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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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301:38

WHO’S TAPPING AT OUR MURDER HOUSE WINDOW? No Wonder...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/09/08

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateTwo men buy a cheap house with a dark past: it was the scene of a murder, and now something odd is going on. A strange man taps at the windows, seemingly the ghost of a hanged man—is he here to warn them… or haunt them? Sleep No More presents, “Browdean Farm!” | #RetroRadio EP0504CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Absolute Zero”

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290:46

THE BOOK OF HELL: A Publishing Company Receives a...

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2025/09/07

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA desperate publishing house receives a manuscript from an author who's been dead for two years - a first-person account of Hell that mysteriously cannot be copied, printed, or recorded by any earthly means. CBC’s Nightfall presents, “The Book of Hell!” | #RetroRadio EP0503CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Deathly-White Man”

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294:26

SERIAL KILLER WHO WEARS A BADGE: A Police Officer...

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2025/09/06

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateWhen homely police officer Bert discovers that his face is his worst enemy in the dating world, he decides the women who reject him deserve a fate worse than a bad date—and his handsome partner Charlie might be too distracted by his own infatuation to notice the pattern until it's too late. CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents, “Somebody Stop Me!” | #RetroRadio EP0502CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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303:08

NEVER MURDER A MUMMY: A Mummy Is Delivered To The...

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2025/09/05

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIn this quirky mystery, a mummy — yes, an actual mummy — lands on private detective Barrie Craig’s desk, quite literally. That bizarre delivery sets Craig on the trail of a very modern-day murder, blending the supernatural with classic detective work. | #RetroRadio EP0501CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “To Hang By The Neck”

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318:18

NEVER MURDER A MUMMY: A Mummy Is Delivered To The...

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2025/09/05

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIn this quirky mystery, a mummy — yes, an actual mummy — lands on private detective Barrie Craig’s desk, quite literally. That bizarre delivery sets Craig on the trail of a very modern-day murder, blending the supernatural with classic detective work. | #RetroRadio EP0501CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “To Hang By The Neck”

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286:09

$500 TO BE BURIED ALIVE: What One Groom Did In...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/09/04

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA desperate groom agrees to be buried alive for quick cash—only to find death might not wait for the carnival curtain to drop. Hear “Final Resting Place” from MACABRE! | #RetroRadio EP0500CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Mission of Atropos” (October 19, 1976)00:44:35.795 = Lux Radio Theater “Smilin’ Through” (January 05,

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292:01

WHEN GRANDMA MOVED IN, HER DEAD HUSBAND CAME WITH...

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2025/09/03

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA grieving grandmother whispers with the dead—until her young granddaughter starts listening too. BBC’s Haunted Tales of the Supernatural brings us the ghostly tale of “Little Girl Lost!” | #RetroRadio EP0499CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “KIller’s Appointment” (October 18, 1976)00:44:42.935 = BBC Haunted Tales of the

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307:47

HIKERS FIND A TOWN STUCK IN 1920 – The Reason Why Is...

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2025/09/02

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateTwo hikers wander into a remote mountain town that looks like it’s been frozen in the Roaring‑’20s. At first, it seems quaintly nostalgic — but there’s a deeper, darker reason the townsfolk have secluded themselves in that era. | #RetroRadio EP0498CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Point In Time” (October 15, 1976)

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294:27

THE STRANGE BURIAL OF ALEXANDER JORDAN: What Happens...

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2025/08/31

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the ad-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateAlexander Jordan, terrified of being buried alive during cataleptic fits, rigs a mausoleum with safety measures. His nephew’s greed, aimed at securing the inheritance, triggers a lethal chain of events. Will the safeguards work—or will his nightmare come true? | #RetroRadio EP0497CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Living Corpse”

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305:41

THE GOD KILLERS: Can a Fictional Character Murder His...

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2025/08/29

Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE for the commercial-free version: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateA typist who accused of murdering the author she works for. But here’s the twist — she claims the real killer wasn’t a person — it was a character from his novel, fighting for its own survival. | #RetroRadio EP0496CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The God Killers” (October 12, 1976)00:45:01.959 = The Whistler, “Married To

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312:42

THE TRAIN VANISHED – AND SO DID THE TRACKS! A Ghost...

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2025/08/29

“The Lost Special” centers around the baffling disappearance of a privately hired train (“a special”) during its run from Liverpool to London. The train, carrying just a handful of individuals, vanishes inexplicably after passing a junction—it doesn’t show up where it should, and neither the tracks nor the train can be found. | #RetroRadio EP0495Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 =

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310:00

THE SHADOW, “Ghost Town”: The Only Residents At This...

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2025/08/27

The Shadow finds his way to the ghost town of Bad Creek, where the only other residents in the lonely hotel are the eerie—sometimes deadly—ghostly guardians of a nearby gold mine. | #RetroRadio EP0494Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Tortured Twins” (January 18, 1977)00:44:21.449 = The Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Message In Red” (November 07,

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297:18

WHAT IF YOU WERE TRAPPED IN JOHN WILKES BOOTH’S MIND?...

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2025/08/26

A scientist invents a method to send someone’s consciousness back in time so they can inhabit another person’s body. In a bold attempt, the protagonist goes back to the night of Lincoln’s assassination—but ends up inhabiting the mind of John Wilkes Booth. It’s a cool sci-fi story from MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER! | #RetroRadio EP0493Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery

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293:37

PRIVATE STOCK: A Tale of Murder, Music, and a Moaning...

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2025/08/26

Police Captain Jim Turner is in crisis mode – he’s convinced his daughter Ginnie is responsible for the murder of a rock star. Meanwhile, he’s haunted (literally) by the ghost of his dead wife, with whom he argues as he grapples with the painful truth. It’s “PRIVATE STOCK” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0492Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery

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301:00

THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM: A Ghost’s Last Chance To...

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2025/08/24

When stern businessman Peter Grimm dies, he discovers that death is no escape from family strife—returning as a ghost to protect his ward and right the wrongs he left behind. | #RetroRadio EP0491Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Midas Touch” (October 04, 1976)00:45:05.683 = Lux Radio Theater, “The Return of Peter Grimm” (February 13,

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310:07

HE WOKE UP WITH A CORPSE IN HIS BED: A Story With a...

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2025/08/24

A young lawyer wakes up in the sweltering “SUMMER HEAT” to find a corpse in his bed—now he must figure out how to make it disappear before it ruins his life. | #RetroRadio EP0490Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Clairvoyant” (October 01, 1976) ***WD00:45:52.207 = Escape, “The Man Who Would Be King” (August 01, 1948)01:15:19.001 = Everyman’s Theater,

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310:24

NOT FOR SALE: Something Haunts This Antique Shop, But...

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2025/08/23

When a woman inherits a quaint antique shop, she soon discovers that its charm hides unsettling secrets. Strange warnings, eerie encounters, and an unshakable sense of danger linger in the shadows — and the cost of keeping the shop may be more than she bargained for. This store is “Not For Sale.” | #RetroRadio EP0489Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Not

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299:28

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN: A Cursed Ship With a Doomed...

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2025/08/21

Jon van der Decken, for blasphemy or arrogance, is condemned to sail the famous cursed ship forever. He’s allowed to come ashore briefly once every seven years. During one of these visits, he encounters a minister and his beautiful daughter — and ominously plans to kill her. A fictional story based on the real-life ghost story – it’s “The Flying Dutchman” from Witch’s Tale! | #RetroRadio EP0488Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times

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572:20

PSYCHIC VS POLTERGEIST: The Ghostly Detective And The...

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2025/08/19

A psychic detective investigates a Surrey manor haunted by a vicious poltergeist — and meets his match.A 19th‑century ghost‑buster (i.e., a psychic detective) named Flaxman Low is called to a manor in Surrey, England. The estate’s owner believes the place is being terrorized by a violent and aggressive poltergeist. When he arrives, Low finds himself going toe-to-toe with this malevolent entity—and things quickly escalate. It’s a supernatural showdown in a classic ghostly mansion from CBS Radio

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583:16

QUEEN OF THE DEADLY NIGHT: The Ghost of Her Groom...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/08/17

Set in the Dark Ages, a young Jewish woman — recently widowed on her wedding night — receives guidance from her deceased husband’s ghost. He tells her she is destined to become Queen of the Khazars, but there’s a test she must overcome first. | #RetroRadio EP0486Join the DARKNESS SYNDICATE: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateCHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Queen of the Deadly Night” (September 24, 1976)

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