) ***WD02:07:49.317 = The Unexpected, “Solid Citizen” (1947-1948)02:23:16.951 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Lizzie Borden Case” (1936) ***WD02:37:06.346 = Dark Venture, “The Man In 206” (December 02, 1946) ***WD03:06:26.739 = The Weird Circle, “Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym” (1943) ***WD03:34:00.029 = The Whistler, “Escape to Danger” (May 28, 1945)04:04:39.189 = Strange Wills, “Autograph Girl” (October 19, 1946)04:35:23.151 = Witch’s Tale, “Mannequin” (September 11, 1933) ***WD05:00:00.000 = 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/WDRR0775
- 6 days ago5h 9m
THE CONVERSION FACTOR: A Truck Stop Waitress Holds The Missing Equation | #RetroRadio
A physicist who has spent five years and twenty million dollars chasing one missing equation leaves his attaché case in a highway diner, where the seventeen-year-old at the cash register reads the twelve pages inside and understands every line.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Conversion Factor” (September 22, 1978) ***WD00:45:12.953 = Radio City Playhouse, “Reflection” (January 01, 1950) ***WD01:14:57.212 = Mercer McLeod’s The Man With The Story, “Blood On The Doorstep” (1946-1947)01:29:08.386 = Sam Spade, “Missing News Hawk Caper” (July 18, 1948) ***WD01:59:52.584 = The Sealed Book, “Broadway Here I Come” (June 17, 1945) ***WD02:29:21.088 = The Shadow, “The Drums of Doom” (March 19, 1944) ***WD03:00:16.061 = Sleep No More, “Conquerors Isle” (November 21, 1956) ***WD03:28:50.328 = BBC Radio 4 Spinechillers, “The Boy Who Cried Woof” (December 24, 1984)03:43:36.519 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Devil’s Cavern” (April 03, 1945) ***WD(LQ)03:55:30.259 = Strange, “Deja Vu in France” (1955)04:10:23.699 = Suspense, “Dark Tower” (May 04, 1944)04:39:06.093 = The Creaking Door, “Vagrant” (April 29, 1965) **WD05:08:21.600 = 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/WDRR0774
- 1 weeks ago5h 2m
THE BEHEADING: An Actress Trusts A Surgeon To Take Her Head Off | #RetroRadio
A movie actress worn down by a lifetime of asthma puts her hand in a bald doctor's and agrees to let him remove her head, on his promise that a prettier one is on the way.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Beheading” (September 20, 1978) ***WD00:46:46.654 = CBC Nightfall, “Willoughby Obsession” (September 05, 1980)01:14:40.820 = Nightmare, “The Leech” (April 07, 1954)01:37:20.592 = Song, “The Leech” (based on the Nightmare episode) by Static Wax01:40:07.933 = Obsession, “Cry Vengeance” (May 05, 1952) ***WD02:10:24.576 = Origin of Superstition, “Two Walker” (1935) ***WD02:23:04.029 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Rita Malloy” (April 23, 1949)02:52:43.186 = Peril, “Squeeze Play” (1953) ***WD03:16:26.722 = Mystery Playhouse, “Lady In Morgue” (May 15, 1945) ***WD03:40:09.104 = Philip Morris Playhouse, “Night Has A Thousand Eyes” (August 19, 1953) ***WD04:04:47.576 = Price of Fear, “William And Mary” (September 08, 1973) ***WD04:32:19.384 = Quiet Please, “The Other Side Of The Stars” (May 08, 1949)05:01:42.559 = 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/WDRR0773
- 1 weeks ago5h 2m
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP: A Catskills Killer Dreams Of A Brother Of Light | #RetroRadio
A young intern at a state asylum wires a homemade telepathy set to the forehead of a dying, illiterate mountain man whose ravings describe palaces of fire he could never have read about.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “It’s Hard To Be Rich” (September 18, 1978) ***WD00:46:47.126 = Beyond Midnight, “Short Circuit” (January 03, 1969) ***WD01:12:15.812 = MindWebs, “Beyond The Wall of Sleep” (April 16, 1983)01:40:59.205 = Half Hour to Kill, “Blackout” (October 29, 1946 – Never Aired) ***WD02:10:00.512 = Molle Mystery Theater, “Angel Face” (December 20, 1946)02:39:18.122 = Mr Keen, “Murder And Bloodstained Necklace” (September 15, 1949) ***WD03:08:03.457 = Murder at Midnight, “The Thirteenth Floor” (July 24, 1950)03:34:31.197 = The Black Museum, “A Woman’s Pigskin Glove” (1952) ***WD04:01:08.926 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Good Die Young” (February 27, 1944)04:29:57.647 = House of Mystery, “The Ghost Who Forgot Halloween” (October 27, 1945) ***WD05:01:19.157 = Show Close(ADU) = Air Date Unknown(LQ) = Low Quality***WD = Remastered, edited, or c = leaned 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/WDRR0772
- 1 weeks ago5h 1m
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER: Leona Stevenson Overhears Her Own Murder | #RetroRadio
Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster, a bedridden heiress alone in a New York townhouse asks the operator to ring her husband's office, gets crossed into a stranger's call, and listens to two men schedule a killing for 11:15 that night.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTRCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Secret of Crow’s Nest” (September 15, 1978) ***WD00:46:32.237 = Lights Out, “Valse Trieste” (March 30, 1938) ***WD01:15:01.463 = Lux Radio Theater, “Sorry, Wrong Number!” (January 09, 1950) ***WD02:15:39.965 = Macabre, “Man In The Mirror” (November 27, 1961) ***WD02:44:42.385 = Philip Marlowe, “Angry Eagle” (April 18, 1950)03:15:27.040 = Favorite Story, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (January 10, 1948)03:43:13.264 = Black Mass, “Imp of Perverse” and “Message Found In a Bottle” (July 29, 1964) ***WD04:19:46.309 = Michael Shayne, “Gossip Writer” (July 09, 1945)04:49:31.361 = Incredible But True, “What Day Will He Die” (1950-1951) ***WD04:53:00.777 = Strange Adventure, “The Frozen Barrier” (1945)04:56:19.215 = Tales of the Frightened, “”Hands of Fate” (December 09, 1957) ***WD05:00:51.812 = 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/WDRR0771
- 1 weeks ago1 min
TONIGHT, SEPT 11TH: The Entire Smiley Face Killers Audiobook Before Its Amazon Release in October!
Tonight, three weeks before anyone can buy it, I'm playing the entire audiobook of my new book, “The Concrete Smiled” live on Patreon, start to finish, with the chat open the whole time. https://weirddarkness.com/patreonSince 1997, young men have walked out of bars alone and turned up in rivers. Two retired New York detectives say it's a serial killer network, and that police have been calling murder an accident. The FBI says there's no evidence any of it is connected. THE CONCRETE SMILED gives that theory its best case, at full strength, and then checks it against the record. Ninety-five sources, and every claim traced back to where it came from.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH 6PM Pacific / 7PM Mountain / 8PM Central / 9PM Easternhttps://WeirdDarkness.com/Patreon.This one is for paid members, and free trials count, so if you've been thinking about joining, tonight is the night. (Free followers won't have access to this drop, sorry.)THE BOOK OFFICIALLY RELEASES OCTOBER 1ST for Kindle, paperback, and audiobook on Amazon, with the Kindle edition up for pre-order now. Cover, description, and the full linked source list are athttps://weirddarkness.com/concretesmiled
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