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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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312:46

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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298:01

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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290:09

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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285:20

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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301:38

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

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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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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...

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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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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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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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