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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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294:20

My WIFE DIED – Then She Became a ZOMBIE in Haiti:...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/20

In the moonlit shadows of Haiti, a young bride falls victim to a jealous curse. Three months after her wedding, Helen Strong is dead... or is she? When her husband discovers her grave has been opened and the casket stolen, he follows a terrifying trail into the sugarcane fields—where he finds his wife among the living dead, working mindlessly alongside other zombies. | #RetroRadio EP0538Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression:

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315:15

A CARNIVAL OF CORPSES! The Shadow Uncovers a...

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2025/10/20

Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) and Margot Lane visit a traveling carnival which has a wax-museum exhibit of historic death-scenes. While there, they discover a terrifying secret: the “statues” in the exhibit aren’t statues at all — they’re actually dead people substituted in for the displays. | #RetroRadio EP0537Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPECHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 =

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306:44

The Most Feared Outlaw in Texas Couldn't Hold a Gun:...

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2025/10/19

A mild-mannered hobo named Chicken is mistaken for the legendary outlaw Black Eagle and must maintain the deadly charade when forced to lead a train robbery he has no idea how to execute. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0536Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPECHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Passing of Black Eagle”

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305:12

The Hitchhiker: Every 100 Miles, the Same Man Was...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/18

A cross-country driver realizes the hitchhiker he keeps impossibly encountering along his route might be the only one of them who's still alive. | Mercury Summer Theater of the Air | #RetroRadio EP0535Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPECHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “This Breed Is Doomed” (January 04, 1977) ***WD00:47:07.210 =

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304:01

A GIFT FROM THE DEAD: Her Dead Husband Left Jewels on...

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2025/10/16

A terrified widow believes her dead husband has returned from the grave when mysterious jewels begin appearing in her bedroom on their wedding anniversary. | #RetroRadio EP0534Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPECHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Whose Little Girl Are You” (January 03, 1977)00:47:40.606 = Mystery Is My Hobby, “Estelle

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307:34

PROPHECY OF THE HEADSTONE: He Saw His Own Name – And...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/16

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEStressed sales manager named Harold K. Starbright becomes alarmed when, during a stroll in a cemetery, he is shown a tombstone bearing his name and a date of death one year in the future. His wife and his physician (who is later revealed to be her lover) dismiss his concerns. But as the plot advances, the boundary between paranoia, fate, and possibly the supernatural becomes blurred

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299:51

THE HAUNTED INTERCOM: What Happened To Sarah In Her...

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2025/10/15

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEA haunted apartment intercom becomes a conduit to the past. A woman begins hearing ghostly voices coming through it — voices apparently from a former tenant who was brutally murdered. CBC’s Deep Night presents “The Intercom!” | #RetroRadio EP0532CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Your Move, Mr

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288:08

THE GHOST OF MURDOCK SWAMP: Her Phobia Hid a Murder

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2025/10/14

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEWhen ghostly lights begin dancing through Murdock's Swamp each night and a widow develops a mysterious terror of leaving her house after her husband vanishes into the fog, Dr. Danfield must determine if the swamp is truly haunted — or if something far more sinister lurks beneath the supernatural tales. | #RetroRadio EP0531CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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301:03

THEY SHOT DOWN A UFO IN 2012 – Then Found Someone Inside

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2025/10/11

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEIn the year 2012, at a military installation in White Sands, New Mexico, Dr. Bronson conducts tests on advanced Zeus rockets while flying saucers repeatedly appear overhead. During one test, a saucer is detected on radar, prompting Bronson to order it shot down with a missile. The craft crashes in the nearby desert, where a local rancher discovers the wreckage. Bronson investigates

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299:51

BLOOD MONEY: A Tale of Greed, Betrayal, and a Dying...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/10

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEWhen a wealthy man with a failing heart discovers his young wife and her dance partner's betrayal, his dying breath carries a curse that will haunt the blood money they've stolen. The Sealed Book presents “Broadway, Here I Come!” | #RetroRadio EP0529CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Double Zero”

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308:35

I BURNED MY HANDS, AND IT ERASED MY EXISTENCE: Not...

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2025/10/09

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPEA man who is rescued from an apartment fire suffers severe burns to his hands, erasing the lines on his palms (including his lifeline). He comes to believe this has also erased his past and identity, because no one – not even a fortune teller who had previously given him a reading – recognizes or remembers him anymore. (Hear “Lifeline” from CBC’s Nightfall! | #RetroRadio

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296:12

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY – Everything You Owe Our Society...

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2025/10/07

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIn a dystopian future, on your thirtieth birthday, the bill for living without any responsibilities in a kind of paradise suddenly comes due — and you'll spend the rest of your life paying it back. Don’t worry – everyone who turns 30 will also get the same treatment. | Hear the tale on MindWebs with “Wasted On The Young.” | #RetroRadio EP0527CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show

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309:12

THE GHOST WHO FORGOT HALLOWEEN: Who Knew Ghost School...

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2025/10/03

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA sleepy ghost named Wilbur is failing ghost school because he can't stay awake and keeps forgetting important ghostly duties, including Halloween itself. | #RetroRadio EP0526CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Quiet Evening at Home” (December 17, 1976)00:45:57.482 = House of Mystery, “The Ghost Who Forgot Halloween” (October 27,

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298:42

THE FATAL FALL: A Telepathic Murder Mystery

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2025/10/02

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen a woman falls to her death from her eighth-floor terrace, her son Bruce—who had been receiving telepathic warnings of danger all day—immediately suspects her husband murdered her to be free to marry his secretary. (“The Doctor’s Evidence” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater) | #RetroRadio EP0525CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater,

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294:36

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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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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