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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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302:53

For 30 Years He Hid the Truth—Until His Nightmares...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/26

“Last Judgement” – A dying man's nightmares reveal a horrifying secret—one his daughter-in-law knows all too well, because he destroyed her family. | #RetroRadio EP0561CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Last Judgement” (February 24, 1977)00:45:46.928 = ABC Mystery Time, “Sherlock Speckled Band” (May 01, 1956) ***WD01:11:37.777 = Strange Adventure, “Skeleton Gold” (1945)01:14:54.767 = BBC Radio 4, “All Hallows” (May

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291:24

The Golden Portrait That Exposed a Lifetime of Evil

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/25

A woman, driven by vanity and greed, arranges to have her own portrait stamped on special gold coins. But things go very wrong — instead of her elegant image, the coins bear a hideous reflection of her avaricious nature. | “A Heart of Gold” by CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0560CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “A Heart of Gold” (February 18, 1977)00:49:10.976 = Theater 1030, “The Pedestrian” by Ray

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286:45

Nobel Physicist Claims Husband Was Alien - Then He...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/22

A top-nuclear researcher recounts (in therapy) how she fell in love with a supposed alien, married him, and was later convicted of his murder. The question remains: is she a delusional murderer or the innocent victim of extraterrestrial manipulation? | “The Star Killers” – CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0559CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Star Killers” (February 15, 1977) ***WD00:48:51.601 = The

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293:44

The Masked Madman's Twisted Game of Revenge

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2025/11/19

A group of four actresses receives mysterious invitations to a remote, deserted house. Once there, they become trapped by a murderous madman (fiend) wearing a mask, who subjects them to terror and peril in a twisted game of hate and revenge. | “Mask of Hate” from Peril | #RetroRadio EP0558CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Stamped For Death” (February 14, 1977)00:46:14.661 = Origin of Superstition, “Don’t Turn Back”

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302:59

The Ventriloquist's Dummy That Fell in Love and...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/18

A ventriloquist sits in a police cell, insisting that if the inspector wants to know why he shot a man, he should ask Toby—his ventriloquist dummy. | “Dead of Night” from Out of This World | #RetroRadio EP0557CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Masquerade” (February 11, 1977)00:46:05.636 = Out of This World, “Dead of Night” (February 28, 1947) ***WD01:15:32.454 = Mystery In The Air, “Black Cat” (September 18, 1947)

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288:04

Classic Radio Horror: The Monster That Escaped the...

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2025/11/16

When a radio horror writer spends seven days obsessing over his most terrifying creation, he discovers too late that some monsters refuse to stay confined to the page. | “The Author And The Thing” from Lights Out | #RetroRadio EP0556CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Recluse” (February 10, 1977)00:46:45.245 = Lights Out, “The Author And The Thing” (September 28, 1943)01:09:54.998 = Lux Radio Theater, “Smilin

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290:39

The Future Quarter That Predicted a Murder

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/13

A man notices a strange coin — a quarter in a new suit, dated nearly ten years into the future. After this anomaly, he’s haunted by visions of a future in which he murders his wife, and then other objects from the future begin showing up. He becomes desperate as the boundary between his present and that dreadful future starts to blur. | “The Aurora Group” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0555CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS

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313:46

A Teen Discovers The Deadly Power Within Her

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/12

When eighteen-year-old Helen Todd seeks help from a mysterious mentor after being rejected by her boyfriend, she's introduced to ancient rituals that promise to unlock her inner power and make her feel like a goddess. But as Helen begins invoking curses and testing the limits of her newfound abilities, she must confront a terrifying question: is her power real, or is she losing her grip on reality? | #RetroRadio EP0554CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show

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308:33

He Threw the Skull Into the Sea… But It Came Back...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/11

A retired sea captain inherits a lonely seaside cottage — and the skull of a murdered woman that refuses to rest. When he tries to throw it into the sea, the thing comes back screaming… and it wants revenge. | “The Screaming Skull” from CBC Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0553CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Ripple Effect” (February 04, 1977)00:46:17.627 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Screaming Skull” (April 01,

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297:14

Aliens In The Mind: The Island of Telepathic Hybrids

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/09

A dead professor, a remote Scottish island, and a secret population of large-headed telepaths with the ability to control human minds – two scientists uncover a government eugenics conspiracy that's already spreading far beyond the island's shores. Vincent Price stars in this chilling 1970s tale where the real horror isn't what's been created, but what's already walking among us. | #RetroRadio EP0552CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio

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288:59

THE GHOST GOES WEST: A Haunted Castle Gets Shipped to...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/08

A Scottish ghost cursed to haunt his castle for 200 years finally gets his chance at redemption when an American grocery tycoon ships the entire structure—and its supernatural resident—across the Atlantic, where romance, mistaken identity, and an ancient blood feud collide in sunny Florida. | Globe Theater, “The Ghost Goes West” | #RetroRadio EP0551CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “My Fair Lady-Killer” (January 28,

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294:48

THE WHITE WEREWOLF OF HARTZ MOUNTAINS: A Family’s...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/11/06

When a father relocates his family to an isolated cabin in the Hartz Mountains to escape his dark past, a mysterious white wolf begins stalking them—but the real horror lies in discovering what connection the creature has to their bloodline. | #RetroRadio EP0550CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The White Wolf” (January 26, 1977)00:47:00.127 = Two Thousand Plus, “The Green Thing” (September 27, 1950) ***WD01:16:39.869

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599:10

OLD TIME RADIO HALLOWEEN NIGHT #3 | Vintage Horror &...

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2025/10/31

Support 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 = The Whistler, “Break Away” (March 09, 1952)00:30:56.299 = Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 06, 1933)01:01:08.275 = Dark Fantasy, “Death Is a Savage Deity” (January 30, 1942) ***WD01:24:48.378 = Escape, “Three Skeleton Key” (November 15, 1949) ***WD01:53:44.931 = Inner Sanctum, “Corpse

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599:13

HALLOWEEN HORROR MARATHON #2 | Classic Old Time Radio...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/31

Support 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 = Inner Sanctum, “Wailing Wall” (November 06, 1945)00:28:37.696 = Lights Out, “It Happened” (May 11, 1938)00:57:53.236 = Mercury Theater, “The Hitch Hiker” (June 21, 1946) ***WD01:24:06.274 = Murder at Midnight, “Kabalah” (December 30, 1946)01:50:09.311 = Mysterious Traveler, “Death Laughs Last”

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575:25

HALLOWEEN NIGHT Old Time Radio | Hours of Classic...

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2025/10/31

Support 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 = Dark Fantasy, “Thing From The Sea” (November 28, 1941)00:25:19.122 = Escape, “Ring of Thoth” (August 11, 1947)00:55:11.383 = Hall of Fantasy, “Man Size In Marble” (April 10, 1947)01:22:11.941 = Hermit’s Cave, “Notebook on Murder” (1940)01:44:55.690 = Inner Sanctum, “Judas Clock” (April 17,

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172:06

THE LOST FRANKENSTEIN RADIO SHOW FROM 1931: All 13...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/31

Support our Halloween “Overcoming the Darkness” campaign to help people with depression: https://weirddarkness.com/HOPENOTE: Episodes in this series are low quality. You can still hear and understand the story, but some people may find the quality distracting. But you have to expect some degradation when listening to something that is almost 100 years old!Step back to 1931 and experience the complete 13-episode Frankenstein radio serial that aired the same year as the legendary Boris Karloff film—a

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283:20

BRAIN TRANSPLANT HORROR: The Shadow Stops the...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/30

A mad scientist kidnaps a woman and steals a gorilla from the zoo, his plan is to transplant the woman’s brain into the gorilla. | The Shadow, “The House of Horror” | #RetroRadio EP0545Support 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, “License to Kill” (January 24, 1977)00:47:20.474 = The Sealed Book, “Death Rings

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299:13

A FACELESS MAN IN HER NIGHTMARES: Were Her Dreams...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/29

A woman plagued by terrifying nightmares that she'll die on her 28th birthday seeks help from a psychiatrist to understand what the recurring dreams mean—and to identify the faceless figure who keeps trying to push her off a ledge. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Happy Death Day” | #RetroRadio EP0544Support 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

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295:11

THE ART OF STEALING IMMORTALITY: The Man Who Believed...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/28

A dying man pays $15,000 to steal a priceless painting from a museum, believing that possessing "The Woman in Red" will somehow grant him immortality beyond the grave. | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | #RetroRadio EP0543Support 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 Woman In Red” (January 19, 1977)00:50:30.665 =

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12:37

CONTACT LOST: The Navy Experiment That Went Horribly...

Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark ·

2025/10/28

A routine radar stealth test in the Pacific takes a catastrophic turn when a lightning strike causes seven warships, including the USS Gerald R. Ford, to vanish from the ocean.“Contact Lost” by Keith ConradFully Produced Version:https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2025/06/17/contact-lost-by-keith-conrad/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OD1TsCGHUw

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