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Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

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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WHY PERFECT ROBOT SERVANTS ARE HUMANITY'S WORST...

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2025/09/30

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA robot manufacturer discovers his new competitor's "perfect" humanoid servants may be too devoted to protecting humanity — from humanity itself. | #RetroRadio EP0524CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Smoking Pistol” (December 14, 1976)00:46:16.676 = Dimension X, “With Folded Hands” (April 15, 1950)01:14:03.799 = The Strange

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300:53

THE FIRST MARS BABY AND THE SELF-AWARE NANOBOTS: Two...

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2025/09/29

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen humanity celebrates its first Martian-born child, a swarm of experimental nanobots achieves consciousness at the exact same moment, triggering a chain of events that threatens both worlds. | #RetroRadio EP0523CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Hit Me Again” (December 13, 1976)00:46:29.699 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Kitchen

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301:49

IDENTITY CRISIS: Who Wants the World's First Brain...

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2025/09/29

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen a powerful state senator becomes the first human to receive a brain transplant, the operating room becomes a battleground where wives wrestle with losing their husbands, corrupt contractors scheme to protect their secrets, and multiple conspirators work to ensure the surgery fails. As the anesthesia takes hold, the senator has no idea that more people want him dead on the table than alive with a new body

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299:05

MURDER IN A FALLING ELEVATOR: Everyone Saw...

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2025/09/27

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateSuspense presents a story involving six men trapped in a plummeting elevator during a crash. When rescuers finally reach them, one of the men has been shot to death, which is initially ruled a suicide. A year later, the murdered man's father invites the five survivors to dinner, where he shares an "After-Dinner Story" in an effort to expose the killer among them. | #RetroRadio EP0521CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS

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303:57

AN ANGEL SAVED ME FROM THE NOOSE… But She Had One...

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2025/09/26

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA slick con man has swindled people in a land-deal scheme, and they plan to hang him for his misdeeds. At the last moment, his guardian angel intervenes to save him. She stipulates that he must reform and “go straight,” though she also asks him to carry out one more con — presumably to help right the wrongs he’s done. Hear the story in “Enough Rope” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0520CHAPTERS

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301:08

THEY ERASED HIS MEMORY OF THE FUTURE – But Not Before...

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2025/09/26

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen Dr. Frederick Andrews volunteers to test Professor Malcolm's time machine in 1950, he discovers a horrifying truth in the year 2050: humanity lives underground, trapped in a 95-year nuclear war that started with a missile accident in Red Rock, Arizona. After his memories of the future are erased and the experiment is deemed a failure, the scientists receive funding for a new project—a space rocket base in

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292:15

DEATH BY FICTION: He Read His Own Murder Written In a...

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2025/09/24

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA man discovers that his favorite detective novels predict true crimes. Then he finds a book in the series that seems to indicate his own future. The novel tells of how his boss and his wife plan to kill him so they can marry. They discuss “How To Kill Rudy!” | #RetroRadio EP0518CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “How To Kill Rudy”

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311:50

AUTHOR OF MURDER: His Fictional Character Came to...

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2025/09/23

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen novelist Lyman Clinth retreats to an isolated cabin to finish his latest thriller, the jealous villain he's writing begins appearing outside the manuscript—with deadly intentions toward Lyman's wife. Now Lyman must convince Hazel the danger is real before his own creation completes a murder scene he never wrote! Hear the tale from the Hermit’s Cave! | #RetroRadio EP0517CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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300:25

PARALLEL DIMENSIONS: Which World Is Real? Did He...

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2025/09/23

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA stockbroker lives in two worlds: One where he murdered his wife and one where he didn't. Problems start when the two worlds collide. | #RetroRadio EP0516CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Man Who Couldn’t Get Arrested” (November 29, 1976) ***WD00:45:38.161 = Murder By Experts, “The Big Money” (July 25, 1949)01:15:03.883 =

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290:34

BEYOND THE OUTER LIMIT: How Did This Test Pilot...

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2025/09/20

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen test pilot Major Bill Westfall pushes his experimental rocket past Earth's outer limit in 1965, he has exactly ten minutes of fuel to return—but something intercepts him at the edge of space. He makes it back against all odds, carrying an impossible warning about humanity's future and a fuel gauge that proves his journey should have killed him. | #RetroRadio EP0515CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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310:28

THE OUIJA BOARD SPELLED “M-U-R-D-E-R”

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2025/09/19

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA couple spends an evening together and decides to play with a Ouija board. When the planchette repeatedly spells out "M-U-R-D-E-R," it sparks intense paranoia among them, leading to suspicions of murder and unraveling dark secrets that turn the night into a real-life mystery. | #RetroRadio EP0514CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater,

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291:57

MIND READER DISCOVERS HIS OWN MURDER PLOT: His Wife...

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2025/09/18

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateFred Lambert wakes up in the hospital after an accident at home the previous night, where his business partner, Joe Tucker, accidentally hit him on the head with a golf club during practice swings. Upon regaining consciousness, Fred discovers he has gained the supernatural ability to read minds. When his wife arrives with his favorite dessert, a jelly roll, Fred (“The Man Who Loved Jellyroll”) reads her thoughts

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MRS MEADOWSWEET’S GRUESOME GUESTHOUSE: You’ll Check...

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2025/09/17

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen Madge and Arthur arrive at Mrs. Meadowsweet's country guesthouse, they're unsettled by the unnatural bliss and vague detachment of the other guests. As Mrs. Meadowsweet works to draw them into the same serene state, they realize that accepting the guesthouse's strange comforts might mean losing something far more precious than their worries… they might lose their individuality. BBC’s Spine Chillers presents,

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311:12

DEATH FOLLOWS THOSE WHO DISTURB THE DEAD: The Origin...

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2025/09/15

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen Lord Cameron's archaeological team pried open the sealed tomb of an ancient Egyptian king, they laughed at the hieroglyphic warnings of death carved above the entrance. Within days, the expedition's laughter turned to screams as one by one, the curse claimed them all, proving that some doors between the living and the dead should never be opened. | #RetroRadio EP0511CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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288:40

“NIGHTMARE!” | She Woke Up From Murdering Her Husband...

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2025/09/15

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA woman experiences a vivid and terrifying nightmare in which she murders her husband. Upon waking, her husband dismisses it as a mere dream, attributing it to everyday stresses like eating hamburgers or their upcoming anniversary. However, the story takes a chilling turn when, after she falls back asleep, the phone rings with ominous news. It’s “NIGHTMARE” from Murder at Midnight!| #RetroRadio EP0510CHAPTERS

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THE COLONY: When a UFO Sighting Leads to Mind Control...

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2025/09/13

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA young couple's UFO sighting near a small New Hampshire town leads to their imprisonment and the horrifying discovery that all 634 residents have been mentally enslaved by alien beings who now want to add two more to their collection. | #RetroRadio EP0509CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Colony” (November 09,

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FIVE MILES DOWN: 19th Century Scientists Discover An...

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2025/09/12

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIt’s the late 19th century, and two scientists are exploring the Caybridge Trough in the Caribbean — down to about five miles deep, one of the ocean’s deepest parts. While down there they discover a strange underwater city inhabited by hostile humanoid creatures, who attack them… welcome to “City of the Dead!” | #RetroRadio EP0508CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show

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CURSE OF THE CATS: A Witch Releases Fatal Felines to...

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2025/09/11

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA witch unleashes a horde of sinister cats to terrorize children, and only a lawyer and the local sheriff stand between the village and feline doom. Listen to “The Queen of Cats” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0507CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Queen of Cats” (October 31, 1976)00:45:31.056 = Eleventh Hour,

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288:35

WITCHES’ SABBATH: They Crowned Me Prince of Darkness,...

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2025/09/09

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicatePerry Harnishfeger stumbles into a bar, still wearing a silk robe over his work clothes, desperate to tell someone—anyone—about the two women in the sports car who crowned him Prince of Darkness at a party where he may or may not have murdered his boss with his thoughts. The bartender pours him a double and asks if he wants to call the police, but Perry can't answer because he's not sure if the blood under his

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306:29

THE BACKWARDS WOMAN MYSTERY: I Keep Meeting the Same...

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2025/09/09

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA man repeatedly meets a woman at different stages of life as he changes jobs – and the woman appears to grow younger and younger each time he meets her. It’s “The Unborn” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0505CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Unborn” (October 29, 1976)00:45:17.589 = Dark Venture, “Coverup”

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