Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark

Darren Marlar

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. 5-hour marathons posted seven days per week with a variety of shows included each day!

  1. 1d ago

    The Beauty Queen Who Woke Up in the Year 3000 | #RetroRadio

    “Adventure of the Beauty Queen”: A woman wakes to a voice from a thousand years in the future, telling her a machine has searched all of history for beauty and found her. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Queen of Palmyra” (April 27, 1978) ***WD 00:45:45.877 = The Eleventh Hour, “Codeword Silver” (ADU) 01:11:24.672 = Escape, “The Fortune of Vargas” (September 21, 1949) 01:40:04.624 = Exploring Tomorrow, “Adventure of the Beauty Queen” (June 25, 1958) ***WD 01:59:42.274 = Dark Fantasy, “Rendezvous With Satan” (May 29, 1942) 02:28:27.595 = Fear on 4, “Fat Andy” (March 06, 1988) 02:57:32.941 = Theater Five, “Dark Appointment” (November 23, 1964) ***WD 03:18:08.219 = Adventures of Superman, “Mystery of the Walking Dead” (November 05, 1949) 03:47:56.562 = Hall of Fantasy, “The Judge’s House” (April 03, 1947) ***WD 04:14:35.484 = Harry Lime, “Rogues Holiday” (September 21, 1951) 04:39:24.955 = BBC Haunted Tales of the Supernatural, “The Family” (July 05, 1980) ***WD 05:07:30.568 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0724

    The Beauty Queen Who Woke Up in the Year 3000 | #RetroRadio

  2. 2d ago

    Bet With The Angels: Lou Marvin Died, Then Started Picking Winners | #RetroRadio

    A lifelong friend's death leaves Jason Clark hearing that friend's voice picking winners at the track, an unbroken streak that draws the attention of the bookmakers he's bleeding dry — and when they demand his system at knifepoint, what proof can he offer? Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Bet With The Angels” (April 21, 1978) ***WD 00:46:18.058 = Chet Chetter, “Elmer And The Book of Absolute Truth” (1991) 01:16:14.133 = The Clock, “The Hitchhiker” (January 03, 1956) ***WD 01:40:44.592 = The Crime Club, “Grey Mist Murders” (April 10, 1947) 02:10:32.203 = Crime Classics, “The Terrible Deed of John White Webster” (July 13, 1953) 02:40:14.956 = Danger Dr Danfield, “Norman Miles” (September 08, 1946) ***WD 03:05:54.976 = Calling All Detectives, “Casebook of J. Browning” (June 14, 1948) 03:14:16.749 = The Devil and Mr. O, “Hungry One” (January 14, 1972) 03:42:57.931 = Diary of Fate, “Nelson Walker” (June 15, 1948) ***WD 04:10:44.961 = Dimension X, “Hello Tomorrow” (September 15, 1950) ***WD 04:39:05.898 = The Strange Dr. Weird, “Knife of Death” (February 20, 1945) ***WD (LQ) 04:51:32.354 = Strange Adventure, “The Island of Mystery” (1945) ***WD 04:54:56.292 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0723

    Bet With The Angels: Lou Marvin Died, Then Started Picking Winners | #RetroRadio

  3. 3d ago

    The Anitra: The Waterlogged Boat That Haunted Professor Anders | #RetroRadio

    A waterlogged model boat that keeps appearing wherever Professor Anders goes — dripping, shivering, impossible to be rid of — carries a name, a drowning, and a debt that refuses to stay buried. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Avocado Jungle” (April 20, 1978) ***WD 00:46:14.846 = BBC Radio 4 / Radio 7, “The Boat Hook” (April 15, 1992) 01:30:17.027 = Night Beat, “Five Days Off For Christmas” (December 21, 1951) ***WD 01:58:08.526 = Beyond The Green Door, “Mr. Fritz-Hugh And Poisoned Knife Blade” (1966) 02:02:01.418 = Campbell Playhouse, “A Christmas Carol” (December 24, 1939) ***WD 03:00:24.073 = Box 13, “The Dowager And Dan Holiday” (November 16, 1949) 03:27:06.293 = Calling All Cars, “Cookie Vejar Killing” (December 27, 1933) 03:56:51.245 = Casey Crime Photographer, “Red Raincoat” (August 29, 1946) 04:26:26.709 = CBC Mystery Theater, “The Ghost Town Hermit” (May 19, 1967) ***WD 04:57:04.004 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0722

    The Anitra: The Waterlogged Boat That Haunted Professor Anders | #RetroRadio

  4. 4d ago

    Markheim and the Voice Whispering Murder | #RetroRadio

    A Christmas Eve margin call sends a rich man's nephew scrambling for six thousand dollars he doesn't have, with a voice in his head whispering that theft and worse would be so easy. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Murder at Troyte’s Hill” (April 17, 1978) ***WD 00:45:26.180 = Weird Circle, “Markheim” (May 20, 1945) 01:13:15.849 = The Whistler, “Return of Innocent” (April 02, 1945) 01:42:35.169 = Strange Wills, “Margin For Love” (September 07, 1946) 02:12:13.142 = Witch’s Tale, “Suicide” (January 22, 1937) ***WD 02:35:32.097 = X-Minus-1, “The Moon Is Green” (January 02, 1957) 03:03:54.289 = Zero Hour, “Mind of the Beholder” (May 21, 1974) ***WD 03:21:09.669 = ABC Mystery Time, “My Adventure in Norfolk” (1957) ***WD (LQ) 03:45:10.191 = Strange Adventure, “The Friendly Ghost” (1945) ***WD 03:48:27.530 = Arch Obeler’s Plays, “Another World” (July 29, 1939) ***WD (LQ) 04:17:11.933 = Barrie Craig, “The Case of the Borrowed Knife” (November 07, 1951) 04:45:37.476 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0721

    Markheim and the Voice Whispering Murder | #RetroRadio

  5. 5d ago

    THE SHADOW, “The Crystal Globe” | #RetroRadio

    A fortune-teller's crystal globe shows his clients a single vision of their own deaths — and one by one, they begin to make it come true. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Chapter of Errors” (April 14, 1978) ***WD 00:46:44.968 = The Shadow, “The Crystal Globe” (October 03, 1943) ***WD 01:15:25.364 = Sleep No More, “Escape of Mr. Trimm” (March 13, 1957) ***WD 01:44:07.395 = BBC SpineChillers, “Rituals” (1984) 02:10:33.653 = Strange, “The Ghost Train” (September 18, 1955) 02:24:07.878 = Suspense, “Sneak Preview” (March 23, 1944) 02:53:48.488 = Tales of the Frightened, “Voice From The Grave’ (1957) 02:58:36.645 = The Creaking Door, “Don’t Take My Blood” (January 05, 1965) ***WD 03:29:31.418 = The Saint, “The Saint Goes Underground” (December 17, 1947) ***WD 03:53:55.525 = Tales From The Tomb, “Spirits of the Dead” (1960s) 03:56:08.118 = 2000 Plus, “Rocket And Skull” (October 10, 1951) ***WD 04:24:16.114 = The Unexpected, “Twilight Meeting” (1948) ***WD 04:36:22.835 = Unsolved Mysteries, “Rue Morgue Mystery” (June 17, 1942) ***WD 04:51:16.528 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0720

    THE SHADOW, “The Crystal Globe” | #RetroRadio

  6. 5d ago

    The Mandrake's Shriek and the Deaths at Wicklow Manor | #RetroRadio

    A film crew arrives at Wicklow Manor to shoot on location, where a centuries-old legend says a mandrake's shriek lures the heartbroken to their deaths from the tower — and within a day of filming, two men fall. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, ”Shriek of the Mandrake” (April 13, 1978) ***WDZ 00:46:51.627 = Peril, “Last Man” (1953) ***WD 01:13:31.419= Mystery Playhouse, “Fifty Candles” (July 25, 1944) ***WD (LQ) 01:43:17.831 = Price of Fear, “Out of the Mouths” (June 20, 1983) 02:10:43.064 = Adventures of Ellery Queen, “Man In The Street” (December 04, 1947) ***WD 02:39:53.920 = Quiet Please, “Dark Rosaleen” (March 13, 1949) 03:09:16.689 = Radio City Playhouse, “Deception” (November 20, 1949) ***WD 03:37:20.995 = Suspense, “Cat – Audition Episode” (October 21, 1946) ***WD 03:53:18.121 = Sam Spade, “Convertible Caper” (June 15, 1947) ***WD 04:16:34.427 = The Sealed Book, “Accusing Corpse” (April 29, 1945) 04:46:03.073 = The Shadow, “The Gibbering Thing” (September 26, 1943) 05:14:27.773 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0719

    The Mandrake's Shriek and the Deaths at Wicklow Manor | #RetroRadio

  7. 6d ago

    Childish Laughter: The Ghost Girl In The Red Pinafore | #RetroRadio

    A chemist, lost on a lonely country road at nightfall, keeps glimpsing a laughing little girl no one else in the isolated mansion will admit exists. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “Childish Laughter” (April 10, 1978) 00:44:45.782 = Mystery In The Air, “Mask of Medusa” (September 04, 1947) ***WD 01:13:44.235 = Molle Mystery Theater, “”Further Adventures of Kenny Andrews” (May 10, 1946) ***WD 01:43:04.502 = Mr. Keen, “The Strange Display” (March 16, 1944) ***WD 02:11:54.148 = Murder at Midnight, “Dead Hand” (May 01, 1950) ***WD 02:35:49.001 = The Black Museum, “The Straight Razor” (November 11, 1952) ***WD 03:01:04.966 = Mysterious Traveler, “The Haunted Trailer” (June 03, 1952) 03:33:30.017 = CBC Nightfall, “Love And The Lonely One” (July 04, 1980) ***WD 03:56:45.698 = Obsession, “Tailored For Murder” (February 26, 1951) ***WD 04:24:03.027 = Origin of Superstition, “Boogey Man” (1935) 04:38:19.922 = Pat Novak For Hire, “Rubin Callaways Pictures” (March 13, 1949) 05:06:43.866 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0718

    Childish Laughter: The Ghost Girl In The Red Pinafore | #RetroRadio

  8. Jul 17

    The Parasite: A Skeptic, a Hypnotist, and a Soul She Refused to Free | #RetroRadio

    A skeptical London professor sets out to expose a plain, lame hypnotist as a fraud, never suspecting that the woman he dismisses has already decided he belongs to her. Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/OTR CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = Show Open 00:01:30.028 = CBS Radio Mystery Theater, “The Parasite” (April 07, 1978) ***WD 00:46:20.039 = Lux Radio Theater, “Ghost And Mrs. Muir” (December 01, 1947) ***WD 01:43:56.937 = Philip Marlowe, “Monkey’s Uncle” (March 07, 1950) 02:13:33.368 = Boston Blackie, “The Worthington Ghost” (March 19, 1946) ***WD 02:40:01.156 = The Black Mass, “Boarded Window” (February 12, 1964) ***WD 03:12:59.922 = Michael Shayne, “Recreate A Murder” (May 28, 1945) 03:42:41.656 = Beyond Midnight, “Something On His Mind” (May 30, 1969) 04:11:54.838 = MindWebs, “The Last Question” (March 05, 1983) ***WD 04:41:25.495 = Adventures In The Supernatural, “The Mysterious Carriage” (1932) ***WD 05:05:51.277 = Show Close (ADU) = Air Date Unknown (LQ) = Low Quality ***WD = Remastered, edited, or cleaned up by Weird Darkness to make the episode more listenable. Audio may not be pristine, but it will be better than the original file which may have been unusable or more difficult to hear without editing. CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/WDRR0717

    The Parasite: A Skeptic, a Hypnotist, and a Soul She Refused to Free | #RetroRadio
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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. 5-hour marathons posted seven days per week with a variety of shows included each day!

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